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In a recent interview with Variety, screenwriter Winnie Holzman opened up about the significance of the piece in this intimate scene.
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Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2025
The movie's screenwriter Dana Fox told Deadline that Grande, 32, and Bailey, 37, filmed a scene that showed the pair's characters Glinda and Fiyero kissing.
—Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 26 Nov. 2025
As a screenwriter, King penned episodes of the 1990s mystery crime drama North of 60 set among Aboriginal people in the fictional town of Lynx River, Northwest Territories.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 25 Nov. 2025
Peele became the first Black screenwriter to win the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay in 2018 for his film Get Out.
—James Edward Mills, Outside, 25 Nov. 2025
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Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2025
The movie's screenwriter Dana Fox told Deadline that Grande, 32, and Bailey, 37, filmed a scene that showed the pair's characters Glinda and Fiyero kissing.
—Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 26 Nov. 2025
As a screenwriter, King penned episodes of the 1990s mystery crime drama North of 60 set among Aboriginal people in the fictional town of Lynx River, Northwest Territories.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 25 Nov. 2025
Peele became the first Black screenwriter to win the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay in 2018 for his film Get Out.
—James Edward Mills, Outside, 25 Nov. 2025
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“Screenwriter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/screenwriter. Accessed 29 Nov. 2025.
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screenwriter
noun
screen·writ·er
-ˌrīt-ər 
: a writer of screenplays
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