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Meanwhile the Sierra Madre Playhouse, built for the silents, has become the L.A. area’s newest performing arts center, where Wild Up will be in residence.—
Mark Swed,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Dec. 2024 -
Boles started his Hollywood career in the silents, but became a big star in the talkies.—
Michael Barnes,
Austin American-Statesman,
5 Nov. 2024
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Shoppers love it, too: Over 1,000 pool owners have given the Scuba S1 a perfect rating, praising its long battery life and futuristic deep-cleaning features.—
Mariana Best,
Better Homes & Gardens,
27 June 2025
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Though Sony will only handle the full international rollouts on those four features, the agreement is described as a multi-year deal.—
J. Kim Murphy,
Variety,
27 June 2025
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Hopefully, the report, due out this summer, and next year’s documentary will help attract more private and public funding, says Tucker.—
Jim Clash,
Forbes.com,
28 June 2025
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Only in April, one of the highest profile male cricketers of the modern age in Andrew Flintoff said in a Disney Plus documentary that fat shaming 25 years ago had driven him to bulimia.—
Paul Newman,
New York Times,
28 June 2025
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Its madras inventory today includes these seven-inch shorts in a slightly more subdued and earthy pattern and color.—
Eric Twardzik,
Robb Report,
23 June 2025
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If the selling slows down, shorts will start covering, and some intrepid longs will wade in.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
23 June 2025
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Igor Jesus, one of the breakout stars of the Club World Cup, celebrates his goals by imitating a character from a Japanese cartoon.—
Jack Lang,
New York Times,
27 June 2025
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The show received mixed to positive reviews for the storyline that reimagines the cartoon character come to life in modern day New York.—
Caitlin Huston,
HollywoodReporter,
25 June 2025
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One insider reports that real drivers, some of whom appear as themselves in the film, give the movie a thumbs up.—
Marco della Cava,
USA Today,
26 June 2025
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In the original 1996 Happy Gilmore film, Adam Sandler’s title character learns to love the sub.—
Alex Weprin,
HollywoodReporter,
26 June 2025
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During each month of release, the docudrama was the top performer on the platform for November 2024, December 2024, and April 2025.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
11 June 2025
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As the years passed, the brothers evolved into cultural icons in their own right, amassing a loyal following as a series of docudramas and documentaries retold their stories for a younger audience.—
Tim Arango,
New York Times,
14 May 2025
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Olivia Rodrigo went vintage for Halloween this year, opting to dress up as the iconic animated cartoon character, Betty Boop.—
Rania Aniftos,
Billboard,
31 Oct. 2022
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To the narcissist, all other people are cardboard cutouts, two-dimensional animated cartoon characters, or symbols.—
Olivia Muenter,
Woman's Day,
14 June 2022
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“Talkie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/talkie. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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