starring

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This debate over race mirrors earlier controversies surrounding Halle Bailey starring in “The Little Mermaid” and other diverse casting choices in fantasy and literary adaptations.

From Salon • May 16, 2026

"Nagi Notes", starring Takako Matsu and Shizuka Ishibashi, explores the overlapping lives of a cast of characters in rural Okayama Prefecture, each lonely in their own way.

From Barron's • May 13, 2026

The first Palme winner, “Marty,” a romantic drama starring Ernest Borgnine as a lonely, middle-aged butcher longing for love, won the Oscar for best picture.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

First lady Mary Todd Lincoln, who died in 1882, is currently starring on Broadway in a Tony-award-winning comedy that the Journal’s theater critic calls “howlingly funny.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

He told me that the movies were changed each week, but when another picture came to Stamps starring Kay Francis he would tell me and we’d go together.

From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou