After the Great Splintering that seemed to occur after the pandemic, digicore artists are dropping posse cuts and random madcap loosies with each other again.
Many critics, political pundits, and wags asked, somewhat rhetorically, whether anyone in the administration recalls how handing the responsibility of nuclear weaponry over to machines turned out in the Terminator movies.
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David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
2 Mar. 2026
The latest Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue has some wag to it.
Christopher Kosakowski, United States, 2025 A circus clown celebrating his birthday alone receives a mysterious gift box harboring an antique zoetrope that spins his world into mayhem.
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Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
11 Mar. 2026
The same clown who is owned by Vladimir Putin.
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Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
11 Mar. 2026
So the Dolphins haven’t totally escaped their buffoon-like past with Ross at the helm.
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Chris Perkins,
Sun Sentinel,
17 Feb. 2026
The movie is like a version of Waiting for Guffman (1996) in which the Christopher Guest character was not a buffoon but an earnest striver with grit and (significant) talent.
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Peter Tonguette,
The Washington Examiner,
9 Jan. 2026
The comedian opened the 98th Academy Awards on Sunday, March 15, with a monologue filled with pointed jokes about former Prince Andrew's arrest, Timothée Chalamet's ballet comments and more.
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Brendan Morrow,
USA Today,
16 Mar. 2026
The comedian, now in her third year taking on the role, has often created viral moments on the carpet through her quippy, deadpan interviews with celebrities.
If the Brits are anything to go by, feather boas and harlequin jumpsuits are out, and French-girl flats are in.
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Alice Newbold,
Vogue,
28 Feb. 2026
Rather than the usual crisscross pattern, Holmes’ sweater features solid block diamonds in bold colors for a harlequin look that is honestly a breath of fresh air.
By the time deputies made their way down the long driveway off Lost Creek Road to the house Tony once shared with his father, the onetime jokester and basketball player had lost all sense of reality.
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USA Today,
USA Today,
8 Mar. 2026
Sam, meanwhile, was a jokester much of the time but took his pilot training seriously.
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