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A towering performance that is also impressively contoured, Lithgow’s portrayal of dyspeptic British author Roald Dahl infuses Mark Rosenblatt’s drama with chilling mystery.

From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026

“Everybody loves food. That’s the common denominator,” Fieri told the crowd, which included a woman who impressively dressed up as Fieri, fake mustache/goatee and a flame-covered bowling shirt.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2026

By sunset, the "Islamabad Talks" had produced press releases, a memorable food spread and impressively fast internet in a country riven with tech challenges.

From Barron's • Apr. 11, 2026

In the case of the title track, he’s come up with a melody for the poem and a vocal attack that impressively splits the difference between the spoken and the sung.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

He smiled and motioned me forward with the hand that wasn’t holding an impressively tall tankard.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss