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The mobilization of fans across the country is reminiscent of the reaction to supporters in England to proposals by the leading men’s clubs to set up a European Super League in 2021.
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Asif Burhan, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
Sidney Poitier — Lilies of the Field (1963) Sidney Poitier made history as the first Black actor to win the Oscar for Best Actor, for a film that may seem slight on the surface but, in actuality, is a great representation of his one-in-a-million skill as a leading man.
—EW.com, 2 Mar. 2025
Last Oscar season, Martin Scorsese was back but his other regular leading man, Robert De Niro, wasn’t nominated despite an otherwise impressive ten-nod haul for The Irishman.
—Zach Schonfeld, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2025
Meester, of course, is the wife of Nobody Wants This leading man Adam Brody (aka Rabbi Noah) and starred as Blair Waldorf on the CW drama Gossip Girl, for which Bell provided the voiceover.
—Vlada Gelman, TVLine, 20 Feb. 2025
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Asif Burhan, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
Sidney Poitier — Lilies of the Field (1963) Sidney Poitier made history as the first Black actor to win the Oscar for Best Actor, for a film that may seem slight on the surface but, in actuality, is a great representation of his one-in-a-million skill as a leading man.
—EW.com, 2 Mar. 2025
Last Oscar season, Martin Scorsese was back but his other regular leading man, Robert De Niro, wasn’t nominated despite an otherwise impressive ten-nod haul for The Irishman.
—Zach Schonfeld, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2025
Meester, of course, is the wife of Nobody Wants This leading man Adam Brody (aka Rabbi Noah) and starred as Blair Waldorf on the CW drama Gossip Girl, for which Bell provided the voiceover.
—Vlada Gelman, TVLine, 20 Feb. 2025
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“Leading man.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/leading%20man. Accessed 10 Mar. 2025.
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