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New Jersey Democrats

  • Frank SinatraFrank Sinatra was dropped by his record label in 1952. A movie role then brought him back to the top.
  • Bruce SpringsteenBruce Springsteen threw the first acetate of his own album Born to Run into the swimming pool of his hotel in 1975. The record was being mastered while the band toured, and he was furious at what he heard. He briefly considered scrapping…
  • Stephen ColbertAt a 2006 dinner, Stephen Colbert roasted President Bush to a cold room. His show's ratings jumped 37% the next week.
  • Kirsten DunstKirsten Dunst was ten years old when she shared a screen kiss with Brad Pitt, an actor two decades her senior, and her verdict was blunt. "I thought it was gross, that Brad had cooties. I mean, I was 10," she recalled. Dunst, an American…
  • Lea MicheleLea Michele Sarfati was eight years old in 1995 when she walked onto a Broadway stage as a replacement Cosette in Les Misérables. By the 2020s she was still there, now as the headliner. In between came a Fox musical series that made her…
  • Jack NicholsonJack Nicholson improvised one line in the 1980 horror film The Shining, and it was not in the script.
  • Woodrow WilsonWoodrow Wilson ordered his own supporters to vote against his League of Nations treaty.
  • Michael DouglasMichael Douglas won a Best Picture Oscar before he was a star. He produced One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.
  • Carole KingCarole King wrote or co-wrote 118 songs that reached the Billboard Hot 100 during the second half of the 20th century. Another 61 of her songs reached the UK charts. From 1962 to 2005, no woman had more success as a songwriter on the UK…
  • Kevin SpaceyLate in the 1995 thriller Se7en, Kevin Spacey walks into the story as the serial killer John Doe, and most of the audience had no idea he was coming. His name was missing from the opening credits. It was missing from the film's…
  • Jon Bon JoviJon Bon Jovi, born John Francis Bongiovi Jr. on the 2nd of March 1962, has played more than 3,000 concerts with his band in over 50 countries. The crowds added up to more than 35 million fans. He is an American singer, songwriter and…
  • Mary J. BligeMary J. Blige has won nine Grammy Awards and a Primetime Emmy Award, and in 2024 she was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Admirers call her the Queen of Hip-Hop Soul, and also the Queen of R&B. Her career raises a few…

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