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George Segal, Jr. (February 13, 1934 – March 23, 2021) was an American movie, television, stage, voice actor, comedian, and musician who was known for his roles in; Retired at 35, Just Shoot Me!, Who's Afraid of Virginia the Wolf, The Quiller Memorandum, Look Who's Talking, and Fun with Dick and Jane. Segal won a Golden Globe Award in 1973.

Early life
Segal was born on February 13, 1934 in Great Neck, New York and studied at George School, Haverford College, and at Columbia University.

Personal life
Segal was married to Marion Segal Freed from 1956 until they divorced in 1981. He later married Linda Rogoff from 1983 until her death in 1996. He was later married to Sonia Schultz Greenbaum 1996 until his death. He had two children with Freed.

Segal died at a hospital in Santa Rosa, California on March 23, 2021 from problems caused by heart surgery, aged 87.

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Richard Riehle (born May 12, 1948) is an American movie, television, voice, and stage actor who is known for his roles in Messengers 2: The Scarecrow, The Man from Earth, Treasure Buddies, Santa Buddies, Office Space, and Chillerama.

Riehle was born on May 12, 1948 in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin and studied at the University of Notre Dame and at the University of Minnesota.

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Dick Anthony Williams (August 9, 1934 – February 16, 2012) was an American movie, television, stage, and voice actor. He is known for his roles in; Mo' Better Blues, Blood and Bone, The Players Club, Edward Scissorhands, and The Anderson Tapes. He has won a Drama Desk Award. He was born on August 9, 1934 in Chicago, Illinois. Williams died on February 16, 2012 in his Los Angeles, California from unknown causes, aged 77.

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Paul Benjamin "Ben" Mendelsohn (born 3 April 1969) is an Australian movie, television, stage and voice actor. He is known for his roles as Andrew "Pope" Cody in Animal Kingdom, Russell in Killing Them Softly, John Daggett in The Dark Knight Rises, Orson Krennic in Rogue One, King George VI in Darkest Hour and as Nolan Sorrento in Ready Player One.

Mendelsohn was born on 3 April 1969 in Melbourne, Victoria. He was married to Emma Forrest since 2012.

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Cheap may refer to:
Cheap (album), debut album from Seasick Steve
Cheap (EP), twelve-inch EP by Brainbombs
Cheap (ward)
Characteristic behavior of a miser
Cheap (meaning market) is a small ward of the City of London.

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Squire Fridell (born February 9, 1943) is an American actor, best known for playing Ronald McDonald in the McDonald's commercials after King Moody's retirment.

Early life
Fridell was born in Oakland, California on February 9, 1943.

Career

Ronald McDonald character
After King Moody's retirement in 1984, Fridell was hired to replace him as Ronald McDonald in McDonald's commercials. He did this until 1991 when he was replaced by Jack Deopke.

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Jorge B. Vargas (August 24, 1890 – February 22, 1980) was Philippine politician.  He was Chairman of Philippine Executive Commission from 1942 to 1943.

In January 30, 1936 he was Executive Secretary of Philippine Presidents Manuel Quezon. December 22, 1941 to January 23, 1942, he was Head of the Civilian Emergency Administration and Mayor of Manila. In 1941 he was appointed to Secretary of National Defense.

He was also the first Filipino member of the International Olympic Committee.

He was one of the charter members of the Boy Scouts of the Philippines in 1936.  In 1949 he became the BSP's President and Chief Scout. He was in the position of National President until 1961. He became a member of the World Scout Committee of the World Organization of the Scout Movement from 1951 to 1957.

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Anna Chlumsky (born December 3, 1980 in Chicago) is an American movie and television actress. She played the character Vada in the 1991 movie My Girl and My Girl 2 in 1994. She got her start in 1989 in the movie Uncle Buck. She stopped acting for a while but recently worked on the show Veep on HBO as Amy Brookheimer.

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Ray Russell Bentley (born November 25, 1960 in Grand Rapids, Michigan) is a former American football player and current football analyst for ESPN and ESPNU.

Playing career
Bentley's first three years in professional football were with the Michigan Panthers and Oakland Invaders of the United States Football League. 

He later joined the Buffalo Bills. He played six seasons with the team. He was in their first two Super Bowl years in the 1990s. Bentley's career ended with the Cincinnati Bengals in 1992.

Broadcasting career
His broadcasting career includes:
NFL on Fox color commentator/play-by-play
AFL on NBC color commentator
AFL on ESPN color commentator
College Football on ESPN and ESPNU color commentator
Buffalo Bills preseason play-by-play with Steve Tasker

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Tim Ryan (born May 16, 1939 in Canada) is an American sportscaster. He lives in Ketchum, Idaho.

Tim started his career at CFTO as an assistant sports director. While he worked there he called games for the Toronto Marlboros  as well as the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and Toronto Argonauts home games.

In 1977, Ryan began working at CBS. There Ryan called games for the NBA on CBS from 1977–1983, NFL on CBS from 1977–1993, College Football on CBS from 1996–97, and college basketball from 1982–1998. He also called alpine skiing at the 1992, 1994 and 1998 Olympic Winter Games. From 1978–97, Ryan was a CBS tennis commentator.  He called nineteen U.S. Open Tennis Championships.

Ryan was also a lead boxing announcer during the 1970s and 1980s. Some notable fights Ryan called include Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier, Floyd Patterson vs. Oscar Bonavena, Monroe Brooks vs. Bruce Curry, Bernard Hopkins vs. Glen Johnson, and Thomas Hearns vs. Sugar Ray Leonard,
In 1986, Ryan won the Sam Taub Award for Excellence in Broadcasting Journalism.

In 1998 Ryan began to work for Fox and NBC. He covered NFL games and tennis for Fox and tennis, skiing, equestrian events, and boxing for NBC. From 2004-2006, Ryan called college football  and tennis for ESPN.

Ryan worked the 2000 Summer Olympics, 2002 Winter Olympics, 2004 Summer Olympics, 2006 Winter Olympics, 2008 Summer Olympics, and the 2010 Winter Olympics.

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CBS News.com  - 04-Mar-1998
Idaho Mountain Express  - 11-Nov-2005 - Tim Ryan

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Paul Kennedy is an American sportscaster with Fox Sports Florida. He does play-by-play for games for the Orlando Magic. Kennedy has also called NFL Europe and NFL games for Fox. He currently calls college football games for Fox Sports Net. Kennedy is the host of a show for the Tampa Bay Lightning Inside the Lightning. He also hosted Prime Time Noles. He also has called college basketball games for FSN. Kennedy was the host of Miami Dolphins Monday Night Magazine and Bucs Diaries featuring head coach Tony Dungy. He also served as the play-by-play voice for the Alabama Crimson Tide football and basketball teams. Kennedy has also been involved in baseball. He was the studio host for The Baseball Network and the Florida Marlins and called select play-by-play for the Marlins.

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Dan Miller (born 1963) is a radio personality who is the voice of the Detroit Lions. He also called Lions preseason games before moving to the radio booth replacing Mark Champion. Miller called regional NFL games for Fox.

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Ronald Dwayne Pitts (born October 14, 1962) is a retired American football player. After he stopped playing football, he became a sportscaster. Pitts played defensive back for the Buffalo Bills and the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the UCLA Bruins.

Pitts was drafted by the Bills in 1985. After retiring, he has worked as a sportscaster for Fox Sports on its NFL coverage. He has also been the host of Destroyed in Seconds and calls college football games for the Pac-12 Network. Pitts started color commentator and sideline reporting before doing play-by-play. He also provided color commentary for ABC College Football. Pitts hosted Total Access before NFL Network began using a program called NFL Total Access. He also hosts NFL Under the Helmet.

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Pamela Donielle Oliver (born March 10, 1961) is the lead sideline reporter for the NFL on Fox with Joe Buck and Troy Aikman. She also worked with Dick Stockton and Matt Millen. She also does sideline reporting for NBA playoffs for TNT. She was a reporter for the most popular show on ESPN SportsCenter.

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Noah Webster, Jr. (October 16, 1758 – May 28, 1843), was the author of a famous American dictionary, a pioneer of spelling, and a political writer and editor. His "Blue-backed Speller" books taught five generations of American children how to spell and read. His dictionary was first published in 1828 as An American Dictionary of the English Language.

Copyright   
Webster worried that his Grammatical Institute might be pirated. He had to seek copyright protection from each state.  At last, on May 31, 1790, President George Washington signed the United States’ first general copyright act into law. Later, Webster lobbied for an extended copyright law. He wrote “By this bill the term of copy-right is secured for 28 years, with the right of renewal … for 14 years more.  If this should become law, I shall be much benefited.”  The new federal copyright law was passed and remained in effect until 1909.

Webster's books
Webster's books

The Blue-backed Speller 
1783 as the first part of the Grammatical Institute of the English language.
1786 as The American Spelling Book, containing the rudiments of the English language, for the use of schools in the United States.
1829 as The Elementary Spelling Book.
385 'editions' (mostly reprints) in his lifetime; by 1837 15 million copies sold; by 1890 60 million copies sold.

The Dictionary 
1806 A first attempt was published as A Compendious Dictionary of the English Language.
1828 The first edition of his famous An American Dictionary of the English Language; second edition in 1840 in two volumes. The first edition sold only 2,500 copies.
Other publications 
1785. Sketches of American policy.
1790. A collection of essays and fugitive writings on moral, historical, politics and literary subjects.
1789. Dissertations.
1793. The effects of slavery on morals and industry. In two volumes.
1799. A brief history of epidemic and pestilential diseases.
1800. A Grammatical Institute of the English Language. In three parts, part II is the grammar.
1802. Letters to a young gentleman concerning his education.
1802. Miscellaneous papers on political and commercial subjects.
1832. History of the United States.
1833. A dictionary for primary schools.
1839. Observations on language, and on the errors of class-books.
Further reading 
Baron, Dennis E. 1982. Grammar and good taste: reforming the American Language. New Haven: Yale University Press.
Dillard J.L. 1992. A history of American English. New York: Longman 1992.
Fodde Melis, Luisanna 2005. Noah Webster and the first American dictionary. Rosen, New York.
Simpson, David. 1986. The politics of American English, 17761850. Oxford University Press.
 Unger, Harlow Giles 1998. Noah Webster: the life and times of an American patriot.
Webster, Noah. 1989 The autobiographies of Noah Webster. Edited by Richard M. Rollins. Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press.
Webster on the web 
 Webster, Noah. The American spelling book: containing the rudiments of the English language for the use of schools in the United States by Noah Webster 1836 edition online, the famous 'Blue-backed Speller'
 Webster, Noah. An American dictionary of the English language 1848 edition online
 Webster, Noah. A grammatical institute of the English language 1800 edition online
 Webster, Noah. Miscellaneous papers on political and commercial subjects 1802 edition online mostly about banks
 Webster, Noah.  A collection of essays and fugitiv writings: on moral, historical, political and literary subjects'' 1790 edition online 414 pages

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Joseph Raymond "Toots" Mondt (January 18, 1894-June 11, 1976) was an American professional wrestler. He co-promoted the World Wide Wrestling Federation (now known as WWE) along with "Grand" McMahon.

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Daniel "Danny" Trejo (born May 16, 1944) is an American actor. He is known for playing the role of a villain or the anti-hero. Trejo is of Mexican descent. He was born in Los Angeles, California. Trejo is a second cousin of writer-director Robert Rodriguez. He has worked almost all of his movies. These include the Spy Kids series (as Isador 'Machete' Cortez), Desperado (as Navajas), Grindhouse as (Machete) and From Dusk Till Dawn (as Razor Charlie or Eddie).

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Dinara Rafikovna Sadretdinova  (, born June 4, 1976) is a Russian actress and television presenter. She was born in Moscow, Russia.

Education 
Sadretdinova studied at The Russian Academy of Theatre Arts, the Moscow Institute of Open Education and the Training Institute of Television and Radio.

Career
Career 

Sadretdinova was presenter of the television program  Islam on the satellite channel "AST " from 1999 to 2001. In 2002, she became the TV presenter of the television program "Muslims" on the Information and entertainment channels. In March 2008, Sadretdinova was the guest of honor at the Al Jazeera International Documentary Film Festival in Qatar. She has been the guest of honor and presenter of the "Kazan International Festival of Muslim Cinema" two times.  Sadretdinova has also be a part of the International Media Forum "Interaction in the common interest" in the Republic of Adygea.
In October 2010, she was a part of the All Russian female Islamic Conference "Women will save the world" in the Chechen Republic.
That year, she was listed among the "best 10 female journalists in the Islamic world" and was invited to the International Conference of Women Journalists, held in Iran, where she was awarded the international prize "The Word Zainab".

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 The Quran in the girls hearts . Dubai International Holy Quran Award
 TV-presenter of the weekly TV-program "Muslims" tells how she appeared in television and whether Russian TV viewer should wait for a new programme about Islam
 Official site of Dinara 
 Women conference on "Role of women in modern society" to be held in Saratov
 
 
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Bruno Ganz (22 March 1941 – 16 February 2019) was a Swiss actor. He was born in Zurich to an Italian mother and Swiss father. Ganz was best known for playing Adolf Hitler in the 2004 movie Downfall.

In February 2018, Ganz was diagnosed with small intestine cancer. He died on 16 February 2019 in Au, Wädenswil from the disease, aged 77, a month before his 78th birthday.

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Serosa (or serous membrane) is a smooth membrane consisting of a thin layer of cells, found on the outer wall of the organs of the abdominal cavity known as the serous cavity. It secretes serous fluid, and a thin connective tissue layer. They secrete a lubricating fluid which reduces friction from muscle movement.

Serosa is not to be confused with adventitia, a connective tissue layer which binds together structures rather than reducing friction between them. The serous membrane covering the heart and lining the mediastinum is called the pericardium, the serous membrane lining the thoracic cavity and surrounding the lungs is called the pleura, and that lining the abdominopelvic cavity and the viscera is called the peritoneum.

The portions of the gastrointestinal tract that do not have a serosa include the esophagus, as well as the middle and distal rectum.
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January Kristen Jones (born January 5, 1978) is an American actress. She is best known for playing the character Betty Draper on the TV series Mad Men.

Early life
Jones was born and raised in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. She is named after January Wayne, a character in Jacqueline Susann's Once Is Not Enough. She has two sisters – Jacey and Jina.

Career
Jones has had roles in the movies Anger Management (2003), Love Actually, and Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights. In 2005, she was in The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada. It was directed by and starred Tommy Lee Jones. In We Are Marshall (2006), she played the wife of football coach William "Red" Dawson.

She had the lead female role in the movie Love's Enduring Promise. Her character falls in love with a man who saves her father's life. She currently acts in the AMC series Mad Men as young housewife and mother Betty Draper Francis. She is also known for her role as Cadence Flaherty in the 2003 comedy American Wedding, the third movie of the American Pie series.
Jones was ranked No.82 on the Maxim Hot 100 Women of 2002. She appeared on the cover of "The Hot Issue" of British GQ magazine in May 2009.

On November 14, 2009, Jones hosted an episode of Saturday Night Live. She got bad reviews for this performance.

In 2011, she starred alongside Liam Neeson and Diane Kruger in Unknown, directed by Jaume Collet-Serra,. She also played Emma Frost in X-Men: First Class.

Personal life
She said in Vanity Fair in 2009 that she has joined Oceana as a celebrity spokesperson. She was working to save endangered sharks. Jones dated singer-songwriter Josh Groban from 2003–06.

Jones gave birth to a son, Xander Dane Jones, on September 13, 2011.

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In Norse mythology, Eir («help»,«grace»,«mercy»,«protection»,«calm».) is a goddess associated with healing.

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Thomas Antonio "Tom" Conti (born November 22, 1941) is an Scottish writer, movie, television, stage, and voice actor who is known for his roles in; Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence, Shirley Valentine, Rueben, Rueben, The Tempest, Saving Grace, The Dark Knight Rises, Paddington 2 and Oppenheimer. Conti has won a Tony Award in 1979. 

Conti was born on 22 November 1941 in Paisley, Scotland to a Scottish mother and Italian father. He studied at Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. Conti has been married to Kara Drummond Wilson since 1967. They have a daughter, comedienne Nina Conti.

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Andrew Clement "Andy" Serkis (born 20 April 1964) is an English movie, television, stage, voice actor, comedian, movie producer, and writer who is known for his roles in The Lord of the Rings movie series, King Kong, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, and in The Adventures of Tintin. He has won two Saturn Award in 2002 and in 2011 and a Screen Actors Guild Award in 2003.

Serkis played Alfred Pennyworth in the 2022 crime-thriller movie The Batman.

Serkis was born on 20 April 1964 in Ruislip, Middlesex, England. He studied at St Benedict's School, Ealing, Lancaster University, and in The County College. Serkis has been married to Lorraine Ashbourne since 2002. They have three children.

Serkis has won 15 top awards for his portrayal of Gollum and his other work in movies, television and stage acting.

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The Keystone Kops were fictional policemen. They were clumsy and not very well organized. They were in silent comedy movies in the 1910s.  The movies were produced by Mack Sennett between 1912 and 1917. Their first movie was Hoffmeyer's Legacy in 1912. They became popular from the 1913 short movie The Bangville Police. 

One of the Keystone Kops movies was A Thief Catcher, made in 1914. That movie was lost for a long time. In 2010, it was found at an antique sale in Michigan. Charlie Chaplin has a small role in it as a Keystone Kop. Before the movie was found, people didn't know that Charlie Chaplin had played a Keystone Cop.

Selected movies
Tillie's Punctured Romance (1914), Mack Sennett's first full-length comedy movie
Making a Living (1914), with Charlie Chaplin in his first starring role

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Jeffrey Jacob Abrams (born June 27, 1966) is an American movie and television director, movie and producer, screenwriter, writer, movie and television actor, and composer. Abrams is known for his movie directing; Star Trek, Super 8, Cloverfield and Star Wars: The Force Awakens. He is also known for his television directing; Lost and Fringe. He has won an Emmy Award in 2005 and a Saturn Award in 2011.

Abrams was born on June 27, 1966 in New York City, New York and studied at Sarah Lawrence College. Abrams has been married to Katie McGrath since 1996.

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Jonathan Kendrick "Johnny" Lewis (October 29, 1983 – September 26, 2012), or Johnny K. Lewis, was an American movie and television actor. He is known for his role as Kip "Half-Sack" Epps in Sons of Anarchy. Lewis was born on October 29, 1983 in Los Angeles, California.

Death
On the morning of September 26, 2012, at the age of 28, Lewis was found dead in Los Angeles, California, after falling into the ground. Lewis is suspected of killing an 81 year old woman, his landlady, And his death was ruled an injured fall.

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Guarujá is a city in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. The city has a population of about 311.000 people.

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Geoffrey Bannister (born 1946, Manchester, England) was  an English-American educator and geographer. He is the fourth president of Hawai'i Pacific University. His goals for the university were to expand the graduate program research as well as building connections with other universities around the world.

Bannister was born in Manchester, England. When he was 10 years old, his family moved to New Zealand. He later moved to Toronto, Canada to get doctorate in geography. He became a U.S. citizen in 1989.

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Billy Bob Thornton (born August 4, 1955) is an American actor, screenwriter, director, singer and musician. Thornton first became known for his acting on the CBS sitcom Hearts Afire and in a number of early 1990s movies. These movies included On Deadly Ground and Tombstone. In the mid-1990s, after writing, directing, and starring in the independent movie Sling Blade, he won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. He had many large movie roles after Sling Blade 's success. These included 1998's Armageddon and A Simple Plan. During the late 1990s, Thornton began a career as a singer-songwriter. He has released three albums. Thorton was the singer in a blues rock band.
Early life 
Thornton was born in Hot Springs, Arkansas. He is the son of Virginia Roberta (née Faulkner), a psychic, and William Raymond "Billy Ray" Thornton, a high school history teacher and basketball coach. His father died when Thornton was 18. He has two younger brothers, Jimmy Don and John David. During his childhood, Thornton lived in both Alpine, Arkansas, and Malvern, Arkansas. He was raised a Methodist. Thorton grew up in a large family in a shack. It did not have electricity nor plumbing. Thornton graduated from high school in 1973. He was good high school baseball player. He tried out for the Kansas City Royals, but was let go after an injury.
In the mid 1980s, Thornton moved to Los Angeles to become an actor. At first, Thornton had a hard time becoming an actor. He worked in telemarketing, offshore wind farming, and fast food management while trying to get acting jobs. He also played drums and sang with South African rock band Jack Hammer. While Thornton worked as a waiter for an event, he served movie director and screenwriter Billy Wilder. Wilder is known for movies that include Double Indemnity and Sunset Boulevard. Thornton talked with Wilder, who told Thornton to think about a career as a screenwriter.

Career
Billy Bob's first role was in 1980s South of Reno. He played a small role as a man in a restaurant. Billy Bob was also in a 1987 episode of Andy Griffith's series Matlock. Another one of Thornton's early roles was on the CBS sitcom Hearts Afire with John Ritter and Markie Post. His role as the villain in the 1992 movie One False Move got him noticed by the critics. He also had small roles in the early 1990s movies Indecent Proposal, On Deadly Ground, Bound by Honor, Grey Knight, and Tombstone. Thornton did what Wilder told him to do. He wrote, direct and star in the independent movie Sling Blade. The movie was released in 1996. The movie was an expansion of a short named Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade. It told the story of Karl Childers, a mentally handicapped man imprisoned for murder. Sling Blade was well liked internationally. Thornton's screenplay earned him an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, a Writers Guild of America Award, and an Edgar Award
. His acting in the movie earned him an Oscar and Screen Actors Guild nominations for Best Actor.
In 1998, he played the James-Carville-like Richard Jemmons in Primary Colors. Thornton wrote the movie version of the book All the Pretty Horses as a 2000 movie with the same name. The movie starred Matt Damon and Penélope Cruz. After he was forced to cut more than an hour of the movie, he decided to never direct another movie. Also in 2000, an early script he had written was made into The Gift. It starred Cate Blanchett, Hilary Swank, Keanu Reeves, Katie Holmes, Greg Kinnear, and Giovanni Ribisi. In 2000, he also appeared in Travis Tritt's music video for the song "Modern Day Bonnie and Clyde".
The press usually describe Thorton as a "tattooed, hirsute man's man". He had many large movie roles after Sling Blade 's success. These include 1998's Armageddon with Ben Affleck and Bruce Willis, A Simple Plan, Monster's Ball, Bandits and The Man Who Wasn't There. He played a mall Santa Claus in 2003's Bad Santa. It was a black comedy that did very good at the box office. The movie made Thornton notable as a leading comic actor. Thornton has said that, after Bad Santa'''s success, audiences "like to watch [him] play that kind of guy," and "they [casting directors] call [him] up when they need an asshole. It's kinda that simple... you know how narrow the imagination in this business can be." In 2004 he played Davy Crockett in The Alamo.
He was in the comic movie School for Scoundrels in 2006. More recent movies include The Astronaut Farmer and the comedy, Mr. Woodcock. In September 2008, Thornton starred in the action movie Eagle Eye with Shia LaBeouf and Michelle Monaghan. Thornton has also said he may want to direct another movie. He may direct a period piece about cave explorer Floyd Collins. The movie would be based on the book Trapped! The Story of Floyd Collins by Robert K. Murray and Roger Brucker. Thornton got a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on October 7, 2004.

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Personal life 

Relationships and children
Thornton has been married five times. Each marriage ended in divorce. He has four children by three women. From 1978 to 1980, he was married to Melissa Lee Gatlin. They have a daughter, Amanda. Thornton married actress Toni Lawrence in 1986. They divorced in 1988. From 1990 to 1992, he was married to actress Cynda Williams. In 1993, Thornton married Playboy model Pietra Dawn Cherniak. They have two sons, Harry James and William. The marriage ended in 1997. Cherniak said Thornton abused her.
Thornton was engaged to be married to actress Laura Dern, whom he dated from 1997 to 1999. Instead of marrying Dern, in 2000, he married actress Angelina Jolie. The marriage became known for the couple's strange shows of affection. These were said to include wearing vials of each other's blood around their necks. Thorton later said that the "vials" were actually two small lockets. Each had only a single drop of blood in it. Thornton and Jolie said they were adopting a child from Cambodia in March 2002. Later it was learned that Jolie had adopted the child as a single parent.Stein, Ruthe. Billy Bob Thornton Likes Staying Put. "San Francisco Chronicle". April 26, 2009. Retrieved March 2, 2011. They separated in June 2002 and divorced the following year.
Since 2003, Thornton has been in a relationship with Connie Angland. They have a daughter, Bella. The family lives in Los Angeles, California. Thornton has said that he likely will not marry again. He has said that he thinks that marriage "doesn't work" for him.

Thornton is the cousin of professional wrestling legends Terry Funk and Dory Funk, Jr.

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 Discography 
Solo
 Private Radio (2001)
 The Edge of the World (2003)
 Hobo (2005)
 Beautiful Door'' (2007)

The Boxmasters
 The Boxmasters (Vanguard, 2008)
 Christmas Cheer (Vanguard, 2008)
 Modbilly (Vanguard, 2009)
 Keys To The Kingdom (TBA)
 Bellflower (TBA)

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Other websites 

 
 Official site of Billy Bob Thornton
 Billy Bob Thornton attacks CBC Radio Host
 Six Degrees of Swampland, Billy Bob Thornton
 Swampland: GRITZ Billy Bob Thornton Interview 2008
 Alamo Sentry Interview with Thornton regarding his role as David Crockett.
 Billy Bob Thornton interview 
 "Set For Launch: A Video Interview with the Makers of 'The Astronaut Farmer'"  — eFilmCritic.com video interviews with Billy Bob Thornton, Virginia Madsen and the Polish Brothers
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Anna Cooke Kendrick (born August 9, 1985) is an American actress and singer with a history in theatre and broadway.  She has acted in movies such as Pitch Perfect and Twilight. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 2010.

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Patrick Galen Dempsey (born January 13, 1966) is an American actor. He is best known for his work on the television series Grey's Anatomy as Doctor Derek Shepherd. He has won a Screen Actors Guild Award as a cast member of Grey's Anatomy. He has also been nominated for the Emmy and Golden Globe Awards. He has been in the many movies. These include Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Valentine's Day, Sweet Home Alabama, Brother Bear 2 and Enchanted.

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Hotel Transylvania is a 2012 American computer-animated Halloween comedy movie. It was produced by Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animation. The movie starsAdam Sandler as the voice of Dracula and Selena Gomez as Mavis, Dracula's daughter.

Plot
Dracula (voiced by Adam Sandler) is the owner and creator of Hotel Transylvania, a five-star resort where the world's monsters can be safe from humans. Dracula invites some of the most famous monsters, such as Frankenstein (Kevin James) and his wife Eunice (Fran Drescher), Murray the mummy (Cee Lo Green), Wayne and Wanda Werewolf (Steve Buscemi and Molly Shannon), Griffin the Invisible Man (David Spade), Bigfoot, The Blob, and other monsters to celebrate the 118th birthday of his daughter Mavis (voiced by Selena Gomez). When Hotel Transylvania is unexpectedly visited by a human traveler named Jonathan (voiced by Andy Samberg), Dracula must protect Mavis and stop her from falling in love with him before it is too late.
Voice cast
 Adam Sandler as Dracula, the Hotel Transylvania owner, Mavis' over-protective father, and the main character.
 Selena Gomez as Mavis, Dracula's 118-year-old "teenage" daughter. She is independent and wants to explore the world, but hates it when her dad treats her like a kid. Later, Mavis falls in love with Jonathan.
 Andy Samberg as Jonathan, a 21-year-old regular guy who falls in love with Mavis upon stumbling into Hotel Transylvania.
 Kevin James as Frank/Frankenstein
 Fran Drescher as Eunice, Frankenstein's wife
 Steve Buscemi as Wayne, a werewolf
 Molly Shannon as Wanda, a werewolf and Wayne's pregnant wife
 Cee Lo Green as Murray, an obese mummy
 David Spade as Griffin the Invisible Man
 Jon Lovitz as Quasimodo, the former Hunchback of Notre-Dame who now works as a gourmet chef. He is always accompanied by his pet rat Esmeralda.
 Chris Parnell as Fly
 Brian George as Suit of Armor, a living suit of armor that works as Dracula's messenger.
 Brian Stack as Pilot
Jackie Sandler as Martha, Dracula's wife and Mavis' mother.
 Sadie Sandler as Young Mavis / Winnie
 Rob Riggle as Skeleton Husband
 Paul Brittain as Zombie
 Robert Smigel as Fake Dracula / Marty
 Jonny Solomon as Gremlin Man and the Blob
 Craig Kellman as Guy in Crowd
 Brian McCann as Hairy Monster
 James Williams as Foreman
The Shrunken Heads were voiced by Luenell and Jim Wise. Hydra Heads were voiced by Paul Brittain, Craig Kellman, Brian McCann, Jonny Solomon, and Jim Wise.

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Thomas DeCarlo Callaway (born May 30, 1975), known professionally as CeeLo Green (or Cee Lo Green), is an American singer, songwriter, rapper, record producer, and actor. He performed at the Grammy Awards in 2011. He has made music as a solo artist, and also as a part of the groups Goodie Mob and Gnarls Barkley.

Among Green's solo hits are "Closet Freak" (2002), "I'll Be Around" (2003), produced by Timbaland, and "Fuck You" (2010), co-written and produced by Bruno Mars.

Green became a coach on The Voice in 2011.

In Hotel Transylvania (2012), Green is the voice of Murray. Green's first Christmas album Cee Lo's Magic Moment has been nominated for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album at the 2014 Grammy Awards.

Personal life
On October 30, 2012, Green was accused of sexual battery.

Discography

Studio albums
 Cee-Lo Green and His Perfect Imperfections (2002)
 Cee-Lo Green... Is the Soul Machine (2004)
 The Lady Killer (2010)
 Cee Lo's Magic Moment (2012)
 Heart Blanche (2015)

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Pardes () is a 1997 Bollywood movie directed by Subhash Ghai. Shahrukh Khan, Amrish Puri, Alok Nath, and newcomers Mahima Chaudhry and Apurva Agnihotri play in the title roles. The movie has music made by Nadeem-Shravan and lyrics written by Anand Bakshi. It was released on 8 August 1997.

Sypnopsis
Emotionally attached to his motherland, a U.S. immigrant sends his son (Apoorva Agnihotri) back to India to seek a bride.

Cast
 Shahrukh Khan as Arjun Sagar	
 Amrish Puri as Kishorilal	
 Mahima Chaudhry as Kusum Ganga a.k.a. Ganga	
 Apurva Agnihotri as Rajiv	
 Alok Nath as Suraj Dev
 Padmavati Rao as Narmada, wife of Suraj Dev 	
 Dina Pathak as Suraj's mother	
 Himani Shivpuri as Kulwanti 	
 Madhuri Bhatia as Neeta
 Smita Jaykar as Paddy
 Richa Pallod
 Prachi Save as Daksha
 Aditya Narayan as Potla (Ganga's little brother)
 Rakesh Thareja as Paul (Rajiv's friend)

Soundtrack
The music of the movie went on to become a huge success. It was also the second most-sold music album of 1997.
Reception
The movie was hit at the box office.

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Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (translation: Some Things Happens), also known as KKHH or K2H2, is a 1998 Bollywood movie directed by Karan Johar. The movie has Shahrukh Khan, Kajol, and Rani Mukherji in the main roles while Salman Khan makes a friendly appearance. The movie has music done by Jatin Lalit while the lyrics are written by Sameer.

Sypnopsis
After reading the letter her mother had written for her before she died, Anjali decides to bring together her widowed father, Rahul, with his true love who is also named Anjali.
Cast
 Shahrukh Khan as Rahul Khanna
 Kajol as Anjali Sharma
 Rani Mukerji as Tina Malhotra
 Salman Khan as Aman Mehra
 Sana Saeed as Anjali Khanna
 Farida Jalal as Savita Devi
 Anupam Kher as Ravikant Malhotra
 Reema Lagoo as Ramnika Sharma
 Archana Puran Singh as Ms. Braganza
 Himani Shivpuri as Rifat Qazi
 Johnny Lever as Colonel Almeida
 Parzan Dastur as Jasdeep Singh
 Neelam Kothari as Neelam Sharma (special appearance)
 Nikkhil Advani in Neelam's talk show segment (special appearance)
 Manish Malhotra as a college student sitting on the steps of college when Anjali Sharma wears feminine clothing (special appearance)
 Farah Khan in Neelam's talk show and sitting on the steps of college when Anjali wears feminine clothing (special appearance)
 Geeta Kapoor in the song "Tujhe Yaad Na Meri Aayee" (special appearance)
 Hiroo Johar as Professor Madhavi Goenka, walking down the steps of college when Anjali wears feminine clothing (special appearance)
Soundtrack
The music of the movie became very popular most-soldhe most sold music album of 1998.

Awards
The movie won many awards at the award functions. 
Filmfare Awards
Best Film - Yash Johar
 Best Director - Karan Johar
 Best Actor - Shahrukh Khan
 Best Actress - Kajol
 Best Supporting Actor - Salman Khan
 Best Supporting Actress - Rani Mukerji
 Best Art Direction - Sharmishta Roy
 Best Screenplay - Karan Johar
 Nominated: Best Music Director - Jatin Lalit
 Nominated: Best Comedian - Anupam Kher
 Nominated: Best Comedian - Archana Puran Singh
 Nominated: Best Comedian - Johnny Lever
 * Nominated:Best Male Playback Singer - Kumar Sanu - "Ladki Badi Anjaani Hai"
 Nominated: Best Male Playback Singer - Udit Narayan - "Kuch Kuch Hota Hai"
 Nominated: Best Female Playback Singer - Alka Yagnik - "Kuch Kuch Hota Hai"
 Nominated: Best Lyricist - Sameer - "Ladki Badi Anjaani Hai"
 Nominated: Best Lyricist - Sameer - "Kuch Kuch Hota Hai"
Reception
Kuch Kuch Hota Hai became an all-time blockbuster at the box office.

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Salman Khan
The winghead shark (Eusphyra blochii) is a species of Hammerhead shark. This shark gets its name from the wide lobes on its head. It is the only member in the genus Eusphyra. It is a small and harmless species, and is fished throughout its range.

Description
Like all other Hammerhead sharks, the winghead shark has a "hammer" on its head known as the "cephalofoil". The winghead shark's cephalofoil is very long and thin, making it different from other Hammerhead sharks. The width of its cephalofoil is 40 to 50% of the body length. The cephalofoil is arrow-shaped from above, and has small bumps in front of the nostrils. Unlike other Hammerhead sharks the nostrils are closer to the centre of the cephalofoil than the ends. The winghead shark is normally grey, greyish-brown or light brown in colour. It is a small shark, usually growing up to the length of 130 cm (51 inches), but the longest ever found was 186 cm (73 in) long.
Where they live
The winghead shark is found in shallow waters on the continental shelves of the Western Indo-Pacific, from the Persian Gulf to the Philippines, north to China and Taiwan, and south to Queensland and the Northern Territory of Australia. The winghead shark sometimes enters the brackish water of estuaries.

Feeding
The winghead shark feeds on bony fish, crustaceans, and cephalopods like squid, octopus and cuttlefish.

Reproduction
Like most other Hammerhead sharks, the winghead shark is viviparous. Near Bombay winghead shark's mating season takes place during June and August, and females are pregnant for around 8 to 11 months before giving birth to their young during April and May. Near Australia, females are pregnant for 10 to 11 months before giving birth to their young in February and March. Females give birth to 6-25 pups every year, with the young measuring 32–45 cm (13-18 in) long. winghead shark mature when they are around 110 cm long.
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Creme Puff (August 3, 1967 – August 10, 2005) was a female cat from the United States. She was 38 years old at the time of her death, making her the oldest cat in the world at the time. She was the oldest cat ever recorded, according to the 2010 edition of Guinness World Records.

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 "South Paws," a documentary about Jake Perry and his cats

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Università degli Studi Niccolò Cusano () is a private university in Rome, Italy. It was started on May 10, 2006, founded by Stefano Bandecchi.

Organization
The university has 6 specialized schools.

Courses in English
The degree courses are delivered in English also.

Rector
Sebastiano Scarcella (2006 - 2010)
Giovanni Puoti (2010 - 2013)
Fabio Fortuna (2013 - )

President
Giovanni Iacono (2006-2012)
Stefano Ranucci (2012 - )

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David Adkins (born November 10, 1956), better known as Sinbad, is an American stand-up comedian, actor, rapper, and voice artist.

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Ani DiFranco (born September 23, 1970) is an American guitarist and singer-songwriter. She has had over 20 albums. Her songs are usually about feminism and political issues. Although DiFranco's music has been classified as both folk rock and alternative rock, she has created songs in many different music genres since her earliest albums. Her albums have used first punk, then funk, hip hop, and jazz influences. She was one of the first independent musicians to create her own record label (Righteous Babe). By creating her own record label, this has given her significant creative freedom. In 2012 DiFranco released her seventeenth album, ¿Which Side Are You On?.

DiFranco was born in New York. She started doing classes at Buffalo State College when she was 16. DiFranco is bisexual. She lives in New Orleans with her husband.
DiFranco has made two albums with Utah Phillips. DiFranco released her first album in 1990. After this she released a new album every year until 1997 when she did not release an album. In 1999 DiFranco released two albums. DiFranco has released three EPs.

In 2013, people wrote posts on Twitter, Tumblr, etc., criticizing DiFranco after she said that she was going to hold a Righteous Retreat at Nottoway Plantation. On December 29, 2013 DiFranco cancelled the event.

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Charles L. "Chuck" Thompson (June 10, 1921–March 6, 2005) was an American sportscaster. He is best known for his broadcasts of Major League Baseball's Baltimore Orioles and the National Football League's Baltimore Colts.

In January 2009, the American Sportscasters Association ranked Thompson 34th on its list of Top 50 Sportscasters of All Time.

His other jobs besides the Orioles include these:
Philadelphia Athletics play-by-play
Philadelphia Phillies play-by-play
Temple Owls football play-by-play
Villanova Wildcats football play-by-play
St. Louis Browns play-by-play
Washington Senators play-by-play
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Duckpins and Dollars Host
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NFL on NBC play-by-play (Thompson ended up calling the first ever overtime period in NFL history.)
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MLB on NBC Radio play-by-play

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