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When you go to a movie, you don't care for one Oscar, really. Do you care if a guy got a Oscar on the shelf or is it a good movie? And, you don't care how much the movie made.

Ice Cube

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Ice Cube
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: June 15
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