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In April 2019, Epstein told Bannon that Christians he had met with were troubled that the media was portraying him as “beyond redemption.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026

With “Anora,” the original idea was portraying the Russian gangster community in Brighton Beach and a young woman who finds herself marrying into the mob.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2024

Hiro said it took two hours to fix the nose onto Cooper when he was portraying the younger Bernstein, but up to five hours as the character reached old age.

From Reuters • Sep. 2, 2023

“I’m just here for the truth,” Bremner said at one point after Altheimer corrected how she was portraying some of the events of that night.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 6, 2022

Every eye was fixed on her, as evidently the type of womanhood the author was portraying.

From History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I by Stanton, Elizabeth Cady