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The socialite is now a bailiff, Orsolya Ionescu (Eszter Tompa), who has a husband and three children, none of whom, mercifully, dies; the plight of the young and comfortable is not Jude’s concern.
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Justin Chang, New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2026
And also on the quiet luxury front, there’s the fate of a bad-girl socialite’s pup and their tenuous relationship to a hamburger fan’s clamorous glass sports court.
—Pat Beall, Sun Sentinel, 27 Mar. 2026
But, by the beginning of the Gilded Age in America in the 1870s, the sartorial code became the upper class’s go-to for the opera, debutante balls, and any of the fancy-dress parties thrown by socialites of the day.
—Vogue, 27 Mar. 2026
Drink specials will include a bloody mary featuring Tito’s Handmade Vodka, a mimosa and a Garrison Brothers southern socialite, crafted with Garrison Brothers HoneyDew Bourbon, aperol, Reàl strawberry, Bittermens Burlesque Bitters and Lunetta prosecco.
—Imelda García, Dallas Morning News, 20 Mar. 2026
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Justin Chang, New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2026
And also on the quiet luxury front, there’s the fate of a bad-girl socialite’s pup and their tenuous relationship to a hamburger fan’s clamorous glass sports court.
—Pat Beall, Sun Sentinel, 27 Mar. 2026
But, by the beginning of the Gilded Age in America in the 1870s, the sartorial code became the upper class’s go-to for the opera, debutante balls, and any of the fancy-dress parties thrown by socialites of the day.
—Vogue, 27 Mar. 2026
Drink specials will include a bloody mary featuring Tito’s Handmade Vodka, a mimosa and a Garrison Brothers southern socialite, crafted with Garrison Brothers HoneyDew Bourbon, aperol, Reàl strawberry, Bittermens Burlesque Bitters and Lunetta prosecco.
—Imelda García, Dallas Morning News, 20 Mar. 2026
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“Socialite.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/socialite. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.
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socialite
noun
so·cial·ite
ˈsō-shə-ˌlīt 
: a person well-known in fashionable society
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