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Things that surprised you to learn about some celebrities:

  1. Bizarre Foods host Andrew Zimmern was once a homeless heroin addict.
  2. Alice Cooper is a devout Christian and an excellent golfer.
  3. Bing Crosby advocated the legalization of marijuana.
  4. Ruth Westheimer (“Dr Ruth”) trained as a sniper in the Israeli army.
  5. Jack Kerouac was a star high school running back, and was offered a football scholarship to Notre Dame.
  6. Whoopi Goldberg is a great-grandmother.
  7. Tim Allen spent 2½ years in prison for drug trafficking.
  8. Dolph Lundgren has a degree in chemistry fromWashington State University, a degree in chemical engineering from theRoyal Institute of Technologyin Stockholm and a Master’s Degree in Chemical Engineering from theUniversity of Sydney
  9. Ken Jeong has a medical degree and was a practicing physician when he decided to switch careers to comedy. He is still licensed to practice medicine in California.
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Things that surprised you to learn about some celebrities:

  1. Bizarre Foods host Andrew Zimmern was once a homeless heroin addict.
  2. Alice Cooper is a devout Christian and an excellent golfer.
  3. Bing Crosby advocated the legalization of marijuana.
  4. Ruth Westheimer (“Dr Ruth”) trained as a sniper in the Israeli army.
  5. Jack Kerouac was a star high school running back, and was offered a football scholarship to Notre Dame.
  6. Whoopi Goldberg is a great-grandmother.
  7. Tim Allen spent 2½ years in prison for drug trafficking.
  8. Dolph Lundgren has a degree in chemistry fromWashington State University, a degree in chemical engineering from theRoyal Institute of Technologyin Stockholm and a Master’s Degree in Chemical Engineering from theUniversity of Sydney
  9. Ken Jeong has a medical degree and was a practicing physician when he decided to switch careers to comedy. He is still licensed to practice medicine in California.
  10. Mindy Cohn (Natalie from Facts of Life) is a very close friend of Brad Pitt and godmother to his twins with Angelina Jolie
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Things that surprised you to learn about some celebrities:

  1. Bizarre Foods host Andrew Zimmern was once a homeless heroin addict.
  2. Alice Cooper is a devout Christian and an excellent golfer.
  3. Bing Crosby advocated the legalization of marijuana.
  4. Ruth Westheimer (“Dr Ruth”) trained as a sniper in the Israeli army.
  5. Jack Kerouac was a star high school running back, and was offered a football scholarship to Notre Dame.
  6. Whoopi Goldberg is a great-grandmother.
  7. Tim Allen spent 2½ years in prison for drug trafficking.
  8. Dolph Lundgren has a degree in chemistry fromWashington State University, a degree in chemical engineering from theRoyal Institute of Technologyin Stockholm and a Master’s Degree in Chemical Engineering from theUniversity of Sydney
  9. Ken Jeong has a medical degree and was a practicing physician when he decided to switch careers to comedy. He is still licensed to practice medicine in California.
  10. Mindy Cohn (Natalie from Facts of Life) is a very close friend of Brad Pitt and godmother to his twins with Angelina Jolie
  11. Chris Farley of “SNL” named his hapless motivational speaker Matt Foley after a buddy of his at Marquette University. The real Matt Foley became a Catholic priest, presided at Farley’s funeral Mass, and served as an Army chaplain in Afghanistan.
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Things that surprised you to learn about some celebrities:

  1. Bizarre Foods host Andrew Zimmern was once a homeless heroin addict.
  2. Alice Cooper is a devout Christian and an excellent golfer.
  3. Bing Crosby advocated the legalization of marijuana.
  4. Ruth Westheimer (“Dr Ruth”) trained as a sniper in the Israeli army.
  5. Jack Kerouac was a star high school running back, and was offered a football scholarship to Notre Dame.
  6. Whoopi Goldberg is a great-grandmother.
  7. Tim Allen spent 2½ years in prison for drug trafficking.
  8. Dolph Lundgren has a degree in chemistry fromWashington State University, a degree in chemical engineering from theRoyal Institute of Technologyin Stockholm and a Master’s Degree in Chemical Engineering from theUniversity of Sydney
  9. Ken Jeong has a medical degree and was a practicing physician when he decided to switch careers to comedy. He is still licensed to practice medicine in California.
  10. Mindy Cohn (Natalie from Facts of Life) is a very close friend of Brad Pitt and godmother to his twins with Angelina Jolie
  11. Chris Farley of “SNL” named his hapless motivational speaker Matt Foley after a buddy of his at Marquette University. The real Matt Foley became a Catholic priest, presided at Farley’s funeral Mass, and served as an Army chaplain in Afghanistan.
  12. Voluminous actor BRIAN BLESSED! once sparred with the Dalai Lama. Is also the oldest man to trek to the North Magnetic Pole on foot,
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Things that surprised you to learn about some celebrities:

  1. Bizarre Foods host Andrew Zimmern was once a homeless heroin addict.
  2. Alice Cooper is a devout Christian and an excellent golfer.
  3. Bing Crosby advocated the legalization of marijuana.
  4. Ruth Westheimer (“Dr Ruth”) trained as a sniper in the Israeli army.
  5. Jack Kerouac was a star high school running back, and was offered a football scholarship to Notre Dame.
  6. Whoopi Goldberg is a great-grandmother.
  7. Tim Allen spent 2½ years in prison for drug trafficking.
  8. Dolph Lundgren has a degree in chemistry fromWashington State University, a degree in chemical engineering from theRoyal Institute of Technologyin Stockholm and a Master’s Degree in Chemical Engineering from theUniversity of Sydney
  9. Ken Jeong has a medical degree and was a practicing physician when he decided to switch careers to comedy. He is still licensed to practice medicine in California.
  10. Mindy Cohn (Natalie from Facts of Life) is a very close friend of Brad Pitt and godmother to his twins with Angelina Jolie
  11. Chris Farley of “SNL” named his hapless motivational speaker Matt Foley after a buddy of his at Marquette University. The real Matt Foley became a Catholic priest, presided at Farley’s funeral Mass, and served as an Army chaplain in Afghanistan.
  12. Voluminous actor BRIAN BLESSED! once sparred with the Dalai Lama. Is also the oldest man to trek to the North Magnetic Pole on foot,
  13. Comedian Jackie Mason is a rabbi.

New topic: Actors/Actresses who’ve won both Oscars and Emmys

  1. Helen Hunt
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Surely, singular. Only seven have won multiples: Meryl Streep, Jessica Lange, Sally Field, Dianne Wiest, Maggie Smith, Ingrid Bergman, and Peter Ustinov. It’s interesting that there are six women and only one man in this group. Way to go girls!
Actors/Actresses who’ve won both an Oscar and an Emmy

  1. Helen Hunt
  2. Emma Thompson
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Actors/Actresses who’ve won both an Oscar and an Emmy

  1. Helen Hunt
  2. Emma Thompson
  3. Robert Duvall
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Actors/Actresses who’ve won both an Oscar and an Emmy

  1. Helen Hunt
  2. Emma Thompson
  3. Robert Duvall
  4. Robin Williams
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Actors/Actresses who’ve won both an Oscar and an Emmy

  1. Helen Hunt
  2. Emma Thompson
  3. Robert Duvall
  4. Robin Williams
  5. Barbra Streisand
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Actors/Actresses who’ve won both an Oscar and an Emmy

  1. Helen Hunt
  2. Emma Thompson
  3. Robert Duvall
  4. Robin Williams
  5. Barbra Streisand
  6. Rita Moreno
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Actors/Actresses who’ve won both an Oscar and an Emmy

  1. Helen Hunt
  2. Emma Thompson
  3. Robert Duvall
  4. Robin Williams
  5. Barbra Streisand
  6. Rita Moreno
  7. Angela Lansbury
    She’s also won a Grammy, some Golden Globes, and several Tonys
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Actors/Actresses who’ve won both an Oscar and an Emmy

  1. Helen Hunt
  2. Emma Thompson
  3. Robert Duvall
  4. Robin Williams
  5. Barbra Streisand
  6. Rita Moreno
  7. Angela Lansbury
  8. Al Pacino
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Actors/Actresses who’ve won both an Oscar and an Emmy

  1. Helen Hunt
  2. Emma Thompson
  3. Robert Duvall
  4. Robin Williams
  5. Barbra Streisand
  6. Rita Moreno
  7. Angela Lansbury
  8. Al Pacino
  9. Dustin Hoffman

(Emmy for “Death of a Salesman” in the mid-80s.)

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Actors/Actresses who’ve won both an Oscar and an Emmy

  1. Helen Hunt
  2. Emma Thompson
  3. Robert Duvall
  4. Robin Williams
  5. Barbra Streisand
  6. Rita Moreno
  7. Angela Lansbury
  8. Al Pacino
  9. Dustin Hoffman
  10. Tommy Lee Jones

Won an Emmy for The Executioner’s Song and an Oscar for The Fugitive

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:: what was Pacino’s Emmy? ::

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Actors/Actresses who’ve won both an Oscar and an Emmy

  1. Helen Hunt
  2. Emma Thompson
  3. Robert Duvall
  4. Robin Williams
  5. Barbra Streisand
  6. Rita Moreno
  7. Angela Lansbury
  8. Al Pacino
  9. Dustin Hoffman
  10. Tommy Lee Jones
  11. Helen Mirren
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He’s won two, for Angels in America (about the AIDS epedimic) and You Don’t Know Jack (about Jack Kevorkian).

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Actors/Actresses who’ve won both an Oscar and an Emmy

  1. Helen Hunt
  2. Emma Thompson
  3. Robert Duvall
  4. Robin Williams
  5. Barbra Streisand
  6. Rita Moreno
  7. Angela Lansbury
  8. Al Pacino
  9. Dustin Hoffman
  10. Tommy Lee Jones
  11. Helen Mirren
  12. Peter Ustinov
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Actors/Actresses who’ve won both an Oscar and an Emmy

  1. Helen Hunt
  2. Emma Thompson
  3. Robert Duvall
  4. Robin Williams
  5. Barbra Streisand
  6. Rita Moreno
  7. Angela Lansbury
  8. Al Pacino
  9. Dustin Hoffman
  10. Tommy Lee Jones
  11. Helen Mirren
  12. Peter Ustinov
  13. Meryl Streep

New category: Movies that have been rated NC-17

  1. Henry & June
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New category: Movies that have been rated NC-17

  1. Henry & June
  2. Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer