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Elizabeth Spriggs

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Elizabeth Jean Spriggs -Manson (née Williams) was an English character actress. Her roles with the Royal Shakespeare Company included Nurse in Romeo and Juliet, Gertrude in Hamlet and Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing. In 1978, she won the Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actress for Arnold Wesker's Love Letters on Blue Paper. Her best known role in film was as Mrs. Jennings in Sense and Sensibility (1995), for which she received a BAFTA nomination for Best Supporting Actress. Her other films include Richard's Things (1980), Impromptu (1991), Paradise Road (1997) and Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001).
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Alfonso Paso

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Alfonso Paso (12 September 1926 – 10 July 1978) was a Spanish dramatist. He wrote over a hundred plays, mainly light comedies, sometimes laced with black humour and tragedy. There were also police dramas and examples of what he called "social theatre". He was known for the well crafted complexity of his plots and for the originality of his situations and characters. Alfonso Paso Gil was born into a "theatre dynasty" in Madrid. His father was the Zarzuela playwright and librettist Antonio Paso y Cano (1878–1950). His mother was the actress Juana Gil. Early on he abandoned a career as an aeronautical engineer and turned to the study of Philosophy and Literature, graduating in 1952 and focusing on American History and Archeology. Later he studied Medicine and Psychiatry, then switching again, this time to journalism. He would continue to work as a journalist until the mid-1970s. He married Evangelina Jardiel, daughter of Enrique Jardiel Poncela (1901–1952). Their children included the actress Paloma Paso Jardiel. Although he often worked as an actor, his more lasting notability results from his work as a writer.
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Aleksandr Sokurov

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Aleksandr Sokurov (born June 14, 1951) is a Russian director of avant-garde and independent films that have won him international acclaim. Described as a heir to Tarkovsky, spare, gloomy and contemplative, he often blurs lines between image and world. His noticable trademark and style includes long, accurate shots of real painterly compositions, disorted field of view, zooms and use of wide angle lenses. Often plotless with emphasis on aesthetics and impressionism his films are noted for philosophical approach to history and nature. Sokurov underlines the importance of film, not to yield to the modern audience laziness, and to stay away from mere entertainment. His most significant works include a feature film, Russian Ark (2002), filmed in a single unedited shot, Mother and Son (1997) and Faust (2011), which was honoured with the Golden Lion, the highest prize for the best film at the Venice Film Festival.
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Celines Toribio

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Celinés Toribio has a notable career in media communications spanning more than 15 years. She has hosted television and radio shows for important networks such as Univision and ESPN Deportés, among others. She was named one of the 50 Most Beautiful by People En Español Magazine. Celines’ connection with the Latin-American audience led her to pursue her lifetime dream of becoming an actress. In a short period of time, she has participated in films next to some of Hollywood’s most popular actors. Celines acts in the film “America” [produced by Edward James Olmos] and in the short film “Bandoleros” [starring Vin Diesel]. She plays the role of Dede Mirabal in “Tropico de Sangre” [starring Michelle Rodriguez] and she co-executive produced “La Soga,” which was accepted into the Toronto International Film Festival. Despite her distinguished beauty, Celinés refuses to become simply another pretty face. Her entrepreneurial spirit led her to establish the Latino Youth in Communication Arts organization, which exposes underprivileged young people from the Bronx area to career options in communication arts. She expanded her business ventures by starting Esencia Productions, a company that seeks to raise awareness of important social issues that affect the Latin-American community through independent film projects. Currently, Celines serves as the Hispanic spokeswoman for the Jillian Michaels wellness brand. She has invested time and funds to a number of altruistic endeavors, not only in her Washington Heights community, but also in her native country. As Chairwoman of the Dominican Republic Education and Mentoring Project [DREAM Project] she helps to facilitate access to education for thousands of underprivileged children. Her impeccable dedication to serve the Latin-American community, living in the U.S., has been recognized by government agencies as well as community organizations. Celinés currently resides in Los Angeles, California.
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Barbara Bach

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Barbara Ann Goldbach (born August 27, 1947) is an American actress and model. She was born to Howard and Marjorie Goldbach in Queens, New York. Her father was a policeman. Barbara is the oldest of five children. She met her first husband Augusto Gregorini in New York while she worked as a model and he was visiting from Italy for a business trip in 1966. Barbara followed him to Italy to be with him. In 1968, they married. They had two children, Francesca (b. 1969) and Gian Andrea (b. 1972). During Gianni's birth, he had the umbilical cord wrapped around his neck, nearly choking him, and was diagnosed with cerebral palsy, although a later operation improved his condition. While in Italy, Barbara began her acting career, starting with the TV mini-series Odissea in 1968, where she was billed as Barbara Gregorini. Other roles followed in the giallo / horror films Black Belly of the Tarantula and Short Night of the Glass Dolls in 1971, the crime-thrillers Stateline Motel (1973) and Street Law (1974) and other films. In 1975, Barbara and Augusto Gregorini separated when she moved to Los Angeles, California to further her career. The couple would divorce in 1978 and share custody of their two children. As that was going on, Barbara received her most famous role as Russian secret agent Major Anya Amasova / Agent XXX in The Spy Who Loved Me (1977). She returned to Italian cinema in the late 70s for a supporting role in the sci-fi film The Humanoid (1979), starring roles in the horror films The Great Alligator and Screamers (1979) and more, which earned her the "Queen of the B Movies" label by some in the press. In 1979, Barbara was in consideration for the Tiffany Welles role, a replacement for Kate Jackson's character, in Charlie's Angels but ultimately lost out to Shelley Hack due to being deemed too attractive for the role. She then appeared in the comedy Up the Academy (1980), produced by her then-boyfriend Danton Rissner, and played a menaced TV reporter in the sleazy horror film The Unseen (1980). The following year, Barbara met Ringo Starr on the set of Caveman (1981) in 1980, and they became a couple during the filming. Ringo and Barbara were on a holiday in December 1980 when her daughter called to inform them that John Lennon had been shot. Ringo and Barbara went to New York to console Yoko Ono and Sean Lennon. Ringo and Barbara married on April 27, 1981. By their own admission, the couple pretty much partied the 80s away and both entered a rehab clinic in Tucson, Arizona to straighten their lives out in 1988. By then, Barbara's show business career was over. She has since received her Master's degree in psychology from UCLA and focuses on charity work. (Biography By: Jeannette, Pedro and Justin)
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Andrew Lloyd Webber

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Andrew Lloyd Webber, Baron Lloyd-Webber is an English composer and impresario of musical theatre. Several of his musicals have run for more than a decade both in the West End and on Broadway. He has composed 13 musicals, a song cycle, a set of variations, two film scores, and a Latin Requiem Mass. Several of his songs have been widely recorded and were hits outside of their parent musicals, notably "The Music of the Night" from The Phantom of the Opera, "I Don't Know How to Love Him" from Jesus Christ Superstar, "Don't Cry for Me, Argentina" and "You Must Love Me" from Evita, "Any Dream Will Do" from Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and "Memory" from Cats. In 2001 the New York Times referred to him as "the most commercially successful composer in history". Ranked the "fifth most powerful person in British culture" by The Telegraph in 2008, the lyricist Don Black stated "Andrew more or less single-handedly reinvented the musical." He has received a number of awards, including a knighthood in 1992, followed by a peerage from Queen Elizabeth II for services to Music, seven Tonys, three Grammys (as well as the Grammy Legend Award), an Academy Award, fourteen Ivor Novello Awards, seven Olivier Awards, a Golden Globe, a Brit Award, the 2006 Kennedy Center Honors, and the 2008 Classic Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music. He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, is an inductee into the Songwriter's Hall of Fame, and is a fellow of the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors.
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Vasily Shumov

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Vasily Gerardovich Shumov (Russian: Василий Герардович Шумов; born 23 March 1960) is a Russian-American artist, musician, multimedia and experimental artist, short film director and record producer. He is probably best known for his music band "Центр", which was formed in Soviet Union (late 1970s - late 1980s) and is based in Los Angeles, United States since 1990. Shumov created music in such genres as new wave, electronic music, avantgarde. His art of singing is often sprechgesang, especially on later albums.
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Alexei Belov

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Aleksey Nikolaevich Belov - Soviet and Russian rock musician and songwriter, producer. He is best known as the leader of the Gorky Park group, solo guitarist and author of most of Olga Kormukhina's songs. In the late 1970s, he began performing as a guitarist in the Nadezhda vocal and instrumental ensemble. From 1980 to 1984 - guitarist and arranger of the Moskva group. In 1987 he became one of the founders of the Gorky Park group. Together with the rest of the group, he moves to the USA, where he spends about 10 years. In 1997, Aleksey Belov (White) from Gorky Park recorded the blues disc "Three Aleksey Belov". In 2009, the album of the BAtanik project was released, Aleksey Belov became the sound producer, the author of all the music and the arranger. In July 2010, at the Slavyansky Bazaar, he presented a new joint song-duet "Open the door for me" with Olga Kormukhina as part of the festival "Stars" Radio Chanson "at the Slavyansky Bazaar". In 2010, Belov's single was released to the verses of Nikolai Rubtsov "Black Night", in 2014 a video of the same name was released, shot by Olga Kormukhina. He performs solo and with musicians of the Gorky Park group, produces the BAtanik project, writes music for films: Red Serpent, Mirror Wars, Fog (directed by Anton Dorin). The author of almost all the new songs of Olga Kormukhina: in 2012 her album "I'm Falling into the Sky" was released, and in 2016 - the album "Salt". On January 30, 2014, the single "Moscow Calling" was released together with Olga Kormukhina, the release included English and Russian versions of the song. On July 11, 2018, Aleksey Belov's single "Live in Moscow" was released, on August 23, 2018 - the premiere of the video "Live in Moscow", where Alexei Belov performed for the first time as a director. On February 14, 2020, the premiere of Aleksey Belov's video "Don't let go of my hand" took place, the musician himself again directed the video.
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Griffin Long-Sinnott

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Griffin Long-Sinnott started acting when he was six years old, and hasn't stopped since. He is based in Brooklyn and earned a BFA in Acting for Theatre, Film, and Television at Long Island University in association with The New Group NYC. Having worked with industry professionals both in the classroom and the stage, he has cultivated a ravenous work ethic and a deep passion for his craft. He is a key collaborator of Danny Jeremias and helped found their production company, River Kino Production Association, with his lifelong best friend Zach Garcia, and his father Jack Sinnott
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Richard Ng Yiu-Hon

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Richard Ng Yiu-Hon (17 December 1939 – 9 April 2023), also known as Richard Woo, was a Hong Kong actor known for playing comedic roles, particularly in Hong Kong films of the 1980s and 1990s. Ng appeared in 80 films to date. He was twice nominated for the Best Actor Award at the Hong Kong Film Awards, for his roles in Winners and Sinners and Beyond the Sunset. He worked alongside some of the biggest names in Hong Kong action cinema including Jackie Chan, Michelle Yeoh, Andy Lau, and Jet Li. Description above from the Wikipedia article Richard Ng, licensed under CC BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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