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Martin Luther King Jr.
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Martin Luther King Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American Baptist minister and activist who was a leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement. He is best known for his role in the advancement of civil rights using nonviolent civil disobedience based on his Christian beliefs. King became a civil rights activist early in his career. He led the 1955 Montgomery bus boycott and helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) in 1957, serving as its first president. With the SCLC, King led an unsuccessful 1962 struggle against segregation in Albany, Georgia (the Albany Movement), and helped organize the 1963 nonviolent protests in Birmingham, Alabama. King also helped to organize the 1963 March on Washington, where he delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" speech. There, he established his reputation as one of the greatest orators in American history.
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Atıf Kaptan
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Atıf Kaptan (21 May 1908 – 22 April 1977) was a Turkish film and theater actor.
He began his artistic career in 1928 with the play “Hamlet” at Dar-ül bedayi. That same year, he also took his first steps into cinema acting. He gained widespread acclaim for his role as “Yahya Kaptan” in the first Turkish sound film, “Bir Millet Uyanıyor” (A Nation Awakens). He founded a troupe called “Kaptan Tiyatrosu” (Captain's Theater) and toured throughout Anatolia. After leaving theater to focus on cinema, the artist starred in over 300 films.
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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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Andreas Barkoulis
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Andreas Barkoulis (Greek: Ανδρέας Μπάρκουλης; 4 August 1936 – 23 August 2016) was a Greek actor. He graduated from the “Kostis Mihailides” drama school. He was among the most popular male actors of the 1950s and 1960s in Greece. Barkoulis, acted in 109 films and played in the theatre and television for over 50 years. He was considered such a heartthrob that a popular expression of the era was created for him: "Eh koritsia, o Barkoulis!" (Hey girls, it's Barkoulis!). He died on 23 August 2016 at the age of 80.
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Pam Martinez
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Pamela Rose Martinez, better known by her ring name Bayley, is an American professional wrestler currently signed to WWE, where she performs on the SmackDown brand. She began her career on the independent circuit as Davina Rose from 2008 to 2012 before signing with WWE and joining NXT, where she captured the NXT Women’s Championship in 2015 and earned Female Competitor of the Year and Match of the Year honors.
Bayley debuted on WWE’s main roster in 2016 and went on to win the Raw Women’s, SmackDown Women’s, and Women’s Tag Team Championships, becoming the first women’s Triple Crown Champion and Grand Slam winner. She also holds the record for the longest SmackDown Women’s Championship reign at 380 days, won the 2019 Money in the Bank ladder match, and became the first woman to defend a WWE title in Saudi Arabia.
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Jon Kasdan
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Jonathan "Jon" Kasdan is an American writer and director.
Kasdan is the son of Meg (née Goldman), a writer, and film director Lawrence Kasdan. He is the brother of director and actor Jake Kasdan. His directorial debut, In the Land of Women, was released in the United States in 2007. Kasdan also wrote the film, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 2006. Kasdan has worked as a writer for the American television series Freaks and Geeks, and as an actor in Dawson's Creek and Dreamcatcher. He had his acting debut in 1983 in his father's film, The Big Chill. Kasdan was diagnosed with Hodgkin's disease when he was a 17-year old junior in high school.
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Oh Jung-se
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Oh Jung-se (born February 26, 1977) is a South Korean actor. Oh began his career in theater, and has since appeared in many onscreen supporting roles over the years, notably in Petty Romance (2010), Couples (2011), As One (2012), A Millionaire On the Run (2012), and Running Man (2013). But his performance in the 2013 romantic comedy How to Use Guys with Secret Tips earned him special attention from critics and viewers. This led to Oh being cast in his first leading role in the 2013 film The Hero.
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Gabriella Farinon
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Gabriella Farinon (born 17 August 1941) is an Italian television and radio presenter and actress.
Born in Oderzo, after appearing in several films, in 1961 Farinon joined RAI as announcer. Starting from 1968, she presented several programs of various genres, notably several editions of the Sanremo Music Festival and of Un disco per l'estate. The last program she presented was the 1997 Rai 3 talk show TeleSogni.
Farinon's daughter Barbara Modesti, whom she had with documentarist Dore Modesti, is a RAI journalist. Her sister Luisa married businessman Francesco Gaetano Caltagirone.
Source: Article "Gabriella Farinon" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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David Lawrence
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Dave Lawrence, a versatile Canadian artist, encompasses roles as an actor, writer, director, and producer. Hailing from Calgary, he honed his improvisational skills at The Loose Moose Theatre Company from a young age, cultivating the character 'Terry,' which became a cornerstone for the Sundance hit, Fubar. Lawrence has featured in various Canadian film and TV productions, notably alongside Leslie Nielsen in Doctor*ology and Tom Green in Freezer Burn.
His collaborative writing efforts with childhood friend Paul Spence birthed the book "Just Give'r, A Handguide By Terry," and several film projects, including his directorial debut, Western Confidential. In 2009, Lawrence reunited with Spence and Mike Dowse to craft the Fubar sequel. Despite his accomplishments, Lawrence continues to perform improvised comedy regularly at The Loose Moose, staying connected to his roots in Calgary's theatre scene.
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Giovanna Lancellotti
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Giovanna Lancellotti Roxo (born May 21, 1993) is a Brazilian actress. Giovanna was born in Ribeirão Preto and raised in São João da Boa Vista, in the interior of São Paulo. In 2008, she left the city where she grew up to live in the capital, with the intention of studying theater. At the age of 16, she was emancipated by her parents, who didn't have time to keep up with her testing routine.
One of Caio Castro's best friends, the actress and the actor got the same tattoo in Arabic to seal the strong relationship they have. However, shortly afterwards they discovered that the expression, which should be "muse" and "muso" (nicknames between the two), was wrong. In fact, the meaning etched into the duo's skin was: "They're watching you." The duo took it in humour.
In October 2010, Giovanna started a relationship with Pe Lanza, leader of the teen band Restart. The couple conquered a legion of teenage fans, but the romance came to an end in September of the following year, with the announcement of the end on Twitter. In August 2012, she started dating Rebeldes band member Arthur Aguiar. The relationship came to an end in October 2013.
In early 2016, she started a relationship with the artist Gian Lucca Ewbank, brother of Giovanna Ewbank. In December 2017, through a note released by her press office, the actress commented on the end: “Our friendship, affection and admiration remain”.
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