real-life
adjective
: existing or occurring in reality : drawn from or drawing on actual events or situations
real-life problems
real-life drama
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Interestingly, the film's inspiration was clipped from a real-life criminal scam that took place in Arizona.
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Rendy Jones, EW.com, 5 Aug. 2024
Currently in theaters with Sony’s live-action children’s book adaptation Harold and the Purple Crayon, Levi recently wrapped on Joe Carnahan’s real-life survivor thriller Not Without Hope and is also set to star in Hotel Tehran, a new thriller from writer-director Guy Moshe.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 5 Aug. 2024
The plot was inspired by the real-life story of a Los Angeles facialist who, in 2014, was accused of putting a hit out on the owner of a new, rival spa.
—Jennifer Wilson, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2024
Their daughter makes jokes about their age gap In Head Full of Honey, Sophia plays the granddaughter of her real-life father, Nolte.
—Haley Van Horn, Peoplemag, 4 Aug. 2024
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Rendy Jones, EW.com, 5 Aug. 2024
Currently in theaters with Sony’s live-action children’s book adaptation Harold and the Purple Crayon, Levi recently wrapped on Joe Carnahan’s real-life survivor thriller Not Without Hope and is also set to star in Hotel Tehran, a new thriller from writer-director Guy Moshe.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 5 Aug. 2024
The plot was inspired by the real-life story of a Los Angeles facialist who, in 2014, was accused of putting a hit out on the owner of a new, rival spa.
—Jennifer Wilson, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2024
Their daughter makes jokes about their age gap In Head Full of Honey, Sophia plays the granddaughter of her real-life father, Nolte.
—Haley Van Horn, Peoplemag, 4 Aug. 2024
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“Real-life.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/real-life. Accessed 18 Aug. 2024.
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