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But Jones' hospital bedside cameo, in which the real oilman talks about family, was powerful TV and startlingly true to Jones' life story.
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Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 14 Jan. 2025
The 27-year-old actress, who broke out in 1923, stars as 17-year-old Ainsley Norris in Taylor Sheridan's Paramount+ series about an oilman (Billy Bob Thornton) and his family in a West Texas town.
—Julia Moore, People.com, 12 Jan. 2025
Michele Jackson More than six decades ago, New Yorker writer John Bainbridge spent nine months in the newly wealthy, fast-growing state of Texas, studying and schmoozing with its wheeler-dealers, oilmen, and bankers.
—The New Yorker, 24 Dec. 2024
And, on the other side of the oil fields, Cooper (Jacob Lofland) continues his own quest to make a name for himself, talking a fellow oilman out of investing in solar power in favor of working with him.
—Emlyn Travis, EW.com, 12 Jan. 2025
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Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 14 Jan. 2025
The 27-year-old actress, who broke out in 1923, stars as 17-year-old Ainsley Norris in Taylor Sheridan's Paramount+ series about an oilman (Billy Bob Thornton) and his family in a West Texas town.
—Julia Moore, People.com, 12 Jan. 2025
Michele Jackson More than six decades ago, New Yorker writer John Bainbridge spent nine months in the newly wealthy, fast-growing state of Texas, studying and schmoozing with its wheeler-dealers, oilmen, and bankers.
—The New Yorker, 24 Dec. 2024
And, on the other side of the oil fields, Cooper (Jacob Lofland) continues his own quest to make a name for himself, talking a fellow oilman out of investing in solar power in favor of working with him.
—Emlyn Travis, EW.com, 12 Jan. 2025
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“Oilman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oilman. Accessed 5 Feb. 2025.
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