But shareholders have pushed back against hefty pay packages, which come during a period of upheaval in Hollywood that has been buffeted by job losses from media consolidation and outsourcing.
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Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
29 June 2026
But back in 2022, leading up to and following the release of Don't Worry Darling, her second feature in the director's chair, Wilde couldn't make it through a single media engagement without being buffeted by gusts from a maelstrom of rumors and gossip consuming her life.
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Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
24 June 2026
In Georgia, chicken farmers are beleaguered by bedbugs, which have hopped from hotel rooms to poultry farms, and from there to workers’ homes.
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Burkhard Bilger,
New Yorker,
29 June 2026
Sybil, who spent her younger years beleaguered by the presence of her double, that emblem of feminine conformity named Désirée, never manages to perceive herself as anything but abnormal by comparison.
Many ranchers delayed rebuilding due to a resurgence of dryness this spring and wildfires that ravaged more grazing land.
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Tom Polansek,
USA Today,
2 July 2026
The Panthers made the Cup Final in three consecutive years from 2023 to 2025, winning it all in the final two years of that stretch, before missing the playoffs last season as injuries ravaged the roster.
Each character has totally justified and totally unjustified reasons for resenting one another, and the sensation of absorbing those contrasting opinions is like being in a stuck bumper car, barraged and battered from all sides.
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Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
16 Apr. 2026
Checchi, in particular, barraged voters with an unrelenting flood of ads.
But Fortune, who serves on the Hartford school board, surprised some insiders by collecting the signatures in a theme that has endured for years for her and others as women of color.
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Christopher Keating,
Hartford Courant,
5 July 2026
Bill MacLauchlin surprised the bicentennial beard contest judges with a blue and white beard topped by a red moustache.
—
Orlando Sentinel Staff,
The Orlando Sentinel,
4 July 2026
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