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Roman Polanski’s celebrated 1968 horror film — whose influence on this season of AHS becomes part of the story line in a howler of a cold open — is one of a handful of films whose dark subject matter seems to have seeped into the lives of the people who made it.
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Katie Rife, Vulture, 18 Apr. 2024
All three are at risk: The International Union for Conservation of Nature lists Yucatán black howlers and Mexican howlers as endangered, and mantled howlers as vulnerable.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 May 2024
The park is also home to diverse types of monkeys, including capuchin, spider and howler.
—Roger Sands, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024
Along the way, Pigliucci touches on howlers like creationism and astrology, and borderland areas of research like SETI—and weighs whether science can ever hope to test claims about the supernatural.
—Chris Mooney, Discover Magazine, 6 Nov. 2010
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Katie Rife, Vulture, 18 Apr. 2024
All three are at risk: The International Union for Conservation of Nature lists Yucatán black howlers and Mexican howlers as endangered, and mantled howlers as vulnerable.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 May 2024
The park is also home to diverse types of monkeys, including capuchin, spider and howler.
—Roger Sands, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024
Along the way, Pigliucci touches on howlers like creationism and astrology, and borderland areas of research like SETI—and weighs whether science can ever hope to test claims about the supernatural.
—Chris Mooney, Discover Magazine, 6 Nov. 2010
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When threatened, this gecko can open that mouth and emit a blood-curdling scream.Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 22 Oct. 2024
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One of them manages to bend her face into a consoling smile that might as well be a Munch scream.Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2024
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The primary issues facing this company highlighted by Jana are capital misallocation, a series of operational blunders and corporate governance failings.Kenneth Squire, CNBC, 2 Nov. 2024
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The blunder not only allowed a run to score, but extended an inning that would eventually see the Dodgers erase a 5-0 deficit.David Faris, Newsweek, 2 Nov. 2024
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The pro-Trump groups and communities that helped organize the Jan. 6 Capitol riot remain largely fragmented and have barely been seen in public for years.Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2024
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Upton, who left Congress in 2022, was one of a handful of Republicans who voted to impeach Trump the year before inciting the Jan. 6 riots at the U.S. Capitol.Arpan Lobo, Detroit Free Press, 5 Nov. 2024
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The flub is believed to have hurt the then-Democratic nominee's presidential race.Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
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There’s been some flubs at past stops, but this time, a man in a black shirt aggressively shimmys his way into the frame, shoving influencer and podcaster Brittany Broski out of way.Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2024
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Both versions delivered a skillful cocktail of laughs and scares without true paranormal activity.Anupama Chopra, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Nov. 2024
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By actively engaging in speech and listening for a response, Archie is not only finding a way to make his friends and family laugh, but also boosting his neural processing capacities.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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It’s certainly made for these (end) times: a lushly surreal, cynically ticklish goof on the ineffectiveness of political summits as apocalyptic dread mounts.Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2024
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Stewart threatens to steal the spotlight as his typically polite, good-natured goof, and Grant somehow makes an awful character immensely likable.Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 11 Aug. 2024
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Oldman seems to be having a hoot in the role, too, which has landed him one of the show’s aforementioned Emmy nominations.Brian Grubb, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2024
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Margaret Qualley, as the former A-lister's younger self, also goes for broke in a film that's a disturbing, hilarious and jaw-dropping hoot.Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 25 Oct. 2024
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Saget and Coulier’s characters — who have also gained weight in old age — repeatedly make jokes about her size, which didn’t sit right with the Tanneritos hosts.John Russell, People.com, 5 Nov. 2024
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Former President Donald Trump‘s confidence in the 2024 election is spilling over into making jokes about past comments that nearly derailed his political career.Brady Knox, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Howler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/howler. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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