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Rena Schwartz, 17 from Raqs Jameel dance company performs during the 13th Annual Turkish Festival in Northwest on Sunday, September 28, 2014. Khalid Naji-Allah/ Special to The Washington Times.
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Elena Faye, 23 from The Nomad Dancers performs during the 13th Annual Turkish Festival in Northwest on Sunday, September 28, 2014. Khalid Naji-Allah/ Special to The Washington Times.
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Comedian Michael Che made his "Saturday Night Live" debut as a "Weekend Update" anchor, trading jabs with Colin Jost and Kenan Thompson at President Obama's dismal approval ratings. (NBC)
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Bill Maher. (YouTube/RealTime)
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Willie Nelson and Neil Young perform at the Harvest the Hope concert in Neligh, Neb. on Saturday, Sept. 27, 2014. The concert in northeast Nebraska was organized to raise money for efforts opposing the Keystone petroleum pipeline. (AP Photo/Dave Weaver)
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In this Feb. 28, 2014 file photo, U.S director Quentin Tarantino shows a v-sign during the 39th Cesar Film Awards at Theatre du Chatelet in Paris, France. Colorado has approved a $5 million incentive package to lure production of the upcoming Tarantino film “The Hateful Eight.” The state Economic Development Commission approved the package Friday, Sept. 26, 2014. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon, file)
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Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi (right) and Jionni LaValle arrive at the MTV Video Music Awards in the Brooklyn borough of New York on Aug. 25, 2013. (Evan Agostini/Invision/Associated Press) **FILE**
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This photo provided by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment shows Hattie McDaniel as Mammy in a scene from the film, "Gone With the Wind." Ms. McDaniel's performance won the first Oscar awarded to a black actor. (AP Photo/Warner Bros. Home Entertainment)
Urkel
Jaleel White was cast in the role of Steve Urkel on the sitcom Family Matters in 1989. The character, which was originally intended to be a one-time guest appearance, was an instant hit with audiences and White became a regular cast member. The series aired for a total of nine seasons, from 1989 to 1997 on ABC, and from 1997 to 1998 on CBS. After Family Matters ended, White starred in the UPN series Grown Ups from 1999 to 2000. He later attended UCLA where he graduated with a degree in film and television in 2001. He has continued his acting career with roles in Dreamgirls (2006), and guest stints on Boston Legal, House, and Psych. In March 2012, White appeared as a contestant in season 14 of Dancing with the Stars and was voted off in May 2012. In April 2012, White, 37, hosted the game show Total Blackout, which airs on the Syfy channel.
ToddBridges
Todd Bridges is best known for his childhood role as 'Willis' Jackson on the NBC/ABC sitcom Diff'rent Strokes, and for his recurring role as Monk on the UPN/CW sitcom Everybody Hates Chris. He was a comedic commentator from 2008-2013 on the television series TruTV Presents: World's Dumbest... which airs on truTV.
PunkyBrewster
Soleil Moon Frye began her career as a child actor at the age of 2. When she was 7 years old, Frye won the role of Penelope "Punky" Brewster in the sitcom Punky Brewster. After the series ended in 1988, Frye continued her career in guest spots on television and supporting roles in films. She attended The New School during the late 1990s, and directed her first film, Wild Horses, in 1998. In 2000, she joined the cast of Sabrina, the Teenage Witch as Roxie King, Sabrina Spellman's (Melissa Joan Hart) roommate and close friend. Frye remained with the series until its end in April 2003. She has since continued her acting career working mainly as a voice actor. Frye also voiced Aseefa in the animated series Planet Sheen. In 1998, Frye married producer Jason Goldberg, with whom she has three children. She has since opened an organic specialty clothing shop for children, The Little Seed, in Los Angeles. She also hosts a blog and web series which focus on child rearing and women's issues. In 2011, Frye released her first book Happy Chaos: From Punky to Parenting and My Perfectly Imperfect Adventures in Between. Frye, 38, is currently the host of Home Made Simple on the Oprah Winfrey Network.
NeilPatrickHarris
Neil Patrick Harris won the lead role in Doogie Howser, M.D. in1989, for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe. He recently played Barney Stinson in the television comedy series How I Met Your Mother (2005-2014), for which he was nominated for four Emmy Awards. Harris, 41, was named as one of Time magazine's 100 most influential people in 2010, and was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in September 2011. He has also hosted the Tony Awards on Broadway in 2009, 2011, 2012, and 2013, for which he won several special class Emmy Awards. In 2014, he starred as the title role of Hedwig and the Angry Inch on Broadway, for which he won the 2014 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical.
MileyCyrus
Miley Cyrus rose to prominence as a teen idol after being cast in the Disney Channel television series Hannah Montana, in which she portrayed the starring character Miley Stewart. Cyrus, 21, has had five non-consecutive number-one albums on the U.S. Billboard 200, two of which are soundtracks credited to her titular character Hannah Montana, and has earned numerous awards and nominations. In 2010, Cyrus ranked number thirteen on Forbes' Celebrity 100, and was named the "Most Charted Teenager" in the 2011 Guinness World Records with twenty-nine Billboard Hot 100 entries as of November 2009. In 2013, she was declared "Artist of the Year" by MTV.
MaureenMcCormick
Maureen McCormick is most widely known for portraying Marcia Brady on the ABC television series The Brady Bunch from 1969 to 1974. On October 14, 2008, McCormick, 58, released her autobiography Here's the Story: Surviving Marcia Brady and Finding My True Voice, which debuted at number four on The New York Times Best Seller List and stayed on the list for three weeks.
LindayLohan
Lindsay Lohan began her career as a child fashion model when she was three, and was later featured on the soap opera Another World for a year when she was 10. At age 11, Lohan made her motion picture debut in Disney's remake of The Parent Trap (1998), a critical and commercial hit. Her next motion picture, Disney's remake of Freaky Friday (2003), was also a success at the box office and with critics. With the release of Mean Girls (2004), another critical and commercial success, Lohan became a household name and a frequent focus of paparazzi and tabloids. The two films earned her several MTV Movie Awards and Teen Choice Awards. In March 2013, Lohan, 28, pled no contest to misdemeanor charges stemming from the June 2012 car accident; reckless driving and providing false information to a police officer. She was sentenced to community service, psychotherapy and lockdown rehabilitation. Her probation was also extended for another two years. Between May and July 2013 Lohan spent 90 days in rehabilitation, after which she was ordered to remain in therapy until November 2014, when her next court appearance is scheduled.
LeoDicaprio
Before Leonardo DiCaprio became one of Hollywood's biggest stars, he was a recurring cast member on the ABC sitcom Growing Pains, playing Luke Brower, a homeless boy who is taken in by the Seaver family.
KristenStewart
Kristen Stewart starred in the film Panic Room (2002) left, Speak (2004), Zathura (2005), The Messengers (2007), Adventureland (2009), The Runaways (2010), Snow White and the Huntsman (2012), On the Road (2012), Camp X-Ray (2014) and Clouds of Sils Maria (2014). Stewart, 24, is best known for playing Bella Swan in The Twilight Saga film series and for her work in independent films. She will star in an adaptation of the book Still Alice and Equals, with both movies projected for release in 2015. She is also the face of Chanel and Balenciaga fashion brands.
KIRK-CAMERON
Kirk Cameron, best known for his role as Mike Seaver on the television situation comedy "Growing Pains" (1985-92), performed in other television and film appearances as a child actor.
Jonathan-Lipnicki
Jonathan Lipnicki made his movie debut in 1996's Jerry Maguire as the son of Rene Zellweger's character. In 1999, he starred in the film Stuart Little, playing a boy whose family adopts a talking mouse, a role he reprised in the film's 2002 sequel. Lipnicki also played the lead role in the 2000 film, The Little Vampire and starred opposite Bow Wow in the 2002 theatrical film Like Mike, which was released two weeks before Stuart Little 2; both of the films did relatively well in theaters, and Lipnicki, 23, has become known among pre-teen audiences, although he has not appeared in a widely released film since, focusing mostly on independent films.
