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Cregger’s approach to “Resident Evil” is to seamlessly blend the cinematic with a gaming experience and his adaptation best mimics the feeling of playing an actual game or watching someone else play one.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
After a week in which countless female athletes denounced a controversial sports betting company advertisement featuring actress Sydney Sweeney, Ohanian said he wanted Friday's event to put the attention back on the "actual athletes".
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
“The meta problem is, hey, models are going outside the bounds of what they should be doing, and doing actual cyberattacks, which I would think is in the public interest to know.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
This is admittedly separate from Scott Tenorman’s parents being made into chili, and from the episode-length love letter to Casa Bonita that eventually helped turn Trey Parker and Matt Stone into actual restaurant owners.
From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2026
If it wasn’t her actual hair, what did she have that I wanted?
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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