a being having superhuman powers and control over a particular part of life or the world
in some belief systems, natural forces like the wind and the sea were gods
a person who is the object of extreme or uncritical devotion
in the eyes of many film critics, Alfred Hitchcock is one of the undisputed gods of cinema
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Grasping hands reach out in despair, deities wield tridents and divine lotus flowers symbolize the 16 levels of Brahma (higher realms).
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Vicky Smith,
Forbes.com,
30 Jan. 2026
Belichick’s and Brady’s greatness and championships did not depend on Spygate, the coach already has paid his punishment for that, and the shrine in Canton, Ohio, is not restricted to mortal deities.
Indie Sparks writes strong heroines whose knees go weak for cinnamon roll heroes with dirty mouths and the skills to walk the talk.
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Meg Miller,
Austin American Statesman,
31 Jan. 2026
The greatest superhero movie ever made (give or take The Incredibles, which came out the same year) does not kick off with our hero beating a costumed villain in an epic fight scene.
On the four-minute track, Tyler talks about shopping for estates in the Hamptons, turning his idols into rivals, and trying to land a $100 million record contract.
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Matt Craig,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
De Armas will play Emma Kent, a fitness influencer who dreams of becoming a social media star like her idol, Kat Highbrook.
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Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
28 Jan. 2026
Even Ethan Almighty has been affected by the generosity of Supplies Over Seas.
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Kirby Adams,
The Courier-Journal,
7 Aug. 2025
By the time Laras is making like Linda Blair, malicious jinn power resisting that of Almighty Allah, the film has already gone down a familiar path of grotesque makeup, stunts and digital FX.
The first — Nietzsche’s 1881 Eternal Recurrence — is a life test by design, echoing Camus’ Sisyphus.
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Shai Tubali,
Big Think,
5 Aug. 2025
Some cultures, Eliade shows, preserve their eternals by simply denying the force of history; in Lyell’s case, the culture at hand was Christianity, and the ideal was the unique status of humankind.