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There are even apps where actors can upload their reels.—
Taran Khan,
The Dial,
24 Mar. 2026 -
Late Shift follows a single staff member, named Floria and played by the extraordinary German actor Leonie Benesch, in a cancer ward for a tightly wound 90 minutes.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
23 Mar. 2026
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In other words, reconstruction in Gaza will remain a cruel diplomatic pantomime, while millions of people huddle in tents waiting for the next humanitarian aid box.—
Hussein Ibish,
The Atlantic,
10 Feb. 2026
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White pulled up in transition, tucking the ball toward his chin in a pantomime of his shot.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Jan. 2026
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Seek out the real meaning; don’t follow or emulate posers.—
Magi Helena,
Dallas Morning News,
13 Mar. 2026
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Costumed reporters and awkward celebrity posers.—
Jerry Brewer,
New York Times,
3 Feb. 2026
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This revelation resonated with many maskers and instigated a shift in the culture fueled by intellectual and historical curiosity.—
Harriet Shepherd,
Vogue,
5 Mar. 2025
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By the late 1830s, New Orleans held street processions of maskers with carriages and horseback riders to celebrate Mardi Gras.—
Roger Sands,
Forbes,
2 Mar. 2025
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Though Cox has a small role and Panettiere returns, the lack of legacy characters makes this feel like a cheap imitator at times.—
Declan Gallagher,
Entertainment Weekly,
3 Mar. 2026
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For decades, Gallup’s company and its imitators improved their techniques.—
David Frum,
The Atlantic,
21 Feb. 2026
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The long-running music/movement/fantasy/comedy/mime/percussion performance spectacle took a hit last year when its standing companies in New York, Boston and Chicago all thumped their last drum full of blue paint.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
1 Mar. 2026
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Slater is a virtuosic physical actor, and his evocation of the mime’s precision, silliness, and grace—the elastic faces, the acrobatic tumbles, the fingers that bloom into flowers, then wilt, then bloom again — is painstaking and loving in its observance.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
23 Feb. 2026
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The first 100 guests that day get a free 305 bowl and can take photos with the brand’s ape mascot Manolo, who is modeled after the bored-looking ape of Castellanos’ NFT image.—
Connie Ogle
March 4,
Miami Herald,
4 Mar. 2026
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Jared Taglialatela, director of the Ape Initiative and co-author of one of the ape studies, agrees.—
Cody Cottier,
Scientific American,
19 Feb. 2026
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The awards show is set for March 31, with stand-up comedian, actor and impressionist Matt Friend as host.—
Paul Grein,
Billboard,
11 Mar. 2026
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Mimics tells the story of Sam, a struggling impressionist who makes a pact with a wicked puppet.—
Rebecca Angel Baer,
Southern Living,
7 Feb. 2026
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