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film

[film] / fɪlm /


VERB
take photographs
Synonyms


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Antonia says she saw a gap in the market when she was surrounded by "terrible" wigs while working in TV and film, including in the ITV series Bad Girls two decades ago.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

Individuals wearing smart glasses can take photos, film videos, listen to music, make phone calls, translate text or interact with an AI assistant.

From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026

The following year, Dad was cast in the film “The Strange Love of Martha Ivers,” and we moved into a Craftsman house in Los Angeles.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

In 2015, he spoke to BBC Newsnight about how he got into the film industry and about being an actor with a disability.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

A blowup of the film found inside the coin arrived at the desk of Robert Lamphere, an FBI counterintelligence agent in Washington, D.C.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin

Michael Douglas, 82, is an Oscar- and Emmy-winning actor known for the films “Wall Street” and “Fatal Attraction.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

Whether spreading pigment across the desert floor, choreographing participants into a living drawing or appearing in her own films, Albuquerque brings a human presence into environments whose scale can dwarf it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

Park said the actor, who rose to fame in The Office and went on to star in the BBC Drama Sherlock and films such as Love Actually and The Hobbit, was "the obvious choice really."

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

It wasn’t enough to simply watch films; I needed an outlet for all the ways they made me feel and all the ideas they inspired.

From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2026

They say those things a lot in nature films.

From "Crenshaw" by Katherine Applegate

"Dear protesters, since you're being filmed without your consent, try using make-up to dodge surveillance/facial recognition cameras," she said on social media.

From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026

Ella Ford, 24, from Moreton, Wirral, had visited the park with her boyfriend and filmed the tiger moments before the attack.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026

The private life of disgraced Silicon Valley startup founder Elizabeth Holmes will soon be aired to the public in a startling new documentary filmed in the 34 days before she went to prison.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

And if you look closely, you’ll also find Del Toro in the movie, which was filmed in Guadalajara.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

“They’ve been around the campus and also filmed at camp.”

From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter

She is filming the scene in a busy Baghdad street on her phone, and the camera captures him resisting her attempts to open the door as she confronts him.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

Bollywood actress Richa Chadha, meanwhile, offered other tips to avoid detention while filming herself drawing on her face with make-up on Sunday.

From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026

For example, in 2021, a dozen Turkish bottom trawlers fishing illegally in the Aegean Sea tried to ram a Greek research vessel when the scientists began filming their activity.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

Saudi officials have been putting out new warnings to the public since Tuesday that filming and sharing images of drone and missile attacks, or interceptions, could bring legal charges.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

She did some filming but didn't make her log entries until after landing.

From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson




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