Pelle Ahlerup is an economics researcher at Sweden's University of Gothenburg.

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Martin Erlandsson is on his own in second, with fellow Swedes Pelle Edberg and Steven Jeppesen and Spain's Miguel Angel Jimenez a shot further back.

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In addition to a slew of celebrity weekly covers and endorsement deals with companies like Avon's Mark and Linea Pelle, the 22-year-old star and Celebrity 100 member recently launched the Lauren Conrad Collection, a California-themed fashion line for sale in 500 specialty boutiques.

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Despite his lasting association with the director, Mr. von Sydow's one previous Oscar nomination was not for a role in a Bergman picture but rather for another Swedish-language part, that of Lassefar in Bille August's "Pelle the Conqueror" (1987), which won an Academy Award for best foreign film as well as the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival.

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