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Pitt

[pit]

noun

  1. William, 1st Earl of Chatham, 1708–78, British statesman.

  2. his son William, 1759–1806, British statesman: prime minister 1783–1801, 1804–06.



Pitt

/ ɪ /

noun

  1. William Bradley , born 1963, US actor; his films include Thelma and Louise (1991), Interview with the Vampire (1994), Fight Club (1999), Babel (2006), and Moneyball (2011)

  2. William, known as Pitt the Elder, 1st Earl of Chatham. 1708–78, British statesman. He was first minister (1756–57; 1757–61; 1766–68) and achieved British victory in the Seven Years' War (1756–63)

  3. his son William, known as Pitt the Younger. 1759–1806, British statesman. As prime minister (1783–1801; 1804–06), he carried through important fiscal and tariff reforms. From 1793, his attention was focused on the wars with revolutionary and Napoleonic France

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“We call it a dance with the actors,” “The Pitt’s” director of photography, Johanna Coelho, says of the series’ immersive style.

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Scott, with “The Pitt,” you could just see the way people rallied around every week to see what happened next.

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The curfew remains in effect Wednesday, and Center Theatre Group has again been forced to cancel director Robert O’Hara’s world-premiere adaptation of Shakespeare’s classic, starring Patrick Ball from the hit Max show “The Pitt.”

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Apart from Noah Wyle’s heroic, beleaguered doctor in “The Pitt,” you could make the case that Cooper’s turn as Jamie, a 13-year-old accused of murdering a classmate, is the year’s best work on television.

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He is harassed and finally released, but not before Pitt appears.

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