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- ↑ Luan rolin e mafiozit në serialin e huaj, kush është djali i aktorit të njohur shqiptar, roli krah Brad Pitt në ‘War Machine’
- ↑ Gangs of London Season 2: Where Could the Crime Drama go Next?
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