Playmate Japan (1986-1993)

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Rafal Olbinski immigrated to the United States in 1981, where he soon established himself as a prominent painter, illustrator and designer. For his artistic achievements, he has received more than 150 awards including Gold and Silver Medals from the Art Directors Club of New York, Gold and Silver Medals from the Society of Illustrators in New York and Los Angeles, and The Big Crit 2000 award by Critique Magazine in San Francisco. In 1994 he was awarded the International Oscar for The World’s Most Memorable Poster, Prix Savignac in Paris. The President of the Republic of Poland awarded Olbinski the highest award in the field of arts, the gold medal, “Gloria Artist.”

In the same year he received the Creative Review Award for the Best of British Illustration in London. In 1995 his poster was chosen as the official New York City Capital of the World Poster in an invitational competition by a jury led by Mayor Rudolf Giuliani. In the following year he won the Steven Dohanos Award for the best painting in the Annual Member Exhibition of the Society of Illustrators. In July 2002 the City of Fondi, Italy awarded him Divina Giulia for his contribution to contemporary art.

In the same year he received the Creative Review Award for the Best of British Illustration in London. In 1995 his poster was chosen as the official New York City Capital of the World Poster in an invitational competition by a jury led by Mayor Rudolf Giuliani. In the following year he won the Steven Dohanos Award for the best painting in the Annual Member Exhibition of the Society of Illustrators. In July 2002 the City of Fondi, Italy awarded him Divina Guilia for his contribution to contemporary art.

Rafal Olbinski’s paintings are included in the collections of the National Arts Club in New York, the Smithsonian Institution and the Library of Congress in Washington, Suntory Museum in Osaka, Japan, and others throughout Europe and the United States.

In 1996 he was commissioned by the U.S. Information Agency to design a poster celebrating the 25th Earth Day Anniversary. From 2002 through 2010, a selection of Olbinski paintings was included in the Grand Space projection in Grand Central Terminal, as a highlight of the Earth Day Celebration in New York. The other artists featured in the show are Keith Haring, Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Raushenberg, and Andy Warhol.

In 2001, the Willy-Brandt House in Berlin presented the works of Rafal Olbinski in a one man retrospective exhibition entitled “Art at the Turn of the Century”

In 2002 his set design debut for the Opera Company of Philadelphia’s performance of Mozart’s Don Giovanni was highly acclaimed by critics in the New York Times and the Philadelphia Inquirer. In the same year the “Art with Moral Purpose” at the Goethe Institute in Hamburg exhibited the paintings and posters of Olbinski.

Olbinski was commissioned to create several paintings illustrating articles and essays on moral values, which appeared in seven consecutive issues of the German magazine Stern. This led to a traveling exhibition of these paintings, the first hosted by the wife of the President of Germany, Eva Louise Köeh In 2008 Olbinski had a one man exhibition titled “Olbinski - Photokina Expo” for Hewlett Packard (Cologne, Germany). In 2009 he had a large museum exhibition at The Jule Collins Smith Museum in Auburn entitled “New Dreams of Old Values”. He has completed many large murals for installations in public space in Europe as well as more than 100 opera images for CD covers for Allegro-Music’s Opera D’Oro Series.

Rafal Olbinski is represented by Patinae,Inc. www.patinae.com

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Early years

In 1912, he entered Hangchow University (later its major part merged into Zhejiang University) preparatory through examination. He was there only for a short period before he was expelled for participation in a student strike.

He then moved to Japan, where he studied economics at the Tokyo Imperial University between 1913 and 1922, where he met other Chinese intellectuals (namely, Guo Moruo, Zhang Ziping and Tian Han). Together, in 1921 they founded the ''Chuangzao she'' 創造社 ("Creation Society"), which promoted vernacular and modern literature. One of his earlier works ''Chenlun'' 沉淪, also his most famous, published in Japan in 1921. The work had gained immense popularity in China, shocking the world of Chinese literature with its frank dealing with sex, as well as grievances directed at the incompetence of Chinese government at the time.

In 1922, he returned to China as a literary celebrity and worked as the editor of ''Creation Quarterly'', editing journals and writing short stories. In 1923, after an attack of tuberculosis, Yu Dafu directed his attention to the welfare of the masses.

In 1927, he worked as an editor of the ''Hongshui'' literary magazine. He later came in conflict with the Communist Party of China and fled back to Japan.

Second Sino-Japanese war

In 1942 when the Imperial Japanese Army invaded Singapore, he was forced to flee to Sumatra. Known under a different identity, he settled there among other overseas Chinese and began a brewery business with the help of the locals. Later he was forced to help the Japanese military police as an interpreter when it was discovered that he was one of the few "locals" in the area who could speak Japanese.

In 1945, he was arrested by the Kempeitai when his true identity was finally discovered. It is believed that he was executed by the Japanese shortly after the surrender of Japan.

Works

His most popular work, breaking all Chinese sales records, was ''Jih-chi chiu-chung'' "''Nine Diaries''", which detailed his affair with the writer Wang Ying-hsin. The most critically acclaimed work is ''Kuo-ch'u'' or "''The Past''", written in 1927.

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Camille Grammer (née Donatacci; born September 2, 1968) is an American television personality starring in ''The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills''. Grammer first found fame as a dancer, model, and actress, and after marrying Hollywood actor Kelsey Grammer in 1997, she worked as a producer and a writer for their company Grammnet Productions.

Early life

Career

Grammer owns half of Grammnet Productions, which has produced a number of television shows from the late 1990s through 2010s, including ''Girlfriends'', ''Medium'', and ''The Game''. Within the production company, Grammer has worked as a creator, writer, and executive producer.

Since 2010, Grammer has been one of ''The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills''. The January 13, 2011 episode of the show, in which Grammer revealed that her husband wanted out of their marriage, was the No. 1 telecast among adults 18-49 versus all cable competition in its timeslot, as well as the highest rated episode of the season among all viewers. In addition, the ''Watch What Happens Live'' episode featuring Grammer as a guest right after the show outperformed all late night cable talk shows that night.

In 2011, Grammer returned to acting, guest-starring on the season finale of the CBS sitcom ''$#*! My Dad Says'', playing a recently divorced reality star named Camille. Describing her role, Grammer said: "My character Camille is basically a parody on myself, obviously, from 'Housewives of Beverly Hills.' Just making fun of it, you know, making fun of all the quirky things I do and say." On whether she is pursuing a full-time acting career, Grammer told: "I studied acting years ago; it was kind of a dream I had years ago, but I gave that up when I got married and had children. I'm not pursuing this. I definitely have to go back and take some acting classes if I was! But I have to say, my experience was very enjoyable and of course it would be something I would love to do. It's so much fun to work with such talented people and be involved in the creative process."

Grammer co-hosted the ''Showbiz Tonight'' special on CNN live from the 83rd Academy Awards as a fashion and celebrity commentator on the Red Carpet on February 27, 2011.

Personal life

Grammer was diagnosed with Irritable Bowel Syndrome in 1996, and she has been featured in a Public Service Announcement to raise awareness of the disorder.

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Other recent film credits include, ''Starsky & Hutch'', Snoop Dogg's ''Hood of Horror'', ''Club Wild Side 2'' and ''The Nanny Diaries''. In addition, she has guest-starred in, ''Joey'', ''The Parkers'', ''Just Shoot Me!'', ''Fear Factor'' and ''Beverly Hills, 90210''.

Roderick is also a "Girl of RPS" for the USA Rock Paper Scissors League. In 2006, Roderick was one of six celebrity contestants on the CBS summer series, ''Gameshow Marathon''. She was the runner-up to Kathy Najimy. In 2009, she appeared in the second season of ''Celebrity Apprentice''. Throughout the season, each celebrity raised money for a charity of his or her choice; Roderick selected the California Police Youth Charities. However, on the second to last episode of Celebrity Apprentice 2, she was eliminated along with fellow contestant Jesse G. James from the final four.

As of 2008, Roderick had a networking company named Financially Hung. She described the company as being "like MySpace for adults."

In April 2009, Roderick served as host of the ''Playboy Shootout'' reality competition on Playboy TV.

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