Gary Barlow
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The cancan. It’s celebratory and it would demonstrate the ridiculousness of this life.
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Another One Bites The Dust.
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Paul Weller
English singer-songwriter and musician
Theme From A Summer Place, by Percy Faith.
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Cell Block Tango from the musical Chicago.
Emily Mortimer
British actress
Smoke Gets In Your Eyes.
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When I was 17, I worked in a warehouse in Rotherham doing an audit of truck parts. I counted nuts and bolts all day long.
Airline tickets. I spend a lot on flying because I’ve three kids in the UK.What would your superpower be?To drink as much beer as I can without putting on weight.
Barack Obama. On a daily basis he faced racism, and I admire him for trying to push through that to better his nation.
Every time I let my wife drive.
Every job I don’t get.
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