For a kitten who arrived at the shelter looking like a tiny balloon animal, the transformation into a happy, playful foster baby hitting a healthy two pounds is a remarkable turnaround.
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Ryan Brennan,
Kansas City Star,
17 Mar. 2026
When a stray kitten arrived at the Palm Springs Animal Shelter in early March, her tiny body was puffed up like a balloon.
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Ryan Brennan,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
17 Mar. 2026
Elizabeth Olsen does vintage flirty ‘n’ flighty with an impeccable sense of Jean Arthur timing, and a glamor-puss profile that would make Claudette Colbert envious.
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David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
25 Nov. 2025
There were many times the dressing would unravel or not be strong enough and puss would come through.
Then, in mid-February, Chalamet aired his own disdain for opera and ballet, the precious kitty-cats of the performing arts.
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Dan Heching,
CNN Money,
11 Mar. 2026
Virgie is pursued, in some of the play’s funniest moments, by a slithering cultist in shiny green gloves who purrs like a deadly kitty and moves like an Animaniac.
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