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Costner

/ ˈkɒstnə /

noun

  1. Kevin. born 1955, US film actor: his films include Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1990), Dances with Wolves (1990; also directed), JFK (1991), Waterworld (1995), Open Range (2003), and the TV mini-series Hatfields & McCoys (2012)

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Some muscle their way to the mountaintop, like Kevin Costner’s “Yellowstone” patriarch John Dutton or Stallone’s Dwight Manfredi on “Tulsa King.”

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In the fourth season finale of “Yellowstone,” Kevin Costner‘s John Dutton III announces his candidacy for governor of Montana by proposing a simple platform. “I am the opposite of progress,” he tells the state’s prospective voters.

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In the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s movie theaters, cowboys became the moral equivalent of gray hats, until we eventually we met a brighter-spirited cowboy in the form of, yes, Kevin Costner in “Silverado” and, later, “Dances with Wolves.”

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The acting, however, is probably superior to a movie cast with 1930s character actors, never mind the versions starring Russell Crowe, Kevin Costner, Taron Egerton and, maybe, Cary Elwes.

Sheridan’s breakneck output and its effects on “Yellowstone” scheduling contributed to a growing feud between the producer and the actor whose starpower had helped launch the show: Kevin Costner.

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