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Below, Bruni Tedeschi and Marcello speak to Variety about why Duse’s free spirit and non-conventional feminism, coupled with her talent, are so relevant today.—
Nick Vivarelli,
Variety,
11 Sep. 2025 -
For decades, Ibiza has been drawing free spirits, New Age wellness seekers, and party people who keep its clubs pulsing until dawn.—
Siobhan Reid,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Sep. 2025
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As Kissinger understood, even lone rangers need friends.—
MARGARET MACMILLAN,
Foreign Affairs,
21 July 2025
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And while his rivals have landed serious blows against him, he’s embraced the tabloid-style frenzy at each of those junctures, incorporating them into his narrative identity as an underappreciated lone ranger constantly battling the world.—
TIME,
TIME,
7 May 2024
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Sigma: This term refers to an independent or self-reliant person who operates outside traditional social hierarchies, like a lone wolf.—
Anna Kleiber,
jsonline.com,
24 Sep. 2025
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Federal authorities have long warned about potential lone wolf attackers.—
Michael Ruiz,
FOXNews.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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Hondo must bridge a generational divide, navigate clashing personalities, and turn a squad of outsiders into a team capable of protecting the city and saving the program.—
Lynette Rice,
Deadline,
9 Oct. 2025
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This aspect of campus life often sits badly with outsiders.—
Christopher L. Eisgruber,
Time,
9 Oct. 2025
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The spectacular failure of aspiring enfant terrible David Hogg this week in the first test of his youth movement in an Arizona House primary would seem to point in the same direction, but look closer.—
Chris Stirewalt,
The Hill,
18 July 2025
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Blockbuster: Caravaggio 2025, Palazzo Barberini Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio—known far and wide as Caravaggio—was quite the enfant terrible.—
Julie Belcove,
Robb Report,
10 June 2025
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Hess helmed the first film, which stars Jack Black and Jason Momoa and follows a group of misfits who are pulled through a portal into a cubic world and guided by an expert crafter named Steve (played by Black).—
Rebecca Rubin,
Variety,
9 Oct. 2025
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But Safdie has applied that signature aesthetic to a story of much grander scope, of an American misfit who dreams big.—
David Canfield,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Oct. 2025
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Based on actual events, Eden features a starry cast playing a disparate group of rugged individualists who all find themselves in the Galapagos in the early 20th century, each abandoning society in the hopes of creating a utopia.—
Will Leitch,
Vulture,
22 Aug. 2025
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Although Americans are individualists, we’re still expected to go home for the holidays and to cite our parents as our greatest sources of inspiration.—
Anesce Dremen,
Longreads,
3 July 2025
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The Arsham Splash dovetails into Hublot’s longstanding maverick approach but also into a growing watchmaking trend of offering pieces that break away from traditional high-end watchmaking.—
Lily Templeton,
Footwear News,
9 Oct. 2025
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Henry Jaglom, the maverick auteur who crafted deeply intimate and unconventional films that explored the intricacies of relationships and the quirkiness of human behavior, has died.—
Chris Koseluk,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Sep. 2025
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