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Cuba Gooding Jr.
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Cuba Gooding Jr.

Actor · born January 2, 1968

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Cuba Mark Gooding Jr. is an American actor. After his breakthrough role as Tre Styles in Boyz n the Hood (1991), he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor playing a football star in Jerry Maguire (1996).

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  1. 29Received the Academy Award for Best Supporting ActorMarch 24, 1997

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Isaac Asimov

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1920–1992 · United States

Isaac Asimov was an American writer and professor of biochemistry at Boston University. During his lifetime, Asimov was considered one of the "Big Three" science fiction writers, along with Robert A. Heinlein and Arthur C. Clarke.

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Kemi Badenoch

Politician

1980 · United Kingdom

Olukemi Olufunto Adegoke "Kemi" Badenoch is a British politician who has served as Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the Conservative Party since 2024. Badenoch previously worked in the Cabinet for prime ministers Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak from 2022 to 2024.

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Kate Bosworth

Actor

1983 · United States

Catherine Anne Bosworth is an American actress. Following minor roles in the films The Horse Whisperer (1998) and Remember the Titans (2000), she had a leading role in the movie Blue Crush (2002).

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Tia Carrere

Actor

1967 · United States

Althea Rae Duhinio Janairo, known professionally as Tia Carrere, is an American actress and singer who got her first big break as a regular on the daytime soap opera General Hospital.

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