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Ginette Reno
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Ginette Reno, OC, CQ (born April 28, 1946) is a French-Canadian author, composer, singer, and actress. She is known by the nickname "La Reno".
Born as Ginette Reynault (some sources indicate Raynault) in Montreal, Quebec, she played the role of Maria Barberini in the independent film Mambo Italiano and played the mother in Léolo.
She has recorded in both English and French. Her biggest hit in English is the 1971 song "Beautiful Second Hand Man". Among her recordings is a French version of the Lynsey de Paul song, "Storm in a Teacup". She mostly performs in her native Quebec. During her four-decade career, she has recorded approximately 60 albums.
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Richard Friedenberg
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Richard Friedenberg is an American screenwriter and film director. He wrote the screenplay for A River Runs Through It (1992), starring Brad Pitt, for which he was nominated for an Academy Award, and the screenplay for the Hallmark Hall of Fame television film Promise (1986), starring James Garner and James Woods, for which he won an Emmy Award. He also wrote the screenplay for Dying Young starring Julia Roberts and wrote and directed The Education of Little Tree (1997).
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Violeta Cárcova
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Violeta Cárcova is an Argentinian director, assistant director, screenwriter and producer. She began her artistic education since she was a child with musical theater lessons. Trained in acting, singing and dancing, she grew up interested in cinema and studied Film Direction at the Cinema University of Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina. She's also trained in dramaturgy with various teachers and has been part of different work groups in film, advertising and theater productions. She currently works at her own production company, Mayka, and her first debut as a movie actress was in 2024 with the film The Astronaut Lovers, from prolific director Marco Berger.
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Sean Connery
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Sir Thomas Sean Connery (August 25, 1930 – October 31, 2020) was a Scottish actor and producer. He won an Academy Award, two BAFTA Awards (one being a BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award), and three Golden Globes, including the Cecil B. DeMille Award and a Henrietta Award. Connery was the first actor to portray the character James Bond in film, starring in seven Bond films (every film from Dr. No to You Only Live Twice, plus Diamonds Are Forever and Never Say Never Again), between 1962 and 1983. In 1988, Connery won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in The Untouchables. His films also include Marnie (1964), Murder on the Orient Express (1974), The Man Who Would Be King (1975), A Bridge Too Far (1977), Highlander (1986), Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), The Hunt for Red October (1990), Dragonheart (1996), The Rock (1996), and Finding Forrester (2000).
Connery was polled in a 2004 The Sunday Herald as "The Greatest Living Scot" and in a 2011 EuroMillions survey as "Scotland's Greatest Living National Treasure". He was voted by People magazine as both the “Sexiest Man Alive" in 1989 and the "Sexiest Man of the Century” in 1999. He received a lifetime achievement award in the United States with a Kennedy Center Honor in 1999. Connery was knighted in the 2000 New Year Honours for services to film drama.
On October 31, 2020, Connery died at the age of 90.
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Lauren Lane
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Laura "Lauren" Lane (born February 2, 1961) is an American film, television, stage actress, and professor. She is best known for her role as C.C. Babcock on The Nanny.
Since 2000, Lane has performed in various productions at the Zachary Scott Theatre, in Austin, Texas. In 2015, she starred in a one-off performance in A. R. Gurney's Love Letters opposite her The Nanny co-star Daniel Davis with proceeds going to the Texas State BFA Acting Program.
In 2013, she briefly taught at Carnegie Mellon University. Lane is on the faculty of the Department of Theatre and Dance at Texas State University in San Marcos.
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Disiz
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Sérigne M'Baye Gueye (born 28 March 1978), better known by his stage name Disiz (formerly Disiz la Peste), is a French rapper and actor. Born to a Senegalese father and Belgian mother, he grew up listening to hip hop music.
He was a great fan of the French rap groups NTM and IAM. He was discovered by JoeyStarr, one of the members of the famous rap group NTM after listening to a sample tape named "Bête de bombe".
Disiz has gained interest from the UK after his appearance on Channel 4's campaign: "Try life in another language". He is a follower of Islam and described his religion as his "greatest wealth" ("L'Islam est ma plus grande richesse").
Source: Article "Disiz" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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Jordan Banjo
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Along with his brother Ashley, the street dance troupe dazzled viewers and won the third ever series of Britain’s Got Talent in 2009, in front of an estimated audience of 17 million viewers.
Since then, Diversity have catapulted into stardom, dancing for royalty at the Royal Variety Performance, for the Prime Minister outside 10 Downing Street, and taking part in the closing ceremony of the Invictus Games in 2014. Alongside this they’ve been selling out tours and hosting their own TV specials for years.
In September 2019 Diversity brought their 10-year Anniversary Tour, Born Ready, to the UK undertaking a gruelling 40 date tour of the country.
With his personable, likeable approach, Jordan has entertained millions of viewers with presenting credits on the Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards, Dancing on Ice, Got to Dance and of course the first series of The Greatest Dancer.
Jordan also hosted Nickelodeon’s sold out Slimefest in November 2019 at Blackpool’s Pleasure Beach which he co-presented with fellow Diversity member, Perri Kiely. Not only that, but the two best friends also present the Saturday morning breakfast show on KissFM.
In July 2019 Jordan and girlfriend Naomi Courts welcomed their second child, daughter Mayowa Angel (or Mimi for short) into their family.
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Gray Haddock
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Gray G. Haddock (born August 11, 1972 in Austin, Texas) is an American actor and film producer. He is known for voice roles such as Locus in Red vs. Blue, Roman Torchwick in RWBY, Sanosuke Sagara in the Rurouni Kenshin series, and Oreldo in Pumpkin Scissors. He is also the head of animation at Rooster Teeth, a production studio in Austin, Texas.
Haddock received his first voice acting credit in 1995. He acted for many years, primarily as a voice actor in English dubbed versions of Japanese anime. In 1997, he was cast as Sanosuke Sagara in the film Rurouni Kenshin: Requiem for the Ishin Patriots, a role which he reprised in the 2001 film Rurouni Kenshin: Reflection and the Rurouni Kenshin: New Kyoto Arc two-film series in 2011 and 2012.[1] In 1998, he played the role of Lei Wulong in Tekken: The Motion Picture.
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Nic Alexander
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Nic is an Australian actor based in Melbourne, working across television, film, and digital platforms. She has appeared in television commercials, short films, music videos, and independent features, performing in both lead and supporting roles.
She is the creator and lead actor of the comedy short Keith, for which she won Best Australian Actress at the Titan International Film Festival. Nic also had a recurring role on the acclaimed web series Flunk, reaching nearly 500,000 subscribers worldwide.
Trained at The Film & TV Studio International, Brave Studios, and the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA), she continues to develop her craft through ongoing professional practice.
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Rick Tae
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Rick resides in Vancouver, BC, having spent the last three decades working in the entertainment industry following a BFA in Theatre Arts from Point Park University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. In the past decade, Rick has created and written original feature films, shorts, TV and multimedia content in various stages of development, production and distribution. He was selected for Canada's National Screen Institute (NSI) Totally Television Program and was awarded screenplay funding from Telefilm.
Aside from coaching over 100 professional actors and writers in Vancouver, Shanghai and Los Angeles, he has also served as Director of Media and Publicity for the Vancouver Asian Film Festival, produced and directed Jessie Award winning and nominated theatre productions, garnered supporting actor Gemini and Leo nominations as well as a win for "Godiva's", and also thrived on building a vast network of relationships with top-notched talent across North America and Asia.
He assisted Roland Emmerich (Executive Producer/Writer/Director), on Sony Pictures' recent worldwide blockbuster "2012".
An Actor/Writer/Producer for Film, TV, multimedia as well as Theatre, Rick works as Acting Mentor/Instructor/Owner/Head of Creative for Skycorner Academy and Skycorner Productions inc.
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