even a cast of megastars couldn't keep the would-be blockbuster from fizzling at the box office
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Serious cinephiles don’t much care whether or not Cannes hosts the premiere of a film that will shortly be in multiplexes everywhere, but the red-carpet currency of a Cruise-level megastar at the festival is not to be discounted.—Guy Lodge, Variety, 26 May 2026 The city-state is a regional hub for business travel and airline stopovers and has hosted major events, including the Formula One Singapore Grand Prix and concerts by megastars Taylor Swift, Coldplay and Blackpink.—Sydney Goh, CNBC, 11 May 2026 The megastars for the opening ceremony of the first World Cup game in the United States have been announced.—Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 9 May 2026 And his vision of bachata brought the genre boldly into the present, and also set an unwitting template for how Spanish-language music could firm-footedly interface with pop’s other streams, arguably laying the groundwork for Latin megastars like Bad Bunny.—New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for megastar