Atlantan Barbara Thompson, who knew Oo through a school she founded for refugee kids, championed his cause.

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She has also profiled many actors, singers and artists, including Harrison Ford, Sean Connery, Jeremy Irons, Mel Gibson, Tom Hanks, Clint Eastwood, John Travolta, Jim Carrey, Courtney Love, Billy Crystal, Vanessa Redgrave, Peter O'Toole, Jane Fonda, Glenn Close, Barbara Streisand, Larry Flynt, Hunter Thompson, 50 Cent, James Earl Jones, Henry Winkler, Cee Lo Green, and Frank Zappa.

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