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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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Val Garland
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Val Garland is a London-based make-up artist. After growing up in Bristol, Garland later moved to Sydney, Australia, where she trained as a hair colourist. Her interest in colour led her from hair to make-up, soon becoming a leading practitioner in Australia.
In 1994 Garland moved back to London, where, over the last two decades, she has worked on various projects ranging from highly conceptual catwalk shows for Alexander McQueen, to commercial celebrity shoots with Kate Moss. Garland has also collaborated on publications including Vogue, Dazed & Confused, i-D and Visionaire. Her innovative ideas have led her to work internationally with Nick Knight, Mario Testino, John Galliano, Chloë Sevigny and Björk.
In 2004, Garland received the Pantene Pro-V Make-up Artist of the Year Award, and in 2017, she was named as the first L'Oréal Paris Global Make-up Director. 2018 saw Garland publish the book Validated, an anthology illustrating her career through a series of her most seminal images.
In 2019, Garland became a judge on the BBC TV series Glow Up, a competition for make-up artists.
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Steve Hanley
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Stephen Hanley (born 29 May 1959) is an Irish-born English musician best known as the bass guitarist in the Fall from 1979 to 1998 and with House Of All since 2022. His distinctive and muscular basslines were a signature part of their sound, often carrying the songs' instrumental melodies. Hanley is second only to Mark E. Smith in longevity in the band. With Peter Hook, Andy Rourke and Gary Mounfield, he is widely considered one of the pre-eminent Manchester bassists of his generation. He has always been very private and rarely interviewed; for this reason his 2014 autobiography The Big Midweek: Life Inside The Fall was highly anticipated. On publication it was met with widespread acclaim for its frank honesty and dry, no nonsense humour.
He is currently a member of Brix & the Extricated with guitarist and vocalist Brix Smith. He also plays bass with The House Of All, consisting of a number of other ex-Fall members, whose debut album was released in January 2023 to widespread acclaim.
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Gloria Swanson
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Gloria Swanson (March 27, 1899 – April 4, 1983) was an American actress. She was one of the most prominent stars during the silent film era as both an actress and a fashion icon, especially under the direction of Cecil B. DeMille, made dozens of silents and was nominated for the first Acadamy Award in the Best Actress catagory. In 1929, Swanson successfully transitioned to talkies with The Trespasser. However, personal problems and changing tastes saw her popularity wane during the 1930s when she moved into Theater and TV. Today she is best known for her role as Norma Desmond, a faded silent film start, in the critically aclaimed film Sunset Boulevard (1950).
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Lou Belliard
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Lou (Arthur Jean) Belliard was born the August 10th 2001 in Annecy (Haute-Savoie, France) and has one brother.
He lived for one year in Agadir (Souss-Massa Draa, Morocco).
He studied in a public high school in Annecy and went to a cinema and audiovisual section and directed four short films within two years like 'Alex' and 'Les Montagnes sont reines' (2018) but also 'Fou 2 Femmes' and 'Les Tombeurs' (2019).
Now, he studied in Arfis (cinema and audiovisuel school in Lyon).
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Orianthi
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Orianthi Penny Panagaris (born 22 January 1985 in Adelaide, South Australia), known professionally as Orianthi, is a Greek-Australian musician, singer-songwriter, and guitarist. She is widely recognized for her virtuoso guitar skills, gaining international attention as Michael Jackson’s lead guitarist for his planned “This Is It” concerts and later as a member of Alice Cooper’s touring band. As a solo artist, she has released several albums, including “Violet Journey” (2007), “Believe” (2009), “Heaven in This Hell” (2013), and “O” (2020), along with the EP “Fire” (2011). Her most successful single, “According to You,” became a global hit.
Orianthi showed musical talent at an early age, beginning piano at three and switching to guitar at six, encouraged by her father. She later focused on electric guitar and songwriting in her teens, performing internationally and sharing the stage with Steve Vai at just 15. These early experiences helped launch her professional career.
Her debut album, “Violet Journey,” featured her as a multi-instrumentalist and producer, but her breakthrough came with “Believe” and its lead single “According to You,” which charted in several countries, including the United States and Australia. The album was later reissued with additional material. In 2011, she released the EP “Fire,” produced by Dave Stewart, with its tracks later included on her third album, “Heaven in This Hell.” This release marked a stylistic shift toward blues and country influences, highlighting a rawer sound compared to her earlier pop rock work.
Beyond her solo career, Orianthi has collaborated with numerous artists and performed alongside musicians such as John Mayer, Adam Lambert, and Richie Sambora. She has appeared on television programs including “American Idol” and performed at major events like the Billboard Music Awards and the Kennedy Center Honors. She also contributed guitar work to international projects, including film soundtracks.
In 2011, Orianthi joined Alice Cooper’s band as lead guitarist, becoming its first female member and touring worldwide until 2014. She later continued touring and recording, including projects with Dave Stewart and the duo RSO with Richie Sambora. Her reputation as a versatile and technically skilled guitarist has earned her industry recognition, including being named among top female electric guitarists by Elle magazine.
In June 2025, she released the album “Some Kind of Feeling,” continuing her evolution as both a guitarist and vocalist. Throughout her career, Orianthi has remained known for blending rock, blues, and pop influences while maintaining a strong presence as a live performer.
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Giulia Saavedra
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Giulia Saavedra is a Film graduate from De La Salle- College of Saint Benilde, Manila, Philippines. Her short films as a student were recognized in different local film competitions and festivals. Saavedra's thesis film Maging Mga Ibon (2023) is a finalist in UP Cinema's Piling Obrang Vidyo XX. Her 1-min film, Looooongest Line (2022), is its category’s Best Picture in Ticket2Me’s Ikli Short Film Festival. Her short musical, Awitin! (2021) received Award of Excellence and Best Sound in Adamson University’s Silip@Lente RealiFilm 2021. Her documentary, Repo (2021), is also a finalist for Kidlat Tahimik’s Unsung Sariling Bayani Film Competition. She is passionate in telling socially and politically relevant stories through inspirations from Filipino culture. Saavedra also enjoys sound design in film as well as incorporating music in her stories.
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Jesse Heiman
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Jesse Wayne Heiman (born May 23, 1978) is an American actor and comedian, best known for his uncredited work as an extra in a wide variety of films and television shows and for appearing with Bar Refaeli and Danica Patrick in a Go Daddy commercial at Super Bowl XLVII, in which Refaeli, a supermodel, and Heiman share a graphic french kiss. On April 11, 2011 Jesse appeared as a guest on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno alongside Jamie Foxx. Despite his age, he still portrays teenagers and young adults as an extra. As a play on the Go Daddy commercial, singer Michael Bublé cast Heiman in the opening scene of his video "It's a Beautiful Day" where Bublé walks in on Jaime Pressly, who plays his significant other in the comical video, and Heiman sharing a kiss, to which Bublé responds by singing the song.
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Christine Boisson
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Christine Boisson (April 8, 1956 - October 21, 2024) was a French actress.
After she registered in a model agency, Just Jaeckin liked her photo, and she got a part in the film Emmanuelle starring Sylvia Kristel, in which she played a lollipop-sucking teenager who masturbates over a picture of Paul Newman. Then she got some more film roles, but she also continued to study acting.
In 1977 she made her stage debut in Chekhov's The Seagull directed by Bruno Bayen.
In 1984, she received the Prix Romy Schneider (most promising actress awards) for Rue Barbare.
In 2005, she was starring in the stage play Viol by Botho Strauß (based on Titus Andronicus), directed by Luc Bondy.
On 14 October 2010, she tried to commit suicide.
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Callum Turner
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Callum Robilliard Turner (born 15 February 1990) is an English actor. After beginning a career as a fashion model, he began working in film and television. He had lead roles in the drama film Queen and Country (2014) and the mystery miniseries Glue (2014). He played Theseus, the brother of Newt Scamander, in the fantasy films Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018) and Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (2022).
Turner's performance in the mystery series The Capture (2019) earned him a nomination for the British Academy Television Award for Best Actor. He has since starred as Joe Rantz in the biographical film The Boys in the Boat (2023) and as John "Bucky" Egan in the miniseries Masters of the Air (2024).
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