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Before “stepping into the bratty curls of ‘Oh, Mary!’,” the actress became known for playing prima donnas on TV.

The Lakers are not the prima donnas they used to be and the Clippers are not the stepchild they used to be.

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I look around the rest of the squad and think they are over-paid prima donnas, the lot of them.

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But Knight, Larraín, and Jolie are all careful to avoid reducing Callas to an over-the-top ableist stereotype or portraying her as the ruthless prima donna tigress the media painted her as.

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Celebrities acting like prima donnas toward restaurant personnel isn’t anything new.

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