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Ellison

American  
[el-uh-suhn] / ˈɛl ə sən /

noun

  1. Ralph (Waldo) 1914–1994, U.S. novelist, essayist, and lecturer.


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What may help Ellison there is that Netflix isn’t looking so red-hot lately.

From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026

Discovery, roping in a multibillion-dollar corpus of film-and-TV studios, streaming services, newsrooms, movie theaters, and book imprints under the aegis of one man, nepo baby David Ellison.

From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026

Ellison has long extolled his love of movies and appeared at the CinemaCon movie theater owners convention earlier this year to reiterate his commitment to theatrical releases.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

“Together with Caruso, we are proud to help bring the Bay back to life as a place for the Pacific Palisades community to gather around the shared experience of cinema,” Ellison said in a statement.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

Like at school when Leen Ellison answered questions in science class, or like when Grandma yelled at them for breaking one of her porcelain dolls.

From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles

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