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Apple Original Films has released the official teaser trailer for The Lost Bus, giving a first glance at Matthew McConaughey and America Ferrera in the forthcoming dramatic thriller centered around California’s 2018 Camp Fire.—
McKinley Franklin,
HollywoodReporter,
8 June 2025 -
Samsung is being coy about what exactly is being launched, but the company started the teaser trailers this week.—
Ewan Spence,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
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On Monday, Cardi B went live from a hospital bed on Instagram, slamming pranksters who called child protective services to say that her children were in danger, according to the New York Post.—
Brie Stimson,
Fox News,
24 Oct. 2024
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The event started sometime in the 1980’s when some pranksters began dyeing the fountains as a joke.—
Jessica Farthing,
Southern Living,
10 Mar. 2025
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This time, the comedienne was asked back to comment on Newark’s airport safety, acting out a bit while on a JetBlue flight.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
17 May 2025
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Choi is a talented comedienne, so some of her too-drunk drama scenes are entertainingly funny, but at the same time her character’s self-destructive tendencies are also heartbreaking.—
Joan MacDonald,
Forbes.com,
14 May 2025
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Martinez was looking at cutups Monday morning of 6-6, 20-year-old right-hander Travis Sykora, Washington’s third-round pick in 2023, who’s coming on, uh, quickly.—
David Aldridge,
The Athletic,
27 Aug. 2024
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Apparently all-in on Reynolds, Hollywood is now reasoning that his star power — some chemically adhesive combination of dashing leading man, comic-relief cutup, and lifestyle mogul — will prove irresistible regardless of the context.—
A.A. Dowd,
Rolling Stone,
17 May 2024
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“Practical joker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/practical%20joker. Accessed 11 Jun. 2025.
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