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Flowers and candles adorn an impromptu memorial created on a blank Hollywood Walk of Fame star by fans of late actress and author Carrie Fisher, who does not have an official star on the world-famous promenade, in Los Angeles Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2016. Paste-on letters spell out her name and the phrase "May the force be with you always. Hope." (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)

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President-elect Donald Trump reacts to a question about Secretary of State John Kerry's speech about Israeli settlements, Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2016, at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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Carrie Fisher and her mother Debbie Reynolds — winner of the Screen Actors Guild lifetime award — pose in the press room at the 21st annual Screen Actors Guild Awards on Jan. 25, 2015, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. (Associated Press)

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An impromptu memorial created on a blank Hollywood Walk of Fame star by fans of late actress and author Carrie Fisher, who does not have an official star on the world-famous promenade, is seen in Los Angeles Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2016. Paste-on letters spell out her name and the phrase "May the force be with you always. Hope." (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)

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FILE - In this Oct. 3, 2010 file photo, Grammy award winning artist Clifford "TI" Harris, left, poses for media with his wife Tameka "Tiny" Harris, right, during an Alzheimers "For the Love of Our Fathers" foundation honoree luncheon at the Luckie Lounge in Atlanta. The wife of rapper T.I. has filed for divorce from the hip-hop entertainer. Henry County Court records show Tameka “Tiny” Harris filed for divorce after six years of marriage with the 36-year-old rapper. (AP Photo/Gregory Smith, File)

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In this June 12, 2016, file photo, Orlando Police officers direct family members away from a fatal shooting at Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack, File)

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FILE- In this June 13, 2016 file photo, Jennifer, right, and Mary Ware light candles during a vigil downtown for the victims of a mass shooting at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla. The massacre at Pulse nightclub last June was voted Florida's biggest story of 2016 in an Associated Press poll of the state's newspaper editors. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

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FILE- In this June 13, 2016 file photo, a large crowd hold up candles during a vigil for the victims of a mass shooting at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla. The massacre at Pulse nightclub last June was voted Florida's biggest story of 2016 in an Associated Press poll of the state's newspaper editors. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

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This photo taken on Dec. 2, 2016 at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in Los Angeles shows Dutch artist and jeweler Paul Derrez's 1985 "Pebble Collar," made out of cork and cotton cord, in the "Beyond Bling: Jewelry from the Lois Boardman Collection" exhibit. The exhibit features 50 jewelry pieces made from unconventional materials and belonging to Southern California collector Boardman's 300-piece jewelry collection, recently donated to the museum. The exhibit opened on Oct. 2, and runs until Feb. 5, 2017. (Solvej Schou via AP)

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This photo taken on Dec. 2, 2016 at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in Los Angeles shows Swiss jeweler David Bielander's 2007 "Dung Beetle" brooch, made out of a metal teaspoon, in the "Beyond Bling: Jewelry from the Lois Boardman Collection" exhibit. The exhibit features 50 jewelry pieces made from unconventional materials and belonging to Southern California collector Boardman's 300-piece jewelry collection, recently donated to the museum. The exhibit opened on Oct. 2, and runs until Feb. 5, 2017. (Solvej Schou via AP)

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This photo taken on Dec. 2, 2016 at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in Los Angeles shows part of the "Beyond Bling: Jewelry from the Lois Boardman Collection" exhibit, featuring 50 jewelry pieces made from unconventional materials and belonging to Southern California collector Boardman's 300-piece jewelry collection, recently donated to the museum. The exhibit opened on Oct. 2, and runs until Feb. 5, 2017. (Solvej Schou via AP)

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This photo taken on Dec. 2, 2016 at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in Los Angeles shows late East Coast jewelry artist Carolyn Kriegman's 1969 "Necklace," made out of Plexiglas, in the "Beyond Bling: Jewelry from the Lois Boardman Collection" exhibit. The exhibit features 50 jewelry pieces made from unconventional materials and belonging to Southern California collector Boardman's 300-piece jewelry collection, recently donated to the museum. The exhibit opened on Oct. 2, and runs until Feb. 5, 2017.(Solvej Schou via AP)

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This photo taken on Dec. 2, 2016 at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in Los Angeles shows Swiss jewelry artist Bernhard Schobinger's 2010 "Smoky Quartz on Countersink Nail" ring, made with a nail he forged out of white gold and put in a large quartz stone, in the "Beyond Bling: Jewelry from the Lois Boardman Collection" exhibit. The exhibit features 50 jewelry pieces made from unconventional materials and belonging to Southern California collector Boardman's 300-piece jewelry collection, recently donated to the museum. The exhibit opened on Oct. 2, and runs until Feb. 5, 2017.(Solvej Schou via AP)

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This photo taken on Dec. 2, 2016 at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in Los Angeles shows San Francisco jewelry artist Emiko Oye's 2008 "Maharajah's 6th" necklace, made entirely of Lego pieces, in the "Beyond Bling: Jewelry from the Lois Boardman Collection" exhibit. The exhibit features 50 jewelry pieces made from unconventional materials and belonging to Southern California collector Boardman's 300-piece jewelry collection, recently donated to the museum. The exhibit opened on Oct. 2, and runs until Feb. 5, 2017.(Solvej Schou via AP)

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This photo taken on Dec. 2, 2016 at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in Los Angeles shows Swiss jeweler David Bielander's 2013 "Koi" bracelet, made with multi-colored thumb tacks and resembling a fish, in the "Beyond Bling: Jewelry from the Lois Boardman Collection" exhibit. The exhibit features 50 jewelry pieces made from unconventional materials and belonging to Southern California collector Boardman's 300-piece jewelry collection, recently donated to the museum. The exhibit opened on Oct. 2, and runs until Feb. 5, 2017. (Solvej Schou via AP)

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In this Dec. 25, 2016 photo, "bayakou", or human waste cleaner, Auguste Augustin, left, visits with a friend in Port-au-Prince's La Saline slum, Haiti. Augustin has no shame talking about his labor. He's been doing it for decades and says he's proud his hard work feeds his family. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)

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In this Dec. 22, 2016 photo, "bayakou", or waste cleaner, Auguste Augustin, right, his wife Chellade Marceda, center, their children, Sonia, second right, Christella, left, and Sonson, pose for a photo in their home in Port-au-Prince's La Saline slum, Haiti. "The hardest part is going into the pit. You have to get used to it," says Augustin, crew boss of a four-man bayakou team. ( AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)

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FILE - In this Friday, Aug. 21, 2009, file photo, WWE Wrestler Big Show arrives at the World Wrestling Entertainment SummerSlam kickoff party benefiting Betty's Battle in Los Angeles. A story reported by a blog called "WWE" that claimed professional wrestling star "Big Show" had died in a car accident is false. Chris Bellitti, a spokesman for World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc., said Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2016, that the "Big Show," whose real name is Paul Donald Wight II, is alive and well. (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg, File)

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FILE- This Dec. 22, 2009, file photo shows a gift card kiosk in New York. If you know you won’t be using a gift card, you can sell them at a number of sites, including CardCash, Cardpool and Giftcard Zen. How much money you get depends on a number of factors, including how likely someone else will want to buy it from the gift card seller. You can also trying selling it on your own through eBay. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

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Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses the audience during a presidential awards ceremony in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2016. (Kayhan Ozer, Presidential Press Service, Pool photo via AP)