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Noun
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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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The company, which has recently released features such as Flow, Hard Truths and My Favourite Cake, plans to launch Post Truth in the second half of June in at least 20 Turkish cities.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
28 Apr. 2025
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Pascal isn’t the only performer in the family: Lux has starred in the 2022 feature film California and Amazon original series La Jauria as well as Veinteanero a los 40, a Chilean soap opera.—
Mikelle Street,
Them.,
28 Apr. 2025
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How many offers have there been from streaming services to do a documentary at the pageant? 7.—
Dan Shanoff,
New York Times,
30 Apr. 2025
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Gelb has since gone on to apply the same passion to feature length documentaries about chef Wolfgang Puck, Spiderman Creator Stan Lee, and a documentary about the history of the Ford Mustang.—
Pervaiz Shallwani,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
30 Apr. 2025
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In a break with tradition, the opening night will world premiere a selection of five shorts rather than a single feature animation.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
23 Apr. 2025
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New stories are expected, but excitingly, the teams behind the three most celebrated shorts from the first anthology have had a chance to revisit those worlds and tales, as The Duel, The Village Bride, and The Ninth Jedi are all getting follow-up shorts.—
Fran Ruiz,
Space.com,
23 Apr. 2025
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Other kids spent Saturday mornings watching cartoons.—
Leena Tailor,
HollywoodReporter,
26 Apr. 2025
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The South Korean government is betting big on animation, unveiling a $1 billion investment strategy aimed at transforming its cartoon industry into a global powerhouse.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
25 Apr. 2025
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Internationally, the film added $10.1 million for a worldwide start of $18.1 million.—
Rebecca Rubin,
Variety,
27 Apr. 2025
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Sign up for Entertainment Weekly's free newsletter to get the latest trailers, celebrity interviews, film reviews, and more.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
27 Apr. 2025
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The formative years and parallel stories of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X, two iconic leaders of the Civil Rights Movement, are compellingly explored in this docudrama series.—
Marcus Jones,
IndieWire,
1 May 2025
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The filmmaker broke out with his 2023 docudrama BlackBerry, charting the rise and fall of the world’s first smartphone, which premiered to critical raves at the Berlinale and was named by the National Board of Review as one of the Top 10 Independent Films of 2023.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
9 Apr. 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 8 May. 2025.
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