Hollywood

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Recent Examples of Hollywood The prolific Hollywood subgenre of the body-swap comedy had already been around a while when Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan teamed up for the surprise hit, Freaky Friday. — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 5 Aug. 2025 Lee, vice mayor of Stockton, California and CEO of the entertainment website Hollywood Unlocked, also shared a photo of Haddish holding the baby boy while visiting a local high school cheer squad practice. — Kimi Robinson, USA Today, 5 Aug. 2025 The Hollywood legend won three Oscars in 1984 for Terms of Endearment - Best Picture, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay. — Tommy McArdle, People.com, 5 Aug. 2025 Spirit continues to lead all other carriers in passengers carried at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, immediately trailed by JetBlue Airways and Southwest Airlines. — David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 5 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for Hollywood
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  • His rattan chairs have seated famed Indian celebrities like members of India’s billionaire Ambani family and Bollywood stars, as well as American bigwigs like Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, who visited the restaurant last year.
    — Laya Neelakandan, CNBC, 30 Aug. 2025
  • The cast includes Arjun Bijlani, Dhanashree Verma, Kubbra Sait, and Kiku Sharda from diverse backgrounds spanning Bollywood, music, politics, entrepreneurship, and social media.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 28 Aug. 2025
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