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The edges of the cutout were left raw, mimicking the idea that the jacket had been unintentionally cut as opposed to being designed that way.—
Mikelle Street,
WWD,
14 Feb. 2025 -
At the entrance to the gallery is a two-digital panel work modeled after Christie’s screens that appear at auction; on the screens play live valuations of various commodities with the design language and text mimicking that of the auction house.—
Harrison Jacobs,
ARTnews.com,
10 Feb. 2025
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The images were widely parodied, but Leo stood her ground.—
Radhika Seth,
Vogue,
8 Feb. 2025
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The scene and the song were later parodied in a 2007 Saturday Night Live digital short by the Lonely Island, helping broaden its reach and turning the song into a meme.—
Xander Zellner,
Billboard,
21 Jan. 2025
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Political sensitivities come into play with a largely liberal cast that is expected to satirize both sides of the aisle.—
Maureen Dowd,
New York Times,
14 Feb. 2025
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Drawn with a spidery expressionistic line and featuring a cast of characters including the neurotic Bernard, brutish Huey and the graceful Dancer, the strip satirized social and political issues and gave voice to liberal humanist views during the culturally conservative 1950s.—
Rob Salkowitz,
Forbes,
21 Jan. 2025
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For example, a light lavender lining peeks out from underneath the tool of the Rapunzel dress, which can be paired with a long, dramatic boa to imitate her lustrous mane.—
Ashlyn Robinette,
People.com,
11 Feb. 2025
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Between the lines: The BRT experience aims to imitate the experience of a subway or train.—
Andrew King,
Axios,
10 Feb. 2025
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The Tigard Police Department (TPD) confirmed the arrests were in connection with 39 burglary cases targeting what appeared to be affluent Asian-American households beginning in late September.—
Christina Shaw,
Fox News,
11 Feb. 2025
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The departures add further to uncertainty at the CFPB, which has been targeted by trade groups and conservatives for years.—
Hugh Son,
CNBC,
11 Feb. 2025
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The connection between Nafisi and Bahri is presented with complexity and without sentimentality, neither papering over political differences nor caricaturing Bahri as a generic revolutionary.—
Arash Azizi,
The Atlantic,
26 Jan. 2025
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The first season wasn’t exactly kind and gentle, but there was a baroque, caricatured nature to the games that often made their excesses palatable.—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
26 Dec. 2024
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Aside from a striking physical resemblance to the Silent Brotherhood’s founder, Hoult closely studied his subject, aping Mathews’ mannerisms and movements from old documentary footage, studying texts that radicalized his subject, lifting weights, and cutting alcohol from his diet.—
Ali Winston,
WIRED,
6 Dec. 2024
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On its app homepage, JD has begun aping Pinduoduo by emphasizing discounts.—
Lavender Au,
WIRED,
4 Oct. 2024
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Kanye West is facing yet another lawsuit from a former employee, this time from a Jewish Yeezy staffer who claims the rapper harassed her and routinely praised Nazi leader Adolf Hitler.—
David Matthews,
New York Daily News,
11 Feb. 2025
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Takeaways Notre Dame: The Fighting Irish defensive effort included six blocks and 16 steals in addition to harassing Stanford into 31% shooting. Stanford: If Agara’s injury is long term, a rough season is about to get even rougher for the Cardinal.—
Curt Rallo,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Feb. 2025
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