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  2. Gran Torino - Wikipedia

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    Box office. $270 million [1] Gran Torino is a 2008 American drama film directed and produced by Clint Eastwood, who also starred in the film. The film features a large Hmong American cast (the first time for an American mainstream film), [4] as well as one of Eastwood's younger sons, Scott. Eastwood's oldest son of record, Kyle, composed the ...

  3. Bee Vang - Wikipedia

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    Born. (1991-11-04) November 4, 1991 (age 32) Fresno, California, U.S. Occupation (s) Actor, activist. Years active. 2008–present. Bee Vang (RPA: Npis Vaj, Pahawh: 𖬃𖬰𖬨𖬵 𖬖𖬰𖬜; born November 4, 1991) is an American actor and activist of Hmong Thai descent. He is best known for starring in Clint Eastwood 's 2008 film Gran ...

  4. History of the Hmong in California - Wikipedia

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    The Hmong population in California is the largest in the United States. Most fled to the United States as refugees in the late 1970s due to their cooperation with the Central Intelligence Agency operatives in northern Laos during the Vietnam War, or are a descendant. As of 2017 it has about 100,000 people of Hmong ancestry.

  5. List of films set in Los Angeles - Wikipedia

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    Night of the Comet (1984) (destroyed by a comet) The Terminator (1984) (destroyed by artificially intelligent machines) The Great Los Angeles Earthquake (1990) (destroyed by an earthquake) Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) (destroyed by a nuclear bomb) Double Dragon (1994) (destroyed by a major earthquake in 2007)

  6. James Hong - Wikipedia

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    James Hong. James Hong (born February 22, 1929) is an American actor, producer and director. Known as one of the most prolific character actors of all time, [1][2] he has worked in numerous productions in U.S. media since the Golden Age of Hollywood in the 1950s. In 2022, he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his contributions to ...

  7. Jim Henson Company Lot - Wikipedia

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    Jim Henson Company Lot. The Jim Henson Company Lot, formerly A&M Studios, is a studio property located just south of the southeast corner of North La Brea Avenue and Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood. Originally established by film star Charlie Chaplin, the property served as Charlie Chaplin Studios from 1917 to 1953, which later earned the site ...

  8. 301 North Carolwood Drive - Wikipedia

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    The current home was completed in 2016 and listed at US $150 million on April 12, 2016, the second most expensive residence for sale in the United States at the time. [ 2 ] [ 7 ] [ 8 ] It was purchased in 2016 by billionaire Tom Gores , owner of the Detroit Pistons , in a US $100 million transaction in which several properties changed hands.

  9. Hmong people - Wikipedia

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    In China, the Hmong people are classified as a sub-group of the Miao people. The modern Hmong reside mainly in Southwest China (Guizhou, Yunnan, Sichuan, Chongqing, and Guangxi) and countries in Southeast Asia such as Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, and Myanmar. There is also a large diasporic community in the United States of more than 300,000.