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Noun
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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
Noun
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The ability of car companies to charge users to activate some features is effectively the only reason the car’s systems need to communicate with cell towers.—
Dell Cameron,
Wired News,
28 Apr. 2025
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The Department of Education appears to have removed a key new feature of the StudentAid.gov website that has allowed borrowers to track their student loan forgiveness progress.—
Adam S. Minsky,
Forbes.com,
28 Apr. 2025
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How many offers have there been from streaming services to do a documentary at the pageant? 7.—
Dan Shanoff,
New York Times,
30 Apr. 2025
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Gelb has since gone on to apply the same passion to feature length documentaries about chef Wolfgang Puck, Spiderman Creator Stan Lee, and a documentary about the history of the Ford Mustang.—
Pervaiz Shallwani,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
30 Apr. 2025
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It was featured at the Beijing festival along with his two other features and five shorts.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Apr. 2025
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In a break with tradition, the opening night will world premiere a selection of five shorts rather than a single feature animation.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
23 Apr. 2025
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Other kids spent Saturday mornings watching cartoons.—
Leena Tailor,
HollywoodReporter,
26 Apr. 2025
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The South Korean government is betting big on animation, unveiling a $1 billion investment strategy aimed at transforming its cartoon industry into a global powerhouse.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
25 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Sign up for Entertainment Weekly's free newsletter to get the latest trailers, celebrity interviews, film reviews, and more.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
27 Apr. 2025
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Another in-game franchise is the Dawn of the Wolf film series, inspired by the Twilight saga.—
Jessica Sager,
People.com,
27 Apr. 2025
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The first time Kurt Russell met Val Kilmer was when the Hollywood homegrown was hanging out with Cher on the set of Silkwood, a 1983 docudrama.—
Charisma Madarang,
Rolling Stone,
2 Apr. 2025
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The filmmaker broke out with his 2023 docudrama BlackBerry, charting the rise and fall of the world’s first smartphone, which premiered to critical raves at the Berlinale and was named by the National Board of Review as one of the Top 10 Independent Films of 2023.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
9 Apr. 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 May. 2025.
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