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This May 8, 2014, file photo shows an overweight man in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)
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Pizza Hut pizza, breadsticks, and cookies, as depicted in a July 2016 photo accessed from the chain's official Facebook page on July 13, 2016. (https://www.facebook.com/pizzahutus/photos/a.423403992414.204101.6053772414/10154057115487415/?type=3&theater)
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In this Aug. 30, 2012 file photo, actor Clint Eastwood addresses the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla. At the last Republican National Convention, the sight of Clint Eastwood onstage arguing to an empty chair quickly went viral. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)
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In this May 17, 2015 file photo, Taylor Swift, right, hugs Calvin Harris after winning the award for top billboard 200 album for "1989" at the Billboard Music Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. Swift has confirmed that she co-wrote ex-boyfriend’s Calvin Harris’ latest hit song under an alias, which prompted the DJ-producer to send a series of angry tweets Wednesday, July 13, 2016. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP) **FILE**
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March Eugene Ratney, 27, is facing charges after he fired roughly 17 shots at a police officer's residence and marked patrol car while screaming anti-cop obscenities, police said. (FOX 59)
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In this May 23, 2005, file photo, real estate mogul and Reality TV star Donald Trump, left, listens as Michael Sexton introduces him at a news conference in New York where he announced the establishment of Trump University. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)
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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
