Mr. Heartthrob, Mr. Senior Football Star, Mr. Astounding Catch, from the rich, Cadillac-driving end of town where the mining-company big shots lived.

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The Mr Bean star plays the title role in Quartermaine's Terms, Simon Gray's 1981 tragi-comedy about teachers at an English language school.

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As though to counter Mr Clinton's star power, Mr Brown has let it be known that Hollywood producers such as Steven Spielberg, David Geffen and Jeffrey Katzenberg are raising money for him rather than Mr Clinton's man.

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