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Also new to the fray is Julian Stern, Kudrow’s only child with Stern, who makes his acting debut as an AI tech expert.
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Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 18 Mar. 2026
And now this only child is camped out in her apartment and is having a lot of phone sex with any number of lovers, all within earshot of his dying mother.
—Isle McElroy, The Atlantic, 16 Mar. 2026
Maryanne’s childhood friend was heiress Mari Hulman George, her classmate in Catholic grade school in Terre Haute and only child of Tony Hulman, the man who owned the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and started the Indianapolis 500 Race back in 1946.
—Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 13 Mar. 2026
Zendaya is the only child of Stoermer and her father, Kazembe Ajamu Coleman.
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 3 Mar. 2026
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Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 18 Mar. 2026
And now this only child is camped out in her apartment and is having a lot of phone sex with any number of lovers, all within earshot of his dying mother.
—Isle McElroy, The Atlantic, 16 Mar. 2026
Maryanne’s childhood friend was heiress Mari Hulman George, her classmate in Catholic grade school in Terre Haute and only child of Tony Hulman, the man who owned the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and started the Indianapolis 500 Race back in 1946.
—Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 13 Mar. 2026
Zendaya is the only child of Stoermer and her father, Kazembe Ajamu Coleman.
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 3 Mar. 2026
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“Only child.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/only%20child. Accessed 22 Mar. 2026.
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