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The tribute began with a pre-recorded video of 99-year-old Brooks detailing the history of comedy greats in film, including Charlie Chaplin, Harold Lloyd, Buster Keaton — all the way from silents to now — to introduce Murphy as a newer member in that esteemed club.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
19 Apr. 2026 -
The driver switches the radio silent, the world glowing around them.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 Mar. 2026
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Inés, the nine-year-old Chilean protagonist of The Meltdown (El Deshielo), the sophomore feature of actress-turned-writer/director Manuela Martelli (God Will Not Help, The Future), is about to find out the hard way how that concept applies to hidden truths and family trauma.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
12 May 2026
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This feature can recommend actions and surface information based on context like messages and emails.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
12 May 2026
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Draper’s other credits include the docuseries The Legacy of Black Wall Street for OWN/Discovery+, which was nominated for Outstanding Breakthrough Creative – Television at the 2022 NAACP Image Awards, and the 2024 documentary 13 Days in Ferguson for Paramount+/CBS.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
11 May 2026
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The documentary also looks at how even through this reunion, the trauma of war still exists for Emmanuel and his team.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
11 May 2026
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His work fighting to accelerate research into finding a cure is set to be featured in an upcoming documentary short, Ring Every Bell.—
Charisma Madarang,
Rolling Stone,
9 Apr. 2026
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Directed by Orlando von Einsiedel, who won an Oscar for his 2016 documentary short, The White Helmets, this series was created in partnership with the Invictus Games Foundation.—
Erin Vanderhoof,
Vanity Fair,
7 Apr. 2026
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Hank Kennedy chronicles the Nazi war on cartoons.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 May 2026
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The New Yorker started putting Target’s red bull’s-eye on its cartoons, a Target runway show was staged at New York’s Rockefeller Center, and a Target pop-up shop was installed on a ferry to the city.—
David Moin,
Footwear News,
6 May 2026
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The lawsuit also alleged Cameron’s actions were hypocritical of his films’ messaging and detailed public backlash Cameron and the films faced for its depictions of Native groups.—
Alexandra Del Rosario,
Los Angeles Times,
8 May 2026
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The juxtapositions of text and image, which strongly suggest the widening distance between mother and daughter, build in emotional and intellectual power over the film’s ninety-minute duration.—
Rachel Syme,
New Yorker,
8 May 2026
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Yet the docudrama delivers several of the Broadway season’s most striking scenes all the same.—
Thomas Floyd,
Washington Post,
24 Apr. 2026
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The Voice of Hind Rajab Kaouther Ben Hania’s heart-wrenching docudrama is a marvel—a meticulous retelling of the true story of Hind Rajab, the six-year-old Palestinian girl who was trapped inside a car under fire in northern Gaza in January of 2024.—
Radhika Seth,
Vogue,
11 Mar. 2026
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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 15 May. 2026.
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