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capote

[kuh-poht, ka-pawt] / kəˈpoʊt, kaˈpɔt /






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The film’s director, Blake Edwards; costume designer, Edith Head; and Capote will appear as characters in the film, although their casting has not been announced.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2026

“The Crown” beat him to it, so we got “Capote vs. The Swans” along with its greatest accomplishment: Bowen Yang’s Truman Capote impersonation on “Saturday Night Live.”

From Salon • Feb. 12, 2026

Author Truman Capote hosted a legendary Black and White Ball in New York in 1966 -- and the look is still a red carpet winner.

From Barron's • Feb. 2, 2026

In such asides, Capote subtly reveals how food leads to story, our narratives as nourishing as anything on our holiday plates.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

Their chief, Capote Bleu, once exclaimed to an American officer: “Oh my father, how many glorious battles we might have fought, and not lost so many men!”

From The Great Salt Lake Trail by Inman, Henry




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