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Jonah met with studio exec Andy, who name-dropped Johnny and Leo and said cheesy not-even-feasible-in-Hollywood lines like “welcome to the dream, my friend.”
'Melrose Place' recap: Riley goes topless, Jonah lives 'the dream' | EW.com 2009
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Given that he's just name-dropped Barthes, I was disappointed Long didn't hit for the textual-analysis cycle with a "Piano/Man" reference.
Archive 2009-06-01 Matthew Guerrieri 2009
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I really had fun trying to answer Marshall's questions, and I can only hope I didn't come off as too pretentious when I name-dropped Faulkner.
An Interview with Fred Coppersmith marshallpayne1 2009
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At this Wednesday night's debate between 2012 Republican White House hopefuls, the former movie actor and president was name-dropped like a top Hollywood agent during awards season.
Karl Frisch: Reagan Would Not Be Invited to the GOP Tea Party Karl Frisch 2011
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Given that he's just name-dropped Barthes, I was disappointed Long didn't hit for the textual-analysis cycle with a "Piano/Man" reference.
They built you a temple, and locked you away Matthew Guerrieri 2009
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I can only hope I didn't come off as too pretentious when I name-dropped Faulkner.
An Interview with Fred Coppersmith marshallpayne1 2009
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* A bowling ball with a hologram of the face of Lux Interior of the Cramps (RIP) * AXJ's ability to NOT comment at having been name-dropped somewhere, even in passing
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She talked about her courting style ( "I never chase"), being anorexic and bulimic, quizzed fans on the meaning of her late husband Kurt Cobain's lyrics, twice mentioned how The Washington Post hated her new album "Nobody's Daughter," and name-dropped a "TMZ" episode's worth of celebrities, from Trent Reznor to Diablo Cody to George Clooney, even Douglas Fairbanks.
Courtney Love leads Hole through disastrous 9:30 club concert 2010
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Certain designers were also popular in search, thanks to the stars who wore and name-dropped them.
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She talked about her courting style ( "I never chase") and being anorexic and bulimic; quizzed fans on the meaning of her late husband Kurt Cobain's lyrics; twice mentioned how The Washington Post hated her new album "Nobody's Daughter"; and name-dropped a "TMZ" episode's worth of celebrities, from Trent Reznor to Diablo Cody to George Clooney, even Douglas Fairbanks.
Courtney Love stumbled, complained and stripped through a bad show at 9:30 Club 2010
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