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this is a special episode of the excerpt.

today is Thursday December 28th, 2023 and this is a special episode of the excerpt.

This year at the biggest movie premiere of 2023,

Hollywood rolled out the pink carpet instead of the red one and while Marvel didn't make

its usual splash for Disney maybe the Little Mermaid did and what about the

breakout indie hit of the year the sound of freedom is going viral the secret sauce behind its success.

Here to talk about some of the most talked about movies of the year is Ralphie Aversa, host of

USA Today's Entertain this.

Thanks for being on the Exop Ralphie.

Oh, my pleasure.

So in 2003, Greta Gerwig became the first female director

to helm a billion-dollar grossing movie.

What were some of the other big takeaways from Barbie?

Well, day not, first of all, star power

is never a bad thing, right?

It was an all-star cast that Greta had

for this Barbie movie, headline of course

by Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling.

Familiarity certainly helps too.

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