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Retired Major League Baseball star Matt Holliday is ready to part ways with the newly built Paradise Valley, Ariz., estate he purchased earlier this year.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026
The renovation was certainly a laborious process, but for the “Funny Girl” star, it was all worth it.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026
And her agents will be "fielding calls" for her to bring her star power to other shows, adds Frost.
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026
Solea Pfeiffer and Liisi LaFontaine star in the Broadway show about the lengths people are willing to go to protect their family and claim what is rightfully theirs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026
The star of the show was an elephant, and I knew as soon as I set eyes on her that it was Marlene.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
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Collectively, hundreds of thousands of these satellites would probably “completely drown out” the Milky Way and dimmer stars at certain times of night, Lawler said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
And, just like the bulk of Smart’s roster, each of those three stars committed to Georgia straight out of high school.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026
They all got to appear on a hugely popular TV show, rubbing shoulders with other stars and gaining new fans along the way.
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026
Radiation from young, massive stars may escape their galaxies before those stars explode as supernovae and generate large winds that reshape the surrounding environment.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026
“I think you’re right, Ida B,” he told the sky and the stars and the valley, and then we headed on home.
From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan
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In 1995, he appeared as Prospero in a memorable performance of The Tempest and, two years later, he starred as Othello - who he presented as a white mercenary in a black African nation.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026
Panettiere also starred in the “Scream” horror movie franchise as well as in hits “I Love You, Beth Cooper” and “Remember the Titans.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026
Nicolas Cage, who recently starred in “Spider-Noir,” said he won’t work with Amazon again after a disagreement over an AI waiver.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2026
“We have seen this movie before. I starred in it,” Obama said.
From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2026
A number of the authors’ names have been starred with penciled asterisks by previous readers, but there is no sign or mark by Nikolai Gogol’s name.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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Emerald Fennell's 2026 adaption of Wuthering Heights, starring Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi, also sparked an interest in Brontë country.
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026
That understanding gives fresh insight into the passion he brought to his greatest starring roles and the smallest.
From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026
In fact, he later said that he didn’t know anything about “Star Trek” until he had a meeting with the show’s creator, Gene Roddenberry, about starring in a new series: “Star Trek: The Next Generation.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
From 2020 to 2023, Stewart was tempted back to the "Star Trek" franchise, starring in the "Star Trek: Picard" television series.
From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2026
“Oh, superhero is resting up for his starring role tonight.”
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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