Query: most famous award winning actor singer

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15th Academy Awards <=SEP=> The 15th Academy Awards was held in the Cocoanut Grove at The Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles.  Best Picture honors went to the film Mrs. Miniver.  The ceremony is most famous for the speech by the film’s Oscar-winning actress Greer Garson.  Garson’s acceptance speech as Best Actress ran nearly 6 minutes and is generally considered to be the longest acceptance speech at an Academy Awards ceremony.Mrs.

56th Filmfare Awards South <=SEP=> The 56th Filmfare Awards South ceremony honored its selection of the best South Indian films of 2008 and was held on Friday, July 31, 2009, in Hyderabad, India.

57th Filmfare Awards South <=SEP=> The 57th Filmfare Awards South ceremony honoring the winners and nominees of the best of South Indian cinema in 2009 was held on August 7, 2010 in Chennai, India.

58th Filmfare Awards South <=SEP=> The 58th Filmfare Awards South ceremony honoring the winners and nominees of the best of South Indian cinema in 2010 was held on July 2, 2011 in Hyderabad, India.

59th Filmfare Awards South <=SEP=> The 59th Filmfare Awards South ceremony honouring the winners and nominees of the best of South Indian cinema in 2011 was held on 7 July 2012 at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Chennai, India. For this year more than 451 films from each of the four film industries were considered for nominations in various categories.

62nd Filmfare Awards South <=SEP=> The 62nd Filmfare Awards South ceremony honouring the winners and nominees of the best of South Indian cinema in 2014 is an event held on 26 June 2015 at the Nehru Indoor Stadium, Chennai.

Academy Award for Best Actor <=SEP=> The Academy Award for Best Actor is an award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It is given in honor of an actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role while working within the film industry. The 1st Academy Awards ceremony was held in 1929 with Emil Jannings receiving the award for his roles in The Last Command and The Way of All Flesh.

Academy Award for Best Picture <=SEP=> The Academy Award for Best Picture is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually since the awards debuted in 1929, by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) to producers working in the film industry and is the only category in which every member is eligible to submit a nomination. Best Picture is considered the most important of the Academy Awards, as it represents all the directing, acting, music composing, writing, editing and other efforts put forth into a film.

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor <=SEP=> The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor is an award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It is given in honor of an actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a supporting role while working within the film industry. At the 9th Academy Awards ceremony held in 1937, Walter Brennan was the first winner of this award for his role in Come and Get It.

Academy Awards <=SEP=> The Academy Awards or The Oscars is an annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The various category winners are awarded a copy of a statuette, officially the Academy Award of Merit, which is better known by its nickname Oscar.

Al Debbo <=SEP=> Al (Alec) Debbo (22 June 1924 – 13 July 2011) was a South African comedian, singer and actor. As one of the most famous artists of his generation he made an enormous contribution to Afrikaner music and culture.

Ali Zafar <=SEP=> Ali Zafar (Punjabi, Urdu: علی ظفر‎; born as Ali Mohammad Zafar on 18 May 1980), is a Pakistani music composer, singer-songwriter, painter and actor. He started his singing career with the song Jugnuon Se Bhar Le Aanchal in the film Shararat, directed by Pakistani actress and director Samina Peerzada but made a big mark with his first single Channo from his first album Huqa Pani that sold over five million copies worldwide.

Alien Huang <=SEP=> Alien Huang (traditional Chinese: 黃鴻升; simplified Chinese: 黄鸿升; pinyin: Huáng Hóng Shēng), also known as Xiao Gui (小鬼), is a Taiwanese singer, actor, TV presenter, lyricist, writer, illustrator and fashion designer, born on 28 November 1983.He was formerly part of Japanese TV Asahi's disbanded boy band HC3 in 2002 and Taiwanese Rock Records' disbanded boy band Cosmo (丸子) in 2003.Later, as a solo artist, he has now released many albums and has acted important roles in numerous movies and television dramas.

Almost Famous <=SEP=> Almost Famous is a 2000 comedy-drama film written and directed by Cameron Crowe and starring  Billy Crudup, Kate Hudson, and Patrick Fugit. It tells the fictional story of a teenage journalist writing for Rolling Stone magazine in the early 1970s while covering the fictitious rock band Stillwater, and his efforts to get his first cover story published.

Andy Lau <=SEP=> Andy Lau Tak-wah MH, JP (born 27 September 1961) is a Hong Kong Cantopop singer-songwriter, actor, presenter, and film producer. Lau has been one of Hong Kong's most commercially successful film actors since the mid-1980s, performing in more than 160 films while maintaining a successful singing career at the same time.

Anuj Gurwara <=SEP=> Anuj Gurwara is a Filmfare Award winning playback singer, master of ceremonies, actor, voice artist, radio jockey and television show host, from Mumbai, India.

Ashanti (singer) <=SEP=> Ashanti Shequoiya Douglas (born October 13, 1980) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, dancer and actress. Ashanti is most famous for her eponymous debut album, which featured the hit song "Foolish", and sold over 503,000 copies in its first week of release throughout the U.S. in April 2002.  In 2003, the self-titled debut album won Ashanti her first Grammy Award for Best Contemporary R&B album.

Asianet Film Awards <=SEP=> The Asianet Film Awards is an award ceremony for Malayalam films presented annually by Asianet, a Malayalam-language television network from the south-Indian state of Kerala. The awards ceremony has been instituted to honour both artistic and technical excellence in the Malayalam language film industry. Held and broadcast annually since 1998, the ceremony has gained in popularity over the years and is currently one of the most-watched award ceremonies in Kerala.

BIG Star Entertainment Awards <=SEP=> The Big STAR Entertainment Awards are presented annually by Reliance Broadcast Network Limited in association with Star India to honour personalities from the field of entertainment across movies, music, television, sports, theatre and dance. The award is touted to be a completely viewer driven award where in audience participation right from nominations to the final winners through SMS and online voting across the categories is used for deciding the winners.

Barbara Cook <=SEP=> Barbara Cook (born October 25, 1927) is an American singer and actress who first came to prominence in the 1950s after starring in the original Broadway musicals Plain and Fancy (1955), Candide (1956) and The Music Man (1957) among others, winning a Tony Award for the last. She continued performing mostly in theatre until the mid-1970s, when she began a second career that continues to this day as a cabaret and concert singer.

Barbra Streisand <=SEP=> Barbra Joan Streisand (born April 24, 1942) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and filmmaker. During a career spanning six decades, she has become an icon in multiple fields of entertainment, winning numerous awards, which has earned her recognition as Mother of All Contemporary Pop Divas or Queen of The Divas.

Brad Pitt <=SEP=> William Bradley "Brad" Pitt (born December 18, 1963) is an American actor and producer. He has received a Golden Globe Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and three Academy Award nominations in acting categories, and received two further Academy Award nominations, winning one, as producer under his own company Plan B Entertainment. Pitt first gained recognition as a cowboy hitchhiker in the road movie Thelma & Louise (1991).

Bret McKenzie <=SEP=> Bret Peter Tarrant McKenzie, ONZM (born 29 June 1976) is a New Zealand comedian, actor, musician and producer, best known for being one half of the Grammy Award winning musical comedy duo Flight of the Conchords along with Jemaine Clement. The duo's comedy and music became the basis of a BBC radio series and then an American television series, which aired for two seasons on HBO.

Bruce Dow <=SEP=> Bruce Dow is an award winning American-Canadian actor, best known for his four featured roles on Broadway, his 12 seasons in leading roles at the Stratford Festival, his Dora Mavor Moore Awards-winning performances at Buddies in Bad Times, the world's largest and longest running LGBTQ theatre, his voicing the character of Max for Total Drama Pahkitew Island Total Drama and his appearances on the Rick Mercer Report and Murdoch Mysteries.He is also a professional stage director, a produced composer/lyricist and an experienced theatre educator, specializing in Shakespeare and musical "heatre\, having taught at colleges and universities across Canada and the United States, including The National Theatre School of Canada, the Stratford Festival Department of Professional Theatre Training, SUNY Plattsburgh, Sheridan College and The Randolph Academy for the Performing Arts.Dow made his Broadway debut in Jane Eyre, and has appeared on Broadway in The Music Man,  Anything Goes and most recently as King Herod in the 2012 Tony-nominated revival of Jesus Christ Superstar  which opened in the Avon Theatre in Stratford, Ontario. @en <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Dow?oldid=660017474> .
<http://dbpedia.org/resource/2007_NCAA_Division_I_FBS_football_rankings> <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#comment> Three polls and one formulaic ranking make up the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision) football rankings, in addition to various publications' preseason polls. Unlike most sports, college football's governing body, the NCAA, does not bestow a National Championship title. That title is bestowed by one or more of four different polling agencies. There are two main weekly polls that begin in the preseason: the AP Poll and the Coaches Poll.

Bruce Hubbard <=SEP=> Bruce Hubbard (1952 − 1991) was an American operatic baritone. A Drama Desk and Laurence Olivier Award nominee for Best Actor, he performed on Broadway, the Metropolitan Opera, BBC television, in concert and made several recordings. He is most famous for appearing as Joe in Show Boat, and as Jake, as well as Porgy, in Porgy and Bess on Broadway, the West End, and in several major opera houses and regional theatres. He graduated from the Indiana University School of Music.

Burka Avenger <=SEP=> Burka Avenger is a multi-award winning Pakistani animated television series created and directed by famous Pakistani rock star and social activist, Aaron Haroon Rashid (AKA Haroon). It was produced at Unicorn Black Studios in Islamabad, Pakistan. Its 1st season was aired on Geo Tez of Geo Network TV, while the 2nd season is currently being aired on Nick. The show features Jiya, an "inspirational teacher" whose alter ego is a burka-wearing superheroine.

Charlene Choi <=SEP=> Charlene Choi (born 22 November 1982) is a Hong Kong actress and singer. She is a member of Cantopop group Twins, along with Gillian Chung.

Craig McLachlan <=SEP=> Craig Dougall McLachlan (born 1 September 1965) is a Gold Logie award winning Australian actor, musician and singer and composer. He has been involved in film, television and music theatre for 25 years. He is best known for appearing in the soap operas Neighbours and Home and Away and the BBC One spy drama Bugs.

Crazy Heart <=SEP=> Crazy Heart is a 2009 American drama film, written and directed by Scott Cooper and based on the 1987 novel of the same name by Thomas Cobb. Jeff Bridges plays a down-and-out country music singer-songwriter who tries to turn his life around after beginning a relationship with a young journalist  portrayed by Maggie Gyllenhaal.  Other supporting roles are played by Colin Farrell, Robert Duvall,  and child actor Jack Nation.

Dale Badway <=SEP=> Dale Badway is a Tony Award Winning professional actor, singer, producer and the Executive Producer and Creative Director of Badway on Broadway Productions, most famous for his portrayal of Conrad Birdie in the national tour of Bye Bye Birdie (musical) which played in 26 states and for hosting the TV show, Fame-Wall. He is also the vice-president of the Theatre World Awards.

Dallas Buyers Club <=SEP=> Dallas Buyers Club is a 2013 American biographical drama film, co-written by Craig Borten and Melisa Wallack, directed by Jean-Marc Vallée. Ron Woodroof (Matthew McConaughey) was an AIDS patient diagnosed in the mid 1980s when HIV/AIDS treatments were under-researched, while the disease was not understood and highly stigmatized.

Dani Martín <=SEP=> Daniel Martín García (born 19 February 1977) is a Spanish singer. He was the vocalist of the famous spanish award-winning pop rock band El Canto del Loco (ECDL).

Danilo Jovanovitch <=SEP=> Danilo Jovanovitch (born 3 September 1919) is an award-winning Australian poet, actor and singer. He appeared in the Australian feature films 40,000 Horsemen, Gone To The Dogs and Ants in His Pants. His published poetry anthologies include Songs of a Bushland Rover and Rhyming Australian Poetry.

Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series <=SEP=> The Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series  is an award presented annually by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) and Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS).  It is given in honor of an actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role while working within the daytime drama industry.

Denis King <=SEP=> Denis Andrew King (born 25 July 1939, Hornchurch, Essex) is an English Ivor Novello award-winning composer, singer and actor. He began his musical career at the age of six as a banjolele-playing singer at children's matinees and by the age of thirteen, with his two older brothers, Mike and Tony, was a member of one of the most successful pop groups of the Fifties and Sixties, The King Brothers— considered by many to be Britain’s first Boy Band.

Devarajan Varadarajan <=SEP=> Devarajan Varadarajan (Dev) is an Award Winning Singaporean actor, singer and director.

Deven May <=SEP=> Deven Shaw May (born April 3, 1971 in Whittier, California) is a Broadway performer, actor and photographer. He is most famous for his portrayal of the half-bat, half-human boy in Laurence O'Keefe's Off-Broadway musical, Bat Boy, for which he won a Theatre World Award for "Outstanding New York Debut," as well as Drama Desk and Lucille Lortel Award nominations. He also performed as Bat Boy in London at the Shaftesbury Theatre.

Don van Dijke <=SEP=> Don van Dijke is a Dutch actor. He is most famous for his role as Chefpiet, the helper of Saint Nicolas.

Dreamgirls (film) <=SEP=> Dreamgirls  is a 2006 American musical drama film, directed by Bill Condon and jointly produced and released by DreamWorks Pictures and Paramount Pictures. The film debuted in three special road show engagements starting in December 15, 2006 before its nationwide release on December 25, 2006.

Dwight Yoakam <=SEP=> Dwight David Yoakam (born October 23, 1956) is an American singer-songwriter, actor and film director, most famous for his pioneering country music. Popular since the early 1980s, he has recorded more than 21 albums and compilations, charted more than 30 singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, and sold more than 25 million records. He has recorded 5 Billboard #1 Albums, 12 Gold Albums, and 9 Platinum Albums, including the Triple Platinum This Time.

Eddie Murphy filmography <=SEP=> Edward Regan "Eddie" Murphy (born April 3, 1961) is an American comedian, actor, writer, singer, director, and musician.Thanks to some sketches, it is thought that Rockstar Games originally considered Murphy to define Lance Vance's appearance, and possibly even voicing him in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. The characters was voiced by Philip Michael Thomas, most famous for Miami Vice.

Ellis Hollins <=SEP=> Ellis Hollins (born 14 November 1999) is a British Soap Award winning child actor.  He is most famous for playing the role Tom Cunningham in the British Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, which he has played since 1999, only being weeks old.  In 2006, he appeared in Alpha Male, a family film released in the United Kingdom.

Eminem <=SEP=> Marshall Bruce Mathers III (born October 17, 1972), better known by his stage name Eminem,  is an American rapper, record producer, singer and songwriter from Detroit, Michigan. In addition to his solo career, he is a member of D12 and (with Royce da "'9\) half of the hip-hop duo Bad Meets Evil. Eminem is the best-selling artist of the 2000s in the United States; Rolling Stone ranked him 83rd on its list of 100 Greatest Artists of All Time, calling him the King of Hip Hop.

Ernst Rolf <=SEP=> Ernst Rolf (1891–1932), was a Swedish actor, singer and musical revue artist.Rolf was born in Falun in the Swedish province of Dalarna, where his father was a tailor and member of the temperance movement. His musical talent was evident from the start when even as a young child he performed at IOGT meetings. He would sing while his older brother Birger played the piano.In 1906 Rolf found work at the Åhlén & Holm mail order company in Insjön, Dalarna.

Ferdi Tayfur <=SEP=> Ferdi Tayfur (Born: Ferdi Tayfur Turanbayburt, born November 15, 1945) is one of Turkey's most successful and famous Turkish arabesque singer, actor and composer. In recent years, he has also become popular in Afghanistan, Lebanon, Trinidad and Tobago, Syria and Iran. He achieved estimated sales of over 50-60 million records worldwide.He was born in Hurriyet neighbourhood of Adana, Turkey and he has led a successful career in arabesque music.

Fiona Sit <=SEP=> Fiona Sit (born 11 August 1981) is a Chinese Cantopop singer and actress from Hong Kong.

George Jessel (actor) <=SEP=> George Albert Jessel (April 3, 1898 – May 23, 1981), sometimes called "Georgie" Jessel, was an American illustrated song "model," actor, singer, songwriter, and Academy Award-winning movie producer. He was famous in his lifetime as a multitalented comedic entertainer, achieving a level of recognition that transcended his limited roles in movies.

Gyton Grantley <=SEP=> Gyton Grantley (born July 1980) is a Logie Award and AFI Award-winning Australian actor, best known for his portrayal of convicted murderer and drug trafficker Carl Williams in the hit Australian television show Underbelly, for which he was nominated for both Most Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series and Most Popular Actor for the 2009 TV Week Logie Awards and the 2008 AFI award (winning for Most Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series).

Hamlet (1948 film) <=SEP=> Hamlet  is a 1948 British film adaptation of William Shakespeare's play Hamlet, adapted and directed by and starring Sir Laurence Olivier. Hamlet was Olivier's second film as director, and also the second of the three Shakespeare films that he directed (the 1936 As You Like It had starred Olivier, but had been directed by Paul Czinner). Hamlet was the first British film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture. It is also the first sound film of the play in English.

IOTA (entertainer) <=SEP=> iOTA, born Sean Hape, is an ARIA-nominated Australian musician and Helpmann Award winning actor.

Izhar Qazi <=SEP=> Izhar Qazi (Urdu: 1955 – December 23, 2007) was a famous two time Nigar award winning, Pakistani film and television actor and a playback singer, perhaps best known for his resemblance to the Indian film actor Amitabh Bachhan. Among his peers he was known for his modest lifestyle and honesty. His most famous movies are Love In Nepal, Aalmi Jasoos, Khazana and Sar Kata Insaan.

James Millar (Australian actor) <=SEP=> James Millar (born 21 January 1980) is an award-winning Australian actor, singer and writer. He is the author of the musical drama The Hatpin which premiered in Sydney on 27 February 2008 and the critically acclaimed Song Cycle "LOVEBiTES" and award winning semi autobiographical "A little Touch of Chaos". He is also considered to be an authoritative voice on new work for theatre, is an award winning singer and actor and a renowned raconteur in his native Australia.

Jamie Foxx <=SEP=> Eric Marlon Bishop (born December 13, 1967), known professionally as Jamie Foxx, is an American actor, singer, comedian, writer, and producer.As an actor, his work in the 2004 Ray Charles biographical film Ray earned him the Academy Award and BAFTA Award for Best Actor as well as the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a musical or comedy. The same year, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in the action film Collateral.

Jazz Profiles <=SEP=> Jazz Profiles is an American radio show produced by NPR and hosted by jazz singer Nancy Wilson.  It features hour long retrospectives on the lives of famous jazz musicians, or sometimes on famous albums such as Miles Davis' Kind of Blue.  The show covers a wide range of jazz musicians, from the very famous to the lesser known but still notable ones, such as Jon Hendricks.

Jeff Bridges <=SEP=> Jeffrey Leon "Jeff" Bridges (born December 4, 1949) is an American actor, singer, and producer. He comes from a well-known acting family and began his televised acting in 1958 as a child with his father, Lloyd Bridges, and brother, Beau, on television's Sea Hunt.

Joan Almedilla <=SEP=> Joan Almedilla (born Joan Richelle C. Almedilla on September 19, 1973) is an international film and theater actress, composer, and singer who has starred as 'Kim' in the Broadway musical Miss Saigon.

Joan Diener <=SEP=> Joan Diener (February 24, 1930 – May 13, 2006) was an American theatre actress and singer with a three-and-a-half-octave range.Born in Columbus, Ohio, Diener majored in psychology at Sarah Lawrence College and moonlighted as an actress while still a student.

Joey Yung <=SEP=> Joey Yung (born 16 June 1980) is a Hong Kong singer and actress. She is signed to Emperor Entertainment Group. Yung has won numerous awards including the prestigious JSG "Most Popular Female Singer" and "Ultimate Best Female Singer – Gold" awards a record breaking nine times, thus emerging as one of the premier Cantonese singers in Hong Kong. She is ranked 63rd on the 2014 Forbes China Celebrity 100, making her the most 'powerful' Hong Kong-based female singer in 2014.

John Kraaijkamp, Sr. <=SEP=> Jan Hendrik (John) Kraaijkamp, Sr. (19 April 1925 – 17 July 2011) was a Dutch Golden Calf and Louis d'Or winning actor, comedian and singer. For years, he formed a comedy team with Rijk de Gooyer. One of The Netherlands' most popular comedians, praised for his perfect timing, he also played in more serious plays, including the title role in King Lear (1979) and in the Academy Award winning WOII drama film The Assault (1986).

John Legend <=SEP=> John Roger Stephens (born December 28, 1978), better known by his stage name John Legend, is an American singer, songwriter, and actor. He has won nine Grammy Awards, one Golden Globe, and one Academy Award. In 2007, Legend received the special Starlight Award from the Songwriters Hall of Fame.Prior to the release of Legend's debut album, his career gained momentum through a series of successful collaborations with multiple established artists.

Jonathan Arons <=SEP=> Jonathan Arons is a New York City based freelance trombonist, actor, singer, and dancer who has made a number of appearances on television, most notably for his "trombone dance" in which he plays his trombone and then dances energetically (whilst still holding his trombone).He had graduated from Oberlin Conservatory with a BM in Jazz Performance, and has a degree in Biochemistry from Oberlin College.He is a first degree black belt in shotokan karate.He plays on the Dave Holland Big Band Grammy winning album Overtime.

Jordan Scott Gilbert <=SEP=> Jordan Scott Gilbert is an Award winning Broadway/TV/film actor, singer, director, writer, and producer, most recently co-producing the Tony Award-nominated Broadway production of Ghost the Musical, for which he was named BROADWAY PRODUCER OF THE YEAR by Broadway Global, Examiner, and received a Drama League award nomination, among other honors.

Kamal Addararachchi <=SEP=> Kamal Addararachchi - කමල් අද්දරආරච්චි (born Addararachchige Gunendra Kamal on February 5, 1962) is an award-winning Sri Lankan film and teledrama actor, singer and presenter. He made his debut as an actor in Gamini Fonseka's 1981 film Sagarayak Meda, when he was a still a student at school. Since the late 1970s, he has appeared in a variety of roles in many films and teledramas.

Karen Clark Sheard <=SEP=> Karen Clark-Sheard (born  Karen Valencia Clark; November 15, 1960) is an American gospel four-time Grammy Award winning singer, musician, and songwriter. The youngest daughter of pioneering gospel choral director Mattie Moss Clark, Sheard began her career as a member of the Grammy-Award winning, gospel legendary female group, The Clark Sisters.

Kati Kovács <=SEP=> Kati Kovács (born 25 October 1944), is a Ferenc Liszt and Kossuth Award-winning Hungarian pop-rock singer, performer, lyricist and actress.Probably the most famous singer of Hungary, with dozens of recorded albums, awards and presentations indoor/abroad, international recognition and a very active career until today.Her voice type is Mezzosoprano. Hungarian musical critics have praised her raspy and very strong voice, and they've called her: "The Best Female Voice of Hungary".

Kevin Costner <=SEP=> Kevin Michael Costner (born January 18, 1955) is an American actor, film director, producer, musician, and singer. He has won two Academy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, and one Emmy Award, and has been nominated for three BAFTA (British Academy of Film and Television Arts) Awards. In 2013, he was awarded the Honorary César.Costner's notable roles include Eliot Ness in The Untouchables, Crash Davis in Bull Durham, Ray Kinsella in Field of Dreams, Lt. John J.

Kevin McHale (actor) <=SEP=> Kevin Michael McHale (born June 14, 1988) is an American actor, singer, dancer and voice actor. Formerly of the boy band NLT, McHale is known for his role as Artie Abrams on the Fox television series Glee. As of 2014, he hosts the E4 panel show Virtually Famous in the UK.Kevin McHale is currently one of the four hosts of Sick of My Voice Show on Main Stage on Dash Radio.

Khin Yu May <=SEP=> Khin Yu May (Burmese: ခင်ယုမေ, pronounced: [kʰɪ̀ɴ jṵ mè]; 23 March 1937 - 23 January 2014) was a two-time Myanmar Academy Award winning actress and singer.

Kiatkamol Lata <=SEP=> Kiatkamol Lata (Thai: เกียรติกมล ล่าทา) (aka. Tui Thai: ตุ้ย ) (born on May 7, 1983) is a Thai singer, actor. He first gained notice by winning Thailand's True Visions Academy Fantasia Season 3, a famous American Idol-liked reality show in Thailand. Due to the popularity of the show, people usually called the contestants' names followed by the term "AF"; as a result, Kiatkamol also became known as "Tui AF" (Thai: ตุ้ย AF) or "Tui AF3" (Thai: ตุ้ย AF3).

Kishore Kumar <=SEP=> Kishore Kumar (4 August 1929 – 13 October 1987) was an Indian film playback singer, actor, lyricist, composer, producer, director, screenplay writer and scriptwriter. He is considered as one of the most successful playback singers of the Hindi film industry. Apart from Hindi, he sang in many Indian languages including Bengali,  Marathi, Assamese, Gujarati, Kannada, Bhojpuri, Malayalam, Odia, and Urdu.

Kyaw Hein <=SEP=> Kyaw Hein (Burmese: ကျော်ဟိန်း [tɕɔ̀héɪɴ]; born 25 July 1947) is a five-time Myanmar Academy Award winning Burmese film actor, film director, and singer. Born Kyaw Htay (ကျော်ဌေး), Kyaw Hein starred in hundreds of films, and directed several films, and was considered one of the most important actors in Burmese cinema. However, in 2008, on his 61st birthday, he announced he would retire from the film industry to live as an Theravada Buddhist monk. He holds the Dharma name Kittisāra (ကိတ္တိသာရ).

Kyi Kyi Htay <=SEP=> Kyi Kyi Htay (Burmese: ကြည်ကြည်ဌေး, pronounced: [tɕì tɕì tʰé]; 19 March 1924 – 4 March 2000) was a four-time Myanmar Academy Award winning film actress, singer, opera performer, and dancer.Htay was born in a small town of Letbadan in Bago Division in Lower Burma to Daw Ohn Kywe and U Po Yin. She took part in Burmese traditional opera, Zat Thabin, since her childhood and became famous under the name Aung Chin Ma Marla Yi.

Leo Ku <=SEP=> Leo Ku Kui-Kei is a Hong Kong Cantopop and Mandopop singer, actor, TV host, model, cartoonist, MV director, and producer and designer, a major figure in popular music culture. Ku was selected the "Ten Outstanding Young Persons of Hong Kong" in 2005 by the Government of Hong Kong. He is one of the few Cantopop artists who employ the use of falsetto (假音) – Because of this, many people, including David Tao, have praised this unique talent.

Leonard Crofoot <=SEP=> Leonard John Crofoot (born September 20, 1948 in Utica, New York) is an actor, singer, dancer, writer and choreographer. He is also credited as 'Leonard Crofoot.'Crofoot has performed extensively on Broadway. His appearances include his Drama-Logue Critics Award-winning role of  "Tom Thumb" in Barnum (1980) and in the original Broadway shows The Happy Time (1968), Come Summer (1969), Grind (1985) and Gigi (1973) and as replacement in American Dance Machine (1978).

Leslie Cheung <=SEP=> Leslie Cheung Kwok Wing (12 September 1956 – 1 April 2003) was a Hong Kong singer, actor and film producer. He is considered as "one of the founding fathers of Cantopop" by "combining a hugely successful film and music career."He rose to prominence as a teen heartthrob and pop icon of Hong Kong in the 1980s, receiving numerous music awards including both Most Popular Male Artist Awards at the 1988 and 1989 Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Music Awards.

Levi Kreis <=SEP=> Levi Kreis (born November 4, 1981) is an American recording artist and Tony award winning actor from Oliver Springs, Tennessee.

Linda Chung <=SEP=> Linda Chung Ka-yan (Chinese: 鍾嘉欣) (born in 9 April 1984) is a Canadian actress and singer. She is currently active in Hong Kong and signed with Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB) after winning the 2004 Miss Chinese International. She has starred in several popular TV series, notably Forensic Heroes, Heart of Greed, Moonlight Resonance, A Journey Called Life, The Gem of Life, Yes, Sir. Sorry, Sir!, Legend of the Demigods, Ghost Writer, Witness Insecurity, All That Is Bitter Is Sweet.

List of American musicians of Armenian descent <=SEP=> This is a list of famous Armenian American musicians. For other famous Armenian Americans, see List of Armenian Americans.Adiss Harmandian – pop singer Alan Hovhaness – among the most prolific of 20th-century composersAlbert Asriyan – violinist, composer, arranger and band leaderAlexander Kaloian – composerAnahid Ajemian – violinistAngel Deradoorian – experimental rock singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentailist, producer.

List of OTO Award winners and nominees <=SEP=> With seven awards having received in main categories, Miroslav Žbirka and Adela Banášová are the most successful participants in the so far history of the OTO Awards television poll, making them the most voted Male Singer and Host in Entertainment, respectively. However including special achievements, Banášová and Zdena Studenková each have accumulated nine and eight trophies. Both females also lead with the highest number of consecutive wins per artist – six per each and each per category.

List of accolades received by Barfi! <=SEP=> Barfi! is a 2012 Indian romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Anurag Basu and produced by UTV Motion Pictures. The film features Ranbir Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra, and Ileana D'Cruz in the lead roles, with Saurabh Shukla, Ashish Vidyarthi, and Roopa Ganguly playing supporting roles. The screenplay which incorporates a nonlinear narrative was co-written by Basu with his wife Tani.

List of accolades received by Kaminey <=SEP=> Kaminey is a 2009 Indian caper thriller film directed by Vishal Bhardwaj and produced by Ronnie Screwvala. Shahid Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra, and Amol Gupte star in the lead roles. The film's screenplay was written by Bhardwaj, Abhishek Chaubey, Sabrina Dhawan, and Supratik Sen. Bhardwaj also composed the soundtrack of the film, with lyrics written by Gulzar. Kaminey was edited by A. Sreekar Prasad, and Meghna Manchanda Sen, and the cinematography was provided by Tassaduq Hussain.

List of awards and nominations received by Benedict Cumberbatch <=SEP=> The following is a list of awards and nominations received by English actor Benedict Cumberbatch. He has received two Laurence Olivier Award nominations, winning Best Actor in a Play for Frankenstein. He has also received three Primetime Emmy Award nominations, winning Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie for Sherlock. His portrayal of Alan Turing in The Imitation Game earned him an  Academy Award nomination for  Best Actor.

List of awards and nominations received by S. P. Balasubrahmanyam <=SEP=> S. P. Balasubrahmanyam is an Indian playback singer, who is well known for his work in South Indian films. Making his playback singing debut in 1966 through the Telugu film Sri Sri Sri Maryada Ramanna, he has since recorded over 40,000 songs in multiple languages of India; he holds the record for most songs recorded by a male playback singer.

List of awards and nominations received by Show Luo <=SEP=> This is a list of awards and nominations received by Taiwanese Mandopop artist Show Luo.

List of awards and nominations received by The Good Wife <=SEP=> The Good Wife is an American television legal and political drama series that has aired on CBS since September 22, 2009. Created by Robert and Michelle King, the show follows Alicia Florrick (Julianna Margulies), wife to disgraced and imprisoned politician Peter Florrick (Chris Noth), who begins working at the law firm Stern Lockhart Gardner after 13 years of not practicing law.

Logie Award for Most Popular Actor <=SEP=> The Silver Logie for Most Popular Actor is an award presented annually at the Australian TV Week Logie Awards. It was first awarded at the 19th Annual TV Week Logie Awards, held in 1977 when the award was originally called Most Popular Australian Lead Actor. The award is given to recognise the standout performance of an actor in an Australian program. The winner and nominees of Most Popular Actor are chosen by the public through an online voting survey on the TV Week website.

Louis Cheung <=SEP=> Louis Cheung (Chinese: 張繼聰) is a Hong Kong Cantopop recording-artist, songwriter, and actor. He is an alumnus of The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, majoring in acting.

Lynn Anderson <=SEP=> Lynn Rene Anderson (September 26, 1947 – July 30, 2015) was a multi-award-winning American country music singer known for a string of hits throughout the 1970s and 1980s, most notably her 1970 iconic, worldwide megahit "(I Never Promised You a) Rose Garden".  Anderson's crossover appeal and regular exposure on national television helped her to become one of the most popular and successful country singers of the 1970s.Anderson charted 12 No. 1, 18 Top 10, and more than 50 Top 40 hits.

Marc Zinga <=SEP=> Marc Zinga (born 21 October 1984) is a Belgian actor, singer and filmmaker.Born in Likasi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zinga moved to Belgium with his family at the age of five. He was one of the lead singers of the group The Peas Project between 2003 and 2011. He began his acting career appearing in small film and television roles before landing major roles in the films Les Rayures du zèbre and May Allah Bless France! in 2014.

Megan Mullally <=SEP=> Megan Mullally (born November 12, 1958) is an American actress and singer.After working in theatre in Chicago, Mullally moved to Los Angeles in 1985 and began to appear in supporting roles in film and television productions. She made her Broadway debut in Grease in 1994 and has since appeared in several Broadway musicals. She is best known for playing the wealthy, alcoholic socialite Karen Walker on the Emmy Award-winning TV sitcom Will & Grace from 1998-2006.

Michael Jackson <=SEP=> Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009) was an American singer, songwriter, record producer, dancer, and actor.

Miyuki Nakajima <=SEP=> Miyuki Nakajima (中島 みゆき, Nakajima Miyuki) (born February 23, 1952, Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan) is a Japanese singer-songwriter and radio personality. She has released 37 studio albums, 40 singles, 2 live albums and multiple compilations as of May 2013. Her sales have been estimated at more than 21 million copies.In the mid-1970s, Nakajima signed to Canyon Records and launched her recording career with her debut single, "Azami Jō no Rarabai" (アザミ嬢のララバイ).

National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer <=SEP=> The following is a list of winners of the National Film Award (Silver Lotus Award) for Best Male Playback singer. The award was first granted to Mahendra Kapoor in the year 1967. The singer with the most awards in this category is K. J. Yesudas with seven wins for three different languages (Malayalam, Telugu & Hindi), followed by S. P. Balasubrahmanyam who won six times for 4 different languages; Hindi, Kannada, Tamil and Telugu.

National Film Awards (India) <=SEP=> The National Film Awards is among the most prominent film award ceremonies in India. Established in 1954, it has been administered, along with the International Film Festival of India and the Indian Panorama, by the Indian government's Directorate of Film Festivals since 1973.Every year, a national panel appointed by the government selects the winning entry, and the award ceremony is held in New Delhi, where the President of India presents the awards.

Pedro Fernández <=SEP=> José Martín Cuevas Cobos (born September 28, 1969), known professionally as Pedro Fernández, is a Mexican Latin Grammy Award winning recording artist and actor. At the 9th Lo Nuestro Awards, Fernández was nominated for Regional/Mexican Album of the Year and Regional/Mexican Male Performer of the Year.

Petar Georgiev-Kalica <=SEP=> Petar Georgiev-Kalica (Macedonian: Петар Георгиев-Калица) (born November 19, 1951 in Bitola) is a Macedonian composer and songwriter. He had first contacts with music in Secondary music school in Bitola. During his music education he was a member of many music bands in his native town Bitola. His first major success was in 1989 when he participated in the Macedonian music festival Valandovo as a songwriter of the song "Ako odam vo Bitola" ("If I go to Bitola"), performed by Oktet Makedonija.

Phil Collins <=SEP=> Philip David Charles "Phil" Collins, LVO (born 30 January 1951), is an English singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, music producer and actor. He gained fame as both the drummer and lead singer for the rock band Genesis, and he also gained worldwide fame as a solo artist.

Pierre Rochefort <=SEP=> Pierre Rochefort (born 1981) is a French actor and singer. He is the son of Jean Rochefort and Nicole Garcia. At the age of five, he appeared in the 1986 short film 15 août which was directed by his mother. In 2005, he made his foray into music and founded his own record label "Homworkz". More recently, he has appeared in television, stage and film productions, including the film Going Away, for which he won the award for Male Revelation at the 2014 Cabourg Film Festival.

Raymond Lam <=SEP=> Raymond Lam (born 8 December 1979) is a Chinese actor and singer based in Hong Kong. He is contracted to the television station TVB (1999-2014) and EEG's Music Plus label (2007-2014).

Rick Crom <=SEP=> Rick Crom (born March 15, 1957) is an award-winning American actor, singer, comedian, lyricist, and composer. He has appeared in numerous television shows and specials, Broadway and off-Broadway musicals, as well as written several off-Broadway revues, and has 3 times been nominated for the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lyrics.

Ron Moody <=SEP=> Ron Moody (born Ronald Moodnick; 8 January 1924 – 11 June 2015) was a British actor, best known for his Golden Globe-winning and Oscar-nominated performance as Fagin in Oliver! He holds the distinction of having portrayed Merlin the wizard in two Disney films, Unidentified Flying Oddball and A Kid in King Arthur's Court.

Ron Richardson <=SEP=> Ronald E. Richardson (January 27, 1952 – April 5, 1995) was an American actor and operatic baritone. Richardson began his career in the mid-1970s appearing in regional theater and opera productions. He appeared in several Broadway musicals from 1978-1993, arguably best known for his Tony Award and Drama Desk Award-winning performance of Jim in the 1985 Broadway musical Big River.

Roshan Pilapitiya <=SEP=> Roshan Pilapitiya  (රොශාන් පිලපිටිය), is a Sumathi Awards winning Sri Lankan actor, and a singer. Roshan was awarded the most popular actor award at Sumathi Tele Awards in both 2003 and 2004.Roshan Pilapitya made his acting debut with teledrama Golu Hadawatha (1988), which was directed by popular director Lester James Peries.He won a Presidential award for best upcoming actor in 2002.

Roshan Ranawana <=SEP=> Roshan Ranawana (Sinhalese: රොෂාන් රණවන) (born 23 March 1981) is a Sarasaviya Awards winning Sri Lankan actor, singer, and a model. Roshan was awarded the most popular actors award at Derana film awards 2013Ranawana made his acting debut with Hiripoda Wessa (2006) and won a Presidential award for best upcoming actor for his performance.

Shweta Pandit <=SEP=> Shweta Pandit is a popular Bollywood playback/recording vocalist, songwriter, composer, performing artist and actress. She has also recorded songs for various Telugu and Tamil film songs.At the age of four, Shweta worked with Indian composer, Ilayaraja for the award-winning film Anjali, which was re-recorded in Hindi. She dubbed for the lead role in the film in Hindi.

Sidede Onyulo <=SEP=> Sidede Onyulo (1955–2008) was a Kenyan actor, most famous for his role as Owour in Oscar winning movie Nowhere in Africa.

Simone Kleinsma <=SEP=> Simone Kleinsma (born 8 May 1958) is an award winning musical theatre actress in the Netherlands.

Soe Thu <=SEP=> Soe Thu (Burmese: စိုးသူ) is a Myanmar Motion Picture Academy Award-winning actor, singer and physician. Throughout his career, he has produced 11 music albums, and acted in over 100 films. Soe Thu began his entertainment career when he was recruited by director Kyaw Naing to film Nantha Lu Chein နံ့သာလူးချိန်) and Pan Bu Gyi (ပန်းဖူးချိ). He made his break in 1983 with the film Maik Kyway Maik Pyit (မိုက်ကြွေးမိုက်ပြစ်).

South Indian International Movie Awards <=SEP=> South Indian International Movie Awards, also known as the SIIMA Awards, rewards the artistic and technical achievements of the South Indian film industry. The ceremony was instituted in 2012 by Vishnuvardhan Induri, the founder of Celebrity Cricket League. Local Event Partner for SIIMA 2013 in UAE is Anjan Star Events. The Awards are presented in separate parts on two different days.

Steven Ma <=SEP=> Steven Ma Chun-wai (born 26 October 1971) is a Hong Kong actor and singer. In 1993, Ma won a record deal after winning first place at an annual singing contest in Hong Kong, later releasing his debut album, Lucky for Meeting You (幸運就是遇到你), that December. Not long after his singing debut, Ma joined TVB and began filming television dramas, later achieving fame through his supporting role in 1995's legal drama File of Justice IV.

Sulakshana Pandit <=SEP=> Sulakshana Pratap Narain Pandit is a Filmfare Award winning playback singer and actor. Her brothers are the composing duo Jatin Lalit and her younger sister is Vijeta Pandit who achieved fame with her debut movie Love Story. Her uncle is the accomplished classical vocalist Pandit Jasraj.

The Artist (film) <=SEP=> The Artist is a 2011 French romantic comedy-drama in the style of a black-and-white silent film. It was written, directed, and co-edited by Michel Hazanavicius, produced by Thomas Langmann and starred Jean Dujardin and Bérénice Bejo.

The Most Famous Man in America <=SEP=> The Most Famous Man in America: The Biography of Henry Ward Beecher is a 2006 biography of the 19th-century American minister Henry Ward Beecher, written by Debby Applegate and published by Doubleday.

The Sunshine Boys (1975 film) <=SEP=> The Sunshine Boys is a 1975 American comedy film directed by Herbert Ross and produced by Ray Stark, released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and based on the play of the same name by Neil Simon, about two legendary (and cranky) comics brought together for a reunion and revival of their famous act. The cast included real-life experienced vaudevillian actor George Burns as Lewis, Walter Matthau as Clark, and Richard Benjamin as Ben, with Lee Meredith, F.

The Usual Suspects <=SEP=> The Usual Suspects is a 1995  American neo-noir crime thriller film directed by Bryan Singer and written by Christopher McQuarrie. It stars Stephen Baldwin, Gabriel Byrne, Benicio del Toro, Kevin Pollak, Chazz Palminteri, Pete Postlethwaite and Kevin Spacey.The film follows the interrogation of Roger "Verbal" Kint, a small-time con man who is one of only two survivors of a massacre and fire on a ship docked at the Port of Los Angeles.

Thomas Mitchell (actor) <=SEP=> Thomas John Mitchell (July 11, 1892 – December 17, 1962) was an American actor. Among his most famous roles in a long career are those of Gerald O'Hara, Scarlett's father in Gone with the Wind, the drunken Doc Boone in John Ford's Stagecoach, and Uncle Billy in It's a Wonderful Life.

Thongchai McIntyre <=SEP=> Thongchai "Bird" McIntyre (Thai: ธงไชย แมคอินไตย์, pronounced [tʰōŋ.tɕʰāj]) (born Albert Thongchai McIntyre, December 8, 1958) is a Thai pop singer who released his debut album in 1986. He is also sometimes known as Bird Thongchai, Phi Bird ("elder brother Bird") or simply Bird.Considered to be Thailand's No.1 superstar, he is one of the most successful singers in Thailand's history, having sold more than 25 million albums.

Tony Award <=SEP=> The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre,  more commonly known informally as the Tony Award, recognizes achievement in live Broadway theatre. The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual ceremony in New York City. The awards are given for Broadway productions and performances, and an award is given for regional theatre.

Tony Leung Chiu-wai <=SEP=> Tony Leung Chiu-wai (born 27 June 1962) is a Hong Kong actor and C-pop singer. He was the winner of Cannes Film Festival for Best Actor for his role in Wong Kar-wai's film In the Mood for Love.

Tony Sheldon <=SEP=> Tony Sheldon (born 12 September 1955, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia) is an Australian actor/singer best known for his work in theatre; he is also a writer.

Tunji Oyelana <=SEP=> Tunji Oyelana (born October 4, 1939) is a multi-award winning Nigerian musician, actor, folk singer, composer and once a lecturer at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. Tunji Oyelana is of the Yoruba ethnic group and is a native of Nigeria.  Most of Tunji Oyelana's songs are in Yoruba. In the early 1980s, he teamed up with Nigeria's first and only winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, Wole Soyinka, to record a musical album that satirized the corruption of the Nigerian political elite.

Van Gogh (1991 film) <=SEP=> Van Gogh is a 1991 French film written and directed by Maurice Pialat. It stars Jacques Dutronc in the role of Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh, for which he won the 1992 César Award for Best Actor. Set in 1890, the film follows the last 67 days of Van Gogh's life and explores his relationships with his brother Theo, his physician Paul Gachet (most famous as the subject of Van Gogh's painting, Portrait of Dr.

Waheed Murad <=SEP=> Waheed Murad (Urdu: وحید مراد‎; October 2, 1938 – November 23, 1983) was a Pakistani film actor, producer and script writer,  famous for his charming expressions, attractive personality, tender voice and unusual talent for acting. Waheed is considered as one of the most famous and influential actors of South Asia. He is often referred to as "Chocolaty Hero" or "Chocolate Hero". Born in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan, did graduation from S.M.

When I Was a Singer <=SEP=> When I Was a Singer (French: Quand j'étais chanteur) is a 2006 French musical romantic drama film starring Gérard Depardieu and Cécile de France. It was written and directed by Xavier Giannoli.

Yaza Ne Win <=SEP=> Yaza Ne Win (Burmese: ရာဇာနေဝင်း; pronounced: [jàzà nè wɪ́ɴ]; also Yarzar Ne Win; born 1968) is a Burmese film actor and singer. He was one of the most successful leading men of Burmese cinema during the first half of the 2000s.Ne Win comes from a well known artistic family.

Youssou N'Dour <=SEP=> Youssou N'Dour (French pronunciation: ​[jusu nˈduʁ]; born 1 October 1959) is a Senegalese singer, percussionist, songwriter, composer, occasional actor, businessman and a politician. In 2004, Rolling Stone described him as, "perhaps the most famous singer alive" in Senegal and much of Africa.