as in Satan
the supreme personification of evil often represented as the ruler of hell Lucifer is depicted as a powerful but proud angel who leads a revolt against heaven

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Recent Examples of Lucifer And Answers For Friday, April 4 Capital One-Discover Merger Cleared By DOJ: What To Know About The $35 Billion Mega Deal ‘The White Lotus’ Season 3: Here’s A Roundup Of Picks Of Who Will Die In Season Finale Another program that benefited from Netflix was Lucifer. Brad Adgate, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025 That already makes this Mohanlal-starring sequel to 2019's Lucifer the fifth highest-grossing Malayalam language film of all time. Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 30 Mar. 2025 On 87 Imax screens across 14 markets, the follow-up to 2019’s Lucifer earned $1.1M including the biggest Indian opening ever for the format in the UK & Ireland and the highest-grossing Imax launch weekend of 2025 across the Middle East. Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 30 Mar. 2025 The Mathews family and Lucifer Lighting have been providing significant philanthropic support to museums and performing arts centers by funding and offering scholarships to design and architectural associations. Natasha Gural, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024 My favorite of all is Peter Stormare as Lucifer himself, floating down in a white suit and bare feet covered in tar like some infernal version of a southern roué whose eyebrows were seared off by the flames of hell. Alison Willmore, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2025 Just like this Fire sign, Lucifer craves admiration and love, often going to great lengths to get it. Valerie Mesa, People.com, 4 Mar. 2025 Smallville and Lucifer’s Tom Welling as Gabby’s would-be fiance is one of the few highlights in this one. Sezin Devi Koehler, EW.com, 23 Feb. 2025 Other series stars include Boyd Holbrook as Corinthian, Vivienne Acheampong as Lucienne, Patton Oswalt as the voice of Matthew the Raven, David Thewlis as John Dee, Gwendoline Christie as Lucifer Morningstar, Jenna Coleman as Johanna Constantine, and Kirby Howell-Baptiste as Death, among others. Denise Petski, Deadline, 31 Jan. 2025

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