years. Returned to acting in 2010 starring in the movie Burlesque and released a studio album Closer to the Truth in 2013. The album became her highest-charting solo album. Altogether Cher has won an Academy Award‚ a Grammy Award‚ an Emmy Award‚ three Golden Globe Awards and the Best Actress Award at the Cannes Film Festival. She has also ventured into the worlds of fashion designing‚ writing books and managing the film production company Isis. She has sold more than 100 million solo albums and over
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father and Will Mastin as the Will Mastin Trio‚ which toured nationally. After military service‚ Davis returned to the trio. Davis became an overnight sensation following a nightclub performance at Ciro’s (in West Hollywood) after the 1951 Academy Awards. With the trio‚ he became a recording artist. In 1954‚ he lost his left eye in a car accident‚ and several years later‚ he converted to Judaism. Davis’s film career began as a child in 1933. In 1960‚ he appeared in the Rat Pack film Ocean’s 11. After
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Rise to Fame Katy Perry has became a very well known celebrity. She started her singing career very young by singing in the church her father and mother went to. She sang in the church from age 9 to 17. At only 15 years old she released her first album that unfortunately was unsuccessful but she never stopped trying. After that she moved and starting working with a record producer. She then produced another album that was also unsuccessful. Until her third album‚ (which was successful) that is when
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Ellen DeGeneres is an Emmy Award winning talk show host and an outstanding comedian. Some of you may know her as the voice of Dory on Finding Nemo‚ or even as a judge on American Idol. Whatever you know her from‚ you probably know that Ellen isn’t afraid to be unique. Ellen talks about being true to yourself. She says‚ “Find out who you are and be that person. That’s what your soul was put on this Earth to be. Find that truth‚ live that truth and everything else will come.” I chose Ellen for
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series of specials for television. One of these programs‚ 1958’s An Evening with Fred Astaire‚ won nine Emmy Awards‚ including "Best Single Performance by an Actor" and "Most Outstanding Single Program of the Year." Finian’s Rainbow (1968) was his final musical film. In the 1920’s‚ he continued acting. He appeared in the film The Towering Inferno (1974)‚ which he received his only Academy Award nomination in the category of Best Supporting Actor. Fred Astaire died in 1987 from pneumonia at the
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was awarded by being head of orthopedic surgery at Grady and associate dean. Hunter continued to work on journalism and took many jobs to keep her career going. Because of her hard work‚ she was awarded with numerous awards‚ two National News Awards‚two Emmy Awards and two Peabody Awards. Hunter and Holmes made a huge impact by desegregating an all-white school.They knew it wasn’t safe but they continued anyway. They were determined to make things equal. They surprised many by reaching limits no one
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Marlo Thomas Specific Purpose Statement: To inform the audience about Marlo Thomas and her involvement with St. Jude Children’s Hospital. Thesis: Marlo Thomas has influenced the world by keeping her fathers hospital running and helping cure children’s illnesses at no cost to them. Introduction “Give thanks for the healthy children in your life and give to those who aren’t.” this is the slogan for the Thanks and Giving campaign created to raise money for the St. Jude Children’s Hospital by Marlo
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the army‚ Simon returned to New York and took a job as a mailroom clerk for Warner Brother’s East Coast office. He and his brother Danny began writing comedy revues and eventually found their way into radio‚ then television. Simon received several Emmy Award nominations for his television writing‚ then moved on to the stage where he quickly established himself as America’s most successful commercial
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Heroes of Capitalism- Oprah Winfrey We all know the name ‘Oprah’. It is a name that has been in millions of households for twenty-five years. Oprah Winfrey is an internationally recognized‚ award winning talk show host‚ actress‚ producer‚ and humanitarian. She has helped lives of less fortunate in many selfless ways; what many don’t know is that Oprah was once poverty stricken as well‚ and rose to overcome many obstacles that came her way. Oprah was born on January 9‚ 1954 in an underprivileged
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William James O’Reilly Jr‚ otherwise known as Bill O’Reily‚. was born on September 10‚ 1949‚ in New York City‚ to parents William James O’Reilly and Angela O’Reilly. When he was young‚ his family moved to Long Island‚ where O’Reilly attended a Catholic school. O’Reilly attended Marist College in Poughkeepsie‚ New York where he studied history. Bill was also in the football club as a punter and wrote for the school newspaper where he slowly developed his love for journalism. O’Reilly studied at the
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