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Television has usurped everybody from film. And so have commercials, by the way.

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Oliver Stone
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: September 15
Actor
Film Director
Film Producer
Screenwriter
New York City
New York
William Oliver Stone
Film
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Usurped
Commercials
Television
Everybody

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