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Noun
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Ahead of Doute and Sanchez’s outing on Thursday, Feb. 6, the promotional teaser for the upcoming second season of The Valley was released on Tuesday, Feb. 4.—
Charna Flam,
People.com,
7 Feb. 2025 -
The first teaser trailer to Fantastic Four: First Steps has arrived, and the quartet's injection of retrofuturistic panache comes with a deluge of references to the classic comic books and links to the wider MCU.—
Devin Robertson,
Newsweek,
5 Feb. 2025
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Jim was a prankster, and some of his pranks are famously known in the area.—
Contributed Content,
Twin Cities,
6 Feb. 2025
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The observant prankster revealed how any feminists who hail the Academy’s berserk nomination are their own worst enemy.—
Armond White,
National Review,
5 Feb. 2025
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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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