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  2. Bee Vang - Wikipedia

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    Current Vang professional headshot, by Peter Phung. Bee Vang ( RPA: Npis Vaj, Pahawh: 𖬃𖬰𖬨𖬡 π–¬–π–¬°π–¬œ, Chinese-Mandarin: ηŽ‹ι™›; born November 4, 1991) is an American actor and activist of Hmong descent. He is best known for starring in Clint Eastwood 's 2008 film Gran Torino as Thao Vang Lor. [1]

  3. Flirting Scholar - Wikipedia

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    Flirting Scholar. HK $ 40,171,804. Flirting Scholar ( Cantonese: ε”δΌ―θ™Žι»žη§‹ι¦™; Jyutping: Tong4 Baak3fu2 dim2 Cau2heong1) is a 1993 Hong Kong comedy film directed by Lee Lik-Chi. It parodies famous works of literature which feature the same characters and settings. The title is itself a pun.

  4. History of YouTube - Wikipedia

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    YouTube is an American online video-sharing platform headquartered in San Bruno, California, founded by three former PayPal employeesβ€” Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim β€”in February 2005. Google bought the site in November 2006 for US$1.65 billion, since which it operates as one of Google's subsidiaries .

  5. Doua Moua - Wikipedia

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    Background. Doua Moua was born in a refugee camp in Thailand to Laos-born parents of Hmong descent who had fled their homeland because of the Laotian Civil War. Six months after his birth, his family entered Minnesota as refugees, and he was raised in the city of St. Paul. While in middle school, Doua joined the choir and theater classes at a teacher's suggestion; he also participated in ...

  6. A Nightmare on Elm Street - Wikipedia

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    A Nightmare on Elm Street is a 1984 American supernatural slasher film written and directed by Wes Craven and produced by Robert Shaye.It is the first installment in the A Nightmare on Elm Street franchise and stars Heather Langenkamp, John Saxon, Ronee Blakley, Robert Englund as Freddy Krueger, and Johnny Depp in his film debut.

  7. List of British films of 2011 - Wikipedia

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    Ian Tapp (Best Sound) – 127 Hours. Jaimie D'Cruz (Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer) – Exit Through the Gift Shop. Jenny Beavan (Best Costume Design) – The King's Speech. John Midgley (Best Sound) – The King's Speech. John Powell (Best Original Score) – How to Train Your Dragon.

  8. The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down - Wikipedia

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    OCLC. 47352453. The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures is a 1997 book by Anne Fadiman that chronicles the struggles of a Hmong refugee family from Houaysouy, Sainyabuli Province, Laos, [1] the Lees, and their interactions with the health care system in Merced, California.

  9. Hmong Americans - Wikipedia

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    Hmong Americans ( RPA: Hmoob Mes Kas, Pahawh Hmong: " π–¬Œπ–¬£π–¬΅ 𖬉𖬲𖬦 𖬗𖬲 ") are Americans of Hmong ancestry. Many Hmong Americans immigrated to the United States as refugees in the late 1970s. Over half of the Hmong population from Laos left the country, or attempted to leave, in 1975, at the culmination of the Laotian Civil War .