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Make no mistake, Jamie Foxx was transparent about the rough road he’s traveled from April 2023 to the present.
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Mill Etienne, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Back in the present day, Kraven has a list of evil dudes to kill, Chorney having been one of them.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Dec. 2024
An evening of seemingly polite dinner conversation and catching up turns into a night of psychological warfare as the two women reveal the scars of the past and the wounds of the present while their two young daughters play mind games of their own.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 10 Dec. 2024
These frameworks obscure a lot about cultural changes and continuity from the distant past to the present day.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 10 Dec. 2024
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Mill Etienne, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Back in the present day, Kraven has a list of evil dudes to kill, Chorney having been one of them.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Dec. 2024
An evening of seemingly polite dinner conversation and catching up turns into a night of psychological warfare as the two women reveal the scars of the past and the wounds of the present while their two young daughters play mind games of their own.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 10 Dec. 2024
These frameworks obscure a lot about cultural changes and continuity from the distant past to the present day.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 10 Dec. 2024
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“The present.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20present. Accessed 26 Dec. 2024.
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