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Charli XCX, the pop singer and songwriter from England with a long history of underground acclaim, has seven nominations — including album of the year and record of the year — with her “Brat” LP and “360” single, which elevated her to a new level of mainstream renown.

Jones came to early renown as a film composer, where he wrote the scores to Oscar-winning “In the Heat of the Night,” “The Wiz,” “In Cold Blood” and “The Color Purple,” among many others.

LuPone, who was in the first graduating class of Juilliard’s Drama Division, achieved Broadway renown with “Evita.”

The festivities in Derry have grown to global renown since the first official Halloween celebrations in 1986 and it is now regarded as among the world's premier destinations for Halloween.

And as the city has grown to assume a prominent place in American pop culture, it has given global renown to this local phenomenon, name-dropped by Raymond Chandler, Nancy Meyers and the Beach Boys.