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Popular on Variety With its ubiquitous rise, AI has become a bogeyman for many working in the industry.
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Jamie Lang, Variety, 27 Sep. 2024
Watch on Deadline Its debut title, Ennis’ Freddie The Fix is billed as a darkly humorous and horrific series that follows Freddie, a fixer who cleans up the messes left behind by the monstrous stars of Hollywood: werewolves, vampires, zombies, aliens, bogeymen, predators, and…things.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 20 Sep. 2024
The Chiefs are the bogeyman for everyone in the NFL but especially the 49ers, which has lost twice to Patrick Mahomes and Co. in the Super Bowl in the last five years.
—Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 4 Sep. 2024
There was a bogeyman at Republican Rep. Mike Garcia’s town hall in Santa Clarita this week: the state of California.
—Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2024
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Jamie Lang, Variety, 27 Sep. 2024
Watch on Deadline Its debut title, Ennis’ Freddie The Fix is billed as a darkly humorous and horrific series that follows Freddie, a fixer who cleans up the messes left behind by the monstrous stars of Hollywood: werewolves, vampires, zombies, aliens, bogeymen, predators, and…things.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 20 Sep. 2024
The Chiefs are the bogeyman for everyone in the NFL but especially the 49ers, which has lost twice to Patrick Mahomes and Co. in the Super Bowl in the last five years.
—Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 4 Sep. 2024
There was a bogeyman at Republican Rep. Mike Garcia’s town hall in Santa Clarita this week: the state of California.
—Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2024
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Social psychology experiments show that people often cope with the specter of death by attaching themselves to cultural ideologies, such as religious, political, or even sports fandom.Discover Magazine, Discover Magazine, 8 Nov. 2024
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Zoom out: Republicans have been raising the specter of a wide-ranging effort to challenge the election result if Trump loses.Andrew Solender, Axios, 4 Nov. 2024
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The book tells of two children in an unnamed village who decide, against the advice of their parents, to seek out a demon that has taken all the animals away.Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 20 Nov. 2024
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Based on William Peter Blatty’s novel about a young girl possessed by a demon and the two priests trying to save her, the film became one of the highest-grossing horror films ever.Clayton Davis, Variety, 31 Oct. 2024
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This meaning is visualized in Henry Fuseli’s 1781 painting The Nightmare, which shows a woman sleeping peacefully on a couch while a nauseating monster—an incubus—sits portentously on her abdomen, unbeknownst to her.Time, Time, 28 Dec. 2022
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As Tommy’s experiences in the tunnels of France mark a continued incubus for his character, with visions of being pulled into the mud, the sounding of the bell coincides with his own inner peace.Josh St. Clair, Men's Health, 13 June 2022
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As in his previous short films, Jackson plays multiple roles, including the Maestro (the main character), the town's mayor, their evil incarnate, the super ghoul, and most memorably, the moonwalking skeleton.Ime Ekpo, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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In the movie, Evan and Tim evade Max and his evil legion’s efforts to make them into literal corporate ghouls by teaming up with security guard Frank (Marshall Givens).Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 18 Oct. 2024
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The computer daemon operates in a similar manner, continuously working behind the scenes to keep processes going and to address service requests.The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 23 Oct. 2024
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Yet in their original form gremlins are alive and well, living under new names—daemons, worms, virtual pets.The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 23 Oct. 2024
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The 7-year-old phantom golden doodle is one of a handful of therapy dogs in regional police departments.Bebe Hodges, USA TODAY, 15 Nov. 2024
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This phantom or pretend gain is subject to tax, usually at capital gains rates.Virginia La Torre Jeker, J.D., Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
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As Vance’s mother, who suffers from undiagnosed mental-health issues and an eventual substance abuse problem, Adams is a banshee.Sarah Jones, Vulture, 15 July 2024
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One striking example is when Jake Sully, played by Sam Worthington, tames his banshee.Gerui Wang, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
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William got a kick out of the little imp, and Gary was in awe of William.Ira Silverberg, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2024
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Tim Burton's film explores the border between life and the afterlife with some of the best in the biz, from Geena Davis and Alec Baldwin’s wholesome (and dead) homeowners to Winona Ryder's angsty teen to her ridiculous mother (Catherine O'Hara) to the imp with a limp (Michael Keaton).Gwen Ihnat, EW.com, 25 Sep. 2024
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“Bogeyman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bogeyman. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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