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TIL 'The Spy Who Shagged Me' in the Austin Powers series is an Academy Award nominated film (for best makeup). It also won a Grammy for Madonna's 1999 song 'Beautiful Stranger' (for best song written for a motion picture, TV or other visual media).

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