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the art or business of making a movie
many actors now take roles for both television and the big screen
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Recent Examples of big screen
Get your beer, snacks and big screen at these watch parties all across the metro.
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Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 5 Feb. 2025
She's been acting even longer, making her big screen debut in 1993 and starring in action, romance, and comedy classics including Maid in Manhattan and Out of Sight.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 27 Jan. 2025
The meeting began with one of the Adidas representatives flipping open a laptop and projecting a video onto a big screen.
—Pol Ballús, The Athletic, 21 Jan. 2025
People pass in front of big screen during the speech of US President Donald Trump on January 26, 2018 at the Davos Congress Centre (C), the venue of the annual World Economic Forum (WEF), in the town of Davos, eastern Switzerland.
—April Roach, CNBC, 20 Jan. 2025
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Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 5 Feb. 2025
She's been acting even longer, making her big screen debut in 1993 and starring in action, romance, and comedy classics including Maid in Manhattan and Out of Sight.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 27 Jan. 2025
The meeting began with one of the Adidas representatives flipping open a laptop and projecting a video onto a big screen.
—Pol Ballús, The Athletic, 21 Jan. 2025
People pass in front of big screen during the speech of US President Donald Trump on January 26, 2018 at the Davos Congress Centre (C), the venue of the annual World Economic Forum (WEF), in the town of Davos, eastern Switzerland.
—April Roach, CNBC, 20 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for big screen
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The preview also features Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, the armorer on the film who crew members said had little experience.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
26 Feb. 2025
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Sign up for Entertainment Weekly's free newsletter to get the latest trailers, celebrity interviews, film reviews, and more.—
Lauren Huff,
EW.com,
26 Feb. 2025
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No casting decisions have been announced, nor have producers revealed when the next Bond movie will be released.—
Brendan Morrow,
USA TODAY,
21 Feb. 2025
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Which isn’t to say the company wouldn’t release a Bond movie in theaters — keeping Bond exclusive to Prime Video seems very unlikely, though not impossible.—
James Hibberd,
The Hollywood Reporter,
20 Feb. 2025
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Jude’s own filmmaking, however, is firmly of the moment.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
19 Feb. 2025
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There was a really individual and decisive creative community in Portland, in music and in the visual arts, in writing and in filmmaking.—
Scott Roxborough,
The Hollywood Reporter,
18 Feb. 2025
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More than three decades after the actor made his silver screen debut in the coming-of-age comedy The Sandlot in 1993, Renna is passing on his wisdom to the next generation of young baseball players.—
Kayla Grant,
People.com,
18 Feb. 2025
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The two form an unlikely bond as Molina recounts the plot of his favorite Hollywood musical starring his favorite silver screen diva, Ingrid Luna, played by Lopez.—
Chris Gardner,
The Hollywood Reporter,
30 Jan. 2025
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“Big screen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/big%20screen. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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