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starring

[ stahr-ing ]

adjective

  1. featured or celebrated as a star in a movie, on a sports team, etc.:

    He was already the starring quarterback on his high school football team, which was on its way to a state championship.

  2. (of a character or role) leading, central, or primary:

    The earliest performance I can remember is when I played the starring role in a drama called The Littlest Angel at church.

    As the town’s largest employer, the university also plays a starring role in the local economy.

  3. featuring a specified performer:

    They didn't give a beginner a starring movie when I started acting 18 years ago.



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He is the king of Broadway who is currently starring as the Emcee in the critically acclaimed Cabaret in the West End.

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A stage adaptation of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, based on the short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald which was previously also made into a film starring Brad Pitt, was named best new musical.

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Florence Pugh declared herself a fan, and ended up starring in the video for Never Need Me, a killer kiss-off to a boyfriend who left her dangling.

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Meanwhile, North Yorkshire was also the filming location for a Christmas film starring Rebel Wilson and Kiefer Sutherland.

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He went on to be regarded by many as the finest actor ever to emerge from Wales, starring in films including Cleopatra and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

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