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Even so, placing a supposedly superior world within Peacemaker’s reach, one he didn’t have a hand in improving, can’t end well.

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ArcLight was the best place to be a moviegoer, so I want to have a hand in creating something like that in L.A. again.

An abusive father, a cousin he regarded as a bully and ultimately a psychiatrist who sought to control his every move, his every thought — all appeared to have a hand in making Wilson who he was.

In the coming months, several different judges, parole commissioners and even Gov. Gavin Newsom could still have a hand in the brothers’ fate.

As someone who is Latino, do you feel like your upbringing helped shape your career or have a hand in the roles that you’ve chosen?

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