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Neil Diamond Trivia
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- In 1981, his screen "acting" debut in The Jazz Singer (1980) beat out Kirk Douglas (Saturn 3 (1980)), Anthony Hopkins (_Change Of Seasons, A (1980)_ ), Richard Dreyfuss (The Competition (1980)), Michael Caine (The Island (1980)), Robert Blake (Coast to Coast (1980)) and four others to "win" the first-ever Worst Actor Razzie Award for 1980.
- Was a Pre-Med student, interested in Biology, at NYU, but left with less than a year left, due to his dislike of Organic Chemistry.
- Was a top fencer during his time at New York University.
- When he and Barbra Streisand had a smash hit in 1978 with "You Don't Bring Me Flowers", it was not the first time that the Brooklyn-born superstars had sung together. While students at New York City's Erasmus High School, they both sang in the school choir.
- Father-in-law of actress Sheryl Lee.
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