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Her newest venture into the genre is Hulu’s The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, a remake of the 1992 thriller of the same name, in which Winstead stars opposite fellow scream queen, Maika Monroe.—
Jason Pham,
StyleCaster,
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For the past decade, Monroe has established herself as a mainstay in the horror genre, not just a dependable player but a true modern scream queen who’s able to elevate predictable fare, stand toe-to-toe with monsters of all kinds, and, of course, lead modern classics to even greater heights.—
Matthew Jackson,
Vulture,
22 Oct. 2025
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PlatinumGames share many of the same predilections at Team Ninja (mainly boobs and violence) but carved their own niche as the creators of hyper-kinetic action games like Bayonetta that stretch the boundaries of what the human attention span can manage.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
20 Oct. 2025
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Alexia in yellow is a knockout; the boobs are high, the color is great, and the dress is perfect.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
17 Oct. 2025
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Howl at the moon, like your new howler, capuchin and spider monkey neighbors!—
Jennifer Leigh Parker,
Forbes.com,
16 July 2025
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On an island off Panama, male capuchins were observed repeatedly abducting baby howlers.—
Rafil Kroll-Zaidi,
Harpers Magazine,
16 July 2025
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Potential adversaries interpret political action in zero-sum terms; see malice and evil design in mere blunders and coincidence; trumpet necessity rather than navigate choice; and, in extreme cases, invent pretext or promise profit to make more palatable a dubious cause.—
Elizabeth D. Samet,
Foreign Affairs,
29 Oct. 2025
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In the aftermath of the expensive blunder, Schwarzman was quickly pulled aside by an investor.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
27 Oct. 2025
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Suddenly, amidst the riots, Ashley’s not just one of the girls.—
Nora Dahlia,
PEOPLE,
25 Oct. 2025
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Dozens of California Highway Patrol officers wearing riot gear tried to disperse the crowd in order to allow civilian employees to leave.—
Elizabeth Pritchett , Michael Dorgan,
FOXNews.com,
24 Oct. 2025
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But the momentum vanished quickly, the drive ending with a fumble for Colorado’s fifth turnover of the evening.—
Ira Gorawara,
New York Times,
2 Nov. 2025
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Hubbard was able to recover the ball on the fumble, but McKinney was able to get his turnover on the pick in the end zone.—
Mike Kaye,
Charlotte Observer,
2 Nov. 2025
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The movie has a brief mocking glimpse of MTV, just for a cheap laugh, when Springsteen is flipping channels between Badlands reruns.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
2 Nov. 2025
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Come to see Stone get her head shaved, stay for big laughs, darkly incisive commentary, and incredible performances from Stone, Plemons, and newcomer Aidan Delbis in this absurdist black comedy.—
EW Staff,
Entertainment Weekly,
31 Oct. 2025
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This story was updated because an earlier version had an inaccuracy.—
Caitlin Looby,
jsonline.com,
28 Oct. 2025
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Newsweek contacted Bower regarding the messages and the evidence supporting their authenticity, but according to Bower’s Lawfare account, Halligan did not dispute any factual inaccuracies in the report.—
Robert Alexander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Oct. 2025
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“Boner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boner. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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