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Director Kim Jee-woon uses every trick in the haunted-house book when spinning the tale of two vulnerable sisters, their neglectful father, and their evil stepmother, all of whom are trapped together in a shabby (but beautifully filmed) old country house.
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Katie Rife, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Oct. 2025
By way of comparison, the 82-year-old country singer Lee Greenwood, whom Speaker Johnson floated as a viable replacement candidate for the Super Bowl headliner gig, has racked up 96 million streams on the service.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Langley is a 26-year-old country singer from Alabama.
—Jake Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Oct. 2025
More than a thousand country music fans have signed a petition demanding that the NFL replace the Puerto Rican entertainer with 73-year-old country legend George Strait, a choice as likely as Engelbert Humperdinck.
—Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 14 Oct. 2025
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Hollywood couple Meagan Good and Jonathan Majors received Guinean citizenship after tracing their ancestry to the West African country through DNA testing.—
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Our country is built on immigrants.—
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One was born near my father’s hometown in Choctaw County, Alabama, and ended up in the Delta, just as my father briefly did.—
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The trailer wastes little time establishing its pressure-cooker premise, quickly barricading five teenagers inside their high school as their hometown collapses into chaos.—
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St Peter’s Square has been decorated with a nativity scene from the Diocese of Nocera Inferiore-Sarno, in Campania, southwest Italy, and a 25-meter-tall Christmas tree from the Val d’Ultimo area in Bolzano, northern Italy.—
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Associate Pastor Isabel Marquez said the message behind the nativity was intentional.—
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Even so, Maduro’s ouster gave her a lot of hope for her mother country.—
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Rich in mood and gripping in narrative, the book starred a protagonist who stood at odds with his mother country and the political apparatus consuming it.—
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The scene plays out like a Blighty version of A Few Good Men, with Dalton in the Tom Cruise role, deftly provoking Livingston into a confession.—
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According to The Associated Press, more than 29,000 people have hit the shores of Blighty this year on small boats, after over 46,000 last year.—
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Overwatering The main reasons orchid roots get mushy and cause leaf wilt are overwatering or poor drainage, according to Kondrat.—
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According to Nitzsche, simmer pots have historical roots, with a presences across cultures.—
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“Old country.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/old%20country. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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