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Canadian emigrants to the United States

  • Drake (musician)Drake's 2006 mixtape Room for Improvement sold roughly 6,000 copies and earned him $304.04.
  • Elon MuskIn 2001, Elon Musk traveled to Moscow twice to buy missiles, hoping to launch a plant greenhouse to Mars.
  • Louis B. MayerLouis B. Mayer pushed a junk cart as a boy, then became America's highest-paid man.
  • Emi NakamuraEmi Nakamura found that many recorded price changes were just temporary sales.
  • Jack L. WarnerJack Warner once rushed onstage at the Oscars and took a trophy that was not his. The prize was for Casablanca.
  • James CameronJames Cameron dropped alone to the deepest point on Earth in 2012. He stayed more than three hours on the bottom.
  • Saul BellowSaul Bellow learned he had entered the U.S. illegally as a child when he tried to enlist. He became a citizen in 1941.
  • Ryan ReynoldsRyan Reynolds gave up his usual fee so the Deadpool film would get made.
  • Alanis MorissetteAlanis Morissette recorded a demo cassette in August 1989 and sent it to Geffen Records. The tape has never been heard. It was stolen, along with other records, in a burglary of the label's headquarters in October 1989. Whatever it held is…
  • Alexander Graham BellAlexander Graham Bell was honored after his death in an unusual way. When his funeral ended, for one minute at 6:25 p.m. Eastern Time, every telephone on the continent of North America was silenced. The man being remembered is credited…
  • Chris Perkins (game designer)Chris Perkins retired from Dungeons and Dragons in April 2025 and joined Critical Role's game company by June.
  • Joe ShusterSuperman's city of Metropolis was modeled on Toronto, where artist Joe Shuster grew up.
  • Lorne MichaelsLorne Michaels once offered The Beatles $3,000 to reunite on live TV. It came in Saturday Night Live's first season.
  • Catherine O'HaraCatherine O'Hara, the Canadian and American actress and comedian, became the first woman to win an individual Actor Awards trophy after her death. The prize honored her work on the Apple TV+ series The Studio, and the show's co-creator,…
  • Michael J. FoxMichael J. Fox once worked two months of days that began with rehearsals at 10 a.m. and ended with filming at 2:30 the next morning. Those were the hours of 1985. By day he rehearsed the sitcom Family Ties. By night he rushed to the set of…
  • William DearA musical short for the song "Rio" won William Dear his first big film job. Michael Nesmith hired him for Timerider.

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