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Oliver Mansour Jackson-Cohen is an English film actor and model. He is best known for his role as Adrian Griffin in the 2020 remake of The Invisible Man and for his roles in The Haunting of Hill House. He also had a recurring role in the 2013 television series Dracula.
The National Basketball Association Finals is the championship series for the NBA and the conclusion of its postseason. All Finals have been played in a best-of-seven format, and are contested between the winners of the Eastern Conference and the Western Conference. The Boston Celtics and the MinneapolisLos Angeles Lakers alone own almost half of the titles, having won a combined...
YouTube is an American online video-sharing platform headquartered in San Bruno, California. Three former PayPal employees created the service in February 2005. YouTube allows users to upload, view, rate, share, add to playlists, report, comment on videos, and subscribe to other users. Google bought the site in November 2006 for US$1. 65 billion; YouTube now operates as one of Google’s subsidiaries.
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948), also known as Mahatma Gandhi, was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist, and political ethicist. He led the successful campaign for India’s independence from British rule, and in turn inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world. He was assassinated by Nathuram Godse, a Hindu nationalist, who fired three bullets...
Millie Bobby Brown stars as the title character, while also serving as a producer on the film. Henry Cavill, Sam Claflin, Adeel Akhtar, Fiona Shaw, Frances de la Tour, Louis Partridge, Susie Wokoma and Helena Bonham Carter appear in supporting roles. The distribution rights to the film were taken over by Netflix due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Los Angeles Lakers are an American professional basketball team based in Los Angeles. The team plays in the National Basketball Association. The Lakers have won 17 NBA championships, tied with the Boston Celtics for the most in NBA history. Twenty-six Hall of Famers have played for Los Angeles, while four have coached the team.
The Proud Boys is a far-right, neo-fascist, and male-only white nationalist organization that promotes and engages in political violence in the United States and Canada. The name is derived from the song “Proud of Your Boy” from the 2011 Disney musical Aladdin. The group has been banned from numerous social networks, including Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.
Kayla Jean Mueller was an American human rights activist and humanitarian aid worker. She was taken captive in August 2013 in Aleppo, Syria, after leaving a Doctors Without Borders hospital. Mueller’s parents asked President Obama in a letter to consider trading Mueller for Aafia Siddiqui, a convicted terrorist serving 86 years in federal prison.
John Winston Ono Lennon MBE was an English singer, songwriter and peace activist. He achieved worldwide fame as the founder, co-lead vocalist, and rhythm guitarist of the Beatles. His songwriting partnership with Paul McCartney remains the most successful in history. In 1969, he started the Plastic Ono Band with his second wife, Yoko Ono. He was shot and killed in...
American Murder: The Family Next Door is an American true crime documentary film directed by Jenny Popplewell. The film tells the story of the 2018 Watts family murders, which took place in Frederick, Colorado. It was released on Netflix on September 30, 2020.