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Tenzin Gyatso
Tenzin Gyatso
14th Dalai Lama

Ministry

The 14th Dalai Lama (religious name: Tenzin Gyatso, shortened from Jetsun Jamphel Ngawang Lobsang Yeshe Tenzin Gyatso, born Lhamo Thondup) is the current Dalai Lama. Dalai Lamas are monks of the Gelug school, the newest school of Tibetan Buddhism.

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En Vogue
En Vogue
Recording Group

Music

En Vogue is an American R&B/Pop vocal group whose original lineup consisted of singers Terry Ellis, Dawn Robinson, Cindy Herron, and Maxine Jones. En Vogue has sold more than 20 million records worldwide to date.

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Leah Remini
Leah Remini
Actress

Television

Leah Remini is an American actress, producer, and anti-Scientology activist. She is known for her roles as Carrie Heffernan on the comedy series "The King of Queens" (1998–2007) and Lara in the film "Old School", as well as co-hosting "The Talk".

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The Cleveland Orchestra
The Cleveland Orchestra
Recording Group

Music

The Cleveland Orchestra, based in Cleveland, Ohio, is one of the five American orchestras informally referred to as the "Big Five", founded in 1918 by the pianist and impresario Adella Prentiss Hughes.

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Woody Harrelson
Woody Harrelson
Actor

Film

Woody Harrelson is an American actor, activist and playwright. He is a two-time Academy Award nominee and has won one Emmy Award out of seven nominations. His breakout role came in 1985, joining the television sitcom "Cheers" as bartender Woody Boyd.

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Adam Sandler
Adam Sandler
Actor

Film

Adam Sandler is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter, film producer, and musician. After becoming a "Saturday Night Live" cast member, he went on to star in many Hollywood feature films that combined have grossed over $2 billion at the box office.

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Jack Nicholson
Jack Nicholson
3-Time Academy Award Winner and 6-Time Golden Globe Award Winner

Film

Jack Nicholson is an American actor and filmmaker, who has performed for over 60 years. His 12 Academy Award nominations make him the most nominated male actor in the Academy's history. He has won the Academy Award for Best Actor twice.

Tags: Actor · Academy Award Winner · Chinatown · One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest · The Departed · The Shining · Film Director · The Two Jakes · Golden Globe Award Winner · AFI Life Achievement Award Winner

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Selena Gomez
Selena Gomez
Recording Artist and Actress

Music

Selena Gomez is an American singer and actress. Since the start of her career, she has gone on to sell over 7 million albums and 22 million singles worldwide. As of July 2017, she is the most-followed Instagram user in the world.

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Journey
Journey
Grammy Award Nominee

Music

Journey is an American rock band that formed in San Francisco in 1973. Sales have resulted in two gold albums, eight multi-platinum albums, and two diamond albums (including seven consecutive multi-platinum albums between 1978 and 1987).

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Ariana Grande
Ariana Grande
Recording Artist and Actress

Music

Ariana Grande released her first studio album, "Yours Truly", in 2013, which debuted at number one. As of June 2017, her music videos had been viewed a total of more than eight billion times online. All three of her albums have been certified platinum.

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The E Street Band
The E Street Band
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductee

Music

The E Street Band is an American rock band, and has been musician Bruce Springsteen's primary backing band since 1972. The band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2014.

Tags: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductee · Bruce Springsteen · Patti Scialfa · Clarence Clemons · Max Weinberg · Garry Tallent · Roy Bittan · Danny Federici · Steven Van Zandt · Columbia Records

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Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen
The Boss

Music

Bruce Springsteen is an American singer-songwriter, known for his work with E Street Band. Nicknamed "The Boss", he has sold more than 120 million records worldwide and more than 64 million records in the United States.

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Gladys Knight & The Pips
Gladys Knight & The Pips
3-Time Grammy Award Winner

Music

Gladys Knight & The Pips were an R&B/soul musical act that remained active on the music charts and performing circuit for three decades. They are multiple Grammy and American Music Award winners and are inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

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Gladys Knight
Gladys Knight
Empress of Soul

Music

Gladys Knight, known as the "Empress of Soul", is an American singer–songwriter and actress. A seven-time Grammy Award winner, she is best known for the hits she recorded during the 1960s and 1970s, for both Motown Records and Buddah Records.

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Glen Campbell
Glen Campbell
Recording Artist

Music

Glen Campbell was an American singer, best known for a series of hits in the 1960s and 1970s, including "Rhinestone Cowboy". He sold 45 million records and accumulated 12 RIAA gold albums, four platinum albums, and one double-platinum album.

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Edwin Hawkins
Edwin Hawkins
Recording Artist

Music

Edwin Hawkins was an American gospel musician, pianist, choir master, composer, and arranger. He was one of the originators of the urban contemporary gospel sound.

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BLACKstreet
BLACKstreet
Recording Group

Music

Blackstreet, often stylized as BLACKstreet, is an American R&B group founded in 1991 by Teddy Riley and Chauncey Hannibal, also known as "C. Black".

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Sam Shepard
Playwright, Actor, Author, Screenwriter, and Director

Theatre

Sam Shepard's body of work spanned over half a century. He was the author of forty-four plays as well as several books of short stories, essays, and memoirs. Shepard received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1979 for his play "Buried Child".

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ARIZONA
Recording Group

Music

ARIZONA transform guitars, keys, and vocals into brushstrokes of alternative, indie, and electronic dance pop on their 2017 full-length debut album, "GALLERY" (Atlantic Records/Artist Partner Group).

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Absofacto
Recording Artist

Music

Absofacto is a pacifist in the noise war. His music grows naturally and free of any pressure to compete. Lovingly embracing pieces of many genres without swearing sole allegiance to any of them. Absorbed in his headphones until the sunrise.

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Action Bronson
Recording Artist

Music

Action Bronson is an American rapper and former chef. In August 2012, he signed to Warner Bros. Records, but was later moved to Atlantic Records' imprint, Vice Records. He released his major label debut album, "Mr. Wonderful", on March 23, 2015.

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A Boogie wit da Hoodie
Recording Artist

Music

A Boogie wit da Hoodie (or simply A Boogie) is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer from Highbridge, Bronx, New York City. He is best known for his work with Callum Rose's supergroup Manhattan's Most Wanted.

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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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3OH!3
Recording Group

Music

3OH!3 (pronounced "three oh three") is an American electronic music duo from Boulder, Colorado, made up of Sean Foreman and Nathaniel Motte. They are best known for their single "Don't Trust Me" from their album "Want", which reached number seven.

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JoJo
Recording Artist

Music

JoJo is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. As of November 2013, she has sold more than 7 million albums worldwide and has sold over 2.1 million albums and 4 million digital downloads in the United States alone.

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