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Hugh Michael Jackman (born 12 October 1968) is a Australian-American actor, singer, and producer. Beginning in theatre and television, Jackman landed his breakthrough role as Wolverine, playing it across the X-Men film franchise and in the Marvel Cinematic Universe from X-Men (2000) to Deadpool & Wolverine (2024). Prominent on both screen and stage, he has received various accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award, a Grammy Award and two Tony Awards, along with nominations for an Academy Award and a British Academy Film Award. Jackman was appointed a Companion of the Order of Australia in 2019. Jackman has headlined films in various genres, including the romantic comedy Kate & Leopold (2001), the action-horror Van Helsing (2004), the drama The Prestige (2006), the period romance Australia (2008), the science fiction Real Steel (2011), the musical Les Misérables (2012), the thriller Prisoners (2013), the musical The Greatest Showman (2017), the political drama The Front Runner (2018), and the crime drama Bad Education (2019). For his role as Jean Valjean in Les Misérables, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor and won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor, and for The Greatest Showman soundtrack, Jackman received a Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack. He also provided voice roles in the animated films Flushed Away, Happy Feet (both 2006), Rise of the Guardians (2012) and Missing Link (2019). Jackman is also known for his early theatre roles in the original Australian productions of Beauty and the Beast as Gaston in 1995 and Sunset Boulevard as Joe Gillis in 1996. He earned a Laurence Olivier Award nomination for his performance as Curly McLain in the West End revival of Oklahoma! in 1998. In 2002, he made his American stage debut in a concert of Carousel as Billy Bigelow at Carnegie Hall. On Broadway, he won the 2004 Tony Award and Drama Desk Award for Best Actor in a Musical for his role of Peter Allen in The Boy from Oz. From 2021 to 2023, Jackman starred as con man Harold Hill in the Broadway revival of the musical The Music Man, earning another Tony Award nomination. A four-time host of the Tony Awards, he won an Emmy Award for hosting the 2005 ceremony. He also hosted the 81st Academy Awards in 2009. Description above from the Wikipedia article Hugh Jackman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Hugh Jackman
Archibald Gracie IV
for Archibald Gracie IV in Titanic 2: Romantic Tale of Tragedy
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They were made to be together. Shared the same birthday, were both of Jewish descent, and both emigrated from Germany to US. Married in 1871. Isidor worked in his father's store, which became part of Macy's, he worked hard until he became part owner of Macy's. Ida was a housewife, mom of 7 children. Whenever Isidor traveled on business, she faithfully wrote to herself. They were very much in love and really hated being apart. Other times they would vacation in California. They had to go to Europe because of the death of their husband. On the boat, they befriended Gracie and he tried to convince Ida to enter lifeboat. She almost did, but when Gracie then offered Isidor a place on the ship because of his wealth and status, Isidor refused because the lifeboats still had no women and children. “I will not go before other men. Ida stood by Isidore and said: “We lived together for many years. Where you go, I go too". They replaced their maid and gave her a fur coat. The last time anyone saw them, they were sitting side by side on deckchairs while the ship sank. Finally, they were swallowed up by the ocean. History will not forget the love and devotion of Isidore and Ida Straus. Despite of first-class status, they did not expect special treatment and preferred to die together rather than be separated. After Ellen Bird's rescue, she contacted the their daughter, Sara, to return the coat. Sara thanked her but said, "This coat is yours. I want you to keep it in memory of my mother”.
