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Noun
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At 46, Kate Hudson has secured a Best Actress Oscar nomination for Song Sung Blue, marking a dramatic career shift 25 years after her first nomination and years of being pigeonholed as Hollywood’s rom-com leading lady.—
Ryan Brennan,
Charlotte Observer,
24 Feb. 2026 -
For her rare red carpet appearance, the 24-year-old embraced the leading lady memo in a timeless LBD while matching with the Grey’s Anatomy alum.—
Lara Walsh,
InStyle,
22 Feb. 2026
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For Viola Davis, Robert Duvall was a leading man in every sense of the word.—
Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
16 Feb. 2026
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His Rise to Fame Jones’ journey to leading man status has been anything but conventional.—
Hanna Wickes,
Kansas City Star,
13 Feb. 2026
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Dane shared teen daughters Billie and Georgia with actress Rebecca Gayheart.—
Alli Rosenbloom,
CNN Money,
20 Feb. 2026
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Makeup-wise, the actress went with a subtle look consisting of bronzy shadow, rosy cheeks and a pink lip.—
Kelsey Stewart,
Footwear News,
20 Feb. 2026
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The casting reunites Ryder with Beetlejuice Beetlejuice costar Jenna Ortega and her longtime collaborator Tim Burton.—
Mekishana Pierre,
Entertainment Weekly,
23 Feb. 2026
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In scenes like one in which Spider (Jack Champion) and Kiri (Sigourney Weaver) ride an Ilu, the work was made more complicated by needing to combine a human actor with the digital creature and costar.—
Jim Hemphill,
IndieWire,
17 Feb. 2026
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Co-founded by childhood friends Mick Assaf—a former Notre Dame football walk-on—and Bailey O’Sullivan, an Auburn graduate and Tigers superfan, the five-year-old platform is the cornerstone of their joint venture Yoke.—
Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
23 Feb. 2026
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Graves originally joined the team as a walk-on ahead of the 2022-23 season.—
Danny Davis,
Austin American Statesman,
23 Feb. 2026
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The Lightning entered on a 22-game winning streak, focused on defense and led by a senior point guard worthy of a duel against the Knights’ star point guard.—
Dan Albano,
Oc Register,
25 Feb. 2026
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Will Rogers, a newspaper columnist and vaudeville monologuist—an influencer of the nineteen-tens and twenties—became a movie star who essentially played himself.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
25 Feb. 2026
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“Coactor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coactor. Accessed 28 Feb. 2026.
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