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  • Not top-billing acts like Duran Duran and the Strokes, but the ones that appear on the lineup poster in tiny fonts—Freelance Whales, SBTRKT, New Pants.

    Rediscover How to Discover Music Kevin Sintumuang 2011

  • Either way the Capitals would have been facing the Tampa Bay Lightning with top-billing in the Southeast Division on the line Monday night, but beating the Panthers 3-2 on an overtime goal by Alexander Semin gives Washington the benefit of a one-point edge on first place heading into the contest.

    Capitals move into first place in Southeast with 3-2 overtime win against Panthers 2011

  • Chef Tenney Flynn --who was voted Chef of the Year by New Orleans Magazine -- is aiming to change that with his French Quarter flagship, GW Fins, where fin fish and crustaceans vie for top-billing on a menu that is firmly devoted to marine life.

    Monique Stringfellow: New Orleans' Dining: GW Fins, a Fish House Monique Stringfellow 2011

  • In it, to quote a review on the site, "Ray Charles gets top-billing as himself in this Paul Henreid (Casablanca) directed slice of swinging 60s London cheesecake".

    Small boy at mercy of exploding golliwog 2009

  • Our green-clad, near-mute elf must silently wonder how many feral scorpions he has to slaughter before he gets top-billing over the "legendary" but rarely seen princess.

    Zelda is 25, here's what we've learned 2011

  • Ms. Beber's legendary pitching ability had landed high-profile clients including the National Education Association and Knight Ridder, making Beber Silverstein at one point in the 1980s the top-billing agency in Florida.

    Ad Chief Crowned Hotel Queen 2010

  • What started as a small songwriters’ showcase geared toward celebrating female musicians of the folk and adult-contemporary variety has grown into an internationally renowned festival replete with top-billing pop artists and sold-out crowds.

    Defending Lilith Fair - Arts & Culture - Macleans.ca 2010

  • It makes you wonder, then, why this makes top-billing in this piece, until you remember that this is Politico and it's written for an audience of people who truly do consider not being invited to some powwow at Blair House to be the most cutting social slight of the century.

    Wall Street Execs Whine To Politico About Their Hurt Feelings Jason Linkins 2010

  • Also, if you're not going to list people in top-billing credits, feel free to omit Ben Affleck every time as well.

    He’s Just Not That Into You Movie Trailer, Poster and Photos | /Film 2008

  • As you mentioned, Maguire has top-billing which may have affected how the story was structured.

    Review: Brothers Glenn Dunks 2010

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