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There aren't many who can match a track record like David Bowie had, but he felt that some records could have been much better.

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Irish actor Cillian Murphy turned 50 on May 25. In three decades in the profession, he played the main villain in the Batman ...

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Named among the greatest guitar riffs of all-time, this rock song almost didn't exist.

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