His mother died of cancer when he was young. Marques Houston was reportedly offered more than $1,000,000 to pose in Playgirl Magazine but refused. ...

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Gibson was given the role originally intended for the late Tupac Shakur in the 2001 film Baby Boy; the movie was a critical success and performed fairly at the box office. In the following years, Gibson appeared in the 2003 box office success 2 Fast 2 Furious (opposite Paul Walker, with whom he formed a close friendship with during filming), as well as Flight of the Phoenix (2004), Four Brothers (2005) and Annapolis, co-starring actor James Franco and scheduled for release in 2006. He was picked as one of People Magazine's Sexiest Men of the Year in 2000. He subsequentl ...

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SEXUAL COME-ONS AT PAGAN FESTIVALS - An Open Letter to the Web of Oz

Like many another Neo-Pagan, I began life under the heavy indoctrination of Christian precepts. Like many others, I found this upbringing to be not only painful, but psychologically damaging, as well. It has taken years of disciplined work to shrug off the feelings of guilt and self-recrimination foisted upon me during those years. Especially, I remember the pain of being taught to feel shame and remorse over each and every thought I had of a sexual nature. And any overt sexual act (other than narrowly defined exceptions) was anathema -- a cause for eternal damnation. 

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Big Daddy Kane (born Antonio Hardy, 10 September 1968) is a rapper from Brooklyn, New York. He grew up in the notorious Bed-Stuy section of Brooklyn. During his career, he has worked with artists including Biz Markie, Marley Marl, Teddy Riley, Rudy Ray Moore and Barry White. Part of Marley Marl's legendary Juice Crew, he also penned lyrics for fellow members Biz Markie and Roxanne Shante. Widely regarded as one of the greatest rappers during the 'golden age' of hip hop (1986–1989), Kane's experimentation with R&B beats an ...

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Anderson Hays Cooper (born June 3, 1967) is a television journalist currently working for the CNN television network. He anchors Anderson Cooper 360°, which since November 2, 2005, has aired from 10 pm to midnight EST. Prior to that date, it aired from 8 to 9 pm. Anderson Cooper - Background. Anderson Cooper - Family. Cooper is the younger son of writer Wyatt Emory Cooper and artist, designer and writer Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt. Cooper is of mostly English and Irish ance ...

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• Anderson Cooper - Education
• Anderson Cooper - Television work
• Anderson Cooper - Channel One
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• Anderson Cooper - CNN
• Anderson Cooper - Other work
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• Anderson Cooper - Sexual orientation
• Anderson Cooper - Trivia

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McKnight's musical career was spurred by a musical childhood, in which he was a member of the church choir and a bandleader in high school. Encouraged by his older brother Claude’s band Take 6 getting a record deal, McKnight sent out demo tapes and, at the age of 19, signed his first recording deal with Mercury Records. He released his first self-titled album, Brian McKnight, in 1991. His third and final album for Mercury, 1997's < ...

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Gibson was born in the Watts Quarter in Los Angeles, California. His mother, Priscilla, raised him and his siblings as a single parent after Gibson's father left in 1983. His career began when he won a talent show at the age of 14. An appearance in a Coca-Cola advert led to wider fame, and at the age of seventeen he modelled for Tommy Hilfiger. Gibson's debut music album went platinum; his second album, 2000 Watts, shares the name of the ...

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Tyrese Darnell Gibson, Tyrese Darnell Gibson - Early life, Tyrese Darnell Gibson - Film career, Tyrese Darnell Gibson - Other work, Tyrese Darnell Gibson - Discography, Tyrese Darnell Gibson - Albums, Tyrese Darnell Gibson - Singles, Tyrese Darnell Gibson - Filmography

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Tyrese Darnell Gibson - Albums. Tyrese (1998) (US Certification: Platinum) 2000 Watts (2001) (US Certification: Gold) I Wanna Go There (2002) (US Certification: Gold) Tyrese Darnell Gibson - Singles. Nobody Else (1998) Sweet Lady (1999) How You Gonna Act Like That (2002) Signs Of Love Makin' (2003) ...

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Straight out of Denison University, Atkins starred in his first movie at the age of 19 years. The Blue Lagoon was released in 1980 and became a huge box office success. He went on to star in The Pirate Movie (1982), an update of Gilbert and Sullivan's operetta The Pirates of Penzance. He hit #71 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart with the song "How Can I Live Without Her.", which appeared in The Pirate Movie. ...

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Christopher Atkins, Christopher Atkins - Film career, Christopher Atkins - Filmography

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List of United States magazines - Men. Men's Health Esquire List of United States magazines - Women. McCall's Magazine Shape Health List of United States magazines - General. Prevention ...

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DiCaprio was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of George DiCaprio, a half Italian-half German distributor of comic books, and Irmelin Idenbirkin, a former legal secretary who was born in Germany. His name allegedly came about because his pregnant mother was standing in front of a Leonardo da Vinci painting at a museum in Italy when he kicked, which made her decide to name him after the famous artist. His parents divorce ...

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In 1994, DiCaprio was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for What's Eating Gilbert Grape. A decade later, he was nominated for his second Academy Award for his performance in The Aviator. At the Golden Globes, he has been nominated for the Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role for What's Eating Gilbert Grape; Best Performance by an Actor for Titanic; and Best Performance by an Actor for Catch Me If You Can (which co-starred Tom Hanks). DiCaprio was also nominated and won the Best Actor award (Drama) at th ...

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In 1994, DiCaprio was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for What's Eating Gilbert Grape. A decade later, he was nominated for his second Academy Award for his performance in The Aviator. At the Golden Globes, he has been nominated for the Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role for What's Eating Gilbert Grape; Best Performance by an Actor for Titanic; and Best Performance by an Actor for Catch Me If You Can (which co-starred Tom Hanks). DiCaprio was also nominated and won the Best Actor award (Drama) at th ...

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In 2002, DiCaprio began a concerted shift away from his stereotypical image and moved to engage himself with critically acclaimed directors by starring in two epic movies; Catch Me If You Can (directed by Steven Spielberg), and Gangs of New York (directed by Martin Scorsese). Both films were very well critically received. Forging a collaboration with Scorsese, DiCaprio most recently starred in the award-winning Scorsese-directed ...

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Leonardo DiCaprio, Leonardo DiCaprio - Early Career, Leonardo DiCaprio - Superstardom & 'Leo Mania', Leonardo DiCaprio - Critically Acclaimed Acting, Leonardo DiCaprio - Filmography, Leonardo DiCaprio - TV, Leonardo DiCaprio - Awards, Leonardo DiCaprio - Trivia

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Anderson Cooper - Family. Cooper is the younger son of writer Wyatt Emory Cooper and artist, designer and writer Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt. Cooper is of mostly English and Irish ancestry, as well as fairly distant Dutch roots. His father died on January 5, 1978 at age of 50 after a series of heart attacks. This is said to have affected the young Cooper "enormously." In retrospect, he has said "I think I’m a lot like my father" in several ways, including "that we look a lot alike and that we have a similar ...

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Anderson Cooper, Anderson Cooper - Background, Anderson Cooper - Family, Anderson Cooper - Education, Anderson Cooper - Television work, Anderson Cooper - Channel One, Anderson Cooper - ABC, Anderson Cooper - CNN, Anderson Cooper - Other work, Anderson Cooper - Awards, Anderson Cooper - Sexual orientation, Anderson Cooper - Trivia

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Some in the gay community believe that Cooper's sexual orientation is an "open-secret" and want him to publicly 'come out'. It has been further claimed, e.g. on blogACTIVE, that discussion of Cooper's sexuality is increasingly seen as a liability to his career and so is no longer acknowledged; "his handlers at CNN [are] known to call sites and ask editors to delete references to Anderson Cooper being gay." Blogger Andy Towle referred to Cooper as "the most openly closeted gay man in America" after reading a New York Mag ...

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Anderson Cooper, Anderson Cooper - Background, Anderson Cooper - Family, Anderson Cooper - Education, Anderson Cooper - Television work, Anderson Cooper - Channel One, Anderson Cooper - ABC, Anderson Cooper - CNN, Anderson Cooper - Other work, Anderson Cooper - Awards, Anderson Cooper - Sexual orientation, Anderson Cooper - Trivia

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Wishman's first works all revolved around the central theme of nudism (of the sort today known as naturism). In the moral climate of the day, nudism was the only way nudity could be depicted in a film without it being considered pornographic. Not that these films were considered family entertainment by any standards, but it filled the gap between mainsteam Hollywood fare and crude short sex loops shown primarily for masturbatory purposes--in the early 1960s, softcore porn ...

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Doris Wishman, Doris Wishman - 1960-1964 nudist films, Doris Wishman - 1965-1978 Sexploitation, Doris Wishman - Final films, Doris Wishman - Reference

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Shawn Michaels - Entrance music. The song, "Sexy Boy", was originally written for Michaels by Jimmy Hart, a manager who wrote many entrance themes. Hart thanked Michaels personally for continuing to use the song as his entrance music when he was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2005. Michaels's entrance music was originaly performed by Sherri Martel until she left the company and then the 2nd version that is used today performed by Shawn Michaels himself with traces ...

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