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Linda Perry

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Linda Perry (born April 15, 1965) is an American rock musician, songwriter, and record producer. Once known as the lead singer and primary songwriter of 4 Non Blondes, Perry has founded two record labels, composing and producing hit songs for several other successful female singers. They include Pink, whom she mentored, and who had a number 1 hit with Perry’s “Get the Party Started”. Others include Christina Aguilera (who had a number 1 hit with Perry’s “Beautiful”), Gwen Stefani (“What You Waiting For?” from her album Love. Angel. Music. Baby.), and Grace Slick (“Knock Me Out”). Perry has also contributed heavily to albums by Courtney Love and Kelly Osbourne as well as signing and distributing James Blunt in the United States.

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Fallon Fox

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Fallon Fox is an American mixed martial artist (MMA). She is notable as the first known transgender athlete in MMA.

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Peyton Siva

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Peyton Robert Siva, Jr. (born October 24, 1990) is a point guard for the Louisville Cardinals men’s basketball team.

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Spike Albrecht

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The 2012â13 Michigan Wolverines men’s basketball team represents the University of Michigan during the 2012â13 NCAA Division I men’s basketball season. The team plays its home games in Ann Arbor, Michigan at the Crisler Center, which has a capacity of 12,693, for the forty-sixth consecutive year. This season marks the team’s ninety-sixth consecutive year as a member of the Big Ten Conference. The team is led by 6th-year head coach John Beilein. The team fell short of defending its 2011â12 Big Ten Conference men’s basketball season regular season championship.

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Chris Webber

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Mayce Edward Christopher “Chris” Webber III (born March 1, 1973), nicknamed C-Webb, is a retired American professional basketball player. He is a five-time NBA All-Star, a former All-NBA First Teamer, a former NBA Rookie of the Year, and a former #1 overall NBA Draftee. As a collegiate athlete, he was an NCAA Men’s Basketball first team All-American and led the University of Michigan Wolverines’ 1991 incoming freshman class known as the Fab Five that reached the 1992 and 1993 NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Championship games as freshmen and sophomores. However, Webber was indicted by a federal grand jury and stripped of his All-American honors by the NCAA as a result of his direct involvement in the Ed Martin scandal. He is also a former National High School Basketball Player of the Year who led his high school Detroit Country Day to three Michigan State High School Basketball Championships.

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NCAA Championship Game

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The NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Championship is a single-elimination tournament played each spring in the United States, currently featuring 68 college basketball teams, to determine the national championship of the major college basketball teams. The tournament, organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), was created during 1939 by the National Association of Basketball Coaches, and was the idea of Ohio State University coach Harold Olsen. Played mostly during March, it is known informally as March Madness or the Big Dance, and has become one of the most famous annual sporting events in the United States. The NCAA has credited Bob Walsh of the Seattle Organizing Committee for starting the March Madness celebration during 1984.

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Annette Funicello

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Annette Joanne Funicello (October 22, 1942 â April 8, 2013) was an American actress and singer. Beginning her professional career as a child performer at the age of twelve, Funicello rose to prominence as one of the most popular “Mouseketeers” on the original Mickey Mouse Club. As a teenager, she transitioned to a successful career as a singer with the pop singles “Tall Paul” and “Pineapple Princess”, as well as establishing herself as a film actress, popularizing the successful “Beach Party” genre alongside co-star Frankie Avalon during the mid-1960s.

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Joel Osteen

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Joel Scott Osteen (born March 5, 1963) is an American author, televangelist, and the senior pastor of Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas. His ministry reaches over seven million broadcast media viewers weekly in over 100 nations around the world. The claims he recently rejected Christianity and left his ministerial post are hoaxes.

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Margaret Thatcher

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Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, LG, OM, PC, FRS, nÃ©e Roberts (13 October 1925 â 8 April 2013), was a British politician, the longest-serving (1979â1990) Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of the 20th century, and the only woman to have held the post. A Soviet journalist called her the “Iron Lady”, a nickname which became associated with her uncompromising politics and leadership style. As Prime Minister, she implemented Conservative policies that have come to be known as Thatcherism.

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George Strait

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George Harvey Strait (born May 18, 1952) is an American country music singer, actor, and music producer. Strait is referred to as the “King of Country” and has been called a living legend by some critics. He is known for his unique style of western swing music, bar-room ballads, honky-tonk style, and fresh yet traditional country music. George Strait holds the world record for more number-one hit singles than any other artist in the history of music on any chart or in any genre, having recorded 59 number-one hit singles as of 2012.