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He has become known as the bad boy of the American television industry.
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But a boy band can’t have five bad boys — a fundamental issue with constructing a pop group full of demons.
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Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 15 July 2025
Grateful Dead historian and counterculture author Dennis McNally points out that Marshall’s bad boy reputation does nothing to diminish his legacy as one of music’s most revered photographers.
—Paul Liberatore, Mercury News, 11 July 2025
The lobster is lightly tossed in mayo, held together on a buttery roll and, with a squeeze of lemon, eating that bad boy on the boardwalk makes for a fantastic summer kickoff.
—Kaitlyn Rosati, New York Daily News, 18 June 2025
The movement went international with Lovers (1999) from French director Jean-Marc Barr and Julien Donkey-Boy (1999) from American bad boy Harmony Korine.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 17 May 2025
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Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 15 July 2025
Grateful Dead historian and counterculture author Dennis McNally points out that Marshall’s bad boy reputation does nothing to diminish his legacy as one of music’s most revered photographers.
—Paul Liberatore, Mercury News, 11 July 2025
The lobster is lightly tossed in mayo, held together on a buttery roll and, with a squeeze of lemon, eating that bad boy on the boardwalk makes for a fantastic summer kickoff.
—Kaitlyn Rosati, New York Daily News, 18 June 2025
The movement went international with Lovers (1999) from French director Jean-Marc Barr and Julien Donkey-Boy (1999) from American bad boy Harmony Korine.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 17 May 2025
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“Bad boy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bad%20boy. Accessed 23 Jul. 2025.
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