starlet

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Like the title starlet, this movie can't figure out what it wants to be.

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  1. noun A small star.
  2. noun A young film actress publicized as a future star.

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  • "Lady" doesn't come on a hanger.Here's the one person who was wearing Marc Jacobs who didn't look absolutely dreadful.Another random starlet -- I'm sorry but I just don't care -- in a color I love.
  • The Disney starlet was there presenting a personal concert to a contest-winning high school student named Alison Kaprielian, a senior who volunteers for the Pink Ribbon Club to raise breast cancer awareness. —  Celebrity Gossip: Entertainment News & Juicy Gossip
  • Hollywood gets an affectionately merciless tweaking in this picaresque about an ambitious male starlet, his posse of pals, and his multi-faced agent. —  TV Barn
  • January Jones sounds like the perfect name for a 60s starlet, a centerfold Playmate, or some other porcelain creation placed on Earth to ride in a convertible with Robert Evans, once upon a time. —  VF Daily
  • Like the title starlet, this movie can't figure out what it wants to be. —  DVD Verdict
 

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/ˈstɑrlɛt/
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