sgl weekly mag issue 33
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I can’t believe that the year is almost over and we are on issue 33 with Moviestar Keith Jordan. He is such a sweet and cute young man that just starred in his first leading role in Guesthouse films “Make the Yuletide Gay”. I had the opportunity to site down and interview him turn to page for this great interview. Our Life Coach Nathan 7 Scott is back with more great about having friends hold your life saving. We also have more What’s the T for you with some of your favorite stars, Movies, Music and so much more. Merry Christmas from all of your friends at SGL Weekly Magazine. Please email us at [email protected] Cordially, Cleavester Brooks Please follow me on http://Twitter.com/cleavesterTRANSCRIPT
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SGL Contents
4 Editor’s Letter
5 What’s The T? The Entertainment Report
5 Sarah Jessica Parker is offended by rumors of feud on SATC
5 Precious' Star Reacts to Globe Nods
6 X Factor's Joe McElderry Behind Rage against The Machine In Christmas Num-
ber One Race
7 Nick Cannon To Revive Josie And The Pussycats
7 Kenny Ortega to Direct 'In The Heights'
8 Rihanna Poses Topless On GQ Cover
8 Alfre Woodard To Taste 'True Blood'
9 Chris Brown Is A Twitter Quitter
11 Ask Nathan
12 Moviestar Keith Jordan Makes the Yuletide Gay
18 Movies
19 Music
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Editor’s Letter
Hey Butterflies, How are you doing? I pray it was a blessed week from the last issue. I think
about each and everyone of you every week. I can’t believe that the year is almost over and we
are on issue 33 with Moviestar Keith Jordan. He is such a sweet and cute young man that just
starred in his first leading role in Guesthouse films ―Make the Yuletide Gay‖. I had the opportu-
nity to site down and interview him turn to page for this great interview. Our Life Coach Nathan
7 Scott is back with more great about having friends hold your life saving. We also have more
What’s the T for you with some of your favorite stars, Movies, Music and so much more. Merry
Christmas from all of your friends at SGL Weekly Magazine. Please email us at sglweekly-
Cordially,
Cleavester Brooks
Please follow me on http://Twitter.com/cleavester
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What’s The T? The Entertainment Report
Sarah Jessica Parker is Offended by rumors of Feud on SATC
Sarah Jessica Parker has said she finds reports that she does-
n't get on with her Sex and the City movie co-stars “offensive”.
The actress's relationship with her co-stars has been the subject of constant speculation since the
original TV series began twelve years ago.
Most recently it was claimed that Parker had fallen out with Kim Cattrall, who plays Samantha
Jones.
But in an interview with Stylist magazine, the 44-year-old said she was tired of the rivalry re-
ports.
―We're very tight, despite what people try to say. We've gone through something together that
only we can understand,‖ she said.
―I love these women. Nor could I imagine anyone else playing those characters.
―This year it'll be 12 years since we did the pilot. To speculate that it's not harmonious is,
frankly, offensive.‖
Parker added that when she and co-stars Cattrall, Cynthia Nixon and Kristin Davis reunited to
film the forthcoming movie sequel to Sex and the City their relationships ―sprang back‖.
The film is due to be released next summer.
'PRECIOUS' STAR REACTS TO GLOBE NODS: Gabourey Sidibe more
excited that Justin Timberlake said her name.
It's one thing to receive a best actress Golden Globe nomination for your
first film, but it's a whole different ballgame when your celebrity crush is the
one who delivers the news.
"Oh my God, Justin Timberlake just said my name," "Precious" star Ga-
bourey Sidibe gushed to People magazine of the announcement Tuesday morn-
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ing. "I'm so very excited to come into this be-
cause I'm usually on the other side. I'm a fangirl
and I watch these things happen, but they don't
happen to me!"
Sidibe joins Emily Blunt, Sandra Bullock,
Carey Mulligan and Helen Mirren as nominees
for best actress in a motion picture (drama). But
those women apparently have nothing on Tim-
berlake.
"I told my roommate, and I literally said,
'Oh my God, Justin just said my name,'" said the
self-described 'N Sync fanatic. "He finally said
my name."
Mo'Nique, who plays the hateful mother of
Sidibe's character, was nominated in the sup-
porting actress category. She'll face "Up in the
Air" co-stars Vera Farmiga, playing Clooney's
frequent-flyer soul mate, and Anna Kendrick,
playing a smart but inexperienced efficiency
expert, Penelope Cruz as a filmmaker's insecure
mistress in "Nine," and Julianne Moore as a
grief-stricken professor's best pal in "A Single
Man."
"Precious" also picked up a Golden Globe
nod for best drama. It will compete against the
recession-era tale "Up in the Air," which led the
pack with six nominations, space fantasy
"Avatar," the Iraq War tale "The Hurt Locker,"
and the World War II saga "Inglorious Bas-
terds."
Morgan Freeman's role of Nelson Mandela
in "Invictus" earned a best actor nomination,
along with "Up in the Air's" George Clooney,
Jeff Bridges as a boozy country singer in "Crazy
Heart," Colin Firth as a grieving gay academic
in "A Single Man" and Tobey Maguire as a pris-
oner of war in "Brothers."
The 67th annual Globes will be handed out
Jan. 17, six days before nomination voting
closes for the Oscars. The Globes are presented
by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, a
group of about 85 critics and reporters for over-
seas outlets.
X Factor's Joe McElderry Behind Rage
Against The Machine In Christmas Number
One Race
Sales figures show...
X Factor winner Joe McElderry is behind
Rage Against The Machine in the race to top
the UK Christmas singles chart.
The 18-year-old singer’s cover of The Climb by
Miley Cyrus had been expected to comfortably
claim the top spot on Sunday.
However, the US band's single 'Killing In The
Name' has emerged as a competitor thanks to a
Facebook campaign.
According to the Official Charts Company, the
song, which became chart eligible 24 hours be-
fore McElderry's cover, is now slightly ahead.
"This is shaping up to be a very exciting battle
between two different records which have cap-
tured the nation's imagination,‖ Martin Talbot,
managing director of the Official Charts Com-
pany, said.
―But, although Rage Against The Machine have
started off in front, according to our initial sales
estimates, there is no doubt that this tussle is far
from over."
If successful, Rage Against The Machine will
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become the first non-X Factor act to claim the
Christmas number one spot in five years. NICK CANNON TO REVIVE JOSIE AND THE
PUSSYCATS: And that's just the tip of the ice-
berg. Radio show, MTV series, books, movies and
more on horizon.
Actor Nick Cannon and Atlantic Records are
looking to launch a new
multi-platform franchise
in the resurrection of
Josie and the Pussycats,
an all-girl singing trio
based on the Archie
Comics characters.
Cannon, who dubbed
them "the first rock 'n'
roll girls group," hopes a
global search for the three
girls will yield a reality
competition series and eventually evolve into a
scripted comedy-drama, both to air on Nickelo-
deon's TeenNick channel where he serves as
chairman.
The characters inspired two cartoon series in
the 1970s and a 2001 live-action feature film
starring Rachael Leigh Cook, Tara Reid and
Rosario Dawson.
The "Josie" project is one of many in the
works at Cannon's recently launched production
company NCredible Entertainment. At MTV,
where Cannon produced the sketch-comedy
show "Wild 'N Out," he is behind "Nick Cannon
Presents Hatin' on '09," a comedic year-in-
review special that will air on New Year's Day.
Cannon taped an appearance as President
Obama, with rapper-actor 50 Cent also set to do
a segment.
Also at MTV, NCredible did a reality docu-
drama pilot "Son of a Gun: A True Bronx Tale,"
about young rapper Corey Gunz, and is pro-
ceeding with filming additional episodes of the
show about Gunz, one of the first artists on Can-
non's music label.
At Adult Swim, NCredible is working on a
puppet show set in the real world. Written by
Hadjii, it is about members of a hip-hop group
who live together and are on the verge of mak-
ing it big. It's being described as a hip-hop ver-
sion of HBO's "Entourage."
NCredible is also venturing into publishing,
signing a deal with Simon & Schuster Chil-
dren's Publishing Division to produce a multi-
media book series to coincide with the upcom-
ing premiere of the Cannon-written and -
directed Nickelodeon movie "The School
Gyrls."
The film features the NCredible-signed three
-girl singing group whose debut album will be
released by Island Records. Cannon penned the
first book, a movie novelization, and plans to be
involved in the writing of the six original novels
under the pact. There also are plans for potential
second movie and a possible TV series.
Cannon also is making his foray into radio
with a daily morning drive show on CBS Ra-
dio's WXRK-FM New York (92.3 Now). He
debuts on the top-40 station January 19.
"I always wanted to do radio," said Cannon,
who has frequently filled in for radio hosts Ryan
Seacrest and Steve Harvey.
Cannon, who married Mariah Carey last
year, is keeping his summer job and will return
as host of NBC's "America's Got Talent" next
year.
KENNY ORTEGA TO DIRECT 'IN THE
HEIGHTS': 'This is It' helmer chosen to
bring Broadway musical to
the big screen.
Kenny Ortega, the director
of the "High School Musical"
movies and "Michael Jack-
son's This Is It," has signed
on for the upcoming film ad-
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aptation of Tony-winning Broadway musical
"In the Heights."
The play explored three days in New York
City's Dominican-American neighborhood of
Washington Heights and featured hip-hop, salsa,
merengue and soul music.
It received 13 Tony nominations, winning
for best musical in 2008.
Lin-Manuel Miranda, who composed and
wrote the musical as well as starred in it, is set
to reprise his role as a bodega owner in the Uni-
versal Pictures version and will also produce
with Quiara Alegria Hudes, who is writing the
screen adaptation.
RIHANNA POSES TOPLESS ON GQ
COVER: Singer also bares soul for interview
in January issue. Pop star Rihanna is fea-
tured in the upcoming Janu-
ary issue of GQ magazine
complete with a photo layout
and cover that are just as re-
vealing as her interview,
which the magazine has titled
"Good Girl Gone Badass."
The publication – which
has Rihanna topless on the
cover, using her arms to cover her breasts – says
of the article: "You've never heard or seen Ri-
hanna quite like this." Ms. Fenty, meanwhile,
feels these interviews are helping her to heal.
"It's relieving," she told GQ, "because it was
built up for so long, and all these thoughts and
emotions have been running through my mind
for the past eight months. And now it's like I
finally get to let go and move on."
"I wanted people to move on with me," she
continues, "'cause the last big thing they know
about me is That Night. And I don't want that to
be what people define me as."
While Rihanna was in seclusion following
the attack, she soon returned to the studio to re-
cord her latest album "Rated R," which takes on
a distinctly darker, edgier tone than her previous
Top 20-friendly song "Umbrella."
"Nobody [helped me]. Really just music.
And working," she explains, "'Cause I didn't
really want to be around anybody, for them to
stare at me and stuff, and feel sorry for me.
Below is an excerpt from the GQ interview:
GQ: What exactly do you think people think
about you that's wrong?
R: It's not really anything that's wrong. It's just
weird when I read about myself. Like how one
simple thing can be turned into something dif-
ferent.
GQ: Like when people were talking about com-
municable diseases?
R: Hmm?
GQ: When people were bringing up herpes, for
instance. Saying that's why Chris Brown hurt
you—
R: Right. And it's not true. It's a f**king scar.
On my lip. That's there every day of my life.
GQ: It must be hard reading that kind of stuff.
R: It's not like it's hard. It's more ignorant. At
first I was like, Are you serious? First I thought
people were gonna definitely know that that's
not…But when I read it, and I see that people
just buy into that…Like, the minute they see it,
it forms something in their head.
ALFRE WOODARD
TO TASTE 'TRUE
BLOOD': Actress signs
on for a guest role.
Alfre Woodard is
booking jobs left and
right.
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After her CBS drama was cancelled last
month, the Emmy-winning actress was quickly
cast in TNT's upcoming dramedy pilot "Delta
Blues" in a co-starring role opposite Jason Lee.
This week, Woodard was announced as the
latest guest star on HBO's vampire drama "True
Blood," according to the Hollywood Reporter.
The star will play the mother of Lafayette
Reynolds (Nelsan Ellis), the cook at Merlotte's
who got busted for selling vampire blood and
held captive and tortured by Eric (Alexander
Skarsgard). Since Lafayette and Tara (Rutina
Wesley) are cousins, it means that Sookie's best
friend would be getting a visit from her aunt.
CHRIS BROWN IS A TWITTER QUIT-
TER: Singer ends account after falsely accus-
ing Wal-Mart of blackballing his CD. Indus-
try says album is in stock, but not selling.
Chris Brown's has quit
microblogging service
Twitter in the wake of his
recent tweet rant accusing
music retailers of boy-
cotting his new album
"Grafitti," an allegation
that turned out to be false.
Brown tweeted in a
series of messages: "im tired of this sh*t. major
stores r blackballing my cd. not stockin the
shelves and lying to customers. what the f**k
do i gotta do... ... yeah i said it and i aint retract-
ing sh*t im not biting my tongue about sh*t
else... the industry can kiss my a**."
He also noted specifically that he "JUST
WAS AT WALMART IN Wallingford CT,844
north colony.. they didn't even have my album
in the back... not on shelves, saw for myself."
Wallingford's Wal-Mart has responded, say-
ing they are indeed carrying Brown's album.
"We are surprised at the comments on Twit-
ter, since all Wal-Mart stores carried the CD
since its release, including the Wallingford store
mentioned in the post," a rep for the chain said,
according to Billboard.com. "This store had in
fact sold through their copies over the weekend.
The majority of our stores are showing today
they have copies on hand."
Billboard further reported that a survey and
store visits found that Wal-Mart, Best Buy,
Trans World and Newbury Comics are all carry-
ing the Brown record and sources say that his
album received widespread distribution and pro-
motion by his label, Jive Records, and his dis-
tributor, Sony Music Entertainment. Jive
shipped over 400,000 units of "Graffiti," and
also had it positioned in prime stores space at all
key accounts, according to sources. In fact,
sources suggest that Jive may have overshipped
his record, as sales are slow.
"Not only am I carrying it, I am over carry-
ing it, because it isn't selling," says the head of
purchasing at one large chain. "I wish I could
return it." He says the album's first week sales
only reached 40% of expectations. At 27-unit
Newbury Comics, Carl Mello head of purchas-
ing, echoes that sentiment. "We have it; it's not
selling much."
Although Brown pleaded guilty to charges
in connection with his attack of former girl-
friend Rihanna in February, Mello says the
chain never even considered boycotting Brown -
- an accusation leveled by the singer on Twitter.
"We never considered not bringing it in. If we
stopped bringing in records from every unsa-
vory character that puts out an album, there
would be tumbleweed floating around our
stores."
Sources project that Brown sold about
100,000 units last week, well below the 150,000
-175,000 units he was expected to sell. Mello
says that the album is probably about the No. 40
best-selling title at the chain.
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In any case, Brown has decided to get rid of his Twitter account @mechanicalDummy,
which now greets fans with the words "doesn't exist."
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Ask Nathan
Dear Nathan,
I gave a friend my life savings to put away for me. He has since been laid off and is going
through some financial trouble. He has been calling several people asking to borrow
money. I'm afraid he has tapped into my funds. How do I ask for my money back with out
telling him I know about his financial problems or jeopardizing our friendship?
Cordially,
Nate
Dear Nate - Friends and money rarely mix. You should request your life savings. You will be jeopardizing your friendship if you do or if you don't. You will resent him for spending your money and you will resent yourself for not speaking up. Be brave; remember it is YOUR money. Always, Nathan Seven Scott Create a "Sevenly" Day! Nathan "Seven" Scott Professional & Personal Life Coach Committed to Entrepreneurs & Women's Empowerment 917-771-6611 Visit me online: www.nathansevenscott.com www.twitter.com/nathansevenscot
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Moviestar
Keith Jordan
Makes the
Yuletide Gay A Cleavester Brooks Interview
Cleavester: Hello Keith, How are you doing?
Keith Jordan: Doing well, enjoying a random rainstorm in LA. We don't get too many of
those.
Cleavester: In your new movie Make the Yuletide Gay you play the character Olaf 'Gunn" Gun-
nunderson. What kind of person is your character?
Keith Jordan: Olaf is kind of a shy person, not one to seek out the spotlight like perhaps Na-
than (his boyfriend) does. He is the type that looks at things from all angles before he makes any
decision, he is very analytical. He is the left-brain thinker while Nathan is right-brain. He defi-
nitely over thinks things a bit. This is why he hadn't come out to his parents; he just built it up in
his head until it was this huge thing that was so much bigger then in reality.
Cleavester: In the movie your character has to make a huge decision. Have ever made a decision
like that to your family and what was it?
Keith Jordan: I never really had something that was very hard for me to talk about to my par-
ents. I am lucky to have such a supportive family. Especially with the career that I have chosen,
my parents and my whole family have always been in my corner. I'm really blessed in that way.
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Cleavester: You haven't done a picture since 2007, is it hard to get roles in Hollywood and How
do you decide whether to do a role or not?
Keith Jordan: Definitely, but anything worth doing is going to be difficult. I realize that build-
ing a career is going to take time, and it may not be a steady climb. You just have to ride the
waves when they come and realize that it can all be gone tomorrow. It keeps you on your toes,
it's exciting.
Cleavester: How did you get the part in Make the Yuletide Gay?
Keith Jordan: I got the audition through my agent, the good old fashion way.
Cleavester: Have you ever been discouraged from taking a SGL role?
Keith Jordan: This is the first SGL role I've played. It never occurred to me to not take the
role, it was a character in a movie that seemed interesting to me.
Cleavester: Are you SGL (Same Gender Loving) and if not how was it to play a character that
is? How big of a stretch was it?
Keith Jordan: I am actually straight. It was kind of nerve racking at first when I booked the
role. I wasn't 100% sure how to play the role, I just knew I didn't want him to turn into a stereo-
type. But after I read the script a bunch and started to figure out his relationship he had with his
parents and Nathan, everything sort of fell into place.
Cleavester: Who is the real Keith Jordan?
Keith Jordan: I am not all that different from Olaf, I really retro fitted parts of myself into the
role. I am a bit shy and silly with a bunch of sarcasism thrown in there.
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Cleavester: Where are you from?
Keith Jordan: I am from North East Pennsylvania. The Poconos, honey-moon capital of the
USA circa 1978. Though we didn't have a heart shaped tube.
Cleavester: What was life like growing up?
Keith Jordan: Life was great. Great family, younger brother and older sister to play with all the
time. I really enjoyed being the middle child.
Cleavester: What did you want to be growing up?
Keith Jordan: At first, a tractor. Then briefly a Ninja Turtle, but shortly after that a garbage
man, followed by some time of super hero that flys. Then at some point an actor.
Cleavester: Favorite Holiday?
Keith Jordan: Taco Tuesday.
Cleavester: How will you spend the holiday's this year?
Keith Jordan: Back in good old PA with the family.
Cleavester: What childhood gift was the best gift you ever received?
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Keith Jordan: The one I remember the most was the Original NES. I don't think I ever got that
excited over a present like that since. I mean Super Mario Bros. blew my mind. And don't even
get me started on The Legend of Zelda. I don't think I left my room until after New Years.
Cleavester: How did you get your start in the industry?
Keith Jordan: I went to college for Theater in NYC, and just kept on trucking ever since. Liv-
ing in New York as an actor is such an amazing experience and impossible to describe and the
single best decision I've made my whole life.
Cleavester: What is your guilty pleasure?
Keith Jordan: I guess 80's arcade games, though I don't really feel all that guilty...should I? I
mean come on, Dragon's Lair, Bubble Bobble, Burger Time = awesomeness.
Cleavester: Favorite quote?
Keith Jordan: Pretty much anything Homer says on the Simpson's. Here is just one...
Homer: Weaseling out of things is important to learn. It’s what separates us from the animals…
except the weasel.
Cleavester: Bad habit?
Keith Jordan: I can procrastinate like its nobodies business.
Cleavester: Favorite new artist?
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Keith Jordan: Not sure, I’ve been out of the loop lately.
Cleavester: Celebrity you've been mistaken for?
Keith Jordan: I get Kevin Connelly all the time. A friend once told me I looked like one of the
Hobbits from Lord of the Rings. I asked him which one, and he told me "you know the fat hob-
bit." He is longer my friend.
Cleavester: Favorite TV show you would like to star in and why?
Keith Jordan: Oh man, so many. The Office is my favorite show right now. And I also really
love Modern Family. And I'd love to be on anything being produced by Warner Bros... *wink
*wink, but truly I would love to go back in time and be on Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Joss Whe-
don is my hero.
Cleavester: Last movie you saw in the theatres?
Keith Jordan: The Road, great movie though it made me depressed, tired and hungry. I got
some tacos afterward and felt a lot better.
Cleavester: Tell me something about you that your fans may be surprised to know?
Keith Jordan: That I have fans.
Cleavester: What can we expect from you in the future?
Keith Jordan: Bigger and better stuff. I am always learning and growing in this biz.
Cleavester: How can the people get in contact with you?
Keith Jordan: I guess that would be twitter, @keithjordan101 I’m still new at it, but it has been
a lot of fun talking to people on there who have seen the movie.
Cleavester: Thank you Keith, Do you have any special message for our readers?
Keith Jordan: Thanks to everyone who has seen the movie and has said such kind things to me
about my performance. It really means a lot to me. I have a good feeling about things to come.
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Movies
Hollywood je t'aime Charming, funny and intimate, Hollywood je t'Aime is the story of a gay man’s journey of self-discovery.
When his life hits a rut in Paris, Jérôme decides to travel to L.A. for sun and fun. Instead, he is immedi-
ately immersed with wacky Left Coast characters, a hot stoner played by Chad Allen and surprise success
as an actor.
Shank
Class struggle, gay romance and hot action all meet in the amazing UK film, Shank as the lives of Cal and
Oliver intersect in a gritty, urban street drama. We sell only the unrated director's cut; there is also a cen-
sored R-rated version with toned-down nudity and sex.
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Music
The Element Of Freedom 12 time Grammy Award winner Alicia Keys returns with her 4th studio album The Element Of
Freedom on December 15. Alicia has sold over 26 million albums worldwide and over 6.7 mil-
lion digital tracks in the US. Featuring the hits "Doesn't Mean Anything" and "Try Sleeping With
A Broken Heart", The Element Of Freedom promises to be one of Alicia Keys biggest releases to
date.
I Dreamed A Dream
Inspirational and breathtaking, "I Dreamed a Dream" is the highly anticipated album from a
global phenomenon whose dream has become reality. She captured the hearts of millions and
became a worldwide YouTube phenomenon with over 300 million hits. An inspiration for those
who have a dream, the talented Susan Boyle presents her stunning debut album. Susan surprised
the world with her powerful, heart stopping voice when she walked onto the Britain's Got Talent
stage. Now with a beautiful and diverse album she will, once again, defy preconceptions. I
Dreamed a Dream, the album, crafted by world acclaimed producer Steve Mac, demonstrates
Susan Boyle's extensive musical ability. Featuring her signature songs, `I Dreamed a Dream' &
`Cry me a River' the album also includes a haunting rendition of Rolling Stones "Wild Horses",
Madonna's `You'll See, The Monkees `Daydream Believer' and "Who I Was Born To Be" an
original recording written specially for Susan. Susan enthused; "It was my greatest ambition to
release an album and I have finally achieved it. This amazing journey has helped me find my
own identity and fulfill my wish. There is happiness out there for everyone who dares to dream."
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