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In this June 16, 2013, file photo, "Jeopardy!" game show host Alex Trebek appears at the 40th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File) **FILE**
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In this Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2015, file photo, actor Charlie Sheen appears during an interview on NBC's "Today" show in New York, saying he tested positive four years ago for the virus that causes AIDS. A new study released Monday, Feb. 22, 2016, found that Sheen's revelation prompted the greatest number of HIV-related Google searches recorded in the United States since 2004. (Peter Kramer/NBC via AP)
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Rob Thomas of Matchbox Twenty performs during the annual Rock in Rio music festival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in this Sept. 20, 2013, file photo. Matchbox Twenty frontman Thomas has apologized after being accused of making a racist joke during a solo concert in Australia. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo, File)
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In this Jan. 2, 2015, file photo, Ava DuVernay poses at the Palm Springs International Film Festival opening night screening of "Selma," at Palm Springs High School, in Palm Springs, Calif. In one of the exhaustive and damning reports on diversity in Hollywood, a new study finds that the films and television produced by major media companies are “whitewashed,” and that an “epidemic of invisibility” runs top to bottom through the industry for women, minorities and LGBT people. (Photo by Rob Latour/Invision/AP, File)
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Friends and family of author Harper Lee leave the First United Methodist Church after a private funeral service, Saturday, Feb. 20, 2016, in Monroeville, Ala. Lee, the elusive author of best-seller "To Kill a Mockingbird," died Friday, Feb. 19, according to her publisher Harper Collins. She was 89. (AP Photo/Kim Chandler)
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In this Thursday, Feb. 11, 2016, file photo, Jury President Meryl Streep attends a press conference at the 2016 Berlinale Film Festival in Berlin, Germany. (AP Photo/Axel Schmidt, File)
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National Edition News cover for February 20, 2016 - Late-night jokes killed Palin, pump up Trump: Jimmy Fallon's as Donald Trump on the Tonight Show. (Courtesy NBC)
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Starting in summer 2016, a new Star Wars fireworks show, "Star Wars: A Galactic Spectacular," will debut to guests at Disney's Hollywood Studios. The nightly show will combine fireworks, pyrotechnics, special effects and video projections that will turn the nearby buildings into the twin suns of Tatooine, a field of battle droids, the trench of the Death Star, Starkiller Base and other Star Wars destinations. The show also will feature a tower of fire and spotlight beams, creating massive lightsabers in the sky. (Disney/Lucasfilm) (PRNewsFoto/Walt Disney World Resort)
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Tyra Banks (born December 4, 1973) is an American model, television personality, talk show host, producer, author, actress, singer and business woman. She began her career as a model at age 15 and rose to fame, becoming the first African American woman on the covers of GQ and the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, on which she appeared twice. She is one of the original Victoria's Secret Angels. By the early 2000s, Banks was one of the top-earning models in the world. Subsequently she moved onto television and film, known for her roles as Eve in Disney channel's Life-Size and Zoe in the box office hit Coyote Ugly. Banks first appeared on television on the show The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and has since been featured in small roles in romantic film Love & Basketball and horror film Halloween: Resurrection and has appeared in numerous television shows, including Gossip Girl and Glee. In 2003, Banks created and became the host of the UPN/The CW long-running reality television show America's Next Top Model (2003 - 2015) Banks was also the co-creator of True Beauty, and was the host of her own talk show, The Tyra Banks Show, which aired on The CW for five seasons and won two Daytime Emmy award for Outstanding Talk Show Informative. She co-hosted the talk show FABLife. In 2010, she published a young adult novel titled Modelland, based on her life as a model which topped The New York Times Best Seller list in 2011. Banks is one of four African Americans and seven women to have repeatedly ranked among the world's most influential people by TIME magazine. Earnings estimated at $90 million. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
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Cindy Crawford (born February 20, 1966) is an American model. Her 30 years of success at modeling made her an international celebrity that has led to roles in television and film, and to work as a spokesperson. In 1995, Forbes magazine named her the highest paid model on the planet. She was named No. 3 on VH1's 40 Hottest Hotties of the 90s and was named one of the "100 Hottest Women of All-Time" by Men's Health. Crawford is known for her trademark mole just above her lip, and has appeared on hundreds of magazine covers throughout her career. Earnings estimated at $100 million. (AP PHOTO/Michel Lipchitz)
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Kate Moss (born 16 January 1974) is an English model. Born in Croydon, Greater London, she was discovered in 1988 at age 14 by Sarah Doukas, founder of Storm Model Management, at JFK Airport inNew York City. Moss rose to fame in the early 1990s as part of the heroin chic fashion trend. She is known for her waifish figure, and role in size zero fashion. She received an award at the 2013 British Fashion Awards to acknowledge her contribution to fashion over 25 years. Moss has had her own clothing range and has been involved in musical projects. She has won accolades for modelling. In 2007, TIME named her one of the world's 100 most influential people. She has inspired cultural depictions including a £1.5m ($2.8m) 18 carat gold statue of her, sculpted in 2008 for a British Museum exhibition. She began dating Jefferson Hack in the early 2000s and they have a daughter, Lila Grace Moss Hack. She later dated musician Pete Doherty. She is married to Jamie Hince, guitarist for the Kills. She received media scrutiny for her party lifestyle and drug use. Drug allegations beginning in late 2005 led to her being dropped from fashion campaigns. She was cleared of charges and resumed modeling. In 2012, she came second on the Forbes top-earning models list, with estimated earnings of $9.2 million in one year. Earnings estimated at $50 million. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)
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Naomi Campbell (born 22 May 1970) is an English model, actress, singer, and author. Recruited at the age of 15, she established herself among the top three most recognizable and in-demand models of the late 1980s and the 1990s, and was one of six models of her generation declared "supermodels" by the fashion industry. In addition to her modelling career, Campbell has embarked on other ventures, which include an R&B-pop studio album and several acting appearances in film and television, such as the modelling competition reality show The Face and its international offshoots. Campbell is also involved in charity work for various causes. Her personal life is widely reported, particularly her relationships with prominent men, including boxer Mike Tyson and actor Robert De Niro, and four highly publicized convictions for assault. Earnings estimated at $48 million. (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)
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Stephanie Seymour (born July 23, 1968) is an American model and actress. Seymour has modeled for many notable fashion magazines and designers and has posed for several well-known photographers including Herb Ritts, Richard Avedon, Gilles Bensimon and Mario Testino. Earnings estimated at $15 million. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
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Cheryl Tiegs (born September 25, 1947) is an American model, actress, designer, author, and entrepreneuse. Frequently described as the first American supermodel, Tiegs is best known for her multiple appearances on the covers of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue and TIME and for her 1978 "Pink Bikini" poster, which became an iconic image of 1970s pop culture. Earnings estimated at $14 million. (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg)
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Christy Turlington (January 2, 1969) is an American supermodel. She first represented Calvin Klein's Eternity campaign in 1989 and again in 2014 and also represents Maybelline. Turlington was named one of Glamour's Women of the Year in 2013, and was named as one of Time's 100 Most Influential People of 2014. Turlington gained fame in the late 80s and early 90s as a supermodel and was during the peak of her career as a top designer favourite. She, Naomi Campbell and Linda Evangelista are called the "Trinity" because of the power and fame that all three gained. In 2010, Turlington founded Every Mother Counts, a non-profit organization dedicated to making pregnancy and childbirth safe for every mother. Every Mother Counts informs, engages, and mobilizes new audiences to take actions and raise funds that support maternal health programs around the world. It was founded after the completion of Turlington's documentary, No Woman, No Cry, a film about pregnant women and their caregivers in Tanzania, Bangladesh, Guatemala, and the United States. In 2013, Turlington directed the documentary film, Every Mile, Every Mother which explores Every Mother Counts' participation in long distance running to highlight distance as a barrier for women to receive quality care. Earnings estimated at $18 million. (AP Photo/Peter Kramer)
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Carolyn Murphy (born August 11, 1974) is an American model and actress. In 1998, Murphy was named VH1/Vogue's "Model of the Year". She played "Dubbie" in Barry Levinson's film Liberty Heights. She was one of the "Modern Muses" on the November 1999 millennium cover of American Vogue and was chosen to represent Calvin Klein's perfume "Contradiction". In 1998, during a photo shoot for Elle, the photographer noticed her resemblance to the actress Gene Tierney and dubbed her "The blonde Gene Tierney". Murphy has shot campaigns for Missoni, Versace and Tiffany & Co. In 2005 she was featured on the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. In July 2012, Murphy was hired to replace Angela Lindvall as host of Project Runway: All Stars on Lifetime, after Rosie Huntington-Whiteley dropped out for a film project. In 2012, Murphy was ninth on theForbes top-earning models list, estimated to have earned $3.5 million in one year. Earnings estimated at $15 million. (AP Photo/Peter Kramer)
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Natalia Mikhailovna Vodianova (born 28 February 1982), nicknamed Supernova, is a Russian model, philanthropist and occasional film actress. She is well known for her rags to riches life story and for her eight-season, seven-figure contract with Calvin Klein. In 2012, she came in third on the Forbes top-earning models list, estimated to have earned $8.6 million in one year. Vodianova is currently ranked by models.com as one of the New Supers in the fashion industry. Vodianova is founder of the Naked Heart Foundation, a philanthropic organization. In 2015, Vodianova launched the digital app "Elbi", which allows people to donate money with a “Love Button,” create content, send messages, and vote for Charitable purposes. Earnings estimated at $16 million. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)
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Iman (born 25 July 1955), is a Somali fashion model, actress and entrepreneur. A pioneer in the field of ethnic cosmetics, she is also noted for her charitable work. She is the widow of English rock musician David Bowie, whom she married in 1992. Earnings estimated at $25 million. (AP Photo/Axel Kull)
