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The release of “Magazine Dreams,” in which Majors earned critical accolades for his role as an aspiring body-builder, was also postponed from its scheduled opening this week.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 6, 2023

“My reaction in the beginning, I was kind of … defensive,” the body-builder turned Republican California governor says in the third episode of “Arnold,” which begins streaming Wednesday.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2023

Fans may know the British body-builder best for physically bringing infamous “Star Wars” villain Darth Vader to life.

From Fox News • Nov. 29, 2020

He is short and beefy, not sculpted, like a body-builder, more rounded and somehow solid, like a large refrigerator.

From BBC • Oct. 26, 2013

Lacey, a body-builder with about a thimble’s-worth of body fat, weighs in at around 108 pounds, which is the minimum for wives; Dave, compact and slim, has the bulging calves of a UPS driver.

From Salon • Oct. 4, 2012