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  2. Kirk Douglas - Wikipedia

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    Signature. Kirk Douglas (born Issur Danielovitch; December 9, 1916 – February 5, 2020) was an American actor and filmmaker. After an impoverished childhood, he made his film debut in The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946) with Barbara Stanwyck. Douglas soon developed into a leading box-office star throughout the 1950s, known for serious ...

  3. Prettier Than Pink - Wikipedia

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    Prettier Than Pink was an all-female Filipino pop rock group. The band went professional in 1991 with original members- Lei Bautista (lead vocalist), Annie Trillo (bass guitars), Gretchen Gregorio (keyboards), and Vanessa Garcia (drummer). Many music enthusiasts consider the group unique among girl groups because the members played their own ...

  4. List of musician and band name etymologies - Wikipedia

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    The name is also a reference to Crush soda, guitarist Jun Senoue's favorite brand of soft drink. The Cure – The band's original name was Easy Cure, which was taken from the name of one of the group's early songs. The name was later shortened to The Cure because frontman Robert Smith felt the name was too American and "too hippyish".

  5. The Galvatrons - Wikipedia

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    The song, "Robots Are Cool", was a popular track played during their tour with Def Leppard and Cheap Trick. It was available as a free download via the band's official Myspace. A few days following the demo release of "Robots Are Cool", the band released a bulletin via Myspace stating work on their debut album would soon commence and be ready ...

  6. Cool Hand Luke - Wikipedia

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    Budget. $3.2 million [1] Box office. $16.2 million [2] Cool Hand Luke is a 1967 American prison drama film directed by Stuart Rosenberg, [3] starring Paul Newman and featuring George Kennedy in an Oscar-winning performance. Newman stars in the title role as Luke, a prisoner in a Florida prison camp who refuses to submit to the system.

  7. Brian Welch - Wikipedia

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    Brian Philip Welch (born June 19, 1970), also known by his stage name Head, is an American musician.He is a guitarist and founding member of the nu metal band Korn and his solo project Love and Death, where he also provides vocals.

  8. Facebook - Wikipedia

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    History Further information: History of Facebook 2003–2006: Thefacebook, Thiel investment, and name change Original layout and name of Thefacebook in 2004, showing Al Pacino's face superimposed with binary numbers as Facebook's original logo, designed by co-founder Andrew McCollum Zuckerberg built a website called "Facemash" in 2003 while attending Harvard University. The site was comparable ...

  9. List of proper names of stars - Wikipedia

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    Many star names are, in origin, descriptive of the part in the constellation they are found in; thus Phecda, a corruption of Arabic فخذ الدب ( fakhdh ad-dubb, 'thigh of the bear'). Only a handful of the brightest stars have individual proper names not depending on their asterism; so Sirius ('the scorcher'), Antares ('rival of Ares ', i.e ...