as in leading lady
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Chad Powers is the latest project for Powell, who has rapidly become one of Hollywood's busiest leading men.
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Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 28 Dec. 2024
Leveraging his leading man status to advocate for various social causes has come with inevitable detractors.
—Thomas Page, CNN, 15 Dec. 2024
Andrew Garfield, an actor who has defined the notion of being a modern leading man with feelings, thinks cinemagoers should be free to show their emotions without apology.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 3 Jan. 2025
Seacrest bought the six-bedroom, six-and-half-bathroom home from Horizon: An American Saga’s Kevin Costner, who purchased it from actor Richard Dreyfuss, a leading man in 1970s Hollywood.
—Michelle Duncan, Architectural Digest, 31 Dec. 2024
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Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 28 Dec. 2024
Leveraging his leading man status to advocate for various social causes has come with inevitable detractors.
—Thomas Page, CNN, 15 Dec. 2024
Andrew Garfield, an actor who has defined the notion of being a modern leading man with feelings, thinks cinemagoers should be free to show their emotions without apology.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 3 Jan. 2025
Seacrest bought the six-bedroom, six-and-half-bathroom home from Horizon: An American Saga’s Kevin Costner, who purchased it from actor Richard Dreyfuss, a leading man in 1970s Hollywood.
—Michelle Duncan, Architectural Digest, 31 Dec. 2024
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“Leading man.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/leading%20man. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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