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- ↑ "Tara Karsian". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
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- ↑ Sheri Linden (24 February 2014). "BFFs: Santa Barbara Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 28 August 2015.