| 单词 | bland |
| 例句 | A moment later Lord Asriel’s expression was bland and virtuous, just as his daughter’s could be, and from then on Lord Roke was more careful. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z I would pantomime putting the hat on my head and work on just the right bland lines for the press: “Our team works hard in practice, and it pays off in the games.” The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z “Like fishing. Do you really find Nurse Duckett so attractive? I should think she was rather bony. Rather bland and bony, you know. Like a fish.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z One week I faked an entire dream journal, making my dreams sound bland and simple, the way a normal person’s should be. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z I may never find out what’s happened to him, she thought, as one of the blue fairies rocked back and forth on a twig above her, its face bland and happy. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z The question was so sudden, and his voice was so bland and devoid of emotion, that I wondered if he even wanted an answer. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z “And that hideous bland gray, too. We should go and demand they change it back.” Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z White complacent face, sense of bland enormous superiority: my dear man, you have to live among them, you simply don’t understand. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z It was savory rather than bland; it was chewy rather than soft. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Though he had not sought out the impending duel with Burr, there was nothing in Hamilton’s lifelong pattern that would permit a self-consciously bland and supremely triumphant refusal of the challenge. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z I asked, recognizing that my voice sounded muffled and bland. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Immediately, her mother and sister were there to interpose a blander timetable. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z It was in the fourth block we came to, a tall, bland building with peeling blue paint and with television aerials sticking out from the verandahs. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z “And the British are such strangers to colonialism and bland food?” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Thus he had got a blunt dismissal from Vemish and a bland one from Ismay, and he wondered at what he had been told about the kindly ways of the East Reach. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z They looked bland and unknowable, the way all Americans did. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Turning the corner, Francie saw that both doors were hooked back hospitably and she imagined that the large, bland dial of the swinging scale blinked a welcome. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The international press was simply saturated with stories of violence from Africa, and this one was particularly bland and pedantic, the deputy editor wrote, but perhaps Richard could do a piece on the human angle? Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He thought of all the food it might buy: delicious food, sweet food, juicy and fresh food, not the bland, tasteless meals they always had at the Home. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z But she had been dealing with suspicious and cranky Scholars all her life, and she gazed back with such bland admiration that he was soothed. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z There was a bland brick building that looked more like a bank than anything else until she noticed the lit-up marquee that read THE FILLMORE. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z It was a sweet-salty smell, bland but strong, warm but not comforting, lacking herbs and spices. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Standing five foot nine in his cowboy boots, tipping the scales at one-forty-five, he had a bland, regular, and slightly good oP boy face and a bland, regular, slightly good ol’ boy way of speaking. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “My grandparents have lots of health problems, so the food in our house is pretty bland,” Sam tells me. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z The priest listened passively, with the bland expression of one who has heard it all before. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The Meecham children had mastered the art of staring at their father with eyes that were dazzlingly bland. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He noticed that the emotional heaviness had transformed into bland lifelessness. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Her job bored her: she did the same bland things, writing press releases, editing press releases, copyediting press releases, her movements rote and numbing. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z But Antonapoulos was always bland, and no matter what happened the gentle, flaccid smile was still on his face. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z He was staring to the side in a fixed manner; his head was round and his face as bland and untroubled as a baby’s. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “If you insist on eating bland, unhealthy food instead of home-cooked yummy meals, then sure.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z In Ashbury I am not a homeowner, not even a tenant—I’m a lodger, occupant of the small second bedroom in Cathy’s bland and inoffensive duplex, subject to her grace and favour. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Holmes had promised a bounty of toys and sweets for Pearl, and for Julia something truly grand, beyond anything she could have received from her poor bland Ned. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z They became silent, their faces clouding over, their features becoming soft and negative, their eyes bland and deceptive. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Dignified, the old dog walked in, and gazed at the stove with bland confidence. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z When Kuti was gone—with a bland indifference that mocked our loss—the abundant grain grew ripe. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Milo watched Colonel Cathcart steadily with a bland and guileless expression. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Marcia is too bland for this neighborhood, especially on Saturday mornings when we go to Jenny's apartment and a bunch of us dance along to Soul Train. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The pizza was a bland, doughy square with not a lot of cheese. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Perversely I long for the desserts of my childhood, the desserts of war, simple and inexpensive and bland: tapioca pudding, with its gelatinous fish eyes, Jell-O caramel pudding, Junket. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Finn said, as he tried to match that icy stare, memorize features as bland as a scarecrow’s. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z He cannot imagine coming from such parents, such a background, and when he describes his own upbringing it feels bland by comparison. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Her tone twisted the bland words like a knife in my heart. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z But if I couldn’t use my colors, the world would seem so bland—like vanilla ice cream without the gummy bears on top. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z “That old bland thing again? Why them white folks like the lady-fingers so much? I can make a dozen cakes taste better ’n that.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z The colors and textures seemed very bland compared to the warm and bright bricks and stuccos of the houses around C Average. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z From a little distance he had the bland aspect of a philanthropist. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z The Red Cross irritated Ugwu; the least they could do was ask Biafrans their preferred foods rather than sending so much bland flour. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z To be safe, one would have to be bland and obscure. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z By referring to it, he might manage to annoy Hooper, though he doubted even that, and in any case, he would never know for sure, Hooper kept a bland face. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Miles asked, his tone back to bland and unaffected. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z I could get the same bland advice from a magazine! Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z There was a bland brick building that looked more like a bank than anything else until she noticed the lit-up marquee that read THE FILLMORE. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z This room was too bland to belong anywhere but in a hotel. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z She looked down at the gold tube, frowning, then looked up at my bland, gormless grin. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z He was short, of course, and I’d always thought he was as bland as a glass of apple juice. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z He walked slowly and spoke slowly, and almost everything he said publicly was bland, or a cliche, or just plain stupid. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Sister Clara stood there, bland and mild and matter-of-fact, and beside her was a man in a white coat whom Lyra hadn’t seen before. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Pure and unblemished souls must taste very bland, with an aftertaste of bitterness. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z And someone says that my Catholicism is a mere affectation, an attempt to play the Evelyn Waugh eccentric to a bland and vulgar secular age. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Alex should probably blame some of his queasiness on nerves but chooses to blame it all on this morning’s appalling breakfast spread—what kind of garbage country eats bland beans on white toast for breakfast? Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Those self-important women gained local immortality for the blandest, the most timid of eccentricities—walking a cat on a dog’s lead, riding about on a man’s bike, being seen with a sandwich in the street. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z After being served some questionable food at otherwise charming roadside diners, I learned to value the bland certainty of a McDonald’s cheeseburger. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z There was a tug on her elbow and he was in front of her, smiling the bland smile. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Eventually he gave another bland shrug and scratched out a note on a slip of paper. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Behind his granny glasses his eyes looked bland, but the mind behind them was working things out. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z "Curries from our Pakistani brothers and sisters, Sudanese dura, and that whole corner is Malaysian. Baba says his jihad is against bland food." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Mami fed us broths, and in the evening, a bland, watery boiled rice that at least stuck to our bellies and calmed the roiling inside. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z After a year in the life, it's hard to get comfortable in my bland gray prison clothes. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z A bland, phlegmadc smile hung on his brown face with its heavy- bearded cheeks, and he was buffing the facets of his bald head gendy with the palms of both hands. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z She knew the neutral bland things: how to ask for a glass of water, how to say good morning and good afternoon and good night. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z His teeth are the same bland color as the rest of him. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z As I talked to her I tried to tell from her manner if Bess had said anything about what had happened between us, but Mrs. Moss was bland and motherly as always. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Anything was better than walking all day on carpeting, than eating the soft bland food white people ate, than having to sneak a look at the sky from behind ivory curtains. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z It wasn’t a normal dinner joint with bland selections you could find anywhere. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z He looked at her carefully, but he was no match for the bland and vacuous docility Lyra could command when she wanted to; and finally he nodded and went back to his newspaper. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Despite his bland supper, despite the nagging message broadcast in his head, and despite the uncertainty of his plan, he felt a stirring in his heart, a good feeling that might pass for hope. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z It was easier to do this at lunchtime, when children spent more time coming and going between the tables and the counter, where bland-looking adults served equally bland food. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Her face is rounded and bland, with that white skin of Grace’s, though without the freckles. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z She wore a coat and boots in the house, and her face looked bland and old with no mascara, for which she asked Ishmael’s forgiveness. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z “Ahh, yes. The American holiday celebrating colonialism with a bland, dry bird.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Though I feel like crying from relief, I keep my face carefully bland and slide another pin into her silken hair. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z I got voice mail then, bland and businesslike, promising to call me back at his earliest convenience. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I walked into a doctor’s waiting room, boring and bland, and spoke to a middle-aged receptionist, who took my details without really looking at me. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I keep my shoulders relaxed; my face, bland. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z At home he scolded Antonapoulos, but the big Greek only looked at him with a bland smile. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z I looked into his bland eyes for laughter, seeing his red head turned slightly to the side. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Gone was the bland acceptance of people minding their own business, replaced by a visible, angry resentment that became gossip, and taunts and name-calling in the school yard. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z “Mr. Kauffman forced us to read A Farewell to Arms last year. I hated it. Hemingway’s writing is so bland. He never says anything.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z His bland manner and the knowledge that they had wasted time to see the truth released the anger within me. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The qurmas were always too salty or too bland for his taste. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z I downright hate the bland green flavor of dandelion broth, the taste of which rises in my mouth without warning. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The laughing kids and the bland smells of the cafeteria press at me like a fog. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z So stoic was his expression, so even his tone, so bland his smile that his moods were difficult to discern, but Roza was learning them. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z The first batch of ice cream is so bland, it tastes like paper. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Only an expanse of bland, matte metal remains. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z The bland bread was fluffy, tender, and dissolved on his tongue like cotton candy. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Her voice was bland, toneless, no clues there. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z The day went on with an unlikely combination of boredom, anxiety, and bland food that you only find in hospitals. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Her expression was bland, her cheeks full—“a baby face,” as one witness put it. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The food Mrs. Byrne makes is bland and unappealing—soft gray peas from a can, starchy boiled potatoes, watery stews—and there’s never enough of it. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Optimistic ranchers were predicting an “open winter”—a season so bland that cattle could graze during the whole of it. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z “Going home will seem bland after all this.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z “Oh, she liked it, and she kissed me, and I liked it. Don’t little boys like little girls?” asked Demi, with his mouth full, and an air of bland satisfaction. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z She usually liked her avocado without salt, but it was bland now, almost nauseating. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Just before the bus pulled away from the curb he turned to Singer and his smile was very bland and remote—as though already they were many miles apart. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z It was officially registered in Canada as the Consolidated Exporters Corporation, a bland name that made it sound like a law-abiding company. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Public buildings, statues, monuments, even trees, met the evening in their original bland colors and reemerged the next morning painted in the sparkling “liberation colors” of red, black, and green. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z She spooned porridge into her mouth, found it to be bland, and scooped four heaping mounds of brown sugar into the gray mess. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The demon was a big, cheerful-looking demon with a bland, round face. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Those “unnatural” feeds make chickens with mushier and blander meat. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Then came a band of six royal guards, dull and bland as porridge. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z "How very bland this world does look by day. And how dull." Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z It’s cheap stuff, probably made from those bland sea grapes that grow in ocean water. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z But he would smile that bland, pleasant smile—the smile of an uncle, a teacher, a clerk, all those men with all those teeth—a smile that just made him all the more terrifying. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z It’s a bland Thursday night and the phones are quiet. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z “Briony, it was a perfectly bland remark about the weather. You’ll apologize, or go now to your room.” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The minister ran through the service fast, his bland face tinted green beneath the canopy. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z I saw the delicate, pink-mottled claw meat poking seductively through its blanket of mayonnaise and the bland yellow pear cup with its rim of alligator-green cradling the whole mess. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z I looked into his bland eyes for laughter, seeing his red head turned slightly to the side. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Their melodies were bland in comparison to those of the colored musicians she’d heard, on Randall and off, but the townspeople enjoyed the denatured rhythms. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The man hadn’t come, but he would, and just the thought of that same question—do you love me yet?—that bland smile, those stony eyes scraping up and down her body made her shiver. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z They tended to be stolid, slovenly, heavy, and to my eyes effeminate—not in the sense of delicacy, etc., but in just the opposite sense: a gross, bland fleshiness, a bovinity without point or edge. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps Changing Woman could help get rid of this bland lifelessness that was now taking the shade of a gray cloud. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z We very quickly drafted a bland statement saying that we had met for tea in an effort to promote peace in the country. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Bland is correct word. Food here is bland.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z They are bland, and this blandness is deliberately achieved. Why the Iranian film industry is like Hollywood before 1969 2013-02-08T15:16:10Z In the 1970s it was a common rite of passage to reject the conventional bland watery foods of a 1950s childhood and embrace mung beans and spice. Bee Wilson | No diet, no detox: how to relearn the art of eating 2016-01-05T05:00:00Z The music was energetically played and energetically bland. Big Critic, Little Critic? Me, My Daughter and the Rockettes 2017-12-25T05:00:00Z I reflect that there is nothing bland or conservative about his taste. Will philanthropists save the arts? 2010-10-21T19:30:00Z The performers we have previously met as our book group of the future return in early-21st-century street clothes as Winston’s colleagues, a bland and hearty group who nonetheless foster an atmosphere of sustained paranoia. Review: Doubling Down on Doublespeak in ’1984’ 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z But it may well be worth it to experience a singer who vocally and temperamentally owns a role, but may be a little bland as a stage presence. New York Times Critics Respond to Glyndebourne ‘Fat’ Reviews 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z She strives to be a palatably bland vision of “greatness,” completely disconnected from the emotions or the concerns of her subjects. Netflix’s 'The Crown' Makes the Most of an Unknowable Queen 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z Toss it with the greens, plus maybe some mandarin oranges, toasted almonds, and goat cheese, and suddenly, it's not so bland. 15 not-boring spinach salad recipes 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z Note that otherwise bland title’s distinctly ominous last word: In the novel Holmes and Watson must discover the perpetrator of an infamous anti-Semitic screed, the notorious “Protocols of the Elders of Zion.” Review | Sherlock Holmes can never die. New books about the great sleuth are making sure of it. 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z The crab cake leaves a metallic taste in its wake, and the most memorable part of the gray beef brisket is the horseradish sauce that tries, in vain, to come to the bland meat’s rescue. Pop’s SeaBar and Walrus & Oyster Ale House: 2 joints where seafood rules Just because these potatoes are vegan doesn't make them bad or bland. I'm not vegan, but I can't stop making these exceptional plant-based recipes 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z What these characters say and think about each other is an intriguing challenge to a single notion of truth, but how they say it tends to the bland and summarized. ‘The Children’s Crusade,’ by Ann Packer 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z Worse, far from being in Macke’s violent Expressionist style for which the German artist is sought after, “Im Bazar” is in a bland style influenced by Cubism. Auctions: Christie's Sale Soars, Driven by Beyeler Estate 2011-06-22T12:00:06Z The work was last presented at the Met in 1917, if you don’t include a few performances in 1998 by the visiting Mariinsky Theater in a very traditional, very bland production. Music Review: A New Vision for ‘Prince Igor’ at the Met 2014-02-07T11:38:03Z One thing we agreed on is the prevalence of bland, distinction-less historical dramas—mainly about the Holocaust, but also about the Cold War. What’s Missing from the German Cinema 2016-02-16T05:00:00Z Constructed on a smaller footprint, it is rather bland architecturally, compared with Terminal 5, but promises a similarly simplified passenger experience. At London's Heathrow, a New Terminal and an Uncertain Future 2014-05-27T04:00:00Z Yet Howell's bland, arpeggiated compositions sound like a technically skilled child trying to ape Beethoven or Bach, or like Michael Nyman on a bad day: fine for elevators but not for the concert hall. Iamus, classical music's computer composer, live from Malaga 2012-07-01T11:56:51Z The dining room, next door to Mr. Colicchio’s flagship, Craft, is an awkward pastiche of bland, vaguely corporate design and odd decorative hand-me-downs that have served time in other Colicchio restaurants. Searching for Italy at Tom Colicchio’s New Restaurant 2021-08-24T04:00:00Z That doesn’t happen with the Israel and Ellis' bland brand of image-and-text Conceptualism, which takes itself too seriously and tries too hard to be above it all. Alex Israel and Bret Easton Ellis: Why new billboard art loses its power when seen up close 2016-03-21T04:00:00Z Rockwell, speaking for himself, shows a bland, wide-eyed, black and white sketch — a rudimentary likeness whose fullness will be discovered only as the process of making art proceeds. Images of Muhammad and a Texas cartoon show's sketchy purpose 2015-05-05T04:00:00Z Unfortunately, the resulting cutlet was less mayo-flavored, and more soft and bland. The absolute best way to bread chicken, according to so many tests 2022-04-03T04:00:00Z He has played his share of decent, morally assured and even bland characters, but, like so many of the greatest American male stars, violence becomes him. Review: Denzel Washington Plays Judge, Jury and Executioner in ‘The Equalizer 2’ 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z Censors are unlikely to permit such scenes for Malaysian audiences, who are accustomed to bland, generic comedies and romances. Gay-themed film challenges boundaries in Malaysia 2010-04-08T07:01:00Z In fact, they were in need of saving from one bland, structurally anemic ballet after another. Dance Review: Tom Gold Dance at Gould Hall 2012-02-28T23:25:53Z The early meandering — including bland pages on former pro turned tournament director James Blake and a curious digression on a 1964 Susan Sontag essay — reflects a lack of focus that is distinctly un-Serena like. Review | Serena Williams is more than a tennis player. ‘Seeing Serena’ offers a prismatic view of her impact. 2021-06-16T04:00:00Z His interest in her troubles with her mother extends no further than offering irritatingly bland observations. Review | ‘Burnt Sugar,’ a challenging Booker Prize finalist, is hard to take, but harder to shake off 2021-01-19T05:00:00Z "What kind of bland, insipid question is that?" Big mouth strikes (once) again 2010-09-03T20:30:00Z Their Prince Siegfrieds, also making debuts, were competent, gallant, bland and less than believable. Swans With Glittering Technique, Aching to Break Hearts 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z Now she is relieved to be promoting a character neither bland nor forgotten. Kristin Scott Thomas carries sensuality into films 2010-10-01T17:43:00Z It was a bland fiat that had the simple finality of fate. Rosh Hashanah with Miles Davis 2015-09-11T04:00:00Z These sorts of slogans are likely to be bland and inoffensive, as they must represent a wide range of producers with wildly differing points of view. The Wine Business Sees a Problem: Millennials Aren’t Drinking Enough 2022-02-07T05:00:00Z He greets Dinah’s news that one of her teachers at Juilliard has invited her to submit a musical composition for a prestigious honor with a devastatingly bland: “As long as you’re having a good time.” | 'We Live Here: ?We Live Here? by Zoe Kazan at City Center - Review 2011-10-13T02:01:11Z “I was hoping it would be very good or just an absolute hatchet job, but it is pretty bland stuff,” Mr. Reeves said. ?The Kennedys?: After the Debate, the Debut 2011-03-28T18:18:19Z But it sounds exactly like the bland, soothing patter of a pilot before takeoff; that you get the gist of the message without identifying a single word is the joke. The Real Reason the Minions Have Taken Over the World 2022-07-06T04:00:00Z A degree of compression is part of the process, bringing loud and soft closer together and creating a generally blander experience. Music Review: Miranda Cuckson at the Spectrum 2013-01-06T19:41:44Z "It's not just blah, blah, blah, bland," he said. Gehry likes what he sees with new Vegas building 2010-03-21T21:46:00Z Back in 1960, Beaver feared that his mother’s bland résumé would get him laughed at when he read his essay aloud in class. CBS’s ‘Mom’ Handles Issues Beyond Kissing Boo-Boos 2015-04-29T04:00:00Z The irony is that the President is often criticized for being bland, even in his fashion choices. In Defense of President Obama's Tan Suit 2014-08-29T04:00:00Z In 1972, James Beard sneered that the cake was bland and uninteresting. Red velvet cake’s path from gimmick to marketing craze 2014-05-20T04:00:00Z But while the words were clear, their meaning was less so in a bland performance that revealed next to nothing of this rich character’s conflicted motivations. Review: A Present-Day ‘Parsifal’ With a Nod to the Past 2015-03-29T04:00:00Z Mr. Birney, 22 when the play opened on Broadway, spent two years playing the role of the bland, good-looking friend on whom the main character has a secret crush. Reed Birney, Back on Broadway in ‘Picnic’ 2013-01-06T04:47:18Z Society has tricked us into thinking we love the bland useless fish, always marketed as the key to happiness and being eternally fit. "Dated, goofy or both": Lower your grocery bill by retiring these 11 tired dishes 2023-05-30T04:00:00Z The view from the left was that in the capitalist news kingdoms of the world—pioneered by Northcliffe in England and Hearst in the United States—everything was bland and mass-manipulated. The war that made Orwell 2014-01-11T15:00:00Z The South African soprano Pretty Yende, who won over audiences with her last-minute debut in Rossini’s “Comte Ory” last year, turned in a vocally solid but dramatically bland performance as Pamina. Mozart's ‘Die Zauberflöte’ at the Met Opera 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z But it was about as bland as Mr. Ludwig’s “Virtuosity,” which sends a solo part traveling around the orchestra as it alternates benignly between frenetic and relaxed passages. Music Review: East Coast Chamber Orchestra at Tishman Auditorium 2014-03-17T20:59:12Z Surely he was a substitute for a blander, vacationing host? Craig Ferguson’s “The Late Late Show” Will Be Missed 2014-12-22T05:00:00Z Perhaps it has something to do with marketing, to paraphrase London: show me a man without a tattoo and I'll show you a product bland enough to tickle every demographic. Clip joint: tattoos 2010-08-25T11:31:00Z She shows her clothes in a small setting, to about 70 journalists and retailers, who are fed lunch, because she is pragmatic about how they would be perceived in a big, bland space. Fashion Review: Take One Last Look 2010-09-18T02:18:00Z They also tend to look bland – more medical garment than Calvin Klein. Underwear for trans people: the torture of binding, tucking and packing is over 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z We had just encountered the bland and sugary food found at so many Thai restaurants in the United States, and other places outside Thailand. On the (Rising) Trail of Thai Food in America 2017-10-10T04:00:00Z At first, I confused them with King Harvest, a band whose lone hit was the bland, inoffensive “Dancing in the Moonlight.’ Surviving a Weekend with the Wizard of Prog Rock 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z Gone are the days when museums outsourced restaurants to anodyne food corporations that would serve up bland cafeteria fare — think tuna sandwiches on white, wrapped in plastic. Alice Waters Helps a Museum Cater to the Tastes of Art Lovers 2021-11-27T05:00:00Z My Swedish immigrant parents thought "Wonder Bread" to be a marvel, so white, so perfect, so bland and enriched to "build bodies 8 ways!" Rye, a Grain With Ancient Roots, Is Rising Again 2017-01-10T05:00:00Z The latter can be plausible only if she takes everyone's breath away: here Genevieve O'Reilly is too bland and too badly costumed – for half the play swathed in a sort of Quaker bandage. Richard III; The Doctor's Dilemma; The Fire Garden – reviews 2012-07-28T23:06:10Z The flat land, though cultivated and presumably fertile, feels as bare and bland as a tract-house town. Thomas Cole, American Moralist 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z Very, but so is Rebeck’s point and her plot, which — bland patches notwithstanding — snaps to a funny, surprisingly satisfying ending. Office sexual politics is ‘What We’re Up Against’ 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z Foods can taste bland, salty, metallic, smell like nothing or smell off. Should "Top Chef" contestant have disclosed that he had COVID and lost his sense of taste? 2022-05-01T04:00:00Z The tenor Russell Thomas was smoothly stentorian if bland as Otello; perhaps, without the journey of the first three acts, this half-hour excerpt is fated to come across as anticlimactic. Review: A Composer’s ‘Lear’ Freshens a Shakespeare Evening 2023-06-23T04:00:00Z The blandest design of all is the one that got built. 10 Places That Define New York City, Reimagined 2017-10-30T04:00:00Z In person he was a bland, unsociable man whose politics, in the beginning, anyway, were noxiously right-wing. Tintin Is a New Breed of Comic-Book Hero for Most Americans 2012-01-02T20:37:06Z Then Pinterest made the look ubiquitous, and builders made it suburban, rolling out ever larger and ever blander imitations. Kitchens and Their Evolving Personalities 2017-10-02T04:00:00Z That may be because, she adds, “I basically made it my mission to prove that ethical fashion isn’t frumpy and bland.” | Amanda Hearst’s Ethical Fashion Pop-Up 2013-05-07T19:52:00Z Now, for American readers, it has been given a forgettably bland name: “The American Heiress.” Books of The Times: Money May Not Buy You Love, but It Might Help You Land a Spouse 2011-06-26T21:00:06Z Unfortunately, it was torpedoed by Ridley Scott in favour of Alien: Covenant, his own bland sequel to the insipid Prometheus. Where will Hollywood's search for authenticity end? 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z It presents the most bland version of yourself. It’s 2018: You Can Run for Office and Not Wear a Pantsuit 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z Each watching of Mark Morris’s “After You” shows further facets — but they don’t deepen it: It’s ingeniously, elaborately bland. Late Into American Ballet Theater’s Fall Season, a Flowering 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z As for Edgerton, he is so bland as bland Jim that he’s barely recognizable as the actor who pummeled Tom Hardy in Warrior. The Odd Life of Timothy Green: A Fairy Tale for the Infertile 2012-08-14T12:00:02Z It takes away the bland flavor and adds a little zip to the soup. Perspective | Hints From Heloise: This steel got stained 2018-02-15T05:00:00Z Last night’s bland telecast wasn’t the year in review, it was a wake that everyone pretended was a birthday party. Bland Emmys Proudly Award The Status Quo 2014-08-26T04:00:00Z Wartime museums display the bland hardtack that sustained Civil War fighters, and the canned meats, breads and fruit of World War II, known as C rations. Unloved by Generations of Soldiers, the M.R.E. Finds a Fan Base 2021-06-08T04:00:00Z You'd never call him outrageous but it's equally impossible to accuse him of being bland. This week's new comedy 2010-11-20T00:07:00Z The result was a bland wafer — the cookie version of a shrug. Perspective | Look, maybe this just isn’t Melania Trump’s thing. But that’s fine. 2018-11-27T05:00:00Z However, I also think it's important not to be bland and if people didn't hate you, then people wouldn't really love you either. Nash bites back 2010-04-19T09:40:00Z "There is a danger," he writes, "that ecosystems everywhere come to contain a similar set of species, making the world a blander and less surprising place." Is our love of nature writing bourgeois escapism? 2013-07-06T07:01:00Z By contrast Rebecca Krohn’s secure, precise dancing in the second pas de trois stays bland. Dance Review: ‘Apollo,’ ‘Orpheus’ and ‘Agon’ at City Ballet 2012-09-19T21:19:09Z Under his bland exterior, he is emotionally curled into a fetal position. Review: Robin Williams as a Hustler-Hiring Husband in ‘Boulevard’ 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z The line’s ironic specificity foreshadowed the cultural precociousness that Monsoon brought to an otherwise bland season. | Jinkx Monsoon’s Joyfully Cracked Ode to Vaudeville 2013-07-17T22:20:27Z All of them are reverential, referential, and luxuriously bland. The Michelin Guide’s Not Entirely Welcome Return to L.A. 2019-06-05T04:00:00Z A bland legato carried performers from the beginning to the end of each dance, and all followed their music as if from a cue sheet. Contrasting Gelsey Kirkland’s Troupe and Ballet Academy East 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z Given the genre’s current tendency toward bloat, material that accomplishes nothing is doubly puzzling, bland garnish burying a tasty dish. Please Stop With the Cheesy Documentary Re-Enactments 2021-04-09T04:00:00Z But even if polished, the material would still be earnest and bland, mainly illustrations of the lyrics padded with gamboling and some sloppy clog-dancing, all smiles and no bite. Downtown Dance Festival's Echoes of Pete Seeger 2014-08-18T04:00:00Z Goldwyn and his screenwriters turned Eleanor into a spunky but bland ingenue and toned down the conflicts between her and Lou’s domineering mother. The truth behind the legend of Lou Gehrig 2017-09-14T04:00:00Z Local girl Leona Lewis opened the main stage on Saturday and confirmed that she may be irredeemably bland but she sure can sing. BBC Radio 1 Hackney Weekend – review 2012-06-25T10:18:00Z The too-large reconverted movie palace is incorporated into a bland corporate office building in a part of town that's dead on the weekends. Conductor Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla lights up the San Diego Symphony with sparkling sonics 2015-12-07T05:00:00Z Most of the settings for “Breaking Bad” are so bland they seem resistant to landmark status. Eerily Normal, the Real Star of ‘Breaking Bad’ 2013-08-09T21:56:34Z That drab reality made for a bland series ending. 'The Newsroom' Recap: A Too-Sweet Finale 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z A veteran of the Upright Citizens Brigade troupe and a regular online presence with his irreverent, blatantly theatrical and comically abrasive man-on-the-street interviews, Mr. Eichner is no bland facilitator. Television Review: ?Funny or Die?s Billy on the Street? on Fuse - Review 2011-12-21T22:59:39Z They saw their initial identities as too bland or as not providing enough sense of belonging. Genetic ancestry tests don’t change your identity, but you might 2018-07-09T04:00:00Z And his conclusions – about us all being equal, and "let's build bridges" – are a little bland. An Audience with Imran Yusuf 2010-08-27T14:22:00Z He has developed a disdain for the brand of bland likability he formerly hawked, even as he can’t quite escape its skin. The Productive Ambivalence of Aziz Ansari in His Comeback Netflix Special 2019-07-13T04:00:00Z The sleepy-eyed paint store worker spent the season looking like a deer caught in the headlights, offering bland performances week after week. "American Idol" chooses the wrong winner 2010-05-27T12:29:00Z Ties get skinnier then fatter; colors creep towards pastel then return to bland office-appropriate hues; jackets lose boxiness and hug shoulders more. Why It Took Americans So Long to Recognize Men's Fashion 2015-07-14T04:00:00Z Viva and her friends are bland and indistinguishable; everyone else is a cliche. Viva Forever! – review 2012-12-16T00:05:46Z Lamb chops arrive so bland and underdone, I return them for more time on the charcoal grill. At Mazagan, a glimpse of modern Morocco But she doesn’t want to make “public art” in the cheesy, bland mode that people normally associate with the term “public art.” SODO Track: Dozens of artists from around the world create two miles of outdoor murals in Seattle 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z It was surprisingly bland and lacking in juices, despite being cooked to medium rare. The Best Comes in a Bun at Salvation Burger and Spotted Pig 2016-04-19T04:00:00Z The color palette of course was minimalist, black white and navy with dashes of plum, bright orange and red, just to quiet critics who claim minimalist means bland. Milan: Hemlines rise and fall for summer 2013 2012-09-22T22:01:04Z Revenge of the nerds: Though fun. often comes across as just another bland pop-rock band in the tradition of Train, matchbox20 and Hootie and the Blowfish, at least they have a self-deprecating sense of humor. Grammy Awards: Fun. takes song of the year; Frank Ocean, Adele win 2013-02-11T03:02:00Z The golden, softly glowing apricot is a fruit that promises much in the bowl, but often proves disappointingly bland and woolly in the eating, whether you buy them in Provence or Preston. How to cook the perfect apricot tart 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z As she photographed psychics, she also became intrigued by the bland, institutional architecture of megachurches. Message in a sweater: Lisa Anne Auerbach on cats, knitting and zines 2014-09-09T04:00:00Z Maybe that’s why fashion, or at least men’s wear, felt so much like current art: timid and bland, if beautifully made. New York Fashion Week: Male Models at the Line of Beauty ? NY Fashion Week 2011-09-16T23:20:18Z David Bowie recorded a fair amount of bland pop in his time. Old music: David Bowie - Cygnet Committee 2012-05-29T10:54:13Z And I think that what is on offer to the ordinary woman is really bland. The Farmer's Wife Of Vintage Fashion 2010-07-14T20:45:00Z No matter how bland and disappointing our country is, there is always a shining call to answer. I came home to a sleeping country 2013-01-29T01:00:00Z Mr. Reynolds, all but pleading with the audience to grant the possibility of scary depths behind his bland good looks, cackles and cries and says strange things about angels. Ryan Reynolds as a Killer in ‘The Voices’ 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z Hence the artist’s typically bland and clunky name for the show — “Unlights” — and his insistence that these works are “drawings,” a term meant to suggest a certain sense of improvisation and free play. Robert Irwin’s Ambient Odyssey 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z So we see the same few students singing “Magic Foot” or “And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going” repeatedly, while numerous other contestants are not heard from at all except in bland group numbers. Television Review: ‘Broadway or Bust,’ a Documentary on PBS 2012-09-07T23:52:09Z She also commissioned a new Act I Garland Dance from Christopher Wheeldon, which is regrettably bland. Dance Review: ‘The Sleeping Beauty’ Evolves at the Royal Opera House 2014-02-25T22:34:51Z In the first two seasons, it’s a genial, occasionally bland but mature show. Bob Newhart, Master of the One-Sided Conversation 2014-05-26T04:00:00Z On Tuesday, Brown went on “Good Morning America,” and in the form of bland seriousness the weird fun of the experiment reached its end. The Potato Salad Guy Should Keep Every Penny 2014-07-09T04:00:00Z Ms. Chande, with a wonderfully fresh and lovely face, is a gifted stylist, but her material, though accompanied by philosophical statements about nature and empowerment, tends to be sweetly bland. Indian Dance and Music at the Drive East Festival 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z As a result, audiences didn't know what the hell the film was about – other than the fact it had a bland name for a title – and the resulting box-office grosses speak for themselves. Has One Shot blown it by changing its name to Jack Reacher? 2012-06-01T17:06:35Z Though the picture at first seems bland enough, it is worth a second look — both for the image itself and for what Mrs. Trump chose to wear to represent the country for posterity. Melania Trump Wears Dolce & Gabbana for Official Portrait 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z Buoyed by a bona fide punk-rock soundtrack — the less said about our heroes’ screaming and thrashing, the better — “The House of Tomorrow” is bland and manufactured. Review: Punk and Futurism Collide in ‘The House of Tomorrow’ 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z Very different from the bland young things who pass for talent. Review: ‘Hello, Dolly!’ Is Bright, Brassy and All Bette 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z The book is divided into three sections — “Becoming Me,” “Becoming Us” and “Becoming More” — that sound like the bland stuff of inspirational self-help. In ‘Becoming,’ Michelle Obama Mostly Opts for Empowerment Over Politics 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z Of these four Auroras, Ms. Seo was the easiest to find fault with: In several passages, she’s bland and forgettable, and her balances in the famous Rose Adagio were never secure. Review: A ‘Sleeping Beauty’ Revival Rich in Details and Rewards 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z The ballet in the penultimate scene does nothing to advance the opera’s plot or themes, particularly not with Benjamin Millepied’s bland new choreography. Opera Review: ?Khovanshchina? at the Metropolitan Opera 2012-02-28T16:32:53Z Beneath its bland title, Mr. Cumings’s book is a squirm-inducing assault on America’s moral behavior during the Korean War, a conflict that he says is misremembered when it is remembered at all. Books of The Times: Bruce Cumings?s ?Korean War,? Corrective on Conflict 2010-07-21T21:41:00Z Don't use lowfat or nonfat milk, which would give the custard a blander flavor and spongier texture, with a higher risk of curdling. The best heavy cream substitutes for cooking and baking 2021-10-09T04:00:00Z Without that lust for the positive, the track feels bland and uninspired. Childish Gambino Grows Up with Royalty Mixtape 2012-07-13T15:00:39Z A piece of management software used by the retailer in question – Amazon, of course – with the bland name Anytime Feedback Tool allows employees to almost silently push each other off the island. It’s time to reread Dave Eggers’ “The Circle”: Why his under-appreciated Silicon Valley workplace novel resonates now more than ever 2015-08-19T04:00:00Z The dining room is unassuming, décor secondary to food, with walls a bland salmon pink and tables studiously cloaked in white with black overlays. Sri Lankan Flavors in Abundance at Sagara 2018-11-05T05:00:00Z It’s startling how good the film is, partly because independent American cinema is clogged with bland coming-of-age fictions about nice kids. ‘Funny Pages’ Review: Ordinary Life, Complex Stuff 2022-08-25T04:00:00Z What is surprising is how bland the results are. 2010-01-08T21:05:00Z Whatever his faults as a filmmaker may be, Cameron would never make an adventure flick that felt this bland and generic. "Sanctum": James Cameron presents an underwater cave thriller 2011-02-03T01:31:00Z But when the jubilant choral numbers subside, as inevitably they must, “Sister Act” slumps back into bland musical-theater grooves and mostly lacks the light of invigorating inspiration. | 'Sister Act': Different Church, More Sequins 2011-04-21T02:30:24Z “The monumentality is in Lincoln Center. This building shouldn’t challenge that. At the same time, we didn’t want it to be bland.” New Fordham Building Opens at Lincoln Center 2014-09-23T04:00:00Z The revamped rooms are somewhat bland but offer simple modern comfort. Overnighter: In Kutna Hora, Near Prague, Contemporary Art Amid Medieval Charm 2010-11-15T18:15:00Z Blame its relative failure on the bland title? 'A total blast': our writers pick their favorite summer blockbusters ever 2018-05-29T04:00:00Z Even bland office drones suffer heartbreak and enjoy holy water. Madonna channels defiance and devotion on confident 'Rebel Heart' 2015-03-09T04:00:00Z It turns out that there’s something thrilling about being invested in a sports game, even if you’re just standing on the sidelines propping yourself up on a pair of bland crutches. On boys and balls: How I learned to stop hating sports 2014-05-12T23:00:00Z You sense O'Carroll has diluted his own show's essence for wider multiplex consumption: while the sitcom could be broad, it was often clever with it, and never this bland. Mrs Brown's Boys D'Movie review – 'a flatly indifferent cash-in' 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z It’s a bit glossy — everyone in this fantasy is good-looking in that bland, Disney way, even the characters with pointy ears — and the special effects are sometimes rickety. Review: ‘The Shannara Chronicles,’ an Elfin Adventure, Debuts on MTV 2016-01-04T05:00:00Z But “Americans” succeeds without being tendentious or bland. Review | The American Indian museum comes of age by tackling this country’s lies 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z There are some recordings from California-based Anaheim Ballet, which are impressive but bland, but these lead me to an old clip of Swan Lake danced by the Kirov. Going out by staying in: where to watch the arts online 2010-07-25T20:31:00Z Homemade-looking videos, thanking Jem for giving voice to their concerns through her bland songs, keep cropping up to try to sell this conceit. Review: ‘Jem and the Holograms’ Are Shadows of Their Former Selves 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z Then, as if adding a note in the margins of his own bland comment, he added, “I’m not sure to what extent that responsibility holds.” Football is Trumpball Lite: Who needs Super Bowls when Trump’s real-life plays are more aggressive? 2017-02-04T05:00:00Z Craft enthusiasts, on the other hand, considered Modernism to be bland and soulless, and cherished artisanal traditions. Opening of Ceramics Center Coincides With Crafts Revival 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z For the most part, it’s a bland reprocessing of neo-noir tropes, vaguely borrowing its tone and theme from “Body Heat” and other films that are themselves reprocessings of earlier Hollywood motifs. “Serenity,” Reviewed: An Earnestly Absurd Film-Noir Grab-Bag 2019-01-29T05:00:00Z On Thursday, they did neither: they were merely efficient and bland. In Philadelphia, Ballet Neighbors Divided by Style 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z Their expressions did not soften as they followed me around a series of simulated environments, each blander than the next, and watched as I attempted to address them with something like composure. A Virtual-Reality Program to Conquer the Fear of Public Speaking 2019-04-12T04:00:00Z His attack on General Motors and its defective ignition switches was blunter and more bland, building off reporting by Christopher Hayes and others, adding more outrage and a ho-hum focus on the public relations. John Oliver and Clickhole Take Fake News in Opposite Directions 2014-07-15T04:00:00Z But the piece rambled along, as did the Hong Kong Ballet — affable enough — in Jorma Elo’s bland and hurried “Shape of Glow.” Dabbling in Provocation at the Fall for Dance Festival 2016-10-03T04:00:00Z In fact, he didn't really look like anyone – his features were bland to the point of anonymity. Kind Hearts and Coronets: No 9 2010-10-18T10:45:00Z The sewing pattern, with its basic lines and neutral color, seems like a bland and simple thing, but Ms. Baum reminds us that the devil is in taking such details for granted. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z He dismisses much of the show as “dull,” “bland,” and “boring,” but he does hold out hope that future episodes will feel less like “Now That’s What I Call Middle-earth! karaoke.” ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’: The Reviews Are in 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z Jonathan Wright Civilian Big Brother passed in a bland blur, so now it's time for the celebrity version. TV highlights 15/08/2012 2012-08-14T19:00:02Z Mostly, though, "Take Me Home" is a bland string of pokes at fashion and 1988 period style. 'Take Me Home Tonight': a big '80s party you may not want to crash 2011-03-03T00:57:04Z Its members are nice, even at their most ostensibly fierce, and so unrelievedly bland that it feels like an affront, especially to all the women here doing so much hard work. ‘The Marvels’ Review: You’ve Seen This Movie 32 Times Before 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z "I think of folk music as really, really bland sounding," said Amelia Meath, member of vocal trio Mountain Man, scheduled to perform Sunday. Newport Folk Fest stays relevant at age 52 2011-07-26T22:02:13Z Maybe we all ought to try to give some color to the bland descriptions we often feel forced to give ourselves. The indirect director 2012-12-06T01:00:00Z In the other direction: even more bland hotels. Footsteps: In Rimini, Looking for Fellini’s World 2013-06-07T18:44:48Z Compared with other white singers, Andy hit the charts by bringing a warmer approach to even blander material. Andy Williams: A Farewell Song for the "Moon River" Man 2012-09-26T22:34:50Z So many current docudramas feel as if they’re in the same bland key, with the same inert performances, but “Clark” is audacious, distinctive and energetic. How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend? 2022-05-05T04:00:00Z The name is bland, inherited from the previous tenant, a Chinese takeout shop. Eating Globally: Hungry City’s Top 10 Restaurants of 2019 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z Jenny Edgar, 32, would gag if she tried anything other than her bland diet of dry cereal, cheese and cookies, or her everyday dinner of pasta or french fries. Woman who ate only pasta, cheese and fries says hypnotherapy cured her fear of fruits and vegetables 2020-08-28T04:00:00Z It is a comforting, somewhat bland dish that’s simple to put together. Pennsylvania Dutch, a puzzle with potpies "How Do You Know": The blandest movie title of the season belongs to James L. Brooks' new romantic comedy, starring Reese Witherspoon, Owen Wilson and Paul Rudd as the three points of a love triangle. 35 holiday movies to anticipate 2010-12-03T00:02:00Z Instead I was forced into weekly piano lessons, which I loathed, and fed traditional Chinese meals of steamed meat and stir-fried vegetables over heaping bowls of rice that I thought were bland. The Chinese home I never knew 2016-01-01T05:00:00Z The first impression is of a clean, bland display, good looking in that showroom-elegant way that is the present Chelsea style. Last Chance: ?Evryali Score Mysteries,? Ghosts at David Zwirner 2010-07-28T20:00:00Z So here’s hoping that American Made offers an antidote to the bland super-heroics of The Mummy. Hit the road, Jack Reacher: why Tom Cruise should ditch the goody two-shoes act 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z Michelle has always been a strong, active and vocal woman, to see her striking a bland pose of indifference and aloofness, not to mention the unlikeness of her facial features made the painting failed spectacularly. Obama Portraits Blend Paint and Politics, and Fact and Fiction 2018-02-12T05:00:00Z Yet as he began to come and go over the decade that followed, the officer noticed the city’s bland, bullet-riddled walls began to transform into an urban canvas. 10 striking images of graffiti in Kandahar 2014-01-05T13:00:00Z But he often seems abandoned by a director whose approach is so noncommittal and dramatically limp that it strands the actor, and his character, in a bland purgatory of conflicting motivations. Review: ‘I Am Michael’ Portrays a Gay Activist Seeking to Be Straight 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z Ground chicken and cloud ear mushrooms prove heavy and bland. China Chilcano review: Strap in for a fun, but bumpy, ride from José Andrés 2015-03-24T04:00:00Z Edwards is too dour, his sidekicks too bland, and they’re forced to trade exchanges like: “We keep asking ‘how.’ TV Tonight: Cuckoo Clocks 2013-02-14T12:09:18Z As Sohla El-Waylly puts it, "I get offended when something bland is called 'vanilla.' Good vanilla is anything but boring. It's sultry, floral, and oozes nostalgia." Salt and pepper . . . ice cream?! 2022-05-28T04:00:00Z Despite looking like a solid underwater adventure, the action itself is listless and bland. Game On: Hits, misses among the 3DS launch titles 2011-04-05T19:37:04Z And I can also report that a bland song for Regina’s outrageously indulgent mother, played by a winning Kerry Butler, has been replaced by a funnier number, a duet for her and Gretchen. Review | ‘Mean Girls’ on Broadway: Omg, you’ll lol. 2018-04-08T04:00:00Z “The Bachelor,” the ABC franchise from which the show is spun, has been producing its bland heterosexual burlesque for more than 20 years, and it excels in manufacturing such melodramatic scenes. ‘Golden Bachelor’ Brings Something New to the Mansion: Grief 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z “In a role that demands greatness, he is, in a word, okay,” wrote Nick Schager of The Daily Beast, adding that the movie “sacrifices Han Solo’s swagger for a bland origin story.” New 'Solo' charms critics after 'Star Wars' filmmaking drama 2018-05-15T04:00:00Z It means your experience was seriously lacking — as bland, one might say, as the cornmeal you skipped. Into Africa: 6 Vacation Ideas From Our Experts 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z If the hotel’s renovation has misses, it is the somewhat bland décor of Blue Hen and two nearby patios. A Second Life for a Saratoga Springs Showpiece 2018-07-14T04:00:00Z Possibly because there's no director telling Affleck what to do, Doug comes off as a bland, blank character, more a collection of honorable attributes and iron-toned muscles than a human being. "The Town": Ben Affleck's Boston fantasy 2010-09-17T14:01:00Z He claimed that the result was a glut of bland and unambitious productions and went on to suggest that the great French directors of the past would now struggle to receive funding for their films. Michel Hazanavicius lambasts French film industry 2013-05-07T12:39:37Z Prone to bland, dry breast meat and blackened wing tips, the bulky bird is a challenge for home cooks all over. Chinese Roast Duck, but Make It Turkey 2019-11-18T05:00:00Z Mr. Elliott gamely fields every one, moving around the clauses, to relay the same bland recitation of facts. Recalling Bob and Ray, Who Paved the Way for Today’s Deadpan Humor 2016-02-03T05:00:00Z This is doubtless all there, but those contrasts barely register for the listener, who hears mostly bland declamation, with pretty moodiness simmering below. Review: Nico Muhly’s ‘Marnie’ Brings Hitchcock Into the 21st Century 2017-11-19T05:00:00Z The décor is bland and the location, deep within an uninspiring office complex, is drab, but the neutral setting ensures that you focus your attention on the food. Restaurant Report: Masala Library in Mumbai 2014-07-01T04:00:00Z The performances overall hit a note of bland competence — there’s neither the entertaining hamminess nor the startling ineptitude that you often got in “Game of Thrones.” ‘House of the Dragon’ Review: Domesticating ‘Game of Thrones’ 2022-08-18T04:00:00Z You were practically certain to find only bland foreigner fare, thanks to a well-meaning concern for your taste buds. Choice Tables: Authentic Thai Cuisine Moves in From Sidewalk Stalls 2010-11-28T04:30:00Z While Mr. James’s “Assassin,” like his new television series, “Kevin Can Wait,” leans to bland safety, Mr. Sandler’s made-for-streaming efforts are even coarser than his theatrical output, which can get pretty coarse. Actors Flock to Netflix to Satisfy Their Most Loyal Fans 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z Rini also plays Sam's youthful self, exuding a bland, naive, open-faced acceptance of the status quo, The commencement weekend - and the play - are enlivened by a bickering mother- and daughter-in-law. Review: Revival of Gurney's 'Old Boy' well-staged 2013-03-06T21:59:08Z The New York Times critic Charles Isherwood called the Paper Mill production, “storybook-pretty if bland,” with a score that “blurs together in the memory almost instantly.” Does the Devil Wear Prada in Indiana? 2021-05-28T04:00:00Z And no, it is not boring nor bland, because I have been finding and modifying, and creating simple ingredients that has allowed me to appreciate salmon as much I love my precious lamb chops. I used to hate salmon — until I tried this 4-ingredient honey marinade 2023-09-23T04:00:00Z It starts with the writing, which is bland and clichéd, even by old-school-sitcom standards. Television Review: Moving in With the Folks, Who May Not Be Thrilled 2011-01-19T00:30:03Z The strength of the X-Men franchise has always been its metaphorical embracing of diversity; a celebration of the talented misfit in an age of bland conformity. X-Men: Days of Future Past review – star-stuffed extravaganza 2014-05-24T04:00:00Z The brothers inflamed CBS censors and segments of their audience by injecting sexual innuendo, drug references, religion and especially politics into the typically bland variety-show format, drawing, in Season 3, a much-publicized firing. The Smothers Brothers and the Birth of TV Buzz 2017-01-20T05:00:00Z “Having no goss in my life feels bland,” the 26-year-old says, though he doesn’t miss it as much as he does having a nice office to go to and close friends in the workplace. The return-to-office perk your boss won’t mention: Gossip is back on 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z It was a spinoff of Marshall’s retro and bland “Happy Days” — the vehicle that also, unfortunately, would give us all Scott Baio. Garry Marshall, feminist role model: He told stories about funny, feisty, independent women 2016-07-20T04:00:00Z The galaxy in Guardians of the Galaxy is remarkably bland: the capital on Xandar could just about be Houston. Why is the Marvel Cinema Universe so drab? 2016-03-22T04:00:00Z “New prisons look like a poorly funded public school, very bland – but it’s like: ‘If you are going to take my life I want drama, I don’t want it to look like a health clinic’. Alfre Woodard: 'We want all those with a stake in the death row business to see this film' 2020-07-19T04:00:00Z “Critics assailed her style as plastic, placid, bland and antiseptic,” Anita Gates wrote in Page’s New York Times obituary, piling on by calling the singer’s voice “mechanical or sterile.” Patti Page: The Oklahoma Thrush With ‘The Tennessee Waltz’ 2013-01-04T21:54:52Z Here at last, it seemed, was someone willing to cut through the bland circumlocutions and communicate what no one else was brave enough to spell out. The day we learned our son had a cleft lip 2015-10-25T04:00:00Z They are banking on Pitt, 47, to transform Beane's use of bland statistics and mathematical tables into entertaining movie fare. Brad Pitt aims for home run with "Moneyball" 2011-09-10T15:32:44Z There are some fine orchestral effects, but all in all, this is an undramatic work that presents an unaccountably bland portrait of a rebellious, if self-lacerating intellectual, much admired by Camus and Trotsky, among others. Saariaho: La Passion de Simone – review 2013-05-09T22:30:01Z As nerdy high school students learn long after they graduate, so the Tony nominees continually remind us: It’s better to be weird and original than popular and bland. Tony nominations 2015: Patterns in a chaotic Broadway season 2015-04-28T04:00:00Z Sadly, the result is a rather bland book replete with photographs that are about as exciting as one would expect pictures of IMF officials and meetings to be. Everybody wants to rule the world 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z They live in a bland suburb called Cemetery Junction in the south of England they want desperately to escape. Gervais' "Cemetery" a witless disappointment 2010-04-16T05:11:00Z A few bites into a piece of damp swordfish with bland “charred” cauliflower and a vague carrot romesco, I put my fork down for the duration of the meal. Pinea review: New W Hotel restaurant needs tastes you can count on 2015-02-23T05:00:00Z They sound like incommensurate traits — one is inventive and literary, the other is bland and technocratic. In ‘A Promised Land,’ Barack Obama Thinks — and Thinks Some More — Over His First Term 2020-11-15T05:00:00Z When a well-known playwright signs a book for a faraway fan, his bland inscription opens a door that will lead him to the borderland of love, death, time and a devastating kind of transcendence. 7 New Books We Recommend This Week 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z The title story is about Maho, a young woman in a bland corporate job. In This Story Collection, the Dead Are Served Up Hot-Pot Style 2022-06-27T04:00:00Z As comfortable as Watson is when navigating around treacherous shoals, readers seeking the bland flag of neutrality should look elsewhere. ‘Scarlet A’ Wants Less Shouting About Abortion and More Talking 2018-02-14T05:00:00Z She was also sometimes criticized for delivering dramatically bland performances. Joan Sutherland, Opera Soprano, Dies 2010-10-11T16:29:00Z Gibson is a bland everyman, beige and placeless in that bluff Johnny Carson manner. A Late-Night Radio Drama, With Hints of the Internet to Come 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z The telecast was professional, smooth, well paced and bland. Best and Worst Moments of the 75th Tony Awards 2022-06-13T04:00:00Z The novel’s most significant problem, though, is that its best scenes — Griffin’s late-night capers with his dad — are so delightful that other parts feel relatively bland. ‘The Gargoyle Hunters,’ by John Freeman Gill: A love letter to New York City 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z The aesthetic of such series prefers rigorously bland settings that feel antiseptic and/or claustrophobic, giving the viewer a sense that the characters are mired in their feelings. Perspective | In an age of anger and outrage, the best TV shows take a different path: They’re sad. 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z While the movie sustains levity, its lack of subtlety — and a lack of stakes, save for sweepstakes — make for an altogether bland bonanza. ‘Jerry & Marge Go Large’ Review: You Don’t Know Jackpot 2022-06-16T04:00:00Z The textures and character models are almost uniformly bland and artificial. Video Game Review: 14 Years of Waiting Have Come to an End 2011-06-17T22:56:13Z But once again, these spaces lack character or meaning, giving a bland sense of lobotomised luxury. Shenzhen stock exchange building: inside China's 'miniskirt' 2013-04-16T17:56:13Z Both works took me back to how his work seemed to me over 20 years ago: a charming mess, in which umpteen good ideas merged into a bland soup. Review: A Doug Elkins Program Is Charming, Trivial Dance Soup 2017-04-21T04:00:00Z Stripped naked, it comes across as blunt and bland. Review: ‘Dead Poets Society,’ Starring Jason Sudeikis as the Idealistic Teacher 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z Kaino’s “Hollow Earth” is an ordinary storage shed set out in a bland field. International art invades the suburban Coachella Valley: The best of 'Desert X' 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z When developing our own recipe for creamy broccoli soup, we didn't want to serve something bland and definitely not something basic. 33 best vegetarian soup recipes because baby, it’s cold outside 2022-11-06T04:00:00Z The performances, in a nutshell, were bland, lifeless and safe. "American Idol" recap: Simon saves the day 2010-02-24T13:25:00Z She swerved from giddy good cheer to cloying intensity, a bipolar persona that often clashed with the bland, brisk professionalism that is morning television. The TV Watch: Ann Curry’s Tearful Goodbye From ‘Today’ 2012-06-28T21:30:38Z The first big thing about ackee is that it’s naturally bland. Coming Back to Ackee and Salt Fish, Jamaica’s National Dish 2019-07-01T04:00:00Z This garlicky dash of the rogue, flavouring what might otherwise be a rather bland English style, was perhaps due to his cosmopolitan background, having been born in Russia. Why I'd like to be … George Sanders 2014-06-23T04:00:00Z This experience — a smorgasbord of visual sensations — was so at odds with my usual surroundings: the planned residential housing developments, bland, uniform, cookie-cutter. Renewing your faith in painting 2012-07-12T17:25:00Z His adenoidal high spirits are no match for Mr. Kutcher’s sniggering malevolence wrapped in bland Midwestern bonhomie. Critic?s Notebook: Paul DelVecchio Stars in MTV?s ?Pauly D Project? 2012-03-28T22:33:02Z The men are more one-dimensional here, with DeJeanette Horne as Michael, Veronica’s rather bland, no-nonsense husband, and Vishwas as Alan, the lawyer spouse who, annoyingly, is always on his mobile phone. Review | ‘God of Carnage’ hasn’t lost its satirical bite, but at Keegan, it needs more laughs 2019-05-14T04:00:00Z “Atticus isn’t — never was — a bland fighter for what is empirically right,” he writes. What the critics are saying about Harper Lee's 'Go Set A Watchman' 2015-07-14T04:00:00Z It’s uniform and predictable, tasting mainly of sauce, brought together by the rich texture of cheese and the bland crunch of crust. The Kings of the Dollar Slice Build a Better Pizza 2019-02-19T05:00:00Z True to that form, “On the Way to School” never wavers in its bland uplift. ‘On the Way to School,’ a Documentary by Pascal Plisson 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z The rest were bland, exhibited odd flavors, were flabby or a touch too sweet. Bubbly Without the Buzz: Nonalcoholic Rosés for Celebrations 2021-12-20T05:00:00Z Food that is cheap enough to fill a belly before a day in the coal mines and bland enough to suit the tastes of the Scotch-Irish who settled the area. The next big thing in American regional cooking: Humble Appalachia 2016-03-28T04:00:00Z As more members expressed their displeasure, the organization backtracked, then issued a bland statement pledging to review its awards process. Perspective | Does Linda Fairstein deserve a literary honor? Critics say her past as a prosecutor sullies her art. 2019-04-23T04:00:00Z Every other element of UPS’s visual identity became blander too, so much so that I winced when I first saw the new trucks. Design: Despite Changes, There's Little to Love in 2012 Olympics Logo 2010-03-29T06:21:00Z Green Day, the biggest act on the soundtrack, is bland on "Forgotten." Review: 'Twilight' breaks out mourners for last CD 2012-11-12T16:46:08Z Some critics say Seoul looks bland and dirty in “Age of Ultron.” Some South Koreans say 'Avengers: Age of Ultron' shows Seoul's ugly side 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z But Lea’s personality is as lacking in expressive detail as her bland house and cramped world, and she rarely comes persuasively alive and then not for long, which might be interesting if it seemed intentional. ‘Palm Trees and Power Lines’ Review: A Teen’s Cautionary Tale 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z Russian food is often thought of as bland and heavy, and indeed many dishes seem geared towards getting people through the grueling winter rather than amusing their palates. From caviar to veal tongue, fans get true taste of Russia 2018-07-09T04:00:00Z Lieberstein previously worked on "The Office" as one of its producers and as Toby, the bland HR representative everyone slagged off on. Bob Odenkirk scores with "Lucky Hank," a frustrated guy who shares DNA with his "Saul" conman 2023-03-19T04:00:00Z “We’re Not Talking About That” is the name of the show, with both partisans driven to conniptions even with a subject as bland as pizza. Review | The Second City’s latest sketch comedy show takes on Trump, tourists and trolls 2019-06-26T04:00:00Z Yet there is something bland and empty at the production’s core. Review: Wagner Would Have Liked AR, but Not This ‘Parsifal’ 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z “It’s not a bad idea,” he said, “but the writing tends toward the bland and sentimental.” What’s on TV Monday: ‘Eighth Grade’ and ‘The Passage’ 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z But Joubert's music, with its well-judged use of dissonance within a tonal context, seems much more striking when anguished and despairing than in the rather bland diatonic choral writing of the final two movements. An English Requiem 2010-08-11T21:00:00Z WineLover of Massachusetts asserted that some zinfandels can be great at 15 percent alcohol and others bland at 13 percent, which of course is true. Finding the Heart of Zinfandel 2020-09-03T04:00:00Z It is bland the way upper-class food used to be bland. John Kerry Recounts a Life Full of Incident (and a Few Regrets) in ‘Every Day Is Extra’ 2018-09-03T04:00:00Z “None of you filmmakers, publicists or studio executives would approve a digital marketing campaign for one of your movies that is as bland and all over the map as academy posts.” Producer Takes Academy to Task in Lawsuit 2020-07-20T04:00:00Z And like the wave of Chinese food before it, Indian food was often made bland for American palates, with a handful of dishes from a few regions becoming ubiquitous. Indian Chains in New York, Worthy of Their Flagships 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z When the airline charges exorbitant prices for bland airline meals, it’s easy to justify pilfering a bag of pretzels from the galley. Perspective | You’ll never believe what passengers steal from planes 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z Fortunately, the democratic nature of reality TV shows is such that the chaff will always be sifted out long before the final, allowing the bland yet proficient to consistently rise to victory. What can we learn from 2010's reality TV shows? 2010-12-27T11:30:00Z She was born in New Jersey, in Monmouth County; in her 2010 memoir, “The Butterfly Mosque,” she describes spending her adolescence as “an upper-middle-class American white girl with bland politics and polite beliefs.” The Writer Behind a Muslim Marvel Superhero on Her Faith in Comics 2017-04-29T04:00:00Z Like soy sauce, it was deemed exotic and perked up what was a comparatively bland British cuisine, such as roasts and fried foods. A brief history of ketchup 2018-07-29T04:00:00Z In calling most Lubovitch choreography bland, I refer both to its physical texture and its expression. Dance Review: Waves of Movement, Ever Flowing 2010-11-19T22:55:00Z Such bland humor gently massages our liberal superiority while normalizing the president’s behavior. Perspective | Liberal satire is getting dangerously lazy in the Trump era 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z Despite some initial problems with pace and a bland idea of suspense, “The Last Ship” is at least a break from all the detective and lawyer shows that characterize cable TV’s long summers. Summer TV: Quick takes on ‘The Last Ship,’ ‘Legends’ and more On screen, Ms. Bates was bland, implacable and impenetrable, a figure destined to show up in your nightmares. Review: In ‘Misery,’ With Bruce Willis and Laurie Metcalf, the Ghost of Productions Past 2015-11-15T05:00:00Z “This is instant architecture in a bland space, and it’s not a huge investment,” Dixon said. On the hunt for affordable treasures at West Elm 2016-02-01T05:00:00Z The female half of the movie audience, meanwhile, is believed to crave a steady diet of romantic comedies, most of which are as sweet, bland and indistinguishable as the cupcakes that women supposedly also crave. Film: The Funnywoman, Alive and Well 2011-05-29T02:42:23Z He never does anything except offer bland reassurances, and maybe a little compassion when things go wrong. Are Her Characters Seeing Things? Maybe. Maybe Not. 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z Thinking back on being single, there were some perfectly nice, bland men I wish I could have rubbed with some bad-boy scent to make them seem right to me. New Self-Help Books for Pet Parents 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z Flat, bland and poorly peeled, these were “a cardboard cutout of a tomato,” Michael said. The Best Canned Tomatoes 2020-03-23T04:00:00Z It's the smile of a bland American vampire -- an indestructible creature the locals have mistaken for a rakish new neighbor who's presumed to have a night job because he's never seen during daylight. How Charlie Sheen remains a TV superstar 2011-01-31T13:32:00Z For all the effort that goes into them, Vinoteca’s thin, crisp and surprisingly bland crusts seem to be mere vehicles for the toppings. Where’s the party at Pizza Vinoteca? 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z It’s a good idea to flavour the dough itself – hard and bland is not an attractive combination in a biscuit. How to make the perfect biscotti 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z If they notice him at all, British audiences may justifiably assume that Lopez is a small-time actor in bland family comedies. George Lopez: give this man a proper movie | Peter Bradshaw 2010-03-17T13:37:00Z What I cannot accept is another cheesy, bland re-enactment wedging itself into an otherwise compelling story. Please Stop With the Cheesy Documentary Re-Enactments 2021-04-09T04:00:00Z Kale Kale – chewy and bland, but high in fibre and iron – is nothing new: it featured prominently in the Dig For Victory campaign during the second world war, but fell from favour soon after. Snack to the future: foraging in Texas for the next big food sensation 2014-07-11T04:00:00Z It is quite a tasty combination, but some versions are somewhat underwhelming or bland. Make Cauliflower and Broccoli More Compelling 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z Despite the bland title, “The Gloomy Alley” quickly grows Escher-like in its vertiginous twists and turns. Review | Escapist reading in the fantasy novels and weird tales from another time 2020-03-18T04:00:00Z It was a bland, straightforward announcement, something of an anticlimax after so much presidential brinksmanship as to whether he would obey a “definitive” decision. How an impeachment unfolds: Inside the 1974 Nixon hearings, day by day 2019-10-14T04:00:00Z With his faux-naïf manner, Earl enters into his new life of crime with an ironically bland air of innocence. “The Mule,” Reviewed: The Personal and Political Passions Behind Clint Eastwood’s New Crime Drama 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z Meanwhile, Maria serves as the bland, bureaucratizing face of state power, willfully blind in her “self-contained, self-satisfied little world.” ‘Owlish’ Is a Darkly Fantastical Parable About Totalitarianism 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z It hardly ever appears on TV and in films, because it is seen as bland and generic. From sidekick to superstar: the rise of the salad 2017-06-09T04:00:00Z Pair khakis with a sport coat or a dress shirt, and you run the risk of looking either needlessly spiffy or parentally bland, more Harvard Business School professor than social networking seer. Dress Codes: New Designers Make Khaki Sexy 2010-05-19T22:49:00Z Machine drawings by landscape designer Alexander Robinson, director of the USC Landscape Morphologies Lab, are visually bland abstractions produced from topographical and other data. Meditations on southern California's water lifeline 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z Sam Raimi's Spider-Man 3 may have been a little bland, but compared to Batman Forever and Batman and Robin, it was essential viewing. Week in geek: Spider-Man 4 needs a Peter Parker. How about Jamie Bell? 2010-05-27T14:21:00Z Apartments, hotel rooms and even the president’s private quarters in the White House are bland, neutral and sparse; it all looks like a Restoration Hardware showroom. Season 3 of ‘House of Cards’ Starts With More Policy Than Chicanery 2015-02-25T05:00:00Z They were more like people than the original bland glamour shots of the 40s and 50s that I used as source material. John Stezaker's best photograph 2012-08-08T17:00:01Z It's converted from a Victorian prison and you can sleep in one of the former cells, which makes a change from the usual bland hotels. A Perfect Day... in Oxford 2012-03-05T03:35:00Z Let's value diversity and regional identities rather than championing bland conformity. Is it wrong for a person to change their accent? 2013-04-20T16:59:01Z However, it’s a very coy and bland piece of inoffensive heritage cinema. Every Stephen Frears film – ranked! 2020-04-16T04:00:00Z But when trepidation infects an event, especially one expected to be seen by somewhere in the area of 100 million viewers, the results tend to be bland. Super Bowl in the age of anxiety: Maroon 5's boring halftime show was a symptom, not the disease 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z Zhang added he avoided the sharp color palette often found in his previous works, saying he wanted to craft "a bland, peaceful state." Zhang calls new film a back-to-basics romance 2010-10-07T12:40:00Z Bateman’s Sandy, a bland but decent fellow, is dismayed to learn that somebody in Florida has stolen his name, identity, credit-card numbers and bank account — and is having way too much fun spending the money. ‘Identity Thief’ loses itself 2013-02-07T01:24:12Z “I spent the first two decades of my life shying away from my Chinese heritage, trying to be normal, bland and mainstream, like so many kids do,” she said. Chanel Miller’s Secret Source of Strength 2020-08-05T04:00:00Z Not offensive, not intolerable, just relentlessly bland — a vanilla concoction lacking anything approaching a bona fide sugar high. Review | You’ll groove to the pop hits in this stage revival of ‘Footloose.’ And nothing else. 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z It added a little "zing" to an otherwise bland cookie. Perspective | Hints From Heloise: Hard sugar 2020-08-22T04:00:00Z AJC The bland but warm sitcom limps to the end of the series, with Gemma throwing a barbecue to try to get her berk of an ex-husband back together with his girlfriend. TV listings and previews: plan your week's viewing - 19-23 November 2012-11-19T07:00:00Z In fact, the rest of the action is so bland and the style of the direction so similar to that of every other modern TV show that when it’s set is entirely inconsequential. Wicked City: Los Angeles serial killer anthology isn't sinful enough 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z Girls is the latest bland and messy fusion from World Stages, the project which recently gave us the beautifully designed but verbally null Wild Swans and the sprawl called Babel. Julius Caesar; The Physicists; Wah! Wah! Girls – review 2012-06-09T23:08:07Z “This is the third way, somewhere between a traditional, classic, bland, boxy and boring legacy hotel and this wild, wild west of the Airbnb world.” Hostels and Shared Hotel Rooms Take Root in America 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" is part of To's recent push into the mainland Chinese market with blander fare than his signature crime thrillers, which are often too violent or gritty to pass mainland censorship. HK film festival opens, mood hurt by Japan crisis 2011-03-20T16:16:03Z It's less structured and as a result it meanders, often to bland effect. Ha Jin roves U.S. and China, charting 'A Map of Betrayal' 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z Doubtless the season will show how Dancer A has passed the peak she reached last year; Dancer B, formerly so touching, has become coldly technical; Dancer C, hitherto so bland, is now complex, adult. The Watch List: American Ballet Theater?s Spring 2010-05-13T20:58:00Z The image conveniently summed up this dance: competent, sentimental and fairly bland. Review: At New York City Ballet, an Intriguing Glimpse of the Future 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z Meester plays Rebecca, a student who on her first day in college parasitically latches on to the entirely sane girl sharing her room: this is Sara, played by bland Minka Kelly. The Roommate ? review 2011-04-07T22:29:00Z When Paul Shaffer and the World’s Most Dangerous Band were not turning out a bland but spirited kind of go-cat-go mainstream rock music, his show hosted smart or pioneering bands like R.E.M. Letterman’s ironic legacy: The bemused cool that shaped a generation, from Buzzfeed’s lists to smug Ted Cruz 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z Otherwise this mostly live-action film is a bland 21st-century family comedy without a single moment that captures the wit, energy or sophistication of the original, which by now dates back more than 50 years. Jellystone Gets Animated 2010-12-17T11:04:39Z So we create an experience, and this lifestyle, around vegan food, something that, once upon a time, was considered expensive, boring, bland, tasteless… and we created life around it. Slutty Vegan founder Pinky Cole on creating a Black-owned, plant-based empire 2022-02-21T05:00:00Z Over a brisk, unsettled accompaniment from Pablo Heras-Casado and the Orchestra of St. Luke’s, his first few notes sounded, well, ordinary — pretty, sweet and bland. Review: Christian Tetzlaff Sharpens Mendelssohn’s Edge 2015-11-04T05:00:00Z The difference comes down even to their hotel-register aliases: Bill wants to hide by making their story as bland and forgettable, Virginia by making it outlandishly fanciful. Punch-Drunk Love: Masters of Sex Moves Up a Weight Class 2014-07-27T04:00:00Z Or a leather jacket with bland layers underneath. | Slave No More 2014-02-06T16:00:26Z The building is trim and efficient and perhaps intentionally bland in a corporate way, but manicured like a well-pressed uniform. Review | Trump has tried to coopt the Army. This new museum shows why that won’t be easy. 2020-11-11T05:00:00Z The noise, played through speakers in the room’s corners, was strangely bland: Mr. James had traffic sounds, a motorcycle and some road drilling. Music Review: Kevin James and [kaj] Take John Cage as Inspiration 2012-08-22T22:21:19Z A shame, then, that those surrounding him are so bland. Mark Kermode's DVD round-up 2013-04-20T23:05:16Z It is less satisfying to chew; the flavor is flat and bland, without the depth that the best pizzerias induce in their dough. Lucia Pizza Brings Roni Cups and Clam Pies to Sheepshead Bay 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z But he eventually acknowledges the song is aimed at critics who branded his previous records "offensive", "bland" and "drably formulaic". Olly Murs: 'Look who's winning now' 2014-11-24T05:00:00Z A rather ordinary prosciutto grilled cheese sandwich served on white bread was a disappointment, as was a bland sausage pizza. Roofers Union review: ‘Top Chef’ puts the spotlight on Marjorie Meek-Bradley 2016-02-10T05:00:00Z On its own, a potato is rather bland. Making paneer at home is totally doable, promise 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z Wearing drab gray student gear, the restrained Place cuts a bland figure. In Intiman's 'Hedda,' we don't feel her pain 2012-07-17T23:27:06Z But I abandoned the over- toasted, impossible to bite ciabatta bread encasing bland fennel sausage, a jumped-up wiener redeemed by a gorgeous sauté of red peppers and bitter greens. Brave Horse Tavern is South Lake Union's rumpus room 2011-07-07T19:22:07Z Jean is the Walter White, transgressing not only to get himself out of a financial pickle but because his bland family life is a bit of a disappointment. Spotless: a bloody good crime clean-up tale from Esquire 2015-11-14T05:00:00Z The flavor is slightly bland, but the texture had a nice chew. For texture and taste, gluten-free has gotten better 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z But his stock in trade was the supporting role, and his rugged but bland looks were right for almost any part. George Kennedy, Versatile Actor Who Won an Oscar for ‘Cool Hand Luke,’ Dies at 91 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z While the first four episodes were enjoyable, but also bland. Entourage meets the NFL: Dwayne Johnson's charisma lifts HBO's Ballers 2015-06-21T04:00:00Z But with a doughy and underbaked characterization, and without the bland handsomeness of his prime, he seems peripheral here. Movie Review: ‘HairBrained’ Puts Brendan Fraser Back in School 2014-02-28T00:40:05Z Miral emerges as "a bland totem of hope rather than a compelling movie subject", said Variety. Director Julian Schnabel on taking the flak for his new film 2010-10-24T20:45:00Z High-quality ingredients are integral to Cantonese cuisine, which is sometimes maligned as bland. Want fantastic Chinese food in North America? Head to Vancouver. 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z Michael’s complaint about turkey is that it is bland. Here’s what to do with Thanksgiving leftovers: Turn them into next-day brunch 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z But I chose Moomba instead, perhaps entranced by its sleek, glowing design, and then blew £10.95 on a watery onion soup and a bland Somerset pork casserole. Frugal Traveler Blog: In Richmond, a London Day Trip That Fits the Frugal Bill 2011-12-20T17:17:37Z The result is prose that is bland and insipid, something I, and I'm sure others are with me on this, find truly infuriating. Theodore Boone: The Accused by John Grisham - review 2012-08-30T14:00:00Z She would always rather take an interesting minor role over a bland major one, and she then plays it with such punch and personality that she nearly steals the show. Lili Taylor: 'I knew Harvey Weinstein was a pig. I didn't know he was a rapist' 2020-08-03T04:00:00Z Keep up the slacking, Clear out the bland politeness and expel a gent now! Style Invitational: Do over the do-over — enter any of the year’s contests 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z By contrast, the bland faces, undifferentiated personalities and “Gossip Girl” wardrobes of too many of today’s young actresses suggest mini-Stepford Wives — a blur of uniformity. | 'The Roommate': A Bloodless Ripoff Substitutes Sex for Suspense 2011-02-05T00:42:36Z He’s handicapped by the bland, predictable melodrama of the offstage story, written by Douglas Carter Beane. Critic’s Notebook: Broadway’s Laughs, From Nathan Lane to Bette Midler 2013-05-29T16:05:07Z As a result, it delivers a moralistic ending that is as simple and bland as the titular room. ‘The Immaculate Room’ Review: A Blank Slate 2022-08-18T04:00:00Z “Human indifference is surely the oceans’ greatest threat,” murmurs Pierce Brosnan’s excruciatingly bland narration while images of the garbage patch in the North Pacific Gyre float on screen. | 'Oceans': Jacques Perrin and Jacques Cluzaud Look at the Seas 2010-04-21T21:44:00Z But spicy food can be hard for many people to digest, so I am relieved to report that both colors are quite bland. Restaurant Review: Javelina in Gramercy Park 2015-05-19T04:00:00Z Many critics were less than enamored with the kind of “easy listening” Mr. Williams embodied, deriding his approach as bland and unchallenging. Roger Williams, Pianist Known for Sentimental Songs, Dies at 87 2011-10-09T16:23:03Z Cameras on telescoping booms were cantilevered over the stage, which is bland and massive, like the set of a daytime talk show. The Power Pastor: How A.R. Bernard Built a New York Megachurch 2016-10-15T04:00:00Z When will filmmakers realize that there’s little thrill in a bland underdog eventually rising to the occasion if the character wastes much of the running time being flatter than a Kansas freeway? ‘First Date’ Review: Modern Action Romance Propelled by a ’65 Chrysler 2021-07-08T04:00:00Z The recipient gets a single bland orb of beef atop limp spaghetti whose sauce of caramelized onion and tomato tilts sweet. White server jackets and signs of promise at RPM Italian 2016-07-29T04:00:00Z Everything was just bland on the radio, no real excitement really happening. Q&A: T-Pain attempts to restart his career with a new album 2014-06-10T04:00:00Z It was pretty bland, even with the hot salsa. Chipotle's not dead – there's just more for us brave souls who still want to eat it 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z It saddens me to note, then, the downturn in the past several of her collections, which too often seem like bland parodies of her finest work. Poetry review: Christian Wiman’s ‘Once in the West’ and Mary Oliver’s ‘Blue Horses’ 2015-02-02T05:00:00Z Now the band has returned from its hiatus with less of a musical identity and blander tidings. Critics? Choice: New CDs From Stone Temple Pilots and Steve Lacy 2010-05-30T21:14:00Z There was never a dry turkey, or a tough one, or one of bland or questionable flavor, or — and I hate to even mention it — one that was underdone. Perspective | One thing made the difference for Momma’s turkey: Her magic pan 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z The bland movie star is the one role he can’t master, and let’s hope he never does. Christoph Waltz: 'Try as you might, you can never break free from your past' 2015-10-10T04:00:00Z If you were thinking that Orange County was one monolithic carpet of bland homogeneity, Templeton's work serves as a reminder that it contains plenty of local color. Artist Ed Templeton on capturing the weirdness of Huntington Beach 2015-05-06T04:00:00Z Lyrically, there's an infinite amount of space to go' As it happens, Butler's formative years – spent, mostly, in the numbingly bland outskirts of Houston, Texas – are exactly what the band's new album is all about. Carrying the Fire 2010-08-27T23:02:00Z An exceptionally bland, unexceptional American Chardonnay, even at the $15.99 a bottle that I paid. 20 Wines for Under $20: The Fall Edition 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z The visual palette is a wan, watery mix of pale yellows, browns and greens — the colors of bland, overcooked food. Review: ‘A Pigeon Sat on a Branch,’ Roy Andersson’s Rumination on Life 2015-06-02T04:00:00Z You realize bad writing, bland writing, has no texture, no taste, no corners in your mouth. Authors Janet Fitch, Cynthia Bond share admiration for each other's work 2015-04-17T04:00:00Z That's especially so of his bland schemer, who sets the plot in motion but never feels part of the drama. Quirky 'Cut Bank' spins into a dark spiral toward nothing 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z But after a relatively bland canzonetta, she kicked up her heels in the finale, gamboling through the virtuoso licks and getting down and dirty in the peasant dance sections. NSO’s all-Tchaikovsky series still satisfies, even surprises 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z But there’s a lot of bland gingerbread out there, timidly spiced and barely tanned. ’Tis the season to revisit the gingerbread that continues to defy me 2019-12-15T05:00:00Z Lacy, who has often played bland nice guys, is whinily magnificent, and Bartlett plays the manager as a coiled spring who spends the week disastrously unwinding. Review: ‘The White Lotus’ Offers Scenery From the Class Struggle 2021-07-08T04:00:00Z The MCU is the fast food of big-budget action: predictable, convenient, bland, but good enough if you like that sort of thing. Why is the Marvel Cinema Universe so drab? 2016-03-22T04:00:00Z Their children are delineated in similarly bland, abstract terms. Anne Tyler’s 20th Novel, ‘A Spool of Blue Thread’ 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z “I was surprised to find that it’s mainly beige, bland and ugly,” she says. Why are there more clothing lines for dogs than disabled people? 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z No one should be taken in by the bland phrasing – this is as provocative as it gets. The hill of gold 2011-02-19T00:05:32Z Unfortunately, for most of the album it is let down by being rather bland in the arrangements. Readers' reviews: Muse, Kanye West Presents GOOD Music, Bloc Party 2012-10-01T17:17:06Z The tweet flurry was a brisk change in programming from the feed’s customary bland stream of “updated gift rules,” “ethics dates and deadlines” and “amended supplemental #ethics rules.” How the U.S. ethics chief took on Trump and became a reluctant Washington hero 2017-03-28T04:00:00Z While Alice’s other two children remain bland ciphers, Lydia reinvents her relationship with her mother and reveals herself as brave and loving, unafraid to step closer to Alice’s darkness. ‘Still Alice’: Julianne Moore in a role to remember 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z Diners accustomed to East and West Coast oysters often find Gulf oysters unwieldy and bland. Gulf Oysters Are Dying, Putting a Southern Tradition at Risk 2019-11-12T05:00:00Z But what purports to be indie music is actually mainstream, bland music. Unsung hero 2010-03-18T17:17:00Z Looking at the finished product, you might worry it could be bland or dry. How to Make the Cardamom Bun That Took New York 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z It was Arista boss Clive Davis’s mission to erase that past so they could create a pristine and consciously bland image for Houston as a pop princess. Nick Broomfield on his damning Whitney Houston film: 'She had very little control over her life' 2017-04-25T04:00:00Z It's a bland, generic movie about nice people, nothing more. 'Soul Surfer': Film based on real inspirational girl feels fake 2011-04-08T21:44:04Z My Swedish immigrant parents thought "Wonder Bread" to be a marvel, so white, so perfect, so bland and enriched to "build bodies 8 ways!" Rye, a Grain With Ancient Roots, Is Rising Again 2017-01-10T05:00:00Z The hotel imposes on the inmates a bland collective culture of banal romantic pop songs and didactic playlets that dramatize the virtues of couplehood. The Petty Laments of Yorgos Lanthimos’s “The Lobster” 2016-05-23T04:00:00Z We found a mix of new and old, colorful and bland. A cycling trail through Poland and Germany — and Soviet-era history 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z German architect is determined to change that, working to soften the rapid urbanization with structures that challenge bland vertical building typologies and show signs of life. AD Innovator: Ole Scheeren 2014-09-15T04:00:00Z The trio, cushioned on bland spaghetti squash and garnished with sharp green Cerignola olives and Calabrian chili peppers, had a superfluous coating of goat cheese “cream.” Kirkland’s Volterra has a familiar menu but a modern vibe 2013-01-17T22:03:42Z Allen and Sticklin create bland but earnest portraits of his pals. Keegan’s ‘American Idiot’ is lively but lacking in the song-and-dance department 2016-03-22T04:00:00Z Mr. Paterniti decided that not only he had found a good story but also that he had found a better, more honest way of life than his bland American existence, where cheeses don’t talk. Books of The Times: Michael Paterniti’s ‘Telling Room,’ Set in Rural Spain 2013-07-22T20:29:40Z It is peculiar that despite this repertoire setting great store at being bland that Jesus' Blood should be seen as having particular emotional resonance. Scottish Ensemble/Smith/Burgess/Brannick 2010-04-27T21:15:00Z Where the drawing bursts from the page with sparkling life, the painting seems both bland and slightly cloying. Free hand 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z Now and then she mistakes bland tastefulness for classy restraint; otherwise, subtlety is The Deserters' chief charm. Rachel Zeffira: The Deserters – review 2013-01-03T22:15:01Z Out with the bland chicken of your nightmares, and in with juicy, flavorful breasts and thighs. How to grill the juiciest-ever chicken 2022-07-09T04:00:00Z But for a troupe named in honor of the multicultural makeup of its dancers, it remains distressingly bland. Review: Complexions Contemporary Ballet Performs to Bach and Metallica 2015-11-18T05:00:00Z The album stumbles somewhat when Hawkins isn't using his voice to its full range and sings bland lyrics about banal domesticities, making cups of tea and getting taxis. Review: The Darkness return, offering 'Hot Cakes' 2012-08-20T16:59:11Z Mainstream sports documentaries, like mainstream crime documentaries, are in a creative rut, coalescing around the same solid but bland style. How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend? 2021-08-19T04:00:00Z In Lurie’s hands, overgeneralized, superficial passages are as common as bland government office buildings in Washington. ‘The Language of Houses’ by Alison Lurie often speaks in paper-thin generalities The MCU falls in the bland space in between, with fight scenes that are neither transcendent nor gritty. Why is the Marvel Cinema Universe so drab? 2016-03-22T04:00:00Z The German manager was camp but mostly bland, except when musing on how to address U2's The Edge in a letter: "You can't write Dear Mr The Edge." Rewind TV: The Fear; The Town; A Young Doctor's Notebook; The Secret Life of Rubbish; Imagine... Jeanette Winterson: My Monster and Me; Inside Claridge's – review 2012-12-09T00:06:09Z Unlike President Trump, I see no beauty in the Robert E. Lee monument, with its bland neo-Classical suavity. We Need to Move, Not Destroy, Confederate Monuments 2017-08-20T04:00:00Z That's the age of the hipster though – you take everything and you turn it into bland. 30 minutes with … Howlin' Pelle Almqvist 2012-05-30T11:41:55Z Winning could give Mrs. Clinton the confidence to play a little — or, conversely, convince her that bland is the way to go. How Hillary Clinton Ended the Clothing Conversation 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z It’s “sublimely bland,” he says, compared to the “anarchy” of other parts of the world. Russians love “Fargo,” after their censors scrub the Putin jokes 2017-05-15T04:00:00Z Thick potato chips planted in bland mashed potatoes translate to unfortunate “chips & dip.” Review | Reveler’s Hour is the relaxed wine-and-pasta sibling we needed from the Tail Up Goat team 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z “I think New Yorkers are tired of glass skyscrapers that offer nothing but bland reflections,” he said. Regilding the Gilded Age in New York 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z Selim here is a bland, bored aristocrat with his private coach on the Orient Express. Abducting Mozart's 'Abduction From the Seragilo' to another time 2017-01-29T05:00:00Z It is a bland — neither dingy nor ritzy — 400 sq. ft. motel room: Stock motel table. “Room 104” is both incubator and stage for filmmakers you should know 2017-09-02T04:00:00Z Nondescript cheese, bland mushrooms and a pointless egg dragged down a pizza with a very good, light crust. Lost in New York at Public Kitchen 2017-10-10T04:00:00Z And, finally, I got it – the bland creaminess of the gently wobbling cubes of tofu was the perfect contrast to the salty, fiery sauce. How to make the perfect crispy fried tofu 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z Often the songs lean on bland inspirational platitudes or mystical gobbledygook: “Feels like I’m floating, weightless in flight/Planets exploding, as a soul and gravity fight,” Ms. Nettles sings on the title track. Critics? Choice: New CDs 2010-10-17T22:25:00Z "Twilight: Breaking Dawn - Part 1" was widely criticized for bland, wooden acting and an implausible plot, scoring just 23 percent favorable reviews on aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes. "Breaking Dawn" to suck major blood from box offices 2011-11-17T20:55:37Z Maybe yesterday the four people I saw gazing into their e-readers on the Number 1 train were all reading books of mine, but all I saw facing me were blank, bland, off-white or black rectangles. Goodnight, sweet print 2013-05-12T19:00:00Z Other doughs have a more complex flavor, but the one at Pizza Moto is far from bland. Pizza Moto Comes to Rest in Brooklyn 2016-02-16T05:00:00Z At the Santa Barbara Bowl, the New York Philharmonic gave a bland performance of the orchestra suite Copland made from the ballet. The Philharmonic dances through Bach and bluegrass at the Bowl 2015-08-28T04:00:00Z His bland patriarchal refusal to recognize her individuality is the final spark that ignites her vengeance. Carrie at 40: why the horror genre remains important for women 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z But if you already thought Bush was a bore, just imagine how bland he’ll be next to gorgeous George. Stephen Colbert's The Late Show debut premieres tonight - live updates! 2015-09-08T04:00:00Z But the pilot of “Minority Report,” which will have its premiere on Monday on Fox, jettisons everything disturbing and thought-provoking about the film to turn it into a humdrum, slickly bland crime procedural. Review: In ‘Minority Report,’ a Case of Precognitive Dissonance 2015-09-18T04:00:00Z It would be interesting to know what Mr. Kramer — acerbic, funny and, by the evidence of the film, a man not possessed of a great deal of sentimentality — feels about the bland optimism of #lovewins. Review: ‘Larry Kramer in Love & Anger,’ Portrait of the Rebel as Gay Activist 2015-06-28T04:00:00Z A low-sodium meal option was added, as was a halal meal prepared without any pork or alcohol, and a bland one prepared with limited seasonings for those with sensitive digestive systems. Flying With Dietary Restrictions? Increasingly, That’s Not a Problem 2018-08-14T04:00:00Z Beyond the easy pleasure of the Morse allusions, the tone and texture of the new work are substantially different: It’s blander, stiffer and more conventional, like many other well-made British period pieces. Television Review: Inspector Morse Returns in ‘Endeavour,’ a Prequel 2012-06-29T23:57:08Z Many believe the ubiquity of Auto-Tune has led to a bland uniformity in modern pop by airbrushing out the imperfections that make a performance soulful. Fans suspect X Factor of enhancing singers' pitch with Auto-Tune 2010-08-22T20:11:00Z In a piece published in 1971, he christened the region — better known for its prune orchards, bland buildings and cookie-cutter subdivisions — “Silicon Valley.” How the Department of Defense Bankrolled Silicon Valley 2019-07-09T04:00:00Z Even as her eyes are being opened to some uncomfortable truths, Sara Jane ultimately makes for genial but rather bland company. Theater Review: In ‘Arlington,’ an Army Wife Fights a Lonely Battle 2014-03-03T03:00:01Z “New York City” takes Ramones simplicity to new echelons of bland, repeating ad nauseam his love for the city to another swelling guitar. Joey Ramone's Posthumous "...ya know?": You'll Almost Wish You Didn't 2012-05-22T10:45:20Z There's a reason that rice, especially unadulterated steamed white rice, is such an ideal partner with the spiced ham product: It's comfortingly bland, offering moments of relief from the salty, fatty pork. The lonely legacy of Spam 2021-01-03T05:00:00Z Still, watching it, you feel like a dinner guest who has to pretend to like his best friend's bland cooking. 2009-12-03T17:21:00Z Benign turns to bland with “Times Square Playboy,” an adaptation of a forgotten 1926 George M. Cohan Broadway show, “The Home Towners.” DVDs: Italian Passion, Hollywood Hooey 2011-02-20T02:00:56Z “His New York is the one no one bothers to show, or is too bland or too upsetting or dirty to show.” John Wilson Reveals the Absurd Poetry of New York 2020-10-23T04:00:00Z Strauss and his followers believe great minds had to provide a bland acceptable take on the surface, but leave enough clues for similarly enlightened folks to decipher their true meaning. How Gaylor Swift conspiracists think like QAnoners 2022-10-31T04:00:00Z By the time Beauvais dismisses some chestnut trees as “bland,” the movie screams nothing so much as the pained self-absorption of depression — an anguished revelation, but dead-on. ‘Just Don’t Think I’ll Scream’ Review: Writing With Movies 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z But it was a little bland and lacking in texture. Toronto 2013: Reporter's diary 2013-09-09T07:46:10Z The questions sounded workshopped to death—as if two teams of publicists had boiled them down to their most bland and inoffensive versions. Megyn Kelly surrenders: Her fawning Donald Trump interview proves she’s toeing the party line now 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z Indeed, they have often intimated a bland contempt for, or, at least, a slippery spoof of the whole notion of masculine prowess. ‘Bond, James Bond,’ Through the Years 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z If this response sounds familiar, it’s because it echoes the bland assurances recited by officials whenever poison bubbles up in America. Perspective | ‘That’s not who we are’? Sixty Nazi-saluting boys in Baraboo suggest otherwise. 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z A bland heckle, but for a couple of vaguely seditious seconds it wobbles the cosy carapace. TV highlights 10/02/2012 2012-02-09T20:00:04Z If Harman is enlisting Lovecraft as a foot soldier against bland, realist empiricism, he has to prove that Lovecraft’s apparent failures to describe were a form of intellectual honesty rather than simply bad, clumsy style. HP Lovecraft, pulp philosopher 2013-04-11T20:22:00Z The balance of ingredients was fine, but the tunes themselves were a bit bland, and the playing lacked fire and friction. 2010-02-11T08:10:00Z Its gag set pieces run the gamut from uninspired to incoherent; Rob Schneider, voicing the title role, is energetic but bland. Review: In ‘Norm of the North,’ a Polar Bear Takes a Stand 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z But the rest of the story is largely fiction, and “the result is a bland hodgepodge,” Mike Hale wrote in his review in The New York Times. What’s on TV Monday: ‘I Am the Night’ and ‘After Neverland’ 2019-03-04T05:00:00Z The weakest link was Mr. Merlaud’s routine guitar playing, which was colorless, bland and detached from the other musicians, including Ms. Sutton. Tierney Sutton Reimagines Joni Mitchell Songs 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z He set his sights on a hidden passageway between the Manhattan Bridge anchorage and a bland Department of Transportation building. Who Elected Me Mayor on Foursquare? I Did 2010-08-19T00:13:00Z Yes, it’s a ridiculous coincidence, and yes, Mr. Scott is a rather bland hero, but Mr. Van Damme seems to be having a great time. Movie Review: ‘Enemies Closer’ Stars a Ruthless Jean-Claude Van Damme 2014-01-24T00:28:17Z The quartet of leads is blander than bland. Not much tempting about ‘Tyler Perry's Temptation' 2013-03-29T21:39:38Z Bean first noticed an uptick in sales two years ago, specifically in urban areas filled with college students, who were embracing understated, even bland styles that highlighted their authentic ordinariness. L.L. Bean's Ugly Duck Boots: Suddenly Hip, and Sold Out for Winter 2014-12-10T05:00:00Z What to skip: The dumplings with chicken filling were bland. Hot-pot dining at Shabu Chic 2012-08-30T20:43:04Z But if you already thought Bush was a bore, just imagine how bland he’ll be next to gorgeous George. Stephen Colbert's The Late Show debut premieres tonight - live updates! 2015-09-08T04:00:00Z But on the other side of Jackson's lens, their sorrow plays itself out in the most bland and obvious terms. 2009-12-11T03:19:00Z Like the “Carrie” redux before it, the new “Bare” seems a bland attempt to reboard the emotional roller coaster of adolescent ecstasy and agony that was the musical “Spring Awakening.” Theater Review: ‘Bare,’ Rock Musical, at New World Stages 2012-12-11T22:20:29Z Being casually destroyed in the usually bland banter: The irrepressible joy of Australian news bloopers: from distressingly human to extremely bird 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z However, with every synthesiser airbrushed to an AOR sheen things start to sound bland. Stars: The Five Ghosts 2010-07-29T22:15:00Z Another Magritte, “La fin du monde,” a bland landscape plunged in darkness in which the windows of a house allow a bright orange electrical light to shine through, made $7.02 million. Auctions: Bidders at Christie's Open Pocketbooks, but With a Clear Eye 2011-11-02T12:30:11Z Being bold - not bland - is the secret to success, he said. Al-Jazeera America prepares for Tuesday launch 2013-08-19T14:12:24Z The impact weakens and dissolves: Warhol really did become totally bland and industrial in his later years. Andy Warhol: the case against 2012-06-20T13:52:49Z But the effect, while polished and expensive-looking, is mostly bland — and occasionally, as when images of Jesus and his mother are traced in gilded light during the Credo, risible. Review: San Francisco Symphony Stages ‘Missa Solemnis’ With a Visual Component 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z And if it seems too bland, add an extra pinch of salt and dash of balsamic vinegar to the pan to perk things up. Taking Comfort in Couscous 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z It is unashamedly the first best of British-Hyphen novelists, and even within "British" , it seems as if writers are keen to explore the specificities of regionalism rather than the bland Tescopolis. How to choose the Best Young British Novelists 2013-04-16T12:43:52Z The cholesterol-free rancho beans that came as a side with the spinach enchiladas were, I know, probably very good for me — but they were bland. Dining deal: South-of-the-border treats on the Ave 2010-04-22T21:11:00Z Eschewing bland biopic form, DuVernay creates an impressionistic, intimate piece that captures the texture and the emotion of the times rather than merely recounting a series of facts and well-known incidents. 'Selma' crafts an intimate portrait of the civil rights movement 2015-05-02T04:00:00Z The term originated in hip-hop and was co-opted by white women, and somewhere in that process, pumpkin spice became the ultimate symbol of basicness — sweet, bland, unoriginal. I used every pumpkin spice product I could find for a week. Now my armpits smell like nutmeg. 2017-09-13T04:00:00Z Despite its title, this isn’t a bland tale that goes down easy; “Jell-O Girls” is dark and astringent, a cutting rebuke to its delicate, candy-colored namesake. In ‘Jell-O Girls,’ a Dark Family History Behind a Candy-Colored Dessert 2018-07-18T04:00:00Z One user said they "screamed" when the water started running, while another guessed that the final product had to be "the blandest, driest beef in all of the world." Twitter users confused by video of home chef rinsing off ground beef: 'Screamed' 2020-12-16T05:00:00Z Only that hearsay tends to stick, though, much like the idea that British food is inherently bland, stodgy and lacking in imagination. A Dish That Captures the Greatness of British Cooking 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z After a decade in which the film industry had largely curdled into a hit machine of bland studio blockbusters, independent film was stirring into life and craft was back in vogue. Tim Roth: ‘As messy as your life can be, there has to be a window you can escape through' 2019-01-06T05:00:00Z It’s almost as if Hershberg needed to find a way to make this bland premise more interesting. Jokes + Exasperation + Subtext = a New York Club Comic on the Rise 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z The final of the bland cooking competition sees Rahila's white chicken korma go up against the Star Bistro's summer fruit jelly. TV highlights: 24/4/2013 2013-04-24T06:00:00Z This approach just makes the paintings, already weird, also appear bland. Masters of Surface 2012-07-26T20:00:00Z Some bland melodies hamper Ninety Miles, but the warmth of this encounter is still evident. Harris/S?nchez/Scott: Ninety Miles ? review 2011-07-14T20:01:00Z Though he got to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art at the age of 17, he thought he was seen as too short and too "working-class" to play the bland upper-class juvenile leads then popular. Bryan Forbes: British writer, actor and film director 2013-05-09T07:27:27Z Only the truly bland or totally saintly exist without a scattering of shameful scenes long past that bob back into view at unpredictable moments. I chucked my son’s girlfriend out and he won’t forgive me 2017-05-14T04:00:00Z Although the fries are reasonably crisp, their insides are mealy and bland in a way that fresh-cut potatoes almost certainly would not be. Peter Luger Used to Sizzle. Now It Sputters. 2019-10-29T04:00:00Z It is less and less true, for example, that “top-class food resembles British, being bland and mushy, with little taste and no chances taken.” On the Touchy Subject of Class in America 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z Artichokes are also extremely nutritious by the way, and I still eat the overpriced bland ones. Diving Into the Artichoke, That Delicious Mess 2018-05-04T04:00:00Z And when it does, the aesthetic is aggressively bland and minimalist. The Memes Are Pouring the White Claw Down Your Throat! 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z But Mr. Norton, while amiable and good to look at, is a little dim: The bland quality that made him interesting as a psychopath in “Happy Valley” is just bland here. ‘Grantchester,’ a British Detective Series on PBS 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z “The book is divided into three sections — ‘Becoming Me,’ ‘Becoming Us’ and ‘Becoming More’ — that sound like the bland stuff of inspirational self-help,” our critic Jennifer Szalai writes. 4 New Books We Recommend This Week 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z Had the history of the horse not been recorded in minute detail, the bland picture could never have fetched its phenomenal price. Auctions: Eagerness to Buy Old Masters at Odds With Their Availability in Auctions 2011-07-08T12:00:05Z They're a pretty bland pair, fitting considering who play their parents. 'Spy Kids: All the Time in the World' smells a little like desperation 2011-08-19T20:51:05Z The Oscars are poised to be especially bland this year, with their lack of diversity, predictable narratives and old-fashioned reverence for movies about white male rage. Jennifer Lopez at the Super Bowl? It’s the Role She Was Born to Play 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z It’s a bummer to see movie after movie where so many talented people get together and so much money is spent, and they’re just bland, lifeless, familiar, fake. ArtsBeat: ?Mad Men? Creator Talks as Season Comes to an End 2010-10-18T03:02:00Z Even the normally bland Jay Leno got in on the action, cracking a joke about a “fair and balanced” set of breasts. I took Fox News’ sexual harassment class 2013-06-04T11:45:00Z New and old clash gently in a picture of a kimono-clad figure inside a bland modern building. Review | In the galleries: Roving photographers capture street scenes around the world 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z In a word, the sailors are a little bland. Review | ‘On the Town’ is off its mark in fumbling production 2018-06-25T04:00:00Z Gessen’s short book is absorbing not because it delivers answers, beyond bland comments like “time is the only solution.” ‘Raising Raffi,’ a Father’s Lucid Book About a Chaotic Scene 2022-06-06T04:00:00Z The other is that online, we are “creating a world where the smartest way to survive is to be bland.” Jon Ronson’s ‘So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed’ 2015-04-17T04:00:00Z Not that Assoulin is inclined to sacrifice style or creativity for bland practicality. Rosie Assoulin: A female designer infiltrates fashion’s ‘boy wonder’ club 2015-02-09T05:00:00Z After that, into a sequence of mawkish ballads in which Rihanna pushes herself to the edges of her voice — and why flex here on the album’s blandest fare? Is a Rihanna album without hits still a Rihanna album? 2016-01-29T05:00:00Z She was off-key and a bit too bland in a set that started out with "Today Was a Fairy Tale" and segued into Fleetwood Mac's "Rhiannon." 2010-02-01T13:03:00Z Days earlier, the Time was criticized for a bland early edition headline on a story about peaceful demonstrators being forced away from the White House for a Trump photo-op. Headlines, op-ed prompt staff protests at NY Times, Inquirer 2020-06-04T04:00:00Z Slightly crispy on the outside and pleasantly gooey on the inside, it put to shame the deft and bland black pudding I’d eaten as part of Irish breakfasts at countless pubs and hotel breakfast buffets. Choice Tables : Dining in Dublin, From Boxty to Blaa 2014-01-29T20:03:25Z For all the high drama this powerful premise calls for, Haigh is disappointingly bland and off-key in her approach. 'Faith': A molestation charge tears a family apart 2011-05-11T21:01:05Z With one important exception — to be discussed in a moment — the students at Decatur University are a notably bland bunch. Review: In ‘Life of the Party,’ Melissa McCarthy Goes to College 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z Dimly lit potatoes Much of the biennial is bland and well-meant, and as ineffectual as sun cream in a Merseyside September. Back in business at the Liverpool Biennial 2010-09-20T20:30:00Z But such bland observations come across as inadequate — perhaps intentionally so — to explaining the motivations of Americans who commit extreme violence against their leaders. Review | Insanity thrives, giddily, in Signature’s ‘Assassins’ 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z “Ocean’s Kingdom” isn’t offensive: it’s just harmless, forgettable, bland, thin and occasionally incompetent. Dance Review: Paul McCartney?s ?Ocean?s Kingdom? - Review 2011-09-23T23:00:16Z I’m trying not to be partisan, and also to avoid bland even-handedness. A Summer Without Superheroes 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z There is, after all, a whole school of thought that says seriousness of purpose is demonstrated by seriously bland dress. Liz Cheney: The Model of a Modern Never-Trumper 2021-05-18T04:00:00Z Which means that it looks like the work of Shakespeare — or, more to the point, Mike Leigh — when compared with the bland, airbrushed American version of “Being Human” that begins Monday night on Syfy. Television Review: Relocated to America, Still Bloodthirsty 2011-01-16T22:48:08Z But while Columbia might appear bland on the surface, it was very much the product of idealism. Here’s a suburban experiment cities can learn from 2017-07-11T04:00:00Z By comparison his four centerpiece albums sound not only overexposed but often bland and airless. Books of The Times: Why 1970 Deserves Its 15 Minutes of Fame 2011-06-23T21:59:42Z If it is the most thorough re-enactment I can remember, it is also the blandest.” Keep Going, Keep Going, Even at the Met 2011-04-03T02:14:50Z The music and the dramatic contour were criticized in some quarters for being bland. Nico Muhly, Composer of ?Dark Sisters? and ?Two Boys? 2011-11-04T15:23:56Z The problem with this series hasn't so much been the Irish tourist board/Murphy's ad approach, rather the very bland presentation. TV highlights – 06/05/2013 2013-05-06T06:00:23Z The heroine is an alluring scrap in specs, a trifle bland but sweet-voiced and exceptionally nimble. My Fair Lady; The Dance of Death; Midnight's Pumpkin – review 2012-12-23T00:09:26Z Shamberg called the organization’s voice in social media posts “bland and formulaic.” Producer Takes Academy to Task in Lawsuit 2020-07-20T04:00:00Z When it premiered in 2005, the show highlighted the depressive nature of drab office life — fluorescent lighting, bland decor and annoying colleagues — where the threat of downsizing at an obsolescent company was a persistent theme. Here’s why we’re bingeing ‘The Office’ during the pandemic 2020-05-29T04:00:00Z Unfortunately, she's also rendered as bland, conservative and, oddly, a little frumpy. Review: `Playing for Keeps' one of year's worst 2012-12-05T19:49:17Z Hannah loves it, but to me it’s always been suspiciously bland, grossly creamy. | My Chinatown 2010-10-27T17:40:00Z She was a little too bland and goody-goody for my taste at first — never mind that Hillary Clinton is a fan. Review | The inspiration for Maisie Dobbs? Jacqueline Winspear’s memoir offers charming clues 2020-11-09T05:00:00Z The latter are mostly bland stock types, especially the young Dragons-in-waiting. Review: This ‘Wheel of Time’ Goes Nowhere Fast 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z We later see her reunited with them as they're moving into a pretty, but safely bland home as part of the witness protection program. "The Flight Attendant" recap: Dapper death 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z Lumping these disparate entities under the same single bland label is like describing the denizens of the ocean as “the fish.” Dear readers: Please stop calling us ‘the media.’ There is no such thing. 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z Instead, her coaxing of swells of warm string tone caused lyrical phrases to float from otherwise bland, insufficiently characterized terrain. An uneven evening at Grant Park for de la Parra 2011-07-10T07:00:00Z One scion, Prince Harry, fled his official duties for the bland American luxury of Montecito, Calif.; his uncle Prince Andrew has been stripped of his military titles following his embroilment in an international sex-trafficking scandal. Tina Brown Catches Up With Royal Intrigue in ‘The Palace Papers’ 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z These shrimp have typically been frozen and refrozen several times over, which can make them mushy and bland. What Are We Supposed to Think About Shrimp? 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z On the opening menu, a similar but more fainthearted pork sauce was ladled over a white pile of doughy, bland dumpling knots. Restaurant Review: Fung Tu on the Lower East Side 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z These religious health gurus opened sanatoriums and introduced people to vegetarian diets and eating bland, whole wheat as a way to counter ill health. Is breakfast really the most important meal of the day? 2016-11-28T05:00:00Z Layering bland stomps like Everybody's on the Run and The Death of You and Me with acoustic Oasis numbers, it's a joyless affair that only comes to life when Gallagher dedicates Supersonic to Mo Farah. The V festival, day one – review 2012-08-19T13:15:31Z Made from only flour and water, the result is hard and bland — perfect as a base for matzo brei or a Hillel sandwich, but not so delicious for snacking on its own. The Best Matzo? It’s Homemade 2020-03-30T04:00:00Z Television critics and intellectuals found the Linkletter persona bland and his popularity unfathomable. Art Linkletter, TV Host, Dies at 97 2010-05-26T21:10:00Z The only dish that subsequently disappointed was fettuccini and artichokes dusted with bottarga, cured and salted mullet roe that somehow tasted as bland as sawdust. Ethan Stowell’s newest eatery pays homage to Roman classics 2012-11-30T00:10:47Z But it was the eminently likable Timothy's bland turnips and overall shaky performances that underwhelmed the judges the most, and he was sent packing. "Top Chef" just improves with age 2010-07-15T13:10:00Z One might come up with things that are in fact “more Orwellian” — including the bland euphemism “voter integrity,” which typically serves the cause of disenfranchisement and not voting rights. How ‘Orwellian’ Became an All-Purpose Insult 2021-01-13T05:00:00Z Both move with a bland evenness; there is little phrasing or a sense of differentiated dynamics that would bring life and intensity to their dancing. A Proudly Unsentimental ‘Nutcracker’ at Paris Opera Ballet 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z In the eighties, at the peak of my rebellious years, the baton was delivered to some bland apparatchik whom I perceived as my exact enemy. My Mother and the Failed Experiment of Yugoslavia 2019-06-05T04:00:00Z The music is simplistic; the beats are bland; the emotional landscape is vaguely, well, elegiac. Music Review: D J Spooky’s ‘Nauru Elegies’ at Metropolitan Museum 2013-01-20T22:29:46Z Returning to her earlier point, she says the "corporate" approach to song-writing inevitably leads to bland, identikit lyrics. Marina: 'Co-writing is killing pop' 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z Woods still communicates with his fans through bland postings on his cookie-cutter website. How a Novel Could Help Rehabilitate Tiger Woods' Image 2011-08-15T21:10:00Z But Robbo100 likes the Cheap Trick take, which he says "transforms and sort of Cold Turkifies the bland Double Fantasy version". Readers recommend: solo Beatles songs – results 2012-06-21T11:53:16Z But they spent most of their time in the bland Suite 850 of the Hotel Texas, asleep. ‘JFK’ Envisions an Operatic Ending for Camelot 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z Its bland exterior shouts faceless institutional double dealing; secrets clearly dwell behind the nondescript back door on Fletcher Street that serves as the entrance to the institute. Television: AMC?s ?Rubicon? Offers Spies and Paranoia 2010-07-23T20:51:00Z It can be a mild insult for work that’s pretty but bland. Coffee-shop art can get a bad rap. Seattle’s Joe Bar Cafe defies that, with shows by some of the most interesting artists around. 2019-06-06T04:00:00Z But it also recalls the Technicolor biblical pageants of the 1950s and early ’60s, bland and solemn spectacles that invited moviegoers to marvel at their favorite stars in sandals and robes. Movie Listings for Dec. 19-25 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z A lot of film characters have become like politicians; make them as bland as possible so as not to offend anyone. Clip joint: tattoos 2010-08-25T11:31:00Z The bland crostini on the Tree of Life taste like they were procured from a gas station. Review | Outside Houston, a chef with a flair for the avant-garde serves up three hours of sorcery 2019-06-10T04:00:00Z The first spoonful of kare-kare — a stew of oxtail and tripe, heavy with peanut butter and toasted rice powder — is startlingly bland. At Lahi, Filipino Dishes, Classic and Idiosyncratic Alike 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z The psychologists add that most food tastes "blander" without the "expectation of flavour caused by the visual appearance or verbal description of what is going to be eaten". Let's start the foodie backlash 2012-09-28T21:45:06Z It adds a little "zing" to an otherwise bland vegetable. Perspective | Hints From Heloise: Spinach with some zing! 2018-09-24T04:00:00Z The D'Artagnan brand offers a history lesson on pigs and pork on its site, and advises that "The bland, pale meat of the factory-farmed pig is really not worth eating." Fake news and the “other white meat”: How pork became poultry, and why it matters 2018-09-01T04:00:00Z The same habit of reverence that doomed his artwork to bland imitation served him well as a biographer. How Giorgio Vasari Invented Art History as We Know It 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z After spending so much time alone in bland, conservative suburbs, I gave up, gave in and attended a “college Thursday” hosted by a local drag queen. Modern Love: Stuck at the Border Between the Sexes 2011-05-19T21:19:57Z She left a halfway decent medical soap opera for a string of increasingly mediocre, decreasingly romantic "comedies" pairing her with increasingly bland leading men. 'One for the Money': Paging Dr. Izzie for a career transplant 2012-01-27T18:25:05Z The racial and ethnic diversity of the artists is striking, but more important, the gallery rises above the bland generalization: We are all human, all devoted to family, all equally committed to home and hearth. Review | Phillips Collection is turning 100 and showing what future of classic museums can be 2021-03-08T05:00:00Z He had also, up until been a sober and solid character actor, mostly on television, sometimes playing heavies, sometimes figures of bland authority. Unsinkable Captain of Spoofs 2010-12-01T20:43:00Z Rice flour is pretty bland on its own but a really versatile option when it comes to making Asian dishes. Experiment with wheat-free flours in cooking and baking 2021-11-28T05:00:00Z The flavor is bland, suitable to reheat and toss with sauces you’d use for pasta. Know Your Squash: How They Look, How They Cook 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z This even applies to the sincere but rather bland leads. ‘Romeo’ at STC review: Alan Paul lays his scene at Fair Verona Fashion Week 2016-09-20T04:00:00Z One bland running joke is Joyce’s obsessive thrift. Movie Review: ‘The Guilt Trip,’ With Barbra Streisand and Seth Rogen 2012-12-18T18:30:08Z His approach is polite, pleasant and reassuring without being bland. Music Review: Allan Harris Sings at the Metropolitan Room 2012-08-29T21:21:53Z The walls, painted a light, dull gray, offered few distractions from the bland scene outside the window. Check In/Check Out: Hotel Review: Avia Long Beach, in Long Beach, Calif. 2010-12-17T20:45:23Z Unlike the original chicken recipe, which leaves things to chance, I decided to specify the turkey brine’s ideal salinity — no one wants a bland holiday bird. The Buttermilk-Brined Turkey of Your Thanksgiving Dreams 2020-11-09T05:00:00Z The novel is intelligent and respectful and well made but bland; it is warm bread instead of toast. Reader, She Didn’t Marry Him. Curtis Sittenfeld’s ‘Rodham’ Reimagines Hillary. 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z "It tastes very homely," I said, but the truth was I found it too bland and not nearly spicy enough. My month of being Jewish 2010-04-08T07:00:00Z And the new building’s strong geometric forms should make a welcome counterpoint to the old one, which, from the outside at least, has always seemed a bit bland. 2010-01-21T06:29:00Z The song would sound pretty much exactly like the Ray Parker, Jr. version, but blander. Forget Fall Out Boy’s “Ghostbusters” theme — what would Kanye’s version sound like? 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z Urban views, bland portraits, muddled interiors, awkward nudes, goofy still lifes — Caillebotte painted with sustained dedication for less than a decade, and much of his output was run-of-the-mill. The Kimbell captures 'Painter's Eye,' but it can't elevate Caillebotte 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z I imagine Gore Vidal will get to heaven and find it terribly bland. Gore Vidal's greatest quotes: leave your tributes here 2012-08-01T09:07:24Z He still communicates to his fans through bland postings on his cookie-cutter website. How a Novel Could Help Turn Around Tiger 2011-07-22T09:00:00Z A true story, good intentions and meandering filmmaking make for bland uplift in the family drama "Louder Than Words." 'Louder Than Words' feels cold 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z They do, and they kiss, but Joan breaks away to return home to her man and his bland cooking. The best new "Black Mirror" episode is a Netflix self-own that plays out our current AI nightmare 2023-06-17T04:00:00Z Bad screenplay structure, unsnappy "snappy" dialogue, bland characters blandly played, flat, tedious direction. 'One for the Money': Paging Dr. Izzie for a career transplant 2012-01-27T18:25:05Z Yet the result is bland, trite, harmless, and — oh, those dancing horses — foolish. Review: From City Ballet, a ‘Peculiar Marvel’ by Ratmansky 2016-04-22T04:00:00Z No small wonder then that the filmmakers were scrambling to fix an ending that readers of the leaked script felt was difficult to follow and at times both nonsensical and bland. Sony Hack Reveals Concerns Over New Bond Movie's Script 2014-12-13T05:00:00Z Listening well also reveals the subtle liberties that the Danish bring to their playing, the touches that prevent their performances from ever sounding bland. The Danish String Quartet’s ‘Prism’ Is Essential Listening 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z When Genavieve Shingle, a lawyer in New York, started a legal-training program for entrepreneurs this year, she did not want a bland corporate photo to represent her. Glamour Photos Replace Selfies for Personal Branding 2014-07-09T04:00:00Z Davis found the complexity of her character refreshing after so many bland TV roles for women. Viola Davis: ‘We have to live our truths through our work and define ourselves in our own terms’ 2015-12-20T05:00:00Z School was spiritless and bland, but talking to Tony was fun, and I often skipped class just to chat with him. My “Ghost World” years: Confessions of a teenage AOL catfisher 2016-10-08T04:00:00Z Get Out starts with a familiar trope – the audience sees Lakeith Stanfield’s character walking through a bland suburb before being thrown into a car and driven away. From Blacula to Get Out: the documentary examining black horror 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z It was early on a Sunday afternoon, and he was in the kitchen, making a bland English bachelor’s lunch of pork chops, potatoes and frozen peas. ‘I couldn’t deal with it, it tore me apart’: surviving child sexual abuse 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z I clicked on this article expecting to see another bland, boring and utterly forgettable portrait. First Kate portrait splits critics 2013-01-11T18:01:04Z Roasting mellowed the bite of pale pink Shunkyo radishes that managed to taste bland despite visible signs of pancetta, sage and garlic. Artusi: a bar-centric eatery with historic roots 2011-09-08T20:31:05Z Of course, he’s not perfect, but he also is the exact opposite of bland, which is more than can be said of many a cookie-cutter Disney prince. Ranking: The Disney Renaissance From Worst to Best 2014-11-17T05:00:00Z Miss America and its ilk aren’t all that different from American Idol – they reward bland aesthetic perfection and claim to be life-changing moments for the winner. American Idol: a final farewell to the 'Death Star' of reality TV 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z How his bland good looks are deserving of this much screen time is unclear. Counting Down New Year?s Eve: Who?s in it the Most? 2011-12-09T15:58:05Z These bland foods are meant to be gentle on the gut, which is important when a person is recovering from gastroenteritis. Got gastro? Here’s why eating bananas helps 2023-02-06T05:00:00Z A second show soon followed, this one of big, studiously bland abstract paintings that Mr. Hammons had shrouded in industrial tarps, frayed blankets and plastic sheeting. David Hammons Is Still Messing With What Art Means 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z Actually, I stopped by Shillington first, because that is where Updike spent part of his childhood, but Shillington is a bland, generic suburb. Essay: Postcards From My Literary Staycation 2010-08-27T15:04:00Z But this praise feels strangely out of step with the film: a bland story of a sweet adolescent girl’s search for love. Can Netflix save us from the Great Romcom Shortage of 2018? I watched 11 films to find out 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z According to Rosenberg, it is like a bland turkey pâté, with maybe just the tiniest sour note from the multivitamin. From Scratch: locally sourced, small-batch cuisine – for cats 2015-09-01T04:00:00Z I love music — a very bland thing to say. Q&A: Roddy Doyle, author of ‘The Commitments,’ ‘The Guts’ 2014-02-08T00:56:37Z Firstly, her pictures are invariably bland, uninteresting; and secondly, they have already been made part of a narrative series. Sophie Calle: 'I asked for the moon and I got it' 2011-01-09T21:31:00Z He made his recording debut in 1994 as a baby-faced 15-year-old with an effortless, elastic tenor, and then over the course of the next decade grew into a successful, if sometimes bland, R&B heartthrob. Music: The Rumors Say Usher?s Making a Comeback 2010-03-26T17:23:00Z His eye settled not on the bland generality but the telling particular. The Hogarth of Soweto: Ephraim Ngatane 2010-03-19T14:11:00Z The choicest part of rabbit rillettes are the accents of pickled okra; the confit itself is bland. Gypsy Soul: R.J. Cooper brings a wanderer’s touch and Southern flair The actual dance was a bland, poor imitation of a Bob Fosse number. "Dancing with the Stars" recap: Jennifer Grey finds her groove 2010-11-23T13:30:00Z Even David’s drawled catchphrase “preeetty good” is deliberately lacklustre and bland. Preeetty good. Larry’s back and still misanthropic after all these years 2017-09-16T04:00:00Z This unbelievably catchy song performed by Gotye and Kimbra has a cute, if bland, video — a video that has spawned a litter of much livelier parodies. Critics Picks: 'Monarch,' 'Somebody That I Used to Know' parodies, 'Injustice' 2012-08-22T21:39:08Z The songs labor to rouse indignation, but the effort doesn’t pay — and Keegan’s earnest low-budget staging, featuring little more than broad swatches of bland light, lacks style. DC Theater Friday: ‘Three Sisters’ 2.0, plus a ‘Nasty Women’ rep 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z Le Sia’s shrimp, in my encounters with it, was bland and powdery. The Chinese Crayfish Craze Hits the East Village, at Le Sia 2018-08-14T04:00:00Z Poor Norman made an enemy of Paul Hollywood – largely because of his bland, barely-cooked dishes – but his attitude almost single-handedly represented why the Bake Off is so popular. Every Great British Bake Off contestant ranked in order of greatness 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z The War With Grandpa Rated PG for vulgar jokes that are, while bland, still vulgar. ‘The War With Grandpa’ Review: Robert De Niro Gets Juvenile 2020-10-08T04:00:00Z It's not awful, it's just a bit bland. TV review: The Queen's Mother in Law; Bad Education; Gates 2012-08-21T21:35:01Z So, it was a perfect setting for the speech Trump gave there Friday, full of bland generalizations about the greatness of American culture, punctuated by dark declarations of a fundamental rift in American society. Perspective | Mount Rushmore is colossal kitsch, perfect for a populist spectacle 2020-07-04T04:00:00Z The finely chiselled, rather saturnine features and piercing eyes were those of a colonial magistrate rather than a bland television personality. Robert Kee obituary 2013-01-11T18:56:24Z Australian pop punk band 5 Seconds of Summer didn’t live up the hype at White River Amphitheatre Sunday, offering a bland and uninspired show. 5 Seconds of Summer needs some help with its live act 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z “A lot of people have tried to recreate it, so you get a lot of these bland, slightly forgettable films.” Simon Pegg: ‘I find it very hard to write for women’ 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z Critical, too, was the artistic maturing of the Leeds singer: the bland expanses of her debut being replaced by a sophisticated but notably unforced soulfulness. Mercury prize 2010: A dozen of the best 2010-07-17T23:05:00Z According to those who embrace this prejudiced argument, religion and cheeseburgers define bland cultural life in the midwest and both are consumed far too heavily by its inhabitants. Gillian Flynn: chronicler of the midwest's dark side 2013-03-24T00:06:17Z The paranoid search for balance that Lloyd detects is partly the legacy of the Hutton inquiry, he believes, and partly due to the bland politics that now dominates Westminster. Political satire 2010-04-17T23:08:00Z A bland comic with nothing new or interesting to offer. ArtsBeat Blog: Rating the No. 1's: 'Batgirl' and More 2011-09-08T19:21:23Z He was churning out bland, predictable screeds against President Obama. The Incestuous Relationship Between Donald Trump and Fox News 2020-08-23T04:00:00Z When the elevator doors open they'll be standing with their backs to the museum, facing not DS+R's architecture but a bland new apartment tower, the Emerson, on the far side of the plaza. The new Broad museum, though efficiently designed, really only comes alive on the periphery 2015-08-30T04:00:00Z For too long, jock books were content with being bland recollections of an athlete’s achievements. NBA Legend Jerry West Opens Up In New Autobiography 2011-10-25T09:00:41Z A bit more style earlier in the film might have helped stave off the deliberately bland feel that dehumanizes the characters. The intriguing, well-acted "Immaculate Room" isolates a couple for 50 days as a test of resolve 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z Not for him the bland evasions in those music memoirs ghostwritten, with added strings and synthesized filler, by hack journalists. Chuck Berry’s Memoir Grabs You Like a Song 2017-03-20T04:00:00Z Even some inside the Food Network seem to agree that the channel is somewhat bland. The Food Network Expands With the Cooking Channel 2010-04-20T22:43:00Z It was a bland and pointless crime, a turgid investigation, an escape attempt so limp that its main component was a cagoule, and a resolution that stirred feelings no more intense than mild disapproval. TV review: Penn and Teller: Fool Us; Law and Order: UK; and Mildred Pierce 2011-07-10T21:05:01Z Yet tucked midway through the book is the bland assertion that his evidence does not “deny the many ways in which race is a social construct.” Charles Murray Returns, Nodding to Caution but Still Courting Controversy 2020-02-12T05:00:00Z What followed was Kellogg's many recipes for bland treats and meals, which were all fed to the patients in his sanitarium. Once a cure for deviant behaviors, Kellogg's Corn Flakes continue to be a blueprint for all cereals 2021-12-04T05:00:00Z Is not a bookshop, informally, a place where all kinds of questions, awkward and bland, get asked, within the privacy of bound copies? Waterstone's has forgotten what bookselling is about 2010-09-06T11:27:00Z Facebook Twitter Pinterest ‘In the 1970s it was a common rite of passage to reject the conventional bland watery foods of a 1950s childhood and embrace mung beans and spice.’ Bee Wilson | No diet, no detox: how to relearn the art of eating 2016-01-05T05:00:00Z But while Johnson is vocally capable, he’s a rather bland performer. 'The Voice' recap: The top 12 turn up the heat 2015-04-14T04:00:00Z And, regarding Frank compared with his bland predecessor, President Walker, “I think we replaced a dud with an atom bomb.” 'House of Cards' Season 3 Episode 5 Recap: Replacing a Dud With an Atom Bomb 2015-03-01T05:00:00Z I’d like to think that a woman director wouldn’t have been as likely to bland out its three independent-minded young women next door but would give them even more of a voice, more character. “Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising” and Greek Life 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z Those bland details of everyday life fill McGregor’s mammoth paragraphs like foam insulation being sprayed into walls. What happens to a tranquil British town when a 13-year-old girl goes missing 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z But this is thin, unimaginative hack work, and it lacks the deranged seriousness and commitment that distinguishes a pleasurable misfire from bland dreck like this. ‘Beast’ Review: More Bore Than Roar 2022-08-18T04:00:00Z Bobby Gillespie: 'We always saw music as a revolutionary force'Primal Scream's forthright frontman offers some typically frank thoughts on Boris Johnson, the horror of bland rockers – and the challenge of recording while off drugs 2. Sleeve notes: Primal Scream, Harlem Shake and SXSW 2013 2013-03-15T13:20:00Z “Hope Springs” is an oddly ambitious blend of bland humor and startling insight into the realities of married life. Pick of the week: Couples therapy with Meryl and Tommy Lee 2012-08-10T00:00:00Z David L. Johnson’s debut, at a gallery that is itself less than six months old, is his deft evocation of the bland hostility of contemporary public spaces. TriBeCa Gallery Guide: New York’s Most Vibrant Art Scene 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z One of the saddest aspects of this further chapter in authorised nostalgia is that it marks a bland corporate footnote to an otherwise incendiary, ramshackle, anti-career. Is live music being ruined by endless reunions? 2010-04-10T23:07:00Z He was charismatic and funny, she was bland and forgettable. A close, necessary look at Louise Linton’s filmography 2017-08-22T04:00:00Z As the band’s popularity grew in New Zealand, it became a kind of sport for critics to knock them for being too bland. The world isolates. A New Zealand band plays to 50,000 fans 2021-04-24T04:00:00Z Roderick described the anecdote as a “teachable moment” that led to a six-hour struggle driving his daughter to tears and, eventually, a bland yet prideful victory snack. Seattle’s John Roderick, aka ‘Bean Dad,’ apologizes after social media backlash 2021-01-05T05:00:00Z He more nearly resembles a high school principal: calm, patient, a little bland. Shadowing Jason Matthews, the Ex-Spy Whose Cover Identity Is Author 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z Like American cuisine and liberal studies degrees, this all-encompassing mercy becomes bland and dilute. ‘Hallelujah Anyway’: Anne Lamott’s conflicted message for a conflicted nation 2017-03-28T04:00:00Z In many respects, however, the repertoire has remained the same — somewhat bland and soft. Same Vegetables, New Flavors 2017-11-03T04:00:00Z As the young lovers, Krysta Rodriguez and Wesley Taylor are surprisingly bland, but then they are given some of the musical's more simpering material. 'The Addams Family' mines macabre musical comedy 2010-04-08T23:05:00Z Why is it that the blandest celebrities are the ones who have the lifestyle websites? 5 celebrities who should actually have lifestyle websites 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z For Bagh and Moore it's all in the delivery, which is akin to the copy of a bland personals ad being delivered by an automated voice messaging system. "Birdemic": The magic of atrocious CGI, confirmed 2011-02-26T01:01:00Z The bombastic and empty violence, the undeveloped ambiguities, the scattershot complexities of “Suicide Squad” are inseparable from its monotonously professional and impersonal, churning but bland surfaces. The Styleless Fakery of “Suicide Squad” 2016-08-08T04:00:00Z Traditional Norwegian food is famously bland, with infinite recombinations of fish, potatoes, flour and milk. North of Nordic: A Young Chef Invents ‘Neo-Fjordic’ Cuisine 2017-07-18T04:00:00Z Late in “Maverick,” Jackson’s first book, after hundreds of pages of game recaps and bland anecdotes, things get authentically weird, as at the tail end of certain dinner parties: From Lao Tzu to Layups, 1,682 Pages of Phil Jackson 2014-04-03T15:44:55Z She looked at my bland, expressionless face and understood. | Prison-Side Palazzo 2013-01-16T16:00:08Z Our last words together on his deathbed were very ordinary, bland. Why the Irish get death right 2017-09-09T04:00:00Z The town around Gudauri, by contrast, is characterless — a collection of mostly bland rental apartments, hotels and a handful of restaurants and bars. The Rockies, the Alps, the Caucasus? Georgia Plans for the Future 2018-11-26T05:00:00Z Here’s something for anyone whose wasabi has been a little bland or whose spicy tuna roll isn’t so hot. Sushi chain unleashes Cheetos Flamin' Hot Roll for 'one-of-a-kind experience' 2020-11-11T05:00:00Z Taylor's fiction is full of people trying to seem as bland as possible, and failing. The other Elizabeth Taylor's Complete Short Stories 2012-07-06T21:55:05Z “And I don’t think people say, ‘I’ve tried a lot of bold flavors, now I’m going to go back to blander ones.’” From Pizza to Dip, Chips and Popcorn, Pickle Is Summer’s Big Flavor 2022-08-01T04:00:00Z Most actual Hallmark productions, bland as they may be, are more agreeable. ‘I Hate Kids’ Review: A Father-Son Comedy With Few Charms 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z Spending time with them is a reminder of how entertaining they were on screen – and how bland and rehearsed most ready-made TV partnerships are. Richard and Judy: 'I wouldn't remotely want to do television again' 2011-02-07T08:00:06Z After what seemed like an hour, we finally arrived at a bland, squat building that resembled a Soviet-era government office. Choice Tables: France?s Luberon Invites You to Lose Yourself 2010-04-30T15:51:00Z It was watered down by network and studio notes to the point of being like dozens of other bland sitcoms. Mike Birbiglia’s 6 Tips for Making It Small in Hollywood. Or Anywhere. 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z “I gave up everything that was good in the world,” Mr. Jordan said, “and ate everything that was bland.” Michael B. Jordan Gives Millennials Their ‘Rocky’ With ‘Creed’ 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z She seemed quite bland in her acting and didn't really inspire me. Young arts critics competition 2010: the winning entries 2010-10-20T22:00:00Z Conversation is therefore confined to the statement of facts or to the exchange of bland opinions. Jacques Barzun obituary 2012-10-29T18:27:35Z The coverage is thorough, solemn, studiously bland and unemotional, and varied. The TV Watch: ‘Borderland’ Is to Debut on Al Jazeera America 2014-04-11T22:14:53Z And the world hardly suffers from a shortage of empty encouragement, of sponsored inducements to emulate various dreamers and disrupters, of bland universal appeals to the power of individuality. Review: ‘Tomorrowland,’ Brad Bird’s Lesson in Optimism 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z The movie strikes him as the bland recitation of an undigested trauma. I came home to a sleeping country 2013-01-29T01:00:00Z He avoids doing anything with the camera that risks surpassing the pigeonholed specificity of intentions, that risks breaking the classy surfaces of the movie’s bland smoothness. Review: “Personal Shopper” and the Misunderstood Art of Kristen Stewart 2017-03-15T04:00:00Z The sections on her childhood are filled with bland sentiments like this. The Education of Ellen Pao 2017-09-19T04:00:00Z It’s a bland bore, set to 10 songs by Richard Strauss. City Ballet Features Works by Christopher Wheeldon and Troy Schumacher 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z The show misses on several fronts, including its weirdly bland 1982-ish look for Lyssa’s reputedly old Georgetown home. The political wrath of Wendy Wasserstein 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z Instead, the bland flakes were initially stuffed into the mouths of patients at a totally-not-so-shady-at-all Michigan based sanitarium. Once a cure for deviant behaviors, Kellogg's Corn Flakes continue to be a blueprint for all cereals 2021-12-04T05:00:00Z Here and in the second section, that crowded L ride, the dramaturgy is hazy, the music bland. Review: In Chicago, an Opera Triptych Reaches for Connection 2023-03-26T04:00:00Z The moment when pop art sank from radical criticism to bland adulation is impossible to pinpoint. From Warhol to Murakami: pop art hasn't lost its soul, it's selling it 2012-02-09T15:46:11Z It's an interesting dichotomy, though: I hate a bland, under-salted butter moment, but an overly salty one can be downright inedible. Why I (almost) never buy or use salted butter 2023-01-29T05:00:00Z The latest Netflix action spy thriller, "Heart of Stone" is another bland serving of Europudding — films made with a large, international cast, set in multiple countries. "Heart of Stone" stars Gal Gadot in a lackluster Europudding action flick 2023-08-14T04:00:00Z Portman, one expects, will go for bland, safe and humble; she must understand that she's a controversial figure among movie buffs and that this moment will define the rest of her career. Your Oscar night primer 2011-02-27T15:01:00Z On a Saturday night drinkers are spared any bland dance muzak in favour of low-level psychedelic folk. 10 of the best cocktail bars in Edinburgh 2011-08-02T08:30:00Z For something trying so hard to sound alive, it's bizarrely bland. This week's new tracks 2012-11-24T00:05:35Z Mr. Dornan has the bland affect of a model, by which I mean a figure made of balsa wood or Lego. Review: In ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ Movie, Sex Is a Knotty Business 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z Still, for all its local color and a semi-jazzy, semi-spiky style wavering somewhere between Gershwin and Stravinsky, it proved rather bland in the end. Review: Two U.S. Orchestras Get a Rare Chance at Carnegie 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z Yet the change of scenery, however welcome, only intensifies the claustrophobia engendered by the movie’s bland corridors and blank-faced persecutors. Review: ‘Rupture’ Justifies a Fear of Spiders 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z Lovers of the spices and seasonings in Issan Thai salads might look down at the great British Sunday roast as unbearably bland. Not all cuisines are created equal, so which country has the worst food? 2015-08-26T04:00:00Z Choose a good olive oil with personality here — anything bland undermines the point. Newfangled lemon bars, tart and tangy 2015-01-27T05:00:00Z But sometimes the opposites just cancel each other out, and we’re left in a bland middle zone of competent inconsequentiality, an artful execution of not much. Review: ‘Mrs. Fletcher’ Tracks an Empty-Nester’s Sexual Awakening 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z “We wanted the human outcome and we’ve got that,” he says, gesturing towards people on the phone through the open door of the bland side room we’re in. Dan Price: the CEO who took a pay cut to give his staff a $70k minimum wage 2015-11-29T05:00:00Z Getting some smokiness into the naturally bland flesh is a real revelation. Welcome to the feast: exclusive recipes from Yotam Ottolenghi's new book 2014-09-06T04:00:00Z But its substance is so rich and its subject so significant that the bland and unconsidered format can be overlooked. The Black Activist Who Fought Against D. W. Griffith’s “The Birth of a Nation” 2017-02-06T05:00:00Z Again and again Katniss rescues herself with resourcefulness, guts and true aim, a combination that makes her insistently watchable, despite Mr. Ross’s soft touch and Ms. Lawrence’s bland performance. Movie Review: ?The Hunger Games? Movie Adapts the Suzanne Collins Novel 2012-03-22T12:00:01Z Though the Washington Post found the song itself “bland,” their critic gave Allen props for “righteously targeting the patriarchal double standards of 21st-century celebrity culture.” Why People Are Angry About Lily Allen’s New Video 2013-11-14T20:09:35Z There’s a reason vanilla always ranks so high year after year, and it’s not because we are nation of bland taste buds. Vanilla’s a bore. Make roasted carrot ice cream — or one of 5 other new flavors — instead. 2017-06-26T04:00:00Z Then, as though she’d fulfilled some kind of obligation to her past, Grande shook off the bland decorum and tore into her song “Tattooed Heart” like it was some kind of treasured soul classic. With Justin Bieber in tow, Ariana Grande plays the Forum 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z Army Ranger in charge of a UN military team so bland they make the average video game NPC feel like Chekhov characters by comparison. "Monster Hunter" review: Jovovich and Jaa team up for a virtually unwatchable video game movie 2020-12-21T05:00:00Z But, in its straightforward — even bland — healthy-mindedness, this Mahler more than anything acted as a kind of peace offering after Mr. Adams’s beautifully disconcerting concerto. Two Coasts, Two Concertos: Adès and Adams Offer Piano Premieres 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z For years, I gave quinoa an unfair rap for being bland and uninspiring. 17 quinoa recipes from chewy cookies to salads 2022-06-05T04:00:00Z They manage somehow to be both bland and overpowering with their imposing personality. Same Vegetables, New Flavors 2017-11-03T04:00:00Z But despite the diligent quantity of viewpoints, the sameness of the tone, sometimes-breezy editing and looping score produce a bland sensation as the movie soldiers on to the September 2021 reopening of theaters. ‘Broadway Rising’ Review: Surviving the Pandemic 2022-12-27T05:00:00Z As a backdrop for superb art and a lively young family, a neutral palette deployed with a discerning eye and subtle hand is anything but bland: it is intelligent, sophisticated and rather cozy. T Magazine: The Reinvention of Beige 2013-12-05T20:16:25Z Some of LA’s best food is found in nondescript-looking restaurants on bland strip malls. 10 top tips from our Los Angeles correspondent 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z There are several well-chosen references to Stephen King’s use of the uncanny in his novels, as well as a fascinating story about a haunted Toys R Us amid the bland consumer tableau of Sunnyvale, Calif. Colin Dickey explores American's haunted mansions in 'Ghostland' 2016-10-16T04:00:00Z He cares, in a desultory way, for his bland wife, Myra, and their three children. The Novelist Who Saw Middle America as It Really Was 2021-12-31T05:00:00Z Mr. Hamilton, who is terrific at playing cads, here has the thankless task of being the blandest of good guys. Theater Review: ‘Dead Accounts’ With Katie Holmes at Music Box Theater 2012-11-30T03:00:15Z For me, this includes many of the artist’s famous nudes, with a bland emptiness at the center. Morris Hirshfield Rises Again 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z There was supposed “Must See TV,” like “Seinfeld,” the definitive show about nothing, but also expanded hours of bland background programming on VH1 and its ilk. Chuck Klosterman Rewinds to ‘The Nineties’ 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z But these days the situation is all too often reversed, with up-and-coming artists creating cautious, bland work that would have been unthinkable to their pioneering elders. Music Review: Jordi and Ferran Savall at Morgan Library & Museum - Review 2011-10-14T23:05:59Z For British teenagers, used to a bland diet of children’s programs, 1950s ballads and farm news on the BBC — also known by the nickname Auntie — it was a revelation. Ronan O’Rahilly, Pioneer of Pirate Radio, Is Dead at 79 2020-05-03T04:00:00Z It is a wonderfully bland simulation of 46 of the Games’ more primal competitions: mostly those involving running, jumping, diving, swimming or the lifting and hurling of things. Video Game Review: London 2012, a Video Game From Sega 2012-07-10T22:55:43Z But the action is so bland and the results so predictable – Willa obviously lied about seeing Hank and that’s the big secret she’s holding – that it’s almost not worth it to find out the answers. The Family: ABC's buzzed about thriller is an intriguing but generic imposter 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z There were no fields of ponies or footsteps on the moon here – just relentless neediness and bland observations. Show Me the Funny: a slow painful death 2011-08-25T11:05:21Z Where do you find common ground that doesn’t lead, as it usually does, to bland homogeny? Vijay Iyer jazzes up the Ojai Music Festival 2017-06-09T04:00:00Z The produce sold at the Walmart where she works is second-rate, often slimy, mushy or merely bland. Books of The Times: Tracie McMillan Writes ?The American Way of Eating? 2012-02-20T22:14:42Z Their exchanges managed to be outwardly bland and throwaway while crackling with hostility and tension. Rewind TV: The Call Centre; The Apprentice; The Americans; Love and Marriage; The Unspeakable Crime: Rape 2013-06-08T17:04:01Z Apart from what she called a “small proportion of post-traumatic dreams,” the soldiers’ dreams were “blander on most dimensions” than the expected male norms, based on other dream research. Why Am I Having Weird Dreams Lately? 2020-04-13T04:00:00Z It is an exemplar of representational diversity and true independence among the studio bland and canned. Critic’s Notebook: Highlights of the Sundance Film Festival 2013-01-24T23:19:23Z Sexual vulgarity feels quaint, faux-ironic, the bland lingua franca of corporate marketing. Perspective | ‘Lady Chatterley’s Lover’ was banned 90 years ago. Now we’re — yawn — bored by obscenity. 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z Stradowski is winning as Rand, if a bit bland, which sounds about right. Oh thank god, The Wheel of Time isn’t terrible 2021-11-20T05:00:00Z In the “Emperor” Concerto, Lisiecki veered between two dominant modes: undisciplined bombast and bland understatement. In BSO debuts, young pianist Jan Lisiecki stumbles as conductor Paul Goodwin shines 2017-03-12T05:00:00Z Like any genre of cooking, camera cuisine varies widely in quality, but in its purest form it is both exquisitely photogenic and peculiarly bland and lifeless. Dishes Worthy of Instagram, but Not Your Appetite 2014-07-08T04:00:00Z Today, much of television news is just the blond leading the bland, and what passes for “colorful” is often merely cartoonish. Mike Wallace and the Legacy of 60 Minutes 2012-04-08T19:47:57Z Bronzino ended up producing many bland, statuesque portraits in which he gave attention to posture and costume while leaving out any trace of the emotions revealed by his sketches. Review: A Florentine Artist's Two Aesthetic Lives 2010-02-19T13:15:00Z These days industrialization is more likely to be seen as bland and soulless, especially as the deepening environmental crisis makes it impossible to ignore its dangers. Special Report: Decorative Arts: The Revival of the Artisan 2011-10-27T11:30:10Z Fashion, just fashion, which strikes like lightning – unpredictably, suddenly, making everything else appear dull and bland and leaving a lot of expensive damage in its wake. Let's start a comedy crime wave 2010-08-03T10:36:00Z I spent nearly every working hour under the bland gaze of fluorescent lights with thoughts of war — actual combat in the “real” Army — far, far from my mind. When the war came for me 2013-03-19T00:00:00Z In her case, though, in Rossini’s “The Turk in Italy,” the voice was attractive, the persona a little bland. The opera villain was forced to lip-sync and a new star couple emerged at L.A. Opera's 'Tales of Hoffmann' 2017-03-19T04:00:00Z Filipino cooking is among the world’s brightest, sweetest, sourest, and funkiest of world cuisines; by comparison, almost any other food seems bland. The Best Food Books of 2018 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z Merry’s measured, insightful biography seeks to set the record straight, arguing that McKinley was shrewd and patient, and wily beneath the bland exterior. 7 New Books We Recommend This Week 2017-11-21T05:00:00Z Ballet Theater’s dancing in this classic tends to be lucid, clear, lovely but bland; what’s missing, principally, is dynamic contrast. Review: In ‘Swan Lake,’ the Drama Depends on the Dancers 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z Even those whose brand was bland were moved to remark on Gap’s hegemony. Was the Gap Ever Cool? A Look at 50 Years in Denim and Khaki 2019-09-17T04:00:00Z The Menuetto is, curiously, the symphony’s most radical movement, with its irregular rhythms, which some conductors like to treat as proto-Stravinsky, but which then causes the bland middle trio section to seem especially weak. Dudamel gives Schubertian tragedy a surprising buoyancy 2017-05-12T04:00:00Z The mixed message isn’t anything new in the world of love, but the hackneyed way that potentially personal message is expressed and the surrounding bland guitar rock progression can’t elevate it to much interest. Best Coast Gets a Little Darker on Fade Away EP 2013-10-28T14:00:44Z This gets stirred into a bland, loose tangle with gim, Korean roasted seaweed, all of which is easy on the stomach. What Our Food Reporters and Editors Make When They’re Too Tired to Cook 2021-02-18T05:00:00Z No wonder the UK – which still appreciates the attractions of a gloriously bland, comfortingly soggy serving of utterly unchallenging mush – remains its biggest market. Why the Chinese didn’t fall for Weetabix’s soggy serving of mush 2017-04-18T04:00:00Z It is unsurprising, then, that the exchange led to this, a bloated tear-stick of a song that desperately wrings emotion from the blandest of platitudes. This week's new singles 2011-07-15T23:07:04Z I remember yet another moment of dissonance, from the day in 1986 when Reagan celebrated the renovation of the statue with a bland speech about liberty, complete with bombastic music and a relighting spectacle. Perspective | Maybe it’s time to admit that the Statue of Liberty has never quite measured up 2021-06-30T04:00:00Z Across Bateman’s pleasantly bland features flickers a look that suggests Sandy is not displeased to think of Diana’s womanhood being damaged. Identity Thief: The Wrath of Con 2013-02-07T20:30:29Z In a year that felt like wall-to-wall exhaustion and misery, we need a measure of mindless, bland snacking. The giant holiday popcorn tin has invaded your life once again 2016-12-18T05:00:00Z So people who want to eat better, but fear they will find low-salt or low-sugar foods unbearably bland, might want to try this simple experiment. There’s a reason we eat more junk food in front of the TV 2013-06-04T20:43:00Z Mr. Donovan’s usually bland, repressed Robert eventually explodes in a rant about American imperialism and the stupidity of jingoistic hawks like Gus. Movie Review: ‘Collaborator,’ Martin Donovan’s Directing Debut 2012-07-05T21:40:31Z This is a prim and often bland dessert that does little for the apples; they may as well be parsnip slices or sashimi-grade tuna. A Foolproof Tarte Tatin Recipe From Gotham Bar and Grill 2014-10-20T04:00:00Z As modern Marvel movies have become increasingly repetitive, sterile and bland, Raimi’s efforts stand out as some of the last gasps of serious cinematic artistry in the genre. The Spell ‘Doctor Strange’ Is Missing: Sam Raimi’s Macabre Vision 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z I had been paying my bills with a day job — bland, pseudo-artistic work directing cartoons. The Tallest Man I Ever Loved 2019-03-01T05:00:00Z And it seemed no one could win — cheese made from milk was too powerfully delicious, and the vegan cheeses available in specialty stores were bland, pale simulacra. Vegan Cheese, but Make It Delicious 2021-04-16T04:00:00Z But the threat of bland formula is instantly dissolved in Hosseini's elemental narrative chemistry. And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini – review 2013-05-26T09:00:01Z How nice not to be served a bland dish at 36,000 feet. Flying Deluxe Domestic Coast-to-Coast for Around $1,000 2015-01-23T05:00:00Z They’ve let go of lazy deckhands, stews who lied on their resumes, a conceited boatswain who couldn’t manage his team and a chef whose bland entrees never impressed the guests. Perspective | Here’s to the class-conflicted, workplace-inappropriate ‘Below Deck’ — TV’s ideal mental vacation 2019-06-12T04:00:00Z Not because, in the words of Abe Simpson, it reminds me of the good old days when entertainment was bland and inoffensive, but for its own sake. Review: On Younger, Comedy Starts at 40 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z There’s no complaining about this strata, because it is anything but bland. Here’s what to do with Thanksgiving leftovers: Turn them into next-day brunch 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z It manages to combine elements of electronic dance music, dubstep and R&B with talented producers, skilled guest stars and a huge budget to create one of the blandest R&B albums in recent memory. Chris Brown's Fortune: A Mix of Beats and Ballads, But No Regrets 2012-07-03T14:45:47Z A dress pattern is an Impressionist splash of color, faces are generic, bland, like those of wood-carved medieval saints. Art In Review: TOMOAKI SUZUKI 2012-11-29T20:26:18Z The danger of Doctor Who is that it becomes bland, that the character has to tick boxes, so I try to keep dragging him away from those boxes. Peter Capaldi on Doctor Who: 'Doctor Strange stole his look' 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z It refers to “Walking With a Ghost” as bland. Tegan and Sara: Releasing an Album Is Like Running a Political Campaign 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z It's worth remembering that the appalling fan reaction to Abrams's proposed take on the man of steel led in part to the bland retread that was 2006's Superman Returns. Jurassic Park IV: something has survived (and it seems to be half human) 2012-10-12T16:01:56Z They are the bland aspirations of a footloose global élite. Life in Miami on the Knife’s Edge of Climate Change 2019-08-18T04:00:00Z And so, 32 years later, Franco begins hatching an idea with a clutch of film-making friends in tow, inside a bland, unidentified Los Angeles apartment. Sundance film festival 2013: Interior. Leather Bar – first look review 2013-01-21T15:07:55Z This time you’ve set a play in a very bland, “Modern Family”-like suburban milieu. | Playwright Thomas Bradshaw on Race, Porn and Suburbia 2014-01-29T23:00:38Z Since her surgery, the scrawny scientist has been able to give up a lifelong diet of bland salads and now revels in the strong flavors of chocolate, mayonnaise and even lamb tartare. Review | ‘Theory of Bastards’ is a feminist novel, but not the one you’re expecting 2018-05-08T04:00:00Z Little wonder then, that Trebek’s own reliability and competence became its own celebrated style — dryness as friendliness, the bland become brand. Perspective | In the dumbest and darkest of times, Alex Trebek maintained a safe space for intelligence 2020-11-08T05:00:00Z Ms. Davis, a gifted film and stage actress, is quite persuasive and amusing as a Siberian Tiger Mom — she makes her children redo their homework and scorns the bland tastelessness of American potatoes. Hope Davis Stars in ‘Allegiance’ on NBC 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z For too long in the mid-20th century, riesling was associated with cheap, bland German sweet wines like Blue Nun and Black Tower. 10 Reasons You Should Give Riesling Another Look 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z It’s a quirky ask that doesn’t fit Bee, a serious, otherwise bland girl whose only distinction is her love for her mother. ‘Where’d You Go, Bernadette’ Review: She’s Hiding From Herself 2019-08-14T04:00:00Z As social concerns override literary ones, writers seem fated to eschew virtuosity and experimentation in favor of a bland but immediately accessible style.” Arts & Leisure Preview: Reading and the Web: Texts Without Context 2010-03-17T23:19:00Z Yet click onto almost every big-name fashion Web site, and while the product offering might be tempting, the experience is often bland and only two-dimensional. Style: Next Step for Labels: Cyberboutiques 2011-09-07T02:59:09Z Despite the low-budget production values of HGTV, where many shows look as if they were filmed for the cost of a Friendly’s sundae, the bland, the visionless, the Pottery Barn-appointed must always be upended. Critic?s Notebook: Every Home?s a Castle, Cinderella 2011-06-05T19:45:15Z But Mr. Grenier and Vince are both far too bland and passive to be credible movie stars, and Mr. Connolly’s knowing smirk, meant to signal Eric’s integrity, has the opposite effect. Review: ‘Entourage,’ the Screen Is Bigger, but Nothing Is Better 2015-06-02T04:00:00Z What he comes up with is something bland and basic, without the brazen, trashy sublimity you find in the work of genuine pop auteurs like Scott, his brother Ridley, James Cameron or Michael Bay. ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Review: Will This Stuff Still Fly? 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z Doubtless, like The Producers, it will be adapted back into the theatre, some time in 2017, at which time it will be even more bland and tiring. Rock of Ages – review 2012-06-14T20:15:03Z Besides, other photos look great on top of this bland wall. Craig Taylor: my desktop 2013-06-12T07:00:00Z When the charrette gets started, he offers a bland montage sequence centered on shots of Ann looking bored, while the discussions themselves are muffled, on the soundtrack, to an indecipherable walla. “The Best of Enemies,” Reviewed: A Tale of Interracial Friendship Only Slightly Less Offensive Than “Green Book” 2019-04-04T04:00:00Z "The Mystery of Love & Sex," which was produced last year by Lincoln Center Theater, is cleanly staged on a bland, practical set by Takeshi Kata. 'Parenthood's' Mae Whitman explores 'The Mystery of Love & Sex' 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z In response, Essex Crossing’s boxy, mostly bland exteriors are variously clad in brick and metal by a variety of architects. Essex Crossing Is the Anti-Hudson Yards 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z In the bland animated adventure “Over the Moon,” a girl’s longing for her late mother inspires her journey to the moon. ‘Over the Moon’ Review: After Loss, a Lunar Adventure 2020-10-22T04:00:00Z Rupe found the song bland and was appalled by its white backup singers. Art Rupe, pioneering record executive, dead at 104 2022-04-16T04:00:00Z Mr. Downs, who often said he thought viewers regarded him as bland, assiduously avoided the appearance of controversy. Hugh Downs, Perennial Small-Screen Fixture, Is Dead at 99 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z I lean toward the latter: Ms. Mazzoli’s morosely pulsating expanses have, to paraphrase Rossini’s apocryphal quip about Wagner, pretty moments and bland quarters of an hour. Music Review: Gotham Chamber Opera at Le Poisson Rouge 2013-05-23T21:54:56Z He was concerned she would think he wasn’t up to eating local food and feared three days of bland, foreigner-friendly dishes. How we met: ‘I had to send a telegram that read: “Regrets. Advice not taken. Am married”’ 2019-10-28T04:00:00Z When the airline charges exorbitant prices for bland airline meals, it’s easy to justify pilfering a bag of pretzels from the galley. Travel Wise | No, you can’t (usually) take airplane pillows home with you 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z That effacement of Cleo’s character, her reduction to a bland and blank trope that burnishes the director’s conscience while smothering her consciousness and his own, is the essential and crucial failure of “Roma.” There’s a Voice Missing in Alfonso Cuarón’s “Roma” 2018-12-18T05:00:00Z Put her on a diet,” and handed my mother a list of the usual 1,000-calorie-a-day bland mini-meals she was supposed to feed me. I wasted decades feeling fat and ugly 2016-01-24T05:00:00Z Many of the theatre's long-serving staff say they are nostalgic for the creaking parquet floors and squeaky wooden doors, now replaced with bland beige tiles and plastic. Russia's shiny new Bolshoi grappling with gripes 2012-02-01T15:46:09Z Risotto lacked finesse, and it, too, was bland, despite nuggets of savory rabbit sausage and a plethora of vegetables, including nettles and radish. Skelly and the Bean: creativity from construction to the kitchen 2012-06-14T20:42:09Z The exact nature of Changez's reluctance as a fundamentalist is finally unclear; perhaps it is a bland sort of liberal humanism. The Reluctant Fundamentalist – review 2013-05-09T21:05:00Z But that led to bland, flattened illustrations like those you might find in a mass-market Bible. Art Review: Henry Ossawa Tanner at Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts 2012-02-09T22:46:14Z A bland holiday fun-fest, packed with Irving Berlin tunes both good and not so good, inspired by 1942 the movie of the same name remembered for Bing Crosby singing “White Christmas.” What’s New in NYC Theater 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z CBS is stretching itself this year with one big, ambitious show, with a bland name. Don Draper?s reckoning nears 2012-05-21T12:45:00Z Chuck Corso, also known as “The Face,” is a bland cable news broadcaster who will find himself delivering the end-of-the-world news in real time. Review | George Romero’s posthumous epic, ‘The Living Dead,’ reads like a definitive account of the zombie apocalypse 2020-09-02T04:00:00Z It has often been said that Mr. Petit taught New Yorkers to love the twin monoliths that were initially viewed as bland, arrogant interlopers on a cherished skyline. Review: ‘The Walk,’ High-Wire Bravado at World Trade Center 2015-09-26T04:00:00Z This low-key drama so insistently resists epiphanies that it verges on bland. ‘Life Inside Out,’ Directed by Jill D’Agnenica 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z He has finally gotten his own movie - in 3-D, no less - and so it comes with little surprise but still some disappointment that "Yogi Bear" is a bland pic-a-nic, indeed. Capsule reviews: 'Tron: Legacy,' 'How Do You Know' 2010-12-16T21:31:05Z The pleasingly bright flatness of Mr. Katz’s designs offers no resistance to the bland people cavorting with a sailboat in blithe disregard of any tonal changes in the music, selections from Poulenc’s “Les Biches.” Review: Paul Taylor’s American Modern Dance Offers New and Old 2015-03-22T04:00:00Z As a protagonist, Sandy is the blandest of heroes, “a middle person, a middleman,” Lethem writes. Review | Jonathan Lethem’s ‘The Arrest’ imagines a kinder, gentler apocalypse 2020-11-09T05:00:00Z If I cook in the house, I try to steam vegetables and then I add a little bit of olive oil and have it as bland as could be. How Ignacio Mattos, the Chef at Estela, Balances His 14-Hour Days 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z He and the other characters talk and talk some more, and what they mostly talk about is him, the dim star at the center of this small, bland world. ‘Cha Cha Real Smooth’ Review: The Boy in the Bubble 2022-06-16T04:00:00Z The answer is not this exhibition of mostly bland self-portrait drawings showing the artist as a simple outline or silhouette. Luchita Hurtado: The Elusive Artist Portrays Herself 2020-09-24T04:00:00Z This is nothing if not a very standard and quite bland murder mystery. American Gothic: Boston serial killer drama is a case of slash 'n' slow burn 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z As he approaches his 50th birthday, Rock is well aware that he's at an age where many comics start to lose their edge and veer toward safer, blander fare. Chris Rock is just being his biting, brazen self in 'Top Five' 2014-11-26T05:00:00Z The seven-minute short begins with young Sanjay watching cartoons and eating cereal in a bland, beige room as his father jingles a bell, beckoning him to join in meditation. Pixar artist Sanjay Patel gets personal with 'Sanjay's Super Team' 2015-04-28T04:00:00Z The stagers replaced these things with artwork designed to offend no one, stuff that was blander than turnip crudités served with a pureed-cauliflower-and-cottage-cheese dipping sauce. Perspective | Gene Weingarten: To sell his house, he had to make it as bland as possible 2018-08-27T04:00:00Z A lot of photographers like models to be blank canvases — but bland girls don’t influence me. Mario Testino: 30 Years Behind the Camera 2011-10-02T19:01:46Z In the first showcase, you’re welcomed by a pile of seemingly bland white blocks stacked atop one another. This Exhibition Will Help You Make Sense of Your Senses 2017-11-23T05:00:00Z Or bland, cheese-laden pizza, accompanied by a cup of limp fruit salad. Advocates want restaurants to stop catering to young diners with kids’ menus Armando said my first attempt at mole was delicious, but I knew it was a bland and grainy flop. Modern Love: An American Dream I Couldn’t Share 2013-07-05T15:55:08Z The bland, cheerful welcome shades slowly and steadily into freezing contempt: “For these my present friends,” Timon concludes, “as they are to me nothing, so in nothing bless them, and to nothing are they welcome.” | 'Timon of Athens': A Dinner of Water and Stones for Those Friends Who Don?t Come Through 2011-03-02T03:01:04Z What kind of a bland, insipid question is that?’ Big mouth strikes (once) again 2010-09-03T20:30:00Z She presents Sheila through a hodgepodge of traditional forms poorly rendered: essayistic passages devoid of rigorous thought; novelistic scenes shorn of attention to sensual or psychological detail; bland dialogue from plays; emails from, well, emails. Sheila Heti gets sex wrong 2012-09-28T23:30:00Z This year will see The Piano shown on the beach, Dawn of the Dead in a bland shopping centre and Whisky Galore at St Mary's Lighthouse. A film festival in a town with no cinema? 2012-08-14T13:07:29Z It’s a remarkable story of survival, but you wish Jolie’s competent but bland movie weren’t so, well, unremarkable. Here are the best (and worst) movies opening this weekend 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z In the dance suites of “Swan Lake,” Ballet Theater’s performers are lucid and lovely, but bland, without dance chiaroscuro. Savoring the Spectrum of American Ballet Theater’s Rich Season 2016-07-04T04:00:00Z Audio clips are allowed to be recorded, however when the clips are paired with court drawings, very important country-altering decisions are reduced to bland images. John Oliver slams SCOTUS for not allowing live video, creates hilarious canine reenactments 2014-10-20T04:00:00Z But airplane food gets the job done, too, and airplane food — bland and damp — is what Mr. Kaku’s prose too often resembles. Books of The Times: What to Expect: X-Ray Vision, Doubled Life Spans and Lots of Robots 2011-03-15T20:57:36Z Mayonnaise is nothing more than a bland emulsion of eggs and oil, but it triggers profound responses and cultural divisions. There’s No Mayonnaise Like My Mayonnaise 2015-04-14T04:00:00Z Facades are carefully scrubbed clean; interiors, often blending minimalist white walls and a few painstakingly restored historic details, are reduced to a bland perfection. An Alarmed Architect?s Complaint: Preservation Distorts the Past 2011-05-23T12:01:01Z Critics assailed her style as plastic, placid, bland and antiseptic, but those opinions were not shared by millions of record buyers. Patti Page, Singer, Dies at 85 2013-01-02T20:29:12Z Generalisations large enough to encompass a nation often turn out to be bland, as when Mount describes "an English tendency for repetition of square and rectangular architectural units". How England Made the English by Harry Mount - review 2012-05-18T21:55:01Z It all adds up to a bland, boring film for which the end is welcomed. 'Immortals': powerful Greek gods in weak tale 2011-11-09T23:42:03Z To those who claimed the third category, the church presents a bland document asserting that you walked the road — thanks for participating, everyone’s a winner. Hiking Through History, With Your Daughters 2013-04-17T16:26:43Z He saw the mall as a new town center — a hub of apartments, offices, a park and schools that would offer a lively alternative to America’s lackluster, bland, suburban sprawl. The mall isn’t dead — it’s just changing 2017-05-18T04:00:00Z And frankly, the shows might be better then; my longstanding problem with PBS is that its programming is too bland and timid, largely because of political pressures. Dead Tree Alert: Big Bird Is a Republican 2012-10-11T13:08:20Z The potato salad, on the other hand, needed perking up, and the macaroni and cheese was the opposite of creamy, a hard, bland lattice of noodles. Carla Hall’s Southern Kitchen Likes It Hot, but Not Hellish 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z “It’s quite bland. I like bland food for the most part.” New Tricks for Lily Tomlin and Jane Fonda 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z The cop side of the story is just as bland. Wicked City: Los Angeles serial killer anthology isn't sinful enough 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z In an essay for Vulture in 2015, he slammed it as a “cornstarch story” that was less about about specific moments in his life and was instead a bland, “one-size-fits-all” narrative. ‘Fresh Off the Boat’ leaving indelible mark on TV landscape 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z The smell was pretty bland — not like oatmeal, but just boiling water that I later found out he'd cut with 2% milk. The peanut butter oatmeal that cures teenage hunger 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z The New York Times referred to the film as a "", while other reviewers have described it as bland and muddle-headed. Brand new Arthur 2011-04-11T08:18:46Z Before the first Air Jordan was released, in 1985, N.B.A. players generally wore bland shoes in black or white with perhaps a splash of color. The Twilights of Air Jordans 2018-06-11T04:00:00Z Sam Marlowe, writing for theartsdesk.com, dubbed it "as bland and sugary as cheap confectionery", while the Daily Mail's Quentin Letts pinned blame on a first half that was "as slow as cold treacle". Charlie and the Chocolate Factory has mixed reviews but announces extension 2013-06-26T10:28:21Z Everett was the antithesis of bland presenters like Blackburn and DLT; and the appearance of Hot Gossip on telly always made my Grandad come over all unnecessary. Blackadder marches again and Zach Galifianakis votes for Boris 2012-10-10T08:11:05Z With its bland architecture and gray concrete pavement, little distinguishes Curzon Square from its surroundings in the heart of London’s Mayfair district. The Legacy De Gaulle Left in London 2018-08-17T04:00:00Z Breaking Dawn has moments of wit, but did the Twilight saga have to be so bland? The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 – review 2012-11-14T10:35:48Z As Jefferson — whom the play depicts as the most reasonable of the trio — Brit Herring is aptly measured, without ever being bland. The sparks fly when Tolstoy, Jefferson and Dickens meet in the afterlife 2016-04-05T04:00:00Z The mac and cheese is nothing special, while the bowl of chicken and two huge, fluffy dumplings is oddly bland, despite the menu touting its “hen broth.” At Rock Creek Kitchen, the Southern food lacks some kick 2017-12-14T05:00:00Z But for the most part, this pleasant but bland new musical gives off the musty whiff of antique melodrama. | 'Death Takes a Holiday': Set Aside That Scythe, and Let?s Put on a Show 2011-07-22T02:01:27Z But, on the phone with Karl Rove, he is busy with rectitude—as bland as the Man. “The Loudest Voice” Eviscerates Roger Ailes and Fox News 2019-06-30T04:00:00Z It may be bland for some, but these performers never miss a trick. This week's new dance 2011-01-08T00:06:38Z With its dramatic design, the Mio is a welcome departure from Buenos Aires’s epidemic of bland boutique hotels. | Check In, Check Out : Hotel Review: Hotel Mio in Buenos Aires 2011-09-16T18:55:00Z And under normal circumstances, they are accustomed to receiving accolades for “using their platforms” to “raise awareness” in the service of bland initiatives for the public good. Celebrity Culture Is Burning 2020-03-30T04:00:00Z Between breakfast and drivetime is where the problems start, with shows playing different tracks for each area, held together with either the most bland, cover-all asides to suit everyone or bespoke jingles and pre-recorded links. Can Capital Radio cater for the whole nation? 2011-01-03T19:57:51Z We could speak of the less happy trend toward critics and audiences desiring bland novels that adhere to their idea of how the world should be, not how it is. Dread, War and Ambivalence: Literature Since the Towers Fell 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z At times the choruses teetered between bland and mannered. Music Review: ?Messiah? Season, in All of Its Hues 2010-12-16T16:27:17Z Others think that people will ultimately grow more wary about what ends up online, resulting in a blander Web where every statement is pre-vetted. Google Knows Me, Therefore I Am 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z Especially for African Americans, that term brings up a lot of stereotypes about the food being bland and boring. For Afro-vegan chef Bryant Terry recipes are political 2014-08-12T04:00:00Z The film grossed only a fraction of its budget, and critics called it a bland retread of his earlier work. Where have all the erotic thrillers gone? 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z Maybe these tap-tap-tap exchanges with his online pen pal are supposed to generate nostalgia, but they only slow down a movie that’s already kind of bland. Review: Is the Girls’ Volleyball Team Ready for ‘Miles’? 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z It’s the story of Lou Ford, a deputy sheriff in a small Texas town, seemingly bland and ineffectual, who turns out to be a compulsive and heartless killer. Film: Jim Thompson?s ?Killer Inside Me? Is Made Into a Film 2010-06-03T17:07:00Z A kale salad manages to be both bitter and bland, despite pistachios, feta and apricots in the mix. An uneven Declaration in Shaw 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z This includes the attractive, willfully bland Ms. Peer as the good-girl producer, who essentially functions as straight woman to Mr. Karl’s antic joker. Review: ’Groundhog Day,’ All Over Again, Now With Song and Dance 2016-08-16T04:00:00Z But given just how many talented musical theater performers there are out there—and in the cast!—it was perplexing to find the center of the story so bland. “Grease: Live”‘s technical triumph: A dazzling production almost makes up for lackluster leads 2016-02-01T05:00:00Z Kathryn Duryea, the founder of Year & Day, says that the current options are a stale buffet of bland white basics and too-expensive formal dinnerware, sold en masse in dusty department stores. Disrupting the Dishes 2018-05-05T04:00:00Z It’s disconcerting how Markovitz shifts back and forth between the bland and bizarre — but the best pieces here are memorable. At Kucera Gallery: Mark Calderon, Sherry Markovitz 2013-05-30T19:45:07Z It’s easy to dismiss contemporary, gentrified Brooklyn as bland and boring, a perception that the writer and director Dustin Guy Defa does his best to deflate with this giddily dizzy comedy. Offbeat Streaming: ‘Knock Knock,’ ‘John Lewis’ and ‘Sleight’ 2020-11-23T05:00:00Z The interiors of each house are similarly bland, conformist. ‘Vivarium’ Review: This Is Not Your Beautiful House 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z It was fascinating to see Noguchi first in the epitome of bland office suburbia, and then in the Indian-summer lushness of the Botanic Garden. Noguchi in Suburbia Vs. Noguchi in Nature 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z “This whole generation,” Mr. Hainey added, “grew up in bland, empty, sexless exurbs where there was no grit or masculinity. It’s no surprise ‘heritage’ resonated with them. Taavo Somer Can Make Anything Cool, Even Golf 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z If it was trying to pass as a ritual, the evening was awkward; as a piece of theater, it was bland. Dance Review: A Greek Composer?s Japanese Inspirations 2010-03-02T22:40:00Z Sited near the dispiriting, boxy and functional architecture of Crystal City, home to trade associations with bland names and innumerable defense contractors, the Helix looks flashy. Review | The Helix is a distraction. Amazon’s new headquarters will change more than just its Arlington neighborhood. 2021-02-17T05:00:00Z There is merit to stepping away from anodyne topics told in bland ways, and in bringing hidden conversations into the fore. Insatiable is just the latest example of Netflix not understanding teenagers 2018-08-13T04:00:00Z Fashioned from braised belly meat that’s been breaded and deep-fried, the pork is rich, yet curiously bland, and much improved by liberal applications of the sauce, which tastes divinely like apple-pie filling puréed. Brass Tacks: Solid gastropub tosses in some yummy surprises 2013-05-16T19:42:32Z As a baby, you ate mostly food that was sweet or bland. Ever wondered about why some kids are picky eaters? 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z I’d got into this groove of being a reasonably successful, very blessed actor, playing increasingly bland parts. 'Doctor Who' and the Eyebrows of Peter Capaldi 2014-08-18T04:00:00Z Some wonder whether the "Interview" debacle will result in comedy being steered in a blander direction, away from cutting political satire and toward safer targets. 'Interview' fallout no laughing matter in comedy world 2014-12-22T05:00:00Z “Swing Shift,” the 2002 work that closed the program, was similarly handsome and similarly bland, as pastel as the costumes. Dance Review: David Parsons at Joyce Theater - Review 2012-01-12T23:40:07Z But he never helped with food prep, though he certainly criticized my “bland” palate and “boring” meals. This is not a humblebrag: My kid won’t eat junk food and it’s all my fault 2016-10-01T04:00:00Z Gentzler decorates her side of their small, bland office at WRC’s Nebraska Avenue NW complex with framed photos of her husband and two children. Jim & Doreen: NBC4’s top-rated anchors are still leading the pack after 25 years American Fork, a Salt Lake City suburb, is an interesting town, a backdrop of ridiculous beauty and a foreground of bland chain restaurants. The most famous pro-Trump artist in the U.S. has moved into his ‘Mueller’ phase. 2018-05-15T04:00:00Z It was suitably rich but a little bland and short on pimento. The Wandering Goose offers Southern comfort food 2013-02-14T22:54:13Z These days, pop stars of West's commercial stature usually tend to bland professionalism. Kanye West: Yeezus – review 2013-06-17T14:56:34Z Rather than the bland “Sabbath dish,” Tevye mentions “tsimmes,” a sweet carrot stew eaten on the Jewish Sabbath that has become a synonym for a big fuss. How Do You Say ‘Tradition’ in Yiddish? 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z My colleague Christopher Knight dubbed it a "bland tempest." Art for Instagram: 3 lessons from LACMA's 'Rain Room' 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z Most of those being sold are what we call "blind"--meaning almost no stuffing--and bland--meaning not aggressively seasoned, as required by the prolonged boiling. Pasteles, a Puerto Rican Tradition, Have a Special Savor Now 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z "To be honest with you," he had said in an e-mail, "Okinawa now is too bland and tasteless." T Magazine: Island Records 2012-11-16T18:00:23Z In some pieces, like the fried oyster, this bland rice was densely packed into a drum inside nori. O Ya Riffs on Sushi and Sashimi in Kips Bay 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z Viewers accustomed to the ocular intensity and conceptual creativity of post-1960s advertising will find these signs bland and cautiously polite. Art Review: ?Art for All? at the Yale Center for British Art 2010-06-17T21:44:00Z Loyal fans of the films and Lindqvist's book may find the TV adaptation bland in comparison. "Let the Right One In" files down its fangs for it TV adaptation, preferring to stake the heart 2022-10-09T04:00:00Z And as an investigator, she is downright bland; she brings no fiery bluster or endearing tics to the search for the killer. Television Review: Gillian Anderson in ‘The Fall,’ on Netflix From BBC2 2013-06-10T21:44:49Z As for the rest of the Gawker sites, many of which share the edgy tone of Gawker.com, Lee told me he has no intention of making them bland. What Univision saw in what’s left of Gawker 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z Dery makes much of the question of whether works like these should have been published as children’s books, but there was no way that could have happened in the relatively bland days of the 1950s. Superb Oddities: Robert Gottlieb Reviews a Biography of Edward Gorey 2018-12-31T05:00:00Z Viewers knew all about the real soldiers these Hollywood soldiers were supposed to represent, but seeing the same gimmicks used over and over made heroism bland. Television Review: ‘Chicago Fire,’ a Rescue Squad Drama, on NBC 2012-10-09T22:01:18Z She has been called the June Cleaver of opera singers — too bland, in other words — and her voice has been described as Botoxed, so plump and seamless that it lacks dramatic expressiveness. The Diva Departs: Renée Fleming’s Farewell to Opera 2017-04-05T04:00:00Z The brightness can come across as stilted and bland compared with what it’s like at a movie or play. Review: Dimming the Lights for Sensuously Flowing Bach 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z "Is This Anything?" isn't just bland; it accentuates the problems with what Seinfeld offers today's audience, and perhaps who he's become. Seinfeld's bland new book "Is This Anything?" is $35 dollars' worth of ambivalence and old jokes 2020-10-15T04:00:00Z The film is so bland that it made me long for “The Greatest Show on Earth,” the 1952 DeMille extravaganza that used the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus. | 'Water for Elephants': Love Triangle Sideshow, a Circus?s Main Attraction 2011-04-21T23:29:36Z For sure, the visual scheme illustrates canned anecdotes with stock footage and employs luxuriously bland hotel suites as settings for nonabrasive conversation. Four Shows at the Center of a Golden Age of Hip-Hop Television 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z And by that I do not mean bland. Nigella Lawson: ‘Instagram can make a cook despair’ 2017-09-23T04:00:00Z They were typically bland and namby-pamby and completely noncommittal, in the plausibly deniable dishonest way horoscopes are written. Perspective | Gene Weingarten: Guess what? Newspapers have published fake news for ages. 2018-05-29T04:00:00Z Independently, they arrived at the same goal: to invent a kind of Chinese-American food that is modern, creative and delicious instead of sweet, sticky and bland. Chinese-American Chefs Start a Culinary Conversation With the Past 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z The far-right Sweden Democrats have been near the top of polls in a country that is synonymous with bland consensus. A perfectly timed book on populism 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z She told a bland story about starring in a TV show, but her material sharpens when returning to her deadpan awfulness. Critic?s Notebook: Female Comedians Are Confidently Breaking Taste Taboos 2011-11-15T21:38:24Z Television is full of bland, anodyne, inoffensive acts, wasting airtime with material so obvious, predictable and boring that it's only purpose, surely, is to anaesthetise us. Is Frankie Boyle actually funny? 2010-12-19T00:06:27Z I know Canadian TV doesn't have to be synonymous with bland, sluggish and inept. Jonathan Bernstein's Aerial View of American TV 2010-07-23T23:06:00Z It is blander and thinner than much of this playwright’s distinctively loopy work. Theater Review: ‘Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike’ at Lincoln Center 2012-11-13T03:00:00Z The stage directions remain comically bland; the best virtual readings render them as captions or dispense with them altogether. In Virtual Readings, Less (a Lot Less) Is Sometimes More 2021-01-27T05:00:00Z The essential problem with this bland Queen Latifah romantic comedy is that it's content to keep it simple. Queen Latifah drops ball in "Just Wright" 2010-05-10T04:16:00Z Its tribute could double as a commercial for the event — or, in blander moments, an ad for activewear. ‘Rising Phoenix’ Review: Carrying the Paralympic Torch 2020-08-26T04:00:00Z Physically formidable, the work is nevertheless visually bland. New and unimproved: the spectacle of Julian Schnabel 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z Located as it is on the main floor of a bland office building, Enigma has an anonymous-looking entrance that requires a code number for admission, provided when the guest pays an advance deposit online. In Spain, a Restaurant Reimagines the Famed El Bulli 2017-02-17T05:00:00Z On the ground floor’s 218-seat Mead Theatre, more staffers are hanging a bland drop ceiling for “Skeleton Crew,” the Dominique Morisseau working-class drama that’s one of the fall’s most anticipated shows. Production manager Josh Escajeda solves Studio Theatre’s backstage puzzle 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z Except for being a mildly entertaining spectacle, not much of any interest is going on in this bland tempest. 'Rain Room,' technology's hot-ticket riff on Mother Nature 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z Marion Palfi’s sensitive, exquisitely shaded 1949 photograph of the “Wife of a Lynching Victim” shows the African American woman, her face simultaneously stunned and wary, seated in what appears to be a bland office. Heinous history as potent muse in Underground Museum's 'Non-fiction' 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z But this show isn’t just bland “Project Runway” simulacra. Summer TV: It's even hotter inside these reality shows, where contestants play with fire 2019-07-20T04:00:00Z But as the show went on, Noah’s bland, gee-whiz tone felt more and more like an unfortunate overcorrection, blunting the edges of his jokes such that they hardly had an impact at all. Best and Worst Moments From the 2022 Grammys 2022-04-04T04:00:00Z What had been a well-schooled but bland troupe in its last years under aging founder Mary Day woke up when Webre took over. Washington Ballet’s Septime Webre turned company into a big tent 2016-05-03T04:00:00Z Add Distinction to A Roof With Dormers Few things dress up a bland roof like a good-looking dormer. Get Great Curb Appeal 2012-07-18T18:20:00.693Z When compared to other Peruvian desserts, many of which are intensely sweet and very moist, I always considered panetón to be pretty bland and dry in comparison. The hot chocolate bread pudding that makes my Peruvian Christmas 2019-12-24T05:00:00Z In fact, Mr. Anderson’s collection emphasized the ordinary, or what his press notes called “avant-garde bland.” On the Runway: At London Fashion Week, an Emphasis on the Ordinary 2013-09-15T08:34:09Z At 315 square feet and with 13-foot ceilings, our Executive King Room, the least expensive option, felt spacious but at first seemed bland for a mountain retreat, with its sparse furnishings and cream-colored walls. Check In : Hotel Review: Topnotch Resort in Stowe, Vt. 2014-02-12T17:40:17Z In the past, I’ve found tofu dishes to be hit or miss, sometimes overly bland for my Indian-trained taste buds, other times more tough than tender. Choice Tables: Buenos Aires for Those Who Shun Steaks 2010-03-04T20:35:00Z We can predict Main’s outrage because we’ve been shown another of the firm’s ads, which, we are told, is bland because the partners demanded blandness. ‘Better Call Saul’ Recap: Season 2, Episode 3: Lone Star State of Mind 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z They were a largely bland, unsurprising bunch, selected by one of the most toothless panels of judges on TV, but they’ll still be the ones viewers will vote on for the rest of the season. American Idol: Riveting despite itself 2012-05-24T11:51:00Z Minkyu Lee’s “Adam and Dog” is a bland, whimsical fantasy of the first meeting of man and dog in the Garden of Eden. Movie Review: ‘The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2013’ Anthology 2013-01-31T22:57:57Z At their best, milliners evoke a realm of fantasy; the prevailing mood of conservatism in fashion and retail left him making bland headgear for society weddings to support his atelier. A Hat Designer for Rock Stars Turns to Opera 2017-03-22T04:00:00Z Or about this ’80s band called Talk Talk that started out making bland pop hits like Duran Duran but then rejected fame and made a couple of crazy, weird, beautiful records until mysteriously vanishing. Riff: ‘Be Wrong as Fast as You Can’ 2013-01-06T08:07:03Z Most complaints about the wet brine suggest that the method produces blander meat, because it essentially packs extra water into the cut. The absolute best way to make juicy pork chops 2022-03-30T04:00:00Z Trouble Brewing’s After Party Ale was “bland nothingness” and “lacking an identifiable taste.” There’s something brewing in the Walmart beer aisle, but you can’t call it ‘craft’ 2017-01-22T05:00:00Z However, a perfectly cooked piece of chicken is insurmountable: nothing dry, tough, or bland here. Think chicken breasts are boring? You're probably cooking them wrong 2022-03-26T04:00:00Z On Andrew Boyce’s satisfyingly familiar-looking set of a bland motel room, the sort of dreary interior you find in a Sam Shepard play, Waters and Hnath indulge in a few unexpected pyrotechnics. Review | A harrowing hostage story is told with stunning subtlety in Broadway’s ‘Dana H.’ 2021-10-18T04:00:00Z By 2015, it had devolved into a morass of bland shift dresses, unflattering cropped pants, and shoes that were gawd-awful dowdy. Can a faded fashion house reclaim its 1970s glory? Inside the effort to save Anne Klein. 2017-05-26T04:00:00Z The duo manages to be innovators in a bland retro-fetishizing playlist landscape. Darkside returns to lay claim to the title of best psychedelic rock band in the world 2021-07-22T04:00:00Z The feature directorial debut of Dante Ariola from a screenplay by Becky Johnston, it is a road movie, a romantic comedy and a speculative contemplation of identity scrambled into a bland salmagundi. Movie Review: ‘Arthur Newman,’ Starring Colin Firth and Emily Blunt 2013-04-26T00:31:05Z Contrary to the beliefs of many cooks, paprika should actually taste like something, and should not just be a bland and ruddy garnish for deviled eggs. Beef and Onions, Made Better With Beer 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z My F.S.B. lawyer dropped by the other day, his conversation terrifyingly bland. Five Novelists Imagine Trump’s Next Chapter 2018-10-23T04:00:00Z I remember thinking that Ashbery, in his bland, white high-rise in Chelsea, and Merwin, in his palm garden in Hawaii, were like the gates of the rising and the setting sun. The Final Prophecy of W. S. Merwin 2019-03-17T04:00:00Z The mole negro, a Ruíz family recipe, tasted a bit too mellow and sweet, draped over neat rectangles of slightly bland turkey. Restaurant Report: Guzina Oaxaca in Mexico City 2014-09-09T04:00:00Z A study in 2012 showed that a bland political slogan, digitally altered to make it deeper, was more appealing to voters, no matter whether the voices—or the voters—were male or female. War of words 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z Rather it’s a bland, unoriginal action thriller about an entirely predictable quest for revenge. Review: ‘There Are No Saints.’ Neither Are There New Plots. 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z But after his grandmother died, the only rice that appeared on the table was “this Uncle Ben’s nonsense,” he said — bland and mushy. JJ Johnson’s Journeys Bring Him Home 2018-08-27T04:00:00Z Trump said he was getting emotional, and Fallon agreed that he was too, social mirroring in the blandest and most knee-jerk sense. Jimmy Fallon's Softball Interviews Do Him No Favors 2016-09-20T04:00:00Z Maybe you’re at peace with Lemon’s bland apology, and if so, great — save yourself a few minutes and read no further. Perspective | Don Lemon returned with an apology in a can 2023-02-22T05:00:00Z The role of Columbine is relatively bland, especially in Act I, but Isabella Boylston was able to display some elegance and mystique in the Act II divertissement that depicts Columbine as a lark. American Ballet Theatre’s ‘Harlequinade’ isn’t anything exciting, but it sure is colorful 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z The film appears to emerge from a weirdly indeterminate cross-cultural sludge, a homogenised, vaguely imagined zone in which the monsters are, for me, bigger but blander than in the classic Japanese monster movies of old. Pacific Rim – review 2013-07-11T14:30:00Z Silent Running does emphasise the difference between fresh, locally grown food and bland, artificial meals, while Soylent Green takes the idea to a more sinister extreme. Brave new worlds: what can we learn from film's utopian visions? 2020-07-31T04:00:00Z It also makes a fantastic topper to proteins like grilled chicken and canned tuna fish, taking them from bland and boring to craveworthy and coveted. 10 budget-friendly Costco products with cult followings 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z The first episode I was a little too nice and bland but I wasn't being completely honest. John Legend: 'I wish I was a little more tortured' 2013-06-13T18:00:00Z But he agreed with the pans that the dramatic structure of “Prima Donna” was “pretty bland” and that he needed to work on darkening his orchestral palette. Rufus Wainwright’s First Opera Was ‘a Nightmare.’ He’s Trying Again. 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z There is nothing remotely interesting about walking around these sealed-off structures, which at most offer little more than a bland corporate plaza to the walking public. Why the Da Vinci fire has L.A. urbanists rethinking downtown's future 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z Although titled "The Defenders," there is no mistaking this stubbornly and unaccountably bland legal show for the bold CBS series of the 1960s with the same name. New legal drama "The Defenders" should be outlawed 2010-09-21T02:16:00Z But he often complains to me privately that her vegan dishes are bland. Correcting a Co-Worker’s Grammar: Helpful or Hurtful? 2017-11-23T05:00:00Z Mr. Evans is genial and easy on the eyes, but a superhero with a mask, whether bland or brooding, is rarely as interesting as the sidekicks and baddies who surround him. | 'Captain America': Hey, Brooklyn, Where Did You Get Those Muscles? 2011-07-21T12:00:01Z Nor would a stereotype in a secondary story matter if the main one were compelling instead of bland. Review: ‘The Flamingo Kid,’ a Musical Not Yet in Flight 2019-05-28T04:00:00Z The impression of a bland man overwhelmed by the demands of the Oval Office has been so easily embraced that it refuses to go away. Books of The Times: Evan Thomas’s ‘Ike’s Bluff’ Looks at Eisenhower 2012-09-24T22:29:05Z His new show, the fact-based drama “A Friend of the Family,” uses that bland handsomeness as both camouflage and cudgel. In ‘A Friend of the Family,’ Jake Lacy Breaks Character 2022-10-05T04:00:00Z Historically, the process for picking architects was as bureaucratic as one might expect, and just as likely to produce bland mediocrity. Edward Feiner, 75, Dies; Revolutionized the Look of Federal Buildings 2022-07-24T04:00:00Z The commercial oil was bland; the organic oil had a bouquet like — I struggled for the analogy. Travel: Olive oil in Paciano, Italy Without the darkness, the country might be as bland as Sweden. A Gothic Tour of Italy 2011-10-28T18:55:00Z And for all the innate expressivity of his voice, his singing is sometimes curiously bland. Critic?s Notebook: Andrea Bocelli, Philharmonic and Friends in Central Park 2011-09-16T17:41:13Z Relentless, unmodulated beauty is bland and frequently self-indulgent. Cardiff Singer of the World: is a beautiful voice enough? 2013-06-19T20:00:02Z While there are no sure bets in television, and plenty of once-great shows have fallen into bland disarray, I am counting the days until “Succession” comes back for its fourth season. 10 Things Our Critics Are Looking Forward to in 2023 2023-01-01T05:00:00Z Caesar’s fundamental challenge is that very little survives about Wilson beyond official registers, ships’ passenger manifests and some brief diary entries and letters, written in a bland, cheery London slang. An Englishman’s Ill-Fated Quest to Climb the World’s Highest Mountain 2020-11-17T05:00:00Z Molly Smith Metzler’s comedy “Cry It Out” divides neatly into thirds: an entertainingly irreverent beginning, a bland middle and a rewardingly unsettling finish. Review | Metzler’s comic ‘Cry It Out’ sings the new-parent blues 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z It’s possible that the duchess’ clothes were so uniformly bland because, according to royal watchers, there was real trepidation in the palace over Catherine eclipsing her husband, à la Diana. Prince William and Kate Try to Seem Normal 2014-12-10T05:00:00Z This admirer — and practitioner — of magic and illusion in art pleads for bland, mediocre reality in politics. In Politics if Not Art, Realism Trumps Magic for Mario Vargas Llosa 2018-03-13T04:00:00Z “Summer Valley Fair,” a poignant and delicate musical by Dylan Frederick, closed on Sunday, and I almost didn’t see it because the show description in the festival materials made it sound cheesy and bland. New York Musical Theater Festival Includes ‘Deep Love’ and ‘Pope!’ 2015-07-20T04:00:00Z That's an improvement on bland fact, but when do we get The Wire? Drip-fed up: why don't theatres get Twitter? 2011-02-08T15:43:00Z The result, directed by “Rent’s” original stage director, was a disappointingly bland — and seemingly canned — performance. Perspective | ‘Rent’ and I, we’ve been going together for 23 years. And not even ‘Rent: Live’ could break us up. 2019-01-28T05:00:00Z The exterior of the building, with its greenish oxidizing copper trim, is far more appealing than the rather bland, Michael Graves-designed interior spaces. Review | A new building erases the last physical traces of a newly vibrant newspaper 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z You don't want comedy to be bland and safe, but there's no reason why inoffensive should be bland. A laughing matter: Comedians Steve Punt and Shappi Khorsandi debate whether comedy is too cruel 2011-01-22T08:31:01Z Her bland rogues gallery of characters — major and minor — attests, once again, to “the banality of evil.” Review | Paula Hawkins has a new thriller, and let’s just say it’s no ‘The Girl on the Train’ 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z In addition, the melted taste was bland, only mildly smoky, and lacked creaminess. The best cheese for cheeseburgers, period 2021-06-26T04:00:00Z How does a character played by the bland, annoying McAvoy later mature into a character played by the intense, chiselled, charismatic Stewart? Invasion of the dumbasses 2011-08-11T20:32:01Z The cliche he's fighting, it turns out, is the one that suggests that a young actor in possession of a publicist, may come across as a tiny bit bland. The devil inside 2011-08-06T23:04:04Z Compared with his riveting recital, simultaneously reassuring and bewildering, the orchestra concert earlier in the evening was not bad but bland. Paul Lewis Plays Mozart and Schubert at Mostly Mozart 2013-08-08T23:12:58Z But what’s clearly meant to be a moving sculpture falls short in this production’s bland, choreographic depiction of visual art. Review: Pavel Zustiak’s ‘Custodians of Beauty’ 2015-12-04T05:00:00Z “You’ve got to stay positive about this,” she pleads, but it’s not clear that she believes it herself, and she moves on to a bland question about the jail food. 'Broadchurch' Season 2, Episode 3 Recap: The Revenge of Sharon Bishop 2015-03-18T04:00:00Z Rather we took issue with its didactic feel, making Louisa May Alcott’s great novel into the TV equivalent of box of old Saltines — dry, bland and tough to swallow. 2018's biggest TV disappointments, from moderately painful to the absolute worst 2018-12-29T05:00:00Z The fish’s meat is chewy and bland, although there is a hint of sweetness if chewed long enough. Japan's deadly fish: fugu purveyors dream of Olympic revival 2020-02-19T05:00:00Z In all, it’s a reassuring product, welcoming a broad audience with conventions of bland professionalism. From Sadler’s Wells, a Sampler of British Dance 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z Its ambition is not just determined by its founder’s blunt motto, “Think,” but by the bland slogan used to name the company’s centennial history book, which appears throughout the show: “Making the World Work Better.” Exhibition Review: ?Think? at Lincoln Center - Review 2011-09-23T23:19:41Z Its bland yet double-edged maxims litter the book like warning notes in Bluebeard's castle. How to Be a Good Wife by Emma Chapman – review 2013-02-08T08:00:01Z In early August, thanks to a new loan, board members will begin to rehab and expand their bland acquisition, which will ultimately feature interactive displays, photos, jerseys, and old equipment. Gloves off 2012-08-10T23:30:00Z The campaign that was mounted in the States – under the bland name British Security Co-ordination – was a massive, organised, covert attempt to sway American public opinion into joining the war in Europe. Restless – and its roots in the Cambridge spy ring 2012-12-21T22:55:09Z In a season when Broadway drew bigger audiences and more dollars than ever, the Tony Awards broadcast on CBS on Sunday night resembled many an expensive musical: a big, bland, well-tooled entertainment machine. Critic’s Notebook: The Tonys Show Celebrates the Stage Without Any Real Theater 2015-06-08T04:00:00Z As a character, she is strangely bland and indistinct. 'Better Call Saul' Recap: What Kind of Show Is This? 2015-03-23T04:00:00Z Although the Mass seemed extremely well made and was rapturously received, it struck me as somewhat bland and saccharine. 500 Years Later, the Reformation Is Still Creating Music 2017-11-23T05:00:00Z That said, they do melt well, giving the pizzas a satisfyingly familiar appearance and a bland creaminess that offsets the richness of my homemade tomato sauce nicely. Felicity Cloake: my week as a vegan 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z Spot paintings as bland as a vegan carbonara hang among the Raphaels and Renis, and bogus barnacle-covered gods and heroes lord over actual ancient statuary. Alone in the Temporary New Ruins of Rome 2021-06-25T04:00:00Z “It’s very bland and I wanted her name, in a way, to have nothing to say. I wanted her amorphousness to come even in the form of her title.” Why write a novel about a brutal female rapist in the age of #MeToo? Amber Tamblyn explains 2018-07-02T04:00:00Z The characters work in barren offices; their homes look like bland Airbnb units; their personalities are similarly ill-defined. ‘If Not Now, When?’ Review: Weak Bonds Make for a Flimsy Film 2021-01-07T05:00:00Z But, by and large, the cast is squandered—even Binoche is rendered bland—with one noteworthy exception. “Non-Fiction,” Reviewed: A Vacuum-Sealed View of France’s Culturati 2019-05-03T04:00:00Z Any bland — but not personal — reason will work. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: A non-answer answer to name-change inquiries 2018-07-24T04:00:00Z I sustained the faint hope that we might actually see the Wall of Death on a West End stage, but this faded quickly in an evening that races along to nowhere with bland, blinkered efficiency. All the Fun of the Fair 2010-05-04T21:35:00Z Though never edgy as a musician – her skills were often wasted on bland adult-contemporary songs – she was more than just a purveyor of anodyne chart hits. Whitney Houston 2012-02-12T02:03:31Z Americans have changed their dining habits: The country’s upper class has soured on paying $15 to $20 per meal for bland bar fare, and the chain sustaining middle class can no longer afford it. Red Lobster and Waffles 2018-05-12T04:00:00Z There’s a reason that a name resonates in the heart of someone facing a disease in a way that a bland, Cancer Support Community Southwest Wisconsin, does not. A Gilda’s Club loses Gilda 2012-11-28T16:33:00Z But it would be a shame if that translated to a blander Colbert. Stephen Colbert grows softballs: Suddenly he’s got a bad case of Jimmy Fallon niceness 2015-10-07T04:00:00Z Instead, Garland’s performance was bland boy toy stuff. "American Idol" recap: Bye, Goldilocks 2010-05-20T13:16:00Z Tackling the intractable subjects of race and Brexit, the author seems constrained to make Lucy and Joseph exemplary and consequently rather bland. The Brexit Romance: Finding Love in Irreconcilable Times 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z But he was best known for “The Americans,” a montage that countered the 1950s myth of bland prosperity and opened vast new possibilities for photography, shifting the paradigm from the portrait to the snapshot. Groundbreaking photographer Robert Frank dies at age 94 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z In reaction to an election campaign of epically chaotic proportions, critics have longed for Stewart’s comforting agitated rage and dismissed Noah as underwhelming and bland. Late-night tales: how a new crop of TV hosts is reinventing an old format 2016-04-06T04:00:00Z Plaice and langoustine was butter-poached and mild — O.K., maybe bland — but rescued by a wonderful cabbage sauté. Choice Tables: In Copenhagen, a New Food Mecca 2011-11-18T16:59:55Z But other options in Steamboat were bland as stale soda crackers, so Mr. Ayres and his wife, Kaylee, ended up buying it, along with a 10.5-acre homestead that sits five miles away. A Steamboat Springs Restaurant That Is Truly Farm-to-Table 2018-03-03T05:00:00Z In fact, “Anything bland — but not personal,” is an excellent counter to prying in general. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: A non-answer answer to name-change inquiries 2018-07-24T04:00:00Z "How could anyone hate a band this bland?" agreed one hip punter. Unseen Swells: 'I come not to slag off Coldplay, but to bury them' 2010-06-15T11:31:00Z That's the kind of by-the-numbers villain rhetoric that is bland and forgettable except in the hands of truly iconic villains like Heath Ledger's Joker in "The Dark Knight." “Mission: Impossible — Fallout”: Tom Cruise action spectacle delivers high-level summer fun 2018-07-27T04:00:00Z Though that may be more fun for the attendees, there's a lot more for organizers to fret over when nominees aren't planted in a bland auditorium seat. Golden Globes 2015: Months of planning for one dream dinner party 2015-01-10T05:00:00Z Would they stay away from eye-catching ensembles, in favor of the forgettably banal and the bland? On the Golden Globes Red Carpet, a Night of Statement-Making 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z The musical “Hands on a Hardbody” may not be as bland as the Keegan Theatre production makes it look, but then again, maybe it is. Review | D.C. debut of the musical ‘Hands on a Hardbody’ stalls 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z In this regard, all the bland platitudes do serve a purpose. Preaching Freedom, Ron DeSantis Leads By Cracking Down 2023-02-27T05:00:00Z The front garden is no longer shrouded in stiff, bland hedging. Hillside garden is tamed with native plants and decks 2014-07-23T04:00:00Z Still using pastel on paper, Severini portrayed society women in a bland manner made only slightly modern by brisk strokes that point to his recent acquaintance with French Neo-Impressionism. Art Review: Severini and Van Dongen, Restless in a Rudderless 20th Century 2011-06-10T12:19:58Z By incorporating decorative screens, homeowners are rebelling not only against bland interiors but also one of the most prevalent trends of the past 40 years: the open floor plan. Perspective | Decorative room dividers make an elegant comeback 2019-06-10T04:00:00Z Mr. Roumain’s music remains a bland grab bag of Minimalist arpeggios, Romantic flourishes and cloudy textures. Music Review: Daniel Bernard Roumain at Harvey Theater - Review 2011-10-14T23:11:29Z But in the course of the hour that we speak, it becomes apparent that I've got her wrong; rather than a global soul, she's a more complicated character than that bland epithet might imply. Rokia Traoré: 'I wanted to keep positive and sing about how much I love Africa' 2013-03-29T08:00:06Z After a few bit parts, she played pretty and bland female leads in several routine westerns. Martha Hyer obituary 2014-06-11T04:00:00Z Typically, a first lady’s communications director is not well known and issues bland statements. Meet Melania Trump’s enforcer. It’s not her husband. 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z These are both skillful, elegant, short virtuosos: the challenge for them is to prevent their sheer prowess and charm from seeming bland. Dance Review: Music as a Gallant Ballet Partner 2011-02-03T22:30:10Z But when I asked some friends the other day, they described bland chicken salad sandwiches. Not Your Childhood Chicken Salad 2018-07-27T04:00:00Z Although somewhat bland, and not as meaty as it could be, it’s an attempt to engage daily with Americans about home cooking. On ABC?s ?Chew,? the Talk Show Meets Cooking 2011-09-21T04:15:03Z But “Passengers” increasingly succumbs to timidity and begins shrinking into a bland science-fiction adventure whose feats of daring and skill feel stale and secondhand. Review: Two ‘Passengers’ Trapped on a Spaceship Find Love Amid Despair 2016-12-20T05:00:00Z The soaring genius of the Italian Renaissance or the bland precision of the cuckoo clock? Reel dilemma: are we condoning the conduct of Hollywood's tyrants by watching their films? 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z How bland and impractical universalism seems in contrast. Critic’s Notebook: ‘Noah’s Ark,’ at Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles 2014-04-21T21:43:03Z There have been very few bad MCU movies, but the ones that fell into that category did so because they were bland, uninspired and forgettable. What's the legacy of The Infinity Saga? 2019-07-22T04:00:00Z As Ishmael notes admiringly, the harpooner had "no civilized hypocrisies and bland deceits," no tendency toward denial. The lessons "Moby Dick" has for a warming world of rising waters 2021-12-11T05:00:00Z And some titles simply reek of bland compromise. Movie titles: What's in a name? 2010-03-17T17:07:00Z Johnson's commission was to make upbeat noises about the Olympic village – a job most politicians would perform with bland efficiency. Boris Johnson, the comedian of politics, has the last laugh 2012-07-30T12:00:01Z He was also a headline-making swami-entrepreneur who defied his bland Iowa origins to become one of the most renowned eccentrics of the Jazz Age. Books of The Times: ?The Great Oom,? by Robert Love, on Yoga?s Pierre Bernard 2010-04-14T22:33:00Z When Francine Turone hosted her first Thanksgiving dinner in New York City, she rejected turkey, declaring it “bland and boring,” and made curried goat. The American Thanksgiving 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z She couldn’t have selected a blander, less objectionable stranger for a husband than Charlie Gilbert. ‘Marry Me’ Review: Putting ‘I Do’ on the To-Do List 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z The one weak performance is from Nimmannit, who etches a generally bland and tentative Nina. Review: Nebunele Theatre's 'Friend's Enemy' explores idealism's betrayal 2010-08-19T21:05:00Z There are so many familiar works in this greatest-hits show that it can seem a bit bland. The shock, critique, theatricality of '80s art, on view in Fort Worth 2014-11-21T05:00:00Z Atticus isn’t—never was—a bland fighter for what is empirically right. 'Go Set a Watchman' Review: Atticus Finch's Racism Makes Scout, and Us, Grow Up 2015-07-11T04:00:00Z If Pape’s tonal pleasures have often seemed to come at the expense of vivid characterizations — as in his beautiful, bland Gurnemanz in Wagner’s “Parsifal” — he fits the restraint of this conductor, chorus and production. Review: After a Met Opera Milestone, ‘Boris’ Brings Another 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z While you savor your favorite foods and beverages this holiday season, spare a thought for these microscopic fungi, how they evolved their mighty powers and how much more bland our world would be without them. Thank fungi for cheese, wine and beer this holiday season 2019-11-28T05:00:00Z Buffalo fillet was served with a nondescript sauce and bland, lumpy gluten-free gnocchi. Bouley in TriBeCa Still Goes Its Own Way, Seductively 2016-03-01T05:00:00Z Rather in the background was Neshat, her first time doing opera — and a pristine, bland effort. At the Salzburg Festival, Riches, Retreads and Notes of Caution 2022-08-14T04:00:00Z Plainly horrified by his bland career track, and worried that she’s on the same trajectory, she later machetes her way through a meeting at work, cutting up her co-workers and boss. ArtsBeat: ‘Girls’ Recap: Hannah’s Envy and Thwarted Ambition 2014-03-17T04:19:36Z Often a handsome, bland presence, here he was a riveting force. A Triumphant De Keersmaeker Takes Paris Opera by Storm 2015-11-03T05:00:00Z "The flavor of distilled water is very bland because it doesn’t contain any calcium, sodium, magnesium or potassium." Drinking water used to be simple. Not anymore 2023-10-25T04:00:00Z Three separate likenesses of Donald Trump are bland, soft, but perhaps understandably so. The Wild, Anti-Authoritarian Art of Peter Saul 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z Furthermore, certain ricottas can taste somewhat plain, bland, or tepid on their own, so I advise seasoning your ricotta — nothing other than salt, pepper, and some Parm can really perk up those ricotta dollops! Formaggio! An Italian-American's guide to choosing the best cheese for your pizza 2022-10-02T04:00:00Z The better the production values—Michael Bolton had a No. 1 hit version of it in 1991—the more bland and platitudinous it sounds. Percy Sledge, Pop Miracle 2015-04-17T04:00:00Z The requirement, which essentially guaranteed a bland skyline packed with flat-topped towers, was finally scrapped; just before the official change the Wilshire Grand was granted a variance allowing its sloping crown. Ride the US Bank Tower's glass Skyslide with 70 floors of nothingness below you 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z For now, though, Downs is delighted he got his publishers to change the artwork on the paperback edition of The Velvet Rage from the original bland illustration of a man in a suit. Pride and prejudice for gay men 2011-02-20T00:05:13Z The musicianship is unquestioned, but DMB’s songs are often dismissed as “safe” or “bland.” Will Dave Matthews Band make the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame? The case for and against the jam-pop troubadours 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z Propulsively conducted by Christian Thielemann and beautifully sung, particularly by a spectacular chorus, it is a bland production with an intriguing concept that fails to translate into involving drama. Critic’s Notebook: Evgeny Nikitin and Wagner’s ‘Flying Dutchman’ 2012-07-26T21:52:31Z As “Exhibitionism” proves, corporate need not equal bland. How the Rolling Stones Became Fashion Icons 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z Here's their explanation: This show has become so milquetoast with bland performances from the likes of Casey, Aaron, and Lee each week. 'American Idol' news roundup for Friday, April 23 2010-04-23T20:21:00Z They reframe protests against racist police violence into a bland, nonspecific goal of solidarity. The Protests Come for ‘Paw Patrol’ 2020-06-10T04:00:00Z If you're bound for the Thai capital for that long-awaited nose job or hip replacement, rest assured that bland hospital food is not on the menu. Wine and Dine in Bangkok's Private Hospitals 2010-02-25T07:55:00Z But the delivery of the text, in French, is bland, and the fire and brimstone will be lost on listeners who fail to read along. Jordi Savall Evokes the Past by Hearing Its Music 2010-04-30T20:35:00Z Adams has long rightly been regarded as a master of intriguing orchestration, but his work here is surprisingly bland. Review: In ‘Antony and Cleopatra,’ John Adams Goes Conventional 2022-09-11T04:00:00Z Queen Elizabeth is as bland and cold as a dish of old porridge. ‘Spencer’ Review: Prisoner of the House of Windsor 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z But his subsequent operas, and particularly his bland “Madame Mao,” proved too dramatically inert. Chinese opera 'Dream of the Red Chamber' opens in San Francisco with much ambition, too little nerve 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z It would transform one of the archly ironic landmarks of postmodern architecture into something agreeably “updated,” which is to say perfectly bland. Philip Johnson's AT&T Building has always been vain, idiosyncratic and flawed. Let's keep it that way 2017-11-01T04:00:00Z The heroes of the film—again: such as they are—do their work under the bland, decolorizing fluorescents at Globe H.Q. The Ugly Truth 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z I found, however, the duets for Ms. Peck and Mr. Ramasar bland. New York City Ballet’s Very 21st-Century Steps 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z But the subversive spirit has now been melded with the blander aesthetic of the top-dollar multiplex event movie. Prometheus 2012-05-30T14:12:53Z Suburban dinner theaters tend to offer bland food and stage fare. A new kind of dinner theater takes off in Seattle 2011-11-02T21:04:04Z A cultural historian and philosopher of education, Barzun would be limited, and made more bland, by the term eccentric. Opening Day: Spring’s other religious holiday 2013-04-01T22:13:00Z Who hasn’t bitten into a bland, watery cube of honeydew from the top of an airport fruit cup filled mostly with underripe melon? This No-Bake Cheesecake Is Devastatingly Good 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z The Hollywood of 1966 was bland and besieged, studios throwing vast sums at puffed up spectacles that found audiences ever more prone to washing their hair. Bored of blockbusters? Why Hollywood needs another Bonnie and Clyde moment 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z The rest of the festival is taking place at more traditional theaters, and while the musical values are generally superb, it can all hardly help but feel blander, less of a special occasion than “Resurrection.” At the Opera, Humans Bear Witness to Atrocity, or Ignore It 2022-07-08T04:00:00Z But on her patently austere new album, Gaga’s music has never sounded more conservative, lightweight, unctuous or uncentered — it’s as if she’s gotten lost inside her truer, blander self. Lady Gaga’s ‘Joanne’: Where the freaks have no game 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z It’s so perfectly bland that it roars regular guy. Perspective | Vogue can make anyone look glamorous, including Pete Buttigieg 2019-04-30T04:00:00Z The tourism of Waikiki, Honolulu’s famous beach district, centers on bland, high-rise resorts and the chain boutiques along Kalakaua Avenue. Times food writer offers old favorites and new haunts in Honolulu 2017-07-13T04:00:00Z Hot sauce alone fails to revive the bland meal. America Eats Tavern: Revived in Tysons, with less history on the side As one, they politely applaud each extreme act of violence, their bland automatic approval part of the ritual. Cults, human sacrifice and pagan sex: how folk horror is flowering again in Brexit Britain 2017-04-30T04:00:00Z Messy, yes, but the patty is also bland. Here’s why the Hamilton is one of the nation’s busiest restaurants 2018-11-26T05:00:00Z For individuals with certain health issues, bland is a whole lot better than trying to be a hero on "Hot Ones," where celebrities like Kate Hudson have answered questions while eating hot wings. Why experts say you should go easy on picky eaters 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z That being said, freezer burn can render the items in your freezer wholly unappetizing, covering them in swaths of ice crystals and leaving them with a bland, off taste. How to prevent freezer burn once and for all 2022-08-09T04:00:00Z In their bland readability, these books defeated their own avowed project of getting everybody interested in the great philosophers, by confessing how unreadable the texts of Kant and Hegel themselves must be. Philosophy is supposed to be difficult 2011-02-25T12:01:28Z Occasionally, the style gets so bland that even the locations look utterly anonymous. The Spell ‘Doctor Strange’ Is Missing: Sam Raimi’s Macabre Vision 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z Susan Sontag looks like an ordinary, bland young woman of the period. Art Review: Warhol?s Silent Film Portraits 2010-12-23T22:39:01Z Adorable Cleo just smiles sweetly at him and goes along with everything – more or less like everyone else in his life; there is only the blandest and most lenient recrimination right at the end. Somewhere 2010-09-03T14:54:00Z It’s hard to beat a sitcom as a satirical target, and the bland, bathetic “House” is wide open, with its cloying “Three Men and a Three-Daughter Family” premise. Review: ‘Full House! The Musical!’ Lampoons a Ripe Sitcom Target 2015-10-21T04:00:00Z I made for the Ginsberg shelf and, bypassing the new 50th-anniversary annotated edition of “Howl,” selected the slim original, still published in the same disarmingly bland cover. A Book Lover?s San Francisco 2010-12-04T05:00:00Z As he offers bland platitudes, thugs whip up the audience into a mob that turns on a Muslim family. Review | Megha Majumdar’s ‘A Burning’ is blazing up the bestseller list and emerging as the must-read novel of the summer 2020-06-15T04:00:00Z In a daytime landscape filled with bland, polished hosts and smarmy good cheer, Mr. Philbin was crumpled, nasal and histrionic. The TV Watch: Regis Philbin Says Goodbye on ?Live!? 2011-11-18T22:00:56Z I think a lot of people get the jar of baby food that has just pureed nothing, no salt, no flavor, and they grow up eating bland food. David Burtka says it's on you if your kids are fussy eaters 2019-04-27T04:00:00Z Deeply researched, Chang’s book is a riveting read, but at times her focus — on disproving her initial bland impression of the sisters — can feel narrow. The Famous, Feuding Siblings Who Helped Shape Modern China 2019-10-29T04:00:00Z That is because Start the Party does a much more creative and effective job of showing off the Move’s strengths than the relatively bland sports compilation. ArtsBeat: Bowling, Golfing and Shooting With the Sony Move 2010-10-15T22:50:00Z It's going to come off simultaneously too sweet and also bland. "Pies transform a meal": Take this master class in pie making with Peete's Pie owner Petra Paredez 2020-11-21T05:00:00Z Yet despite the exquisite locations of the filmmaker's first story of love, Italian style, this bland ensemble romance deserves the generic name rather than the clever working titles it started with. Review: Allen's 'Rome' delivers lackluster love 2012-06-19T19:16:05Z Martha Davies, 10, would gag if she tried anything other than her bland diet of toast and the occasional handful of barbecue Pringles. Girl who ate only toast, Pringles claims hypnotherapy cured her food fears 2020-09-22T04:00:00Z The fusing of the two film cultures has sometimes made for bland kung fu and historical epics that have appalled critics. 'Bodyguards and Assassins' dominates HK awards 2010-04-19T02:16:00Z But to my taste receptors, dulled after years living in Sichuan, China, and in Thailand, too many dishes bordered on bland. In Asia, Tastes of the Sea 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z Second, North points to the 1980s fashion among food manufacturers, at the supermarkets’ behest, for a blander, lower-vinegar mayonnaise: “Mrs Beeton’s classic mayonnaise recipe was actively bactericidal.” The joy of eggs – how 'nature's multivitamin' shook off the scare stories 2017-10-17T04:00:00Z For the most part it was designed for the depressing Middle American palate, starchy and bland, with salt the most dominant and frequently sole seasoning. I went on a freaking cruise 2012-12-09T13:00:00Z She adds fresh or dried herbs and a touch of sherry, which lift it beyond a bland bechamel. How to rescue your leftovers? The secret is in the sauce. 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z To some it is a modern monstrosity, to others it is rather too bland. Russians hope Mariinsky II will revive Saint Petersburg as cultural capital 2013-05-02T18:04:03Z That would be fine: great art pursues discussion, not bland consensus. An antidote to Trump culture: no wonder Greta Gerwig's Lady Bird is the best reviewed film ever 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z This is New Town Britain, Visitor Centre Britain, the suburban commuterlands and hinterlands: bland and placidly agreeable. The World's End – review 2013-07-18T14:30:00Z Does the journalistic principle of neutrality doom you to the bland and ultimately distorting vocabulary of “both sides” and “racially tinged”? In ‘Antisocial,’ How the Alt-Right Went Viral 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z While on the surface, the topics seemed bland or scattered, Wilson ended up creating a shockingly vulnerable meditation on the inherent loneliness of urban living through the inventive use of seemingly mundane footage. No happy trees here – HBO's "Painting With John" is a dark and dreamy contemplation of artistry 2021-01-23T05:00:00Z He eventually cracked the narrative open as a dark comedy when he imagined the afterlife as a bland bureaucracy: “The afterlife is a tax office and everyone wants their rebate,” he writes. Shehan Karunatilaka Wins Booker Prize for ‘The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida’ 2022-10-17T04:00:00Z The details of the story, though — particularly the successive marketing schemes devised by the Purdue executive Michael Friedman, played with cleverly bland insouciance by Will Chase — are fascinating in their own right. Review: ‘Dopesick’ Depicts the Opioid Crisis From All Sides 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z Without twists or turns, hills or valleys, its dramatic engine chugs reliably forward, delivering its cargo of World War II tragedy with bland efficiency. Review: An Act of Rebellion, Blandly Told in ‘Alone in Berlin’ 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z Mark delivers rather bland reflections into a camera for his video log. What's Missing from “The Martian” 2015-10-09T04:00:00Z Instead of turning private feelings into bland public statements, he claimed public symbols for the realm of inwardness and private experience. Jasper Johns Still Doesn’t Want to Explain His Art 2018-02-07T05:00:00Z "I've been described as bland and boring and as the man who put the fat into fatuous," he admitted in 1994. Mike Smith: The high-flying host 2014-08-02T04:00:00Z Imagine yourself in a bland hotel room anywhere in the United States. Provoking discussion, not riots: Sandow Birk’s “American Qur’an” is quietly transgressive, eschewing the satirical depictions of the Prophet Muhammad that grab headlines 2015-12-13T05:00:00Z Ironically the music in the hotel lift taking him to face the investigators is a bland version of With a Little Help From My Friends. Flight – review 2013-02-03T00:07:01Z By the early 1970s, Waylon Jennings had grown tired of the constraints of the so-called Nashville Sound — sweet strings, bland themes, hair spray. Neil Reshen, Manager for Country Stars, Dies at 75 2014-12-14T05:00:00Z Still, the new show “Falling for Eve,” which recounts the early days of biblical creation in alternately jokey and sentimental fashion, makes for a numbingly bland 90 minutes of musical theater. | 'Falling for Eve': Joe DiPietro?s Look at Eden by York Theater Company 2010-07-16T03:54:00Z And when “Nick” didn’t get picked up, Goldberg cast her as the caustic next-door neighbor on the bland sitcom “Day by Day.” How Julia Louis-Dreyfus quietly became the most successful sitcom star ever 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z A message from one's peers has a different kind of potency than a bland, broadly aimed one from a corporation. "Scott Pilgrim's" Facebook blackmail 2010-06-01T20:26:00Z But the movie’s commitment to the blandest possible presentation of its central problem starts to seem perverse after a while. Movie Review: ?The Vow,? With Rachel McAdams and Channing Tatum 2012-02-09T22:50:56Z Alma’s timeline fluctuates wildly as she splits time between her bland existence — dead-end job, well-meaning boyfriend, overbearing mother — and hopping on and off this earthly plane with her dead father. How ‘Undone’ Takes Viewers Through the Looking Glass 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z These words are like bland curatorial copy stencilled on the walls of a dreary gallery, and they're unworthy of the linguistic powers she shows elsewhere. Strands – A Year of Discoveries on the Beach by Jean Sprackland – review 2012-07-27T21:45:12Z Famed as the animating force behind Family Guy and Ted, he proved to be a bland baritone of the kind you associate with luxury hotel lounges. Prom 59: The Broadway Sound – review 2012-08-28T11:27:06Z Refusing bland meals such as blended spaghetti and instead making tamales in his cell with Fritos as masa, he tells me, would remind him of home. After prison, working toward a healthier food future 2018-08-26T04:00:00Z A slightly sweet dish may be delicious when you’re concentrating on each bite, but it tastes bland if you’re eating while your attention is divided. There’s a reason we eat more junk food in front of the TV 2013-06-04T20:43:00Z All the kids have to look up to now are bland, faceless trainee police officers. Noel Gallagher judging The X Factor: what contestants should expect 2013-04-13T15:00:04Z One female portrait, however — "Study for The Lord's Prayer" depicting the artist's second wife, Ernestine Harlander — stands in welcome contrast to the sometimes bland young women who turn up as saints in his work. Gabriel von Max's monkeys and martyrs, at Frye Art Museum 2011-07-27T22:15:04Z Surely the museum would deny it, but surfing celebrity taste is the exhibition's bland motif. National Museum of African Art hurts itself with show from Bill Cosby art collection 2015-11-06T05:00:00Z He “wakes up” from his programmed illusion of comfortable, bland monotony into a brutal yet genuine struggle for existence, a messianic battle against evil manipulating overlords. How to pull a friend out of the conspiracy theory rabbit hole 2018-09-16T04:00:00Z The debut issue had an article that asked whether male movie stars were “bland.” Remembering Grace Mirabella and Her Inventive Magazine 2022-02-09T05:00:00Z But too often Vasudevan resorts to bland, anachronistic English clichés — “testing the waters,” “leaving no stone unturned.” A Novel That Roiled India Is Now Translated Into English 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z Playing a lawyer, this Hollywood lightweight, given glasses to make him look serious, delivers a bland, colorless performance. Review: ‘Woman in Gold’ Stars Helen Mirren in Tug of War Over Artwork 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z The plot focuses on a midterm reelection campaign with the bland candidate struggling to hold his ground. Review | John Strand’s political comedy ‘Lincolnesque’ returns to Keegan Theatre 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z The show itself was a pleasant, if significantly blander outing than usual, with less of the cheesy splash or the artistic reach of many a previous "Stars on Ice." Review: 'Stars on Ice' glides into KeyArena 2011-02-26T23:05:04Z He termed the musical “a singing sitcom” with “bland pop-rock music.” ‘First Date’ on Broadway: What did the critics think? 2013-08-09T22:58:15Z Don’t merely steam it, or you’ll find it bitter and bland. Kale is a four-letter word – but why? 2014-07-08T04:00:00Z “Liking” is nice for polls, but in theater that bland standard makes “Mary” the least pointed, least interesting of this wildflower bunch. Review | First ladies on the edge in two plays and a musical 2017-06-06T04:00:00Z Mr. Beck’s Harry is comparatively bland, which puts him at a double disadvantage, because the other notable performance here is by Jonathan Hadley as Cokane, Harry’s friend and sidekick. Review: In ‘Widowers’ Houses,’ Loving a Slumlord’s Daughter 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z This book is as sterile and bland and hard as a Florida tomato in February. Books of The Times: ?The Great A&P,? by Marc Levinson, a Retail History - Review 2011-09-06T21:03:24Z The Rachmaninov sounded pretty but bland, and ultimately did not add up to more than its constituent movements. RSNO/Den?ve ? review 2011-02-01T18:05:46Z I hate, hate, the idea that the dream will find its greatest proselytizers in bland luxury products and their promoters. Fashion Review: Feeding Dreams of a Better Life 2011-01-26T23:51:16Z Art from local painters graces the walls of bland, blocky government buildings. With Kuba Kings and Kehinde, a Painter Rises Above the Fray 2021-07-02T04:00:00Z Claire, a Satre-quoting cheerleader no less, is held prisoner and attempts to get free by boring her captor with some of the stupidest, most self-righteous, bland and obvious time wasting dialogue the show can muster. The Great Offices of State | Wallander | Paul Merton Looks At Alfred Hitchcock | Enid | Wonders of the Solar System and more | Watch this 2010-03-27T06:45:00Z Heavy-handed Israeli authorities jail a poetic soul in “Ulysses on Bottles,” an 80-minute play that reasonably attacks injustice while drifting toward bland melodrama. Review | Mosaic’s ‘Ulysses on Bottles’ uncorks Israel’s occupied mind 2017-05-23T04:00:00Z The supposition is that someone casually fingering a strategically bland Theory oxford shirt one minute may then get entranced by the flamboyant prints beaming out of the Valentino section. Nordstrom Men: Choose Your Own Adventure 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z The bland nature of hotel dining room dinners are why characters' attempts to move off-menu signal something greater. "The White Lotus": When it comes to vacation, what does pleasure actually look like? 2022-12-05T05:00:00Z And though there are times when Dudamel does restrain himself from the exhibitionism that mars the first movement of his Ninth, the result too often is faceless and bland. 5 Classical Music Albums You Can Listen to Right Now 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z But the plantains are bland, pale yellow manhole covers. Grant Achatz: The making of Chicago's top chef ... and what's Next 2011-02-15T06:00:00Z Damon stars as Steve Butler, a salesman traveling the country on behalf of a bland behemoth of an energy corporation. Capsule reviews of new movie releases 2012-12-31T20:48:08Z He blurs the line between deliberate artlessness and accidental ineptness to such a degree that it’s hard to tell if the dialogue is meant to be as bland and clunky as it often is. Review: Fixing a Dispassionate Stare on Slavery in ‘Southern Promises’ 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z Granger was bland rather than urbane, perplexed rather than intimidated, and despite charm, good looks and an attractive voice, he found his career not taking off. Farley Granger obituary 2011-03-29T11:59:19Z So I wish that Mr. Lubovitch’s work did not, in general, strike me as bland. Dance Review: Waves of Movement, Ever Flowing 2010-11-19T22:55:00Z But apart from Dieter, all rock-drummer jagged edges, and Louise, a hot mess of indecision, the other characters tend to bland out. Debut Novels About Families Fractured by Abuse, Displacement or Death 2019-08-16T04:00:00Z But sceptics called the results bland and shallow. Los Angeles museum parts ways with 'savaged' director Jeffrey Deitch 2013-07-24T19:19:14Z It’s the work of an author who understands that objectivity is not the same as bland neutrality. How Painkiller Pushers Took Over Coal Country 2020-04-06T04:00:00Z Turkey is definitely a meat that can lend itself to boredom; unless prepared correctly, you’ll be left with a tasteless pile of dry, bland bites. The 6 most bonkers turkey preparations, from Cheetos crusts to glitter gobblers 2019-11-13T05:00:00Z Uncomfortably aware of the passage of time, Georges is of an age when it is tempting for a man with signs of memory loss to reconfigure bland reality by pursuing reckless passion and high drama. | 'Wild Grass': Alain Resnais?s Film of Anarchic Imagination 2010-06-24T23:40:00Z His voice is basically warm and healthy, though on this night a little bland and colorless. Opera Review: ‘I Puritani’ Revisits the English Civil War 2014-04-18T21:33:16Z Instead, we get little more than a bland romance, smoothly professional special effects and a story that’s finally too predictable to raise the heart rate. ‘The Burning Sea’ Review: Smoke on the Water 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z And it's relatively bland, a blank protein canvas for sauces, breading, dips or other flavors. Dino chicken nuggets: the history, the meaning, the majesty of a cultural icon 2022-03-05T05:00:00Z Served in wedges, it is much better on its own than with a bland layer of stretchy Turkish ice cream sandwiched inside. A Sprinkle, a Snapshot, a Sensation: My Dinner With Salt Bae 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z These days we associate those qualities with bland globalization, and businesses like Gatwick Airport and Little Chef prefer to create the impression of being distinctive, idiosyncratic and sensitive to customers’ needs. Design: Company Logos Aim for the Personal Touch 2011-06-13T08:00:06Z The 1994 work epitomizes the bland aggression of so much contemporary ballet. Dance Review: City Ballet’s ‘Serenade’ and ‘Red Angels’ at Koch Theater 2013-05-22T20:42:42Z As with similarly bland, starchy dishes such as polenta, or indeed mashed potato, the simplicity is the main attraction. How to make the perfect rice and peas 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z They are discovering that small Orientals are great for layering over their bland sisals or using as a rich color accent in a hallway. Oriental rugs make a comeback, and they are not just for your grandparents’ house 2015-09-01T04:00:00Z But last week, when the show’s official Twitter account put out a bland call for “Black voices to be heard,” commenters came after Chase. The Protests Come for ‘Paw Patrol’ 2020-06-10T04:00:00Z If you know the bland musical “Sugar,” an earlier, more faithful adaptation of the same material, you may be glad of the liberties, even if they come with some unintended consequences. Review: In ‘Some Like It Hot,’ an Invitation to Liberation 2022-12-11T05:00:00Z Yet click onto almost every big name fashion Web site and while the product offering might be tempting, the experience is often bland and only two-dimensional. Style: Next Step for Labels: Cyber-Boutiques 2011-09-05T13:01:05Z Perhaps this is especially true in a world where kindness and compassion are often denigrated as being weak, and where “niceness” is often decried as merely bland and uninteresting. How BoJack Horseman became the most empathetic show on television 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z Danced to an orchestral arrangement of the music from the opera “Serse” often known as “Handel’s Largo,” it was a bland exercise in supported adagio. Dance Review: Australian Ballet at the Koch Theater 2012-06-13T22:18:36Z He wants to avoid bland hagiography, instead reanimating Eastman's iconoclastic spirit. DJ /rupture: how to sing like a sufi 2013-03-26T18:59:01Z So is the grandma who spouts bland maxims. Review: Gauzy Clichés Swaddle ‘Chesapeake Shores’ 2016-08-12T04:00:00Z Most of the views, however, are simplistic and bland. What's behind those peepholes at Union Station? 2016-08-23T04:00:00Z The novel ends with Stella at 50, in a dull if dependable marriage, with a vision of her life as “a featureless bland landscape.” Tessa Hadley’s ‘Clever Girl,’ and More 2014-03-26T20:42:56Z But Clooney's understated performance as an undemonstrative guy, who at first seems way too bland and average to hold our attention, is the heart of the movie's appeal and its genius. "The Descendants": Clooney's Oscar-worthy role as a Hawaiian dad 2011-09-14T00:30:00Z It’s that home-cook sensibility and her natural love of bold flavors that make her turkey recipe foolproof and far from bland. Padma Lakshmi’s Thanksgiving Turkey: Slow Roasted and Richly Sauced 2021-11-09T05:00:00Z “Once I fly them, every other airline seems bland,” Riddle said. Alaska Airlines wants to replace Southwest Airlines as California’s go-to airline 2016-05-31T04:00:00Z In a daytime landscape filled with bland, polished hosts and smarmy good cheer, Philbin was crumpled, nasal and histrionic. Regis Philbin says goodbye on 'Live' 2011-11-19T03:52:04Z Their anecdotes, often related at remorseless length, are for the most part bland. Chateau Despair by Lisa Barnard; The Real Iron Lady by Gillian Shephard – review 2013-03-25T11:00:01Z There's nothing worse than bland turkey on Thanksgiving. How to season a turkey with salt (and not much else) 2021-11-20T05:00:00Z After all, not for Mr. Fetterman the bland navy suit, white shirt and red or blue tie that has been de rigueur for the political class for decades. John Fetterman and the Remaking of Political Image 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z Delicate but not bland: pictures such as Chubby Stockings are cheerfully provocative. Kiss and tell: street artists imitate Gustav Klimt's erotic art 2012-08-21T15:48:31Z There is a palatable, strangely bland beauty to these horrors. Laurie Lipton: Drawing the walking dead with a most beguiling beauty 2016-04-23T04:00:00Z Viewers expecting a bland, folksy portrait of two beloved American icons fusing in Holbrook’s one-man performance instead were treated to several of Twain’s stinging, occasionally cynical, barbs directed at mendacious and hypocritical politicians. AFI Docs turns in an exceptionally strong year, often at the expense of the U.S. government Each stratum reveals a new truth about a man who puts up a bland, macho front. in ‘Policeman,’ From Israel, a Clash of Ideologies 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z Outdated food aside, you lost me with the tacky sign and bland name. An Early Look at the Grill, in the Former Four Seasons Space 2017-04-24T04:00:00Z Hough projects a bland durability in the role; the only puzzle about capable, sensible Katie is why she would have put up with her spousal abuse as long as she did. Safe Haven: Something Borrowed, Something ‘Boo’ 2013-02-14T13:00:55Z Sometimes, it looks like cheerleading without acrobatics, sweetly bland, and Al Crawford’s corny lighting doesn’t help. Trinity Irish Dance Company Review: Those Flashing, Percussive Feet 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z Both are largely generic, bland wines that are nonetheless highly popular. 10 Great Bottles of Italian White Wine Under $25 2020-05-21T04:00:00Z A massive light show sprawled across on an otherwise bland building behind the DJ tent, where the hoodie-clad party conductor pumped out one throbbing cut after another. What it’s like going to shows as live music slowly comes back in Seattle 2021-05-13T04:00:00Z Marco is the protagonist only in name; Richelmy is too bland to be more than the handsome camera through which we explore the empire. REVIEW: Khan Job: Netflix's Ludicrous Marco Polo 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z Particular ire is reserved for anyone who dares to point out that female characters in games are often unsupported in the bra region for no apparent reason; given boring, bland supporting roles; and totally absent. ArtsBeat: Game Theory: Making Room for the Women 2012-12-25T15:26:30Z It’s too bad, because paper-thin leather dresses wrapped with a wide V at the neck were a step forward from last season’s march of the bland. Magical Thinking at Céline and Comme des Garçons 2015-10-04T04:00:00Z Then there are the many, many other well-known names that pepper the dialogue to keep it from tasting bland. Matthew Broderick, Nathan Lane and Stockard Channing in 'It's Only a Play' on Broadway 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z A little bland at first, he ends up emphasizing a heroic vulnerability in the role. 'Cinderella': Terrific cast leads to happy ending 2011-12-05T20:10:05Z In her earlier, happier years that made for sometimes bland affirmations of love, but as her mood became blacker, it came off as a special sort of sinister. Critics? Choice: New CDs 2011-03-07T23:58:25Z Their mild bickering and bland bantering wink at rom-com tropes without revising or deepening them; their romance is utterly devoid of substance and surprise. “Ant-Man and the Wasp” Should Have Been the “Godfather: Part II” of Superhero Movies 2018-07-04T04:00:00Z As former chief financial officer, he is credited with turning around the consumer electronics giant using cost cuts and a focus on seemingly bland but highly profitable sensors. Sony's push into entertainment aims for stability, not splashiness 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z The group's swimmy, bland cross between dream- and synth-pop is notable only for how well it would fit in as background music to a "Risky Business" remake. Pitchfork Festival Day 2: 2013-07-20T23:51:00Z Otherwise, the terminal is bland in design and color, but most passengers will care much more about how it works than how it looks. At London's Heathrow, a New Terminal and an Uncertain Future 2014-05-27T04:00:00Z |
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