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Meanwhile the Sierra Madre Playhouse, built for the silents, has become the L.A. area’s newest performing arts center, where Wild Up will be in residence.—
Mark Swed,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Dec. 2024 -
Boles started his Hollywood career in the silents, but became a big star in the talkies.—
Michael Barnes,
Austin American-Statesman,
5 Nov. 2024
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To go along with all of those features, Christine said that whoever ends up purchasing the property will also receive the farm's Plenary Winery license.—
Maddie McGay,
USA TODAY,
27 Feb. 2025
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Doc Made By 'Gaza: How To Survive A Warzone' Director Jamie Roberts The pair of shows feature on the BBC’s latest Faith and Hope season, which will also commemorate Easter and Passover.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
27 Feb. 2025
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In January, Swift fans reflected on the evolution — or lack of evolution — in the musician’s activism as her documentary Miss Americana marked its fifth anniversary.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
1 Mar. 2025
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Since the documentary premiered, he’s received many emails, texts and Facebook messages from those who are still searching for someone who vanished decades ago.—
Stephanie Nolasco,
Fox News,
1 Mar. 2025
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Wearing a dark pink T shirt and light colored shorts, Brooks appears at the traffic stop a few minutes after receiving the frantic call.—
Madeleine Marr,
Miami Herald,
7 Mar. 2025
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He was last seen wearing a brown shirt and camouflage shorts, police said.—
Lillie Davidson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
6 Mar. 2025
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The show also announced that Alan Cumming will have a guest role in the season’s second episode, voicing a cartoon character named Mr. Ring-A-Ding who breaks out of his celluloid world.—
Rick Porter,
The Hollywood Reporter,
26 Feb. 2025
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Spiteful buys plain aluminum cans and applies an array of colorful cartoon labels during the packaging process to market its portfolio.—
Robert Channick,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Feb. 2025
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The film is produced by Fernando Bovaira at Mod Producciones, Himenóptero and Misent Producciones in co-production with Propaganda Italia, with the participation of Netflix, RTVE and RAI Cinema, and the support of ICAA, Generalitat Valenciana and Eurimages.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
26 Feb. 2025
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After reported tension with its longtime producers, which media company now has creative control over the James Bond film franchise?—
Megan Poinski,
Forbes,
26 Feb. 2025
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Film Movement has acquired U.S. rights to Seán Devlin’s docudrama Asog exposing a land grab by developers on the Philippines’ picturesque Sicogan Island in the wake of a devastating super-typhoon.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
26 Feb. 2025
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His first producing project, in 2018, was The Gate: Dawn of the Baha’i Faith, a docudrama about the founding of his religion.—
Peter Kiefer,
The Hollywood Reporter,
21 Feb. 2025
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Olivia Rodrigo went vintage for Halloween this year, opting to dress up as the iconic animated cartoon character, Betty Boop.—
Rania Aniftos,
Billboard,
31 Oct. 2022
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To the narcissist, all other people are cardboard cutouts, two-dimensional animated cartoon characters, or symbols.—
Olivia Muenter,
Woman's Day,
14 June 2022
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“Talkie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/talkie. Accessed 11 Mar. 2025.
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