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Teller
Teller
Magician, Penn & Teller

Art

Teller is an American magician, illusionist, writer, actor, painter, and film director. He is best known as half of the comedy magic duo Penn & Teller, along with Penn Jillette. Teller usually does not speak during performances.

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Sylvester
Sylvester
Recording Artist

Music

Sylvester was an American singer-songwriter. Primarily active in the genres of disco, rhythm and blues, and soul, he was known for his flamboyant and androgynous appearance, falsetto singing voice, and hit disco singles in the late 1970s and 1980s.

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Carol Burnett
Carol Burnett
Actress and Comedian

Television

Carol Burnett is an American actress, comedian, singer and writer, whose career spans seven decades of television. She is best known for her groundbreaking television variety show, "The Carol Burnett Show", originally aired on CBS.

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Harry Belafonte
Harry Belafonte
3-Time Grammy Award Winner, Emmy Award Winner, and Tony Award Winner

Music

Harry Belafonte was dubbed the "King of Calypso" for popularizing the Caribbean musical style (originating in Trinidad & Tobago) with an international audience in the 1950s. He has won three Grammy Awards, an Emmy Award, and a Tony Award.

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Angela Bassett
Angela Bassett
2-Time Emmy Award Nominee

Film

Angela Bassett is an actress. Her performance in the 2002 film "The Rosa Parks Story" was honored with her first Emmy Award nomination. In 2013, Bassett had a role on the series "American Horror Story: Coven", earning her second Emmy Award nomination.

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Michael Bublé
Michael Bublé
4-Time Grammy Award Winner

Music

Michael Bublé is a Canadian singer, songwriter, actor and record producer. He has won several awards, including four Grammy Awards and multiple Juno Awards. He found a worldwide audience with his 2005 album "It's Time".

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Gabrielle
Gabrielle
Recording Artist

Music

Gabrielle is an English singer and songwriter. Known for her ptosis, the drooping of one eyelid, she released her debut single "Dreams" in 1993 which topped the United Kingdom Singles Chart the same year. Other singles include "Going Nowhere".

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Ill Al Skratch
Ill Al Skratch
Recording Group

Music

Ill Al Skratch (also known as Brooklyn/Uptown Connection) is a hip hop duo consisting of two rappers, Big Ill from Brooklyn and Al Skratch from Harlem (Uptown). They are best known for their 1994 single "I'll Take Her".

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Pete Davidson
Pete Davidson
Cast Member, "Saturday Night Live"

Television

Pete Davidson is an American comedian and actor. He is a cast member on "Saturday Night Live". He has also appeared on the MTV shows "Guy Code", "Wild 'n Out", and "Failosophy". He has performed stand-up comedy on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!".

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Jonas Brothers
Jonas Brothers
Recording Group

Music

Jonas Brothers were a pop rock band. Formed in 2005, they gained popularity from their appearances on the Disney Channel television network. They consist of three brothers: Kevin Jonas, Joe Jonas, and Nick Jonas. They have sold over 17 million albums.

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Kevin Jonas
Kevin Jonas
Member, Jonas Brothers

Music

Kevin Jonas is an American musician, actor, contractor, and entrepreneur. He rose to fame as a member of the band Jonas Brothers, alongside his brothers Joe Jonas and Nick Jonas. The group released their debut studio album "It's About Time" in 2006.

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Joe Jonas
Joe Jonas
Member, Jonas Brothers

Music

Joe Jonas is an American singer and actor. He rose to fame as a member of the pop rock band Jonas Brothers, alongside his brothers Kevin Jonas and Nick Jonas. The group released their debut studio album "It's About Time" in 2006.

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Nick Jonas
Nick Jonas
Member, Jonas Brothers

Music

Nick Jonas released his debut solo album in 2004. He then formed a band with his older brothers, Joe Jonas and Kevin Jonas, known as Jonas Brothers. After the group's disbandment, Nick returned to his solo career and began work on his second studio album.

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Fred Rogers
Fred Rogers
Host, "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood"

Television

Fred Rogers was a television personality, musician, and puppeteer. He was known as the creator, composer, producer, head writer, showrunner. and host of the popular preschool television series "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" (1968 - 2001).

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Nine Inch Nails
Nine Inch Nails
Recording Group

Music

Nine Inch Nails, commonly abbreviated as NIN (stylized as NIИ), is an industrial rock band founded in 1988 by Trent Reznor. The band released two influential albums during the 1990s, and has record sales exceeding 20 million copies worldwide.

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Trent Reznor
Trent Reznor
Founding Member, Nine Inch Nails

Music

Trent Reznor is best known as the founder, primary musician, and principal songwriter of the industrial rock project Nine Inch Nails, which he founded in 1988, and of which he was the sole official member until adding long-time collaborator Atticus Ross.

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Tiger Woods
Tiger Woods
Professional Golfer

Sports

Tiger Woods is an American professional golfer who is among the most successful golfers of all time, and one of the most popular athletes of the 21st century. He has been one of the highest-paid athletes in the world for several years.

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Solomon Burke
Solomon Burke
Inductee, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Music

In 2001, Solomon Burke was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a performer. His album "Don't Give Up on Me" won the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album in 2003. By 2005, he was credited with selling 17 million albums.

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Lynyrd Skynyrd
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Inductee, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Music

Lynyrd Skynyrd was an American rock band best known for having popularized the Southern rock genre during the 1970s. Lynyrd Skynyrd has sold 28 million records in the United States. They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on March 13, 2006.

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ZZ Top
ZZ Top
Inductee, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Music

ZZ Top is an American rock band. Total record sales of 25 million place ZZ Top among the top-100-selling artists in the United States. ZZ Top was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2004.

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Taylor Dayne
Taylor Dayne
3-Time Grammy Award Nominee and American Music Award Winner

Music

Taylor Dayne is an American singer-songwriter and actress. She has sold over 75 million albums and singles worldwide, earned three Grammy Award nominations, an American Music Award, and multiple New York Music Awards.

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Adrien Brody
Adrien Brody
Academy Award Winner

Film

Adrien Brody received widespread recognition and acclaim after starring in Roman Polanski's "The Pianist" (2002), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor at age twenty-nine, making him the youngest actor to win in that category.

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Rickey Minor
Rickey Minor
Musical Director ajnd Bandleader

Music

Rickey Minor is best known as the musical director and bandleader on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno". In addition to his work as musical director for "American Idol", he served as bandleader on Fox's "Don't Forget the Lyrics!".

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Neil Simon
Neil Simon
3-Time Tony Award Winner

Theatre

Neil Simon wrote more than 30 plays and nearly the same number of movie screenplays, mostly adaptations of his plays. He received more combined Academy Award and Tony Award nominations than any other writer.

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Mark Hamill
Mark Hamill
Actor

Film

Mark Hamill is an American stage, screen, and voice actor. He is known for playing Luke Skywalker in the Star Wars film series and for his voice-over work in animations and video games as the Joker, beginning with "Batman: The Animated Series" in 1992.

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