<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><evriThing version="1.0" status="OK" requestedUrl="/v1/entities"><messages><message code="0">More information on the Evri API can be found at: http://www.evri.com/developer/index.html. By using or accessing the Evri API, you are agreeing to be bound by our Terms of Use which are specified at: http://www.evri.com/developer/tos.html</message></messages><entityList totalResults="194" currentResult="0"><entity score="1.0" id="124755" href="/person/river-phoenix-0x1e753"><facets><facet count="0"><name>Actor</name></facet></facets><name>River Phoenix</name><properties><property><name>wikipedia_paragraph</name><value>River Jude Phoenix (August 23, 1970 – October 31, 1993) was an Academy Award and Golden Globe-nominated American film actor. He was listed on John Willis's Screen World, Vol. 38 as one of twelve &quot;promising new actors of 1986&quot;, and was hailed as highly talented by such critics as Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel. His career was cut short, when he died of an overdose of heroin and cocaine (also known as a speedball) on Halloween morning 1993 at age 23. He was the older brother of actor Joaquin Phoenix.</value></property></properties><type>PERSON</type></entity><entity score="0.9569201" id="133363" href="/person/5-cent-0x208f3"><facets><facet count="0"><name>Musician</name></facet></facets><name>50 Cent</name><properties><property><name>wikipedia_paragraph</name><value>Curtis James Jackson III (born July 6, 1975), better known by his stage name 50 Cent, is an American rapper. He rose to fame with the release of his albums Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2003) and The Massacre (2005). Both albums achieved multi-platinum success, selling over twenty-one million copies combined.

Born in South Jamaica, Queens, 50 Cent began drug dealing at the age of twelve during the 1980s crack epidemic. After leaving drug dealing to pursue a rap career, he was shot nine times in 2000. After releasing his album Guess Who's Back? in 2002, 50 Cent was discovered by rapper Eminem and signed to Interscope Records. With the help of Eminem and Dr. Dre—who produced his first major commercial successes—he became one of the world's highest selling rappers. In 2003, he founded the record label G-Unit Records, which signed several successful rappers such as Young Buck, Lloyd Banks, and Tony Yayo.

50 Cent has engaged in feuds with other rappers including Ja Rule, The Game, Fat Joe and most recently Rick Ross. He has also pursued an acting career, appearing in the semi-autobiographical film Get Rich or Die Tryin' in 2005, the Iraq War film Home of the Brave in 2006, and Righteous Kill in 2008.</value></property></properties><type>PERSON</type></entity><entity score="0.7807617" id="127562" href="/person/stevie-nicks-0x1f24a"><facets><facet count="0"><name>Musician</name></facet></facets><name>Stevie Nicks</name><properties><property><name>wikipedia_paragraph</name><value>Stephanie Lynn &quot;Stevie&quot; Nicks (born on May 26, 1948, in Phoenix, Arizona) is an American singer-songwriter, best known for her work with Fleetwood Mac and an extensive solo career, which collectively have produced over forty Top 50 hits and has sold nearly 120 million albums. She has been noted for her ethereal visual style and symbolic lyrics. In the early 1980s, and after a hugely successful first solo album, Rolling Stone deemed her &quot;The Reigning Queen of Rock and Roll&quot;.

Nicks was invited to join Fleetwood Mac in 1975 after Mick Fleetwood heard &quot;Frozen Love&quot;, a song she had written and recorded with her boyfriend Lindsey Buckingham. Initially, Fleetwood only intended to hire Lindsey Buckingham, but Buckingham told him: &quot;We're a package deal.&quot; Fleetwood Mac's first album after the incorporation of Nicks and Buckingham produced four Top 40 singles and it remained #1 on the American album charts for over 30 weeks. With the commercial and critical success of Fleetwood Mac's Rumours album in 1977 (which sold over 33 million copies worldwide), Fleetwood Mac gained international fame.

Nicks began her solo career in 1981 with Bella Donna, and she has produced five more solo studio albums to date. Overcoming cocaine addiction, dependency on tranquilizers, and chronic fatigue syndrome, Nicks remains a successful solo performer. Nicks has been nominated for seven Grammy Awards, and, with Fleetwood Mac, won the 1977/1978 Grammy for Album of the Year for Rumours. As a member of Fleetwood Mac, she was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998. Nicks has a contralto vocal range. As a young child, Nicks had difficulty pronouncing her given name Stephanie, instead pronouncing it &quot;tee-dee&quot;, which became the nickname &quot;Stevie&quot;.</value></property></properties><type>PERSON</type></entity><entity score="0.7807617" id="129050" href="/person/les-mckeown-0x1f81a"><facets><facet count="0"><name>Musician</name></facet></facets><name>Les McKeown</name><properties><property><name>wikipedia_paragraph</name><value>Leslie Richard McKeown (born November 12, 1955 at Simpson Memorial Maternity Pavilion Hospital, Edinburgh, Scotland) is a pop singer. He was the lead singer for the '70s pop sensation the Bay City Rollers during their most successful period.

McKeown joined the Bay City Rollers in late 1973, replacing original lead singer Nobby Clark. The group's intense popularity, nicknamed &quot;Rollermania&quot;, took off shortly after that. He was with the band until 1978, at which time he left to pursue a career as a solo artist. He released a series of solo albums which saw modest success, primarily in Germany and Japan.

One of McKeown's most unusual musical collaborations after leaving the Bay City Rollers was singing on Filigree &amp; Shadow, the second album by gothic/dream pop band This Mortal Coil.

In 1990 he participated in the UK heats of the Eurovision Song Contest with the song &quot;Ball and Chain&quot;, which placed fifth.

He was ordered by Harlow magistrates on August 23 2005, to appear at Chelmsford Crown Court on drugs charges, following his bail release, 1 On January 31 2006, McKeown admitted being a drug user but denied being a dealer.  On 3 February 2006, he was acquitted of cocaine dealing. He suggested that he would sue the Metropolitan Police for earnings he lost from an overseas tour that was cancelled as a result of the proceedings. McKeown detailed many of these issues in his 2003 autobiography, Shang-a-lang: Life as an International Pop Idol.</value></property></properties><type>PERSON</type></entity><entity score="0.7715963" id="147774" href="/person/raekwon-0x2413e"><facets><facet count="0"><name>Musician</name></facet></facets><name>Raekwon</name><properties><property><name>wikipedia_paragraph</name><value>Corey Woods (born January 12, 1970) better known by the stage name Raekwon (sometimes &quot;Raekwon the Chef&quot;), is an American rapper and a member of the Wu-Tang Clan.

In his book, The Wu-Tang Manual, RZA details Raekwon’s ‘chef’ moniker, writing, &quot;He was known for cooking up some really good fish.&quot; 'Fish' is also a slang term, referring to cocaine.</value></property></properties><type>PERSON</type></entity><entity score="0.7063885" id="138518" href="/person/scott-weiland-0x21d16"><facets><facet count="0"><name>Musician</name></facet></facets><name>Scott Weiland</name><properties><property><name>wikipedia_paragraph</name><value>Scott Weiland (born Scott Richard Kline on October 27, 1967) is an American musician, lyricist, and vocalist, most notably known for his work with Grammy Award-winning rock band Stone Temple Pilots, and also for his five-year career with supergroup Velvet Revolver. After a five-year hiatus, the STP reunion tour kicked off at the Rock on the Range festival in May 2008. He was the frontman of Velvet Revolver during his time away from STP, but parted ways with the band on April 1, 2008. Weiland's split from Velvet Revolver also led to his departure from the side-project band Camp Freddy. Weiland's second solo album, &quot;Happy&quot; in Galoshes, was released on November 25, 2008. Weiland supported the record with an early 2009 tour of the United States.

Weiland is one of the most successful frontmen to emerge from the 1990's. He is well-known for his flamboyant and energetic onstage persona and for constantly changing his appearance and vocal style. Weiland's life and career have been plagued with heroin addiction, as well as several arrests. However, according to MTV News, Weiland has been free from heroin since December 5, 2002.</value></property></properties><type>PERSON</type></entity><entity score="0.6920266" id="92695" href="/person/brad-renfro-0x16a17"><facets><facet count="0"><name>Actor</name></facet></facets><name>Brad Renfro</name><properties><property><name>wikipedia_paragraph</name><value>Bradley Barron Renfro (July 25, 1982 – January 15, 2008), billed as Brad Renfro, was an American actor. He made his film debut in 1994 in the title role of The Client. He acted in 21 films, several short films, and one television episode during his career. Much of his later career was marred by a pattern of substance abuse. He died January 15, 2008 from an overdose of heroin.</value></property></properties><type>PERSON</type></entity><entity score="0.66370434" id="164209" href="/person/danny-pino-0x28171"><facets><facet count="0"><name>Actor</name></facet></facets><name>Danny Pino</name><properties><property><name>wikipedia_paragraph</name><value>Daniel &quot;Danny&quot; Pino (born on 15 April 1974 in Miami, Florida, U.S.) is an American actor of Cuban descent, currently appearing on the TV series Cold Case. In May of 2003, Pino had played Desi Arnaz in a CBS special on the life of Lucille Ball, Lucy: The Lucille Ball Story. Pino attended Miami Coral Park senior high school and graduated class of 93'. Pino went on to attend Florida International University graduating in 1996, where he was also a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon. One of his most riveting performances was as Mexican drug lord, rapist, and gang leader Armadillo Quintero on the cable drama series The Shield. The character is notorious for the rape of a rival gang leader's girlfriend, the rape of the child sister of someone who was going to testify, burning his victims to death, and dealing heroin samples to grade school kids. Danny has also appeared in The Lost City, which was directed by Andy Garcia and featured Dustin Hoffman and Bill Murray. He is also in the movie Flicka which featured Tim McGraw. Danny also appeared in one episode of CSI: NY in a crossover with Cold Case.

Pino and his wife, Lilly, have two sons — Luca Daniel, born February 15, 2006, and Julian Franco, born June 5, 2007. 

He worked for Roxy Productions touring on Baby Faire and was a part of the Roxy Performing Arts Center in Miami where his niece and nephews take drama classes.</value></property></properties><type>PERSON</type></entity><entity score="0.64196867" id="115456" href="/person/cameron-douglas-0x1c300"><facets><facet count="0"><name>Actor</name></facet></facets><name>Cameron Douglas</name><properties><property><name>wikipedia_paragraph</name><value>Cameron Morrell Douglas (born December 13 1978 in Santa Barbara, California) is an American actor. He is the son of actor Michael Douglas and Diandra Morrell Douglas and grandson of actor Kirk Douglas and Bermudian actress Diana Dill.

He has appeared in three films: Jackie Chan's Mr. Nice Guy (1997), It Runs in the Family (2003), and National Lampoon's Adam &amp; Eve (2005). In It Runs in the Family, he appeared with his father Michael Douglas and grandfather Kirk Douglas and grandmother Diana Dill, who is Michael's mother and was married to Kirk.

He was at one time attached to Jennifer Gatien, daughter of former nightlife impresario Peter Gatien. 

He was arrested in October of 2007 on cocaine possession charges.</value></property></properties><type>PERSON</type></entity><entity score="0.62195766" id="174525" href="/person/danniella-westbrook-0x2a9bd"><facets><facet count="0"><name>Actor</name></facet><facet count="0"><name>Television Personality</name></facet></facets><name>Danniella Westbrook</name><properties><property><name>wikipedia_paragraph</name><value>Danniella Westbrook (born 5 November 1973) is an English actress and television presenter. She is known for being the original actress to play Samantha Mitchell in the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders from 1990–1993, 1995–1996, 1999–2000 and 2009 onwards. Away from EastEnders she has presented various shows, and was also a contestant on ITV's I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! in 2003. Westbrook returned to filming for EastEnders as Sam Mitchell in June 2009.

Westbrook struggled with a much publicised cocaine addiction throughout the 1990s and early 2000s, which caused the complete erosion of her nasal septum/colonna. She sought treatment and no longer uses drugs. She is married with two children, and released her autobiography, The Other Side of Nowhere, in 2006.</value></property></properties><type>PERSON</type></entity></entityList></evriThing>