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The Aussie is almost certainly a reference to Euphoria and Wuthering Heights star Jacob Elordi, who was brought up in Brisbane and Melbourne before moving to the US to pursue his acting career.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
Her interview with the Get Out star pulled in five million views - a fraction of the audience she'd go on to attract, but evidence her hard work was clearly starting to pay off.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
This marks the second consecutive time Old Man Markey has fended off a former rising star in the party, having tanked Joe Kennedy III’s challenge in 2020.
From Slate ● Sep. 5, 2026
That’s not just a rock star; that’s a revolutionary.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
There I feel the Jewish star on Mamá’s necklace under my uniform, and I silently make a wish that Papá be safe.
From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar
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The faces change because the network’s stars are interchangeable.
From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2026
The first half saw the stars come through for both teams as Palos Verdes took a 14-13 lead.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
"It was really fun to win today," said Delphine Cascarino, one of many international stars in the London City squad.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
CEOs sometimes use sports metaphors but stars can dominate those teams.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
When they took a couple of steps, the stars threatened to make Llewelyn take off.
From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova
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In 1993, she wrote the screenplay for the comedy-drama film Bhaji On The Beach, and two years later she starred in the Channel 4 romantic comedy film, Beautiful Thing.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
Danielle van de Donk, who spent most of last season injured, starred and scored, while Kennedy's header brought the opener when it deflected off Julia Zigiotti.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
She was also inspired an off-Broadway play, “Gloria: A Life,” which was adapted into a 2020 production for PBS’ “Great Performances” that starred Christine Lahti.
From Salon ● Sep. 3, 2026
These ran the gamut: She starred in movies and invested in property and wrote children’s books, sold cake mix and jeans and doggy toys.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
McCandless starred and bracketed the paragraph and circled “refuge in nature” in black ink.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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He also appeared in 1961 film Spare the Rod, a social commentary drama about a teacher working in a tough, deprived area, starring Max Bygraves and Donald Pleasance.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
Celebrate Labor Day with a new tradition: Sorry to Bother You, Boots Riley’s 2018 film starring LaKeith Stanfield, is a rollicking sci-fi black comedy about a dystopian workplace.
From Slate ● Sep. 4, 2026
Patricia Hitchcock regarded “Notorious”—Alfred Hitchcock’s 1946 film starring Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman and Claude Rains—as her father’s finest, and one can see why.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
As a serial-killer procedural starring Robert De Niro and Adam Scott, “The Whisper Man” has both.
From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026
Ed Viesturs, who had the starring role in the film, reached the summit at 11:00 Thursday morning, without using supplemental oxygen.*
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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