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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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Mel Tormé
Mel Tormé
The Velvet Fog

Music

Mel Tormé, nicknamed The Velvet Fog, was best known as a singer of jazz standards. He was also an actor and an author. He composed the music for "The Christmas Song" ("Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire") and co-wrote the lyrics with Robert Wells.

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Melba Moore
Tony Award Winner and 4-Time Grammy Award Nominee

Music

Melba Moore is a prolific 5-octave singer and Broadway actress. In addition to a Tony Award and 4 Grammy Award nominations, her music relevance brought many other accolades. After a 5-decade career, she earned a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Collections: Black Music Month

Tags: Broadway · Tony Award Winner · Grammy Award Nominee · Musical · Actress · Freddie Jackson · Newark, New Jersey · Billboard · Singer · CBS

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Meli'sa Morgan
Meli'sa Morgan
Recording Artist

Music

Meli'sa Morgan is an American R&B/Soul singer–songwriter. She had a string of urban contemporary hits starting the mid–1980s through the mid–1990s. Born in Queens, New York, shegot her start in the music industry while singing with a church gospel choir.

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Melissa Etheridge
Melissa Etheridge
Recording Artist

Music

Melissa Etheridge is a rock singer-songwriter. In 1993, she released what would become her mainstream breakthrough album, "Yes I Am". The album peaked at No. 15 on the Billboard 200, earning a RIAA certification of 6x Platinum, her largest to date.

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Melissa Gilbert
Melissa Gilbert
Emmy Award Nominee

Television

Melissa Gilbert is an actress, television director, producer, politician, and former president of the Screen Actors Guild. From 1974 to 1983, she starred as Laura Ingalls Wilder on the NBC series "Little House on the Prairie".

Tags: Screen Actors Guild · NBC · Little House on the Prairie · Child Actor · Laura Ingalls Wilder · Michael Landon · Television Director · Producer · Emmy Award Nominee · Timothy Busfield

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Melissa McCarthy
Melissa McCarthy
2-Time Primetime Emmy Award Winner and 2-Time Academy Award Nominee

Film

Melissa McCarthy is an American actress, comedian, writer, producer, and fashion designer. She is the recipient of numerous accolades, including two Primetime Emmy Awards and nominations for two Academy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards.

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Melle Mel
Melle Mel
Member, Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five

Music

Melle Mel is an American hip-hop recording artist who was the lead vocalist and songwriter of Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five.

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Melvin Van Peebles
Melvin Van Peebles
Actor and Filmmaker

Film

Melvin Van Peebles is most famous for creating (and starring in) the acclaimed film "Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song", which heralded a new era of African-American focused films. He is the father of actor and director Mario Van Peebles.

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Men at Large
Men at Large
Recording Group

Music

Men at Large is an American R&B group. They were discovered by soul singer Gerald Levert. The group's current members are original founders Dave Tolliver and Jason Champion. Former group member Edgar “Gemini” Porter passed away on January 17, 2021.

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Mena Massoud
Mena Massoud
Actor

Film

Mena Massoud is a Canadian actor and singer. He is best known for starring as "Aladdin" in the 2019 musical fantasy film of the same name.

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Menudo
Menudo
2-Time Grammy Award Nominee

Music

Menudo was a Puerto Rican boy band that was formed in the 1970s by producer Edgardo Díaz. Menudo was also one of the biggest Latin boy bands in history, releasing their first album in 1977. The band achieved much success, especially during the 1980s.

Tags: Puerto Rico · Edgardo Díaz · El Reencuentro · Ricky Martin · Grammy Award Nominee · Latin · RCA International · Boy Band · Leyenda de Amor · MDO

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MercyMe
MercyMe
6-Time Grammy Award Nominee

Music

MercyMe is a contemporary Christian music band. The band formed in 1994. The group first gained mainstream recognition with the crossover single "I Can Only Imagine", which elevated their debut album "Almost There" to triple platinum certification.

Tags: Christian · Edmond, Oklahoma · Barry Graul · Bart Millard · Robby Shaffer · Nathan Cochran · Michael Scheuchzer · INO Records · Almost There · Dove Award Winner

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Meredith Collins
Meredith Collins
Co-Founder, Hookist

Music

Meredith Collins is Co-Founder at Hookist.

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Merle Dandridge
Merle Dandridge
Actress

Television

Merle Dandridge is an actress and singer who performed in a number of stage productions, including Broadway musicals "Jesus Christ Superstar", "Spamalot", and "Rent". In 2016, she began starring as Grace Greenleaf in the drama series "Greenleaf".

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Merv Griffin
Merv Griffin
Host, "The Merv Griffin Show"

Television

Merv Griffin was an American television host and media mogul. From 1965 to 1986, Griffin hosted his own talk show, "The Merv Griffin Show". He also created the internationally popular game shows "Jeopardy!" and "Wheel of Fortune".

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Merwin Goldsmith
Merwin Goldsmith
Actor

Television

Merwin Goldsmith was an actor, who starred in "Hercules in New York" (1969), "Goodtime Girls" (1980), "Cadillac Man" (1990), "It Could Happen to You" (1994), "Quiz Show" (1994), "Rounders" (1998), "The Hurricane" (1999), and "Law & Order" (1993 - 2005).

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Meryl Streep
Meryl Streep
Actress

Film

Meryl Streep is an American actress and philanthropist. Nominated for 20 Academy Awards, she has more nominations than any other actor, and is one of the six actors to have won three or more competitive Oscars for acting.

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Metallica
Metallica
9-Time Grammy Award Winner

Music

Metallica is an American heavy metal band. As of 2017, Metallica is the third best-selling music artist since Nielsen SoundScan began tracking sales in 1991, selling a total of 58 million albums in the United States.

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Method Man
Method Man
Grammy Award Winner

Music

Method Man is an American rapper, producer, and actor. He is known as a member of the East Coast hip hop collective Wu-Tang Clan. He is also one half of the hip-hop duo Method Man & Redman. He took his stage name from the 1979 film "Method Man".

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Michael Alig
Artist and Party Promoter

Art

Michael Alig is an artist and party promoter, who served almost 17 years in prison for manslaughter. He was a co-founder and ringleader of the Club Kids, a group of New York City clubgoers that became a cultural phenomenon during the 1980s and 1990s.

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Michael B. Jordan
Michael B. Jordan
Actor

Film

Michael B. Jordan is an American actor. He is known for his film roles as professional boxer Adonis Creed in the "Rocky" sequel film "Creed" (2015), and antagonist Erik Killmonger in the Marvel Cinematic Universe superhero film "Black Panther" (2018).

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Michael Bivins
Michael Bivins
Member, New Edition and Member, Bell Biv DeVoe

Music

Michael Bivins is an American singer and rapper, and a founding member of New Edition and Bell Biv DeVoe.

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Michael Bloomberg
Michael Bloomberg
108th Mayor of New York City

Finance

Michael Bloomberg is an American businessman, politician, author, and philanthropist. As of June 2018, his net worth was estimated at $51.8 billion, making him the 8th richest person in the United States and the 11th richest person in the world.

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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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