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'''Winnie-the-Pooh''' is a ] ] created by ]. He appears in the books '']'' (published ], ]) and '']'' (1928). Milne also wrote two books of children's ], '']'' and '']'', which include several poems about Winnie-the-Pooh. All four volumes were ] by ]. '''Winnie-the-Pooh''' is a ] ] created by ]. He appears in the books '']'' (published ], ]) and '']'' (1928). Milne also wrote two books of children's ], '']'' and '']'', which include several poems about Winnie-the-Pooh. All four volumes were ] by ].
The setting of the stories is based on the ] in ], ]. The name "Winnie" was inspired by a pet bear of a Canadian soldier, named after his hometown, ] <ref>http://www.histori.ca/minutes/minute.do?id=10193</ref>. The setting of the stories is based on the ] in ], ]. The name "Winnie" was inspired by a pet bear of a Canadian soldier, named after his hometown, ] <ref>http://www.histori.ca/minutes/minute.do?id=10193</ref>.


Some of Pooh Bear's friends include ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], and many other friends that the gang makes on their journeys. Some of Pooh Bear's friends include ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], and many other friends that the gang makes on their journeys.

The Pooh stories were later made into a series of ] (without ]s) featurettes by ], which became one of the company's most successful franchises.


==Origins== ==Origins==
]
The character was named after a stuffed bear owned by Milne's son, ]. Most of the other characters are also named after toys belonging to Christopher Milne, the exceptions being ] himself, and also ] and ] who are presumably based on real life animals. Christopher Milne had named his toy after a real bear called ], brought to Britain from Canada and whom Milne and his son often saw at ], and "Pooh", a swan they had met on a holiday (and who appears in ''When We Were Very Young''). The character was named after a stuffed bear owned by Milne's son, ]. Most of the other characters are also named after toys belonging to Christopher Milne, the exceptions being ] himself, and also ] and ] who are presumably based on real life animals. Christopher Milne had named his toy after a real bear called ], brought to Britain from Canada and whom Milne and his son often saw at ], and "Pooh", a swan they had met on a holiday (and who appears in ''When We Were Very Young'').


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Milne was also a veteran of The Punch Table who dreamed of being remembered as a famous playwright, as opposed to the author of “four trifles for the young.” Milne was also a veteran of The Punch Table who dreamed of being remembered as a famous playwright, as opposed to the author of “four trifles for the young.”


But the magic both men left to the world, during their brief time with Pooh, inspired others to do more with the bear of little brain. To the credit of Methuen and Dutton Publishers, the legacy of Milne’s original books is secure. But the magic both men left to the world, during their brief time with Pooh, inspired others to do more with the bear of little brain. and to the credit of Methuen and Dutton Publishers, the legacy of Milne’s original books is secure.

In 1930 illustrator/producer Stephen Slesinger and his company Stephen Slesinger, Inc. adapted the character for use in children’s theatre, on radio and TV, in story-telling records with Jimmy Stuart and Gene Kelly, in song recordings, in early animated paper films and in the promotion of goods and the advertising of services.

Slesinger was the largest developer of Character rights in the 1930s and 1940s for most of the famous comic and children’s book characters of those days. He brought Pooh up to be the best loved bear in history and with the help of Pooh’s American Publisher Dutton, in the height of the depression Pooh sales reached $50 million dollars in 1931, according to trade reports.{{fact}} Interestingly, Mickey Mouse reached $30 million in sales, seven years later.{{fact}} After Stephen Slesinger's death, his wife continued developing the character.

The first of two agreements between Stephen Slesinger, Inc. and Disney was signed in 1961.{{fact}} In 1961, in a related agreement, Daphne Milne also licensed certain rights to Disney including theatrical motion picture rights.

Pooh videos, ]s, and other merchandise generate substantial annual revenues for Disney—as much as is earned by ], ], ], ], and ] combined.<ref> The Curse of Pooh</ref> Pooh stuffed toys can be found in sizes from Beanie and miniature versions up to human size stuffed varieties. As well as the stylised Disney Pooh there is also a large range of Classic Pooh merchandise depicting the EH Shepard style in toy form.

Many ] ]s have been created, as well as the theatrical feature-length films '']'', '']'', and '']''. The last of the films listed introduced an elephant-like ] named Lumpy. The classic characters, plus Lumpy, are expected to appear in the future ] ], entitled '']'' in ]. ] has been replaced with a girl named Darby.

==Ownership controversy and drastic changes==
]'s replacement, a 6-year-old "tomboyish" red-haired girl.]]
A. A. Milne left the rights to Pooh, and his other characters, in trust to four beneficiaries: The ], ], ], and the A. A. Milne Family.

In ], Stephen Slesinger, Inc, filed a lawsuit against Disney, based upon Disney's breach of the 1983 Agreement in which Disney had promised to report accurately after it had failed to do so once before, the suit alleged.
Under the agreement, Disney was allowed to retain about 98% of the gross revenues Pooh generated worldwide and was supposed to pay Slesinger about 2%. Disney was also required to pay royalties on all commercial exploitation but when video and other uses became popular Disney stopped paying royalties.
Disney was sanctioned by a judge for destroying millions of pages of evidence then a new judge was assigned to the case and he granted Disney's motion to terminate the case based on the fact that Slesinger's investigator had rummaged through Disney's garbage to try to retrieve some of the evidence Disney discarded. That case is still on appeal.

In order to minimize it's liability to Slesinger and Milne, In the wake of the ] ] of ], Disney bought Clare Milne's name (Clare Milne is the daughter of Christopher Robin). Disney then paid for all of the legal expenses and attempted to terminate the future U.S. Copyright rights of Stephen Slesinger, Inc. Disney financed that action all the way up to the Supreme court
and lost. ]. The district court found in favour of Stephen Slesinger, Inc., and as did the ] for the Ninth Circuit. On Monday, June 26, 2006, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear the case, thus sustaining the Appeals Court ruling.

In ], Disney announced that Pooh's friend and owner ] would be replaced by a 6-year-old "tomboyish" ] girl for the future ] ], '']''<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4512770.stm</ref>.Contrary to published reports, Darby has not replaced Christopher Robin, who will still appear intermittently in the series.

In countries where copyright terms are no longer than required by the ], the copyrights to the Pooh stories will expire at the end of ]. (Ernest Shepard's illustrations will remain under copyright for longer, however.) {{fact}}


==Other works== ==Other works==
] ]
Stephen Slesinger and his company Stephen Slesinger, Inc. produced radio and television shows,the rights of which were later sold to ]. More information can be found in the article ]

'']'' and '']'' by ] use Milne's characters in an effort to explain the Eastern Philosophy/Religion of ] in a more accessible way. Pooh has also been featured in four notable satires: '']'' by J. T. Williams, '']'', and ]' '']'' and ''],'' which both poke fun at ]. '']'' and '']'' by ] use Milne's characters in an effort to explain the Eastern Philosophy/Religion of ] in a more accessible way. Pooh has also been featured in four notable satires: '']'' by J. T. Williams, '']'', and ]' '']'' and ''],'' which both poke fun at ].


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In the ], three Winnie the Pooh stories were made into celebrated cartoons by ]. Quotes and songs from the films are still a staple of ]n society, and, together with the characters, are often ], while loved. In the ], three Winnie the Pooh stories were made into celebrated cartoons by ]. Quotes and songs from the films are still a staple of ]n society, and, together with the characters, are often ], while loved.

==Radio==
Pooh made his radio debut in 1930 in New York.

==Recordings==
Gene Kelly, James Stuart and others narrated Pooh stories on story-telling albums which
were the chief forms of home entertainment for pre-video kids.

==Broadway==
Pooh debuted on Broadway with Sue Hastings' Marionettes in the 1930s.

Readings of various Winnie-the-Pooh stories have been broadcast on ] by ] and also released as recordings.

==Disney adaptations==
'''Featurettes'''
* 1966: '']''
* 1968: '']''
* 1974: '']''
* 1983: '']''

'''Full-length features'''
* 1977: '']'' (trilogy of the three featurettes: The Honey Tree, The Blustery Day, and Tigger Too)
* 1997: '']'' V
* 1999: '']'' * V
* 2000: '']''
* 2002: '']'' * V
* 2003: '']''
* 2004: '']'' V
* 2005: '']''
* 2005: '']'' * V
&#42; - Means that the feature integrates stories from '']'' and/or the holiday specials with new footage<br>
V - Means that it was a ] release

'''Television show'''
* '']'' (], 1983-1995)
* '']'' (], 1988-1991)
* '']'' (], 2001-2002)
* '']'' (], 2007-)

'''Holiday TV Specials'''
* 1991: '']''
* 1996: '']''
* 1998: '']''
* 1998: '']''

'''Video games'''
* '']''
* '']''
* '']''
* '']''
* '']''
* '']''
* '']''
* '']''
* '']''
* '']'' series


==Trivia== ==Trivia==
]

* Academy Award winning songwriters ] wrote songs for all the Winnie the Pooh featurettes as well as ] which was released in ].

* Winnie the Pooh is such a popular character in ] that a ] street is named after him (in ], '']''). * Winnie the Pooh is such a popular character in ] that a ] street is named after him (in ], '']'').

* Pooh was ]'s favourite Disney character in a 2004 poll, competing against characters including ], ], ], ] and ].

* Pooh also is the number one Disney Character in the Philippines for 2005 with Disney Princess at number two followed by ], Buzz Lightyear and Mickey Mouse. This is in terms of the merchandise sold for the year. (Honey Barn Marketing Corp.)


* The sign over Pooh's door says "Mr. Sanders". The name is not Pooh's name at all, but is a set-up for a joke: Pooh "lived in a forest all by himself under the name of Sanders." * The sign over Pooh's door says "Mr. Sanders". The name is not Pooh's name at all, but is a set-up for a joke: Pooh "lived in a forest all by himself under the name of Sanders."
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* Singer ] wrote a song entitled "Return To Pooh Corner" (1969) based on the story of ] and Winnie The Pooh. In 1994 he recorded a children's album bearing the same name. * Singer ] wrote a song entitled "Return To Pooh Corner" (1969) based on the story of ] and Winnie The Pooh. In 1994 he recorded a children's album bearing the same name.

* In June ], ] ] ] was reported to have removed the Winnie-the-Pooh cartoons from television because the cartoon features a ], ]. Other cartoons featuring pigs were reported to have been removed from television as well.<ref>http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,19503274-1702,00.html</ref> The story turned out to be a hoax.

* In the ], the main character ] somewhat serves as a replacement for Christopher Robin whenever he visits Pooh's world, the 100 Acre Wood. Sora helps Pooh and his friends with their problems.


* In an episode of the British television series ] entitled "Meltdown", ] describes the unusual sight of seeing Winnie the Pooh being escorted to a firing squad by his Nazi captors. * In an episode of the British television series ] entitled "Meltdown", ] describes the unusual sight of seeing Winnie the Pooh being escorted to a firing squad by his Nazi captors.


==See also==
*] - the voice of Disney's Winnie the Pooh (1960s & 1970s)
*] - voice of Winnie the Pooh in '']'' & '']'' (1980s)
*] - current voice of Winnie the Pooh (1988-present)


==References== ==References==
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==External links== ==External links==
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* (pdf) from The Canadian Medical Association Journal (Vol 163, Issue 12) * (pdf) from The Canadian Medical Association Journal (Vol 163, Issue 12)
* '''' - ] television dramatization of the story of the original Winnipeg Bear. * '''' - ] television dramatization of the story of the original Winnipeg Bear.
* One of the popular satires (see above) featuring the bear * One of the popular satires (see above) featuring the bear
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Winnie-the-Pooh (Disney version)

Winnie-the-Pooh is a fictional bear created by A. A. Milne. He appears in the books Winnie-the-Pooh (published October 14, 1926) and The House at Pooh Corner (1928). Milne also wrote two books of children's poetry, When We Were Very Young and Now We Are Six, which include several poems about Winnie-the-Pooh. All four volumes were illustrated by E. H. Shepard. The setting of the stories is based on the Ashdown Forest in East Sussex, England. The name "Winnie" was inspired by a pet bear of a Canadian soldier, named after his hometown, Winnipeg .

Some of Pooh Bear's friends include Piglet, Tigger, Eeyore, Rabbit, Roo, Kanga, Owl, Gopher, Christopher Robin, and many other friends that the gang makes on their journeys.

The Pooh stories were later made into a series of Winnie the Pooh (without hyphens) featurettes by Walt Disney Productions, which became one of the company's most successful franchises.

Origins

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Original Winnie the Pooh stuffed animals

The character was named after a stuffed bear owned by Milne's son, Christopher Robin Milne. Most of the other characters are also named after toys belonging to Christopher Milne, the exceptions being Christopher Robin himself, and also Owl and Rabbit who are presumably based on real life animals. Christopher Milne had named his toy after a real bear called Winnipeg, brought to Britain from Canada and whom Milne and his son often saw at London Zoo, and "Pooh", a swan they had met on a holiday (and who appears in When We Were Very Young).

Winnipeg the bear was discovered at a stop in White River, Ontario, by members of The Fort Garry Horse Canadian regiment of cavalry, en route to the battlefields of France during World War I. The bear was smuggled to Britain as the unofficial regimental mascot. Winnie's first owner was Lt. Harry Colebourn. He was the regiment's veterinarian, responsible for their horses. Winnie's eventual destination was to be the Assiniboine Park Zoo in Winnipeg, but at the end of the War, the officers of the Fort Garry Horse decided to allow her to remain in the London Zoo, where she was much loved for her playfulness. She was known as a kind bear and never attacked anyone. This is exactly what inspired Milne to write about Pooh Bear.

Christopher Robin's toy bear is now on display at the Donnell Library Center Central Children's Room in New York .

The forest in which the stories are set is based on the Ashdown Forest in which the Milnes lived. The fictional "Hundred Acre wood" is a named location in the stories. The form of the name appears to follow that of the Five Hundred Acre Wood, which lies just outside of the Ashdown Forest, and includes some of the locations mentioned in the book, such as the Enchanted Place.

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Template:Wikify-date Milne’s original version of Edward Bear’s collection of stories and verses has been the love of America’s literati ever since Milne’s pen brought forth a little poem called “Vespers,” which he gave, with love, to his wife Daphne, and which Daphne presented to the editors of Vanity Fair Magazine in 1923.

That was when New Yorkers first read of “Christopher Robin Saying His Prayers.”

In the 1920s, Charles Scribner, The New York Evening Post and St. Nicholas Magazine, among others, published Milne’s enchanting stories with illustrations by several of the more famous American artists of that decade.

Their work on Pooh is now forgotten, for Milne’s original version is better known in the company of decorations by E.H. Shepard–the man who hated Pooh, according to Tim Benson of BBC News. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/4772370.stm

Shepard decorated the books published by Methuen and E.P. Dutton, but the enormously talented Mr. Shepard preferred to be known as a political cartoonist for London’s Punch Magazine. The only known painting that Shepard did of Winnie the Pooh is on display at the Assiniboine Park in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Milne was also a veteran of The Punch Table who dreamed of being remembered as a famous playwright, as opposed to the author of “four trifles for the young.”

But the magic both men left to the world, during their brief time with Pooh, inspired others to do more with the bear of little brain. and to the credit of Methuen and Dutton Publishers, the legacy of Milne’s original books is secure.

In 1930 illustrator/producer Stephen Slesinger and his company Stephen Slesinger, Inc. adapted the character for use in children’s theatre, on radio and TV, in story-telling records with Jimmy Stuart and Gene Kelly, in song recordings, in early animated paper films and in the promotion of goods and the advertising of services.

Slesinger was the largest developer of Character rights in the 1930s and 1940s for most of the famous comic and children’s book characters of those days. He brought Pooh up to be the best loved bear in history and with the help of Pooh’s American Publisher Dutton, in the height of the depression Pooh sales reached $50 million dollars in 1931, according to trade reports. Interestingly, Mickey Mouse reached $30 million in sales, seven years later. After Stephen Slesinger's death, his wife continued developing the character.

The first of two agreements between Stephen Slesinger, Inc. and Disney was signed in 1961. In 1961, in a related agreement, Daphne Milne also licensed certain rights to Disney including theatrical motion picture rights.

Pooh videos, teddy bears, and other merchandise generate substantial annual revenues for Disney—as much as is earned by Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck, Goofy, and Pluto combined. Pooh stuffed toys can be found in sizes from Beanie and miniature versions up to human size stuffed varieties. As well as the stylised Disney Pooh there is also a large range of Classic Pooh merchandise depicting the EH Shepard style in toy form.

Many direct-to-video featurettes have been created, as well as the theatrical feature-length films The Tigger Movie, Piglet's Big Movie, and Pooh's Heffalump Movie. The last of the films listed introduced an elephant-like heffalump named Lumpy. The classic characters, plus Lumpy, are expected to appear in the future Disney Channel animated television series, entitled My Friends Tigger & Pooh in 2007. Christopher Robin has been replaced with a girl named Darby.

Ownership controversy and drastic changes

File:Christopher robins replacement.jpg
Christopher Robin's replacement, a 6-year-old "tomboyish" red-haired girl.

A. A. Milne left the rights to Pooh, and his other characters, in trust to four beneficiaries: The Garrick Club, Westminster School, The Royal Literary Fund, and the A. A. Milne Family.

In 1991, Stephen Slesinger, Inc, filed a lawsuit against Disney, based upon Disney's breach of the 1983 Agreement in which Disney had promised to report accurately after it had failed to do so once before, the suit alleged. Under the agreement, Disney was allowed to retain about 98% of the gross revenues Pooh generated worldwide and was supposed to pay Slesinger about 2%. Disney was also required to pay royalties on all commercial exploitation but when video and other uses became popular Disney stopped paying royalties. Disney was sanctioned by a judge for destroying millions of pages of evidence then a new judge was assigned to the case and he granted Disney's motion to terminate the case based on the fact that Slesinger's investigator had rummaged through Disney's garbage to try to retrieve some of the evidence Disney discarded. That case is still on appeal.

In order to minimize it's liability to Slesinger and Milne, In the wake of the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act of 1998, Disney bought Clare Milne's name (Clare Milne is the daughter of Christopher Robin). Disney then paid for all of the legal expenses and attempted to terminate the future U.S. Copyright rights of Stephen Slesinger, Inc. Disney financed that action all the way up to the Supreme court and lost. federal district court. The district court found in favour of Stephen Slesinger, Inc., and as did the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. On Monday, June 26, 2006, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear the case, thus sustaining the Appeals Court ruling.

In December 2005, Disney announced that Pooh's friend and owner Christopher Robin would be replaced by a 6-year-old "tomboyish" red-haired girl for the future Disney Channel animated television series, My Friends Tigger & Pooh.Contrary to published reports, Darby has not replaced Christopher Robin, who will still appear intermittently in the series.

In countries where copyright terms are no longer than required by the Berne Convention, the copyrights to the Pooh stories will expire at the end of 2006. (Ernest Shepard's illustrations will remain under copyright for longer, however.)

Other works

Winnie the Pooh in a Soviet cartoon

The Tao of Pooh and The Te of Piglet by Benjamin Hoff use Milne's characters in an effort to explain the Eastern Philosophy/Religion of Taoism in a more accessible way. Pooh has also been featured in four notable satires: Pooh and the Philosophers by J. T. Williams, Was the Winnie-the-Pooh a good Muslim?, and Frederick Crews' The Pooh Perplex and Postmodern Pooh, which both poke fun at literary theory.

"The Hums of Pooh" (verses from the original books supposed to have been composed and sung by Pooh) were set to music by Harold Fraser-Simson, who also set some verses from Milne's books of children's poetry (When We Were Very young, and Now We Are Six).

The "sport" of Poohsticks, in which competitors drop sticks into a stream from a bridge and then wait to see whose stick will cross the finish line first, began as a game played by Pooh and his friends in the stories, but has crossed over into the real world. A World Championship Poohsticks race takes place in Oxfordshire each year.

The Pooh stories have been translated into many languages, notably including Alexander Lenard's Latin translation, Winnie ille Pu, which was first published in 1958, and in 1960, became the first foreign-language book to feature on the New York Times Bestseller List.

In the Soviet Union, three Winnie the Pooh stories were made into celebrated cartoons by Soyuzmultfilm. Quotes and songs from the films are still a staple of Russian society, and, together with the characters, are often parodied, while loved.

Radio

Pooh made his radio debut in 1930 in New York.

Recordings

Gene Kelly, James Stuart and others narrated Pooh stories on story-telling albums which were the chief forms of home entertainment for pre-video kids.

Broadway

Pooh debuted on Broadway with Sue Hastings' Marionettes in the 1930s.

Readings of various Winnie-the-Pooh stories have been broadcast on BBC Radio 4 by Alan Bennett and also released as recordings.

Disney adaptations

Featurettes

Full-length features

* - Means that the feature integrates stories from The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh and/or the holiday specials with new footage
V - Means that it was a Direct-to-video release

Television show

Holiday TV Specials

Video games

Trivia

The Disney incarnation of Winnie the Pooh, as a stuffed animal
  • Pooh also is the number one Disney Character in the Philippines for 2005 with Disney Princess at number two followed by The Incredibles, Buzz Lightyear and Mickey Mouse. This is in terms of the merchandise sold for the year. (Honey Barn Marketing Corp.)
  • The sign over Pooh's door says "Mr. Sanders". The name is not Pooh's name at all, but is a set-up for a joke: Pooh "lived in a forest all by himself under the name of Sanders."
  • Pooh's official birthdate is August 21 1921, the day Christopher Robin got him on his first birthday.
  • The toys that inspired the stories are on public show in the New York Public Library on W53rd St.. Many people in Britain feel strongly that this crucial part of Britain's cultural heritage should be repatriated. There are strong comparisons between the toys and the Elgin Marbles and the matter was raised in Parliament as recently as 1998.
  • A bronze statue of "Winnipeg the Bear" appears at the Assiniboine Zoo in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The statue depicts the bear cub hand in hand with Lt. Harry Colebourn.
  • In December 2000, a Canadian medical journal jokingly "diagnosed" characters in the books and films with various mental illnesses. e.g. Winnie the Pooh shows signs of obsessive compulsive disorder, Tigger shows signs of ADHD etc. .
  • Pooh's obsession with honey is based upon a completely false premise about bear behavior. While bears are major predators of beehives to the great consternation of beekeepers, they are seeking the brood (larvae and pupae) of the bees.
  • Singer Kenny Loggins wrote a song entitled "Return To Pooh Corner" (1969) based on the story of Christopher Robin and Winnie The Pooh. In 1994 he recorded a children's album bearing the same name.
  • In June 2006, Turkish public broadcaster TRT was reported to have removed the Winnie-the-Pooh cartoons from television because the cartoon features a pig, Piglet. Other cartoons featuring pigs were reported to have been removed from television as well. The story turned out to be a hoax.
  • In the Kingdom Hearts series, the main character Sora somewhat serves as a replacement for Christopher Robin whenever he visits Pooh's world, the 100 Acre Wood. Sora helps Pooh and his friends with their problems.
  • In an episode of the British television series Red Dwarf entitled "Meltdown", Dave Lister describes the unusual sight of seeing Winnie the Pooh being escorted to a firing squad by his Nazi captors.

See also

References

  1. http://www.histori.ca/minutes/minute.do?id=10193
  2. http://www.nypl.org/branch/central/dlc/dch/
  3. Fortune The Curse of Pooh
  4. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4512770.stm
  5. http://www.nypl.org/branch/central/dlc/dch/pooh/
  6. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/53778.stm
  7. http://www.cmaj.ca/cgi/content/full/163/12/1557
  8. http://www.hollywoodchamber.net/icons/upcoming_ceremonies.asp
  9. http://en.wikiquote.org/On_the_Road
  10. http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,19503274-1702,00.html

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