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In the years that followed, as the media and entertainment landscape began to fragment, Paramount developed a reputation for aggressively managing costs under studio chief Brad Grey and the corporate overlords at Sumner Redstone’s Viacom Inc., which took over the studio in 1994.
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Josh Rottenberg, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2024
However, at a recent red carpet event for the Australian premiere, Refinery29 spoke to new Bridgerton showrunner (and overlord) Jess Brownell, to try and find out who will be taking over in Season 4.
—Alexandra Koster, refinery29.com, 1 May 2024
Hong plays Jin Cheng, a brilliant theoretical physicist who, after receiving a mysterious state-of-the-art VR game from the mother (Rosalind Chao) of her late professor, is almost recruited to an organization dedicated to welcoming an alien race as humanity’s overlords.
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2024
To defend themselves from imperial overlords, foreign invaders, and, after 1991, authoritarian governments that abused power, Ukrainians have tended to look not to Kyiv but to their own financial and political interests.
—Nataliya Gumenyuk, Foreign Affairs, 24 Feb. 2023
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Josh Rottenberg, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2024
However, at a recent red carpet event for the Australian premiere, Refinery29 spoke to new Bridgerton showrunner (and overlord) Jess Brownell, to try and find out who will be taking over in Season 4.
—Alexandra Koster, refinery29.com, 1 May 2024
Hong plays Jin Cheng, a brilliant theoretical physicist who, after receiving a mysterious state-of-the-art VR game from the mother (Rosalind Chao) of her late professor, is almost recruited to an organization dedicated to welcoming an alien race as humanity’s overlords.
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2024
To defend themselves from imperial overlords, foreign invaders, and, after 1991, authoritarian governments that abused power, Ukrainians have tended to look not to Kyiv but to their own financial and political interests.
—Nataliya Gumenyuk, Foreign Affairs, 24 Feb. 2023
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“Overlord.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overlord. Accessed 15 Sep. 2024.
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