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Colin Kaepernick . Kaepernick began his professional career as a backup to Alex Smith , but became the 49ers ' starter in the middle of the 2012 season after Smith suffered a concussion . He remained the team 's starting quarterback for the rest of the season and went on to lead the 49ers to their first Super Bowl appe...
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Soul Food is a 1997 American comedy-drama film produced by Kenneth `` Babyface '' Edmonds , Tracey Edmonds and Robert Teitel and released by Fox 2000 Pictures .
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Anne Rice . Born in New Orleans , Rice spent much of her early life there before moving to Texas , and later to San Francisco . Route 495 is a 3.45 mi freeway in Hudson County , New Jersey , in the United States that connects the New Jersey Turnpike ( Interstate 95 , I-95 ) at exits 16E and 17 in Secaucus to New York S...
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Telemundo ( [ teleˈmundo ] ) is an American Spanish-language terrestrial television network owned by Comcast through the NBCUniversal division NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises .
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Damon Albarn . Raised in Leytonstone , East London and around Colchester , Essex , Albarn attended the Stanway School , where he met Graham Coxon and eventually formed Blur , whose debut album Leisure was released in 1991 to mixed reviews . Drawing influences from alternative rock , trip hop , hip hop , electronica , d...
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Mogadishu ( [ ˌmɔːɡəˈdiːʃuː ] Muqdisho [ mʉqdɪʃɔ ] ; مقديشو [ maqadiːʃuː ] ) , known locally as Hamar , is the capital and most populous city of Somalia . As Somalia 's capital city , many important national institutions are based in Mogadishu .
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`` Happiness in Slavery '' is a song by American industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails from their debut extended play ( EP ) , Broken ( 1992 ) .
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Andrew Kevin Walker ( born August 14 , 1964 ) is an American BAFTA-nominated screenwriter .
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Shooter (2007 film) . The film follows Force Recon veteran Bob Lee Swagger ( Mark Wahlberg ) , who is framed for murder by a rogue secret private military company unit . Shooter (TV series) . The show stars Ryan Phillippe in the lead role of Bob Lee Swagger an expert marksman living in exile who is coaxed back into act...
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House ( also called House , M.D. ) is an American television medical drama that originally ran on the Fox network for eight seasons , from November 16 , 2004 to May 21 , 2012 .
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Charles Manson . In 1971 he was found guilty of first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder for the deaths of seven people ( Abigail Ann Folger , Wojciech Frykowski , Steven Earl Parent , Sharon Tate Polanski , Jay Sebring , and Leno and Rosemary La Bianca ) -- most notably of the actress Sharon Tate -- all of ...
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Sean Justin Penn ( born August 17 , 1960 ) is an American actor , filmmaker , and political activist . Penn began his acting career in television with a brief appearance in episode 112 of Little House on the Prairie ( December 4 , 1974 ) , directed by his father Leo Penn. . Following his film debut in the drama Taps ( ...
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Sir Donald George `` Don '' Bradman , AC ( 27 August 1908 -- 25 February 2001 ) , often referred to as `` The Don '' , was an Australian cricketer , widely acknowledged as the greatest batsman of all time . Bradman retained a pre-eminent position in the game by acting as an administrator , selector and writer for three...
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L.A. Reid . He has served as the chairman and CEO of Epic Records , a division of Sony Music Entertainment , the president and CEO of Arista Records , and the chairman and CEO of the Island Def Jam Music Group .
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Brad Wilk . He is best known as the drummer of the rock bands Rage Against the Machine ( 1991 -- 2000 ; 2007 -- 11 ) and Audioslave ( 2001 -- 07 ) . Wilk started his career as a drummer for Greta in 1990 , and helped co-found Rage with Tom Morello and Zack de la Rocha in August 1991 . As of 2016 , he is playing in the ...
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The Millers . The multi-camera series aired from October 3 , 2013 to July 18 , 2015 and ran 34 episodes over two seasons on CBS . CBS announced the cancellation of The Millers on November 14 , 2014 , four episodes into the show 's second season .
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Dorothy Ann Willis Richards ( September 1 , 1933 -- September 13 , 2006 ) was an American politician and the 45th Governor of Texas from 1991 to 1995 . A Democrat , she first came to national attention as the state treasurer of Texas , when she delivered the keynote address at the 1988 Democratic National Convention . ...
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Drake Bell . Bell released an EP in 2011 called A Reminder independently .
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Boardwalk is a 1979 American drama film written by Stephen Verona and Leigh Chapman and directed by Verona . Janet Leigh ( born Jeanette Helen Morrison ; July 6 , 1927 -- October 3 , 2004 ) was an American actress , singer , dancer and author . She also wrote four books between 1984 and 2002 , including two novels .
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Simón José Antonio de la Santísima Trinidad Bolívar y Palacios ( [ siˈmon boˈliβar ] ; 24 July 1783 -- 17 December 1830 ) , known as El Libertador , was a Venezuelan military and political leader who played a leading role in the establishment of Venezuela , Bolivia , Colombia , Ecuador , Peru and Panama as sovereig...
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The Bermuda Triangle , also known as the Devil 's Triangle , is a loosely-defined region in the western part of the North Atlantic Ocean , where a number of aircraft and ships are said to have disappeared under mysterious circumstances .
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Colin Kaepernick . Kaepernick began his professional career as a backup to Alex Smith , but became the 49ers ' starter in the middle of the 2012 season after Smith suffered a concussion . He remained the team 's starting quarterback for the rest of the season and went on to lead the 49ers to their first Super Bowl appe...
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Marnie is a 1964 American psychological thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock .
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Advertising is an audio or visual form of marketing communication that employs an openly sponsored , nonpersonal message to promote or sell a product , service or idea . It is differentiated from personal selling in that the message is nonpersonal , i.e. , not directed to a particular individual . Advertising is commun...
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Private Lives is a 1930 comedy of manners in three acts by Noël Coward . Private Lives is a 1931 American Pre-Code comedy film directed by Sidney Franklin .
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Maurice Harold Macmillan , 1st Earl of Stockton , ( 10 February 1894 -- 29 December 1986 ) was a British Conservative politician and statesman who served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 10 January 1957 to 19 October 1963 .
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Aristotle ( [ ˈærɪˌstɒtəl ] Ἀριστοτέλης , [ aristotélɛːs ] , Aristotélēs ; 384 -- 322 BC ) was an ancient Greek philosopher and scientist born in the city of Stagira , Chalkidice , on the northern periphery of Classical Greece . At seventeen or eighteen years of age , he joined Plato 's Academy in Athens and remai...
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David Mordechai Packouz ( [ pækhaʊs ] born February 16 , 1982 ) is an American former arms dealer , musician , inventor and entrepreneur . Packouz went on to invent a guitar pedal drum machine , the BeatBuddy , and is currently the CEO of music technology company Singular Sound .
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Magic Johnson . He played point guard for the Lakers for 13 seasons . After winning championships in high school and college , Johnson was selected first overall in the 1979 NBA draft by the Lakers . He won a championship and an NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award in his rookie season , and won four more championship...
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Tenacious D is an American comedy rock duo that was formed in Los Angeles , California in 1994 . Composed of lead vocalist and guitarist Jack Black and lead guitarist and vocalist Kyle Gass , the band has released three albums -- Tenacious D ( 2001 ) , The Pick of Destiny ( 2006 ) and Rize of the Fenix ( 2012 ) . The b...
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James VI and I ( 19 June 1566 -- 27 March 1625 ) was King of Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567 and King of England and Ireland as James I from the union of the Scottish and English crowns on 24 March 1603 until his death . The kingdoms of Scotland and England were individual sovereign states , with their own parli...
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Big Brother 2017 , also known as Big Brother 18 , is the upcoming eighteenth series of the British reality television series Big Brother , hosted by Emma Willis and narrated by Marcus Bentley . Marcus Morgan Bentley ( born 4 October 1967 ) is a British actor , broadcaster and voice-over artist . Bentley is most famous ...
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The Free State of Saxony ( der Freistaat Sachsen [ ˈfʁaɪ̯ʃtaːt ˈzaksn̩ ] Swobodny stat Sakska ) is a landlocked federal state of Germany , bordering the federal states of Brandenburg , Saxony Anhalt , Thuringia , and Bavaria , as well as the countries of Poland ( Lower Silesian and Lubusz Voivodeships ) and the Czech R...
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East End Park is a former major league baseball park located in the East End neighborhood of Cincinnati in the United States . `` In the End '' is a song by American rock band Linkin Park .
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Mel B . Brown began her solo career when she released `` I Want You Back '' with Missy Elliott on Virgin Records .
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Noah Cyrus . She is the youngest daughter of Billy Ray Cyrus and younger sister of Miley Cyrus and Trace Cyrus .
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Mohra ( Pawn ) is a 1994 Indian action thriller film directed by Rajiv Rai starring Akshay Kumar , Sunil Shetty , Raveena Tandon and Naseeruddin Shah in the lead roles with Paresh Rawal , Gulshan Grover , Raza Murad and Sadashiv Amrapurkar in supporting roles . The film was released on 1 July 1994 and went on to become...
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`` Hourglass '' is a song by British electronic duo Disclosure . Hourglass is singer-songwriter James Taylor 's fourteenth studio album .
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Shane Black ( born December 16 , 1961 ) is an American screenwriter , director , producer and actor , known for writing the 1987 action film hit Lethal Weapon , and his directorial debut with the film Kiss Kiss Bang Bang in 2005 .
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A View to a Kill ( 1985 ) is the fourteenth spy film of the James Bond series , and the seventh and last to star Roger Moore as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond .
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Papua is the largest and easternmost province of Indonesia , comprising most of western New Guinea . It was formerly called Irian Jaya ( before that West Irian or Irian Barat ) and comprised all of Indonesian New Guinea .
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Augustus . He probably died from natural causes , although there were unconfirmed rumors that his wife Livia poisoned him .
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Jennifer Lopez . She ventured into the music industry in 1999 with her debut studio album On the 6 , preceded by the number-one single `` If You Had My Love '' . With the simultaneous release of her second studio album J.Lo and her film The Wedding Planner in 2001 , Lopez became the first woman to have a number one alb...
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A working animal is an animal , usually domesticated , that is kept by humans and trained to perform tasks . They may be close members of the family , such as guide dogs or other assistance dogs , or they may be animals trained to provide tractive force , such as draft horses or logging elephants . They may also be use...
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Billboard Dad ( film ) is a 1998 American direct-to-video comedy film , directed by Alan Metter starring Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen . Top Latin Albums is a record chart published by Billboard magazine and is labeled as the most important music chart for Spanish language , full-length albums in the American music market...
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Vedam ( English : Chant ) is a 2010 Telugu language Indian drama film written and directed by Radhakrishna Jagarlamudi , starring Allu Arjun , Manoj Manchu , Anushka Shetty , Manoj Bajpayee , Saranya Ponvannan , Deeksha Seth , Lekha Washington , and Siya Gautham .
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Men in Black II ( stylized as MIIB ) is a 2002 American science fiction action comedy film starring Tommy Lee Jones , Will Smith , Lara Flynn Boyle , Johnny Knoxville , Rosario Dawson , Tony Shalhoub and Rip Torn .
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Sancho Panza [ ˈsantʃo ˈpanθa ] is a fictional character in the novel Don Quixote written by Spanish author Don Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra in 1605 . Sancho acts as squire to Don Quixote and provides comments throughout the novel , known as sanchismos '' , that are a combination of broad humour , ironic Spanish prover...
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The Adventures of Pluto Nash is a 2002 Australian-American science fiction action comedy film starring Eddie Murphy ( in a dual role ) and directed by Ron Underwood .
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Hedda Gabler . Ibsen was present at the world premiere , which took place on 31 January 1891 at the Residenztheater in Munich .
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Brazzers ( [ ˈbræzərz ] ) is a pornographic production company based in Montreal , Canada .
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Timothy Simon Roth ( born 14 May 1961 ) is an English actor and director .
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Juventus Football Club S.p.A. ( from Latin iuventūs , `` youth '' ; [ juˈvɛntus ] ) , colloquially known as Juve ( [ ˈjuːve ] ) , is a professional Italian association football club based in Turin , Piedmont , founded in 1897 by a group of young Torinese students , among them was their first president Eugenio Canfari ...
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Viola Davis . She played supporting and minor roles in several films and television series in the late 1990s and early 2000s , including the films Kate & Leopold ( 2001 ) and Far from Heaven ( 2002 ) , and the television series Law & Order : Special Victims Unit .
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Jenna Jameson ( born Jenna Marie Massoli ; April 9 , 1974 ) is an American entrepreneur , webcam model and former pornographic film actress , who has been called the world 's most famous adult entertainment performer and `` The Queen of Porn '' . She started acting in erotic videos in 1993 after having worked as a stri...
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This article is about the New Orleans Pelicans of the National Basketball Association . New Orleans Pelicans . The Pelicans compete in the National Basketball Association ( NBA ) as a member club of the league 's Western Conference Southwest Division .
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Starrcade was an annual professional wrestling event , originally broadcast via closed-circuit television and eventually broadcast via pay-per-view television , held from 1983 to 2000 by the National Wrestling Alliance ( NWA ) and later World Championship Wrestling ( WCW ) . From the 1960s to the 1980s , it was traditi...
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Jack Ryan Falahee ( born February 20 , 1989 ) is an American actor . He is known for his role as Connor Walsh on the ABC television legal drama How to Get Away with Murder , and for playing Benjamin Stringfellow on the PBS historical drama Mercy Street .
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Do n't Say No is the debut extended play by South Korean singer Seohyun . Seo Ju-hyun ( born June 28 , 1991 ) , known professionally as Seohyun , is a South Korean singer and actress . She debuted as a member of girl group Girls ' Generation ( and later its subgroup TTS ) in August 2007 , who went on to be one of the b...
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The Apple II is an 8-bit home computer , one of the first highly successful mass-produced microcomputer products , designed primarily by Steve Wozniak ( Steve Jobs oversaw the development of the Apple II 's foam-molded plastic case and Rod Holt developed the switching power supply ) . The Apple II series ( trademarked ...
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A&E ( previously Arts & Entertainment Network ) is an American cable and satellite television channel that serves as the flagship television property of A&E Networks , a joint venture between the Hearst Corporation and Disney -- ABC Television Group subsidiary of the Walt Disney Company ( both of which maintain a 50 % ...
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L.A. Reid . He has served as the chairman and CEO of Epic Records , a division of Sony Music Entertainment , the president and CEO of Arista Records , and the chairman and CEO of the Island Def Jam Music Group . Reid was also the founder and CEO of Hitco Music Publishing and the co-founder of LaFace Records .
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Veeram ( Valour ) is a 2014 Indian Tamil action film directed by Siva and produced by Vijaya Productions . Veeram ( Valour ) is a 2016 Indian epic historical drama film written and directed by Jayaraj .
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Home for the Holidays is a 1972 American made-for-television horror film directed by John Llewellyn Moxey , produced by Aaron Spelling and starring Sally Field , Eleanor Parker , Julie Harris , Jessica Walter and Walter Brennan which premiered on ABC on November 28 , 1972 . Home for the Holidays (1995 film) . The film ...
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Taran Hourie Killam ( born April 1 , 1982 ) is an American actor , comedian , and writer .
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The Sex Factor is an online reality TV series produced by xHamster where eight men and eight women compete to become a porn star . XHamster . The site produces The Sex Factor , a reality series in which men and women compete to become porn stars .
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John Hovig Dolmayan ( Ջոն Դոլմայան , born July 15 , 1973 ) is a Lebanese-born Armenian -- American songwriter and drummer .
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Island Records is a British-American record label that operates as a division of Universal Music Group ( UMG ) .
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Sikkim ( [ ˈsɪkᵻm ] ) is a northeastern state of India .
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Christa McAuliffe . She took a teaching position as a social studies teacher at Concord High School in New Hampshire in 1983 .
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Ronald Bilius `` Ron '' Weasley is a fictional character in J. K. Rowling 's Harry Potter series .
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Reign Over Me is a 2007 American drama film written and directed by Mike Binder , and produced by his brother Jack Binder . Distributed by Columbia Pictures , the film was released on March 23 , 2007 .
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Colin Rand Kaepernick ( [ ` kæpərnɪk ] ; born November 3 , 1987 ) is an American football quarterback who is currently a free agent .
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Sheryl Lee . In 2016 , she appeared in Café Society , and also completed the Showtime revival of Twin Peaks ( 2017 ) , reprising her role of Laura Palmer . Sheryl Lee Ralph . In 2016 she played Madame Morrible in Wicked on Broadway .
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Matteo Renzi ( [ matˈtɛːo ˈrɛntsi ] ; born 11 January 1975 ) is an Italian politician who served as the Prime Minister of Italy from February 2014 until December 2016 .
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The Road to El Dorado . The film stars Kevin Kline , Kenneth Branagh , Armand Assante , Jim Cummings , Edward James Olmos , Tobin Bell and Rosie Perez .
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`` Same Old Love '' is a song by American singer Selena Gomez from her second studio album , Revival ( 2015 ) . Selena Gomez . In 2015 , she released her second solo album , Revival , which debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 , while the first three singles , `` Good for You , '' `` Same Old Love , '' and `` Han...
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Weekly Idol . The show is hosted by comedian Jeong Hyeong-don and rapper Defconn .
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Heavy metal ( or simply metal ) is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s , largely in the United Kingdom and the United States . Beginning in the late 1970s , bands in the new wave of British heavy metal such as Iron Maiden and Saxon followed in a similar vein .
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Ashton Kutcher . Kutcher subsequently appeared in more romantic comedies , including Guess Who ( 2005 ) , A Lot Like Love ( 2005 ) , What Happens in Vegas ( 2008 ) , and No Strings Attached ( 2011 ) .
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Topman . A part of the Arcadia Group , which also owns Burton , Miss Selfridge , Wallis , Evans and Dorothy Perkins , Topman has a chain of high-street men 's clothing stores located throughout the United Kingdom and has a presence on just about every UK High Street , and in Ireland main street outlets in six cities an...
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Wales . At the dawn of the Industrial Revolution , development of the mining and metallurgical industries transformed the country from an agricultural society into an industrial nation ; the South Wales Coalfield 's exploitation caused a rapid expansion of Wales ' population .
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Tool (band) . Tool has won three Grammy Awards , performed worldwide tours , and produced albums topping the charts in several countries .
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YouTube is an American video-sharing website headquartered in San Bruno , California . , the website is ranked as the second most popular site in the world by Alexa Internet , a web traffic analysis company .
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Sidse Babett Knudsen ( [ ˈsisə b̥ab̥ɛd̥ ˈkʰnusn̩ ] ; born 22 November 1968 ) is a Danish actress who works in theatre , television , and film .
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Conrad Dunn . He began his screen career with the role of Francis `` Psycho '' Soyer in Stripes ( 1981 ) . Stripes (film) . Several actors including John Larroquette , John Diehl , Conrad Dunn and Judge Reinhold were featured in their first significant film roles .
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Raees (film) . It stars Shah Rukh Khan , Mahira Khan and Nawazuddin Siddiqui .
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Asylum Records is an American record label founded in 1971 by David Geffen and partner Elliot Roberts .
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Trollhunters is an American computer-animated fantasy television series created for Netflix by Guillermo del Toro and produced by DreamWorks Animation and Double Dare You .
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The Armenian Genocide ( Հայոց ցեղասպանություն , Hayots tseghaspanutyun ) , also known as the Armenian Holocaust , was the Ottoman government 's systematic extermination of 1.5 million Armenians , mostly Ottoman citizens within the Ottoman Empire and its successor state , the Republic of Turkey . Other indigenous and Ch...
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Marcus Morgan Bentley ( born 4 October 1967 ) is a British actor , broadcaster and voice-over artist .
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William Jefferson Clinton ( born August 19 , 1946 ) is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001 . The first inauguration of Bill Clinton as the 42nd President of the United States was held on January 20 , 1993 on the West Front of the United States Capitol Building ...
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Danny Boyle ( born 20 October 1956 ) is an English director , producer , screenwriter and theatre director , known for his work on films including Shallow Grave , Trainspotting , The Beach , 28 Days Later , Sunshine , Slumdog Millionaire , 127 Hours , and Steve Jobs . The Beach is a 2000 adventure drama film directed b...
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The dress . In the first week after the surfacing of the image alone , more than 10 million tweets mentioned the dress , using hashtags such as #thedress , #whiteandgold and #blackandblue .
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Major Bruce Middleton Hope Shand MC and bar ( 22 January 1917 -- 11 June 2006 ) was an officer in the British Army .
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Advertising is an audio or visual form of marketing communication that employs an openly sponsored , nonpersonal message to promote or sell a product , service or idea .
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The Others (2001 film) . The film won eight Goya Awards , including awards for Best Film and Best Director . This was the first English-language film ever to receive the Best Film Award at the Goyas ( Spain 's national film awards ) , without a single word of Spanish spoken in it . The Others was nominated for six Satu...
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Ralph Fults ( January 23 , 1911 -- March 16 , 1993 ) was a Depression-era outlaw and escape artist associated with Raymond Hamilton , Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow of the Barrow Gang .
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The 14th Dalai Lama ( [ ˈdɑːlaɪ_ˈlɑːmə ] ( US ) , [ ˌdælaɪ_ˈlɑːmə ] ( UK ) ( religious name : Tenzin Gyatso , shortened from Jetsun Jamphel Ngawang Lobsang Yeshe Tenzin Gyatso , born Lhamo Thondup , 6 July 1935 ) is the current Dalai Lama . The 14th Dalai Lama was born in Taktser village , Amdo , Tibet ( was administra...
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Miracle at St. Anna . Set primarily in Italy during German-occupied Europe in World War II , the film tells the story of four Buffalo Soldiers of the 92nd Infantry Division who seek refuge in a small Tuscan village , where they form a bond with the residents . The story is presented as a flashback , as one survivor ref...