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Kurt Vogel Russell (born March 17, 1951) is an American actor. At 12, he began acting in the Western TV series The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters (1963–1964). In the late 1960s, he signed a ten-year contract with The Walt Disney Company, where he starred as Dexter Riley in films such as The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes (1969), Now You See Him, Now You Don't (1972), and The Strongest Man in the World (1975). For his portrayal of rock and roll superstar Elvis Presley in Elvis (1979), he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie. According to Robert Osborne of Turner Classic Movies, Russell became the studio's top star of the 1970s. Russell was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture for his performance in Mike Nichols's Silkwood (1983). Also in the 1980s, he starred in several films directed by John Carpenter in which he played anti-hero roles: the futuristic action film Escape from New York (1981), its sequel Escape from L.A.(1996), the horror film The Thing (1982), and the kung-fu comedy action film Big Trouble in Little China (1986). Russell starred in various other films, including Used Cars (1980), The Best of Times (1986), Overboard (1987), Tango & Cash (1989), Backdraft (1991), Tombstone (1993), Stargate (1994), Executive Decision (1996), Breakdown (1997), Vanilla Sky (2001), Miracle (2004), Sky High (2005), Death Proof (2007), The Hateful Eight (2015) and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019). He also appeared in the Fast & Furious franchise as Mr. Nobody (starring in Furious 7 (2015), The Fate of the Furious (2017), and F9 (2021)). He also portrayed Ego in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) instalments Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017) and What If...?(2021), and played the role of Santa Claus in The Christmas Chronicles (2018) and The Christmas Chronicles 2 (2020).
After the success of their Grammy winning album, Fizzy Brains launch a massive tour: USA, London, Paris, Prague, Bern, Munich, Milano, Barcelona, Tokyo, Seoul, Manila, Singapore, Saigon, Shanghai, Brisbane. Every show is sold out. Every city loves them, but it is bittersweet. The tour is successful, but Luke Smith, the recording studio manager and their friend died. They decided to dedicate this tour to him and also because it was actually a world tour where their band broke up years ago. They receive offer from Recording Academy, and Texas Music Office, backed by the State of Texas, to represent Texas at the first-ever AMEVISION a Eurovisionstyle competition where all 50 states compete with original songs written exclusively for the event. They came back to Texas and work on new song. They met George Strait and teams up with him. Their new song "Still Here" was picked to represent Texas and they go to Amevision. The Amevision stage is massive, glowing, patriotic, glittering. It is not easy and very stressful. There is great rivalry and competition. One by one, states perform flawless entries. Then Texas. The whole world is completely shocked, moved and cheering. After we reveal the biggest US music icons, we'll go to the polls. With votes from all 50 state committees, George Strait and Fizzy Brains are in second place, and it all depends on how the people vote. With the votes added up, Fizzy Brains, George Strait and their song Still Here become the first Amevision winners!
