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1 Amy Sussman/Getty Images Clearly, Demi Lovato isn't interested in a one-note hairstyle—and their new chin-length bob is anything but boring.

2 Lynch is nuanced enough to make Frank a memorably self-loathing villain instead of a one-note stooge, which ultimately makes the show more rewarding as a drama than as comedy.

3 For all that, his Arthur remains a lowly outsider, with a downcast gaze, a peevish temper, and a deep well of melancholy that never feels one-note.

4 For a while the cross-cutting of the three couples haunting each other is intriguing but soon Katie Spelman’s choreography of past and future lives ever-circling each other simply becomes a dizzying one-note effect.

5 Marine Layer Saturday Sport Shorts Don’t force yourself to choose between shorts and trunks; this pair from Marine Layer is men’s swimwear that doesn’t feel one-note.

6 As shown in his more serious roles in films like Punch-Drunk Love, The Meyerowitz Stories and Uncut Gems, Sandler has more range than he’s often called upon to use, and Mulligan is always watchable, even in a one-note role.

7 Fabian is mostly a one-note character, and that’s the note—peeved outrage.

8 This looks like a good place for a bridge...Sad Owl StudiosViewfinder does a good job extending what could have been a gimmicky, one-note concept and constantly twisting it in ever-so-slightly unfamiliar ways to keep things fresh.

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