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Larry Craig

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Lawrence Edwin Craig (born July 20, 1945) is an American retired politician from the state of Idaho. A Republican, he served 18 years in the United States Senate (1991–2009), preceded by 10 years in the U.S. House of Representatives, representing Idaho's 1st District (1981–91). His 28 years in Congress rank as the second-longest in Idaho history, trailing only William Borah, who served over 32 years in the Senate. In addition to serving in Congress, Craig has been a member of the Board of Directors of the National Rifle Association since 1983. Craig was selected for induction into the Idaho Hall of Fame in 2007, but was not inducted.
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Shigeo Okumura

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Shigeo Okumura is a Japanese professional wrestler who works for the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) and is billed as Okumura. He also makes appearances for Major League Wrestling (MLW), where he is one-half of the current MLW World Tag Team Champions in his first reign (with Satoshi Kojima). Okumura originally worked for Tokyo Pro Wrestling (TPW) and later on All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) in Japan but moved to Mexico in 2005 to work for CMLL full-time. Okumura usually teams up with wrestlers from Japan who visit CMLL, currently as a group known as La Ola Amarilla (Spanish for "The Yellow Wave"). Okumura and Yujiro won the 2009 version of the Gran Alternativa tournament.
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Camila Mendes

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Camila Carraro Mendes (born June 29, 1994) is an American actress and producer. She has solidified her career in the entertainment industry after gaining international recognition for her versatility across genres ranging from teen drama to satire and romantic comedy. Throughout her career, she has received accolades such as the Teen Choice Award for Favorite Scene Stealer and numerous nominations at the MTV Movie & TV Awards and the People's Choice Awards, highlighting her impact on contemporary popular culture. Her professional career began shortly after graduating from the prestigious Tisch School of the Arts at New York University. In 2017, she achieved worldwide fame for her portrayal of Veronica Lodge in The CW drama series Riverdale (2017–2023), a role she played for seven seasons and which established her as one of the most influential young figures on television. During this period, she transitioned to film with roles in streaming platform productions such as the romantic comedy The Perfect Date (2019) and the thriller Dangerous Lies (2020). Since 2022, Mendes has redefined her professional profile, focusing on executive producing and more critically complex roles. She received unanimous praise for her performance in the dark comedy satire Do Revenge (2022), considered a critical and audience success. In 2024, she marked a milestone in her career with the release of Upgraded and Música, projects in which she not only starred but also served as executive producer, demonstrating her ability to lead projects behind the scenes. Currently, she is recognized for her work representing the Latino community in Hollywood and for being the face of global campaigns for luxury brands such as Armani Beauty. In addition to her artistic side, Mendes is an active voice in raising awareness about mental health and self-acceptance, using her platform to advocate for authenticity in the film industry.
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Andrei Voznesenskiy

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Andrei Andreyevich Voznesensky (Russian: Андрей Андреевич Вознесе́нский, May 12, 1933 – June 1, 2010) was a Soviet and Russian poet and writer who had been referred to by Robert Lowell as "one of the greatest living poets in any language." He was one of the "Children of the '60s," a new wave of iconic Russian intellectuals led by the Khrushchev Thaw. Voznesensky was considered "one of the most daring writers of the Soviet era" but his style often led to regular criticism from his contemporaries and he was once threatened with expulsion by Nikita Khrushchev. He performed poetry readings in front of sold-out stadiums around the world, and was much admired for his skilled delivery. Some of his poetry was translated into English by W. H. Auden. Voznesenky's long-serving mentor and muse was Boris Pasternak, the Nobel Laureate and the author of Doctor Zhivago. Before his death, he was both critically and popularly proclaimed "a living classic", and "an icon of Soviet intellectuals".
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Hardy Fox

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Hardy Winfred Fox Jr. (also known as H., among various other aliases) (March 29th 1945 - October 30th 2018) was an American composer, sound engineer, A&R manager, writer, and artist, who was best known for his role as a composer, keyboardist, and producer for the avant-garde group The Residents. Fox was also a founding member of the band The Residents' management company, The Cryptic Corporation, of which he was President from 1982 to 2016. He began a characteristically prolific solo recording career in 2011, initially under the guise of Charles Bobuck but later as Hardy Fox. Fox continued to record and release music through his own Hacienda Bridge imprint, until shortly before his death on October 30th 2018, following a short battle with brain cancer. A number of posthumous releases credited to Fox (and his Bobuck persona) have since been issued, including his final recording, 25 Minus Minutes.
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Olga Bisera

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Bisera Vukotić (born 26 May 1944), known professionally as Olga Bisera, is a Bosnian film actress and producer. Born in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, she entered the Drama Arts Academy in Belgrade. At 19 she made her film debut in Sidney Pollack's Castle Keep, and was put under contract by Columbia Pictures, moving in New York and attending the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute. In the early 1970s Bisera moved to Italy, where she founded a production company, "Cinemondial", and became a starlet of Italian genre cinema. Her first Italian film was Valerio Zurlini's La prima notte di quiete. Bisera also appeared as a Bond-girl in The Spy Who Loved Me. She retired in the early 1980s.
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Philipp Baron

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Russian actor Philipp Baron (or Filipp Baron) was born on December 20, 1982, in St. Petersburg, Russia. In 2004, he graduated from the Russian State Institute of Performing Arts (formerly known as the Saint-Petersburg Theatre Arts Academy). In the theater, he performed in productions of Anton Chekhov’s The Seagull and The Cherry Orchard, J.B. Priestley’s Dangerous Corner, and Vladimir Nabokov’s Lolita. The first appearance in the movie was in the extras in movie Russian Ark (2002), which are filled with a cast of over 2,000 actors and three orchestras. In 2006, he played a supporting role in the TV romance movie Where Love Lives (2006). The same year, he appeared in Russia’s first interactive drama series, Alice's Dreams (2006). Since 2010, he has appeared in TV series about police officers broadcast on the NTV channel. For example, he played a bandit in episodes of Sea Devils 4 (2010) and The Chief (2012). He also appeared in two episodes of the series Streets of Broken Lights (since 1998).
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Yvonne Yung Hung

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Yvonne Yung Hung (Chinese: 翁虹) is a famous female artist from Hong Kong. She was born in Hong Kong and came to Beijing alone at the age of 13. Her childhood dream was to become a dancer and graduated from the Dance Department of the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. But later, because of excessive strain on the psoas, she has to give up dancing and switch into the entertainment circle. In 1989, she was elected to Miss Asia and won the championship. Immediately after her debut, she was promoted by Asian TV and took a lot of TV dramas, such as "Looking at the Present", "The Best Talent"
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Vladimir Vasiliev

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Vladimir Viktorovich Vasiliev (born April 18, 1940) is a Russian ballet dancer and choreographer from Moscow, Russia. He was a principal dancer with the Bolshoi Ballet and its director from 1995 to 2000. He was best known for his role of Spartacus and his powerful leaps and turns. Vladimir Vasiliev was named "God of the dance" and is regarded as a classical dancer on the same level as Rudolf Nureyev and Mikhail Baryshnikov. At the height of their careers, Vladimir Vasiliev and Ekaterina Maximova were the golden couple of Russian ballet.
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Chris Dettone

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Chris Dettone was born at Good Samaritan Hospital in Cincinnati Ohio. He lived for the first 17 years of his life with his Mother and Father in Cincinnati. His first role was in a small Stage production of "The Crucible" he performed in during his Junior Year of High School. After graduation, Chris left Cincinnati to pursue an acting career in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania where he lived for three years. Later, Chris returned to Cincinnati to tend to his family, where he still lives with his wife Megan, their son Henry, and their dogs Walter and Stella.
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