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Winnie-the-Pooh
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Winnie-the-Pooh (original version from 1926)
Author A. A. Milne
Illustrator E. H. Shepard
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Publisher Methuen & Co. Ltd. (London)
Publication date 1926-10-14

Winnie-the-Pooh, commonly shortened to Pooh Bear and once referred to as Edward Bear, is a fictional bear created by A. A. Milne. Alan Alexander Milne (ˈmɪln (18 January 1882 &ndash 31 January 1956 was an English Author, best known for his Books about the Teddy bear Ernest Howard Shepard ( December 10, 1879 – March 24, 1976) was an English Artist and book Illustrator. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States Publishing is the process of production and dissemination of Literature or Information &ndash the activity of making information available for public view Methuen Publishing Ltd is a British Publishing house and publishes in the areas of Theatre and Drama. Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1066 - Norman Conquest: Battle of Hastings - In England on Senlac Hill seven miles from Hastings, the forces Alan Alexander Milne (ˈmɪln (18 January 1882 &ndash 31 January 1956 was an English Author, best known for his Books about the Teddy bear The character first appeared in book form in Winnie-the-Pooh (1926) and The House at Pooh Corner (1928). Winnie-the-Pooh (1926 is the first volume of stories about Winnie-the-Pooh, by A The House at Pooh Corner (1928 is the second volume of stories about Winnie-the-Pooh, by A Milne also included several poems about Winnie-the-Pooh in the children’s poetry books When We Were Very Young and Now We Are Six. When We Were Very Young is a book by A A Milne containing forty-four Poems. Now We Are Six is a book of thirty-five children's verses by A All four volumes were illustrated by E. H. Shepard. For the vector -based drawing program by Adobe Systems, see Adobe Illustrator. Ernest Howard Shepard ( December 10, 1879 – March 24, 1976) was an English Artist and book Illustrator.

The hyphens in the character's name were later dropped when The Walt Disney Company adapted the Pooh stories into a series of Winnie the Pooh featurettes that became one of the company's most successful franchises worldwide. The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh is a full-length animated Film produced by Walt Disney Productions and first released on March 11

The Pooh stories have been translated into many languages, notably including Alexander Lenard's Latin translation, Winnie ille Pu, which was first published in 1958, and, in 1960, became the first foreign-language book to be featured on the New York Times Bestseller List, and is the only book in Latin ever to have been featured therein. Alexander Lenard (Lénárd Sándor Latin: Alexandrus Lenardus 9 March 1910 - 13 April 1972) was a Hungarian physician Latin ( lingua Latīna, laˈtiːna is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. The New York Times Best Seller List is widely considered to be the preeminent list of best-selling books in the United States.

Contents

History

Origin

Original Winnie the Pooh stuffed toys. Clockwise from bottom left: Tigger, Kanga, Edward Bear ("Winnie the Pooh"), Eeyore, and Piglet.
Original Winnie the Pooh stuffed toys. Clockwise from bottom left: Tigger, Kanga, Edward Bear ("Winnie the Pooh"), Eeyore, and Piglet. Tigger is a fictional Tiger character originally introduced in A This article is on the fictional character in the books and cartoons about Winnie-the-Pooh. Eeyore ( is a character in the Winnie-the-Pooh Book series by A

Milne named the character Winnie-the-Pooh after a teddy bear owned by his son, Christopher Robin Milne, who was the basis for the character Christopher Robin. The teddy bear is a stuffed Toy Bear. It is an enduring traditional form of a Stuffed animal, often serving the purpose of comforting children Christopher Robin Milne (21 August 1920 &ndash 20 April 1996 was the son of author Alan Alexander Milne and Dorothy de Sélincourt. Christopher Robin is a character created by A A Milne. After the rights were sold he has subsequently appeared in Disney cartoons His toys also lent their names to most of the other characters, except for Owl and Rabbit, who were probably based on real animals, and the Gopher character, who was added in the Disney version. Christopher Robin's toy bear is now on display at the Donnell Library Center Central Children's Room in New York. The Donnell Library Center is a branch of the New York City Library at 20 West 53rd Street just north of Rockefeller Center. The City of New York [1]

Harry Colebourne and Winnie 1914
Harry Colebourne and Winnie 1914

Christopher Milne had named his teddy after Winnipeg, a bear which he and his father often saw at London Zoo, and "Pooh", a swan they had met while on holiday. Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year ZSL London Zoo is the world's oldest scientific Zoo. It was opened in London on April 27 1828, and was originally intended to be used Winnipeg the Bear was purchased from a hunter for $20 by Canadian Lieutenant Harry Colebourn in White River, Ontario, Canada, while en-route to England during the First World War. Harry Colebourn ( April 12, 1887 &ndash September 24 1947) was born in Birmingham, England and immigrated to Canada White River (population 841 is a township located in Ontario, Canada, on the intersection of Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page He named the bear "Winnipeg" after his hometown in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Winnipeg (ˈwɪnɨpɛg is the capital and largest city in the Canadian province of Manitoba, and 7th largest municipality in Canada with a population "Winnie", as she became known, was surreptitiously brought to England with her owner, and gained unofficial recognition as a regimental mascot. Colebourn left Winnie at the London Zoo while he and his unit were in France; after the war she was officially donated to the zoo, as she had become a much loved attraction there. Among her many young fans was Christopher Milne, who named his own teddy bear "Winnie". [2] Pooh the swan appears as a character in its own right in When We Were Very Young. When We Were Very Young is a book by A A Milne containing forty-four Poems.

In the first chapter of Winnie-the-Pooh, Milne offers this explanation of why Winnie-the-Pooh is often called simply "Pooh": "But his arms were so stiff . Winnie-the-Pooh (1926 is the first volume of stories about Winnie-the-Pooh, by A . . they stayed up straight in the air for more than a week, and whenever a fly came and settled on his nose he had to blow it off. And I think - but I am not sure - that that is why he is always called Pooh. "

The home of the Milnes, Ashdown Forest in East Sussex, England, was the basis for the setting of the Winnie-the-Pooh stories. Ashdown Forest is in the county of East Sussex, in South East England is an open area of of heathland together with pine birch and oak woodland in the High East Sussex is a county in South East England. It is bordered by the counties of Kent, Surrey and West Sussex, and to the England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland The name of the fictional "Hundred Acre Wood" is reminiscent of the Five Hundred Acre Wood, which lies just outside Ashdown Forest and includes some of the locations mentioned in the book, such as the Enchanted Place. The Hundred Acre Wood (also spelled as 100 Ackere Wood, Hundred-Acre Wood, and 100 Acre Wood; also known as simply "The Wood" is the fictional [3]

The origin of the Poohsticks game is at the footbridge across a tributary of the River Medway near Upper Hartfield, close to the Milne's home at Posingford Farm. Poohsticks is a game first mentioned as being played by Winnie-the-Pooh and friends in the book The House at Pooh Corner by A It is traditional to play the game there using sticks gathered in nearby woodland. When the footbridge required replacement in recent times the engineer designed a new structure based closely on the drawings (by E H Shepherd) of the bridge in the original books, as the bridge did not originally appear as the artist drew it. There is an information board at the bridge which describes aspects of how to play the game there. Periodically the water authority has to come with an excavator and remove the large mass of stalled Poohsticks which can build up in the river bed downstream of the bridge over time, to the extent of causing some localised flooding.

Publication

Pooh first appeared in December 1925, when what became the first chapter of the book Winnie-the-Pooh was commissioned as a Christmas story by London's Evening News. The Evening News was an evening newspaper published in London from 1881 to 1980 reappearing briefly in 1987 The book was published in October 1926 by Methuen, the London publisher of Milne's earlier children's work When We Were Very Young. Methuen Publishing Ltd is a British Publishing house and publishes in the areas of Theatre and Drama. When We Were Very Young is a book by A A Milne containing forty-four Poems. [4] The illustrator was E.H. Shepard, who had also drawn the pictures for the earlier book. Ernest Howard Shepard ( December 10, 1879 – March 24, 1976) was an English Artist and book Illustrator.

Stephen Slesinger

On Jan. 6, 1930, Stephen Slesinger purchased US and Canadian merchandising, television, recording and other trade rights to the "Winnie-the-Pooh" works from Milne for a $1000 advance and 66% of Slesinger's income, creating the modern licensing industry. Stephen Slesinger ( December 25, 1901 – December 17, 1953) was an American radio/television/film producer creator of comic-book characters Slesinger marketed Pooh and his friends for 20 years, creating the first Pooh doll, record, board game, puzzle, doll, US radio broadcast (NBC), animation and film. Pooh was an industry long before Walt Disney acquired rights from Slesinger to produce a feature animation in 1961. Before Stephen Slesinger began marketing Winnie-the-Pooh, he was just a black-and-white drawing in a story on the bookshelf. But by 1938, he was a $50 million-a-year business.

Red Shirt Pooh

The first time Pooh and his friends appeared in color was 1933, when he was drawn by Slesinger in his now-familiar red shirt and featured on an RCA Victor picture record. RCA Records (originally The Victor Talking Machine Company, then RCA Victor is one of the flagship labels of Sony Music Entertainment. Parker Brothers also introduced A. Parker Brothers is a Toy and Game Manufacturer and Brand. Over nearly 115 years the company published more than 1800 games among their A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh Game in 1933, again with Pooh in his red shirt. In the 1940s, Agnes Brush created the first plush dolls with Pooh in his red shirt.

Disney

Pooh as realised by Disney
Pooh as realised by Disney

After Slesinger's death in 1953, his wife, Shirley Slesinger Lasswell, continued developing the character herself. Shirley Slesinger Lasswell (b May 27, 1923 Detroit Michigan - died July 19, 2007 Beverly Hills CA) was an American In 1961, she licensed rights to Disney in exchange for royalties in the first of two agreements between Stephen Slesinger, Inc. and Disney. [5] The same year, Daphne Milne also licensed certain rights, including motion picture rights, to Disney.

Since 1966, Disney has released numerous features starring Winnie the Pooh and related characters. Many direct-to-video featurettes have been created, as well as the theatrical feature-length films The Tigger Movie, Piglet's Big Movie, and Pooh's Heffalump Movie. Featurette is a term used in the American film industry to designate a film whose length is approximately three quarters of a reel or about 20-44 minutes in running time - thus midway The Tigger Movie is a 2000 American animated Family film, directed by Jun Falkenstein. Piglet's Big Movie is a 2003 Animated feature produced by the DisneyToon Studios in Tokyo Japan and released by Walt Disney Pooh's Heffalump Movie is an Animated Winnie the Pooh Film, released by Walt Disney Pictures in 2005.

In December 2005, Disney announced that the Disney Channel animated television series, My Friends Tigger & Pooh, will focus on adventures had by 6-year-old Darby and the Pooh characters, with the occasional appearance from Christopher Robin. For the Disney Channel in other countries see Disney Channel around the world. An animated cartoon is a short hand-drawn (or made with computers to look similar to something hand-drawn Film for the cinema, Television or computer My Friends Tigger & Pooh is a Computer animation Television series, based on Winnie-the-Pooh by A Christopher Robin is a character created by A A Milne. After the rights were sold he has subsequently appeared in Disney cartoons [6]

The Disney version of Winnie the Pooh was featured in Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue, the Kingdom Hearts videogames and the TV series House of Mouse

Pooh also appears at Walt Disney Parks and Resorts as a meet-able and child friendly character. Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue is an animated drug prevention Television special starring many of the popular cartoon characters from American is an Action role-playing game developed and published by Squaresoft (now Square Enix) in 2002 for the PlayStation 2 Video game console Disney's House of Mouse is an American Animated Television series, produced by Walt Disney Television, that originally aired from Walt Disney Parks and Resorts is the segment of The Walt Disney Company that conceives builds and manages the company's theme parks and holiday resorts as well as a variety

Merchandising revenue dispute

Pooh videos, teddy bears, and other merchandise generate substantial annual revenues for Disney. The teddy bear is a stuffed Toy Bear. It is an enduring traditional form of a Stuffed animal, often serving the purpose of comforting children The size of Pooh stuffed toys ranges from Beanie and miniature to human-sized. A Beanie Baby is a stuffed animal made by Ty Inc Ty was founded by Ty Warner who promoted the line in specialty stores and gift shops In addition to the stylized Disney Pooh, Disney markets Classic Pooh merchandise which more closely resembles E. H. Shepard’s illustrations. It is estimated that Winnie the Pooh features and merchandise generate as much revenue as Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck, Goofy, and Pluto combined. Mickey Mouse is a comic animal Cartoon character who has become an icon for The Walt Disney Company. Minnie Mouse is an Animated cartoon of the Mickey Mouse universe featured in Animated cartoons Comic strips and Comic book by Donald Duck is a cartoon character from The Walt Disney Company. Goofy is an Animated cartoon character from Walt Disney 's Mickey Mouse universe. Pluto (formerly known as Pluto the Pup) is an Animated cartoon character made famous in a series of Disney short cartoons. [7]

In 1991, Stephen Slesinger, Inc. filed a lawsuit against Disney which alleged that Disney had breached their 1983 agreement by again failing to accurately report revenue from Winnie the Pooh sales. Under this agreement, Disney was to retain approximately 98% of gross worldwide revenues while the remaining 2% was to be paid to Slesinger. In addition, the suit alleged that Disney had failed to pay required royalties on all commercial exploitation of the product name. [8] Though the Disney corporation was sanctioned by a judge for destroying millions of pages of evidence,[9] the suit was later terminated by another judge when it was discovered that Slesinger's investigator had rummaged through Disney's garbage in order to retrieve the discarded evidence. [10] Slesinger appealed the termination, and on September 26, 2007, a three-judge panel upheld the lawsuit dismissal. Events 46 BC - Julius Caesar dedicates a Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. [11]

After the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act of 1998, Clare Milne, Christopher Milne's daughter, attempted to terminate any future U. Salvatore Phillip "Sonny" Bono ( February 16, 1935 – January 5, 1998) was an American Record producer, The Copyright Term Extension Act (CTEA of 1998 &ndash alternatively known as the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act, Sonny Bono Act, or Pejoratively S. copyrights for Stephen Slesinger, Inc. [12] After a series of legal hearings, Judge Florence-Marie Cooper of the United States District Court for the Central District of California found in favor of Stephen Slesinger, Inc. The US District Court for the Central District of California (commonly referred to as the CDCA CACD or C , as did the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit is a federal court with Appellate jurisdiction over the district courts in the following districts On June 26, 2006, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear the case, sustaining the ruling and ensuring the defeat of the suit. The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest judicial body in the United States and leads the federal judiciary. [13]

On February 19, 2007, it was reported Disney lost a court case in Los Angeles which ruled their "misguided claims" to dispute the licensing agreements with Slesinger, Inc. Events 197 - Roman Emperor Septimius Severus defeats usurper Clodius Albinus in the Battle of Lugdunum Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. were unjustified. [14]

In doing so, the claims by Slesinger, Inc. can now be tackled without any argument over who owns the rights. Though the ruling was downplayed by a Disney attorney, the outcome of the case could affect Disney's revenue, since Pooh-related merchandise has been reported to bring the Walt Disney Company approximately 1 billion dollars a year. [15]

Adaptations

Theatre

Audio books

Unabridged recordings read by Peter Dennis of the four Pooh books:

These are the only recordings authorized by Christopher Robin Milne. Peter Dennis (born October 25, 1933) is a Screen Actors Guild Award and Drama-Logue Award winning English Film, Television

Radio

Pooh made his radio debut in 1930 in New York. Readings of various Winnie-the-Pooh stories have been broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in the United Kingdom with narration by Alan Bennett and also have been released as recordings. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Alan Bennett (born 9 May 1934 is an English Author and Tony Award -winning Playwright.

Broadway

Pooh debuted on Broadway with Sue Hastings' Marionettes in the 1930s.

Disney media

Featurettes

Full-length features

*These features integrate stories from The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh and/or holiday specials with new footage. Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree is an animated featurette released by The Walt Disney Company on February 4, 1966. Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day is an animated Featurette based on the Winnie-the-Pooh books by A Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too! is the third Winnie-the-Pooh short from Disney, released in theatres on December 20, 1974 accompanying Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore is a Disney Winnie-the-Pooh animated featurette based on two chapters from the books Winnie the Pooh The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh is a full-length animated Film produced by Walt Disney Productions and first released on March 11 Winnie the Pooh and Friends is a compilation video from 1985 from Walt Disney Home Video featuring the following 4 cartoon shorts Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore Pooh's Grand Adventure The Search for Christopher Robin (also known as Winnie the Pooh's Most Grand Adventure in some countries is Disney 's Winnie the Pooh Seasons of Giving is the third Direct-to-video Winnie the Pooh animated feature released in 1999 The Tigger Movie is a 2000 American animated Family film, directed by Jun Falkenstein. Winnie the Pooh A Very Merry Pooh Year is a Direct to video Winnie the Pooh movie released in 2002 which featured the 1991 Christmas TV special Piglet's Big Movie is a 2003 Animated feature produced by the DisneyToon Studios in Tokyo Japan and released by Walt Disney Winnie the Pooh Springtime with Roo is a Direct-to-video Animated film, featuring characters from Disney 's Winnie-the-Pooh Pooh's Heffalump Movie is an Animated Winnie the Pooh Film, released by Walt Disney Pictures in 2005. Pooh's Heffalump Halloween Movie is a Winnie the Pooh movie which was released direct to video as the sequel to Pooh's Heffalump Movie. The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh is an American Animated Television series made by The Walt Disney Company, and inspired by
†These features were Direct-to-video.


Television shows

Holiday TV specials

Video games

Winnie the Pooh in a Soviet cartoon
Winnie the Pooh in a Soviet cartoon

Other cartoons

In the Soviet Union, three Winnie-the-Pooh, or "Vinni Pukh" (Russian language: Винни-Пуx) stories were made into a celebrated trilogy[16] of short films by Soyuzmultfilm (directed by Fedor Khitruk) from 1969 to 1972. Welcome to Pooh Corner was a Live-action / Puppet Television series airing on Disney Channel, featuring the characters from the For the Disney Channel in other countries see Disney Channel around the world. The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh is an American Animated Television series made by The Walt Disney Company, and inspired by The American Broadcasting Company ( ABC) is an American Television network. The Book of Pooh was a show that aired on the Disney Channel. For the Disney Channel in other countries see Disney Channel around the world. My Friends Tigger & Pooh is a Computer animation Television series, based on Winnie-the-Pooh by A For the Disney Channel in other countries see Disney Channel around the world. Winnie the Pooh in the Hundred Acre Wood was a single player adventure game created by Sierra On-Line. Tigger's Honey Hunt is a Video game that was released in 2000 for the Nintendo 64 the Sony PlayStation, Disney's Piglet's Big Game is a 2003 Action-Adventure Video Game by Gotham Games, Disney Interactive and Doki Denki Studio. Disney's Winnie the Pooh's Rumbly Tumbly Adventure is a Video game of the action-adventure genre released in 2005 by Phoenix Studio. Ready to Read with Pooh is the Disney interactive CD-ROM that helps children ages three to six learn to read is a series of Action role-playing games developed and published by Square Enix (formerly Square) The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 Russian ( transliteration:,) is the most geographically widespread language of Eurasia, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages Short subject is a format description originally coined in the North American Film industry in the early period of cinema. Soyuzmultfilm ( Coюзмультфильм, translated as Union Animation) is a Russian animation studio based in Moscow. Pooh was voiced by Yevgeny Leonov, looking distinctly different from both the yellow-and-red Disney incarnation and Shepard's illustrations. Yevgeny Pavlovich Leonov (Евгений Павлович Леонов 2 September 1926 – 29 January 1994 was a famous Russian Soviet He was brown instead of yellow, as he is known in the US.

References in other media

Facts and figures

The Disney incarnation of Winnie the Pooh, as a stuffed toy
The Disney incarnation of Winnie the Pooh, as a stuffed toy

See also

References

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  2. ^ "Winnie". Historica Minutes, The Historica Foundation of Canada. Retrieved on 2008-05-30. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1416 - The Council of Constance, called by the Emperor Sigismund a supporter of Antipope John XXIII burns Jerome of Prague following
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  8. ^ "The Pooh Files" The Albion Monitor.
  9. ^ Nelson, Valerie J (2007-07-20). Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1304 - Wars of Scottish Independence: Fall of Stirling Castle - King Edward I of England takes the last rebel stronghold Shirley Slesinger Lasswell, 84; fought Disney over Pooh royalties. Los Angeles times. Retrieved on 2007-08-14. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1183 - Taira no Munemori and the Taira clan take the young Emperor Antoku and the three sacred treasures
  10. ^ "Judge dismisses Winnie the Pooh lawsuit" The Disney Corner.
  11. ^ James, Meg. "Disney wins lawsuit ruling on Pooh rights", The Los Angeles Times, 2007-09-26. The Los Angeles Times (also known as the LA Times) is a daily Newspaper published in Los Angeles California and distributed Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 46 BC - Julius Caesar dedicates a Retrieved on 2007-09-26. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 46 BC - Julius Caesar dedicates a  
  12. ^ "Winnie the Pooh goes to court" USA Today
  13. ^ "Justices Refuse Winnie the Pooh Case. " ABC News.
  14. ^ "Disney loses court battle in Winnie the Pooh copyright case", ABC News, 2007-02-17. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1500 - Battle of Hemmingstedt. 1600 - Philosopher Giordano Bruno is burned alive at Campo de' Fiori Retrieved on 2008-05-15. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1252 - Pope Innocent IV issues the Papal bull Ad exstirpanda, which authorizes but also limits the  
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  17. ^ Google Maps
  18. ^ "Pathology in the Hundred Acre Wood: a neurodevelopmental perspective on A.A. Milne." The Canadian Medical Association Journal. December 12, 2000. V163: 12.
  19. ^ "Winnie the Pooh Celebrated 80th Anniversary with Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame."

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