Tag: playing
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How the issue of fracking is playing in Pennsylvania ahead of the 2024 election
HOWE TOWNSHIP, Pa. — John Stewart, vice president of Cameron Energy Co., and Robert Bair, president of the Pennsylvania State Building and Construction Trades Council, are on different sides in the presidential race. But they are on the same side on fracking — a key energy and environmental issue in the biggest battleground state in…
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Lamorne Morris grew up idolizing the first Black ‘SNL’ star. Now, he’s playing him in a movie.
Conveying all of that in a few hours was daunting for Morris, but he said he heard Garrett Morris saw the movie and was pleased with it. “It was a lot of pressure,” he said. “For Garrett, going through this particular day, he was a fish out of water. We’re 90 minutes from showtime and…
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Jeremy Strong says criticizing straight actors for playing gay roles is ‘absolutely valid’
Jeremy Strong recently told the Los Angeles Times that “it’s absolutely valid” to criticize straight actors for playing gay characters, although he also strongly believes that it’s an actor’s job “to render something that is not necessarily your native habitat.” Strong stars as Donald Trump’s mentor Roy Cohn in “The Apprentice.” “Yes, it’s absolutely valid,” Strong said about…
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Harris is playing it safe. Some Democrats worry that could doom her campaign.
WASHINGTON — Even as polling shows the presidential race is a toss-up, Vice President Kamala Harris has been running with a measure of risk aversion that some Democratic strategists and activists worry has failed to fully capitalize on the excitement surrounding her entry into the race in July. Until this point, Harris has largely eschewed…