Blake Edwards (b. July 26, 1922) is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer originally William Blake McEdwards (1922–2010) Director and writer born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA. A former actor and radio scriptwriter, he made his film directorial debut in 1955 with Bring Your Smile Along. He is best known for Breakfast at Tiffanys (1961), and his series of Pink Panther films (1964–78) starring Peter Sellers. He also produced, directed, and occasionally wrote for the television series Peter Gunn (1958-1961). Other films include Operation Petticoat (1959), S.O.B. (1981), and Switch (1991). In 2004 he received a Lifetime Achievement Academy Award. He is married to the actress Julie Andrews.
Kubrick, Stanley
Kubrick, Stanley, (1928–99) American film director, writer, and producer, b. New York City. His visually stunning, thematically daring, boldly idiosyncratic, and darkly compelling films generally portray a deeply flawed humanity. Kubrick made several documentary shorts in the 1950s, turning to film noir features with Fear and Desire (1953), Killer's Kiss (1955), and The Killing (1956). He scored his first hit with the bleak antiwar drama Paths of Glory (1957). After completing the Roman epic Spartacus (1960), he left Hollywood (1961) to move to England. He soon made a series of brilliant films: the sexualized, sad, and uproariously comic Lolita (1962), the apocalyptic black comedy Dr. Strangelove (1964), the science-fiction classic 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), and the violently futuristic A Clockwork Orange (1971). Kubrick's later films include Barry Lyndon (1975); The Shining (1987), a terrifying version of Stephen King's novel; the bitter Vietnam-era Full Metal Jacket (1987); and the psychosexual thriller Eyes Wide Shut (1999), his last film, called a masterpiece by some critics and a pretentious disappointment by others.
See biography by V. Lobrutto (1997); G. Phillips, Stanley Kubrick: A Film Odyssey (1975); T. A. Nelson, Kubrick: Inside a Film Artist's Maze (1982); M. Ciment, Kubrick (1983); N. Kagan, The Cinema of Stanley Kubrick (1989); M. Falsetto, Stanley Kubrick: A Narrative and Stylistic Analysis (1994).
Mick Jagger
popular name of Sir Michael Phillip Jagger (1943– ) Singer, born in Dartford, Kent, SE England, UK. He attended the London School of Economics, but left to form his own rock group, The Rolling Stones, together with Keith Richard, Bill Wyman, Charlie Watts, and Brian Jones. Following their debut in London (1962), the group released its first single, ‘Come On’ (1963). Jagger's unconventional behaviour on stage, and the group's uninhibited lifestyles, cultivated a rebellious image which appealed to a generation of teenagers during the 1960s. He wrote and sang many of their hit singles including ‘The Last Time’ (1965), ‘I Can't Get No Satisfaction’ (1965), ‘Honky Tonk Woman’ (1969), and various albums. He released two solo albums, She's the Boss (1985) and Primitive Cool (1987). Still popular after three decades, the group released the Steel Wheels album (1988), and went on tour (1989). They were still in the album charts in the 1990s with the release of Flashpoint (1991), Voodoo Lounge (1994), and Bridges to Babylon (1997), and in 2005 released A Bigger Bang with accompanying tour. In 2001 Jagger released a further solo album, Goddess in the Doorway. His film appearances include Performance (1968), Ned Kelly (1969), and Freejack (1992). He received a knighthood in 2002.
Mirren's title role of The Queen earned her numerous acting awards including a BAFTA, a Golden Globe, and an Academy Award, among many others. During her acceptance speech at the Academy Award ceremony, she praised and thanked Elizabeth II and stated that she had maintained her dignity and weathered many storms during her reign as Queen. Mirren later appeared in supporting roles in the films National Treasure: Book of Secrets, Inkheart, State of Play, and The Last Station, for which she was nominated for an Oscar.[45]
Jacinda Ardern
Jacinda Kate Laurell Ardern[2] (/dʒəˈsɪndə ˈɑːrdɜːrn/;[1] born 26 July 1980) is a New Zealand politician who has served as the 40th Prime Minister of New Zealand and Leader of the Labour Party since 2017. She has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Mount Albert since March 2017, having first been elected to the House of Representatives as a list MP in 2008.[3]
Born in Hamilton, Ardern grew up in Morrinsville and Murupara, where she attended a state school. After graduating from the University of Waikato in 2001, Ardern began her career working as a researcher in the office of Prime Minister Helen Clark. She later worked in London, within the Cabinet Office, and was elected President of the International Union of Socialist Youth.[4][5] Ardern was first elected as an MP in the 2008 general election, when Labour lost power after nine years. She was later elected to represent the Mount Albert electorate in a by-election in February 2017.
Ardern was unanimously elected as Deputy Leader of the Labour Party on 1 March 2017, following the resignation of Annette King. Just five months later, with an election due, Labour Leader Andrew Little resigned after a historically low opinion polling result for the party, with Ardern elected unopposed as Leader of the Labour Party in his place.[6] She led her party to gain 14 seats at the 2017 general election on 23 September, winning 46 seats to the National Party's 56.[7] After a period of negotiations, New Zealand First chose to enter a minority coalition government with Labour, supported by the Green Party, with Ardern as Prime Minister; she was sworn in by the Governor-General on 26 October 2017.[8] She became the world's youngest female head of government at age 37.
Jonathan Byron Gan Ye Zhan (1990-2006)
Born 1990 to ecstatic parents in Pantai Hospital, Kuala Lumpur. Received his primary education in Kuen Cheng Chinese School in Jalan Belfield Kuala Lumpur. Appointed school prefect, trumpeter and bass drum in the school marching band, sole member of the school tennis team and sole debater of the school's debating society. Played competitive level soccer in the weekend football club-First touch. Attended football coaching at Manchester United Soccer School in Old Trafford for 10 days on 2002. Scored 5 A's & 2B's in the UPSR exams and won a place in Victoria Institution Secondary School. Patrol Leader in the 1st KL Boys Scouts movement. Football on weekends, guitar lessons evenings. Friends, relatives, family and girls. What a full life he lived. Then he was diagnosed with PNET. An inoperable brain tumor had been found in the right thalamic area of his brain that eventually rendered his left side semi paralysed. He underwent cancer treatment- radio therapy, chemotherapy and subjected his physical and mental self to the harsh effects of the treatments. At times it was painfully unbearable but he never showed it or even complained. He soldiered on unflinching. Only because we urged him to.
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