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While waiting for flights to resume, Charli’s character Bethany flirts with the idea of blowing up her life by rekindling a romance with an old friend who owns a flower shop in Warsaw.
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Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 10 Feb. 2026
Spader plays Graham, an enigmatic wanderer who inserts himself into the lives of his old friend John (Peter Gallagher), his wife Ann (Andie MacDowell) and her sister Cynthia (San Giacomo), drawing out all manner of confessions and revelations.
—Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2026
But the Duke is an old friend of Daphne's brother Anthony, who can't seem to swallow the idea of them together.
—Emily Kelleher, InStyle, 30 Jan. 2026
According to the Wilmington Police Department (WPD), authorities allege that the grandfather placed pills into his 16-year-old step-granddaughter and her 15-year-old friend's Dairy Queen ice cream cones in August 2025.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 29 Jan. 2026
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Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 10 Feb. 2026
Spader plays Graham, an enigmatic wanderer who inserts himself into the lives of his old friend John (Peter Gallagher), his wife Ann (Andie MacDowell) and her sister Cynthia (San Giacomo), drawing out all manner of confessions and revelations.
—Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2026
But the Duke is an old friend of Daphne's brother Anthony, who can't seem to swallow the idea of them together.
—Emily Kelleher, InStyle, 30 Jan. 2026
According to the Wilmington Police Department (WPD), authorities allege that the grandfather placed pills into his 16-year-old step-granddaughter and her 15-year-old friend's Dairy Queen ice cream cones in August 2025.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 29 Jan. 2026
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“Old friend.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/old%20friend. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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