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performer

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Recent Examples of performer Aidan Hutchinson, at this stage of his career, is a perennial 12-sack, 100-pressure performer when healthy. — Colton Pouncy, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026 Guo is considered the country’s most prominent performer of traditional xiangsheng, a form of Chinese comedic dialogue using word play and rhymes. — ABC News, 7 Sep. 2026 The performer chose to fill the hole in her schedule with an Out Fest show. — Matthew J. Palm, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Sep. 2026 Bad Bunny, nominated under his birth name Benito Antonio Martinez Ocasio, gets an Emmy as a producer-performer. — Andrew Dalton, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2026 Swift was personally nominated as a producer and performer in the variety special category. — Bryan West, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2026 The Puerto Rican rapper and singer received his Emmy as both a performer and a producer. — Carly Thomas, HollywoodReporter, 6 Sep. 2026 Carnaval snake charmer turned opera performer Ziegfeld came to the role honestly. — David R. Martin, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2026 Beginning with this year’s 99th Academy Awards, a performer can land two nominations in the same category, provided both performances finish among the top five in nominations voting. — Clayton Davis, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026

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The other three candidates for entertainer of the year are Luke Combs, Cody Johnson and Chris Stapleton.

— Chris Willman, Variety, 10 Sep. 2026
Swift went on to win entertainer of the year in 2009 and 2011.

— Bryan West, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026

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Nearly four decades after the film brought a group of dead baseball players to life with a homemade diamond on an Iowa farm, Keith Rahe and his traveling troupers are still dedicated to keeping the cornfield mystique alive.

— CBS News, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026
The trouper from Chicago who played Olivia was now throwing fits about rehearsing with an intern.

— Jonathan Franzen, New Yorker, 1 June 2026

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