Nicholson
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Ben, 1894–1982, British abstract painter.
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Sir Francis, 1655–1728, English colonial administrator in America.
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Jack, born 1937, U.S. actor.
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Ben. 1894–1982, English painter, noted esp for his abstract geometrical works
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Jack. born 1937, US film actor. His films include Easy Rider (1969), One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1974), Chinatown (1974), Terms of Endearment (1983), Batman (1989), As Good As It Gets (1998), About Schmidt (2002), and The Departed (2006)
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John. 1821–57, British general and administrator, born in Ireland: deputy commissioner in the Punjab (1851–56), where he became the object of hero-worship among the natives and kept the Punjab loyal during the Indian Mutiny: played a major role in the capture of Delhi
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Just take a look back 20 years ago, to March 5, 2006, when the normally unflappable Jack Nicholson was so astonished by reading out the name of the best picture winner his eyebrows nearly shot off his head, and he mouthed, “Whoa.”
From Los Angeles Times
Nicholson’s “whoa” was collectively shared.
From Los Angeles Times
Our three Sundance correspondents, Amy Nicholson, Mark Olsen and Joshua Rothkopf, pick their favorites from this year’s lineup and reflect on memories of Park City.
From Los Angeles Times
In Mount Hood: The exterior of the Timberline Lodge was filmed to represent the Overlook Hotel in “The Shining,” with Jack Nicholson.
He wrote that the actor Jack Nicholson once mistakenly called him one of the “Getty boys” at a party in a 16th-century palazzo in Venice where guests arrived via gondola.
From Los Angeles Times
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