Orville
Americannoun
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Other artists, including the alt-country singer Orville Peck and Best Coast singer and solo artist Bethany Cosentino, left Wasserman or demanded a change in leadership this week as well.
From Los Angeles Times
Over the last few days, a stream of high-profile clients from singer-songwriter Chappell Roan to country music star Orville Peck have announced that they are breaking away from Wasserman’s talent agency after he appeared in the latest batch of the Epstein files released by the Department of Justice.
From Los Angeles Times
The farthest farmhouse belonged to Mr. and Mrs. Orville Payne.
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Orville Payne was a tall man—so tall that when I looked up at him I could see clear inside his nostrils.
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When we were out of Orville Payne’s sight, I stopped to catch my breath.
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