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Matt Lattanzi

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Matt Lattanzi was born in Portland, Oregon, the son of Jeanette (née Slowikowski) and Charles Paul Lattanzi His father is a maintenance foreman of Italian descent, while his mother is of Polish ancestry. He was raised in Portland as well, graduating from Benson Polytechnic High School in 1977. While filming Xanadu, he met Olivia Newton-John, whom he married in 1984. The couple have one daughter, Chloe Rose Lattanzi, born on January 17, 1986. By 1992, Lattanzi's acting career was largely over, and he took a job as a construction worker for a home-building company in California. Lattanzi and Newton-John moved to their ranch in Australia in 1993 so that Lattanzi could audition for the new soap opera, Paradise Beach. He won a six-month contract for the show. Lattanzi and Newton-John separated in 1993 after Lattanzi had an affair with another woman. They divorced in 1995. He then married Cindy Jessup, but they divorced in early 2007. In 2008, he briefly appeared in the MTV reality series Rock the Cradle, supporting his daughter Chloe (a contestant on the show). That same year, Lattanzi— A life-long environmentalist —was reported to be living off the grid near Malibu, California.
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John Hyams

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John Hyams (born December 19, 1964) is an American screenwriter, director and cinematographer, best known for his involvement in the "Universal Soldier" series, for which he has directed two installments. Hyams is the son of director Peter Hyams. Hyams graduated from Syracuse University School of Visual and Performing Arts, becoming a noted painter and sculptor exhibiting and selling work in New York and Los Angeles. He became known in Hollywood in 1997 after writing, producing, and directing the critically acclaimed "One Dog Day." The film debuted at the Taos Talking Picture Film Festival. After that, Hyams directed several documentaries, most notably "The Smashing Machine" (2002), which follows the life of fighter Mark Kerr. Hyams also directed several episodes of ABC Television's "NYPD Blue." In 2009, Hyams directed the franchise reboot "Universal Soldier: Regeneration," with Jean-Claude Van Damme and Dolph Lundgren, which was shot mostly in Bulgaria on a budget of $9 million. In 2012, he wrote and directed the sequel "Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning," which also featured Van Damme and Lundgren. It was shot in 3D with a budget of $8 million. Hyams has since gone on to work in the horror genre, directing the films "Alone" (2020) and "Sick" (2022), the latter of which features a script by Kevin Williamson.
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Bill Mauldin

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. William Henry "Bill" Mauldin (October 29, 1921 – January 22, 2003) was a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist from the United States. He was most famous for his World War II cartoons depicting American soldiers, as represented by the archetypal characters "Willie and Joe", two weary and bedraggled infantry troopers who stoically endure the difficulties and dangers of duty in the field. These cartoons were broadly published and distributed in the American army abroad and in the United States. Description above from the Wikipedia article Bill Mauldin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Candice King

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Candice Rene King (née Accola, born May 13, 1987) is an American actress and singer. She is best known for her role as Caroline Forbes in The CW supernatural drama series The Vampire Diaries and her recurring role as the same character on the spin-off series The Originals and Legacies. In December 2006, King released her debut album, It's Always the Innocent Ones, independently in the United States. King toured as a backing singer for Miley Cyrus's Best of Both Worlds Tour. She appeared as herself in the 2008 3D concert film Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert. Accola had guest appearances in a number of television series such as How I Met Your Mother, Supernatural, Drop Dead Diva, and The Oriville.
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Samia Akariou

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Samia Akariou was born in 1972 in the town of Chefchaouen, Morocco. She studied and graduated from the Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts and Cultural Activities (ISADAC) and the Higher National Drama Paris Conservatoire. She began her career in theater by presenting several pieces, then the cinema in the film (Lalla Hobbi) Mohamed Abderrahman Tazi of who did it truly known to the public. She worked in films Tricks women Farida Belyazid, Friends yesterday by Hassan Benjelloun and Ali, Rabiaa and Others ... Ahmed Boulane.
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Robert Altman

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Robert Bernard Altman (February 20, 1925 – November 20, 2006) was an American film director and screenwriter known for making films that are highly naturalistic, but with a stylized perspective. In 2006, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences recognized his body of work with an Academy Honorary Award. His films "MASH" (1970), "McCabe & Mrs. Miller" (1971) and "Nashville" (1975) have been selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry.
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Chris Scarabosio

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Christopher Scarabosio is a sound editor who started working in sound on Gumby Adventures (1988) as a sound effects assistant and later as a sound editor on The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles. He usually works at Skywalker Sound. He was nominated at the 80th Academy Awards for the film There Will Be Blood in the category of Best Sound Editing, shared with Matthew Wood. He has also received two nominations for the Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing for his work on Star Wars: The Force Awakens (with Andy Nelson and Stuart Wilson) and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (with David Parker and, again, Stuart Wilson). Description above from the Wikipedia article Christopher Scarabosio, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Talay Sanguandikul

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Lay Talay Sanguandikul is an actor best known for playing the role of King in "My Engineer." He studied Interactive and Multimedia Design at Srinakharinwirot University. After he graduated in 2018, Talay was hired at a production agency working behind the scene for about a year before he transitioned to acting full-time. Following his breakout role in "My Engineer," Talay built on that success when he starred in the sitcom "YYY." He also gained wide recognition for his part in the music video for Oat Pramote's "Tit Talok" starring alongside Jane BNK48. However, his debut role was in the support role of Sincere in the 2017 Ch3 series "S.P.Y. I Love U: Sea of Lavender." Talay has a game streaming channel called "LAYYO Gaming." He's also a member of the boy band "Boyfriends."
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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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Liz Bonnin

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Elizabeth "Liz" Bonnin is an Irish television presenter and former pop singer, who has worked on television in both Ireland and the United Kingdom. She is also a biochemist and Wild Animal Biologist. She presented music shows RI:SE and Top of the Pops in the early 2000s. But is probably best known for presenting wildlife and science programmes like How the Earth Works, Animals in Love, Stargazing Live, Big Blue Live, Cats v Dogs: Which is Best? and Should We Close Our Zoos?. She co-presented the BBC factual series Bang Goes the Theory from 2009 to 2014. Since 2013, has co-hosted Countrywise for ITV.
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