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Donald Trump poses with his daughter Ivanka Trump at a party in Los Angeles, thrown by Nakheel and the Trump Organization to introduce The Trump International Hotel & Tower Dubai, in this Aug. 23, 2008, file photo. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)
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A minority element of the Republican Party has vowed to fight Donald Trump's nomination at the convention. (Associated Press)
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President Obama speech at an interfaith memorial service for the fallen police officers and members of the Dallas community was well received by law enforcement leaders. (Associated Press)
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President Barack Obama during a memorial service at the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center with the families of the fallen police officers, Tuesday, July 12, 2016, in Dallas. Five police officers were killed and several injured during a shooting in downtown Dallas last Thursday night. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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In this Dec. 18, 2013, file photo, U.S. Rep. Mark Sanford, R-S.C., discusses his first months back in Congress during an interview in Mount Pleasant, S.C. (AP Photo/Bruce Smith, File)
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FILE - In this Friday, July 8, 2016 file photo, Cynthia Ware places flowers on a make-shift memorial at the Dallas police headquarters, in Dallas. Five police officers are dead and several injured following a shooting in downtown Dallas Thursday night. Are Black Lives Matter and Blue Lives Matter mutually exclusive? Theoretically, no. In reality, it's looking more like it every day. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)
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Image via NBC Connecticut, accessed July 12, 2016. [http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/Yale-University-to-Keep-Slavery-Supporters-Name--377393921.html]
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Taylor Swift with a patient at the Lady Cilento Children's Hospital in Queensland, Australia. Miss Swift is traveling in Australia with beau Tom Hiddleston, who is filming "Thor 3." (Photo via Lady Cilento Children's Hospital's Facebook page, accessed July 12, 2016.)
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Sir William Wallace was a Scottish knight who became one of the main leaders during the Wars of Scottish Independence. A well-known account of Wallace's life is presented in the film Braveheart (1995), directed by and starring Mel Gibson as Wallace
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Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn is a fictional character who first appeared in the 1968 Charles Portis novel, True Grit. The novel was adapted into a 1969 film, True Grit, and from that a 1975 sequel entitled Rooster Cogburn was also produced. The character was also featured in a made-for-television sequel, entitled True Grit: A Further Adventure, made in 1978. The Coen brothers released a new film version of the novel in 2010. In the 1969 and 1975 theatrical releases, Cogburn was portrayed by John Wayne. Unusually for Wayne, who usually portrayed straight-laced heroes, Cogburn is portrayed as a curmudgeonly antihero. The 1978 TV sequel starred Warren Oates in the featured role. The 2010 film stars Jeff Bridges as Cogburn. John Wayne won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as Cogburn in the 1969 film. On January 24, 2011, Jeff Bridges was nominated for the same award for his portrayal of Cogburn
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Rocky Balboa is the title character of the Rocky series. The character was created by Sylvester Stallone, who also portrayed him in all six Rocky films. He is depicted as an everyman who started out by going the distance and overcoming obstacles that had occurred in his life and career as a professional boxer. He is loosely based on Chuck Wepner, a one-time boxer who fought Muhammad Ali and lost on a TKO in the 15th round. Stallone received critical acclaim for his performance in the first movie, earning Academy Award and Golden Globe Award nominations. When Stallone reprised his role once again in 2015 for Creed, his performance received wide acclaim and he received his firstGolden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor, along with his third Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor, the National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actor and several other accolades
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John Rambo is a fictional character in the Rambo saga. He first appeared in the 1972 novel First Blood by David Morrell, but later became more famous as the protagonist of the film series, in which he was played by Sylvester Stallone. The portrayal of the character earned Stallone widespread acclaim and recognition. The character was nominated for American Film Institute's list 100 Years…100 Heroes and Villains. The term "Rambo" is used commonly to describe a person who is reckless, disregards orders, uses violence to solve problems, enters dangerous situations alone, and is exceptionally tough and aggressive
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John Connor is a fictional character of the Terminator franchise. Created by writer and director James Cameron, the character is first referred to in the 1984 film The Terminator and first appears in its 1991sequel Terminator 2: Judgment Day initially by Michael Edwards (briefly as the older Connor) and then by teenage actor Edward Furlong throughout the remainder of the film; in addition, Linda Hamilton's real-life son Dalton Abbot played John as a toddler in a dream sequence. The character is subsequently portrayed by 23-year-old Nick Stahl in the 2003 film Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines and by 19-year-old Thomas Dekker in the 2008 television series Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. Welsh-English actor Christian Bale portrays 33-year-old Connor in the film series's fourth installment,Terminator Salvation, and Australian actor Jason Clarke portrays a 44-year-old Connor, who becomes the T-3000 and serves as the antagonist of the film series's fifth installment, Terminator Genisys
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The James Bond series focuses on a fictional British Secret Service agent created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short-story collections. The character has also been adapted for television, radio, comic strip, video games and film. The films are the longest continually running and the third-highest-grossing film series to date, which started in 1962 with Dr. No, starring Sean Connery as Bond. As of 2016, there have been twenty-four films in the Eon Productions series. The most recent Bond film, Spectre (2015), stars Daniel Craig in his fourth portrayal of Bond; he is the sixth actor to play Bond in the Eon series. There have also been two independent productions of Bond films: Casino Royale (a 1967 spoof) and Never Say Never Again (a 1983 remake of an earlier Eon-produced film, Thunderball).
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Dr. Henry Walton "Indiana" Jones Jr., often shortened to "Indy", is the title character of the Indiana Jones franchise. George Lucas created the character in homage to the action heroes of 1930s film serials. The character first appeared in the 1981 film Raiders of the Lost Ark, to be followed by Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom in 1984, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade in 1989, The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles from 1992 to 1996, and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull in 2008. Jones is most famously played by Harrison Ford and has also been portrayed by River Phoenix (as the young Jones in The Last Crusade). Particularly notable facets of the character include his iconic look (bullwhip, fedora, satchel and leather jacket), sense of humor, deep knowledge of many ancient civilizations and languages, and fear of snakes. Since his first appearance in Raiders of the Lost Ark, Indiana Jones has become one of cinema's most revered characters
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Crime scene tape surrounds the area as Sacramento Police officers investigate the fatal shooting of a knife-waving suspect by police, Monday, July 11, 2016, in Sacramento, Calif. Police were called to the area by witnesses who reported a man walking down the street waving a knife over his head, and that he had a gun in his waistband. When confronted by officers the man allegedly turned toward them with the knife and was shot by police. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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Actor Wil Wheaton blamed the Berrien County Courthouse shooting in St. Joseph, Michigan, on the National Rifle Association. (Larry King Now screenshot)
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Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump gestures during a speech in Virginia Beach, Va., Monday, July 11, 2016. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
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FILE - In this May 4, 2015, file photo, Derek Jeter, right, and Hannah Davis arrive at The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating "China: Through the Looking Glass" in New York. Derek Jeter has reportedly married his longtime girlfriend, Sports Illustrated swimsuit model Hannah Davis. TMZ and the New York Post have published photos of the weekend ceremony at the Meadowood resort in California's Napa Valley. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)
