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It was really great to also see the response that people were having to 'Treme' 'cause you're in a vacuum when you're on a TV show. You see the response online, you read about it and all of that, but actually to be live and have that many thousands of fans come out, it's really wonderful.
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To see your friend's dreams come true, there's really nothing that can make you happier.


Josh Hopkins
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I'm probably writing music now for the same reason as I started writing songs when I was 14 - to meet women.
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The real excitement and big deal for me started when I got cast in the first X-Men, which was sort of a fluke.
Shawn Ashmore
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Vera Farmiga
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There will be a competition for the memorial. And then it can be developed with trees, with planting. It can become a very beautiful place protected from the streets, because it is below. And it can be something very moving and very private.
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I sing a little bit in videos, at the end of vlogs. A lot of my fans started requesting that I do a song. They started planting this seed in me.
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