Billy Wilson of the Motown Alumni Association paid tribute to Tarplin as The Miracles' "secret weapon".

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So for a more objective assessment of his essays on pop culture (which include ruminations on rapper Mos Def, former Beach Boy Brian Wilson and jazz bandleader Billy Eckstein), read this recent review.

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Wilson retained fourth in the standings with Gowland and Billy McConnell also failing to score points.

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He and Wilson lead by two shots from Americans Fred Couples and Billy Mayfair, and Swede Jesper Parnevik.

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We are introduced to a band of former crime busters, now under threat: Nite Owl (Patrick Wilson), the Comedian (Jeffrey Dean Morgan), Dr. Manhattan (Billy Crudup), the lithe but witless Silk Spectre (Malin Akerman), a moneyed fop named Ozymandias (Matthew Goode), and, lastly, Rorschach (Jackie Earle Haley), who takes time off from merciless slaughter to narrate the proceedings.

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Wilson makes a brief but notable appearance as Marion's solid, idealistic lover, and Billy Eugene Jones is discreetly effective as a loyal servant to the Castles.

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