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After her superbly understated performance as Harper Lee in the undervalued film Infamous, I developed a whole new respect for Sandra Bullock. She should have been honored with an Academy Award...
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You don’t have to love (or even know) these standards to fall in love with Bob Dylan's "Fallen Angels."
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