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Related Stories Across its various sections, the 79th Cannes festival features more than a dozen films that venture from science fiction to the supernatural to high-grade schlock and gore.—
Christopher Vourlias,
Variety,
15 May 2026 -
Director Lee’s first two films played at Sundance and TIFF, but this is his first in six years.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
15 May 2026
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Now, viewers for dramas, comedies and reality shows are harder to come by, because people now have the leeway to watch their favorites at any moment of their own choosing.—
Michael Schneider,
Variety,
15 May 2026
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These self-aware comedies, each following women trying to leave their mark in Hollywood before their cachet expires, have satirized the business with cutting specificity.—
Caroline Framke,
The Atlantic,
14 May 2026
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For example, the power output of the laser is not publicly disclosed, as well as other key features like its cooling setup, battery capacity, etc.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
9 May 2026
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Update to the latest version to see all Vogue content, as well as new features like our Runway Genius quiz, Group Chats, and posts from Vogue contributors.—
Rebecca Cope,
Vogue,
9 May 2026
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Because San Diego is one of the biggest creators of new plays and musicals in the United States, the new musical and play categories were the highlights of the evening.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Feb. 2026
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The performers in the touring casts of Broadway musicals often follow strikingly similar paths from high school to hit show — hours spent practicing show tunes with vocal coaches, years of dance classes, roles in a dozen amateur musical theater productions.—
Jed Gottlieb,
Boston Herald,
21 Sep. 2025
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One reason French movies often open the festival is that the distributor not only helps to pay for the opening night party but also has to release widely in France the same day.—
Anne Thompson,
IndieWire,
13 May 2026
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Over the past few years, movies have had more presence at the upfronts, and 40 minutes into the WBD presentation the company talked up the opportunities for its film slate.—
Peter White,
Deadline,
13 May 2026
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Early in his life, Short experienced multiple family tragedies in a short span of time, including the death of his older brother David in a car accident in 1962 when the actor was only 12-years-old.—
Ashley Hume,
FOXNews.com,
11 May 2026
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Everyone was in a hurry to move forward into a newly peaceful world, a world without the tragedies of war abroad and the curse of sickness at home.—
Fran Moreland Johns,
The Atlantic,
11 May 2026
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“Docudramas.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/docudramas. Accessed 17 May. 2026.
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