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'The Grand Tour' launches on Amazon Video

"The Holy Trinity" is the first episode of British motoring series The Grand Tour. It was made available exclusively through the Amazon Video streaming service. Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, and James May, who previously presented as a trio on BBC Two motoring programme Top Gear, present the show.

American actor Charlie Sheen confirms he has HIV

Sheen publicly revealed that he was HIV positive, having been diagnosed roughly four years earlier. In an interview, he referred to the phrase HIV as "three hard letters to absorb". He manages his condition with a triple cocktail of antiretroviral drugs and said that it was impossible that he could have infected any of his partners.

The vampire romance movie 'Twilight' goes to the cinema

Twilight was theatrically released and grossed over US$393 million worldwide. It was released on DVD in March 2009 and became the most purchased DVD of the year. Following the film's success, New Moon and Eclipse, the next two novels in the series, were produced as films the following year.

The youngest singer on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

Spears became the best-selling teenage artist of all time and her work has earned her numerous awards and accolades, including a Grammy Award, six MTV Video Music Awards including the Lifetime Achievement Award, seven Billboard Music Awards including the Millennium Award and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Wham! are at #1 on the US singles chart

"Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" became Wham!'s first UK and US number one hit. The single was certified Platinum in the US, which at the time commemorated sales of over two million copies. In 2015, it was voted by the British public as the nation's 13th favorite 1980s number one in a poll for ITV.

John Lennon releases 'Double Fantasy' album in UK

Double Fantasy is a 1980 album released by John Lennon and Yoko Ono. The album was initially poorly received. However, following Lennon's murder three weeks after its release, it became a worldwide commercial success and went on to win the 1981 Album of the Year award at the 24th Annual Grammy Awards.

Anniversaries of the (in)famous

born 1960

RuPaul

born 1944

Danny DeVito