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Chris Redfield is a character in Resident Evil (Biohazard in Japan), a survival horror video game series created by the Japanese company Capcom. He was introduced as one of the two playable characters of the original Resident Evil, which was released on March 22, 1996, appearing with his partner Jill Valentine as members of the Raccoon Police Department's Special Tactics and Rescue Service (S.T.A.R.S.) unit. Chris and Jill fight against the Umbrella Corporation, which creates zombies and other bio-organic weapons through bioterrorism. Later, the pair become founding members of the United Nations' Bioterrorism Security Assessment Alliance (BSAA). Chris is the protagonist in several Resident Evil games, novels, and films, and has also appeared in other game franchises. In later games, his features were based on New Zealand model Geordie Dandy. Critics have been polarized in their discussions of Chris, and several publications consider him one of the sexiest video game characters. (Full article...)
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Ethan Hawke (born 1970) is an American actor, author and filmmaker whose career on screen and stage has spanned over four decades. Known for his versatile range of roles—often in art films—and collaborations with director Richard Linklater, he made his film debut in Explorers (1985) and gained fame with Dead Poets Society (1989), Reality Bites (1994), Gattaca (1997) and Great Expectations (1998). He was nominated for Academy Awards for his roles in Training Day (2001), Boyhood (2014) and Blue Moon (2025), as well as for screenwriting two films from the Before trilogy (1995–2013), in which he also starred. Hawke saw commercial success with Sinister (2012), The Purge (2013), The Magnificent Seven (2016) and the Black Phone films (2021–2025). He made his Broadway debut in 1992 in Anton Chekhov's The Seagull and was nominated for a Tony Award in 2007 for his performance in Tom Stoppard's The Coast of Utopia. Hawke has authored five books and has four children from his two marriages. (Full article...)
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"Despre tine" (Romanian: "About You") is a dance-pop song by the Moldovan group O-Zone, released as a single by Media Services in Romania around December 2002. Written and produced by the band's founder Dan Balan (shown), it was included on a reissue of their second studio album Number 1 (2002) and later on their third studio album DiscO-Zone (2003). "Despre tine" was recorded in September 2002 at the MOF Records studio with the assistance of Bogdan Popoiag. Following the international success of O-Zone's 2003 single "Dragostea din tei", "Despre tine" was re-released in select European markets in August 2004. At the MTV Romania Music Awards 2003, "Despre tine" won Best Song and Best Dance. It also received a nomination for Best Dance-Pop Song at the Radio România Actualități Awards the same year. It topped the Romanian Top 100 in 2003 and reached number one in Norway in 2004. The song was certified double gold in Romania and gold in France. (Full article...)
