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11-30-2024, 10:25 AM
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ViktoR YanukovycH (politician)
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Rober T Anderson Hoove R (WWII Fighter Pilot)
American fighter pilot, test pilot, flight instructor, and record-setting air show aviator.
Hoover flew Spitfires in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II and was shot down in 1944 off the coast of France. He was held for over a year in a German POW camp before eventually escaping and flying to safety in a stolen enemy aircraft. He then worked as a United States Air Force and civilian test pilot after the war, flying chase for Chuck Yeager's Bell X-1 supersonic flight in 1947, and as a flight instructor for North American Aviation during the Korean War.
He is best known as an air show display pilot, who flew for nearly 50 years until his retirement in 1999. Referred to as the "pilot's pilot", Hoover revolutionized modern aerobatic flying and has been described in many aviation circles as one of the greatest pilots of all time. He received the Distinguished Flying Cross and Wright Brothers Memorial Trophy and was inducted into the National Aviation Hall of Fame in 1988 and Aerospace Walk of Honor in 1992, along with several other military and civilian awards and accolades.
His air show aerobatics career ended in 1999 but was marked by issues with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) over his medical certification that began when Hoover's medical certificate was revoked by the FAA in the early 1990s. He died on October 25, 2016, near his home in Los Angeles at the age of 94 from heart failure.
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11-30-2024, 03:05 PM
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RoberT Anderson HooveR (WWII Fighter Pilot)
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TiM RicE (lyricist and author)
Born 1944 Rice is a British lyricist noted for his collaboration with songwriter Andrew Lloyd Webber. Together they have written several musical plays, including Jesus Christ Superstar, Evita, Aladdin, The Lion King, and Beauty and the Beast. He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II, and has been inducted in the Songwriters Hall of Fame. He is one of the 21 people who have won an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony award. He was married to Jane Artareta in 1974, and they divorced in the late 80's when she discovered Rice was having an affair with singer Elaine Page. The divorce was never finalized, and they are still technically married. Artereta still manages Rice's 33,000 acre estate. They had 2 children, and Rice has 2 more daughters from relationships with other women. He has 7 grandchildren. He is one of the wealthiest people in England.
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11-30-2024, 05:19 PM
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TiM RicE (lyricist and author)
MichaeL EisneR
Michael Eisner (born March 7, 1942) is an American businessman and former chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of The Walt Disney Company from September 1984 to September 2005. Prior to Disney, Eisner was president of rival film studio Paramount Pictures from 1976 to 1984, and had brief stints at the major television networks NBC, CBS, and ABC.
Eisner's 21-year stint at Disney saw the revitalization of the company's poorly performing animation studios with successful films such as The Little Mermaid (1989), Beauty and the Beast (1991), Aladdin (1992), and The Lion King (1994), a period known as the Disney Renaissance. Eisner additionally broadened the company's media portfolio by leading the acquisitions of ABC, most of ESPN and The Muppets franchise. Eisner also led major investments and expansion of the company's theme parks both domestically and globally, including the openings of Disney-MGM Studios (now Disney's Hollywood Studios) in 1989, Euro Disney (now Disneyland Paris) in 1992, Disney's Animal Kingdom in 1998, Disney's California Adventure Park and Tokyo Disney Sea in 2001, Walt Disney Studios Park in 2002 and Hong Kong Disneyland in 2005.
Eisner's final years at Disney were tumultuous: a string of box-office bombs in the early 2000s, public feuds with former associates such as Jeffrey Katzenberg and Steve Jobs, and dissatisfaction with Eisner's management style culminated in the "Save Disney" campaign organized by Roy E. Disney, during which Eisner rapidly lost the confidence of much of Disney's Board of Directors. As a result of the pressure from the campaign, Eisner announced in March 2005 that he would step down as CEO prematurely, handing day-to-day duties to Bob Iger before formally leaving the company in September 2005. He went on to create the stop-motion animated sitcom Glenn Martin, DDS in 2009.
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12-01-2024, 07:14 AM
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MichaeL EisneR
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Lione L Richi E (Singer)
Lionel Brockman Richie Jr. (born June 20, 1949) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and television personality. He rose to fame in the 1970s as a songwriter and the co-lead singer of the Motown group Commodores.
On March 4, 2011, he appeared on NBC's Who Do You Think You Are?, which found out that his maternal great-grandfather was most likely the biological son of federal judge and slaveowner Morgan Welles Brown.
On October 18, 1975, Richie married his college sweetheart, Brenda Harvey. In 1983, the couple informally adopted Nicole Camille Escovedo (now Nicole Richie), the two-year-old daughter of a member of Richie's band, who is also the niece of drummer Sheila E. The Richies raised Nicole as their daughter and adopted her legally when she was nine years old.
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12-01-2024, 05:20 PM
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LioneL RichiE (Singer)
Linda Evangelista
Linda Evangelista (born May 10, 1965) is a Canadian fashion model. She is regarded as one of the most accomplished and an influential model of all time, and has been featured on over 700 magazine covers. Evangelista is primarily known for being the longtime muse of photographer Steven Meisel, as well as for the phrase: "We don't wake up for less than $10,000 a day."
Evangelista's modelling career began in 1984 when she signed with Elite Model Management after having moved from her native Canada to New York City. Upon the suggestion of photographer Peter Lindbergh, Evangelista had her hair cut short in 1988.
Described as the "chameleon" of the fashion industry and as a key figure among the five supermodels (Evangelista, Christy Turlington, Naomi Campbell, Claudia Schiffer and Cindy Crawford), Evangelista was one of the most famous women in the world during the late 1980s and throughout the 1990s. Unlike her colleagues, Evangelista chose not to diversify into other ventures outside of modelling. She retired from her career in 1998 and made a comeback three years later, this time working only sporadically. Her achievements as a model led to her being voted as "The Greatest Supermodel of All Time" by the viewers of the television show Fashion File in 2008.
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12-02-2024, 08:36 AM
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Linda Evangelista
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Ala N Arki N (Actor)
Alan Wolf Arkin was born in Brooklyn, a borough of New York City, on March 26, 1934. Actor, filmmaker and musician. In a career spanning seven decades, he received numerous accolades. Arkin performed in the sketch comedy group The Second City before acting on the Broadway stage.
Arkin was married three times; his first two marriages ended in divorce. In 1996, two years after his second divorce, Arkin married psychotherapist Dr. Suzanne Newlander, whose surname he adopted for his character, Norman Newlander, in the Netflix series, The Kominsky Method.
Arkin died at his home in San Marcos, California, on June 29, 2023, at the age of 89. His death was attributed to heart problems, of which he had a history.
If you guys haven't yet streamed The Kominsky Method, it was and is a jewel of a show created by Chuck Lorre and also starring Michael Douglas. The writing and above-average talent in this comedy was phenomenal and I'm not exaggerating. We really enjoyed it.
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12-02-2024, 04:48 PM
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AlaN ArkiN (Actor)
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NyambI NyambI (actor)
Born 1979 Nyambi is most famous for playing Samuel in the tv series Mike and Molly. He was also in the Paramount+ legal series The Good Fight playing investigator Jay DiPersia. He was born in Norman, OK to Nigerian parents. He attended college at Bucknell University in Pennsylvania where he played on the basketball team. He earned a master of fine arts degree from New York University. He is currently working on the new Night Court series.
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12-02-2024, 05:22 PM
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NyambI NyambI (actor)
InzunzA InzunzA
Inzunza Inzunza (17 August 1971 – 18 December 2013), commonly referred to by his alias El Macho Prieto, was a Mexican suspected drug lord and high-ranking leader of the Sinaloa Cartel, a criminal group based in Sinaloa, Mexico. He worked as the cartel's assassins chief under the tutelage of Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada and as the regional leader of the cartel in the states of Baja California and Sonora. His base of operations was in Mexicali, where he coordinated marijuana and cocaine shipments through the Calexico–Mexicali border region. On 18 December 2013, Inzunza was killed in a shootout with Mexican authorities in the resort area of Puerto Peñasco, Sonora. Before the gunfight was over, several of his gunmen took the corpse of the drug lord with them.
I agree with you The Kominsky Method, on Netflix, is an outstanding show. We really enjoyed it.
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12-03-2024, 08:47 AM
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InzunzA InzunzA
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Aaro N Allsto N (Game designer)
Aaron Dale Allston was an American game designer and author of many science fiction books, notably Star Wars novels. His works as a game designer include game supplements for role-playing games, several of which served to establish the basis for products and subsequent development of TSR's Dungeons & Dragons game setting Mystara. His later works as a novelist include those of the X-Wing series: Wraith Squadron, Iron Fist, Solo Command, Starfighters of Adumar, and Mercy Kill. He wrote two entries in the New Jedi Order series: Enemy Lines I: Rebel Dream and Enemy Lines II: Rebel Stand. Allston wrote three of the nine Legacy of the Force novels: Betrayal, Exile, and Fury, and three of the nine Fate of the Jedi novels: Outcast, Backlash, and Conviction.
In early April 2009 Allston had a heart attack and underwent an emergency quadruple bypass surgery, while on the book signing tour for Outcast, the first book in the Fate of the Jedi series. On February 27, 2014, Allston collapsed during an appearance at VisionCon in Branson, Missouri, apparently from heart failure. He died later that day in Springfield, Missouri, at the age of 53.
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12-03-2024, 03:57 PM
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AaroN AllstoN (Game designer)
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NI NI (Chinese actress)
Born 1988 Ni is best known for her portrayal of the lead female character Yu Mo in the 2011 Chinese historical drama war film The Flowers of War, which also stars English actor Christian Bale of Batman fame. She has since starred in several Chinese films. She was the global ambassador for Tiffany & Co. from 2017 to 2019. She was also global ambassador for Gucci and Lancôme. She has been the global spokesperson for L'Oréal and Asia-Pacific region for Vaseline.
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12-03-2024, 05:18 PM
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AA, NN, II, AA, NN, II. Stuck in a alliteration loop.
NI NI (Chinese actress)
IkE IbeabuchI
Ike Ibeabuchi is a Nigerian former professional boxer who competed from 1994 to 1999 in the heavyweight division. He defeated the previously undefeated highly ranked contender David Tua in 1997 and another highly ranked contender and future world champion Chris Byrd in 1999. He was ranked by BoxRec as the world's No.8 heavyweight in 1997 and 1998, and as No.10 heavyweight in 1999. After compiling an impressive record of 20–0 with 15 knockouts, Ibeabuchi's natural talent and potential inside the ring was eventually overshadowed by emotional instability and violent tendencies in his personal life. After a series of run-ins with law enforcement, he was imprisoned in Las Vegas in July 1999, after submitting an Alford plea for charges on sexual misconduct. This also marked the end of his professional boxing career.
In November 2015, Ibeabuchi was released from the custody of United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) after completing his 16-year Nevada state prison sentence without incident. He announced his desire to return to the ring to resume his professional boxing career, but was rearrested before his comeback could take place.
In September 2020, an Immigration Judge issued an order addressing Ike Ibeabuchi’s "New Arrival" status with Nigeria Immigration Services, as directed by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
As of 2024, Ibeabuchi began working with Ben Wilson from Glossop, UK, to organize and promote a successful return to the ring, focusing on overcoming legal and logistical challenges. Several recent videos show Ibeabuchi training, sharing his journey, discussing future opportunities with Ben and generating renewed interest in his comeback. Plans are currently in motion for Ibeabuchi to participate in a scheduled fight in December 2024, finally marking a significant step in his return to professional boxing.
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12-04-2024, 08:10 AM
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IkE IbeabuchI
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Ega N Inou E (mixed martial artist and racquetball competitor)
Egan Inoue was born on 4 June 1965, in Honolulu, Hawaii, in a family of Japanese descent. He started practicing Shotokan Karate from a young age taught by his grandfather. He would later take up Wing Chun Kung Fu, Taekwondo, Judo, Hapkido, and Jujutsu. At 16 he started practicing racquetball becoming state champion by the time he turned 18.
Inoue went on to fight professionally in MMA. He retired in 2003 but came out of retirement on May 5, 2008, beating Hans Marrero by TKO at a X-1 – Legends, an MMA show held at the Neil S. Blaisdell Center in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Inoue's MMA record is 13 wins with 8 losses. He has opened up three MMA training schools in the state of Hawaii. Inoue's MMA career led him to fights in Pride, Shooto, Superbrawl and Luminex Cup. He enjoyed a successful career with five world championship titles. His younger brother Enson Inoue went on to become the first ever Heavyweight Champion of Shooto.
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12-04-2024, 03:42 PM
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EgaN InouE (mixed martial artist and racquetball competitor)
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NatalE EvolA (gangster)
1907 - 1973 Natle "Joe Diamond" Evola was a mobster who was briefly the boss of the Bonanno crime family. He was born in Brooklyn to Sicilian parents. He became a close confidant of crime boss Joseph Bonanno, and served as an usher at Bonanno's wedding. In 1959 he was sentenced to 10 years in prison for importing heroin from Sicily. He became boss of the crime family in 1968, and co-ordinated illegal activities with the Gambino crime family. He died of cancer in 1973.
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12-04-2024, 05:21 PM
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NatalE EvolA (gangster)
EugenE Charles AlleN
Eugene Charles Allen (July 14, 1919 – March 31, 2010) was an American waiter and butler who worked for the US government at the White House for 34 years until he retired as the head butler in 1986.
Allen's life was the inspiration for the 2013 film The Butler.
Allen was born in Buckingham County, Virginia and raised on Shirland Farm near Scottsville. He worked as a waiter for many years, in "whites-only resorts and country clubs", including The Homestead resort in Hot Springs, Virginia, and a club in Washington.
He started in the White House in 1952 as a "pantry man", a job which involved basic tasks such as dish washing, stocking and polishing silverware. Over the years Allen rose in his position, becoming the butler to the president.
Allen was particularly affected by the murder of President Kennedy in 1963. According to his son, "My father came home late on the day that President Kennedy had been shot. But then he got up and put his coat back on. He said, 'I've got to go back to work.' But in the hallway, he fell against the wall and started crying. That was the first time in my life I had ever seen my father cry." He was invited to the funeral, but chose to stay at work to prepare for the reception, because "Someone had to be at the White House to serve everyone after they came from the funeral." Allen never missed a day of work in 34 years.
Allen finally attained the most prestigious rank of butlers serving in the White House, Maître d'hôtel, in 1981, during the presidency of Ronald Reagan. Reagan invited Allen and his wife Helene to a state dinner in honor of Helmut Kohl at the White House. Allen was the first White House butler ever to be invited as a guest to a state dinner. He retired in 1986, after he worked for Harry S. Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, and Ronald Reagan, a total of eight presidents.
Allen was married to his wife, Helene, for 65 years. They met at a birthday party in Washington in 1942, and married a year later in 1943. The couple had one son, Charles Allen. He and his wife had intended to vote for Barack Obama in 2008, but she died the day before the election, on November 3.
Allen died of kidney failure at the Washington Adventist Hospital in Takoma Park, Maryland on March 31, 2010.
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