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Aug11
Happy Feet Two - European Premiere - Inside Arrivals

LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 20: Robin Williams attends the European premiere of Happy Feet Two at The Empire Leicester Square on November 20, 2011 in London, United Kingdom. (Photo by Dave Hogan/Getty Images)

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Sep12
SAFRICA-CRIME-TRIAL-PISTORIUS

South African Paralympian Oscar Pistorius leaves the Pretoria High Court on June 15, 2016, after the third day of his resentencing hearing for the 2013 murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. Oscar Pistorius will be sentenced on July 6 for the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, the judge in the High Court in Pretoria said Wednesday at the end of a three-day court hearing. / AFP / GIANLUIGI GUERCIA (Photo credit should read GIANLUIGI GUERCIA/AFP via Getty Images)

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