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Kristi Schiller, nearly unrecognizable in a black pageboy wig and sparkly minidress, was a dead ringer for Uma Thurman in Pulp Fiction while stylist Todd Ramos, in shorts, hoodie and a whistle around his neck, looked like an extra in the Olivia Newton John Let's Get Physical video

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In an incident at London's Covent Garden theatre in 2004, a director fired the then-obese soprano Deborah Voigt from an opera because she could not fit into a "little black cocktail dress", replacing her with the slimmer Anne Schwanewilms

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