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Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
Grammy Award Nominee

Music

Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings were an American funk and soul band signed to Daptone Records. They were part of a revivalist movement recreating mid-1960s to mid-1970s style funk and soul music. In December 2014, the band was nominated for a Grammy Award.

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Busta Rhymes
Busta Rhymes
Member, Leaders of the New School

Music

Busta Rhymes is a rapper, singer, musician, record producer, record executive, and actor. He was an original member of Leaders of the New School. He has released nine studio albums, with the first being the 1996 platinum-selling album "The Coming".

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Brooke Valentine
Brooke Valentine
Recording Artist

Music

Brooke Valentine is an American singer, actress, and model. Her single "Girlfight" peaked on United States music charts in 2005, paving the way for her debut album "Chain Letter" released via Subliminal Entertainment imprint on Virgin Records.

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Mel Robbins
Mel Robbins
Host, "The Mel Robbins Show"

Television

Mel Robbins is an American television host, author, and motivational speaker. She is known for covering the George Zimmerman trial for CNN, her TEDx talk "How to Stop Screwing Yourself Over", and her book "The 5 Second Rule".

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Blake Shelton
Blake Shelton
8-Time Grammy Award Nominee

Music

Blake Shelton is a country singer and television personality. As of November 2019, he has charted 40 singles, including 26 number ones, 17 of which were consecutive. He is an 8-time Grammy Award nominee.

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Russell Simmons
Russell Simmons
Co-Founder, Def Jam Recordings

Music

Russell Simmons is an entrepreneur, record executive, writer, and film producer. He is chairman and CEO of Rush Communications, co-founded the hip-hop music label Def Jam Recordings, and created the clothing fashion lines Phat Farm and Argyleculture.

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Ashley Graham
Ashley Graham
Model

Fashion

Ashley Graham is an American plus-size model and television presenter.

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Brooke Shields
Brooke Shields
Actress and Model

Fashion

Brooke Shields is an American actress and model. She was initially a child model and gained critical acclaim at age 12 for her leading role in Louis Malle's film "Pretty Baby" (1978), in which she played a child prostitute in New Orleans.

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Mayim Bialik
Mayim Bialik
4-Time Primetime Emmy Award Nominee

Television

Mayim Bialik is an American actress. From 1991 to 1995, she played the title character of the NBC sitcom "Blossom". She later played neurobiologist Amy Farrah Fowler on the CBS sitcom "The Big Bang Theory" from 2010 to 2019.

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Joel Osteen
Joel Osteen
Pastor

Religion

Joel Osteen is an American pastor, televangelist, and author, based in Houston, Texas. His televised sermons are seen by over 7 million viewers weekly and over 20 million monthly in over 100 countries.

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Lost Boyz
Lost Boyz
Recording Group

Music

Lost Boyz is a hip-hop group, consisting of Mr. Cheeks, Freaky Kah and K Chrys, but the group originally consisted of Mr. Cheeks, Freaky Tah (deceased), DJ Spigg Nice, and Pretty Lou.

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Maggie Smith
Maggie Smith
Actress

Film

Maggie Smith has had an extensive, varied career on stage, film, and television, spanning over 68 years. She was made a Dame by Queen Elizabeth II in 1990 for contributions to the performing arts, and a Companion of Honour in 2014 for services to drama.

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Jessica Biel
Jessica Biel
Actress and Model

Television

Jessica Biel is an American actress and model. She began her career as a vocalist appearing in musical productions until she was cast as Mary Camden in the family drama series "7th Heaven" (1996 - 2006), for which she achieved recognition.

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George Foreman
George Foreman
2-Time World Heavyweight Champion and Olympic Gold Medalist

Sports

George Foreman is an American former professional boxer who competed between 1969 and 1997. Nicknamed "Big George", he is a 2-time world heavyweight champion and an Olympic gold medalist. Outside of boxing, he is also an author and entrepreneur.

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Cab Calloway
Cab Calloway
Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award Winner

Music

Cab Calloway was an American jazz singer, dancer, and bandleader. He was associated with the Cotton Club in Harlem, New York City, where he was a regular performer. He is in the Grammy Hall of Fame and received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.

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Michael Bolton
Michael Bolton
2-Time Grammy Award Winner and 6-Time American Music Award Winner

Music

Michael Bolton originally performed in the hard rock and heavy metal genres from the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s, as the frontman of the band Blackjack. His achievements include selling more than 75 million records and two Grammy Awards.

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Caleb Bradham
Caleb Bradham
Pharmacist and Inventor, Pepsi

Medical

Caleb Bradham was an American pharmacist, best known as the inventor of soft drink Pepsi.

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Anna Paquin
Anna Paquin
Golden Globe Award Winner

Film

Anna Paquin is a New Zealand-Canadian actress. She won the Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama in 2009, and was nominated for an additional Golden Globe Award in 2010.

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Richie Havens
Richie Havens
Recording Artist

Music

Richie Havens was an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. His music encompassed elements of folk, soul, and rhythm and blues. He was the opening act at Woodstock.

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John Parr
John Parr
Grammy Award Nominee

Music

John Parr is an English musician, best known for his 1985 United States #1 single "St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion)". He has sold over 10 million albums and was nominated for a Grammy Award for "St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion)" in 1985.

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Anabella Sciorra
Anabella Sciorra
Emmy Award Winner

Television

Annabella Sciorra is an actress. Her film roles include "True Love" (1989) and "What Dreams May Come" (1998). She was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for playing Gloria Trillo on "The Sopranos".

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Van Morrison
Van Morrison
Recording Artist

Music

Van Morrison is a critically acclaimed singer and songwriter with a reputation for being at once stubborn, idiosyncratic, and sublime. In 2016, he was knighted for services to the music industry and to tourism in Northern Ireland.

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Dire Straits
Dire Straits
4-Time Grammy Award Winner and Inductee, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Music

Dire Straits are one of the world's best-selling music artists, with album sales of over 100 million. They won four Grammy Awards, three Brit Awards (Best British Group twice), two MTV Video Music Awards, and various other awards.

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Nipsey Hu$$le
Nipsey Hu$$le
Recording Artist

Music

Nipsey Hussle (often stylized as Nipsey Hu$$le) was an American rapper, entrepreneur, and community activist. On March 31, 2019, he was fatally shot outside his store "Marathon Clothing" in South Los Angeles, California.

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Godfrey Gao
Godfrey Gao
Model and Actor

Fashion

Godfrey Gao was a Taiwanese-Canadian model and actor, noted as the first Asian model to appear in a campaign for Louis Vuitton. He was known for his roles as Magnus Bane in the 2013 film adaptation of "The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones".

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