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Josh Groban (left), Idina Menzel and Adam Pascal are seen in the production "Chess in Concert," to be shown on PBS' "Great Performances." (PBS via Associated Press)

Josh Groban's six multiplatinum albums have been enjoyed by millions of fans. Today he is a welcome guest on major talk shows, an actor on several television series and even a character in the 2014 film "Muppets Most Wanted."

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Jeff Bridges portrays the title character and Taylor Swift is the last, unsuccessful Receiver in "The Giver," a spirited film adaptation of Lois Lowry's 1993 Newberry Medal-winning novel. (The Weinstein Company Via Associated Press)

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Talk show how Queen Latifah has canceled an interview with Bill Cosby over long-standing rape allegations against the comedian. (Photo by Victoria Will/Invision/AP, File)

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National Edition News cover for August 14, 2014 - A lonely fundraiser in chief: President Barack Obama speaks at a fundraiser in Los Angeles, May 27, 2009. (Official White House photo by Pete Souza)

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Actress and gospel singer Tamela Mann is nominated in the GMA Dove Awards Gospel Performance of the Year category.

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This image released by 20th Century Fox shows Damon Wayans, Jr., left, and Jake Johnson in a scene from, "Let's Be Cops." (AP Photo/20th Century Fox, Frank Masi)

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President Obama has authorized reconnaissance flights over Syria, a U.S. official told CNN Monday. (Associated Press)

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Actress Lauren Bacall carries her honorary Oscar following The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences 2009 Governors Awards, Saturday, Nov. 14, 2009, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

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TV personality and former Playboy model Kendra Wilkinson is married to WR Hank Baskett (Colts, Super Bowl XLIV). Kendra Wilkinson at Veet &S mooth For Summer Pool Party hosted by Kendra Wilkinson, on Saturday, June, 22, 2013 in Hollywood, CA. (Photo by Eric Charbonneau/Invision for Pivotal PR/AP Images)

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Supermodel Gisele Bundchen is married NE Patriots QB Tom Brady in 2009. Brazil's model Gisele Bundchen wears a creation from the Colcci Summer collection during Sao Paulo Fashion Week in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Wednesday, April 2, 2014. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

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Detroit Lions running back Reggie Bush, right, and fiancee Lilit Avagyan arrive at the ESPY Awards on at the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles. Bush has found a groove with his new team _ on and off the field. He is enjoying life as a first-time father while living in the Motor City with Avagyan, and their daughter, Briseis, who will be 5 months old Sunday, Oct. 6, 2013. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

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Country pop singer Jessie James marri WR Eric Decker (Broncos, Super Bowl XLVIII) in 2013. Jessie James arrives at the 2012 CMT Music Awards on Wednesday, June 6, 2012 in Nashville, Tenn. (Photo by John Shearer/Invision/AP)

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New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning and wife Abigal McGrew attend the premiere of "Sex and the City" at Radio City Music Hall on Tuesday, May 27, 2008 in New York City. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini)

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Gospel music icon Shirley Caesar at the Lincoln Theatre in Washington, D.C., with Armstrong Williams, executive editor of American CurrentSee.

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Miley Cyrus performs in concert at Bridgestone Arena on Thursday, Aug. 7, 2014 in Nashville, Tenn. (Photo by Donn Jones/Invision)

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** FILE ** Mark Paslawsky died Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2014 while fighting with Ukraine's volunteer force in Donbas. (YouTube, Vice News)

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In a Wednesday, July 30, 2014 photo, Tom Brickman pulls out a Stars and Stripes newspaper he had when he was stationed in Vietnam; Brickman donated several items to the Grout Museum to be used in an upcoming exhibit in Waterloo, Iowa. (AP Photo/Waterloo Courier, Tiffany Rushing)