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Among the unreasonable conversations that did not happen, at least onstage, was the one about a contracting entertainment industry where fewer TV series are being greenlit.
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Alison Brower, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2024
Many of the bits center on race and/or stereotypes, like the one about two enslaved men who are insecure when nobody wants to bid on them at an auction, or the iconic substitute teacher sketch, or the skit that asks an age-old question: Is this country song racist?
—Kevin Jacobsen and Hope Lasater, EW.com, 21 Mar. 2024
But gossip carried on anyway across social media, with some speculation taking absurd spins (like the one about her getting lost at the Willy Wonka fair in Glasgow).
—Prarthana Prakash, Fortune Europe, 11 Mar. 2024
The stories flowed — the one about O'Neal arriving in the city known for Walt Disney World wearing Mickey Mouse ears seemed to delight the crowd — and O'Neal savored them all.
—Tim Reynolds, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2024
Cohen objected to the last two questions; only the one about drugs got sustained.
—Elizabeth Lopatto, The Verge, 27 Oct. 2023
Didn’t America come up with the best of all jingles—the one about the pursuit of happiness?
—Michelle Orange, Harper's Magazine, 12 Dec. 2023
Her writing is lucid and her tone is warm; in her telling, certain myths, such as the one about Demeter and Persephone, are powerfully moving.
—Mary Norris, The New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2023
McConnell eventually answered two additional questions -- though not the one about a 2026 campaign -- and was halting and appeared to have some difficulty speaking.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 31 Aug. 2023
Alison Brower, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2024
Many of the bits center on race and/or stereotypes, like the one about two enslaved men who are insecure when nobody wants to bid on them at an auction, or the iconic substitute teacher sketch, or the skit that asks an age-old question: Is this country song racist?
—Kevin Jacobsen and Hope Lasater, EW.com, 21 Mar. 2024
But gossip carried on anyway across social media, with some speculation taking absurd spins (like the one about her getting lost at the Willy Wonka fair in Glasgow).
—Prarthana Prakash, Fortune Europe, 11 Mar. 2024
The stories flowed — the one about O'Neal arriving in the city known for Walt Disney World wearing Mickey Mouse ears seemed to delight the crowd — and O'Neal savored them all.
—Tim Reynolds, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2024
Cohen objected to the last two questions; only the one about drugs got sustained.
—Elizabeth Lopatto, The Verge, 27 Oct. 2023
Didn’t America come up with the best of all jingles—the one about the pursuit of happiness?
—Michelle Orange, Harper's Magazine, 12 Dec. 2023
Her writing is lucid and her tone is warm; in her telling, certain myths, such as the one about Demeter and Persephone, are powerfully moving.
—Mary Norris, The New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2023
McConnell eventually answered two additional questions -- though not the one about a 2026 campaign -- and was halting and appeared to have some difficulty speaking.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 31 Aug. 2023
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