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Bringing his Rolling Thunder Revue tour to small stages across the nation, Dylan and his band of merry pranksters (Allen Ginsberg, Joni Mitchell, Joan Baez) played music… and so much more.—
Debby Wolfinsohn,
EW.com,
11 Jan. 2025 -
With a 10-1 fight record, mostly against mixed martial artists and other pro-boxing newcomers under his belt, Paul, a former child star and YouTube prankster who began his boxing career in 2018, does not lack confidence — or showmanship.—
Anne Marie Lee,
CBS News,
18 Nov. 2024
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A lot of actors could have played him as a sardonic quipster.—
James Poniewozik,
New York Times,
31 Oct. 2023
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Norman Gee makes a wry quipster as the fool Touchstone and doubles as Orlando’s aged and weary servant Adam, whose role is considerably cut back.—
Sam Hurwitt,
The Mercury News,
10 July 2019
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This year’s Critics Choice Awards will be hosted by comedienne/TV personality Chelsea Handler, TVLine has confirmed.—
Matt Webb Mitovich,
TVLine,
8 Jan. 2025
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The comedienne wore her brunette tresses in a braided half-updo, while her makeup consisted of a smokey eye, rosy blush and a glossy nude lip.—
Hannah Malach,
WWD,
3 Sep. 2019
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Martinez was looking at cutups Monday morning of 6-6, 20-year-old right-hander Travis Sykora, Washington’s third-round pick in 2023, who’s coming on, uh, quickly.—
David Aldridge,
The Athletic,
27 Aug. 2024
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Apparently all-in on Reynolds, Hollywood is now reasoning that his star power — some chemically adhesive combination of dashing leading man, comic-relief cutup, and lifestyle mogul — will prove irresistible regardless of the context.—
A.A. Dowd,
Rolling Stone,
17 May 2024
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Since graduation, Chen has racked up assignments in Mozart, Beethoven, Donizetti, Verdi, Wagner, and Puccini with opera companies and symphony orchestras across the United States and in Europe, often as the motormouth buffoons and weasels of classic comedies.—
airmail.news,
airmail.news,
7 Dec. 2024
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So my place is to play this role of be the little buffoon every now and then.—
Outside Online,
Outside Online,
21 Nov. 2024
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Some of his friends also collected drawings of clowns on jailhouse envelopes sent by their dads.—
Frank Rojas,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Jan. 2025
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The buzziest piece unveiled for last year’s show consisted of two large inflatable clown heads squished between two buildings.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
13 Jan. 2025
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After a three-day break, Jisoo will release a track snippet followed up by a teaser trailer and poster for an accompanying music video.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
27 Jan. 2025
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As the teaser begins, McConaughey struts to a full-length mirror with a photo of Chicago Bears’ former coach Mike Ditka taped beside it.—
Sabrina Weiss,
People.com,
27 Jan. 2025
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The jokester who uses the expression is likely not invoking that litany of qualms.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes,
19 Jan. 2025
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The comedian, who is currently gearing up to begin her sixth season on the sketch comedy show, was recently asked by PEOPLE to offer some words of wisdom to the show’s newest jokesters, and her message was fairly simple.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
18 Sep. 2024
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