Actors

I. Elijah Baughman

I. Elijah Baughman

Known for Tom Segura: Mostly Stories, The Hideout, Marvel's Rejects: Notflix, The No Limit Chronicles, Snake Outta Compton, The Friendly Dope Dealer, Rag Doll & Karter Hall (Among many more titles Film, Television & Music Video titles including 'Scuse Me' by Lizzo during his 11 year Hollywood tenure) I. Elijah Baughman was bitten by the acting bug around the age of 5 years old. It began with movies like Star Wars, Gremlins & Ghostbusters. Than later on went into a love of television; where he started watching the sitcom: "Golden Girls" with his mother (whom he credits as one of his greatest inspirations in pursing performing arts). He started singing at about 8 years old, and credits the "Bell Biv DeVoe" Song: 'Poison' & medleys by Sebastian the Crab from "The Little Mermaid" as some of the first songs he was able to mimic verbatim. He's always had a great knack for learning; and as English was always his best subject in school, he began writing poetry at 12 years old. Soon thereafter, he became inspired by the then emerging Hip Hop culture, and began fusing his musical, rhythmic, literary & poetic skills to become the dynamic MC/Lyricist that he is today (Under the guise of: Elijah McCoy). He was the top Performing Arts student his senior year in High School; winning awards for: Choir, Theater & Performing Arts along with the Top English Student honor of that year. Immediately after graduating high school (with a 3.5 GPA), he attended Wilberforce University (The Oldest Historically Private Black College in America "or HBCU"; located in, Wilberforce Ohio). From there, he graduated under Cum Laude Status, accumulating a 3.5 GPA as he earned his Bachelors of Science (B.S.) Degree in Business Management. As his artist's journey continues, he has aspirations of focusing his business management degree on many more endeavors in the Entertainment industry. Elijah strives not only to entertain...But also to educate anyone willing to listen & learn...Provide inspiration, encouragement, empowerment...But most of all healing in anyone his artistry touches.
I. Stanford Jolley

I. Stanford Jolley

Perennial film western heavy I. Stanford Jolley could be spotted anywhere and everywhere in dusty "B" fare from 1935 on. Often mustachioed, this freelancing, wideset-eyed, black-hatted villain, who showed up in Hollywood following vaudeville and Broadway experience, could be counted on to give the sagebrush hero a devil of a time before the film's end. Born on October 24, 1900, in Elizabeth, New Jersey, and raised in nearby Morristown, Jolley was nicknamed "Ike" (short for his given name "Isaac") by his parents but "Stan" by his friends. Of French and English descent, his entertainment-minded father, Robert B. Jolley, at one time owned and operated a traveling circus and carnival before becoming a successful restaurateur and opening an electrical contracting service. Jolley worked at his father's electrical store following high school for a time but then drifted around for a few years while searching for a passionate direction in life. Around the time he married Emily Hacker in 1921, he took an interest in performing and started in vaudeville for both the B.F. Keith and Marcus Loew circuits. He also performed on stage and in stock shows, which led to a role as a blind man on Broadway in "Humoresque" in 1926. His father's death interrupted his acting pursuits, and he returned home to New Jersey in 1929 in order to handle the family's business affairs when the Great Depression brought his father's company to virtual bankruptcy. In 1935, Jolley took a chance and moved his family (which now included two children) out west in order to reignite his acting career. His raw, sunken-cheeked, cold-eyed features seemed ideal for westerns and he found initial work in the genre in extra parts, wherein he learned how to ride horses on the spot. Although one of his first bits was in the Bette Davis drama Front Page Woman (1935), it wasn't long before he was firmly entrenched in oaters, playing uncredited bits throughout the rest of the 1930s. Slowly but surely he transitioned to featured roles in the WWII era, playing a reliable adversary to such cowboy heroes as Ray Corrigan in Trail of the Silver Spurs (1941) and Boot Hill Bandits (1942); Tom Keene in Arizona Roundup (1942); George Houston in Border Roundup (1942) and Outlaws of Boulder Pass (1942); Robert Livingston in Death Rides the Plains (1943) and Wolves of the Range (1943); Russell Hayden in Frontier Law (1943); Buster Crabbe in the western serial Blazing Frontier (1943), The Kid Rides Again (1943), and Lightning Raiders (1945)_; Dave O'Brien in Return of the Rangers (1943) and Outlaw Roundup (1944); and Tex Ritter in Oklahoma Raiders (1944), Gangsters of the Frontier (1944), and The Whispering Skull (1944). Jolley's array of gunslingers, henchmen, and outlaws continued into the postwar years, but he wasn't completely confined to westerns. He also made appearances in The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939) starring Errol Flynn and Bette Davis, The Ape (1940) with Boris Karloff (in which Jolley's little boy Stan Jolley appeared as an extra in a soda shop), Corregidor (1943) with Otto Kruger, the serial Batman (1943), Charlie Chan in The Chinese Cat (1944) with Sidney Toler, The Desert Hawk (1944) with Gilbert Roland, The Crimson Ghost (1946), the serials King of the Rocket Men (1949) and Captain Video: Master of the Stratosphere (1951), Joan of Arc (1948) with Ingrid Bergman, and Sands of Iwo Jima (1949) with John Wayne. Come the 1950s, however, Jolley was almost completely confined in films and on TV to the western genre. On the small screen he became a familiar nemesis to "The Lone Ranger" and also played guest villain to "Annie Oakley," "Hopalong Cassidy, "The Cisco Kid," "Kit Carson," "Cheyenne" and "Daniel Boone". Jolley's baritone voice was also used on radio for such shows as The Lux Radio Theatre. He continued to act past age 70, including in his last film, Night of the Lepus (1972), directed partly by his son Stan Jolley, who also became an Oscar-nominated art director. The heavy-smoking character actor was diagnosed with emphysema in his final years and died of the respiratory illness on December 6, 1978, at the Motion Picture and TV Hospital in Woodland Hills, California.
I.F. Stone

I.F. Stone

Isidor Feinstein Stone, the progressive investigative journalist who was a successor to such socialist muckrakers as Jack London and George Seldes (and a precursor to such modern newspaper crusaders as Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein), was born Isidor Feinstein on December 24, 1907 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to ethnic Russian Jewish parents, who were shop-owners. His interest in journalism started in high school, and he began publishing his own newspaper as a sophomore. Later, he got experience as a cub reporter for The "Philadelphia Inquirer" while a philosophy student at the University of Pennsylvania, and he went to work for the paper full-time after dropping out of Penn. A radical leftist in terms of politics, he moved to the "New York Post" in 1933, where he was a supporter of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal. Around the time of the publication of his first book in 1937, he took the by-line "I.F. Stone". He had adopted the surname "Stone" as a pen-name in order to avoid the then-rampant anti-Semitism which blocked Jews' entry into schools and jobs. Subsequently, he joined the liberal-leftist weekly newspaper "The Nation" as associate editor in 1939, later becoming its Washington editor, and also wrote for the left-wing New York afternoon newspaper "PM" from 1940 to 1948, when it ceased publication. As an unapologetic leftist who was many considered a "fellow traveler" of American and Soviet communists by the federal government, he was investigated thoroughly; nothing was ever proved against him during that "Scoundrel Time", as Lillian Hellman called it, when an association with the Communist Party, one of its alleged "Fronts" or a liberal organization in which communists were involved could mean blacklisting, expulsion from employment, and the denial of civil rights such as that of travel. In the early 1950s, Stone became an unspoken critic of the Cold War and of McCarthyism, publishing his seminal book "The Hidden History of the Korean War" in 1952. It was unique for the times in that it alleged that the government and the big media had lied about the origins of the war. Stone is best remembered for his political newsletter "I.F. Stone's Weekly," which he started in 1953, during the high-water mark of McCarthyism period of the Second Red Scare. The newsletter had enormous influence well out of proportion to its small circulation: Not only did it challenge the status quo, but it gave courage to other journalists who otherwise were intimidated by the vast array of forces aligned against progressives in the 1950s. Stone also was an early critic of the Vietnam War: he was the only American journalist to challenge President Lyndon B. Johnson's account of the Gulf of Tonkin incident that precipitated wide-scale US involvement in Southeast Asia. The incident is now known to be largely fabricated, with such witnesses as Senator John McCain -- who was flying over the Gulf of Tonkin in support of the American destroyers allegedly attacked by North Vietnamese warships -- maintaining that an attack by the North Vietnamese never happened. As America grew more liberal during the 1960s, the circulation of his newsletter increased, reaching a height of 70,000. However, Stone ceased publication in 1971 Dru to failing health and poor eyesight. The ever-remarkable Stone then learned Ancient Greek to research the "The Trial of Socrates", the book her published in 1988. The following year, I.F. Stone died on June 18, 1989 at the age of 81. He is remembered as avatar of that particularly American prototype of the crusader for free speech and intrepid investigative journalism.
IH Shamim

IH Shamim

Ismail Howlader Shamim, commonly known as IH Shamim, is a talented and versatile individual who has made a name for himself in multiple fields. Shamim is a Graphic Designer, Computer Engineer, and Singer who is known for his exceptional work in graphic design and computer engineering. With a passion for design and technology, Shamim pursued his education in these fields and completed his Polytechnic Institute in Computer Science and Engineering from Shahid S A Memorial Polytechnic Institute. He also holds a higher secondary certificate from Konabari University College and a secondary school certificate from Bagdha Secondary School & College. In addition to his technical expertise, Shamim is also a content creator and YouTuber, known for his unique and engaging content. He has a significant following and is admired by his fans for his creativity and passion. Beyond his professional accomplishments, Shamim comes from a loving family and has a strong support system. His father, Ibrahim Howladar, and mother, Shahnaz Begum, have always been his biggest supporters, and his brother, Abdullah Al Yasin, is a constant source of inspiration and encouragement. In conclusion, Ismail Howlader Shamim, aka IH Shamim, is a multi-talented individual who has made a name for himself in multiple fields, including graphic design, computer engineering, singing, and content creation. His passion for his work and his unwavering dedication to his craft have earned him recognition and respect in his field, and he continues to inspire and captivate his fans with his unique and engaging content.
IU

IU

Lee Ji-Eun, also known by her stage name IU, is a South Korean singer-songwriter, composer, and actress. She signed with LOEN Entertainment (now Kakao Entertainment) in 2007 as a trainee and debuted as a singer at the age of fifteen with her first extended play (EP) Lost and Found (2008). Although her follow-up albums, Growing Up and IU...IM brought mainstream success, it was only after the release of "Good Day", the lead single from her 2010 album Real, that she achieved national stardom. "Good Day" went on to spend five consecutive weeks at the top of South Korea's Gaon Digital Chart, and in 2019, it was ranked number one on Billboard's "100 Greatest K-Pop Songs of the 2010s" list. With the success of her 2011 albums, Real+ and Last Fantasy, IU established herself as a formidable force on the music charts of her native country and further cemented her girl next door image as Korea's "little sister". 2011 also saw her first foray into songwriting with "Hold My Hand", which was written for the television series The Greatest Love. IU's third studio album, Modern Times (2013), showcased a more mature musical style that marked a departure from her earlier girlish image, with several tracks reaching the top 10 on the Gaon Digital Chart. The album was ranked number two on Billboard's "25 Greatest K-Pop Albums of the 2010s" list. IU subsequently exerted more creative control over her music; Chat-Shire marked the first time she was credited as the sole lyricist of her own album. IU's fourth studio album, Palette (2017), became her first to reach number one on Billboard's World Albums chart. While her following records Love Poem and Lilac continued to deviate from mainstream K-pop styles, exploring and mixing various music genres, IU consistently retained her dominance on South Korean music charts. Her 2020 single "Eight" became her first to reach number one on the Billboard World Digital Song Sales chart. Aside from her music career, IU has ventured into acting and hosting radio and television shows. Following her supporting role in the teen drama Dream High (2011) and minor appearances in several television series, she was cast in leading roles in the television drama series You Are the Best! (2013), Pretty Man (2013-14), The Producers (2015), and Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo (2016). IU's role as a desperate office worker in My Mister (2018) received critical acclaim, and she earned her first Best Actress in Television nomination at the 55th Baeksang Arts Awards. In 2019, she starred in the anthology film series Persona and the fantasy television series Hotel Del Luna, the latter of which led to her second Best Actress nomination at the Baeksang Arts Awards. In 2022, IU starred in Hirokazu Kore-Edda's film Broker alongside Song Kang-Ho, Bae Doona, and Gang Dong-Won. IU has released a total of five studio albums and nine EPs, five of which have reached number one on the Gaon Album Chart, and thirty number-one singles, making her the artist with the most number-one songs in South Korea. One of the best-selling solo acts in the group-dominated K-pop industry, IU became the first solo female K-pop act to perform at the Olympic Gymnastics Arena during the Seoul leg of her 2019 Love, Poem concert tour and also the first Korean female artist to hold a solo concert, The Golden Hour, at Seoul Olympic Stadium in Seoul on September 17 and 18, 2022. Rolling Stone named her the 135th greatest singer of all time in a 2023 ranking. She has been included five times in the top ten of Forbes magazine's annual Korea Power Celebrity list since 2012 and attained a peak ranking of number three that year. In 2014, Billboard recognized IU as the all-time leader of its K-pop Hot 100 with the most number-one songs and the artist with the most weeks at the number-one position on the chart. She was named Gallup Korea's Singer of the Year in 2014 and in 2017.