Definition of showbiz
:show business;
also
:razzle-dazzle, flash
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Sometimes the critics love you and sometimes they hate you. That's showbiz.
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THE PROGNOSIS John McCain’s surprise, middle-of-the-night thumb down that sunk his party’s Obamacare repeal bill last week made for perfect political showbiz.
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On the Twentieth Century Classic musical comedy about showbiz types aboard a luxury passenger train traveling between New York and Chicago.
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Then comes the dark material familiar from any rise-fall-comeback showbiz doc.
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Tsuchiya began her career in showbiz as a model and actress and is perhaps best known in the U.S. for her portrayal of the scrappy delinquent in the movie Kamikaze Girls.
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Just don’t be surprised if KidRockForSenate.com soon hits you with a campaign that’s very much about showbiz — and very little about speeches or shaking hands.
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The four brothers, who hit their showbiz peak in the 1920s and ’30s, starred in the stage show and subsequent film.
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Some of this comes from hardy showbiz veterans like LaVerdiere, Henry and (as the sweet-voiced Abigail Adams) Gaelen Gilliland.
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Bojack Horseman Will Arnett plays a horse actor in this dark comedy about what a depressing mess showbiz is.
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