as in backstage
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SiriusXM will be backstage during the ceremony with host Jessica Lucero capturing interviews with nominees and winners for their Grammy Sunday broadcast on The Grammy Channel, channel 79 and on the SiriusXM app.—
Paul Grein,
Billboard,
28 Jan. 2026 -
The film encapsulates the tour’s phenomenon — counting down the final months before the last show and capturing all the backstage drama and fan community that rallied around it.—
Charisma Madarang,
Rolling Stone,
18 Dec. 2025
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Doherty left after season 3, and Rose McGowan was brought in as a replacement amid gossip that the offscreen fights were wilder than the onscreen ones.—
Chris Snellgrove,
Entertainment Weekly,
17 Jan. 2026
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Washington is then shown in the kitchen holding an 8-inch knife as something is thrown at him offscreen, according to the affidavit.—
Claire Osborn,
Austin American Statesman,
6 Jan. 2026
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“Offstage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/offstage. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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