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Simon Cowell and Spencer Pratt
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Simon Cowell greets his fans at the ‘American Idol’ finale
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Miley Cyrus arrives for Disney’s 2nd Annual Concert For Hope at the Nokia Theatre on October 25, 2009 in Los Angeles, California
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Ojani Noa and Jennifer Lopez in 1997
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The Kardashians Dazzle At Lamar Odom’s Rich Soil Fashion Line Launch Party
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Dennis Hopper of the television show ‘Crash’ speaks during the Starz Network segment of the Television Critics Association Press Tour, Pasadena, Calif., July 29, 2009
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Shaun Robison with the ‘New Moon’ wolf pack Alex Meraz, Bronson Pelletier, Kiowa Gordon and Chaske Spencer, LA, Nov. 6, 2009
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Jon Hamm as Don Draper in ‘Mad Men’
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Simon Cowell attends auditions for ‘American Idol’ Season 8 at Chelsea Piers on August 26, 2008 in New York City
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Simon Cowell arrives at the 17th Annual Elton John AIDS Foundation’s Academy Award Viewing Party held at the Pacific Design Center on February 22, 2009 in Hollywood, California
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New ‘American Idol’ judge Ellen DeGeneres on ‘The Ellen DeGeneres Show’
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Ellen DeGeneres performs at a taping of '‘Ellen’s Even Bigger Really Big Show’’ during The Comedy Festival at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace on November 20, 2008 in Las Vegas, Nevada
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