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Jazz
Jazz
Lead Singer, Dru Hill

Music

Dru Hill is a singing group, whose repertoire included soul, hip-hop soul, and gospel music. The group recorded seven Top 40 hits, and is best known for the R&B #1 hits "In My Bed" and "Never Make a Promise". Jazz is a former member of the group.

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JB Smoove
JB Smoove
Actor and Comedian

Television

JB Smoove is an American actor, writer, comedian, and voice actor. He is best known for his role as Leon on the HBO series "Curb Your Enthusiasm". He also starred on the CBS sitcom "The Millers" from 2013 to 2015.

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JC Chasez
JC Chasez
Member, *NSYNC

Music

JC Chasez is an American singer, songwriter, dancer, record producer, and occasional actor. He started out his career as a cast member on "The Mickey Mouse Club", before rising to stardom with *NSYNC, and by writing and producing for music acts.

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Jeanne Moreau
Jeanne Moreau
Cannes Film Festival Award Winner

Film

Jeanne Moreau was a French actress, singer, screenwriter and director. She won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress for "Seven Days... Seven Nights" (1960) and the BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actress for "Viva Maria!" (1965).

Tags: Cannes Film Festival Award Winner · Seven Days... Seven Nights · BAFTA Fellowship · Cannes Golden Palm · Orson Welles · François Truffaut · Louis Malle · Comédie-Française · Jean-Louis Richard · William Friedkin

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Jeezy
Jeezy
4-Time Grammy Award Nominee

Music

Jeezy (formerly Young Jeezy), is a rapper. Signed to Def Jam Recordings, his major label debut, "Let's Get It: Thug Motivation 101", was released the following year and debuted at #2 on the Billboard 200, selling 172,000 copies in its first week.

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Jeff Bezos
Jeff Bezos
Founder, CEO and President of Amazon

Business

Jeff Bezos is best known as the Founder, CEO and President of Amazon. The first centi-billionaire on the Forbes wealth index, he was named the "richest man in modern history" after his net worth increased to $150 billion in July 2018.

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Jeff Bridges
Jeff Bridges
Academy Award Winner

Film

Jeff Bridges is an American actor, singer, and producer. One of the most acclaimed actors of his generation, he has won numerous accolades, including the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as an alcoholic singer in the 2009 film "Crazy Heart".

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Jeff Foxx
Jeff Foxx
Radio Personality, WBLS 107.5 FM

Radio

Jeff Foxx invaded New York airwaves in the late 1980s before there was Hot 97, or even formal rap radio. He introduced the world to De La Soul and Public Enemy, while keeping Black music alive and expanding.

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Jeff Goldblum
Jeff Goldblum
Actor

Film

Jeff Goldblum is an American actor and musician. He has starred in some of the highest-grossing films of his era, such as "Jurassic Park" (1993) and "Independence Day" (1996), as well as their respective sequels.

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Jefferson Airplane
Jefferson Airplane
Inductee, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Music

Jefferson Airplane was one of the pioneering bands of psychedelic rock. The band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996 and was presented with the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2016.

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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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Jeffrey Osborne
Jeffrey Osborne
4-Time Grammy Award Nominee

Music

Jeffrey Osborne is an American Grammy–nominated singer–songwriter, musician and lyricist. Osborne is the former drummer and lead singer of the American R&B/Soul group L.T.D., with whom he began his musical career in 1970.

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Jennifer Aniston
Jennifer Aniston
Emmy Award Winner

Television

Jennifer Aniston rose to fame portraying Rachel Green on the television sitcom "Friends" (1994 - 2004), for which she earned Primetime Emmy, Golden Globe, and Screen Actors Guild awards. The character was widely popular while the series aired .

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Jennifer Connelly
Jennifer Connelly
Academy Award Winner and Golden Globe Award Winner

Film

Jennifer Connelly is an American actress who began her career as a child model. In 2002, she won an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a BAFTA Award for her supporting role as Alicia Nash in Ron Howard's 2001 biopic drama "A Beautiful Mind".

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Jennifer DiNoia
Actress

Theatre

Jennifer DiNoia is an American singer and actress. She is best known for her work in the theatre, specifically "Wicked", playing the lead role of Elphaba in various productions around the world.

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Jennifer Garner
Jennifer Garner
Golden Globe Winner and 4-Time Emmy Award Nominee

Television

Following a supporting role in "Pearl Harbor" (2001), Jennifer Garner gained recognition for her performance in the thriller "Alias". For her work on the series, she won a Golden Globe Award and a SAG Award, and received four Emmy Award nominations.

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Jennifer Holliday
Jennifer Holliday
2-Time Grammy Award Winner and Tony Award Winner

Theatre

Jennifer Holliday started her career on Broadway in musicals such as "Dreamgirls" (1981-1983), and later became a successful recording artist. She is best known for her debut single, the "Dreamgirls" hit "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going".

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Jennifer Hudson
Jennifer Hudson
Academy Award Winner and Grammy Award Winner

Music

Jennifer Hudson rose to fame in 2004 as a finalist on the third season of "American Idol", finishing seventh. She made her film debut portraying Effie White in "Dreamgirls", for which she won an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a BAFTA Award.

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Jennifer Lopez
Jennifer Lopez
2-Time Grammy Award Nominee and Golden Globe Nominee

Music

Jennifer Lopez is an American singer, actress, dancer and producer. With a cumulative film gross of $2.9 billion and global record sales exceeding 80 million, she is regarded as the most influential Latin performer in the United States.

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Jennifer Warnes
Jennifer Warnes
2-Time Grammy Award Winner

Music

Jennifer Warnes is an American singer, songwriter, arranger and record producer. She has performed as a vocalist on a number of movie soundtracks. She was also a close friend and collaborator of Canadian singer-songwriter and poet Leonard Cohen.

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Jenny Bruce
Recording Artist

Music

As a pop-folk singer-songwriter, Jenny Bruce has won many awards. You've heard her songs on "Dawson's Creek", "Ghost Whisperer", "TODAY", "King of the Hill", "All My Children", "Jake 2.0", "Children's Hospital", and in several independent films.

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Jenny Lind
Jenny Lind
Opera Singer

Music

Jenny Lind was a Swedish opera singer. One of the most highly regarded singers of the 19th century, she performed in soprano roles in opera in Sweden and across Europe, and undertook an extraordinarily popular concert tour of the United States.

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Jenny Slate
Jenny Slate
Critics' Choice Movie Award Winner

Film

Jenny Slate is an American actress, comedian, and author. Her breakout role came with her leading performance in the coming-of-age comedy-drama film "Obvious Child" (2014), for which she won the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actress in a Comedy.

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Jeremy Renner
Jeremy Renner
2-Time Academy Award Nominee and Golden Globe Award Nominee

Film

Jeremy Renner is an actor, musician, and songwriter. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in "The Hurt Locker" (2008) and for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in "The Town" (2010).

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Jeremy Stolle
Jeremy Stolle
Actor, "The Phantom of the Opera" on Broadway

Theatre

Jeremy Stolle is a recording artist and concert singer, currently in the Broadway production of "The Phantom of the Opera".

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