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  2. Hollywood accounting - Wikipedia

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    Hollywood accounting (also known as Hollywood bookkeeping) is the opaque or creative set of accounting methods used by the film, video, television and music industry to budget and record profits for creative projects. Expenditures can be inflated to reduce or eliminate the reported profit of the project, thereby reducing the amount which the ...

  3. Mexican–American War - Wikipedia

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    The Mexican–American War, [ a] also known in the United States as the Mexican War, and in Mexico as the United States intervention in Mexico, [ b] was an invasion of Mexico by the United States Army from 1846 to 1848. It followed the 1845 American annexation of Texas, which Mexico still considered its territory because it refused to recognize ...

  4. Missing dollar riddle - Wikipedia

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    Where did the extra dollar come from? The actual solution to this riddle is to add correctly (correct time, correct person and correct location) from the bank point of view which in this case seems to be the problem: First day: $30 in the bank + $20 owner already withdrew = $50; Second day: $15 in the bank + ($15 + $20 owner already withdrew) = $50

  5. History of cinema in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The million dollar Mark Strand Theatre at 47th Street and Broadway in New York City opened in 1914 by Mitchell Mark was the archetypical movie palace. The ornate Al. Ringling Theatre was built in Baraboo, WI by Al Ringling, one of the founders of the Ringling Bros. Circus, for the then-incredible sum of $100,000.

  6. Oppenheimer (film) - Wikipedia

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    Oppenheimer (film) Oppenheimer. (film) Oppenheimer is a 2023 epic biographical thriller drama film [ a] written, directed, and produced by Christopher Nolan. [ 8] It follows the life of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the American theoretical physicist who helped develop the first nuclear weapons during World War II.

  7. United States dollar - Wikipedia

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    The same coinage act also set the value of an eagle at 10 dollars, and the dollar at 1 ⁄ 10 eagle. It called for silver coins in denominations of 1, 1 ⁄ 2, 1 ⁄ 4, 1 ⁄ 10, and 1 ⁄ 20 dollar, as well as gold coins in denominations of 1, 1 ⁄ 2 and 1 ⁄ 4 eagle. The value of gold or silver contained in the dollar was then converted ...

  8. Rutherford B. Hayes - Wikipedia

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    Rutherford Birchard Hayes (/ ˈ r ʌ ð ər f ər d /; October 4, 1822 – January 17, 1893) was an American military officer, lawyer, and politician who served as the 19th president of the United States from 1877 to 1881.

  9. Knives Out - Wikipedia

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    Knives Out is a 2019 American mystery film written and directed by Rian Johnson. Daniel Craig leads an eleven-actor ensemble cast as Benoit Blanc, famed private detective summoned to investigate the death of bestselling author Harlan Thrombey (Christopher Plummer).