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I felt like a total ditz for forgetting about the appointment
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Her foothold in the entertainment industry firmly established, Grande soon landed her breakthrough role as the loveable ditz Cat Valentine on Nickelodeon’s Victorious.
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Stephen Daw, Billboard, 17 Oct. 2024
Allen’s dramatic assertions about the lusts of movie men for a nubile young woman are matched by his contemptuous depiction of her as a ditz out of her depth, especially as compared to the soulful rebel Gatsby, who throws her over for a younger girl (Gomez).
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2024
No rescue came for Mary Queen of Scots nor Anne nor that poor deluded ditz Katheryn Howard, fifth wife of Henry, who also lost her head.
—Tina Brown, New York Times, 15 Dec. 2022
This time the ditz is Muriel Tate, a New Jersey woman who comes to the Plaza to see, for the first time in nearly 17 years, her high school boyfriend, Jesse Kiplinger.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2022
The look might be a tad chic and sophisticated for unworldly ditz Muriel, but the star looks so sensational, who’s quibbling?
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Mar. 2022
Nason and Furst also witnessed first-hand the dynamic between the couple, in which DeAnne acts like the ditz to Mark’s daddy.
—Kate Aurthur, Variety, 30 Aug. 2021
Marie Wilson played Irma, a ditz who fit the dizzy blonde stereotype.
—Hal Boedeker, OrlandoSentinel.com, 5 Sep. 2017
None of these characters is particularly well drawn, and Sarandon veers dangerously close to parody, coming off more like a Dubuque ditz than a Brooklyn bohemian.
—David Lewis, star-telegram.com, 10 May 2017
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Stephen Daw, Billboard, 17 Oct. 2024
Allen’s dramatic assertions about the lusts of movie men for a nubile young woman are matched by his contemptuous depiction of her as a ditz out of her depth, especially as compared to the soulful rebel Gatsby, who throws her over for a younger girl (Gomez).
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2024
No rescue came for Mary Queen of Scots nor Anne nor that poor deluded ditz Katheryn Howard, fifth wife of Henry, who also lost her head.
—Tina Brown, New York Times, 15 Dec. 2022
This time the ditz is Muriel Tate, a New Jersey woman who comes to the Plaza to see, for the first time in nearly 17 years, her high school boyfriend, Jesse Kiplinger.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2022
The look might be a tad chic and sophisticated for unworldly ditz Muriel, but the star looks so sensational, who’s quibbling?
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Mar. 2022
Nason and Furst also witnessed first-hand the dynamic between the couple, in which DeAnne acts like the ditz to Mark’s daddy.
—Kate Aurthur, Variety, 30 Aug. 2021
Marie Wilson played Irma, a ditz who fit the dizzy blonde stereotype.
—Hal Boedeker, OrlandoSentinel.com, 5 Sep. 2017
None of these characters is particularly well drawn, and Sarandon veers dangerously close to parody, coming off more like a Dubuque ditz than a Brooklyn bohemian.
—David Lewis, star-telegram.com, 10 May 2017
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“Ditz.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ditz. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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