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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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Holder previously helmed the film Loserville and has produced such recent features as The Surrender and Peak Season.—
Ryan Gajewski,
HollywoodReporter,
4 Apr. 2025
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Even at such a low price, this unit is packed with features and performance, including a wide 180 degree viewing angle, sharp 2K video, smart object detection and more.—
K. Thor Jensen,
PC Magazine,
4 Apr. 2025
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The documentary is slated to air on HBO and stream on Max this summer after its Tribeca premiere.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
6 Apr. 2025
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The topic of longevity has recently captured the public imagination, thanks in part to the success of Netflix documentaries like Live to 100: Secrets of the Blue Zones and Don’t Die: The Man Who Wants to Live Forever.—
Tomoko Yokoi,
Forbes.com,
6 Apr. 2025
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This means there are no story connections between any of the shorts, beyond the general overlapping of genre and theme.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Apr. 2025
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Brooks & Dunn fans were left wanting more Thursday when the band unexpectedly cut their encore short.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
7 Apr. 2025
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The show started out as Skipper Chuck’s Popeye’s Playhouse after WTVJ bought the rights to the then-new animation series, and in between cartoons Zink performed alongside his comedic sidekick Scrubby, played by Richard Andrews.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
2 Apr. 2025
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The banner of the website was replaced with cartoon characters, a pornographic image and a music video.—
Jasmine Baehr,
FOXNews.com,
30 Mar. 2025
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Sign up for Entertainment Weekly's free newsletter to get the latest trailers, celebrity interviews, film reviews, and more.—
Wesley Stenzel,
EW.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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Deadline, however, projects a stronger international take for A Minecraft Movie and is pegging the film to open with $140 million in global ticket sales.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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The first time Kurt Russell met Val Kilmer was when the Hollywood homegrown was hanging out with Cher on the set of Silkwood, a 1983 docudrama.—
Charisma Madarang,
Rolling Stone,
2 Apr. 2025
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Late in Hulu’s new series Good American Family comes a moment of irony that’s become all too familiar in true crime docudramas.—
Aja Romano,
Vox,
21 Mar. 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 15 Apr. 2025.
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