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    ALCAPONE A child from an Italian immigrant family, Al Capone, also known as "Scarface," rose to infamy as the leader of the Chicago mafia during the Prohibition era. Who Was Al Capone? Alphonse Capone, also known as "Scarface" (January 17, 1899 to January 25, 1947) was one of the most famous American gangsters who rose to infamy as the leader of the Chicago Outfit during the Prohibition era. Before being sent to Alcatraz Prison in 1934 for a tax evasion conviction, he had amassed a personal…

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    about today. Capone was born on January 17th, 1899 in Brooklyn, New York to an Italian immigrant Family.(Biography.com) Al was an excellent student in school, showing hope that he might actually make it out in the world. However, going to a harsh and meager school affected him, and made him one day retaliate against a teacher who had hit him for being disrespectful.(Biography.com) He…

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    I also want to dance to “Jackson” by Johnny cash and June Carter Cash, with my husband too. I am a huge fan of country music, especially Johnny Cash and I think if we did not dance to at least one classic country song in a barn at our wedding reception it would be some sort of blasphemy. As far as the father daughter dance song goes, it will…

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    III. It was a long way for Capone to join the bootlegging industry, and to gain the power he did. From a young age, Alphonse Capone started engaging in illegal activities. He only went to school until he was about 13 years old and dropped out of sixth grade after hitting his teacher. He then joined a famous gang owned by Johnny Torrio, the same man who later employed him in Chicago. The gang was known as the Five Points Gang They committed petty crimes such as stealing, but nothing as serious…

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    roots of pure comedy and performance. As a matter of fact, what better comedy icon that Charlie Chaplin to help us have a look into what inspired our current comedy actors, performers and directors like Rowan Atkinson, Johnny Depp and Mr. Dan Kamin. Charlie Chaplin not only was a comedy idol, he also dominated many artistic (Kamin, The Comedy of Charlie Chaplin Artistry in Motion)…

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    pictured Dee on the show with a fine probably white man like Johnny Carson. This did not go as mother imagined. When Dee arrived Maggie tried to run in the house, but mother stopped her. Dee then took out a camera and took pictures of Maggie and mother in front of the house. The way Dee was dressed, mother and Maggie were not accustomed to seeing her this way. Dee also brought her boyfriend with her, Hakim-a-barber. He was not the fine Johnny Carson mother imagined him to be. To top it all off,…

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    but little does he know that this would cause so much drama and upset for himself and the people he became to love. The film was made in 1990 by the director Tim Burton and stars well known names such as Johnny Depp who plays Edward and Winona Ryder who plays the teenage daughter Kim. Johnny Depp’s acting career was only just beginning around this time and this film was the first collaboration between Burton and…

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    Tim Burton As An Auteur

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    characteristic that definitely sets Burton aside as an auteur is his unapologetic attitude towards featuring the same actors. It seems as though Burton likes to hire actors that have no vanity, hence why he has a famously known recurring cast consisting of Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham…

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    the “I walk the Line” concert before she could search through it. I must’ve waited at least a full hour to get in and I was even late to the concert. I made it to the seat and the concert still had not started. Schedule must be running behind, I contemplated to myself. I turned my wrist over so I could see the new round faced, silver, Elgin watch I had just bought myself but I was right on time. I look around while taking in the surroundings and I see a woman yelling at her husband a couple…

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    2015 was a time filled with adventure and grandeur. I can still vividly remember the frigid, icy night of twenty degrees Fahrenheit when my family and I saw The Cold Hard Cash Show in concert. This was where I was introduced to Johnny Cash’s music by Merle Travis Peterson. I received nearly an overdose of unique and remarkable music that influenced many other genres. Even with Johnny Cash’s death, his music has continued to inspire and ignite generations. The amazing concert was at the Oriental…

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