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the art or business of making a movie
many actors now take roles for both television and the big screen
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Recent Examples of big screen
Garry recalled the moment in 2016 at the Hollywood, Calif., premiere for Mother's Day (the fourth big screen collaboration between Garry and Roberts).
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Maria Yagoda, People.com, 22 Mar. 2025
Our expert raved about its speed, big screen, and all-day battery life in our review but wasn't so keen on the price tag.
—John Mihaly, PCMAG, 21 Mar. 2025
Despite the popularity of Game Of Thrones, fantasy has had a really hard time making a splash on either the small or big screen.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
Beyoncé has starred in a number of films, but according to Tina Knowles, the 35-time Grammy winner’s big screen days are behind her.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 11 Mar. 2025
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Maria Yagoda, People.com, 22 Mar. 2025
Our expert raved about its speed, big screen, and all-day battery life in our review but wasn't so keen on the price tag.
—John Mihaly, PCMAG, 21 Mar. 2025
Despite the popularity of Game Of Thrones, fantasy has had a really hard time making a splash on either the small or big screen.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
Beyoncé has starred in a number of films, but according to Tina Knowles, the 35-time Grammy winner’s big screen days are behind her.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 11 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for big screen
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Deadline, however, projects a stronger international take for A Minecraft Movie and is pegging the film to open with $140 million in global ticket sales.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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Sign up for Entertainment Weekly's free newsletter to get the latest trailers, celebrity interviews, film reviews, and more.—
Wesley Stenzel,
EW.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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On March 25, Deadline reported that Kiss of the Spider Woman, a movie musical that Damon and Affleck produced and Lopez stars in, expects to release in the fall after premiering at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival.—
Tommy McArdle,
People.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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In March 2023, Alibaba — a sprawling company that does everything from food delivery to cloud computing and movies — decided to split into six separate business groups, each with the ability to raise outside funding and go public.—
Arjun Kharpal,
CNBC,
28 Mar. 2025
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As Hollywood finds its footing in a post-strike world, indies like The True Beauty of Being Bitten by a Tick are shattering the industry’s arbitrary rules of filmmaking.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
25 Mar. 2025
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The Fort Worth campus will house an extension of A&M’s Visual Production Institute, a high tech center that will teach students to use cutting edge filmmaking and graphics technology.—
Kate Marijolovic,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
25 Mar. 2025
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More than a decade after Gone With the Wind’s silver screen debut, O’Connor published a story satirizing the gala’s pageantry.—
Ellen Wexler,
Smithsonian Magazine,
25 Mar. 2025
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In her recent book, An Intimate Look at Broadway, Hollywood, and the Age of Glamour, actor Nancy Olsen Livingston opined on the personal tribulations that the former silver screen heroine may have endured in her longest starring role as that of Rainier III’s spouse.—
Rob Crossan,
JSTOR Daily,
21 Mar. 2025
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“Big screen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/big%20screen. Accessed 9 Apr. 2025.
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