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Harvey Weinstein
Harvey Weinstein
Film Producer

Film

Harvey Weinstein is a former film producer. He co-founded Miramax. In October 2017, following sexual abuse allegations against him, he was dismissed from his company and expelled from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

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Sheila E.
Sheila E.
Queen of Percussion

Music

Sheila E. began her career in the mid-1970s as a percussionist and singer for The George Duke Band. She became a mainstream solo star in 1985 following the success of the singles, "The Belle of St. Mark", "Sister Fate", and "A Love Bizarre".

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Christina Hendricks
Christina Hendricks
6-Time Primetime Emmy Award Nominee

Television

Christina Rene Hendricks is an American actress and former model. Her accolades include six Primetime Emmy Award nominations, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and two Critics' Choice Awards for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series.

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Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States

Law Enforcement

Ruth Bader Ginsburg is an American lawyer and jurist who is an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. Ginsburg was appointed by President Bill Clinton and took the oath of office on August 10, 1993. She is the second female justice.

Collections: Women's History Month

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CeCe Winans
CeCe Winans
15-Time Grammy Award Winner

Music

CeCe Winans is an American gospel singer, who has sold over 12 million records worldwide and won 15 Grammy Awards. She is the best-selling female gospel artist of all time, as of 2015.

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Redd Foxx
Redd Foxx
King of the Party Records

Comedy

Redd Foxx was an American stand-up comedian and actor. Known as the "King of the Party Records", he performed on more than 50 records in his lifetime. He won a Golden Globe Award, along with three Primetime Emmy Award nominations.

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Kevin Smith
Kevin Smith
Actor and Film Director

Film

Kevin Smith is an American filmmaker, actor, comedian, comic book writer, author, and podcaster. He came to prominence with the low-budget comedy film "Clerks" (1994), which he wrote, directed, co-produced, and acted in as the character Silent Bob.

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Kelly Price
Kelly Price
9-Time Grammy Award Nominee

Music

Kelly Price is an American R&B singer and songwriter. She made a name for herself as a backing and guest vocalist, appearing on a number of hit singles, such as Mariah Carey's "Fantasy". Price is a 9-time Grammy Award nominee.

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Gavin DeGraw
Gavin DeGraw
Grammy Award Nominee

Music

Gavin DeGraw is an American musician, singer, and songwriter. He has sold more than a million records in the United States. His duet with Colbie Caillat on "We Both Know" for the film "Safe Haven" received a Grammy Award nomination.

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Marlon Brando
Marlon Brando
2-Time Academy Award Winner

Film

Marlon Brando was an actor and film director. With a career spanning 60 years, he is well-regarded for his cultural influence on 20th-century film. His Academy Award winning performances include that of Don Vito Corleone in "The Godfather" (1972).

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Robert De Niro
Robert De Niro
2-Time Academy Award Winner and 4-Time Primetime Emmy Award Nominee

Film

Robert De Niro is a recipient of numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, the Cecil B DeMille Award, AFI Life Achievement Award, Presidential Medal of Freedom, and has been nominated for four Primetime Emmy Awards.

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Jim Brickman
Jim Brickman
2-Time Grammy Award Nominee

Music

Jim Brickman is a songwriter and pianist of pop music. He has earned six gold and platinum albums. He is known for his solo piano compositions, pop-style instrumentals, and vocal collaborations with artists such as Johnny Mathis and Olivia Newton-John.

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The Smashing Pumpkins
The Smashing Pumpkins
Recording Group

Music

The Smashing Pumpkins are an alternative rock band from Chicago, Illinois. Formed in 1988 by frontman Billy Corgan (lead vocals, guitar), D'arcy Wretzky (bass), James Iha (guitar), and Jimmy Chamberlin (drums), the band has undergone many line-up changes.

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Patrick Swayze
Patrick Swayze
3-Time Golden Globe Award Nominee

Film

Patrick Swayze was an American actor, dancer, singer, and songwriter. During his career, he received three Golden Globe Award nominations, for "Dirty Dancing" (1987), "Ghost" (1990), and "To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar" (1995).

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Luis Garavito
Luis Garavito
Serial Killer

Crime

Luis Garavito, also known as La Bestia ("The Beast") or Tribilín (named after the Disney character "Goofy") is a Colombian rapist and serial killer. In 1999, he admitted to the rape, torture and murder of 138 children and teenagers.

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Pedro López
Pedro López
Serial Killer

Crime

Pedro López is a Colombian serial killer, who was sentenced for killing 110 girls, but who claims to have raped and killed more than 300 girls across Colombia, Peru, and Ecuador.

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Javed Iqbal
Javed Iqbal
Serial Killer

Crime

Javed Iqbal was a Pakistani serial killer who was found guilty of the sexual abuse and murder of 100 boys.

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Ted Bundy
Ted Bundy
Serial Killer

Crime

Ted Bundy was an American serial killer and necrophile who kidnapped, raped, and murdered numerous young women and girls during the 1970s and possibly earlier. After more than a decade of denials, before his execution in 1989 he confessed to 30 homicides.

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Jeffrey Dahmer
Jeffrey Dahmer
Serial Killer

Crime

Jeffrey Dahmer, also known as the Milwaukee Cannibal or the Milwaukee Monster, was an American serial killer and sex offender who committed the rape, murder, and dismemberment of 17 men and boys from 1978 to 1991.

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Stevie B
Stevie B
Recording Artist

Music

Stevie B is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer, who was influential in the freestyle and Hi-NRG dance music scene of the late 1980s, mostly in Miami. He had a 1990 number-one hit ballad "Because I Love You (The Postman Song)".

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Brian Austin Green
Brian Austin Green
Actor

Television

Brian Austin Green is an actor and producer best known for his portrayal of David Silver on the television series "Beverly Hills, 90210" (1990 - 2000). He was also a series regular on "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles", and "Anger Management".

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Dorothy Dandridge
Dorothy Dandridge
Academy Award Nominee

Film

Dorothy Dandridge is perhaps one of the most famous black actresses to have a successful Hollywood career and the first to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in the 1954 film "Carmen Jones".

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Jackie Gleason
Jackie Gleason
Actor

Television

Jackie Gleason was an American comedian, actor, writer, composer and conductor. He was known for his brash visual and verbal comedy, exemplified by his bus driver Ralph Kramden character in the television series "The Honeymooners".

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Andrew Yang
Andrew Yang
United States Democratic Presidential Candidate (2020)

Politics

Andrew Yang is an American 2020 Democratic presidential candidate, entrepreneur, lawyer, and philanthropist. He is the founder of Venture for America (VFA), a nonprofit that focuses on creating jobs in struggling American cities.

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Joshua Rush
Joshua Rush
Actor

Television

Joshua Rush is an actor. Since 2016, he has voiced Bunga on the Disney Junior television series "The Lion Guard", and from 2017 to 2019 he starred as Cyrus Goodman on the Disney Channel television series "Andi Mack".

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