Wilde

American  

[wahyld] / waɪld /

noun

1. Oscar (Fingal O'Flahertie Wills) Sebastian Melmoth, 1854–1900, Irish poet, dramatist, novelist, essayist, and critic.

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Wilde British  

/ waɪld /

noun

1. Oscar ( Fingal O'Flahertie Wills ). 1854–1900, Irish writer and wit, famous for such plays as Lady Windermere's Fan (1892) and The Importance of being Earnest (1895). The Picture of Dorian Gray (1891) is a macabre novel about a hedonist and The Ballad of Reading Gaol (1898) relates to his experiences in prison while serving a two-year sentence for homosexuality

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Olivia Wilde, “The Invite” “While best picture is a horse race, the director favorite is ‘The Odyssey’ auteur Christopher Nolan, even though he won for ‘Oppenheimer’ in 2024.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026

Jumping between past and present, the film tells the story of Alex Serian, a cellist who moves to Los Angeles to care for his dying mother and escape an overbearing ex played by Olivia Wilde.

From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026

The effect of these two compendiums is to take us back to Wilde himself.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

Silver Lake has also been home to several celebrities over the years, including actress Olivia Wilde, actor James Franco, and comedian Fred Armisen.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026

The beauty of an artwork doesn’t belong to the artwork itself, Wilde says.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day

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