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Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, center, takes the elevator to a news conference on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, June 21, 2016 in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. listens at left as Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 21, 2016, following their policy luncheon. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Brooke Shields is an American actress, model and former child star. Initially a child model, she gained critical acclaim for her leading role in Louis Malle's controversial filmPretty Baby (1978), in which she played a child prostitute in New Orleans at the turn of the 20th century. The role garnered Shields widespread notoriety, and she continued to model into her late teenage years and starred in several dramas in the 1980s, including The Blue Lagoon (1980), and Franco Zeffirelli's Endless Love (1981). Brooke Christa Shields was born in Manhattan, the daughter of Teri and Francis Alexander Shields (19412003), a businessman. Through her father's side, she has Italian, French, Irish, and English roots, along with high social position and relations to nobility. According to research by William Addams Reitwiesner published in 1995, Brooke Shields has ancestral links with a number of noble families from Italy, in particular from Genoa and Rome. These are namely (in chronological order of descent from 1355 to 1965) the Gattilusi-Palaiologos-Savoy; Grimaldi; Imperiali; Carafa; Doria; Doria-Pamphili-Landi; Chigi-Albani; and Torlonia dynasties. Her paternal grandmother was the Italian princess Donna Marina Torlonia (Donna Marina was the daughter of an Italian nobleman and an American socialite). (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
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Anderson Cooper is an American journalist, author and television personality. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
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Devon Aoki is an American actress and fashion model. Aoki was born in 1982 in New York City, and grew up in California and London, attending high school at The American School in London. Her Japanese father, Hiroaki "Rocky" Aoki, a former wrestler, was the founder of the Benihana restaurant chain and owned it until his death on July 10, 2008. Her mother, Pamela Hilburger, is a jewelry designer and a painter of German and English heritage. She is the half-sister of DJ and record producer Steve Aoki. (Photo by John Salangsang/Invision/AP)
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Rashida Jones is an American actress, comic book author, film producer, singer, and screenwriter. She is known for playing Ann Perkins on NBC's comedy Parks and Recreation, Louisa Fenn on Fox's Boston Public, and Karen Filippelli on The Office. She has had film roles in I Love You, Man (2009), Our Idiot Brother (2011), The Social Network (2010), The Muppets(2011), and Celeste and Jesse Forever (2012), for which she wrote the screenplay. She now plays the lead role in the TBS comedy series, Angie Tribeca. Jones was born in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of actress Peggy Lipton and musician and record producer Quincy Jones. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
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Jake and Maggie Gyllenhaal children of film producer and screenwriter Naomi Foner and film director Stephen Gyllenhaal. (Photo by John Shearer/Invision/AP)
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Giada De Laurentiis is an Italian-born American chef, writer, television personality, and the host of the current Food Network television program Giada at Home. She also appears regularly as a contributor and guest co-host on NBC's Today. De Laurentiis is the founder of the catering business GDL Foods. She is a winner of the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lifestyle Host, and in 2012, she was inducted into the Culinary Hall of Fame. Giada De Laurentiis was born in Rome, Italy, the eldest child of actress Veronica De Laurentiis and her first husband, actor-producer Alex De Benedetti. De Benedetti was a close associate of Giada's maternal grandfather, film producer Dino De Laurentiis. (Photo by Scott Roth/Invision/AP)
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Paris and Nicky Hilton are American businesswomen, socialites, television personalities, model, actress, and author. They are the great-granddaughters of Conrad Hilton, the founder of Hilton Hotels. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)
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Bryce Dallas Howard is an American film actress and director. She made her acting debut as an extra in her father Ron Howard's film Parenthood (1989) and went on to have small roles in films and make stage appearances for the next several years. During this time, Howard also attended New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, later receiving a BFA and moving on to professional drama schools. After she came to the attention of M. Night Shyamalan, he cast her in what would be her breakout film, the psychological thriller The Village (2004) and then in the fantasy thrillerLady in the Water (2006). Her performance in As You Like It (2006), directed by Kenneth Branagh and based on the play of the same name by William Shakespeare, earned her a Golden Globe Award nomination. In 2006, she co-wrote and directed the short film Orchids. Howard was born in Los Angeles, California, to writer Cheryl Howard Crew and actor-director Ron Howard, on March 2, 1981. Through her father, she is a granddaughter of actors Rance Howard (born Harold Rance Beckenholdt) and Jean Speegle Howard and a niece of actor Clint Howard. Her godfather is actor Henry Winkler,[3] who co-starred on Happy Days with her father. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
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Paul Giamatti is an American actor. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for the film Cinderella Man and is also known for his roles in the films Private Parts, Sideways, American Splendor, The Illusionist, Cold Souls, Barney's Version, Big Fat Liar, Love & Mercy, Straight Outta Compton, and Win Win, as well as the miniseries John Adams and Downton Abbey. He has won two Golden Globe Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award and four Screen Actors Guild Awards. Giamatti was born June 6, 1967, in New Haven, Connecticut, the youngest of three children. His father, A. Bartlett Giamatti (Angelo Bartlett Giamatti), was a Yale University professor who later became president of the university and commissioner of Major League Baseball. (Photo by Rich Fury/Invision/AP)
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Miley Cyrus is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. Born and raised in Franklin, Tennessee, she held minor roles in the television series Docand 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 was born on November 23, 1992, in Franklin, Tennessee, a suburb of Nashville, to Letitia Jean Tish (Finley) Cyrus and country singer Billy Ray Cyrus. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)
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XXX arrives at the 43rd Annual Academy of Country Music Awards on Sunday, May 18, 2008, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken)
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Tori Spelling is an American actress, television personality and author. Her first major role was Donna Martin on Beverly Hills, 90210 in 1990, produced by her father. She appeared in a string of made-for-television films, including A Friend to Die For (1994) and Mother, May I Sleep with Danger? (1996), and rose to prominence through her roles in independent films such as The House of Yes (1997), Trick (1999) and Cthulhu (2007). She reprised her prominent role of Donna Martin in Beverly Hills, 90210's spin-off, 90210, in 2009. Spelling's autobiography, Stori Telling, debuted on top of the New York Times Best Seller list and was named the best celebrity autobiography of 2009.[4] Spelling was born on May 16, 1973 in Los Angeles, California. She is the daughter of Candy and television and film producer Aaron Spelling (1923–2006). (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg)
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Jamie Lee Curtis is an American actress and author. She made her film debut in 1978 by starring as Laurie Strode in John Carpenter's Halloween (1978). A big hit, the film established her as a notable actress in horror, and she subsequently starred in Halloween II (1981), The Fog (1980), Prom Night (1980), Terror Train (1980), and Roadgames (1981), gaining the status of "scream queen" to mainstream audiences. Curtis has since compiled a body of work that spans many genres, including the cult comedy films Trading Places (1983), for which she won aBAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role, A Fish Called Wanda (1988), and True Lies (1994), for which she won a Golden Globe for Best Actress in Musical or Comedy. Curtis was born in Santa Monica, California, to actor Tony Curtis and actress Janet Leigh. (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg)
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Chevy Chase is an American actor, comedian, writer, and producer. Born into a prominent New York family, he worked a plethora of strange jobs before moving into comedy and began acting with National Lampoon. He immediately became a key cast member in the debut season of Saturday Night Live, where his recurring Weekend Update segment soon became a staple of the show. Chase was born in Lower Manhattan, New York, and was raised in Woodstock, New York. His father, Edward Tinsley ‘Ned’ Chase, was a prominent Manhattan book editor and magazine writer. His mother, Cathalene Parker, a concert pianist and librettist, was the daughter of Admiral Miles Browning, who served a critical role at the Battle of Midway in World War II; she was adopted as a child by her stepfather, Cornelius Vanderbilt Crane, heir to The Crane Company, and took the name Cathalene Crane. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg)
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Nicole Richie is an American fashion designer, author, actress and television personality. Richie rose to prominence for her role in the Fox reality television series, The Simple Life, alongside her childhood best friend and fellow socialite Paris Hilton, which lasted five seasons. The Simple Life was a hit for the Fox network, premiering with 13 million viewers. Richie's personal life attracted significant media attention during The Simple Life's five-year run, and she was a constant fixture of tabloid journalism before and after her appearance. Richie was born in Berkeley, California, and has Mexican, English and African-American ancestry. Her biological father is Peter Michael Escovedo, a musician who briefly played with singer Lionel Richie, and her biological mother, Karen Moss, was the executive assistant for Nicole's aunt, Sheila E. When she was three, her parents agreed to let her move in with Brenda Harvey and Lionel Richie because they could not afford to provide for her financially. My parents were friends with Lionel, she told People in 2003. They trusted that they would be better able to provide for me. Initially, Lionel Richie became her guardian. Brenda and Lionel legally adopted Nicole when she was nine. (AP Photo/Eric Jamison)
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Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page, left, and singer Robert Plant appear at a press conference ahead of the worldwide theatrical release of "Celebration Day," a concert film of their 2007 London O2 arena reunion show, in New York, in this Oct. 9, 2012, file photo. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
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Don McLean rides a float in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York, in this Nov. 22, 2012, file photo. McLean and his wife have finalized their divorce and agreed to a $10 million settlement. A spokesman for McLean said Monday, June 20, 2016, that the singer “chose to ignore a premarital agreement” and provide the settlement. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes, File)
