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Rock star and former Black Sabbath vocalist Ozzy Osbourne, right, launches a Midland Metro tram bearing his name, on a newly-opened route in Birmingham central England Thursday May 26, 2016. (PA via AP) UNITED KINGDOM OUT
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In this Oct. 13, 2015, file photo, actor Vin Diesel attends a special screening of "The Last Witch Hunter" at the Loews Lincoln Square in New York. The "Fast & Furious" star portrayed extraterrestrial Groot in 2014's "Guardians of the Galaxy" alongside Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana and Bradley Cooper.(Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
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In this April 7, 2016 file photo, former judges Randy Jackson, from left, Paula Abdul, and Simon Cowell appear at the "American Idol" farewell season finale in Los Angeles. On May 9, 2017, ABC executives announced they were bringing the defunct singing competition back to life on the Disney-owned network. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP, File) **FILE**
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Eminem and Kim Scott met in high school at ages 15 and 13. The couple began dating, and their daughter, Hailie, was born in 1995. They married in 1999, divorced in 2001, remarried in 2006, and filed for a second divorce four short months later
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LL Cool J and Simone Smith got married in 1995 when he was 19 and she was 17. (AP Photo)
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Robin Thicke first met actress Paula Patton in 1991 at an under-21 hip-hop club on the Sunset Strip in Los Angeles, when he asked her to dance. According to Thicke, he sang Stevie Wonder's "Jungle Fever" to her as they danced. Thicke began dating Patton at the age of 16. They were married in 2005, and have a son, Julian Fuego Thicke, born in 2010. Thicke and Patton separated in February 2014, after 21 years together and almost nine years of marriage. On October 9, 2014, Paula Patton officially filed for divorce. The divorce was finalized on March 20, 2015. (AP Photo)
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Rocker Bon Jovi met Dorothea Hurley when they were both in high school. The couple secretly married in 1989 during Bon Jovi's the The New Jersey Syndicate Tour (AP Photo)
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Actor Anthony Mackie and his longtime girlfriend, Sheletta Chapital, married in December 2014. The two first met in grade school when they were seven years old. (AP Photo)
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A screenshot from GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump’s first election TV ad. (YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mKzYPt0Bu4&feature=youtu.be)
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Donald Trump used a teleprompter for the speech, sticking closely to the script in a way he usually reserves for policy speeches. (Associated Press)
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FILE - In this May 9, 2015 file photo, James Hetfield of Metllica performs at Rock in Rio USA in Las Vegas. The band announced Thursday its releasing its first album in eight years. "Hardwired ... To Self-Destruct" will feature 80 minutes of music from the veteran heavy metal group. The album is scheduled for release Nov. 18. (Photo by John Davisson/Invision/AP, File)
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Evan Bayh speaks at a Hillary Clinton campaign stop in Indianapolis on May 1. (Associated Press)
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Hillary Clinton (Associated Press/File)
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The 1979 station wagon believed to have been used in the 1983 National Lampoon's "Vacation" movie. Screen captured from Hemmings.com on August 18, 2016.
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Egyptian TV host Khadija Khatab was pulled from broadcasts due to concerns about her weight. (Egyptian state television, Second Channel)
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Zac Efron (born October 18, 1987) began acting professionally in the early 2000s, and rose to prominence in the late 2000s for his leading role in the High School Musical franchise (2006–08). During this time, he also starred in the musical film Hairspray (2007) and the comedy film 17 Again (2009). He has since appeared in films likeNew Year's Eve (2011), The Lucky One (2012), Neighbors (2014), Dirty Grandpa (2016), and Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising (2016). (AP Images)
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Selena Gomez (born July 22, 1992) appeared as a child in the children's television series Barney & Friends, Gomez rose to fame as the leading role in the Disney channel series Wizards of Waverly Place (200712). Due to the success of the series, Gomez worked on various films, television shows, and musical collaborations for the network in the following years. She signed a recording contract with Hollywood Records in 2008, and subsequently formed her bandSelena Gomez & the Scene the following year. The band released three studio albums by 2011. Gomez hoped to focus on her acting career by transitioning into film work, earning starring roles in films such as Ramona and Beezus (2010) and the romantic comedy Monte Carlo (2011). Gomez hoped to achieve a more mature image with a role in the exploitation film Spring Breakers (2013), as well as with the release of her solo debut album Stars Dance (2013). The album debuted atop the Billboard 200 in the United States, and included the top ten single "Come & Get It". Gomez embarked on her Stars Dance Tour (2013), though it was later cancelled due to personal and medical struggles. In 2014, Gomez fired her parents as her managers, and signed with the WME and Brillstein companies. During this time, she signed a new recording contract with Interscope Records, releasing acompilation album as her fifth and final release through Hollywood Records. Gomez released her second studio album, Revival, in October 2015. The album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, while the first three singles all topped the Mainstream Top 40 chart in the United States. She embarked on her worldwide Revival Tour in 2016. Gomez is currently working on her third studio album.(AP Photo)
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Ryan Gosling (born November 12, 1980) began his career as a child star on the Disney Channel's Mickey Mouse Club (199395) and went on to appear in other family entertainment programs including Are You Afraid of the Dark? (1995) and Goosebumps (1996). He starred in the television series Breaker High (199798) as Sean Hanlon andYoung Hercules (199899) as the title role. His first starring role was as a Jewish neo-Nazi in The Believer (2001), and he then built a reputation for starring in independent films such as Murder by Numbers(2002), The Slaughter Rule (2002), and The United States of Leland (2003). Gosling came to the attention of a wider audience in 2004 with a leading role in the romantic drama The Notebook, for which he won four Teen Choice Awards and an MTV Movie Award. His performance as a drug-addicted teacher in Half Nelson (2006) was nominated for an Academy Award and his performance as a socially inept loner in Lars and the Real Girl (2007) was nominated for a Golden Globe Award. Also in 2007, he starred in the courtroom thriller Fracture. After a three-year acting hiatus, Gosling starred in Blue Valentine, earning him a second Golden Globe nomination. 2011 proved to be a landmark year for Gosling as he co-starred in three mainstream films the romantic comedy-drama Crazy, Stupid, Love, the political drama The Ides of March and the action thriller Drive and received two Golden Globe nominations. In 2013, he starred in the crime thriller Gangster Squad, the generational drama The Place Beyond the Pines, and the violent revenge film Only God Forgives. His directorial debut Lost River was released in 2014. In 2015, he joined an ensemble cast for the financial drama The Big Short. (AP Photo)
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Nicholas Hoult (born 7 December 1989) made his professional acting debut at the age of seven in the 1996 film Intimate Relations. He received recognition after landing the role of Marcus Brewer in About a Boy, for which he was nominated for the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Young Performer. He received further acclaim for his performance as Tony Stonem in Skins. Following these roles, Hoult found significant commercial success after landing the role of Beast in the X-Men films. For his role as the sentient zombie "R" in the romantic zombie comedy Warm Bodies, he received three Teen Choice Award nominations and won the Teen Choice Award for Choice Breakout. In 2015, he starred as Lyle Wirth in Dark Places and as the War Boy Nux in Mad Max: Fury Road, and in 2016 reprised his role as Beast in the superhero film X-Men: Apocalypse. (AP Photo)
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Miley Cyrus (born November 23, 1992) held minor roles in the television series Doc and the film Big Fish in her childhood. Cyrus became a teen idol for her portrayal of the starring character Miley Stewart in the Disney Channel television series Hannah Montana in 2006; her father Billy Ray Cyrus additionally starred in the show. Cyrus subsequently signed a recording contract with Hollywood Records; her debut studio album Meet Miley Cyrus (2007) was certified triple-platinum by theRecording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for exceeding three million shipments. Cyrus released her second album Breakout and launched her film career as a voice actress in the animated filmBolt in 2008. Cyrus starred in the feature film Hannah Montana: The Movie, and began cultivating a maturing image with her EP The Time of Our Lives in 2009. In 2010, she released her third album Can't Be Tamed, which stands as the lowest-selling record of her career, and starred in the coming-of-age film The Last Song. Cyrus focused on her acting career with several television and film appearances in 2011 and 2012. Her sexually explicit behavior generated widespread controversy while promoting her fourth album Bangerz (2013), her first under her recording contract with RCA Records. Cyrus' independently-released fifth studio album Miley Cyrus & Her Dead Petz (2015) deviated from her traditional pop style for more psychedelic experimentation. In 2016, she was announced as a coach for the eleventh season of the singing competition series The Voice. With Bangerz, Cyrus achieved her third number-one album on the U.S. Billboard 200, and fifth overall including the soundtrack albums for Disney's Hannah Montana series. She has logged seven top 10 entries on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 with "See You Again", "7 Things", "The Climb", "Party in the U.S.A.", "Can't Be Tamed", "We Can't Stop" and the chart-topping "Wrecking Ball". Cyrus has earned numerous awards and nominations, as Billboard ranked her as the f
