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Boldface names donating to the cause included composer Hans Zimmer, singer-songwriter Donovan Leitch and actor Lisa Edelstein.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2026

Boldface names like Mr. Trump, Mr. Clinton, Prince Andrew and the actor Kevin Spacey, all of whom have been associated with Mr. Epstein, went unmentioned except for their having ridden on Mr. Epstein’s planes.

From New York Times • Dec. 30, 2021

Boldface residents included Monica Lewinsky, who lived there with her mother as she attempted to weather her own White House scandal.

From Washington Post • Feb. 20, 2018

Boldface names like Bryant and Anthony Rizzo and Theo Epstein — the Cubs president and baseball prodigy who has ended World Series curses in Chicago and Boston — are now local legends.

From Time • Nov. 3, 2016

What are you crying for?" said Bill Boldface, a naughty boy in the village, "eh, what are you crying for, you bold puppy?

From The Adventures of Little Bewildered Henry The Extraordinary Adventures of Poor Little Bewildered Henry, Who was shut up in an Old Abbey for Three Weeks: A Story Founded on Fact by Anonymous