This svelte car, painted the deep mauve of a ripe red apple, mesmerizes.

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She mesmerizes colleagues with a mixture of soft-spoken gentility and effusive warmth.

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The twinkling cityscape from her balcony mesmerizes guests, she says.

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Edie Falco plays the title character, whose sincere, uncluttered wish to leave town and become an actress in Los Angeles mesmerizes David Gold, who is stagnating at home after a failed attempt at filmmaking.

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The dubious glamour of the Kalashnikov mesmerizes him.

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