diva
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Acting in a film within a film, Fix’s version of teenage Billy is so nervous it seems impossible she’ll become Anderson’s diva.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
After the sun sets on Ariana Grande’s Eternal Sunshine tour, the pop diva plans to to take a step back from the public eye, her representative announced.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026
The singer herself says that she is "immensely honoured" to be part of the Cesaria Evora Orchestra, which performs around the world to keep alive the music of the "barefoot diva" who died in 2011.
From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026
He credits pop diva Erika Vikman with turning the tide, after appearing at UMK in 2020.
From BBC ● May 17, 2026
After settling the issue of the pear with Zach, he turns to Britney Harron, who fully inhabits her role as Truman Drama’s designated diva.
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
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Kemp said that, alongside Saturday's headliner Raye, the weekend's line-up had "spanned a generation of divas".
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
Os had plenty of examples of powerful pop divas to draw inspiration from.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 20, 2026
By then, she’d put her knack for winking impressions of high society divas to stunning use in “Beetlejuice” as Delia Deetz, a haughty stepmother and artist whose gargantuan ego dwarfs her talent.
From Salon ● Feb. 4, 2026
Here, she discusses the jazz warm-up she’s used for decades, dealing with stage fright and loving the divas she plays.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 17, 2025
She stood before the screen, certain she could practically smell the restaurant, the heavy perfumes of a room full of divas and ingénues.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
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"When you dive into the Iliad, you really understand that Homer was an Anatolian. You find anecdotes and cultural references that are completely unknown elsewhere," he said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026
Ramsay-Peaty has been working on his dive with coach Lisa Bates since June and said the past few weeks have been "one of those lessons".
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
In London, the 17-year-old Eric wrote in his diary that he wanted to dive into Marxism “like into the sea, and sink into it.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Someone has me hold their phone while they dive through shorebreak.
From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2026
While the bees chased the monkeys into nearby treetops, I was forced to jump down, run, and dive into the lake.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
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