Actors who have portrayed Jackson on screen include Nigel Gibbs in the TV series Monster (2022), and Eddie Murphy famously parodied Jackson on Saturday Night Live in 1984.
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Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
17 Feb. 2026
Many of the players reunited for a Boost Mobile commercial in 2010 that parodied the song, and Saturday Night Live created a mock Behind The Music documentary about it when Tom Brady hosted in 2005.
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was ridiculed by the British media, criticized for defending his friendship with Epstein and accused of failing to convey empathy for Epstein's victims.
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NBC News,
NBC news,
19 Feb. 2026
Comedian and talk show host Jimmy Failla ridiculed Ocasio-Cortez about the Venezuela error, while also making fun of her claims about being from the Bronx.
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Washington Examiner Staff,
The Washington Examiner,
17 Feb. 2026
Torres has a controversial legacy in Colombia, where conservatives have long derided his decision to seek political change through violent means.
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Manuel Rueda,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Feb. 2026
For years, Victoria’s Secret tried to outrun its legacy of hyper‑narrow beauty standards with cautious rebrands and empowerment slogans that critics derided as box‑checking.
The floor-length, silk duchesse dress mimicked the silhouette and design of a classic trench coat, with tiny buckle detailing along the sleeve trims and a tie to secure the garment around her waist.
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Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
22 Feb. 2026
On Wednesday morning, Lanier hammered Mosseri over the controversial beauty filters that debuted on Instagram’s Stories function in 2019, showing an email chain in which Mosseri appeared to resist a ban on filters that mimicked plastic surgery.
Quantum sensors are one way to address this gap - due to denied and spoofed environments, coverage gaps, malfunctions, etc.
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Sabbir Rangwala,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
As those descriptions—and the furtive glances exchanged by last night’s host, Finn Wolfhard, and the SNL cast member Ben Marshall, playing Potter and Ron Weasley—implied, a page-to-screen sensation of a more recent vintage was also being spoofed.
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