Sometimes the critics love you and sometimes they hate you. That's showbiz.
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Any showbiz aspirations would give way to the traditional choices of women in middle-class America in the 1950s.—John Ficarra, Washington Post, 8 May 2026 The end of his role at Time Warner essentially ended his connection to showbiz.—Tim Gray, Variety, 6 May 2026 Worst of all, like Zoolander 2 did before it, the film badly miscalculates the value of showbiz and industry cameos, which reach critical mass when the team members fly to Milan and, weirdly, only one of the latter (Donatella Versace, having an awkward lunch with Emily) seems to work.—Damon Wise, Deadline, 29 Apr. 2026 The musical is about the caustic intersection of politics and showbiz.—ABC News, 29 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for showbiz