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the art or business of making a movie
a list of the top 100 stars of the silver screen
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Recent Examples of silver screen
In prison, Molina uses his imagination to retreat into the comfort of his favorite movie, starring fictitious silver screen diva Ingrid Luna (Jennifer Lopez, to get through the horrors of Argentina’s repressive regime.
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Nicole Acevedo, NBC news, 9 Oct. 2025
The two form an unlikely bond as Molina recounts the plot of a Hollywood musical starring his favorite silver screen diva, Ingrid Luna (Lopez).
—Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 1 Oct. 2025
Molina, a window dresser imprisoned for public indecency, escapes the grim reality of their confinement by retelling the plot of a glamorous Hollywood musical featuring his favorite silver screen diva, Ingrid Luna (Jennifer Lopez).
—Clayton Davis, Variety, 24 Sep. 2025
Some have their fame sealed in silver screen history, while others forgo the glitziness and are better known through word-of-mouth.
—Kat Chen, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Sep. 2025
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Nicole Acevedo, NBC news, 9 Oct. 2025
The two form an unlikely bond as Molina recounts the plot of a Hollywood musical starring his favorite silver screen diva, Ingrid Luna (Lopez).
—Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 1 Oct. 2025
Molina, a window dresser imprisoned for public indecency, escapes the grim reality of their confinement by retelling the plot of a glamorous Hollywood musical featuring his favorite silver screen diva, Ingrid Luna (Jennifer Lopez).
—Clayton Davis, Variety, 24 Sep. 2025
Some have their fame sealed in silver screen history, while others forgo the glitziness and are better known through word-of-mouth.
—Kat Chen, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for silver screen
Noun
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The series originally aired for six seasons and included two feature films.—
Toria Sheffield,
PEOPLE,
11 Jan. 2026
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The 2026 Golden Globes are tonight — the first major award show of the year to honor standouts in film and television.—
Jordan Freiman,
CBS News,
11 Jan. 2026
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This opening scene establishes a human, forgiving tone for a movie in which we are often encouraged to laugh with our heroes but never at them.—
Peter Tonguette,
The Washington Examiner,
9 Jan. 2026
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In 2014, the actress won another SAG Award for outstanding performance by a female actor for playing attorney Linda Kenney Baden opposite Al Pacino in David Mamet's 2013 TV movie Phil Spector.—
Diane J. Cho,
PEOPLE,
9 Jan. 2026
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From the cast to their longtime collaborators, everyone welcomed me with remarkable generosity, openly sharing their personal and collective experiences from a decade of creative filmmaking.—
Tony Maglio,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Jan. 2026
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Simmering with tension that leads to an explosive finale, The Seed of the Sacred Fig is an essential piece of political filmmaking that earned an Oscar nomination for Best International Feature Film.—
Kevin Jacobsen,
Entertainment Weekly,
25 Dec. 2025
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But of course, the best way and the one that has to remain is here, in a movie theater, on a big screen.—
Christopher Vourlias,
Variety,
3 Nov. 2025
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Nick Jonas will have to dip into his music bag for his next big screen role.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
29 Oct. 2025
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“Silver screen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/silver%20screen. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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