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Recent Examples of scriptwriter
But then, just as the scriptwriters were smelling another famous European night in Liverpool, Mariani was sent to the monitors by the VAR.
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Greg O'Keeffe,
New York Times,
15 Apr. 2026
On this occasion, there were no jostling journalists, no opportunistic influencers and no sign of the Hollywood scriptwriter looking to buy the rights to a story that has resonated around the world.
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Esme Nicholson,
NPR,
18 Dec. 2025
Head scriptwriter Erik Ahrnbom (Thin Blue Line, Keep It Together) joins for season 2 alongside writers Maria Nygren (Meaning of Life, Love & Anarchy) and Martin Larsson (Keep It Together).
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Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
4 Dec. 2025
Both play it perfectly straight, which only adds to the enjoyment of a near-perfect people pleaser, and scriptwriter Ben Hopkins is clearly having a field day.
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Damon Wise,
Deadline,
5 Sep. 2025
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Greg O'Keeffe,
New York Times,
15 Apr. 2026
On this occasion, there were no jostling journalists, no opportunistic influencers and no sign of the Hollywood scriptwriter looking to buy the rights to a story that has resonated around the world.
—
Esme Nicholson,
NPR,
18 Dec. 2025
Head scriptwriter Erik Ahrnbom (Thin Blue Line, Keep It Together) joins for season 2 alongside writers Maria Nygren (Meaning of Life, Love & Anarchy) and Martin Larsson (Keep It Together).
—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
4 Dec. 2025
Both play it perfectly straight, which only adds to the enjoyment of a near-perfect people pleaser, and scriptwriter Ben Hopkins is clearly having a field day.
—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
5 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scriptwriter
Noun
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But despite some good moments and sharp dialogue in places (Ana Nogueria is the screenwriter), something feels a bit off.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
24 June 2026
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Sure, there’s a new director (Aaron Sorkin, the screenwriter of the original, is taking over for David Fincher) and a new actor is playing Mark Zuckerberg (Jeremy Strong replaces Jesse Eisenberg, who turned down the project).—
Rebecca Rubin,
Variety,
17 June 2026
Noun
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There’s a lot of hard work that goes into being a shopping writer, but there’s a lot of play, too.—
Alyssa Grabinski,
PEOPLE,
24 June 2026
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Times staff writer Sonja Sharp contributed to this report.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
24 June 2026
Noun
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Production has wrapped on Ages of the Moon, the feature film adaptation of the play by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Sam Shepard.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
18 June 2026
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Season 3 of Rivals will be executive-produced by the duo, Olivier Award-winning playwright Laura Wade (The Riot Club) and Felicity Blunt.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
16 June 2026
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The theater was built by songwriter, dramatist and playwright Arthur Hammerstein to honor his father, Oscar Hammerstein I, and opened as Hammerstein’s Theater in 1927.—
Theresa Braine,
New York Daily News,
22 May 2026
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In transcripts of hearings of the notorious House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), Garber finds an upwelling of voices from the literary past, among them Christopher Marlowe, the revenge dramatist Thomas Kyd, and, from first to last, Shakespeare, Shakespeare, Shakespeare.—
Charlie Tyson,
The Atlantic,
27 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Director Wincer and scenarist Wittliff have created a big-hearted epic that sits tall in the saddle, a vivid video display of cowboy iconography that’s got the Emmy brand all over it, and that thrillingly shows how the West can be magnificently won by Hollywood.—
Miles Beller,
HollywoodReporter,
4 Feb. 2026
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The scenarist of the eternal frontier first had to get there.—
Doreen St. Félix,
The New Yorker,
22 June 2023
Noun
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In 1996, Joan Didion unholstered the X-Acto knife that was her pen and went to work on Bob Woodward.—
David Remnick,
New Yorker,
23 June 2026
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Police said the men searched the victim's pockets and took the vape pen.—
Brittany Miller,
FOXNews.com,
23 June 2026
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