| 单词 | con |
| 例句 | “Gale does not like hearing about nonbelievers and con artists. She herself was once a witch, you see.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z But I don’t for one moment think they eat chili con came or roast turkey every day. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z In various court documents, judges described Cofield as a “con artist,” “no more than a gadfly and an exploiter of the court system,” and “the most litigious inmate in the system.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z I’m told I have my mother’s café con leche skin color, my father’s curly black hair, my grandmother’s slightly turned-up nose, the dimples from some great-aunt who spent her whole life smiling at everyone. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z The con jumps and Natalie’s smile, like some kind of rare bird sighting, slips away. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Bobby sat up front between the fascist and the con man. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He traveled across the border weekly to pick up condiments and other supplies that graced our table as polio en salsa verde and enchilada con came. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Daddy Clidell explained to me that they were the most successful con men in the world, and they were going to tell me about some games so that I would never be “anybody’s mark.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “But how do we know this isn’t just another con job? Do you really expect us to believe you’ve changed?” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Christ, it was incredible how he could “con a guy.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Papi angrily picks his way through the arroz con pollo, pushing the pieces of chicken to the edge of his plate. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z The night you brought arroz con pollo home and dropped it on the front steps. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z I remember the woman who explained the pros and cons and price differences of various brands, how she measured my foot and told me I have an exceptionally narrow heel. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z “And what about the other thing? The con . . . the con . . .” ‘The consanguinity?” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z It ain’t no different than running a con; you got to get your mark off balance and keep him that way till it’s too late for him to do anything ’cept say, ‘Oops!’ The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z The tennis challenger starts strong but soon loses confidence in his playing. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z "Looks to me like the cons have it. Why'd you marry me?" How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z “Any con artist could tell me that. I heard you were special.” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z They were back in the con, under the peep and whine of radar systems after Captain Candless had ordered Dauntless onto a course for Bright Sands Beach. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z “She better not do that when the cons are around,” Annie says. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z “Take it easy, fella. I got your baseball, didn’t I?” the con says. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z From the con, through the rain, Nailer could see the crew fighting with the reel. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z The cons don’t sit around watching us...do they? Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z We awakened from this to find neighboring friends arriving; they brought a large pot of chili con carne, made from a family recipe, the best I have ever tasted. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “But the sheriff looks like he’s got more on his mind than cons.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Curly finally came up with something positive to con- tribute. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z And they fell into contented conversation, as if they’d been lucky enough to con all their parents into letting them have a colossal sleepover with no supervision. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z “If the cons don’t want to hit ’em over, it must not happen that much,” I say, catching Annie’s brand of stinger, which has a little curve on it. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z But maybe, I thought, she won’t wind up swindled by a con man someday because of having known me. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z When I polled some accomplished writers about which style manuals they had con- sulted during their apprenticeships, the most common answer I got was “none.” The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z When Jeff answers, she cons him into calling my mom later and telling her a few lies in exchange for liquor. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z But I remember, while we were waiting in the corridor—I remember being feverish and nervous as hell, but con- fident. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z I was nearly too afraid to check the contents of the locker. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z The two con men she had been watching packed up their things and slipped into the crowd. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z I longed for the smell and taste of home cooking, especially flour tortillas, frijoles de la olla, and carne con chile. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z Maybe Mecca is good memories, presents and stories and poetry and arroz con polio and family and friends . Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z In this case, though, the fear would have been justified—the man, after all, was a violent con. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The field swarmed with charming frauds and con men, such as Cagliostro and the Count of Saint-Germain, who pretended not only to transmute the elements but also to hold the secret of immortality. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Worse, I was just the same as every other jailhouse con who walked into his office looking to feed him a fake paint-by-numbers home life. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Hertzoon had probably been running the con on multiple marks at once. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z If I could lie to the American government, then I could con my way through a conversation with some shady college kid. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Perspective was a luxury when your head was constantly buzzing with a swarm of demons. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “I sure don wanna get led on no demonstration by a con vie.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “You know, instead of some old, backassward pageant competition, we should have a con. A Girl Con! How awesome would that be?” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Another factor is the decline, to some degree, of the cons’ code of ethics. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Throughout the long and con- fused day, wherever I went, I met black people with grief and rage in their eyes. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z I smuggle frozen TV dinners into the refrigerator and con her into eating them by saying they’ll go to waste if she doesn’t. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Because I had nothing to do last night except relive the most awkward date ever, I compiled a list of pros and cons regarding my most recent life choice. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z I thought about things, the pros and the cons. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z The energy had largely drained from the movement, and most women didn’t talk much about suffrage, pro or con. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z This Valencia girl was nothing more than a con artist. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z After confusion I can go into the Prado in Madrid and pass unseeing the thousand pictures shout-ing for my attention and I can visit a friend—a not large Greco, San Pablo con un Libro. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z My dad handed us two egg sandwiches and gave my mom a to-go cup of what smelled like café con leche. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z The weird contrast between the bright, striped, living orange of his coat and the inert white of the boat’s hull was incredibly compelling. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z “What news she has comes from imps,” Grandpa con' tinned. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z If this is done knowingly and with intent to defraud, this is an illegal con game. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Always, as I wrote, I was both reader and writer, both the con- ceiver of the action and the appreciator of it. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z “Well, I stand by my pre-Van Houten analysis of the Dutch Tulip Man. Not a con man, but not as rich as he was letting on.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z "And I thought I was a con artist. Nice try, kid. Nice try." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Lily knows how to play the long con; her brother’s made sure of that. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z I take slices of red pepper Mami has roasted in the oven and green peas from a Green Giant can and arrange them on the mound of arroz con pollo. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z “My dad isn’t going to like this. He’s not going to like it one bit. He always says the cons in the bug cage are the scariest ones, because you never know what they’ll do.” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z When I was visiting with him on the Wall, he mentioned how con- * cemed he was about finding a good man to take his place. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Alec seemed to be weighing the pros and cons before he answered. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z The captain saw him straining, grinned, and took him up to the con where a scope and photograph system shot distance pictures of the horizon and then magnified them. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Until that moment, she had not said a word, but when she began to answer questions, she spoke in the same deceitful voice she had used to con caseworkers. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Asking for help was a simple con job, but he hadn’t liked the idea of pleading guilty. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z When it’s really foggy, they don’t let the cons work. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z “Phooey, I say, on all white-shoe college boys who edit their campus literary magazines. Give me an honest con man any day.” Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z We talked about canoeing and swordplay for a while, then debated the pros and cons of the different gods. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z It started early in the morning on the day of the contest and didn’t end until only the winning kite flew in the sky—I remember one year the tournament outlasted daylight. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z It was probably not that convincing a con but I guess I was banking on the hope that he missed me. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z "Town law don't want no cons loitering. Gotta take you back." Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z When Nailer returned to the con, the captain said, “They kept their high sails up longer than we did. They’ve got a more stable ship.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z “Those street cons are all the same,” Thomas goes on, echoing what I said to Day in his cell. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z So she waited and watched the two con artists, hoping that if she followed them, they would eventually lead her to Pong’s lair. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z "What the hell you have to make a list of the pros and cons of marrying me for?" How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z I don’t want to miss the cons, because I’m curious, first off. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z His mother cooks an am>i con polio and leaves the plantains warming in the oven for their dinner. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z During that long summer I’d been over and over the various arguments, all the pros and cons, and it was no longer a question that could be decided by an act of pure reason. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z In the spirit of their shipboard con game, they continued to spin out false histories for themselves, inventing brothers and sisters with plausible names, cousins with moral shortcomings, in-laws with facial tics. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z But our psychological predispositions pro or con must not mislead us. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Great. Okay, so the Dutch Tulip Man. Is he a con man? Do he and Anna’s mom get married?” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z She read the pro and then the con list out loud, shaking her head as she did so, ducking whenever John grabbed for his list. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z “And Mami,” I said as I sipped my afternoon café con leche, “Miss Jiménez said the experts will give us free food and toothbrushes and things...and we can get breakfast every day except Sunday...” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Mami has cooked a big pot of arroz con pollo, the rice yellow and soupy with pieces of chicken mixed in. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z Born in 1838 to a hard-drinking con man and a mentally unstable woman in Homer, Ohio, Victoria was the seventh of ten children. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Here are samples of both pro and con opinions. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z “Word’s spread all over Manifest and beyond that you’re a con man par excellence,” Shady observed. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z I have to think hard and con- centrate so much my head hurts. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I just wasn’t that much of a con artist. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z “Let’s hand out informational literature with all the cons of this development clearly outlined!” The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Please, God, don’t let him be a con. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Other times, my dad would take over, laying out the pros and cons. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z The con’s voice is scratchy and an octave too high, like a girl’s almost. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z He told her that Cofield was a con artist, and had her sign a document forbidding Cofield access to her family’s records. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z We threw a couple names around, discussed pros and cons, and our personal opinions started to emerge. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z When I was busy applying for colleges, you may have been weighing the pros and cons of going to university versus getting married right away. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z He had a representative, an ex- con, who dealt with me, and no one else in my gang. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z My mind flashes on the greasy-haired con holding my sister’s hand, and a sick feeling comes over me. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z We had rice and tortillas with “carne con chile” my favorite dish. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z I would make café con leche and we would talk, sometimes for only a few minutes, sometimes for hours. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z I could hear them discussing the pros and cons of New York, Atlanta, Chicago. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z We all knew it was impossible, but desperate cons like the X-ray tech before me tried anyway. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z By then, poor Nasser thought he'd been roped into an intricate con. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z His presence reverberated through the cramped rooms and crooked hallways as every thug, thief, dealer, con man, and steerer came a little more awake. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Plus there are a ton of murderers, rapists, hit men, con men, stickup men, embezzlers, connivers, burglars, kidnappers and maybe even an innocent man or two, though I doubt it. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z “Only snacks. Snack time is with murderers. Suppertime is reserved for con men, counterfeiters and armed robbers.” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Despite acknowledging that most alchemists are con artists, della Porta assures us that he is different and offers only reliable information. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z ‘Don’t try to con me. What have they offered you - a place in their camp? They won’t honour their agreement.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z I was driven to the bus station by a minimum-security con called Pittsburgh. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z He hurried up to his con, and Nailer, without any specific task, followed. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z “A con is merely the art of distraction.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z What a bunch of cons, men who had barely passed their Trials. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Then shouts, “The three hundred you tried to con off me! I wasn’t born yesterday.” X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The warm, sweet smell of cafe con leche had wafted its way up to me, and my stomach growled in response. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z On Alcatraz a bell rings every hour to remind the guards to count the cons and make sure no one’s escaped. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z The gun fired and the con exploded in flames. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z No longer did my teachers lay open for me the book of Nature and speak of botany and zoology; no longer was I given the works of Shakespeare and Pope to con. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Haskell’s Dregs were old guard, con men and crooks from another time. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Before I get to a serious application, I’d like to mention another con game which works because of confusion about conditional probability. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z "But then how do you con your speeches?" The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z My limbs, especially my feet, were swollen and a constant source of pain. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z “Think about it, Einstein. What if it turns out you’re nothing more than a baby-faced con? What then?” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z The hundred nights they’d sat up debating the pros and cons of self destruction with the earnestness of philosophers chained to a madhouse wall. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z And how they used to hold their athletic con- tests naked. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “You can never trust a con. Nobody came here for singing too loud in church. Do you know what the word conniving means?” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Papi and I sat at the table, while she drifted in and out of the kitchen bringing us food, water, a chunk of bread, and finally, a steaming cup of sweetened café con leche. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z There was a chalkboard on the wall right behind the front gate, and one morning it read, “CO Diaz had arm broken by a con 8/19/97 and is awaiting surgery.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Twelve minutes to get to Alcatraz, twenty years to get back, my dad says the cons say. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z He asked me again, earnestly, to con it out; and I admitted that the letters were not formed in complete perfection; that it resembled somewhat, Liberty to Slane, with a wriggling trail after the e. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z “He’d come up with some fancy scheme to trick the Rattler into giving himself away. You know, a con.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Such beliefs made Boyle the perfect target for the sophisticated con artist. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The men on the Comer were southern working men: plumbers, carpenters, painters, drunks, con artists, retired army lifers from nearby Fort Knox, tobacco workers for Brown and Williamson, and some just plain ol’ hustlers. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z She brought empanadas and sugared breads wrapped in tinfoil, arroz con pollo and chicken soup packaged in plastic containers. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z She seemed happy with that greasy-haired con, so it was probably me. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z So over our gooseberry pie we looked at the pros and cons of one, two, three, and four chains, quickly dismissing one- chain helices as incompatible with the evidence in our hands. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z The lilting Allegro con grazia, an unconventional waltz in 5/4 time, was light on its feet. Sizzling debut by violinist Renaud Capucon lifts CSO concert out of the ordinary 2011-01-14T17:38:01Z He writes well about “the myth of Indian savagery,” about disease and con artists on the trail. Review: In ‘The Oregon Trail,’ Two Brothers Take an 1800s-Style Road Trip 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z With “Lone Star,” Fox offers a little of both: a con man who is wicked but endearing. Television Review: Two Lives, Two Loves, One Con Man 2010-09-19T17:08:00Z A person needs to weigh pros and cons and be able to accept the consequences of the wrong choice or unexpected outcomes. Perspective | No, offering choices is not the silver bullet for toddler behavior problems 2020-09-15T04:00:00Z The movies are an industry, a con game with a half-guilty conscience. What I Learned About Democracy From the Movies 2021-05-13T04:00:00Z The con moto movement of the Sonata in D major, D850, by turns gently lyrical and passionate, found Lewis at his compelling best, realising Schubert's song-like nature and, with it, some of the heartbreak. Paul Lewis ? review 2011-02-08T18:15:17Z World of Warcraft is famously immersive, and within a week my friend was fully engaged: asking detailed questions about spells and weighing the pros and cons of different abilities. Critic?s Notebook: The Electronic Games That Now Connect Us 2012-01-05T00:00:54Z According to the report’s description of the keto diet, the cons of the diet are that it has a "strict carb limit" and "can seem extreme." Keto diet: What is it and how many carbs do I eat per day? 2022-01-05T05:00:00Z Every time I go home, my grandmother greets me with my favorite dish: arroz con gris, or what I simply know as congrí. When I think of essential Cuban food, I think of congrí 2022-03-05T05:00:00Z Mr. Hamelin was thoroughly in his element in Scriabin’s Sonata No. 3 in F sharp minor, providing a full range of colors and, even before the Presto con fuoco finale, a blazing intensity. Music Review: Marc-André Hamelin Blazed Through His Recital 2013-07-26T19:44:13Z We spoke to Cole from his home studio about his rousing new “Standards” album, the economics of culture, how musicians age, the pros and cons of crowd-funding, and his longtime fascination with David Bowie. Lloyd Cole’s Dylan epiphany: “I thought that gentlemen of a certain age shouldn’t make certain records” 2014-11-07T05:00:00Z In the book’s first paragraph, Maurer recognizes the con man as the “aristocrat” of grifters: he must use the full extent of his talent and ingenuity, and he plays for extremely high stakes. Anne Hathaway Wins “Ocean’s 8” 2018-06-12T04:00:00Z The bigger con is perpetrated by Hollywood itself. Welcome to "Narrowsburg," a tiny town conned out of its Hollywood dreams 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z “There are pros and cons to it for sure,” Marshall admits. Trillectro seeks to keep its ultra-cool vibe in a new venue 2015-08-28T04:00:00Z Jones was struck when she said she didn’t mind sending the con man money. This town’s solution to loneliness? The ‘chat bench.’ 2019-07-17T04:00:00Z So I think all these cons were an extension of that. How "Generation Hustle," a show about con artists, almost got conned by one of its subjects 2021-05-02T04:00:00Z Over cafe con leche, we discussed the situation Little Havana is currently facing. In Miami, Cuban Culture, No Passport Required 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z How confident was con man Simon Leviev that Felicity Morris' documentary "The Tinder Swindler" would not put a dent in his lifestyle? Is "The Tinder Swindler" one of those true crime tales that might strengthen relationships? 2022-02-06T05:00:00Z “They didn’t trust me, they thought I was a con man,” he says of the museum directors. G. Wayne Clough is leaving Smithsonian on a high note, but there’s much unfinished The pros of returning to the hometown I’d left as a queer teenager, and had been too afraid of visiting as an openly gay adult, outweighed the cons. A Surprising First Live Show, in the Hometown I Once Fled 2021-05-11T04:00:00Z “I with my Republican colleagues always want to be supportive of the most cons ervative candidate who can actually win a race.” Style Invitational Week 1335: Put it in Bee-verse! Or . . . 2019-06-06T04:00:00Z And Leigh Whannell’s dystopian action film “Upgrade” shows the pros and cons of installing a chip inside of a person. SXSW Film: The Movies and Performers That Stood Out 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z A story about a “smart” rifle gives a pro/con frame to a weapon that self-aims and shoots. Vice, the News Entity, Grows on HBO and Online 2014-06-29T04:00:00Z “But as a con artist, he has to adapt and change shape and become somebody else believably, as a real human being, not a caricature.” Milo Ventimiglia on the ‘Honest Deception’ of ‘The Company You Keep’ 2023-02-17T05:00:00Z He walked away from his reportage believing that, although some soothsayers were devious con artists, many of them were really seeing things in the mist. Crystals’ Resurgence in the Self-Care Age 2019-08-20T04:00:00Z Mr. Henry plays the role of naïf but is a con man of the highest order, which is to say, he does an impressive job walking the high wire over his marks’ possible disbelief. ‘Hot Ones’ and Other Shows Parade the Rich, Famous and Oh So Vulnerable 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z Sometimes I wonder if relationships are like math problems: You add the pros, subtract the cons, run the numbers and round up to the nearest husband. How Do You Know When It’s Time to Break Up? 2019-03-15T04:00:00Z It makes sense that Harry Houdini became the foremost debunker of the spiritualist con. A Séance Relies on Illusion. So Does Theater. 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z This week’s example: Focus, a caper film about a veteran con man and the young woman he takes as his accomplice. In 'Focus,' Will Smith Does His Best Cary Grant Impression 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z To pull off this sting, Chuck had to devise the kind of con that was heretofore Jimmy’s specialty. ‘Better Call Saul’ Season 2 Finale: The Ultimate Betrayal 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z But if you want to be a respected writer, maybe you could be a little more forthcoming before using a potential suitor in a con game? A look at how Hollywood depicts female journalists. (Hint: It’s not always positive.) 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z Don Draper hits the road, yet again, as a traveling con artist. 'Mad Men' Recap: On the Road Again 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z Is it the endless Machiavellian play of the ultimate con man, or does Heidl believe what he says when he says it? A Novel Based on the True Story of a Con Man and His Ghostwriter 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z Catch Me If You Can Musical adaptation of Steven Spielberg's 2002 film about a young con artist and forger. L.A. theater openings, April 3-10: 'Dry Land,' 'Shelter' and more 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z The public knows little about the A.D.A. or the frequent discrimination faced by people with disabilities, Mr. Dorfman says, and one result is what he calls “the fear of the disability con.” Disability Pride: The High Expectations of a New Generation 2020-07-17T04:00:00Z So here—as spoiler free as possible—are the pros and cons of taking your kids to Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Should You Take Your Kid to See 'Star Wars'? 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z We view the heroine and the con men objectively, and are asked to find the latter faintly comic. Review 2010-09-16T23:33:00Z There are pros and cons to island life. 'Start a daily routine – and make the weekends different': the isolation experts' guide to lockdown living 2020-04-01T04:00:00Z There’s plenty of outside space, a communal kitchen and a good restaurant serving creative seasonal dishes, such as filete de llama a la plancha con dos salsas and Andean fish and seafood stew with saffron. La Paz, Bolivia guide: what to see plus the best bars, restaurants and hotels 2017-12-09T05:00:00Z All the American girls eat so much pan con tomate and drink so much beer.’” How to Make an American Fashion Brand (No Sewing Required!) 2017-08-26T04:00:00Z There are pros and cons to such a small crew, Pontecorvo said. From Boeing to snow monkeys: a filmmaker’s progress 2014-04-28T01:21:04Z After perusing the historic sex toys with growing horror, we wandered into a lecture where a woman was sharing the pros and cons of various online dating sites. Putting Love to the Stress Test 2016-05-27T04:00:00Z One yearns for real tension in the question of what is real and where lies the true heart of a con. Post-credits scene: The Brothers Bloom 2010-06-07T16:46:00Z Later this spring, you’re playing a high-class con artist in the comedy “The Hustle.” Anne Hathaway Dares You Not to Look Away 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z When honesty and integrity seem in such short supply, are a pair of con artists, however adorable, really who we want to cheer for? Review: Con Men in Tap Shoes Lay Down ‘The Sting’ 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z This shift from the grays, browns and green colored landscapes and costuming in Scotland only adds to the sense of duality and con artistry. ‘Outlander’ Season 2, Episode 2: The Wounds We Carry 2016-04-16T04:00:00Z Positioning may have played a role: Universal did backflips trying to sell “Battleship” as a “Transformers”-caliber action picture, but movie bloggers smelled a con job and spent months pillorying the film. ArtsBeat: ?Battleship? Pulls Up Lame at Box Office 2012-05-20T18:14:43Z A name that has a distinguished air about it despite Jimmy's humble upbringing and his early years as Slippin' Jimmy the con man. "Better Call Saul" and the two faces of JMM 2020-04-01T04:00:00Z "And at the same time he duped me, he was a con man ..." The art world's Bernie Madoff, and his deceptions 2010-10-23T16:16:00Z I catch up with old friends, revisit past haunts, see that the con men are still plying their raggedy trade along Kenyatta Avenue. In Nairobi, a feeling of otherness in a place he considers almost like home A mind that views the pursuit of democratic freedoms and the long con of weaponized nationalism with subtlety and self-awareness is all too rare in any era. Review: In ‘The Other Side of Everything,’ a Belgrade Apartment Symbolizes Upheaval 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z At the Tribeca Film Festival, a new documentary, “Side by Side,” looks at the formats and weighs the pros and cons on both sides of the debate. ArtsBeat: Tribeca: Film vs. Digital in 'Side by Side' 2012-04-26T20:29:49Z Rockefeller was a con man and not an actual Rockefeller. Walter Kirn’s ‘Blood Will Out’: a true tale of glitter and gullibility 2014-04-03T20:44:52Z He knew how to bribe and he knew how to con. Former 'Goodfellas' mobster Henry Hill dies in L.A. 2012-06-13T18:42:15Z He’s looking for marks to con in a bar. ‘Better Call Saul’ Season 3, Episode 7: Jimmy Goes Backward 2017-05-22T04:00:00Z “Upon this rock I will build my church,” he says, both quoting the Bible and setting up con No. 2, in the same sentence. 'Better Call Saul' Recap: Don't Worry Saul, It's All Good, Man 2015-02-23T05:00:00Z Steven is not a con man in the sense of a cool, rational grifter who knows exactly what he is doing and why. Film review: I Love You, Phillip Morris 2010-03-18T22:00:00Z It's not just a con job by Silicon Valley snake-oil salesmen who took the smartphone from nonexistent to ubiquitous in eight years. Andrew Keen rages against the machine in 'The Internet Is Not the Answer' 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z Atkins, who has even bigger fish to fry, takes on a crooked trucking outfit based in Tupelo that cons drivers into hauling stolen goods. Many Sinners, Very Few Saints 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z Incensed by what he views as Headquarters’s insufficient loyalty to his old man, the novel’s protagonist hatches a long con. ‘The Mulberry Bush’ is enriched by Charles McCarry’s real-life spycraft 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z Each is, in turn, hero and villain, master and disciple, con man and patsy. Review: ‘The Master,’ From Paul Thomas Anderson 2012-09-13T15:23:48Z It’s also ironic that Don is accused of being a con man after he shares his secret, when he is being about as honest as he’s ever been. 'Mad Men' recap: The Big C 2015-05-11T04:00:00Z Like a garden-variety con man, “Trust No One: The Hunt for the Crypto King” relies on razzle-dazzle to deflect from an emptiness of insight. ‘Trust No One: The Hunt for the Crypto King’ Review: Coins and Misdemeanors 2022-03-30T04:00:00Z But the film, perhaps surprisingly, also looks at the pros and cons of change and lays blame on both locals and newcomers for tension. Oakland in Their Bones, and in Their Films 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z His past achievements include getting a museum to turn its air con down by two degrees, and attempting – unsuccessfully – to get another museum to switch to a more environmentally friendly power supplier. This week's new exhibitions 2011-07-15T23:07:37Z Meanwhile the male leads in those 10 films are a solider, a scientist, a con man, a middle-aged super spy, an abusive billionaire, a sports coach, a businessman, and a sentient sea sponge. Why Disney's New Cinderella Is the Anti-Frozen 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z You will possess a clearer understanding of the ins and outs, the pros and cons of drone warfare after viewing "Good Kill," but the arguments sometimes feel like talking points awkwardly wedged into the action. 'Good Kill,' with Ethan Hawke, targets human costs of drone warfare 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z He still wrote his column for the Nation, and although his crusade against Clinton had struck most of its readers as overwrought, his contempt appeared to arise from a wellspring of leftist principle. Christopher Hitchens’ last years: Islam, the Iraq war and how a man of the left found his moment by breaking with the left 2016-02-14T05:00:00Z Mr. Fallon took the opportunity to rattle off some pros and cons. ‘Let Obamacare Fail’? Fallon Says Democrats Are Trying That With Trump 2017-07-19T04:00:00Z Some people will hate the con artist, and other people will just be in complete awe and admiration. How "Generation Hustle," a show about con artists, almost got conned by one of its subjects 2021-05-02T04:00:00Z This tale of a hapless but relentless con man, played by the brassy comic Phil Silvers, was set in 1913, before America had entered its first World War. Review: A Con Man Without a Sting in ‘High Button Shoes’ 2019-05-09T04:00:00Z “What I’ve loved about Jones’s books is how they depict the pros and cons of mutual aid,” Sarah Weinman writes in her latest crime column. 9 New Books We Recommend This Week 2021-05-13T04:00:00Z “But it’s not like the cons outweigh the pros.” Once Science Fiction, Gene Editing Is Now a Looming Reality 2020-07-22T04:00:00Z In January, the Outline ran a piece by a woman in her twenties who argued that skin care was a “con,” which went viral and prompted a series of rebuttals. The Ever-Escalating Demands of the Beauty Industry, and the World’s First Gym for Your Face 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z The airiest batch with the best flavor hailed from the food mill, which came with its own pros and cons. The absolute best — and worst — way to mash potatoes, according to so many tests 2021-10-10T04:00:00Z His con man brother Wilson prophetically said, “Easy street is a blind alley,” and not much later the two of them found themselves stumbling along its darkened length. Built on Sand: The Get-Rich-Quick Scams of 1920s Florida 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z Some people know this and don’t bother to tell you because a con works better if not everybody knows it. I’m stuck in my career 2012-07-03T00:00:00Z There's been discussion about the pros and cons of Mantel advancing in the prize again so soon. Man Booker 2012: Shortlist at a glance 2012-09-11T15:43:40Z Even by the low standards of the con game, Julia Lyons stands out as one of the most diabolical. 21 of the wildest cons in history 2022-03-12T05:00:00Z Angry that their meeting was not organic but instead a product of his scheming, she calls him a “con man and a fraud.” ‘The Idol’ Season Finale Recap: What Was the Point? 2023-07-03T04:00:00Z The con in con man is short for confidence: what he radiates, and what he extracts from his marks before fleecing them. Will Smith's Charming Con 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z “A notorious multiple-bankruptcy con artist sent me a $1,200 ‘check.’ Style Invitational Week 1388: Turning around a business 2020-06-11T04:00:00Z Macintyre won my heart with his 2007 book, “Agent Zigzag,” the hilarious and improbable story of a British con artist who became a double agent in World War II. Facts rule: 8 great nonfiction books 2013-06-14T17:29:09Z “My mother used it primarily when preparing arroz con pollo to add additional flavor to her amazing recipe,” Casares said. How Knorr seasoning became a staple in Mexican American kitchens 2019-11-10T05:00:00Z Rather than call him out immediately on the con, Chuck allowed the man to win, but he quietly threatened to “make things difficult” for him if he tried it again the rest of the day. ‘Billions’ Season 2 Premiere: Neanderthals 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z Mitt emphasizes the dynamic from the beginning, as the Romneys huddle up in winter 2006 for a family meeting to weigh the pros and cons of a Presidential run. TV Review: Mitt 2014-01-24T13:32:24Z It seems like a con, but when Sookie listens into Marnie's thoughts, she does actually hear her grandma... though the voice tells her to run away from the evil woman. "True Blood" 4x5: Vampire history lessons 2011-07-25T11:20:00Z There’s a reason we call them con artists. Our Never-Ending ‘Scam Season’ 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z "He was a fabulous con artist - could con the gold out of your teeth - but was terribly, gregariously generous." Elizabeth Taylor was prolific as a bride 2011-03-23T15:05:13Z Just as my brother and I didn’t know how much planning went into my parents’ surprises, our kids didn’t know that we spent many evenings weighing the pros and cons of getting a cat. Choosing the best pet for your family That doesn’t mean you have to let her con you. Her dad was a con man 2012-08-10T00:00:00Z Just right for burgers or chili con carne. 10 New York State Wines to Drink Now 2021-04-22T04:00:00Z And that con involving the Kennedy half dollar marks one of the few times that the audience was a step ahead of the writers. 'Better Call Saul' Season 1 Finale Recap: It's Never Stopping Me Again 2015-04-06T04:00:00Z The announcement has given political yammerers the opportunity to discuss the pros and cons of being part of a dynasty. How the Bush political dynasty measures up to the Adams clan 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z His fate was sealed after he tried to con Allen out of money and was tossed off a motorway bridge. Death in Walford: 30 years of EastEnders murders 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z Let’s make a pro and con list of solar panel options and revisit this next year. Bed death, U-Hauling, processing: Lesbian stereotypes abound — here’s the story on 7 of them 2015-12-28T05:00:00Z The pros and cons of Iceland — and which I actually personally think is the best thing about it — is how few people live here. “This is why people are panicking here”: Björk takes on an “extreme right-wing redneck government” to preserve Iceland’s open spaces 2015-12-19T05:00:00Z Periodic earth tremors freeze and then redirect the action, acting as punctuation in Old Dolio’s growing suspicion that maybe raising her was her parents’ longest con of all. ‘Kajillionaire’ Review: California Scheming 2020-09-24T04:00:00Z Soon his Pilar Cuban Bakery next door will be ready to sell savory and sweet specialties, including croquettes and empanadas, Cuban tamales filled with pork, Cuban bread, café con leche and batidos. Batidos for Bed-Stuy 2018-08-27T04:00:00Z “Brigsby Bear” is a funny, oddly touching look at the pros and cons of millennials’ tendency to obsess over pop culture. We live in a world where satires such as "The Tick" soar and "Brigsby Bear" goes begging 2017-08-26T04:00:00Z “Evermore” features more character studies and role playing, as she sings about infidelity, con jobs, even murder. ‘Evermore,’ Taylor Swift’s ‘Folklore’ Sequel, Is a Journey Deeper Inward 2020-12-11T05:00:00Z There is something about the pride in actorly craftsmanship, underlying cinema’s fondness for cons, stunts and heists. My favourite best picture Oscar winner: The Sting 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z Given the circumstances, Walter’s con feels like reparations, not thievery. When Black Characters Double-Deal to Make Ends Meet, It’s Never Enough 2023-01-14T05:00:00Z There were a few too many elaborate cons. ‘Better Call Saul’ Season 6, Episode 13 Recap: Life 2022-08-15T04:00:00Z How do you approach playing a con man? Milo Ventimiglia on the ‘Honest Deception’ of ‘The Company You Keep’ 2023-02-17T05:00:00Z His latest piece will play in a traditional theatre, but that doesn't mean this show – which introduces us to two con artists, Liz and Jim – will be any the less startling. Stockton International Riverside Festival, Liolà, King Lear: what to see at the theatre this week 2013-07-27T05:00:00Z Head to up-and-coming Loiza Street to sample a blend from selected local farms at Café con Cé, a tiny cafe with interiors featuring deliberately tattered walls and Scandinavian furniture. 36 Hours in San Juan 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z But among the film’s insider true-crime details, it also becomes clear that her gutsy stance reflects a willingness to say and do whatever is necessary to con her marks. ‘The Life & Crimes of Doris Payne,’ About a Real Jewel Thief 2014-05-27T04:00:00Z With Trump on the ballot in 2016, I began keeping a running list of the pros and cons of staying versus leaving, with the incessant hum of Fox News in the background. My husband voted for Trump, I was a secret Democrat: Our purple marriage couldn't last 2020-12-13T05:00:00Z Some of the best con stories are ones that are bolstered by schadenfreude — the kind where you're actually kind of okay with what the scam exposed about those who were taken. From extreme catfishing to wine fraud, here are 6 documentaries about con artists 2021-05-09T04:00:00Z Pro or con, the reviews tended to make things personal, as befits a film that was unmistakably “charged with its maker’s psychosexual energy,” in Hoberman’s words. “David Lynch should be shot”: Looking back on the madness and chaos of “Blue Velvet” and Ronald Reagan’s ’80s 2016-03-26T04:00:00Z The BBC responded by saying the themes were "appropriate in the context of the heightened sci-fi world of the show" and that the claim was proven to be a "con". Who's Gomez tackles show death complaints 2014-11-11T05:00:00Z West’s collection of freaks, cons, cowboys and unpredictable women in his 1939 “The Day of the Locust” predates Steely Dan’s own collection of freaks, cons and gauchos by 33 years. Review | How Steely Dan made its mark on music — and shaped an American cool 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z Will Smith as Paul in “Six Degrees of Separation” is a con artist: debonair, charming, and hiding who he really is. Moonlight sonata: Will the film’s Oscar nod make Hollywood legitimize gay relationships of color? 2017-01-25T05:00:00Z I’m very fascinated by the collective fascination with con men and scam artists, and there’s some crossover there with P.T. Hugh Jackman Is Having Fun Playing as ‘Arrogant as You Possibly Can’ 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z None of the great apertifing countries went through Prohibition like we did — and don’t get me started on the pros and cons of the Protestant work ethic. Attention, day drinkers: Here’s what you should be imbibing 2016-06-10T04:00:00Z He was joined on the red carpet by his stars, including Amy Adams, who plays a con woman with a penchant for slinky outfits and sky-high heels. Scene City: Bradley Cooper and Amy Adams Attend the Premiere of ‘American Hustle’ 2013-12-11T21:14:53Z The second legal team was more aggressive, depicting Ms. Constand as a calculating “con artist” and the other accusers as money-driven. Bill Cosby, Appealing Conviction, Hires 12th Firm and 20th Lawyer 2018-10-22T04:00:00Z She even used knife and fork on our pan con tomate while I opted for hands on. Blind date: ‘Any awkward moments? When I guessed his age’ 2019-08-10T04:00:00Z Strictly speaking, Norman is a con artist, a spinner of exaggerations, half-truths and outright lies. Review: Richard Gere as ‘Norman,’ an Aspirational Jewish Fixer 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z A twist at the end, the book’s ultimate con, is too good to spoil, and left me rethinking the characters and the story. A Father-Son Novel Served With a Twist 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z She plays a con artist, just out of prison, who tries to prevent a hit man from carrying out his job. A Chill in the Air? Stay Inside and Watch TV 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z The pro and con thing didn’t come into the equation — I just don’t want children. Women Who Said No to Motherhood 2021-05-03T04:00:00Z The end of the impostor rom-com is like dates three, four, five or more — when the guise is removed, we see if the con of courtship can produce something genuine. Perspective | ‘Working Girl,’ and why we love the impostor rom-com 2018-12-29T05:00:00Z Now the woman is Merry Mansfield, a con artist, who rear-ends cars for kidnappers for a living. ‘Razor Girl,’ a Tale of Kidnappers, Reality TV Stars and Dodgy Seafood 2016-09-04T04:00:00Z This fascination with intelligent evil is most apparent in a new main character, who has no analogue in the original: a sharkish sociopath, a genius of the long con and the longer monologue. Emily Nussbaum: The Minnesota Noir of “Fargo” 2014-06-23T04:00:00Z Amos had to submit work in order to be con sidered for admission. How the black radical female artists of the '60s and '70s made art that speaks to today's politics 2017-12-29T05:00:00Z You want to weigh the pros and cons of each, so you don’t buy something in the heat of the moment. Still working from home? Here’s what you need to know about window or portable air conditioners. 2020-06-22T04:00:00Z But the thrills of the con game are always calling Jimmy, and to his detriment, he keeps on answering that phone. “You will pay”: Season 3 of “Better Call Saul” accelerates into the dark 2017-04-10T04:00:00Z Mad Men fans may want to tune in on Friday to see the first of Christina Hendrix's immensely enjoyable guest appearances on the show as space femme fatale con artist Saffron. Combat Kids 2010-11-22T06:45:00Z Philip turns out to be an adept con man, but he’s as much a victim as a victimizer. Billy Crudup in 'Harry Clarke': A deviously brilliant performance is reborn as an audiobook 2018-01-16T05:00:00Z When the Allegro con anima main section began, Mr. Gergiev kept the tempo reined in, never milking the music for melodrama. Music Review: Mariinsky Orchestra Plays Tchaikovsky at Carnegie - Review 2011-10-11T20:45:23Z The "Montero" video is a masterpiece of provocation praised by historians for its shrewd incorporation of Renaissance-style religious iconography to condemn homophobia, immediately triggering Christian conservatives and grandstanding right-wing con artists like Candace Owens. The liberating pink power of Lil Nas X's trolling continues in new music video "Industry Baby" 2021-07-24T04:00:00Z On January 20, 2017, we will ... witness the inauguration of a con who did little to spurn endorsement by forces of xenophobia and white supremacy. Are the politics of “incivility” paving the road to an American fascism? Part 1 of 2 2018-09-01T04:00:00Z Season 2 picks up a few weeks after the competition, as Richard is forced to consider the pros and cons of accepting millions of dollars from competing venture capitalists. HBO’s ‘Silicon Valley,’ still tip-to-tip efficient at sharply observant satire 2015-04-10T04:00:00Z Firth plays a London art curator who plots an elaborate scheme to con a wealthy collector into buying a fake Monet painting. Cameron Diaz joins Colin Firth in "Gambit" remake 2011-02-02T02:58:07Z Visit both destinations and you will probably overhear conversations debating the pros and cons of Amazon, such as increased traffic and rent costs and a surge in development projects and millennials. Amazon chose two locations for its new headquarters. Now, we go explore them. 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z It's unclear whether this individual was a con man out to line his pockets, a Taliban agent out to sabotage the talks, or a plant from Pakistani intelligence. How to catch a Taliban impostor 2010-11-24T01:01:00Z What Stan doesn’t know is that Nina is the key player in an elaborate con job, which is why she submitted to the beating. 'The Americans' recap: Soviets put squeeze on FBI agent 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z Everything has its pros and cons about it that I do. Tommy Stinson is the most positive man in rock ‘n roll: “All of the bad thoughts died with my brother” 2016-07-23T04:00:00Z The low strings and French horns shone in the intense final movement, putting excellent motion in the "con moto." Delightful evening of Bach, and those he inspired, at SSO 2011-10-29T17:24:05Z Thatcher's continuing ability to divide opinion was apparent as observers variously envied these young people their blissful ignorance of Thatcher or argued that the pros and cons of Thatcherism be taught in every school. Was Margaret Thatcher the first Spice Girl? 2013-04-09T16:27:14Z The show has a con man’s view of human nature: People are easy marks, because they’re greedy and willing to take shortcuts. Review: ‘Better Call Saul,’ Quirky and Absorbing in Season Opener 2016-02-14T05:00:00Z Avoid using air con and showers, though as Burning Man is a fiercely eco event. The crazy world of Burning Man – festival survival guide 2014-07-29T04:00:00Z Irving's con was simple: He offered editors an autobiography of Hughes, one he would secretly invent out of whole cloth, and bank on the fact that Hughes would never come forward to debunk it. 21 of the wildest cons in history 2022-03-12T05:00:00Z As a child, she doesn’t notice until it’s almost too late that David is an emotionally stunted manchild, a negligent father, and a con artist to boot. Casablanca to Starship Troopers: the movie breakups that hit our writers hardest 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z Originality is a con: Pop music history is the history of near overlap. It’s Got a Great Beat, and You Can File a Lawsuit to It 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z Both are heard at crucial points in the song, with the former saying “con los terroristas” and latter voicing the phrase “Do the Harlem Shake!” ‘Harlem Shake’ Controversy: Artists Behind Unlicensed Samples Seek Money from Hit Song 2013-03-11T17:08:14Z All this fuss upsets top con Dennis, who tells Neville that the lockdowns resulting from his son's violence are bad for his business and must be stopped. 'Starred Up' is a savage journey toward anger management 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z The first, 2007's "Agent Zigzag," is a true story of a career British criminal/con man arrested by the Germans on the island of Jersey. Summer reading: 10 nonfiction books to last the season 2012-06-15T17:01:34Z And the very snobbery of what I just wrote plays right into the long con. Perspective | RBG and the empty triumph of liberal pop culture 2020-09-21T04:00:00Z Saul falls back on his gift for elaborate cons. ‘Better Call Saul’ Season 6, Episode 10 Recap: Sweet Revenge 2022-07-25T04:00:00Z In those moments, in a theater of a few hundred people, everyone is rooting for Collin, the ex con. Daveed Diggs: “[Thomas] Jefferson would not f**k with Trump, period” 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z The first is a performance of wonderfully calculated madness by Ms. Lawrence as Rosalyn, a con man’s wife. ‘American Hustle’ and ‘Wolf of Wall Street’ as Brutal Comedies 2014-01-24T21:39:56Z “Spaniards will nurse a café con leche for three hours,” she said. 'We need the Brits': Benidorm banks on August tourist surge 2020-06-06T04:00:00Z "Funny Girl" in particular dramatizes her marriage to Nicky Arnstein, who was a gambler and professional con artist with multiple aliases. Why "Funny Girl" matters: a breakdown of the revival's casting issues 2022-07-11T04:00:00Z The banter is a little more forced, the cons a shade less intricate. Television: ‘White Collar,’ ‘Leverage’ and ‘Suits’: TV Criminals 2012-07-06T16:00:00Z The Bravo of it all — forgive the shorthand, but hopefully you get what I mean — is the ostentatious glint of the Newells' lifestyle and the sheer audaciousness of Meehan’s con. Viral podcast “Dirty John” goes Bravo: It’s true crime, “Real Housewives”-style 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z So unlike almost any other policy issue, about which we can afford to debate the pros and cons and change our minds later as new information comes in, there is no margin for error here. From global warming to fluoride: Why do people deny science? 2013-05-25T20:30:00Z At his best, Velez has the swagger of a con man on a hot streak. Four Stand-Up Specials That Showcase Hard-Working Comics 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z He’s a 70-year-old con man who relishes violence, abuse of power and deception. Duty to warn: Shrinks can’t say that Donald Trump suffers from a mental disorder — but we can 2017-05-07T04:00:00Z The website called Trump’s political ambitions “a long con” in a lengthy piece in February 2014, which may have marked BuzzFeed as an early entry on Trump’s media enemies list. No, there’s no rhyme or reason to Trump’s ban on news organizations 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z Jimmy lacked respect for his father’s kindly nature, which made him an easy mark for lowlifes and con men. When Cain Makes Abel: “Better Call Saul” third season explore how family can make a good man go bad 2017-06-13T04:00:00Z There are, we also know, pros and cons to this. Salon commenters: What do you want from our community? 2019-07-26T04:00:00Z If Adult Swim does not have anything new slated for the next quarter or so, the con probably will not be a fit, Babcock said. New York Comic Con vendors evolve as events proliferate 2013-10-11T17:52:02Z The phishing scams led victims to Indonesia, ostensibly on a film job, before bilking them for travel expenses — a scheme said to have earned the con artist hundreds of thousands of dollars. 21 of the wildest cons in history 2022-03-12T05:00:00Z She added Respighi’s “Adagio con Variazioni,” a captivating work that seemed to catch even some of the veteran cellists by surprise: a nice bit of enterprise. Critic?s Notebook: Piatigorsky International Cello Festival in Los Angeles 2012-03-20T22:13:34Z A collection of the award-wining journalist’s articles about criminals and con artists. Washington Post hardcover bestsellers 2022-07-05T04:00:00Z My one cavil would be that his tempi tend to be conservative; the Allegro con Brio of the Prokofiev and the Beethoven Scherzo both felt a little earthbound. BSO at Strathmore: A confident, open-hearted guest conductor 2015-09-27T04:00:00Z There are pros and cons to growing meat through cell culture techniques. Lab-grown meat techniques aren’t new — cell cultures are common tools in science 2023-06-28T04:00:00Z Mulling the pros and cons of river and road touring before making our plans, we noted that the per-diem costs are roughly similar for each form of travel, depending on the amenities offered. Swapping a boat for a bus to explore Prague, Vienna and Budapest 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z How do you find the human qualities of a shameless con artist without minimizing the wretchedness of his deeds? How do you humanize Bernie Madoff for an HBO movie? Simple: You don’t. 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z “And I’m not a con artist, I didn’t con people, like, that was just me. And this is me now.” Katy Perry Woke Up. She Wants to Tell You All About It. 2017-06-14T04:00:00Z That is because it’s a show about con men and lawyers—professional liars, one and all. “Better Call Saul”: Season 1 ends with Jimmy’s better nature slipping away 2015-04-07T04:00:00Z The orphanage plot — tough nuns, smart-aleck kids, accidental fire — quickly merges with an equally clichéd boxing plot involving a crusty trainer, his con artist son and gambling debts. | 'Knucklehead': He?s a Big Man on a Mission 2010-10-21T22:59:00Z On the top of the page it says “Allegro con brio.” A Conductor Brings Nearly a Century of Experience to Beethoven 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z Don says he likes to run through pros and cons. 'Mad Men' Watch: Welcome Back; We Missed You 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z It soothes my mind to separate, say, con artists from gangsters, and it makes a jumble of true-crime books on a variety of topics easier to tackle. Hunting Down the Best True-Crime Tales 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z The handful of familiar book-business faces I encountered at the con seemed pleasantly dazed by the festival atmosphere. Inside the passionate “girl-topia” of BookCon: Where authors are rock stars and geek-chic girls rule 2015-06-03T04:00:00Z Writing a novel is a shell game — an elaborate con in which the author aims to dazzle with what she does well, in hopes of distracting the reader from what she can’t do at all. Battle of the Sexes? For This Voracious Heroine, It’s All-Out War. 2021-06-04T04:00:00Z She offered her services pro bono to the women who appear in the series, so moved was she by their stories of deceit, fraud and violence by the “nickel-and-dime” con man Richard Scott Smith. Taking Down Bad Men Is Her Job 2020-11-11T05:00:00Z There's no easy way to synopsize the story, which involves a cascade of outrageous con games, prison escapes, impersonations and other felonies and misdemeanors. "I Love You Phillip Morris": Too gay for 2010? 2010-12-02T01:30:00Z Democrats have compared Santos to the chameleonic antihero of the novel “The Talented Mr. Ripley,” or the highflying con man in the film “Catch Me If You Can.” George Santos had an awkward first day at the office 2023-01-03T05:00:00Z With a cunning ruse, Claire is able to con him into giving up vital information. ‘Outlander’ Season 2, Episode 9: ‘A Dragonfly in Amber’ 2016-06-04T04:00:00Z For Mamet men, such verbal speed is both part of the con’s patter and a way of confirming that they’re still alive, still in the game. Review: In David Mamet’s ‘China Doll,’ Al Pacino as an Urban Warrior in Winter 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z Stern recognizes the pros and cons of not accepting money and says “we give a lot of food away” rather than refusing service to those without credit or bank cards. Review | Chaia’s mindful tacos make it easy to eat your vegetables 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z The mess they're in is partly Jack's fault since his reputation as a smuggler and con artist makes him a wanted man. From "You" to "Barry," we're fascinated by audacious grifters: The man who deceives us and himself 2023-03-11T05:00:00Z And she finally won a best actress César, France’s equivalent of the Oscar, in 1992, for playing a con woman in the comedy “The Old Lady Who Walked in the Sea.” Jeanne Moreau, Femme Fatale of French New Wave, Is Dead at 89 2017-07-31T04:00:00Z "Zooey" was the story of how a Glass brother, the actor Zooey, tried to illuminate sister Franny about the pros and cons of the material world after she breaks up with her Ivy League boyfriend. 2010-01-28T21:05:00Z If the first bar is like that, it’s not con brio at all; it’s allegro comodo or allegro pesante or something like that. A Conductor Brings Nearly a Century of Experience to Beethoven 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z His long con made Mr. DeMeyer’s tale something of a parable of our age, a dark fantasy for millions of people who serve the plutocrat class and dream of getting even. The Wine Thief 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z Amateur sleuths, genealogists and gold diggers joined the quest—as did con artists, resulting in the sensational “discovery,” in 1937, of a large stone about 60 miles to the west of Roanoke Island. ‘The Secret Token’ Review: America’s First Unsolved Mystery 2018-06-17T04:00:00Z Either that or I’m realizing that acting is absolutely a con. Milo Ventimiglia on the ‘Honest Deception’ of ‘The Company You Keep’ 2023-02-17T05:00:00Z A daughter-in-law says immediately, “I think the con would be that you would be the president.” Television Review: ‘Mitt’ Goes Behind the Scenes of Romney’s Presidential Bids 2014-01-23T23:18:24Z Even when you look at the name congrí, it seems like a play on the pronunciation of the longer name, arroz con gris. When I think of essential Cuban food, I think of congrí 2022-03-05T05:00:00Z She summoned lovely, pastel tone and lambent high notes for “Nè men con l’ombre” and turned the brief but crucial duet “L’amerete?” into a fully realized scene. Review: Handel’s ‘Serse,’ With Yuks and Exquisite Playing 2022-05-09T04:00:00Z The plot’s repetitive rhythms are eased, though, by Rohl’s startling commitment to her character’s pathology — a long, money-grubbing con of begging, borrowing and online fund-raising. ‘White Lie’ Review: In Sickness and in Stealth 2021-01-05T05:00:00Z It was a long con in retraining pop ears to accept some of that world’s sonic ideas. Review: The Chainsmokers Find That Pop Is an Awkward Fit 2017-04-12T04:00:00Z Narrated by Whoopi Goldberg, this new true-crime series pieces together scams and cons with interviews from victims, eyewitnesses, law enforcement and — at times — the criminals themselves. What’s on TV This Week: ‘Lovecraft Country’ and the Billboard Music Awards 2020-10-12T04:00:00Z This week, we’re bringing you stories about grifts, cons, and rackets—and about the circumstances that led eventually to their unmasking. Sunday Reading: Schemes, Frauds, and Swindles 2018-09-30T04:00:00Z “I get very relaxed in such times,” she said, adding that she respects a good con. Amy Schumer Doesn’t Care What You Think (That Much) 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z Their song is an utterly transparent riff on his con man’s appeal: “You gotta believe in something, why not believe in me?” ‘Car Wash,’ a Raunchy 1970s Comedy Brimming With Meta and Mayhem 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z We do read about a short con called the Nouvelle Cuisine, “which involves getting a dining recommendation, coming down with horrible food poisoning, and then blaming the recommender for the illness.” Review: In ‘Hotels of North America,’ Rick Moody Examines the Middle-Aged Male in Free Fall 2015-11-09T05:00:00Z Trollope’s “The Way We Live Now,” the story of a financial con man who goes into politics. Adam Hochschild Says Books Can Change the World. He Has Proof. 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z “He was the last of the con men, in a way,” Mr. Richardson said. A Collector of People Along With Art 2011-04-06T23:34:47Z Exhibitors even used actual cons in the movie’s advertising. ‘Riot in Cell Block 11’ and ‘The Big House’ on DVD 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z The cons are that there’s stuff that’s hard to describe and talk about, particularly when other people are involved. Review | ‘Solutions and Other Problems’ author Allie Brosh talks cats, depressions and the joys of Zoom book tours 2020-10-07T04:00:00Z Patterson's former life, the business of advertising, is, in a sense, the business of cons. Is James Patterson's claim that white men face racism an enraging PR stunt from a former ad man? 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z People with disabilities constantly pay “a tax or price,” he said, “this idea of the disability con and always needing to prove they are actually disabled” and therefore worthy of protection. Disability Pride: The High Expectations of a New Generation 2020-07-17T04:00:00Z Because oat milk is generally flavored, Allen says, it’s higher in carbs and sugars, which is a con. Soy, oat, almond, coconut or another? How to find the healthiest milk for your needs. 2019-12-02T05:00:00Z A helpful approach is to create a simple “pros or cons” list or use the “if, then” rule to weigh potential consequences. Perspective | As states reopen, here’s what parents should know about distanced play dates, expanded social bubbles and more 2020-06-01T04:00:00Z Thus Walter Kirn, language artist, enters the world of Clark Rockefeller, con artist. Walter Kirn’s ‘Blood Will Out’: a true tale of glitter and gullibility 2014-04-03T20:44:52Z But the real purpose of Ms. Konnikova’s book is not to rehearse a history of the con. Review: In ‘The Confidence Game’ by Maria Konnikova, the Siren Call of the Swindler 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z The Netflix doc promises to be a little different in that this story not only features interviews with the con man's victims but his accomplices. What to watch on Netflix in December 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z They seem far too willing to embrace incipient fascism, or actual fascism, or at least a cult of personality built around an obvious con artist, as their preferred mode of rescue. Trapped in a cave: A true story with mythic roots and symbolic power 2018-07-07T04:00:00Z Do say: The key to a long life is knowing that happy ever after is just one big con. New Edinburgh act of the day: Milk Presents 2011-08-11T13:10:05Z The gods are brutal, violent con artists; the goddesses no less archetypal. “American Gods” are the ones we deserve: Neil Gaiman and the Starz show cast on the “long con” of religion and the struggle for lost soul of America 2017-04-30T04:00:00Z Another draw, papa con ocopa, is a salad of sliced white and purple fingerling potatoes and cooked quail eggs draped in a velvety cheese sauce. Ocopa: The tastes of Peru, from a chef who knows, come to H Street NE As my forehead sadly puckers, I will play them all for suckers, Yes, I'll con the rubes in Maine. Style Invitational Week 1463: Fork over some (new) spoonerisms 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z When in funds, this lifelong con artist swaggered like a Park Avenue millionaire, gave serious folding money to beggars and always stayed in the best suite in the best hotel. Review | The most shameless con artist of the Jazz Age knew that the biggest lies work best 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z Capitalism and con artistry: the economic catastrophe we faced in 2008 may have been avoided, at least for now. Motivators of 2010: Technology and Greed 2010-12-17T19:43:28Z When their mother cooked, she called her children over so that they could learn her recipes for classic Puerto Rican dishes like arroz con pollo. Cruz Miguel Ortíz Cuadra, Face of Puerto Rican Culinary History, Dies at 67 2023-03-19T04:00:00Z Tiler Peck’s account on Wednesday of the “Tema con Variazioni” finale of “Suite No. 3” made music and choreography leap forth in thrilling connection, with luminous authority. Critic’s Notebook: New York City Ballet’s Tchaikovsky Celebration 2013-01-26T01:22:39Z Last year, when he was forced to skip a show at a 10,000-seat arena in Tel Aviv, a fan told The Jerusalem Post he felt the night was “tainted with con.” Reunion Tour! The Band Is Back! Wait, Who Are These Guys? 2019-03-22T04:00:00Z Four years later, Mary, out of jail and now schooled in the ways of con artistry, is back in town, befriending reformed criminals and teaching them how to turn shakedown marks, but “within the law.” ‘Within the Law’ Is a Revival Focusing on Social Justice 2014-06-08T04:00:00Z We also knew very little about who she was and where she came from until recent seasons and episodes when we met her mother and found out that con artistry is in her blood. In breaking up with Kim Wexler, "Better Call Saul" maps a noble end to a stellar portrait of a lady 2022-07-24T04:00:00Z But by the eighth installment of the show, which has been wildly successful, Sidney is beginning to suspect she’s been deceived, and that her great coup was actually a con job. Dangerous Disappearing Acts, With Killers in Pursuit 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z Is it this all part of an act — a long con for a co-authored book deal? Perspective | Kellyanne and George Conway’s tawdry love triangle with all of us 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z It is as if students were presented with the pros and cons of racial segregation, leaving them to decide which side they wanted to take. Can’t a capitalist be moral? 2012-06-17T22:00:00Z Growing up in Washington State, she was in a community production of “The Music Man,” another show about a slick con man trying to bilk small towners. ‘Shucked’: A Broadway Musical That Doubles Down on the Corn 2023-03-21T04:00:00Z Debating Circumcision and Consent Two pro, two con, one "it's complicated." Motherlode Blog: Debating Circumcision and Consent 2012-07-12T15:00:28Z “That definitely deserved a day off if not just for the pro/con list. We shall call it “creative writing and statistics” home school,” another fan chuckled. Boy's letter to mom about missing school bus goes viral 2019-06-07T04:00:00Z She is also mesmerised by Mike, and suddenly a willing accomplice to a group of Chicago con artists. Review 2010-09-16T23:33:00Z A con man is going to teach his kids the the con man’s view of the world, which is that the world is full of suckers. Her dad was a con man 2012-08-10T00:00:00Z The film centers on the peregrinations of a young Arab woman and a scruffy, middle-aged con man — a white European, apparently. A Video Artist Playing With Themes of Orientalism 2015-10-20T04:00:00Z All this was a mere five years ago; now Frey is back, unredeemed, assuming the persona of a divine con artist who is his fancied alter ego. The Final Testament of the Holy Bible by James Frey ? review 2011-04-10T04:00:00Z Along the way, Gifford drops in concise histories of con artistry, the U.S. prison system and the illegal numbers game known as Policy. ‘Street Poison’ review: Why rappers owe a debt to writer Iceberg Slim 2015-07-28T04:00:00Z He's a con man, a lousy businessman, a liar, and an imbecile. Review: ‘The Confidence Man’ Finds Trump’s Business Image Was Made for TV 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z Now we know that wherever he goes and however far he rises or follows, Hell will find him . . . and we can only hope that Kim cons her way off its path. Who is the one who knocks? On the "Better Call Saul" midseason finale two devils drop by 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z Then there would be a relatively sincere rundown of a particular gadget's pros and cons. The All New Gadget Show: give us the old one back please 2012-11-13T14:07:56Z Living with the cons as well as the pros of acting, he learned that it's a job like any other. Rory Kinnear as Hamlet: A palpable hit 2010-09-19T17:33:00Z Aiming an apparent potshot at Washington, Ms. Dern observed how odd it was “that con men give people comfort.” Woody Harrelson, Laura Dern and Dick Cavett at a Party for ‘Wilson’ 2017-03-22T04:00:00Z Given that my own training is in the humanities, it is hard to resist tussling with Treadgold on the pros, cons and outcomes of humanities course content. We don’t need to “rethink college” — we need to rethink the arguments against it 2018-09-01T04:00:00Z But everyone in this show thinks like a con artist, looking a few steps ahead and making wagers on human behavior. "Better Call Saul" goes deeper into the grey as it accelerates toward the end 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z She, in turn, laid the blame at the feet of Count Cagliostro, a Sicilian con man and occultist. Queen, thief, wife, lover 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z When they do, Michael hits upon a new con game. Review: ‘A Crooked Somebody’ Finds a Con Man Caught Up in His Own Plan 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z It scorns foolish claims — from all sides — about the pros and cons of iconoclasm. At satire's forefront, cartoons press against hard lines 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z As the orchestra organizes its search committee, handicappers and kibitzers will weigh the pros and cons of potential candidates. Alan Gilbert to Leave New York Philharmonic in 2017 2015-02-06T05:00:00Z Q: What are the pros and cons of being in a big show vs. performing on your own? Scrooge summit 2016-12-23T05:00:00Z That Mueller guy is on a wicked “witch hunt,” though he’s been GOP his whole career … In short, there’s simply not a ripe-for-plucking spot to con the dumb and gullible like here in Trumpalot. Style Invitational Week 1287: Oldies for newsies — a song parody contest 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z Scammers, grifters and con artists are always in season. 7 Podcasts About the Art of the Scam 2021-02-16T05:00:00Z Season 1 followed the mind games between the con man and the gambler; Season 2, which streams Friday, focuses more on Pete’s family, including a memorable turn from the character actress Margo Martindale. What’s on TV Friday: ‘Collateral’ and ‘Love’ 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z The con world is full of wellness claims that rarely stand up to scrutiny. 21 of the wildest cons in history 2022-03-12T05:00:00Z In a tweet Trump described her claim as a “total con job.” Stormy Daniels promises to tell all in memoir due out October 2 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z But if she finds another con man, she might avoid him the way alcoholics avoid booze. ‘Better Call Saul’ Season 6, Episode 13 Recap: Life 2022-08-15T04:00:00Z “I show women all the devices available, and explain the pros and cons of each,” he said. Breast Implants Undergo Reconstruction 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z The humor comes from the brinkmanship between Ron and his precocious charges; he may be a con artist, but he can’t out-con a television child. Television Review | 'Sons of Tucson': What a Charming Loser on New Fox Sitcom 2010-03-12T00:40:00Z Padma poetically says, "From pilau to paella to tahdig, rice can be temperamental," which most certainly sums up both the pros and cons of rice at large. "Top Chef: World All Stars" cooks with sugar and spice (and everything rice) 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z This new interpretation of the Trickster, who appears in the show’s 17th episode, places him as a con man living out a life sentence at Iron Heights. Mark Hamill Will Join 'The Flash' to Reprise Role as the Trickster 2014-12-08T05:00:00Z As late as the 1970s, Hill’s grandparents lived in a subsidized rowhouse without “mod cons,” or modern conveniences, including indoor plumbing. In a Memoir, the Impeachment Witness Fiona Hill Recounts Her Journey From ‘Blighted World’ to White House 2021-10-01T04:00:00Z But he made clear that the hostilities had not ceased: At one point, he accused Mr. Suzuki of “con artistry.” Mark O’Connor Fans a Debate About the Suzuki Method 2014-12-07T05:00:00Z The real drama comes not from Dusty’s con but from Mona’s reaction to the situation. Review: In ‘Home Sweet Hell,’ Married Life Isn’t Heaven 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z Strutting about in a bleached and permed wig, and twisting his interpretation of the Bible to juice up investor confidence, he’s a solid con man — infuriating, comedic and shameless. Smart Watch: "Valley of the Boom," "Corporate" returns, and "The Dictator's Playbook" on PBS 2019-01-12T05:00:00Z What is patriarchy, after all, but a con being run on all genders, whispering to both victims and beneficiaries that any suffering they experience is for their own good? Three Sisters, an Island and an Apocalyptic Tale of Survival 2019-01-08T05:00:00Z Day: I think from the very beginning, it's about making sure that both the victim and the con artist or master of deception is being represented. How "Generation Hustle," a show about con artists, almost got conned by one of its subjects 2021-05-02T04:00:00Z It disturbs me very little to accede to Trump's acquittal As I con the hicks in Maine. Style Invitational Week 1463: Fork over some (new) spoonerisms 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z But casting William, Warner Brothers’ specialist in cynical con men and sleazy professionals, as a straight-arrow champion of law and order, seemed like a waste of natural resources. DVD: New DVDs, Mary Pickford on Blu-ray, Early Perry Mason 2012-11-18T01:53:01Z “Every con,” she writes, “starts with a good story” and the one she tells in “The Confidence Men” is exceptionally entertaining. Review | The greatest prison escape ever? ‘The Confidence Men’ tells a sensational true story. 2021-06-15T04:00:00Z These days there’s a con artist born every minute too. Television: ‘White Collar,’ ‘Leverage’ and ‘Suits’: TV Criminals 2012-07-06T16:00:00Z His tribute album doesn’t sound anything like a joke, and if it is one Adams is playing an especially long con. Haters Gonna Hate: Listening to Ryan Adams's "1989" 2015-09-22T04:00:00Z Great con men are good at reading people and are skilled at saying what people want to hear. What made George Santos lie so much? Experts weigh in on his deception. 2023-02-02T05:00:00Z Men can't usually con their women into accepting stripping as an evening's entertainment the way they can with burlesque. This sub-porn for ladeez is not my idea of erotica 2010-12-25T23:02:00Z It’s not the 'Green Mile' con – you know where that road’s going to end. ArtsBeat: You Wouldn’t Like Him When He’s Angry: Peter Sarsgaard Joins ‘The Killing’ 2013-05-29T14:00:24Z She went from “sandwich artist” to con artist. Subway employee stages robbery at own restaurant to 'teach one of the employees a lesson' 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z You tell this story of con artistry in a prismatic fashion, layering the reality with the dreams of Richie and the townsfolk. Welcome to "Narrowsburg," a tiny town conned out of its Hollywood dreams 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z And she plays with the stereotypes and indulges those and cons the whole world by pretending to bind them, Amy does. Rosamund Pike: War correspondent Marie Colvin “was not fearless” 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z Any time you give any interview, any pro answer would be like “they’re getting back together” and any con answer would be like “they’re broken up for good.” Q&A: Pete Wentz on How Fall Out Boy Can Save Rock 2013-04-10T09:45:06Z She ate spicy chili con carne on Olvera Street, the same tourist trap where I entertained visiting authors half a century later. Read Your Way Around Los Angeles 2023-05-17T04:00:00Z "And there's a risk that Americans might be turned off by a show that looks like a big, over-orchestrated media con before it even premieres." Cowell still in talks over US "X Factor" judges 2011-06-06T12:19:50Z Jack had daddy issues, Kate felt chronically misunderstood, Sawyer conned people before they could con him and Locke refused to accept that he was never going to get out of that chair. "Lost": Ruined by its own fans? 2010-05-24T14:30:00Z The Talented Mr. Ripley, a psychological thriller about a con artist, was adapted for TV in 1956, the year following its publication. "The Talented Mr. Ripley" Book Series Will Be Adapted for Television 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z "My Fellow Citizens!" stars Choi Si-won as a con man down on his luck and Lee Yoo-young as the police detective he begins dating, who doesn't reveal her job to him until their wedding day. (Not) made in America: 6 Korean shows and their remade U.S. counterparts 2023-05-08T04:00:00Z However, Mr Barrett paints his protagonist as a well-meaning tragic hero undone by hubris rather than a venal con man. Murky truth 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z But that, he quickly added, won't prevent him from throwing himself con brio into his immediate commitments to the orchestra and city. Muti: Game on for CSO show 2011-02-02T20:23:33Z One of the reasons people fall victim to scammers is that they are lonely and isolated, just like the woman who sent a con man $31,000. This town’s solution to loneliness? The ‘chat bench.’ 2019-07-17T04:00:00Z Lizbet is deeply devout and moral, but her father is a con artist; when he’s imprisoned for accidentally making it rain mice, it’s up to Lizbet to free him. The Best New Fantasy Novels 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z There are pros and cons to a committed monogamous relationship, and there’s nothing wrong with wanting to explore a bit before settling down. Ask Molly Ringwald: if I settle down, will I be missing out? 2015-07-31T04:00:00Z It might seem a stretch for him to take up an American con artist of the 1920s, but Edgar Laplante’s impressive career was international in scope and included Canada, Britain and continental Europe. Review | The most shameless con artist of the Jazz Age knew that the biggest lies work best 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z But we know where things are headed; the inglorious ends of a long con are often more predictable than they are narratively satisfying. Bunkmates Turned Scam Artists Take Silicon Valley for a Ride 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z He founded the “crunchy con” ideology — another book, back in 2006 — wedding cultural and moral conservatism with an organic, co-op-and-Birkenstock lifestyle. Rod Dreher is the combative, oversharing blogger who speaks for today’s beleaguered Christians 2017-10-27T04:00:00Z Action thriller with two escaped cons stuck on an out-of-control locomotive. This week's new DVD & Blu-ray 2013-07-20T05:00:00Z These are the sorts of behind-the-scenes decisions that arise on “Black Monday,” an outrageous new comedy, beginning Sunday on Showtime, about a ragtag bunch of traders running a long con on the street’s blue-blood establishment. ‘Black Monday’ Mines ’80s Excess for Comedy and Commentary 2019-01-20T05:00:00Z That night, Jeff and I weighed the pros and cons of staying together long distance, then took a break. Pudge Will Keep Us Together 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z Kevin Young's book "Bunk" would help you tiptoe up to an expansion of the truism, "You can't con the honest" because he writes brilliantly, savagely, about the impulse to con. Novelist Jonathan Lethem: "There is no allegory crude enough" to capture Trump's America 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z Though he purports to be an artist too — Paris street scenes his specialty — he's more con man than painter. Tim Burton's 'Big Eyes' feels too paint-by-numbers 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z There was much warning about what you mustn't do when filming with thieves, drug addicts, con artists and so on. How the makers of Just Do It fought the law 2011-07-06T21:00:00Z Twenty years on, it is “heartbreaking”, says Gallagher, to see the country “bamboozled by this con man … It really feels like they left the back door of the Capitol open.” Peter Gallagher: 'One of the most toxic things in the world is success' 2020-05-20T04:00:00Z You see how he functions with his wife and children, and you see a con man like you maybe haven’t quite seen before. How do you humanize Bernie Madoff for an HBO movie? Simple: You don’t. 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z With almost every choice in life, there are pros and cons. Perspective | Does my son with ADHD need a new school? 2021-07-20T04:00:00Z A former McDonald’s cook from Wyoming, Pennsylvania, summed it up this month on Glassdoor.com, using their format of first describing the pros and then the cons. Fast food restaurants don’t need to pay starvation wages 2013-09-11T15:11:00Z Photograph: Simon Annand David Mamet has always had a fascination with the con, the double cross, the dupe and the deception. This week's new theatre 2010-09-03T23:06:00Z Sneaking lessons and morals into children’s stories might seem like trying to con a picky eater by discreetly tucking spinach into a meatball, but it’s a tradition as old as fairy tales themselves. Fantasies for Young Readers, With an Eye on Today’s Fears and Divisions 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z But when he arrives at the old woman's house, she's already made him, having typed "con man in Albuquerque" into Ask Jeeves to see his name pop up, "big as day." Kim, Jimmy and the moral sandwich-making of "Better Call Saul" 2022-08-09T04:00:00Z The most successful mash-up is Episode 7, “Galileo Hustle,” which combines Faye’s search for details about her past with a delicious new journey featuring a con woman who poses as Faye’s mother. The Good, the Bad and the Jazzy: What ‘Cowboy Bebop’ Gets Right and Wrong 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z Since the 1980s, as he tells it, the United States has repeatedly fallen for the charm offensives of foreign actors — insurgent groups, protest movements, dissidents — who con Washington into reckless action. New Directions for American Foreign Policy 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z And despite a few attempts on the director’s part to distinguish authentic art from his parody of art as a vast con game, the film ends on a profoundly anti-art note. Perspective | Netflix’s ‘Velvet Buzzsaw’ is a revenge fantasy against elites — making it perfect for the age of Trump 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z Even when one profits from a con, it’s a Faustian bargain that comes at the expense of another Black man’s opportunities. When Black Characters Double-Deal to Make Ends Meet, It’s Never Enough 2023-01-14T05:00:00Z The decision to serve arroz con pollo was practical, Mr. Andrés said: It’s a local dish, and the ingredients were available. Finding Strength in Sofrito in Puerto Rico 2020-10-26T04:00:00Z Perhaps phishing emails have taken the romance out of con artistry, but “Sharper” feels downright quaint in its Russian-doll plotting of elaborate scams. ‘Sharper’ Review: The Big Con 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z Plans for a revival of the much-loved series were first revealed two years ago when Anderson said the show would be updated using "all the mod cons". Thunderbirds remake is go, say ITV and Hobbit studio 2013-02-04T10:04:40Z As a con artist in “Hustle,” directed by David O. Russell, Ms. Adams took home a Golden Globe Award this month and is nominated for an Oscar in the best actress category. Red Carpet Watch: Amy Adams: The Red Carpet Fashion Choices of the ‘American Hustle’ Star 2014-01-24T22:56:37Z Traveling into the Colombian mountains to profile a humble, but not at all modest, purveyor of arroz con pollo, the episode deliciously mocks foodie culture. Review: ‘Documentary Now!’ Skewers Politicians and Food Fetishists 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z With the cons that we’ve been setting up, and the characters that Charlie plays within those cons, it’s exciting and it’s fun. Milo Ventimiglia on the ‘Honest Deception’ of ‘The Company You Keep’ 2023-02-17T05:00:00Z The photos and videos posted on the Met's Facebook page inflamed factions pro and con that contemptuously regard each other as Luddites and Jacobins. Mayer's `Rigoletto,' set in Vegas, opens at Met 2013-01-29T20:16:03Z But that didn't help him from falling prey in the 1980s to a con man who persuaded him to invest in an oil enterprise in his home state of Texas. "Dallas" actor Larry Hagman sells off the ranch 2011-05-09T16:13:19Z Is it about a con man's criminal career? Film review: I Love You, Phillip Morris 2010-03-18T22:00:00Z The essentials: In the center ring of this sardonic world premiere musical, a charismatic con man dupes the innocent with flashy assurances of instant wealth. The 99-Seat Beat: An Actors' Gang 'Carnival,' a riff on 'Heart of Darkness' and more 2017-10-06T04:00:00Z It is simply too easy to transform a dish with a hurried drizzle, or a sprinkle, or a scatter of one particular kind, that I worry about becoming a culinary con. The Ingredients Yotam Ottolenghi Uses Most 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z Amid the ripened cheese and warm baguettes, some are trying to show the pros and cons of life abroad. They Love Paris in the Quarantine 2020-11-05T05:00:00Z Banksy’s juvenile, notably British stance satisfies a dismayingly common belief that all artists are con artists, and that museums, collectors and critics are either dupes or hustlers. A (Grudging) Defense of the $120,000 Banana 2019-12-08T05:00:00Z Similarly, the temp wonders about learning the assassin’s trade herself, making a hilarious pro/con list: “Under the pro column: learn the new skill of murdering. Under the con column: whoops, now you’ve murdered.” Review | ‘Temporary’ puts a whole new spin on millennial woe 2020-04-07T04:00:00Z What are the “pros and cons” of freedom? When artspeak masks oppression 2013-03-07T22:48:00Z I love that he acknowledged that experience — knowing that something is a sham or con and being caught up in it nonetheless. Welcome to "Narrowsburg," a tiny town conned out of its Hollywood dreams 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z It is in this state of abject need that Shadow the amateur magician meets Wednesday, a charismatic con man — could it be? “American Gods” are the ones we deserve: Neil Gaiman and the Starz show cast on the “long con” of religion and the struggle for lost soul of America 2017-04-30T04:00:00Z The threat, in this instance, is not only from rival criminal enterprises but also from real estate con artists, weak law enforcement, shifty corporate interests and hospital bureaucrats. Television: Postracial Vigilantes in a World in Peril 2010-09-06T22:51:00Z A deadbeat boyfriend cons his girl’s unsuspecting Mormon parents for money to float his decidedly gentile lifestyle. Divining darkness at the western edge 2013-04-10T18:13:54Z Then there are the ones where you're just dying for the con artist to get their just deserts instead. From extreme catfishing to wine fraud, here are 6 documentaries about con artists 2021-05-09T04:00:00Z As is the case with many of Jimmy's cons, something goes wrong. "Better Call Saul": the Cinnabon affair 2022-07-26T04:00:00Z She thinks she can make a study of the con artist, but gets sucked in deeper than she imagined. This week's new theatre 2010-09-03T23:06:00Z “I think there are pros and cons to it.” For ‘Hercules’ Seats, Public Works Goes Digital 2019-08-26T04:00:00Z For all its mod cons, though, the best thing about our mobile home is the view of the Pyrenees, green and gently curvaceous as they descend into the Mediterranean. On the Mediterranean coast, Argeles-sur-Mer is France’s ‘capital of camping’ 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z As befits a con artist, Delvey remains a somewhat shadowy character. True Life: I Got Conned by Anna Delvey 2019-07-23T04:00:00Z Edited by Otto Penzler, an award-winning purveyor of mysteries and thrillers, “The Big Book of Rogues and Villains” is stalked by a cast of the deviant crooks, creeps, criminals and con men. 13 new Halloween reads to chill, amuse, inform and terrify 2017-10-25T04:00:00Z The classic exposition of the practice of helping victims of a con adapt to their loss is the sociologist Erving Goffman’s 1952 article “On Cooling the Mark Out.” Crooked Psychics and Cooling the Mark Out 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z Ultimately, the Hulu film digs deeper into the burning pit of Fyre, weaving strands of politics, generational history, con artistry, music festival culture, and social media into the mix. Fighting Fyre with Fyre: the story of two warring festival documentaries 2019-01-16T05:00:00Z During that conversation, we talked a lot about the pros and cons of doing cutesy things, like saying Season 4 was a dream. ArtsBeat: How Dan Harmon Did, Or Did Not, Get His Groove Back at ‘Community’ 2013-12-18T17:03:13Z "It’s an immensely complicated topic, but Scharre offers clear explanations and presents both the pros and cons of machine-driven warfare." Bill Gates Shares the 5 Best Books He Read This Year 2018-12-03T05:00:00Z In this Dominican arroz con pollo dish, the chicken is cooked separately from the rice, allowing the chicken to pick up the flavor and color of its caramel sauce. My mother’s Dominican specialty bridges ingredients — and generations 2016-05-02T04:00:00Z So let’s lay out the potential pros and cons of MacFarlane as a host. Seth MacFarlane, Oscars Host? The Pros and the Cons 2012-10-02T13:02:23Z And maybe you think about whether a great plate of lacón con patatas is good enough to make up for, well, everything else around it. Hate on the Hudson (Yards): How bad can it be? 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z Like all such branding, it’s a con, of course; no one but pirates can sustain that lifestyle. Review: ‘Escape to Margaritaville,’ Where Work Is a Dirty Word 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z Here, the family that cons together, belongs together. Theater Review: ‘Fast Company,’ Carla Ching’s Tale of Grift 2014-03-25T22:06:16Z You’d think that con artists would be more cautious, or that you might have some suspicion of others, but people are so incredibly vulnerable to that kind of moment. Welcome to "Narrowsburg," a tiny town conned out of its Hollywood dreams 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z From the beginning he registers more as a self-deluding patsy than a super con man. | 'Race': Eddie Izzard in David Mamet?s ?Race? 2010-07-01T02:01:00Z We spent weeks anxiously enumerating the pros and cons of cohabitation. To Stay in Love, Sign on the Dotted Line 2017-06-23T04:00:00Z Southern Arizona and other regions along the Mexico border became a nexus for an assortment of nativists, white supremacists, gun zealots and ex cons, conjuring up the old wild west. ‘And Hell Followed with Her;’ murder along the border 2013-03-21T20:34:11Z Disclosures that were once exclusive to comic con fans now get spread around the world on Twitter in seconds. New York Comic Con vendors evolve as events proliferate 2013-10-11T17:52:02Z Is this exhibition a con, a delusion, a postmodern joke? Why Egyptian replicas are as good as the real thing 2010-10-24T19:00:00Z Dodd is a healer, a con artist and a self-proclaimed prophet. An Appraisal: A. O. Scott on Philip Seymour Hoffman 2014-02-03T17:36:07Z Nolan made a series of buddy movies with another actor, now dead, “the first and best about two Depression-era con artists.” Richard Russo’s Latest Cast Includes Average Men and One Big Star 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z It’s a con I love, and one I can live with. A Séance Relies on Illusion. So Does Theater. 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z Photo: BBC/Wall To Wall Last month, BBC1 announced that inoffensive con caper Hustle will be returning for an eighth series. Top Gear, New Tricks, Lewis ? the television shows that won't die 2011-08-12T23:11:04Z Our filter was con artists who are pulling off big scams. How "Generation Hustle," a show about con artists, almost got conned by one of its subjects 2021-05-02T04:00:00Z So when Kim comes up with a con in the season premiere, she sets clear parameters. Who is the one who knocks? On the "Better Call Saul" midseason finale two devils drop by 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z This con has no surprises, only detours, and the result is that despite its slim running time, “Supercon” is a drag. Review: ‘Supercon’ Cheats Its Audience Out of a Good Heist 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z He loved and lost a con artist, survived being sold out by his superiors, and was still viewed by his coworkers as a prickly eccentric. As "Endeavour" enters its final run we bit a sober farewell to the detective who isn't yet bitter 2023-06-18T04:00:00Z But that’s not to say she hasn’t felt the sting of gender discrimination: being the daughter of a major name has as many cons as it does pros. Sofia Coppola: ‘I never felt I had to fit into the majority view’ 2017-07-02T04:00:00Z A poorly educated, ignorant public is easily fooled by anti-science corporate con artists, especially since school curricula are shaped by corporate influence. Review: ‘Merchants of Doubt,’ Separating Science From Spin 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z The still-continuing postmortems suggest the series failed because, in the current economic climate, no one wants to watch the exploits of a con man who is also a bigamist. Jonathan Bernstein's Aerial View of American TV 2010-10-22T23:06:00Z Fighting off the defense’s attempts to paint Mr. Cosby’s main accuser as a “con artist,” Ms. Feden told the packed house that the real con artist was “the man sitting right there.” The Prosecutor Who Stared Down Bill Cosby 2018-04-29T04:00:00Z Leonard’s books were populated by pathetic schemers, clever con men and casual killers. Best-selling Author Elmore Leonard Dies at 87 2013-08-20T14:09:09Z As you can tell, the film is not about pro or con for euthanasia. "Plan 75": Dystopian film about euthanasia for elders fueled by "anger towards intolerant society" 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z A ruthlessly amoral and icily self-assured con woman, she plays the role of a conscientious, court-mandated guardian perfectly, all while deftly separating the elderly wards under her care from their families and bank accounts. Rosamund Pike Is Delighted to Appall You 2021-02-19T05:00:00Z “There are pros and cons to that type of study, and in our view this reflects the world better.” ‘I felt colossally naive’: the backlash against the birth control app 2018-07-21T04:00:00Z And able to con gullible viewers that he's sincere. QVC’s David Venable: The Man Who Helps America Cook 2015-06-09T04:00:00Z The most damage caused by the threat of malpractice suits is the consequent practice of defensive medicine. The case for Medicare for all — plus 7 smaller steps to fix U.S. health care 2017-08-08T04:00:00Z The wine is lively, fine and maybe too austere to drink alone, so serve it with ham, oysters or, as they do everywhere in Catalonia, with pan con tomate. 12 Summer Sparkling Wines, Because Who Needs a Reason 2020-07-23T04:00:00Z And there’s another con: Insurance doesn’t always cover it. Why you snore, when to be concerned and how to stop 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z He said, however, that since he did not witness the race riots 100 years ago and neither did anyone else at the meeting no one should “pass judgment pro or con.” White supremacists protest Black History Month event in Arkansas 2014-02-14T13:45:00Z A great illustration as to why war is a con by the powerful on the common man. World literature tour: France 2011-03-28T11:30:33Z Therein lies the crux of the liberal con. Susan Sarandon was right: She warned us Hillary was doomed; liberals didn’t want to listen 2017-03-03T05:00:00Z But the way I look at that scene is, it's a con, yes. "Better Call Saul" star Bob Odenkirk: Season 5 will go "more wrong than it's ever gone" before 2020-02-23T05:00:00Z A con man is only as good as his charm. How a Fake Priest Duped Oxford and a World-Famous Historian 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z Are the con man and businessman symbols of corrupt Chinese officials who have secretly pocketed the fruits of the country's capitalist-style economic reforms? Chinese director coy on political satire's message 2011-01-11T14:49:09Z Or capable and audacious con artist, with a specialty in the short con? 'Better Call Saul' Season 1 Finale Recap: It's Never Stopping Me Again 2015-04-06T04:00:00Z A big heist and a risky con job in the series finale of "White Collar." Thursday's TV Highlights: 'White Collar' on USA 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z Inside Lilith’s ornate, wood-paneled office, the two con artists dance — a shifting drama told through blocking and camera movement. Blanchett, del Toro on the femme fatale of ‘Nightmare Alley’ 2021-12-20T05:00:00Z Did you weigh up the pros and cons of what this might do for your career in the long term? Molly on her Eurovision 'challenge' 2014-03-04T11:51:22Z Even here, however, Jimmy falls back on his con man skill of persuasion, sharpened by years of seeing easy marks at a distance and taking advantage his target's weaknesses. The "Better Call Saul" point of no return: Jimmy McGill is dead, and Saul Goodman rises 2020-04-21T04:00:00Z He worked some odd jobs and pulled some odd cons. Review: ‘Street Poison: The Biography of Iceberg Slim’ Studies the Life of a Pimp 2015-08-04T04:00:00Z “I love the idea of six degrees of separation — that we’re all connected somehow, universally — and there are some really human things that drive this play, with the con artist, and the art,” she said. Allison Janney to Return to Broadway in ‘Six Degrees of Separation’ Revival 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z There are a number of con artists in Mark Sarvas’s second novel, “Memento Park” — some heavy on the con; others, the art. A Father-Son Novel Served With a Twist 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z He finds his father, a con artist, and loses his arm trying to keep him from leaving Finn again. ‘Adventure Time,’ TV’s Surreal Masterpiece, Comes to an End 2018-09-02T04:00:00Z And are Nat and Ruth merely pawns in his tawdry con game? ‘Mr. Splitfoot’ review: A gothic tale in the woods of New York 2016-01-04T05:00:00Z Praised by critics, the show featured newcomer James Wolk as a charismatic Texas con man living a double life with two beautiful women. `Lone Star' axed by Fox after just 2 airings 2010-09-29T01:46:00Z Margaret’s manipulator was Walter, a natural con man who quickly senses both the potential appeal of her work and the fragility of her temperament, ripe for exploitation by his predatory charm. Review: Tim Burton Paints by Numbers in 'Big Eyes' 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z It's easy to see why Chishiya has such a magnetic appeal at the close of a year when audiences obsessed over stories of con artists infiltrating society's most exclusive strata. Why some see this "Alice in Borderland" breakout as a role model for survival 2022-12-31T05:00:00Z Cohen told a House panel Trump was a “racist,” ”con man” and liar. %headline(Trump claims Cohen book would prove ex-aide a liar 2019-03-01T05:00:00Z Jimmy is the Miles Davis of con men, as his former buddy Marco tells him in Chicago. “Better Call Saul”: Season 1 ends with Jimmy’s better nature slipping away 2015-04-07T04:00:00Z But Saul had a broken soul, and the scarred heart of Jimmy McGill, a Midwestern slip-and-fall con man trying not just to make good but do better. Bob Odenkirk scores with "Lucky Hank," a frustrated guy who shares DNA with his "Saul" conman 2023-03-19T04:00:00Z On the weekend of its release, filmgoers debated the pros and cons of the film. ‘Make films where black characters don’t die’: Queen & Slim sparks debate over ‘trauma porn’ 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z Here are the different types of composting bins, and their pros and cons. Comparing composting bins What are the pros and cons to the ongoing sense of fear regarding terrorism and the Muslim community? Homeland hits New York City: 'Things are very disrupted here at home' 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z What are the pros and cons of playing solo? Not your classic classicist 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z Joiner’s case is hardly the only Hollywood content con to have made headlines. The blockbuster that wasn't: inside an alleged $14m scam to make the next Netflix hit 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z Robert Gentile is an “aging con man,” as Kurkjian calls him, who was being pressured into talking to the FBI, while the FBI was going after him for dealing prescription drugs. Over two decades later we’re still learning about the mysterious Gardner art heist 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z Both cops end up pulled into the undercity of Detroit, a place full of small-time hoods all playing the short con. ‘Low Winter Sun’ Gives Detroit a Leading Role 2013-08-02T12:00:19Z The work-from-home office chair is an ergonomic horror, a con swaddled in throw pillows. Aging in place: Many of us feel way older than we did just weeks ago 2020-05-06T04:00:00Z He works wonders with con men and other miscreants, aided by the Happy Slapper, a sock full of ball bearings. Review: Stephen King Leaps Through Time in ‘Finders Keepers’ 2015-05-31T04:00:00Z Barnum commercialized hokum and transformed con artistry into entertainment — long before that, truly. We are all Kim Wexler, part 2: “Better Call Saul” finale taps our love affair with grifters 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z Slumped in a chair opposite her, the con man, played by the French rapper Kool Shen, responds, “You are going to see a lot of me.” Sex and Power: The Provocative Explorations of Catherine Breillat 2017-12-15T05:00:00Z But once upon a time, cons were up close and personal. 21 of the wildest cons in history 2022-03-12T05:00:00Z Those qualities are matched, though in an earlier harmonic accent, in the Mendelssohn Octet, represented here by a lively, seat-of-the-pants reading of the opening Allegro moderato con fuoco movement. Music Review: Bowing and Plucking to Honor a Festival 2011-01-16T22:09:24Z The movie barely touches on that question except for its unsatisfying, sentimental conclusion that his con artistry was an appeal for love. | 'The Chameleon': A ?Who Is It?? More Than a Whodunit 2011-07-14T22:46:18Z Durham chief prosecutor Chris Enzor welcomed the sentence, calling Scott "a dishonest con man and serial thief who found himself in possession of a national treasure." Book dealer gets jail for stolen Shakespeare tome 2010-08-02T15:48:00Z The con is that it’s a longer wait to get home — and a longer wait to get anywhere, really. Motherlode Blog: Terran Lyons, McDonald’s Crew Trainer, on Raising 2 on the Minimum Wage 2014-02-15T01:43:03Z Bush, called him a "Chicago hustler" and "con man." Joan Didion exposed political stories America is still telling itself in order to live 2021-12-28T05:00:00Z He cons a group of condescending racists after his tent presentation, only to return to his lab to discover Miss Minutes is crazily in love with him. The Jonathan Majors case: the latest celebrity trial variant where women lose 2023-10-28T04:00:00Z I know the response has been varied — pro, con, all of that, and I embrace the controversy — but in the press, a man who hadn’t even seen the film yet said, “That’s my story.” Brendan Fraser Wants to Be Worthy of His Comeback 2023-03-01T05:00:00Z Standing on the Spanish Steps, Diana Cavicchia, a tourist from Sydney, Australia, mused about what she said were pros and cons. When in Rome don’t sit, dip, eat, drink in fountains 2017-06-15T04:00:00Z However, like most things, liners come with some pros and cons. How to give your slow cooker the deep clean it needs 2021-10-17T04:00:00Z More of a comfort is pastel de choclo con carne, a “pie” of corn layered over steak tips and presented in a small red casserole. Review | La Limena Grill doubles your Peruvian pleasure 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z “Fooling Houdini” makes the case that a con artist is called an artist for good reason. Books of The Times: ‘Fooling Houdini’ by Alex Stone 2012-06-20T20:11:57Z One of the film’s conceits is that the actions of Mr. Morano and his colleagues can be con games and magic tricks. Review: ‘Merchants of Doubt,’ Separating Science From Spin 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z “Most people I see ending up with fakes are partly to blame themselves. Any good con man knows how to take advantage of someone’s greed.” That $1,000 Bourbon You Bought May Be a Phony 2022-01-06T05:00:00Z Black says he recognizes some downside to giving away material for free, but believes the pros far outweigh the cons. An open mike, in 140-characters or less 2010-08-30T14:05:00Z As for the libertarian approach to psychics, I’d be inclined to take it, except that I know two people who were victims of cons. Crooked Psychics and Cooling the Mark Out 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z But the con man, Harold Hill, manages to charm Marian and wins her over in part by being kind to Winthrop and including him in the band. ‘The Music Man’ Once Had a Disabled Character. Then He Was Erased. 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z It wasn’t even that hard, she tells him: “I typed in ‘con man’ and ‘Albuquerque.’ ‘Saul’ Great, Man 2022-08-16T04:00:00Z The flexibility in tempos that the ensemble brought to the opening Allegro con spirito was admirable, as was the humor it brought to the Menuetto, with its whimsical pauses and stark dynamic contrasts. Music Review: Henschel Quartet Navigates a Course At the Frick Collection 2010-04-12T22:37:00Z With that in mind, here are alternatives to the more popular dating apps — and their pros and cons. Apptitude: Tired of Match.com and OkCupid? Here are apps that offer a different way to rate a potential date 2015-01-27T05:00:00Z You might mistake it for a tapas bar, what with a menu that includes mixed olives, chicken fritters, assorted anchovy preparations and pan con tomate. Veronika at Fotografiska Comes Into Focus 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z This four-part documentary series tracks an alleged con man in real time. What’s on TV Sunday: The VMAs and ‘Driven to Abstraction’ 2020-08-30T04:00:00Z Sam, who is in his mid-20s but looks and acts like a junior high school Baldwin brother, cons Marshall into driving him to Long Island, ostensibly to mend their fraying friendship. | 'Ceremony': Here Comes the Bride, a Wedding Crasher in Pursuit 2011-04-07T20:48:34Z We don’t call them con artists for nothing. Review: ‘Author: The JT Leroy Story’ Renders a Literary Charlatan 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z Here are the pros and cons of different sleep positions, and how to pick the best one for you. How to choose the best sleeping position, and why it matters 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z What are the pros and cons, dramatically, of having Hitler in the show? ‘Hunters’: David Weil on Hunting Nazis as Collective Catharsis 2023-01-12T05:00:00Z One's a bit of a con man, the other's a tad judgmental. 'Anything for Alice' mixes chemistry, old formula for success 2014-12-16T05:00:00Z This digital con did feature hundreds of panels, from the casts of several “Star Trek” shows and longtime convention stalwart “The Walking Dead” to panels about publishing and using comics in the classroom. When a Quarantine Comic-Con Keeps Fans at a Distance 2020-07-29T04:00:00Z This is the writer who conjured up Slippery Jim DiGriz, a k a the Stainless Steel Rat, a raffish con man who starred in a dozen books over a half-century. Harry Harrison, a Prolific Writer of Satiric Science Fiction, Dies at 87 2012-08-18T02:52:27Z So when he tells people a con man is "certainly credible," trust that they will not switch on their critical faculties to test that statement. People say Megyn Kelly and Tucker Carlson's love of conspiracy theories is desperate – and dangerous 2023-09-09T04:00:00Z I think he’s one of those guys who is just a con man. ‘Barry’ Star Stephen Root Went From ‘That Guy’ to Emmy Nominee 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z This is a heist film that moves the way the con artistry in “Tenet” does — sideways. Uncouth, Cranky and Rude: Movies in 1988 Were a Far Cry From Today 2020-10-02T04:00:00Z However, for many home cooks, the cons probably outweigh those benefits. Should I refrigerate my tomatoes? 2022-10-01T04:00:00Z The strings sound glowing in the gracious interpretation of the Allegro con Grazia, and the concluding Adagio Lamentoso unfolds in a blaze of intensity. Classical Recordings: West-Eastern Divan Orchestra 2011-06-10T14:33:11Z Naturally, they come to blows throughout the story, and they also debate the pros and cons of the legislation and its impact on liberty and security. Captain America: Civil War – conflicted heroes and a clash of philosophies 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z The story about con man Frank Abagnale Jr. has found a new way to spin its web: as a Broadway show. 'Catch Me If You Can' sneaks onto Broadway in '11 2010-09-20T20:02:00Z Here are six of our favorite places to order plants online — pros and cons included. Our 6 Favorite Places to Buy Plants Online 2021-06-30T04:00:00Z There's pros and cons to having that sort of 'go with your instinct' thing. Q&A: Jonathan Russell from The Head and the Heart 2012-09-13T13:30:20Z The protagonist of “The Girls I’ve Been,” Nora, was raised by a con artist mother and brought up in a world of violence and deceit. 6 Unforgettable Y.A. Thrillers to Add to Your Reading List 2022-12-11T05:00:00Z My family lives without air conditioning, except for one antique, semi-comatose window unit that “cools” the bedroom to approximately the same temperature as Dallas at dusk. I don’t need air conditioning, and neither do you 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z The famous Siegfried “Ziggy” Heidl, a con man set to be sentenced for defrauding the banks of 700 million dollars while running the Australian Safety Organization, needs a ghostwriter for his autobiography. A Novel Based on the True Story of a Con Man and His Ghostwriter 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z Gone, too, are Rust’s florid pronouncements, replaced by the terse, economical language of gumshoes and con men. True Detective: season two, episode one recap – The Western Book of the Dead 2015-06-21T04:00:00Z For a dancer turned choreographer, there are pros and cons to having danced for someone as famous as Mark Morris for 14 years. Dance Review: Heginbotham and Alarm Will Sound, Matched by Mark Morris 2014-02-21T20:58:17Z The con man travels in a train compartment pulled by horses. Chinese director coy on political satire's message 2011-01-11T14:49:09Z Quick-rig costumes use a variety of fasteners, each with pros and cons. Velcro or Snaps? The ABC’s of Stripping for a Cause 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z Still, the maximum allowed stay is 20 minutes, just enough time to try the house cocktail: Fernet con Coca, a bitter, aromatic digestive served with Coca-Cola. In Transit Blog: A Glacial Ice Bar in Patagonia 2011-10-11T18:40:04Z The musical tells the simple story about Harold Hill, a traveling con man who in 1912 convinces a small Iowa town into forming a band and selling them instruments until love changes him. ‘The Music Man’ hopes to lead Broadway out of winter woes 2022-02-09T05:00:00Z There are pros and cons to every family configuration. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Navigating multiple sources of grief 2020-04-10T04:00:00Z As Jimmy McGill, he had a peerless gift for con artistry and a conscience. ‘Better Call Saul’ Season 6, Episode 13 Recap: Life 2022-08-15T04:00:00Z To better understand what makes these events so appealing, I went to the recent Portland stop on the WizardWorld comic con tour circuit. Alt comics artists take us to our rough edges 2014-03-12T22:48:22Z Of course, there are pros and cons of taking this DIY approach. Perspective | Home-security systems aren’t just for the wealthy. Here’s how to choose one. 2018-07-23T04:00:00Z Sometimes there's nothing more satisfying to watch than a good con or, at least, watching how someone who has perpetrated one gets caught. From extreme catfishing to wine fraud, here are 6 documentaries about con artists 2021-05-09T04:00:00Z The brilliant Chameleon Street, loosely based on an actual con artist who posed as, among other things, a surgeon, is one such title. First 80s indie film fest shows movies that paved the way for the indie boom 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z There may be solutions to these problems, but waste disposal must be part of the balance when we consider the pros and cons of nuclear power. Letters to the Editor 2019-03-01T05:00:00Z There are, of course, as many cons as pros. A Field in England – giving away the whole plot 2013-07-04T11:48:00Z The result reflected a double con: A movement created overwhelmingly by straight people, out to stoke attention by “acting gay,” had special meaning for gay youth who felt the need to pass for straight. Growing Up Gay to a Glam Rock Soundtrack 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z President Obama, the former con law lecturer, wasn’t so naïve. Democrats Pre-Emptively Second-Guess Each Other on Obamacare's Supreme Court Reckoning 2012-06-25T03:59:05Z Ms. Diski’s father was a con man; her mother was subject to breakdowns. Review: Jenny Diski’s ‘In Gratitude,’ an Uphill Life on and Off Cancer Road 2016-05-01T04:00:00Z “They’re a little sour, I’ve been told,” she said to a man with a purple bandanna around his mouth, “so maybe con tequila.” Porches, Yards, Driveways, Parking Lots: Where the Neighborhood Is Now 2020-05-01T04:00:00Z FL He’s not even a great con man. Bill Maher and Fran Lebowitz: When Comedy Cuts Deep 2017-07-15T04:00:00Z But that’s O.K. too: it adds to the film’s playful sense that everything, including star quality, is a con. In 'Focus,' Will Smith Does His Best Cary Grant Impression 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z Pros and cons: Hamsters are busy and cute and don’t take up much space, so they are great for apartment dwellers. Choosing the best pet for your family And without realizing it, in that moment, each of us had made a set of calculations, an instantaneous weighing of the pros and cons. Yes, black America fears the police. Here’s why 2015-03-07T05:00:00Z They wind up bringing her to a sex party, which leads the friends to debate the pros and cons of sex work, and eventually launch their own business. New series "Strut" normalizes sex work with a group of friends who start an escorting agency 2021-06-18T04:00:00Z I’ve written before about how Bob Odenkirk’s performance in the show draws the viewer in—a con man, professional liar and consummate salesman who believes, more often than not, in his own confabulations. “Better Call Saul” keeps getting better: Romance keeps Jimmy’s dark side in check — but his Cinnabon future still looms ahead 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z “The Boom” is a thoughtful, well-written and carefully researched book that provides the best overview yet of the pros and cons of fracking. ‘The Boom’: the promise and perils of fracking 2014-04-16T19:05:28Z “There’s pros and cons to it, and I’m not going to answer that question.” A final service for CityZen: Warmth, memories and an eye to the future Is it any surprise he was also a first-rate con man? We Live in the Pop-Culture World That Lou Pearlman Created 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z Married and in her 40s, she decides it’s time to consciously grapple with the pros and cons of motherhood. ‘To Kid or Not to Kid’ Review: Maybe, Baby 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z But after the Civil War, when many of the traditional verities seem to have broken down, a certain lassitude crept into the American ethic, allowing the professional con artist to stride upon the stage. New True-Crime Books for Fall 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z When a brutal regime erases all sense of morality, even the fools and the con men become heroes. New & Noteworthy, From Angels to American Cuisine 2020-08-27T04:00:00Z Neal, for his own reasons, complies, and goes semistraight, using his arcane skills and exquisite sense of gamesmanship to thwart cons perpetrated by people who are, in many cases, just like him. Television: ‘White Collar,’ ‘Leverage’ and ‘Suits’: TV Criminals 2012-07-06T16:00:00Z With a script by Joel and Ethan Coen, the new version tells of an art curator who tries to con a wealthy collector into buying a fake Monet painting. Bye bye Bertie 2011-03-01T09:47:33Z I never went outside during the holidays, as my parents thought the world was full of kidnappers and con artists. China’s little emperors – the children without siblings 2015-05-23T04:00:00Z I was raised on flan as an after-school treat, served in the Cuban-Chinese restaurants of Manhattan that fueled expats with café con leche, won ton soup and nostalgia. Classic Flan, a Cool and Creamy Taste of the Past 2016-12-20T05:00:00Z These photos are a small sampling of the hundreds amassed during an investigation that led to the conviction of four con men. “I Dub Thee Sir Sammy” 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z The public health community is divided over the pros and cons of e-cigarettes. Vaping raises likelihood of teenagers starting to smoke, study suggests 2016-11-08T05:00:00Z “You can be fairly truthful about life if you have a little length, but a short story has to be awfully cute—it has to be a con.” Roald Dahl’s Twisted, Overlooked Stories for Adults 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z A silky high-end caper about a pair of good-looking con artists, “Focus” is a movie blessedly free of self-importance. Review: In ‘Focus,’ a Grifter (Will Smith) as Life Coach 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z The plot is about a con job on the Mafia and the Duchess, and that’s what I wanted my life to be! Perspective | Andrew Sean Greer: 5 books that were important to me when I was coming out 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z Centered on an obese con man and his deaf-mute son, Mr. Shirvani’s film seems at once angry and exuberant, but mostly, it is irreducibly and excitingly strange, like a bulletin from the future. Critic’s Notebook: Film Comment Selects Festival Offers 22 Intriguing Picks 2014-02-13T22:30:25Z The movie itself also has the wiles of a con man: It distracts you with its inventive twists while sneaking in a surprising dose of warmth. Stream These Ultra-Cool Heist Movies 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z Ribisi stars as a con man who steals his prison cellmate’s identity and tricks the man’s grandparents into taking him in and employing him in their bondsman business. These Are TIME’s Most Anticipated New TV Shows of 2016 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z It’s a con-artist film — poor family connives its way into jobs serving a younger, wealthy quartet — and the con rides an elevator from comically to tragically desperate. The Mystery of the Oscars: How Do You Really Vote for a Script? 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z Ventimiglia discussed the art of the con, moving on from “This Is Us” and why he looks to help military veterans however he can. Milo Ventimiglia on the ‘Honest Deception’ of ‘The Company You Keep’ 2023-02-17T05:00:00Z Scientists debate the pros and cons of fluoridation and for many of us it may be hard to decide what conflicting scientific results mean for our health and that of our families. Fluoride: very high levels in water associated with cognitive impairment in children 2023-11-08T05:00:00Z Our reluctant con artist, Hal, slowly begins to suspect that maybe she’s the one who’s been conned into a fatal trap. Review | Why Ruth Ware’s new thriller is a classic 2018-05-23T04:00:00Z Is it all a bit of a con, just as people like the stuckists said it was? Sticking it out with the stuckists 2013-01-16T15:22:31Z They are the greatest Can con ever invented. Sophie Grégoire-Trudeau: A Very Canadian ‘First Lady’ 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z The first has profound psychological issues; the second is a violent fantasist; and the third is a desperate con artist. ‘Only the Animals’ Review: A Missing Woman, a Cruel World 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z Arroz con pollo is on the menu throughout Latin America and across Spain, made differently in every country but always satisfying. Rice and Chicken With a French Accent 2017-01-20T05:00:00Z Harvey’s entertaining history of James Jesse Strang, a 19th-century con man who led a breakaway Mormon colony on an island in Lake Michigan, chronicles a manic, anxious, gullible time, not unlike our own. 12 New Books We Recommend This Week 2020-07-30T04:00:00Z When people tell stories like this, they are usually cautionary tales about con men on the Internet, or else about how easily we fool ourselves. Modern Love: Stepping Out From Behind the E-mail 2013-01-31T21:16:05Z There were five Bidwell brothers all told, but only George and Joseph joined Austin in practicing the art of the con. New True-Crime Books for Fall 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z I love cons like other people love the holidays, looking forward to them for months. When a Quarantine Comic-Con Keeps Fans at a Distance 2020-07-29T04:00:00Z Until she met Mr. Wood on the subway, the bride said, she made most of her decisions with the help of Excel spreadsheets, search engines, lists of pros and cons, and data analysis. Vows: Jennifer Illes and Jonathan Wood: Serendipity: 1. Spreadsheet: 0. 2014-01-24T20:49:46Z What I call arroz con gris is black beans and rice, simmered in a sofrito of bell peppers, onion and garlic and the rice cooked in the soaking liquid of the beans. When I think of essential Cuban food, I think of congrí 2022-03-05T05:00:00Z In that decadent metropolis, she seeks agricultural assistance from Gordy, a con man posing as a podiatrist she misconstrues as a “corn doctor.” Review: In ‘Shucked,’ a Glut of Gleeful Puns and ‘Cornography’ 2023-04-04T04:00:00Z As he considered the opportunity, Mr. Chibnall recalled: “I made a list of pros and cons, and there were 10 cons and one pro — it’s ‘Doctor Who.’ Jodie Whittaker Brings ‘Doctor Who’ Its Biggest Change in 55 Years 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z There are, obviously, pros and cons to both. Justin Bieber's naked-butt picture: Turn around, Justin? Or oh-please-don't? 2015-07-07T04:00:00Z His latest novel, “Squeeze Me,” pairs an author who knows every grift, con and critter in the Sunshine State with some of its finest specimens. A Python Ate the President’s Neighbor? Only in Carl Hiaasen’s Florida 2020-08-29T04:00:00Z As victims of con artists learn to their dismay, our beliefs about other minds are sometimes incorrect. Mind reading is possible! 2012-12-15T23:00:00Z "Why are con/caper movies so difficult to get right?" asks goldbach. Post-credits scene: The Brothers Bloom 2010-06-07T16:46:00Z The bizarre and dramatic story of con artist Linda Taylor, dubbed the “welfare queen,” complicates one of political mythmaking’s most degrading stereotypes. 50 notable works of nonfiction in 2019 2019-11-19T05:00:00Z The earliest director Pops were released as exclusives, some copies only available to attendees of the New York and San Diego comic cons. Ava DuVernay and Patty Jenkins Get the Funko Pops Treatment 2020-04-30T04:00:00Z There are pros and cons to a new pipe organ, as well as to one of the latest digital models, which boast ever more realistic samples and better sound technology. Pipe Dreams: Will an Organ Roar in the New Geffen Hall? 2019-12-15T05:00:00Z Dear Enough is Enough, Imagine being raised by a con man. Her dad was a con man 2012-08-10T00:00:00Z But that Depression-era drama showed the American dream to be a cynical con game, rigged against the little guy. Hands on a Hardbody: Broadway’s New Pickup 2013-03-27T11:00:17Z On some levels, the politics of the installation questions the pros and cons of this newfound freedom. When artspeak masks oppression 2013-03-07T22:48:00Z The most common con involves fake weight-loss products, but some ploys are more ambitious. Fool me once 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z This Russian-German con artist, born Anna Sorokin, constructed such a convincing illusion out of snobbery and good taste that she succeeded in stiffing luxury hotels and bilking financial institutions for hundreds of thousands of dollars. "Inventing Anna" takes a good story, imprisons it in unnecessary excess and robs of us our time 2022-02-12T05:00:00Z In February, he asked them for research on the pros and cons of Brexit; together with his assistants, he began generating text on a shared document. The Artist Who Wants to Make the E.U. Sexy—And Defeat Brexit 2016-05-01T04:00:00Z The pros and cons of any cycle are clear: You gain immersion and lose context. Music Review: The Takacs Quartet Interprets Bartok 2014-01-21T22:03:40Z Everyone is thinking he changes his name due to Chuck but what about the cons he and Kim are doing? ‘Better Call Saul’ Season 2 Finale: The Ultimate Betrayal 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z The low ratings for “Lone Star,” which stars James Wolk as a con man living a double life, surprised many of the television critics who had raved about the premiere episode. Just Tune In. Please. He?ll Do Anything. 2010-09-24T23:26:00Z Amid so much macho bluster and wishful thinking, “Sour Grapes” suggests, the con man can start to seem like the lone truth-teller. A True-Crime Documentary About the Con That Shook the World of Wine 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z Read our guide on the pros and cons of PreCheck, Global Entry and more. Have Passport, Can’t Travel 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z He cast Wright in “Sneaky Pete,” about a con man hiding from violent gangsters, because “I wanted to see her play someone who gets revenge,” he says. Martha is back on ‘The Americans,’ and Alison Wright has finally arrived 2017-05-02T04:00:00Z Not from any belief in my own special destiny in this, but because he just was such an unbelievably active participant at so many events, horror cons, screenings, etc. Edgar Wright, Alice Lowe, John Landis and Ben Wheatley on zombie king George A Romero 2017-07-18T04:00:00Z One twin is a police officer, and the other is a con. Television cop drama to be screened in Nashville 2014-06-17T04:00:00Z Portions are generally small and the plates are unstudied, starting with some basics like fleshy green olives in olive oil and paprika, or pan con tomate with ripe tomatoes and shavings of bottarga. Without Calling Itself a Wine Bar, Cervo’s Acts Like One 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z Midway through the show, May and Beck covered a block of songs made famous by Paul and Mary Ford, including "How High the Moon," "Vaya con Dios" and "The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise." Jeff Beck honors Les Paul with special club gig 2010-06-10T06:48:00Z But Cercas couldn’t shake a nagging sense of connection with the con man. He Was a Prominent Holocaust Survivor. But His Story Was a Hoax. 2018-08-28T04:00:00Z Petty is an experienced con man — he’s been on his own since he was 15, jumping from scheme to scheme — but he’s had a rough run of it. Richard Lange's 'The Smack' is refreshingly realistic L.A. Noir 2017-07-21T04:00:00Z Grab a quick café con leche and drive 30 minutes west to the Ritz-Carlton Reserve at Dorado Beach — arguably the most beautiful resort in Puerto Rico — for an indulgent massage. 36 Hours in San Juan 2019-02-07T05:00:00Z He plays many roles here as the con man impersonates an airline pilot, a doctor, a lawyer, a professor and more, forging millions of dollars in bad checks. Leonardo DiCaprio's 10 best movie roles 2010-07-28T22:28:00Z Mr. Koch became a litigious crusader against wine fraud after he was victimized by wine con men like Mr. Kurniawan and Hardy Rodenstock, who once sold Mr. Koch bottles supposedly owned by Jefferson. Five Wine Books to Give This Holiday Season 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z The review encapsulated both the pros and the cons of his singular style: Al Jarreau, Singer Who Spanned Jazz, Pop and R&B Worlds, Dies at 76 2017-02-12T05:00:00Z His father, Ronnie, was a flamboyant and shameless con man who racked up debts and marks around the world and served prison time for fraud. Review: Adam Sisman’s ‘John le Carré: The Biography’ 2015-12-14T05:00:00Z Also, the Latin culture of Miami — with its ubiquitous Spanglish and café con leche — is an indelible part of these sisters. Patricia and Jeanette Delgado, Sisters in Miami City Ballet 2013-04-23T22:12:30Z Though I decide to suspend my disbelief, it turns out I’m not alone in my concern — the pros and cons of free-roaming dogs feature later in the story. It’s a Dog’s Life — or Is It? 2021-04-30T04:00:00Z His name is Reynard, he is engaged to Nina and he is a con man of some kind. A Series of Unfortunate Events 2019-08-26T04:00:00Z Or perhaps it's a matter of the principal characters having less dialogue, although the verbosity of Bob Odenkirk's con man has ramped up in recent episodes as his various personalities messily squish together. Kim, Jimmy and the moral sandwich-making of "Better Call Saul" 2022-08-09T04:00:00Z "This guy had a really tumultuous life," said the Oscar-winning actor, who came to the set of "Exodus" fresh off playing a slovenly con man in David O'Russell's "American Hustle." Ridley Scott's 'Exodus' casts a wide net of spectacle and family 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z Equal parts dating show and slice-of-life documentary, “Love After Lockup” follows six couples — one con and one “non-con,” in the shorthand of the producers — as they contemplate weddings and post-release living arrangements. Prison Romances, Standing the Test of (Hard) Time and Cameras 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z Sawyer to Jack: "That's a hell of a long con Doc." The last Lost 2010-05-24T08:51:00Z Heated discussions of pros and cons brewed on social media and in reader comments to the main Times story that numbered more than 50 by late afternoon. Some consumers wary of possible Charter-Time Warner merger 2015-05-25T04:00:00Z Wrestling vicious mastiffs to the ground; smoothly confronting a con man on the Paris-to-Calais train with a pistol in his hand; hunting ghosts at midnight in a haunted English mansion. Trump and Clinton: The Victorian Novel 2016-09-25T04:00:00Z I don’t know if he could come up with someone as original as Wanda, despite his movie also having a woman pulling a con. Uncouth, Cranky and Rude: Movies in 1988 Were a Far Cry From Today 2020-10-02T04:00:00Z The reality is that each choice comes with a cost, and the only person who can ultimately weigh up the pros and cons, and make that choice, isn’t your doctor. ‘Cancer I could deal with. Losing my breast I could not’ 2018-02-04T05:00:00Z The pros and cons of music streaming services have been debated for years, and even popular Swedish service Spotify had its U.S. launched delayed multiple times as rights negotiations dragged on. YouTube brings its huge fan base to music streaming 2014-11-12T05:00:00Z Once Jimmy punches in as Saul, all bets are off and the con man comes out. "Better Call Saul" and the two faces of JMM 2020-04-01T04:00:00Z Stravinsky himself called the menage a “trio con brio.” Robert Craft, conductor and longtime Stravinsky confidant, dies at 92 2015-11-14T05:00:00Z There’s no need to fret over the pros and cons of keeping the kid, because this is clearly a course correction, due to continue in the show's recently announced second season. What TV still needs to show us about abortion 2019-06-02T04:00:00Z For six months his family searched for him, paying rewards and hiring con men, until his remains were found in a ditch near Galveston, Texas. GuardianUS summer reads – best memoir: Run, Brother, Run: A Memoir of a Murder in My Family 2013-07-01T18:24:17Z We still have Bruce Mann, who brings the family’s golden retriever to Warren’s public events, and who, when Warren asked him to list pro and con reasons for a presidential run, refused to impose himself. Perspective | Farewell Chasten: an elegy for the first gents who might have been 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z A con job, long or short, is more of a — suggestion. Five Long TV Cons Worth a Short Binge 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z Ruby’s domestic boredom seems more ordinary, but she proves to be as full of secrets and cons in her own low-key way. ‘Run’ Review: A Rail Romance Turns Train Wreck 2020-04-09T04:00:00Z On another day, the pasta might go with rabbit saddles braised in milk, described as “pappardelle con coniglio al latte with lemon peel and sage.” Glugs of Olive Oil, Flurries of Cheese and Two New Menus Every Day 2018-07-17T04:00:00Z I tried the cafe con leche, sweetened just a bit, and though I didn’t dunk, I enjoyed the rich, unique flavor. Perspective | Cuban-styled Colada has lively flavor 2017-07-03T04:00:00Z If at the end, the winner is a con, he is awarded $15,000. The “Cooks vs. Cons” dream: How the Food Network got back in touch with its aspirational roots 2016-07-17T04:00:00Z We know how to distinguish a con man from a candidate, an active shooter drill from the real thing, real news from fake news, real people from actors and actors from stunt doubles. Perspective | The ugly underside of Brad Pitt’s cool car in ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’ 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z After a long breakup, they reunite in Buenos Aires, but both are there to con the same billionaire. Box office: 'Focus' tops Friday, set for $20-million opening 2015-02-28T05:00:00Z It's one of the many cons that come with serving prison time. Wild myths I believed about white people: Notes on race, American ignorance and the Capitol riots 2021-02-21T05:00:00Z The con is on in "Focus," the new caper starring Will Smith as a veteran swindler and Margot Robbie as his disarming protege. 'Focus' could be sharper, but Smith and Robbie bring heat, reviews say 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z There’s so many pros and cons of people having that kind of access. What would Kim Wexler wear? Rhea Seehorn on her iconic ponytail, Marshall’s separates and class 2018-08-19T04:00:00Z It's a world of cynical lawyers cutting deals, careworn cops and cons brooding over sinister secrets. The Lincoln Lawyer ? review 2011-03-17T22:31:01Z "The Masked Scammer" delves deep into another one, a French con artist who scammed French elite to the tune of millions of euros. What to watch on Netflix in December 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z “I realized the life I knew and loved was over,” he said of his career as a con man. Ken Perenyi, Art Forger, Now Sells His Work as Copies 2012-07-18T22:12:11Z Five years later, we're now looking at it through this different prism of con artists. Michael Showalter on American con artists: "We really are screwed if there's no such thing as truth" 2022-04-19T04:00:00Z THE GAY ANGLE: Unlike past recent Super Bowls, there is not much of a gay angle here, with few cases of players saying anything pro or con about gay issues. The gay guide to the Super Bowl 2014-02-01T15:30:00Z It would take a more heavily illustrated book to weigh the pros and cons of Buck’s most daring moves, like using quantum physics as the theme for an entire issue of Vogue. Review: In Joan Juliet Buck’s Memoir, a Parade of Stars and Styles 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z In most performances, the opening Allegro con brio sounds like a coy march, with a main theme first played with mischievous quiet before breaking into a brassy fanfare. Music Review: Vienna Players Shine at Carnegie Hall 2010-09-30T06:26:00Z “I don’t really care what happens to him personally. I’m not pro, I’m not con. I just think some people might want the shirt.” There’s no Trump mug shot, but there’s plenty of Trump mug-shot merch 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z A warm, smiley south Londoner, she seemed more like a therapist or nurse than a Mayfair hair stylist, and certainly nothing like a con artist. How to get through chemotherapy: Decca Aitkenhead on cancer treatment 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z Once the cops find him, Jimmy casts aside the mild-mannered Cinnabon manager to resurrect the unflappable Saul Goodman, in order to play the part all great con men were born to do. S'all done: "Better Call Saul" closes with a journey through time and regret 2022-08-16T04:00:00Z A spokesman from Harrell’s office said lawmakers were weighing the pros and cons for Seattle residents, where about 19 percent of the population is foreign born, and were not modeling it on other cities’ programs. Seattle mulls creating city ID card to include illegal immigrants 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z At the end of the season, she was weighing the pros and cons of taking the new job. ‘Insecure’ Is Back. Here’s What to Remember for Season 3. 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z And in another way, every one of the actors is playing his or her con — that’s the nature of what they do for a living, right? Christian Bale gives a weighty performance in ‘Hustle’ 2013-12-24T21:19:44Z Goffard’s pieces and the podcast, both released last October to great acclaim, are fascinating object lessons in how anyone can fall prey to the right con. Viral podcast “Dirty John” goes Bravo: It’s true crime, “Real Housewives”-style 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z As long as Jimmy exists, no matter what he achieves, he’ll be seen as a con man. Smart Watch: “Better Call Saul,” “The Sinner” and more top TV picks of the week 2018-08-05T04:00:00Z These days, we’re warned of “catfish” con artists who create attractive fake online personae and begin relationships with strangers to satisfy some sociopathic emotional need. When the Internet was for strangers 2013-02-17T17:00:00Z Her sunny smile and open gaze doesn't wane until the steady weight of his grift stacks up against her retelling of his con. Is "The Tinder Swindler" one of those true crime tales that might strengthen relationships? 2022-02-06T05:00:00Z We are also a long way from Episode 6, a tense drama about guilt and a wayward cop, and Episode 4, a study in con artistry. 'Better Call Saul' Recap: What Kind of Show Is This? 2015-03-23T04:00:00Z At first, Johnson is depicted as an amusing, comically inept figure dodging unpaid hotel bills, buying groceries at bottom-market prices and concocting cons so egregious there are no laws against them. ‘BS High’ Review: Greed and Football 2023-08-23T04:00:00Z “When someone asks you to marry them, you shouldn’t have to make a list of pros and cons. You just know. You jump into their arms and say, ‘Yeah!’” From a Wedding Writer’s Notebook, 10 Views on Love 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z The company has been accused of being basically a con job. It started with an “Apprentice” audition. Then he was hired to teach at Trump University 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z He is describable, almost fully, in a few short words: a misogynist, a bigot, a narcissist, a con man and a demagogue. Chris Hayes Reviews Michiko Kakutani’s Book About Our Post-Truth Era 2018-07-18T04:00:00Z My father was a good man, but he was a con man. A Word With: Danny Aiello: Emotional Guy, Speaking for Others 2011-07-22T23:02:53Z The pros and cons of Mr. Lepage’s work in the first three operas have been heatedly discussed, and the debate will surely continue. | The Year Ahead: Met to Present Wagner?s Entire ?Ring? Cycle 2011-12-29T22:46:22Z Store-bought infused oils have some definite pros and cons. Here's everything you need to know about making, buying and cooking with infused olive oil 2021-04-18T04:00:00Z In one of her last books, she discussed the pros and cons of aging. Why Betty White said she 'never lied' about her age 2022-01-04T05:00:00Z “The Marvelous Show of Figures” recounts a con perpetrated by peripatetic showmen on the residents of a village. Rollicking one-act plays at the Kennedy Center’s Iberian Suite festival 2015-03-18T04:00:00Z At 8 he befriended a con artist who employed him as a bag boy. Film: Quinton Jackson of ?A-Team,? A Mr. T for Our Times 2010-06-03T19:58:00Z And posts on Mastodon have the unfortunate name "toots," which might be a pro or con for you, personally. Should you join Mastodon? Here's what you need to know 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z This whole con is as reprehensible as his pursuit of faux degrees from legitimate universities. James Franco's long-con of sexuality and fake art 2011-07-20T20:21:00Z It’s the rare holiday movie that takes a male point of view, though Melissa Joan Hart, who’s the director and an executive producer, gets a lot of screen time as the con man’s sister. ‘Christmas Under Wraps’ Among Top 5 Holiday TV Movies 2014-11-21T05:00:00Z Those who truly "know" him fully understood he was the ultimate con man. Review: ‘The Confidence Man’ Finds Trump’s Business Image Was Made for TV 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z The fun of this book is how Meloy mirrors his characters’ capers, distracting you while he moves in for the real con. Learning the Art of the Pickpocket 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z The end of the story is this: Yuca con mojo is delicious, and I look forward to piling it onto my holiday plate. Cookie-crazed dogs, blackened latkes and more of our favorite holiday food memories 2016-12-19T05:00:00Z Brodeur’s book about her mother’s very long con and her own miserable role in it manages to be both elegant and trashy at the same time, elevating 40-year-old gossip to an art form. Review | ‘Wild Game’ is an eloquent — and lurid — tale of a mother-daughter bond gone awry 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z Are our ranks jammed with immoral con artists? Perspective | What Biden — and a lot of other people — get wrong about journalists 2021-06-22T04:00:00Z Her long con involving Young-hee shook her in a way few missions have. ‘The Americans,’ in Its Melancholy Fourth Season, Was ‘Breaking Sad’ 2016-06-08T04:00:00Z From niche meetings for fans, comic cons have become sprawling affairs. New York Comic Con vendors evolve as events proliferate 2013-10-11T17:52:02Z One dryer salesman spoke admiringly of it as a dodgy subscription plan, as if the paper companies were running some long con to print themselves money. Hand dryers v paper towels: the surprisingly dirty fight for the right to dry your hands 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z The new version tells of an art curator who tries to con a wealthy collector into buying a fake Monet painting. Cameron Diaz joins Colin Firth in Gambit remake 2011-02-02T12:10:23Z She’s a con artist, too, in the way that all novelists are, replacing our own reality with the illusion of hers. What We’re Reading This Summer 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z He quickly made an impression on movie audiences the following year as the crooked cop stalking con men Paul Newman and Robert Redford in the Oscar-winning comedy “The Sting.” Durning, King of Character Actors, Dies in NYC 2012-12-25T08:04:08Z Filipino parents sometimes try to pass off dinuguan as “chocolate meat,” to coax — con, really — their children into eating it. At Lahi, Filipino Dishes, Classic and Idiosyncratic Alike 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z Under cons, she writes: “Less time for friends, less time for work, less money, famous women writers who had children?” Can Surrogacy Remake the World? 2019-12-11T05:00:00Z Stanekova, a successful writer, carefully weighs the pros and cons of signing. Review: A Vaclav Havel Trilogy Drives Evening of Political Theater 2019-07-17T04:00:00Z He quickly made an impression on movie audiences the following year as the crooked cop stalking con men Paul Newman and Robert Redford in the Oscar-winning comedy "The Sting." Durning, king of character actors, dies in NYC 2012-12-25T12:46:04Z There is a bit of “Deadwood” and “Gangs of New York” to this depiction of Manhattan, with almost as many corrupt officials, scoundrels and con artists, and far more sickly, exploited immigrants. 'The Knick,' a Cinemax Medical Drama Set in 1900 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z His long con of making hip-hop in the image of his taste set worked. ASAP Yams, of ASAP Worldwide, Bridged Hip-Hop Regions and Generations 2015-01-18T05:00:00Z All restoration is a con – they appear to think – and all museum directors are criminal fools. Swallow your sneering, ArtWatch 2010-06-17T14:36:00Z PopSugar Home weighs the pros and cons of a backyard chicken coop. Links We Love: What We're Reading This Week 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z He saddles his beautiful palomino, and we expect an open prairie, but he winds up in a bright new kitchen, agleam with mod cons, where Gena Rowlands makes him ham and eggs. Kirk Douglas, a Hundred Years Old 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z Everything looks like a con, everyone looks like the rube, which means so do you. Las Vegas was built by gangsters, and we celebrated those stories 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z Who to believe, in this dizzying jigsaw of cons, performances and people trying to present themselves in the best light? Fighting Fyre with Fyre: the story of two warring festival documentaries 2019-01-16T05:00:00Z So far, the pros outweigh the cons with my job. Margot Robbie: 'Every actor has a price tag' 2015-08-28T04:00:00Z It's true that everybody in New York has a relationship to the leaves, pro or con. The art of making "vagina movies" 2010-04-29T17:55:00Z She feels that public television allows a more cerebral approach: She can explore the history of vanilla, or explain how nuns in colonial Mexico introduced flan and arroz con leche. Forget the Wall: Pati Jinich Wants to Build a Culinary Bridge to Mexico 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z Tartuffe by Moliére: A Reality Show Contemporized take on the 17th-century satire about a con artist posing as a man of faith. L.A. theater openings, Sept. 6-13: 'American Falls' and more 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z And then there’s evidence, too, of the human response: a cacophony of cults and cons, panic and denial. To Get This Artist’s Message, You Have to Look Really Closely 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z Tom was surrounded by manipulators and con men. 'Song of the Shank' gives poetic voice to a unique American musician 2014-07-11T04:00:00Z In the meantime, a comic con as vast as C2E2 needs a short primer. An A-list guide to C2E2, which opens Friday 2011-03-16T00:39:04Z A study of decision making, the book looks at Melville, movies and Bernie Madoff for examples to illustrate the art of the con. Spare Times for Jan. 15-21 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z David Samuels chronicles the story of a twenty-nine-year-old con artist who transformed himself into a Princeton track star. Sunday Reading: School Drama 2019-05-26T04:00:00Z It followed it with an ideally blithe account of the elegantly lopsided Allegro con grazia, one of Tchaikovsky’s most endearing inventions. Music Review: The New York String Orchestra at Carnegie Hall 2013-12-29T20:02:41Z Two characters – a con man and the woman he once deceived – separately decide on a whim to go to see The House on Haunted Hill. Ten of the best visits to the cinema 2010-05-14T23:32:00Z Missing Child Seems Found, but His Family Is at a Loss Like its smirking antihero and chief narrator, the serial con artist Frédéric Bourdin, “The Imposter” is slippery, manipulative, unstable and smoothly confounding. Movie Review: ‘The Imposter,’ About the Con Artist Frédéric Bourdin 2012-07-12T22:39:37Z “There are pros and cons to that,” he said of portraying real people. Will Smith on the pros and cons of playing a real-life figure in Concussion 2016-01-04T05:00:00Z An industrial machine style adapted from fashionable Art Deco design is applied to a casual urban pastime — “Domingo en el parque con Jorge.” Diego Rivera's Cubist masterpiece arrives at LACMA 2017-02-07T05:00:00Z These movies ask: To what extent is love a con game? Perspective | ‘Working Girl,’ and why we love the impostor rom-com 2018-12-29T05:00:00Z But she said Cameron’s emails from three years ago detailing the pros and cons of her playing Connor and his enthusiasm about the project helped put her at ease. Linda Hamilton makes return count in new ‘Terminator’ film 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z In the film, Pike plays Marla Grayson, a shark with a severe blonde bob whose evil con is to pose as a conservator and guardian for senior citizen clients who she promptly steals from. New this week: ‘Nomadland,’ ‘Kenan’ and new Andra Day music 2021-02-16T05:00:00Z This year’s con ran from Aug. 22 through Aug. 25 at two hotels, the Omni and the Graduate. Review | Dispatch from a ‘horror’ convention: It began in a dark, candlelit room . . . 2019-09-04T04:00:00Z James Franco James Franco's crazy new art project James Franco's newest art project is either an example of subtle creativity, an extremely shallow con, or a hoax. James Franco's crazy new art project 2011-06-13T18:14:00Z It’s where the previously celibate Tommy hooks up with Cheyenne, an alluring con artist who tries unsuccessfully to exorcise what — to the monk’s bafflement — she refers to as his “slimy entities.” Review | The 5 best new thrillers and mysteries to read in August 2021-07-27T04:00:00Z The sound in “Canto” was grainy and malleable, and in “Deciso, con brio” bright and incisive. Review: Chamber Music Society, From Mirth to Mortality 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z We discussed the pros and cons of my husband’s going, and then his phone rang: Things were getting worse. From Syria, With Love 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z “Good, clean fun” used to be the calling card for “The Music Man,” Meredith Willson’s musical from 1957, about a con artist who sells clarinets and trombones to credulous rubes. Which Show Is Good, Clean Fun: ‘Rocky Horror’ or ‘The Music Man’? 2018-07-25T04:00:00Z Learn from well-groomed troublemaker Jim and his school principal about the “problem of growing up” and the cons of showing off to gain attention. Taking a bath is a “good daily habit”: 10 vintage video tutorials 2013-05-13T18:11:00Z But this familiarity has its pros and cons. Great acting can only take HBO Max's throwback noir "The Little Things" so far 2021-01-30T05:00:00Z Cecilie spells out the con: First he sends a photo of his bodyguard bleeding, says he's been attacked, tells her his credit cards have been frozen as a precaution. Is "The Tinder Swindler" one of those true crime tales that might strengthen relationships? 2022-02-06T05:00:00Z It is a complicated drop into the subculture of racing, where gangsters pet their horses, jockeys ride one another, and everyone is playing the long con. Television: HBO?s ?Luck,? Starring Dustin Hoffman 2012-01-25T15:29:12Z And oddly enough, this appears to be the result of living with a man who, try as he may to shed his skin, simply can’t help but play life as a series of con jobs. We are all Kim Wexler: “Better Call Saul” and the painful realities of mid-career crisis 2018-09-02T04:00:00Z The original starred Woody Harrelson and Wesley Snipes as con artists who fool basketball players about Harrelson’s character’s lack of ability. White Men Can't Jump remake in the works 2017-01-17T05:00:00Z Frank buys Gene's sudden outburst because it's partly true – another of the con artist's secret ingredients. "Better Call Saul": the Cinnabon affair 2022-07-26T04:00:00Z Slink Johnson, an imposing actor with a suitably beatific expression, plays Black Jesus, who may be the son of God or may just be a big-talking con man with an unusual game. Slink Johnson Is ‘Black Jesus’ on Adult Swim 2014-08-06T04:00:00Z The boys sat at the table eating oatmeal while Buddy and I drank café con leche in the garden, inside the pig fence that protected the flowers. Memories of Mexico 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z It happens when his mark in con No. 1 says he didn’t catch Jimmy’s name. 'Better Call Saul' Recap: Don't Worry Saul, It's All Good, Man 2015-02-23T05:00:00Z Today, he's discussing the pros and cons of whole-wheat pizza dough. The case for making whole-wheat pizza dough 2022-01-08T05:00:00Z Veteran planners are able to walk their clients through the pros and cons of venue options in lieu of site visits and provide comfort in making a decision site unseen. If a Zoom Wedding Isn’t for You, Here’s How to Plan For Later 2020-07-04T04:00:00Z “Yet, in the hands of this unlikely con man, they . . . responded to his perceived generosity by opening their wallets.” The stuff of the best 2017 wine reads: Everyman advice, a con man, a legendary region 2017-11-24T05:00:00Z None of that actually explains why there are at this moment so many shows about con artists on television. Television: ‘White Collar,’ ‘Leverage’ and ‘Suits’: TV Criminals 2012-07-06T16:00:00Z For a con man to be successful, for that kind of a criminal, in your words, to be successful, he has to sell people something that they want. Rob Reiner on Donald Trump’s “classic fascist” ways: “He’s a con man and a criminal” 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z The burnished sound of their cohesive attack rendered the concluding Allegro con moto an exciting whirlwind. Music Review: A Breathless Boccherini, an Unnerving Shostakovich 2010-11-23T23:40:00Z Photos of city life, freaks and weirdos and criminals and cons and card players and kids playing in the street. Martha Plimpton Can’t Say Enough About Pamela Adlon, the Tate Modern and Abortion Rights 2022-08-09T04:00:00Z That’s no crime in itself, but the movie also confirms that stories about con artists might require more panache, or at least a sense of danger. ‘Sharper’ Review: The Big Con 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z On Twitter, fans appeared haunted by the ghost of cons past. When a Quarantine Comic-Con Keeps Fans at a Distance 2020-07-29T04:00:00Z Here are some potential creation stories, and the pros and cons for telling each one. “Cosmic” meltdown! Neil deGrasse Tyson under siege from Christian right 2014-04-04T12:00:00Z My feeling was hard to find words for because words weren’t involved — no weighing of pros and cons, no argument, no anger. No Hearing Aids? Then No Marriage 2019-12-06T05:00:00Z "This is nothing more than the unraveling of a con," Streeter said. Jury convicts woman of harassing Leonard Cohen 2012-04-13T02:46:03Z "Orphan Black" is very much set in the present and peopled with many "conventional" characters — the con woman, the soccer mom, the spectacled scientist — yet it pushes past traditional boundaries with absolutely no self-congratulation. 'Orphan Black,' Emmy snubs and questions of identity 2014-07-28T04:00:00Z A collection of the award-winning journalist’s articles about criminals and con artists. Washington Post hardcover bestsellers 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z During a chat interrupted by occasional barks, he discussed genius, paranoia and the pros and cons of going prematurely gray. In ‘Next,’ a ‘Mad Men’ Star Gets Madder 2020-10-06T04:00:00Z Art is just a laugh and a con. Damien Hirst is a national disgrace 2012-08-30T12:17:16Z There isn't an actual finish line where you can get there, and that's why it's a con. Lindy West reclaims the "witch hunt": On comedy, feminism and why terrible men think they're victims 2019-11-09T05:00:00Z It’s cons on a plane in this slick thriller starring Nicolas Cage as Cameron Poe, a former soldier convicted of manslaughter for killing a man while defending his wife. What’s on TV Thursday: Jingle Ball and ‘Con Air’ 2017-12-14T05:00:00Z When initially approached, many are suspicious, assuming it's some kind of con. One moment, please ... would you sell a minute of your life for ?1? 2011-02-25T16:03:54Z From there, the conversation shifted to sourdough tips, oven recommendations, and the pros and cons of different kinds of flour. He Seduced Me With Bread 2020-12-11T05:00:00Z Twitter is also an unparalleled source of distraction and in his fascinating piece, Sam Anderson explores the pros and cons of this surfeit of information and the resulting epidemic of "elective ADHD". The Best Technology Writing 2010, edited by Julian Dibbell ? review 2010-11-20T00:06:00Z “By that point, we knew we wanted to be together. We weighed up the pros and cons of living in different cities and eventually chose Berlin.” How we met: ‘We planned to swap books – but we both brought The Old Man and the Sea’ 2020-09-14T04:00:00Z The Music Man Meredith Willson’s classic Broadway musical about a con artist who tries to fleece a small Iowa town. L.A. theater openings, April 16-23: 'The Walking Forest' and more 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z But in the wealth of archival footage shown in "The Vow," Raniere is the quintessential con artist in schlub's clothing, skilled in manipulating people by prodding at their egos until he reaches a weakness. Beyond sex trafficking and sashes, HBO's chilling NXIVM docuseries "The Vow" proves a cult's power 2020-08-23T04:00:00Z Expect tense debates about the pros and cons of the Obama administration’s first four years and more than a little foreboding about the potential of a Romney presidency. The Week Ahead: Nov. 4 — 10 2012-11-05T18:54:20Z Sam cons Marshall into driving him to Long Island, ostensibly to mend their fraying friendship. 'Ceremony': Not much pomp in this wedding-crasher 2011-04-28T20:07:26Z He normally plays goons and cons; it took Rodriguez to see he could carry a film. Machete Review: Sharp, Bloody Fun 2010-09-03T10:25:00Z It’s such a poetic title, “I Am Happiness on Earth,” but it’s also a purposeful con. In ‘I Am Happiness on Earth,’ Lusty Situations 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z Music from Latin bands intermixes, and double-decker buses unpack tourists while the smells of arroz con pollo, fried plantains and cafe Cubano drift from restaurants and cafecito windows. In Miami, Cuban Culture, No Passport Required 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z He stares down a natural-born emotional con artist and responds with mathematics, empirical data analysis and reason — which isn't wielded forcefully enough these days. The best takeaway from this season of "Love Is Blind"? Act like Milton 2023-10-12T04:00:00Z She meets a big-city con man who’s pretending to be a podiatrist — “Corn doctor,” the sign outside his office says — who then concocts a plan to swindle the desperate farmers. ‘Shucked’: A Broadway Musical That Doubles Down on the Corn 2023-03-21T04:00:00Z It may have bucked the trend regarding musical reinventions, but it still offers a lesson about pragmatism's pros and cons. Plan B: The Defamation of Strickland Banks 2010-04-08T14:27:00Z Besides the particular recipes and techniques, here are some pros and cons I learned: You are in your own kitchen. They’ll let you cook in your PJs, but can online classes improve your skills? 2015-09-14T04:00:00Z But if you marry a con artist, why should you be embarrassed? A journalist almost married a con man. It turns out, she wasn’t the only one. 2019-01-16T05:00:00Z She’s like a band pretending it’s not coming back for an encore, or a con man acting uninterested in one last con. "Game of Thrones": Hello There, Jon Snow! 2016-05-02T04:00:00Z Kevin Costner played Garrison as an Atticus Finch type fighting an ingrained power structure, though Garrison is dismissed by many mainstream historians as a con man. Oliver Stone Rewrites History — Again 2012-11-25T03:37:22Z But could Ray be pulling a long con on Ani and the audience? True Detective: place your bets on the identity of the killer 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z Those who enjoy a few mod cons may appreciate this new wild campsite in an old quarry near Tintagel, a mile from the beach at Trebarwith Strand. The best secret beaches, pubs and places to stay in the UK 2017-06-20T04:00:00Z He also writes brilliantly about the appetite to be enmeshed, and what kind of collective appetites and fantasies are being satisfied in the psychic system of the half-knowing con victim. Novelist Jonathan Lethem: "There is no allegory crude enough" to capture Trump's America 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z “Real Time” host Bill Maher, during his “New Rules” segment, argued millennials are too eager to embrace a certain notion of socialism without having lived through the Cold War and seeing its cons. Bill Maher dumps on millennial socialist dreams : They’re “too used to getting sh*t for free” 2016-06-11T04:00:00Z And how will Ash's sudden and unexpected inability to tell fibs affect the con? Tonight's TV highlights: Father Ray Comes Out 2011-02-11T00:04:01Z Below, a look at three popular Android options, and the pros and cons for travelers. Testing Android Smart Watches for Travel 2015-06-02T04:00:00Z Hear the pros and cons as they fight their way to a “platform” for you. When politicians really spoke in sound bites 2012-10-02T18:53:00Z You get the pros and cons of both sides but everything is easy, nearby. T Magazine: You Know You're a Milan Insider When . . . 2010-10-15T17:55:00Z I am a nurse and am aware of both the pros and cons. Ask Amy: Frustrated husband finds passion elsewhere 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z These six podcasts track how the promise of “happily ever after” can turn into a nightmare, chronicling true stories of abusers, liars and romantic con artists who ruthlessly exploit their victims’ desire for love. 6 True-Crime Podcasts: When Love Is a Dangerous Con Game 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z I feel so conflicted with the pros and cons that I just can’t make up my mind. Ask Amy: College-bound girl worries about pledge to parents 2016-05-22T04:00:00Z That drama, Satisfaction, is still more heavy than USA’s trademark joyrides like Suits, which it already departs from because it isn’t about wisecracking con artists, spies, doctors or lawyers. REVIEW: Married, With Issues, on USA's Satisfaction and FX's Married 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z Parents continue with the Claus con, according to professor at Illinois State University, in order to ensure their children’s parental dependency and to preserve their innocence. Is Santa Claus worth the heartbreak? 2013-12-22T21:00:00Z Critics were divided, pro and con, five-star reviews against zero stars, no middle ground. Seeing Ornette Coleman 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z She understood, at a visceral and an intellectual level, that a misogynist con artist who sympathized with white supremacists was about to do a whole lot of damage. Perspective | Four years ago, I wondered if the media could handle Trump. Now we know. 2021-01-12T05:00:00Z Irishman Conor Woodman uses hidden cameras to discover con artists in places like Las Vegas; Marrakesh, Morocco; and New Delhi. A world of small-screen adventure: Here are the best travel TV shows for streaming 2020-05-07T04:00:00Z My favorite filled pasta is tortelli con la coda, filled with salmon, capers and herbs. Mateo Zielonka on pasta, multi-colored doughs and demystifying the notion of homemade pasta 2023-05-27T04:00:00Z There are pros and cons to that -- more funding, and they get the resources and support. New book about El Sistema paints unflattering portrait 2014-11-24T05:00:00Z The film toys with those perceptions, tagging along as Landis perpetrates one of his con jobs. At AFI Docs, bold characters and controversial stories take the spotlight Because that changes her role from diagnostician to healer, meaning it asks her to think of pros for her cons. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: You and your constantly negative mom may have more in common than it seems 2019-06-23T04:00:00Z This is not to say that Mr. Jackson is a con man. Movie Review: ‘The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey,’ by Peter Jackson 2012-12-13T18:58:19Z To buttress the argument, you could point out the arrival of five new television series about con artists in the last year, all of above-average interest and entertainment value. Five Long TV Cons Worth a Short Binge 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z Set in dust-blown 1930s Kansas, “Paper Moon” brought an Oscar to 10-year-old Tatum O’Neal for her performance as a scrappy girl who may or may not be the con man’s daughter. Peter Bogdanovich, 82, Director Whose Career Was a Hollywood Drama, Dies 2022-01-06T05:00:00Z Arroz con gandules, or rice with pigeon peas, is a Puerto Rican classic, and Robin de Jesús wears the shirt with pride under a burnt orange jacket. In ‘Tick, Tick … Boom!,’ Robin de Jesús Knew He Could Do It 2021-11-19T05:00:00Z Is he a cynic or a sucker, a romantic or a con artist? ‘The Whistlers’ Review: From Bucharest With Ambivalence 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z The story of Anna Delvey, the con artist who bilked hundreds of thousands of dollars from New York’s wealthy, has been told in magazine profiles, books and now a Netflix series. New in Paperback: ‘A Little Devil in America’ and ‘My Friend Anna’ 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z It's the tale of his relationship with his father, a many time imprisoned con artist. The Tragedy of Arthur by Arthur Phillips - review 2012-06-20T08:00:00Z Banks said there was a possibility he might decide to undergo chemotherapy "to extend the amount of time available", but it was still something he was "balancing the pros and cons of". Iain Banks diagnosed with gall bladder cancer 2013-04-03T11:20:21Z It’s interesting: There are pros and cons to being a woman in Pakistan, but I guess women are not perceived as a threat, and somehow the trust level is there. Avoiding Sectarian Violence to Tell a Story That Refused to Go Away 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z Fortunately, Nicky takes her under his wing to school her in the art of the con, but he later breaks things off when they get too close. 'Focus' trailer: Will Smith and Margot Robbie are pros at cons 2014-12-22T05:00:00Z Ms. Dorrance handled her gawky limbs and articulate feet with artistry, dribbling accents from foot to foot like a soccer star or like a con man hiding a coin. Dance Review: Michelle Dorrance and Dorrance Dance at St. Mark’s Church 2013-01-22T21:49:07Z Do you think African farmers are incapable of understanding how GMOs work and weighing the pros and cons? The last thing Africa needs to be debating is GMOs 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z But prosecutors said it was actually Cosby who staged a con by using his fatherly television image to trick Constand and other alleged victims to trust him so that he could drug them. Bill Cosby convicted on three counts of sexual assault 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z The Dvorak draws on that work almost literally in its Andante con moto, syncopated yet serene, like the partita’s Adagio. Music Review: Chamber Music Society Presents Serenades 2012-09-26T22:11:42Z It emerged in 2008 that he had been one of the biggest con men in history. Malcolm Gladwell’s Advice When ‘Talking to Strangers’: Be Careful 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z There are many opinions regarding the best flooring for a kitchen and, while there are pros and cons to each material, it often comes down to personal preference. 5 best kitchen floor materials to weather all the spills and stains 2022-01-08T05:00:00Z The master tinkerer became a star in the 1950s, scoring a pair of No. 1 hits, “How High the Moon” and “Vaya con Dios” with then-wife Mary Ford, and a regular television spot. The Holy Grail of the electric guitar? Not exactly. 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z Helen and Jennifer are little more than con artists, and the grandmother is accused of harboring dark family secrets. 'Dirt': A loner's twisted family unravels in David Vann's novel 2012-06-13T20:35:05Z Propane, natural gas and electricity each present their own pros and cons. Here’s how to warm your outdoor space for socially distant entertaining. But act quickly. 2020-09-28T04:00:00Z But Jimmy, for all of his small cons and efforts to bend the law to the breaking point, is essentially a good man. Who is the one who knocks? On the "Better Call Saul" midseason finale two devils drop by 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z However, when the two finally came face to face, Landis wasn't exactly the picture of the con man Leininger had painted in his mind. From extreme catfishing to wine fraud, here are 6 documentaries about con artists 2021-05-09T04:00:00Z “Your back is against the wall; you do what you gotta do,” Williams says in the first episode, about digital con artists and identity thieves. For Michael K. Williams, a Legacy Interrupted 2022-01-26T05:00:00Z They now have the opportunity to weigh the pros and cons of sharing their pregnancies with the world. Oh, By the Way: I Had a Baby 2022-01-22T05:00:00Z Witnesses described the port towns as a delirium of hustlers and con men, brass bands, horn players barefoot in the dust. King of the banana republic 2012-06-03T21:00:00Z “Evergreen: The Road to Legalization in Washington” is the story of that campaign, both pro and con; begun in late 2011 by local filmmakers Riley Morton and Nils Cowan. 3 SIFF documentaries tell Northwest stories 2013-05-09T00:02:50Z While there were spirited arguments, pro and con, about the likely value of some the questions posed by the marriage experts interviewed for the article, some saw value in the process. Readers? Comments: Questions to Ask Before Marriage: Readers Weigh In 2012-02-17T21:12:23Z There’s also a mystery, and no, it’s not the question of why nearly every new prime-time drama that isn’t on ABC Family has to star an F.B.I. agent, a cop or a con man. | 'Haven': New Syfy Series, Based on a Stephen King Tale 2010-07-08T22:11:00Z Her family had Italian ancestors, and she was named after the musical terms “con dolce” and “con dolcezza,” meaning “with sweetness.” Books of The Times: A Controversial Figure; Hold the Controversy 2010-10-12T17:03:00Z We have a nation of ironic con victims who are letting it happen. Novelist Jonathan Lethem: "There is no allegory crude enough" to capture Trump's America 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z Kuznetsov writes about a con who was operated on by prison authorities three times against his will to remove a tattoo on his forehead. Russian criminal tattoos: breaking the code 2010-10-26T21:01:00Z They’ve fielded nosy questions from relatives, sought advice from friends, made lists of pros and cons. Deciding whether to have kids has never been more complex. Enter parenthood-indecision therapists. 2019-03-15T04:00:00Z Fake share scams are the most popular new con among white-collar criminals. TV highlights 26/08/2011: BBC Proms 2011: Spaghetti Western Orchestra 2011-08-25T22:00:03Z Pros and cons: Fish are great pets for people who have limited space, work long hours or are allergic to furrier friends. Choosing the best pet for your family Thus, Kim helps him build another con before his final appearance before the appeals board, one that plays into the hand that’s been played against Jimmy, all along. We are all Kim Wexler, part 2: “Better Call Saul” finale taps our love affair with grifters 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z In Cuba, flan and café con leche are a natural and necessary combination, like coffee and doughnuts in the United States. Classic Flan, a Cool and Creamy Taste of the Past 2016-12-20T05:00:00Z She also spent two months in the Dominican Republic, and while there she volunteered at a children’s day camp, el Patio con Alfredo. Minnesota teen ballerina wants to branch out 2014-06-14T04:00:00Z “I truly appreciate all responses pro and con,” he wrote. Hank Azaria on The Simpsons' Apu controversy: 'I'm willing to step aside' 2018-04-25T04:00:00Z In this charming memoir, le Carré writes about how his father, a con man, prepared the future author to become first a spy, then a novelist. 9 New Books We Recommend This Week 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z So while Ezra is busy peddling happiness to others, he himself falls prey to a familiar con in the canon of queer literature: the conditional affections of a straight man. Bunkmates Turned Scam Artists Take Silicon Valley for a Ride 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z I like to take a newspaper into a café and watch them despatch their morning espressos "con brio" on their way to work, every inch the proud architects of modern Spain. Listen to Britain 2010-03-20T00:05:00Z Most are classics like pan con tomate, potato tortilla, garlic shrimp, meatballs and salt cod croquettes. Oliva, Featuring Tapas, Opens in West Harlem 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z Then there’s arroz con pollo: rice and chicken, the island’s ultimate comfort food. Finding Strength in Sofrito in Puerto Rico 2020-10-26T04:00:00Z “Lupin” has an endearingly lighthearted tone that sets it apart from many projects dealing with cons, theft and avenging the death of your wrongfully accused father. The Musée d’Orsay and Stanley Kubrick: What ‘Lupin’ Is Made Of 2021-01-26T05:00:00Z He is, as another character says, “quite the Renaissance criminal” — a thief, of course, but also a gifted con artist and an expert forger of art, rare documents and other items of negotiable value. Television: ‘White Collar,’ ‘Leverage’ and ‘Suits’: TV Criminals 2012-07-06T16:00:00Z Everyone at the National Dog Show is passionate about dogs, which means educating people about the pros and cons of each breed. How the National Dog Show became your favorite Thanksgiving tradition 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z At his core he is just a con man. How "Valley of the Boom," a story of tech world disruption, disrupts TV too 2019-01-21T05:00:00Z She also outlines a knowing path through Mr. Cattelan’s career, leaving just enough room to have you wondering if the artist is more of a con man than a genius. Review: ‘Maurizio Cattelan: Be Right Back’ Relishes a Mischievous Artist 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z But maybe there’s a longer con at play. Critic’s Notebook: ‘Golden,’ by Lady Antebellum and ‘Annie Up’ by Pistol Annies 2013-05-10T22:06:38Z Among the final five players, one apparently malleable player is paired with a serial killer whom Chishiya recognizes from the news, and the other has hooked up with a con man. Why some see this "Alice in Borderland" breakout as a role model for survival 2022-12-31T05:00:00Z Poitier plays the straight man, as he often did in comedies, allowing Belafonte to have a blast as Reverend Willis Oaks Rutherford, a con artist masquerading as a man of the cloth. Watch These Great Harry Belafonte Screen Performances 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z Not gangsters, but crazy con men and ne’er-do-wells in black comedies. It’s Delightful, It’s Delicious, It’s DeVito 2019-03-23T04:00:00Z To get you started, here’s a primer on five of the most widely used productivity systems, including experts’ opinions on their pros and cons. Set a tomato timer? Eat a frog? Be like Ike? Comparing 5 common productivity systems. 2021-08-01T04:00:00Z Big science fiction movies don’t send people off to pretend to be astronauts, and big crime movies don’t send people off to become con men. Will Dungeons & Dragons Be the next Hobbit? 2012-12-12T13:00:23Z Based on the exploits of a con man, William Douglas Street Jr., with Harris playing the title role and narrator, the film was initially described as a Black equivalent of Woody Allen’s “Zelig.” ‘Chameleon Street’: The Art of the Con 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z “I don’t feel like I have any pro or con bias on serialized or not-serialized television,” she said. Natasha Lyonne and Rian Johnson Trace the TV Origins of ‘Poker Face’ 2023-01-19T05:00:00Z The swami said that he had played a role in making the Elqui Valley the bastion of spiritualism it is today but acknowledged that many of the local mystics were little more than con artists. Finding a Warm Welcome in the Elqui Valley 2015-12-22T05:00:00Z They size him up and grill him and seem to agree with Rachel that he’s extremely charming, which is both a pro and a con. 'The Bachelorette' Recap: Rachel Heads to the Fantasy Suites 2017-07-25T04:00:00Z Candy creates a pro/con list on poster board, like a regional sales meeting on why she should cheat. What does "The Shining" have to do with Hulu's "Candy"? 2022-05-15T04:00:00Z But as each hour-plus episode lurches toward the next without much sign of a payoff, you may start questioning whether you have, in fact, been drawn into another long con. "Inventing Anna" takes a good story, imprisons it in unnecessary excess and robs of us our time 2022-02-12T05:00:00Z The Allegro con Sentimento incorporates a series of variations on a folk-inflected melody, and a witty waltz is woven through the Finale, whose spry conclusion evoked chuckles from the audience. Music Review: The Folkways That Led to Dvorak and Bartok 2010-10-20T21:18:00Z I also feel like I could relate to the child of a psycho, or a con artist, or Brett Kavanaugh, somebody with deep-seated problems that there's nothing I can do to help. "My dad had a secret rage problem that only we could see": Author Erin Hosier on "Don't Let Me Down" 2019-02-09T05:00:00Z He is more concerned with the building up of factories than the tearing down, chronicling the pros and cons of factory work with a scholar’s even gaze. We Are What We Manufacture 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z He was at once a genius, a narcissist and a con man — the true artist trifecta. Why a ‘Peanuts’ Collection Has Stuck With Jeremy Denk, Concert Pianist 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z We discussed writing in English as her third language, the pros and cons of genre boundaries, and, amazingly, “Fish in Exile’s” beginnings as a Harlequin romance. At home in exile: Vi Khi Nao on her experimental novel 'Fish in Exile' 2017-04-14T04:00:00Z George is running a sweat lodge to con CEOs out of their money. Arrested Development recap: season four, episodes 1-5 2013-05-26T15:37:26Z It’s a place to find hand-rolled cigars and cups of café con leche at King Corona Cafe, for tapas and chilled glasses of Spanish wine at Columbia Restaurant. Vintage Clothing Shops Thriving in Tampa 2010-04-01T21:33:00Z “But in the sense that you have to believe it yourself in order for anybody else to believe it, yes, actors and con artists — they are completely similar,” he adds. Christian Bale gives a weighty performance in ‘Hustle’ 2013-12-24T21:19:44Z Such are the perils of public excitement for the dancer, who must gracefully navigate between the pros and cons of fame. Hermes bags, hugs and the occasional stalker: When ballet fans go overboard 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z Last year Jimmy, a con artist who dreams of success as a lawyer, entered viewers’ lives on AMC’s Better Call Saul. Review: A Better Better Call Saul Proves It's Broken the Spinoff Curse 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z McCormack fared better as con artist Clark Rockefeller in 2010 TV movie "Who is Clark Rockefeller?" and he is currently playing what a jerk in the Broadway play "The Best Man." "Will & Grace" star returns to TV in "Perception" 2012-07-05T20:19:14Z Ms. Konnikova may offer a psychological lexicon for explaining the con. Review: In ‘The Confidence Game’ by Maria Konnikova, the Siren Call of the Swindler 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z Periodically, Gaudi veers off to recount the daring exploits of con artists, great white hunters and battleship commanders. ‘African Kaiser’: A sweeping military history that reads like a novel 2017-03-15T04:00:00Z There is wide-open writing here about Chicago, his hometown, and about topics like con men, terrorism, Paris and Vermont, writers like Ralph Ellison and J. D. Salinger and the idiocies of certain critics and scholars. Review: Revisiting Saul Bellow’s Words, on Society, Chicago and Other Writers 2015-03-23T04:00:00Z In her 2002 memoir, “Love Works Like This,” the writer and psychologist Lauren Slater discovers that she is pregnant and decides to list the pros and cons of parenthood. Can Surrogacy Remake the World? 2019-12-11T05:00:00Z Leave it to a journalist to turn heartache into a riveting memoir that's also an insightful investigation into the nature of emotional con artists. Swept off her feet by a con artist: What Abby Ellin knows now about being "Duped" 2019-01-20T05:00:00Z Another angle is the new Gilded Age version of one of those classic Mamet con men from "American Buffalo" or "Glengarry." In David Mamet's perplexing 'China Doll,' Al Pacino can only roar weakly 2015-12-04T05:00:00Z At recent sf cons, he has been dismissed as racist, misogynistic, jingoistic and irrelevant. ‘Robert A. Heinlein: In Dialogue with his Century,’ by William H. Patterson, Jr. The 59-year-old said he is "officially very poorly" and is weighing the pros and cons of chemotherapy to extend his life. Writer Iain Banks: I have months to live 2013-04-03T12:07:13Z But all the audience really needs to know, Mr. Norris said, is there’s a con. A Political Satire on Stage, and Not About Trump 2018-02-28T05:00:00Z This article really sums up the pros and cons of playing. How HQ Trivia Became the Best Worst Thing on the Internet 2018-01-05T05:00:00Z In a way, every one of the characters is playing a con. Christian Bale gives a weighty performance in ‘Hustle’ 2013-12-24T21:19:44Z Line up the pros and cons, then let your gut lead you. Perspective | Does my son with ADHD need a new school? 2021-07-20T04:00:00Z But there were no billions: It was a very, very, very good con. 'Whipping Boy' digs up childhood bully and a fascinating story 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z In the remake, Firth will play a London art curator who plans to con a wealthy collector into buying a phoney Monet painting. Colin Firth and Cameron Diaz accept Gambit 2011-02-02T14:52:31Z She sued him for defamation after he dismissed her claims of being threatened to keep quiet about the tryst as a “total con job.” Court won’t revive porn star’s defamation suit against Trump 2021-02-22T05:00:00Z To pretend that this belongs on the "con" side rather than the "pro" side of the ebook chart is indefensible. Ebooks: durability is a feature, not a bug 2011-03-08T11:41:18Z In one chapter, he notes that there are many notorious female pickpockets, thieves, and gamblers, but almost no women known for the big con. Anne Hathaway Wins “Ocean’s 8” 2018-06-12T04:00:00Z There are pros and cons to this depending upon who you are. No 9 Church Street: restaurant review 2013-05-19T06:37:02Z When a GOP member repeated Cohen’s “racist, con man, cheat” quote back to him and asked what he would call himself, Cohen calmly replied, “A fool.” The Michael Cohen Show: Where GOP politicians angle to become Trump's new co-stars 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z “He ended up being a very good con man,” Miller told O’Brien about Trump. T.J. Miller will keep hosting gig at Critics' Choice Awards despite arrest 2016-12-10T05:00:00Z There's a fine line between visionary and con artist here. Q&A: Seattle dancer-choreographer Catherine Cabeen 2011-04-25T23:32:57Z Amy Adams garnered 11 percent support for her portrayal of a 1970s con artist in "American Hustle." Most Americans have yet to watch any best-picture Oscar nominee: poll 2014-02-23T22:02:44Z Except that they’re actually Soviet spies, and they wear various disguises and participate in long-term cons to gather intelligence. What You Should Watch This Week: Spring Finales, ‘Peaky Blinders’ and ‘The Americans’ 2016-05-09T04:00:00Z We’ll be able to debate which actor played Han Solo best, just as we weigh the pros and cons of different James Bonds. The Growing Emptiness of the Star Wars Universe 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z Pros and cons: Rabbits are playful, can be litter-box trained and will come when called, making them great companion animals. Choosing the best pet for your family No worries with Trio con Brio Copenhagen, which handily lives up to its name. Trio con Brio Copenhagen: cultural connections 2012-01-13T23:07:04Z So we must entertain the notion that certain aspects of economic life are a con. I’m stuck in my career 2012-07-03T00:00:00Z They’re taken under the wing of a con man, who sees dollar signs in their gift. Samantha Hunt’s ‘Mr. Splitfoot,’ and More 2016-01-27T05:00:00Z When Henri — charismatic, popular and, as it turns out, a con artist — is blackmailed by a classmate, Corinne, into helping her improve her social status, a romance neither of them expects ensues. 6 Y.A. Love Stories to Add to Your Reading List 2022-09-10T04:00:00Z A born-and-bred con artist, Diane gets pregnant with Walter's child, extorts lifetime support payments from him, runs away and leaves her baby son on a Portland doorstep. A dazzling new book by David Guterson 2011-10-15T04:27:07Z Instead we get an extremely neat, generally perky, overly cautious take on a musical that, being about the con game of love and music, needs more danger in the telling. Review: Even With Hugh Jackman, ‘The Music Man’ Goes Flat 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z Ms. Huppert plays a filmmaker, based on Ms. Breillat, who, while recovering from a stroke, is swindled by a charismatic con man to whom she offered a role in her next movie. Isabelle Huppert, in All Her Glory, at the Metrograph 2016-11-16T05:00:00Z Motskin: I mean, I think for the most part, all of our con artists are relatively young. How "Generation Hustle," a show about con artists, almost got conned by one of its subjects 2021-05-02T04:00:00Z In recent weeks, Ye lost lucrative endorsement deals and attracted condemnation from all corners of the entertainment industry for his remarks about Jews, including a threat on Twitter to go “death con 3” on them. Chappelle returns to SNL with no apologies — and many jokes about Kanye 2022-11-13T05:00:00Z Kyle Killen, the creator, previously came up with “Lone Star,” an ingenious if short-lived series about a con man living a double life in Texas. Television Review: ?Awake,? Starring Jason Isaacs, on NBC 2012-02-29T22:00:52Z And you’ve got to be confident as a con man to get people to do what you want need. Milo Ventimiglia on the ‘Honest Deception’ of ‘The Company You Keep’ 2023-02-17T05:00:00Z Reason is in short supply here, and grifters and con men peddling conspiracy thinking and fake news abound; families are often fragmented or nonexistent; and primal, Darwinian urges have replaced the rule of law. Denis Johnson’s Poetic Visions of a Fallen World 2017-05-26T04:00:00Z Who would have thought that her old catwalk skills could be part of how Ms. Ritter sells Chloe, her gleefully unrepentant con artist character on the show, but they are. Krysten Ritter Takes the Lead in ?L!fe Happens? 2012-04-08T03:23:02Z It’s not her fault she was raised by a con man. Her dad was a con man 2012-08-10T00:00:00Z Given that Magnus is a sponger, a con man, Catholic convert and gay, he comes across as a second cousin to that comparably fascinating outcast, Frederick Rolfe, the self-styled Baron Corvo. Review | We blog, we tweet, we post to Facebook: Let’s instead savor the art of the essay 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z “You’re such a con artist!” he yelled—forgetting, perhaps, that that was precisely the point. The Emmys 2016: The Season’s Most Memorable TV Moments 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z Beyond her company’s shows, Ms. Katigbak seems to act almost constantly downtown — as a gift shop owner, a goddess, a granola-scarfing genie, a forlorn divorcée, a wily con artist. An Asian-American Theater Company Cuts a Fresh Casting Trail 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z He's a con man and a criminal, and that's what needed to be talked about. Rob Reiner on Donald Trump’s “classic fascist” ways: “He’s a con man and a criminal” 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z The con artists are a dime a dozen. Michael Showalter on American con artists: "We really are screwed if there's no such thing as truth" 2022-04-19T04:00:00Z A New York con man with a long history of business failures and bankruptcies, who has a weird comb-over and acid-washed skin, is about to become the Republican presidential nominee? Which is stupider: “The Purge: Election Year” or the total insanity of the real world? 2016-07-02T04:00:00Z The con in con man is short for confidence — what he radiates, and what he extracts from his marks before fleecing them. In 'Focus,' Will Smith Does His Best Cary Grant Impression 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z Thunderbirds might be coming back but the puppets won't, after Anderson said "everything will be changed" using "today's technology" and "all the mod cons". Thunderbirds could be go for new series 2011-01-12T12:43:20Z After they break up, three years later, they reunite in Buenos Aires, both there to con the same billionaire. 'Focus' to top 'Fifty Shades of Grey,' 'Lazarus Effect' 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z But is this also a publicity stunt by an expert at the con? Is James Patterson's claim that white men face racism an enraging PR stunt from a former ad man? 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z We were holding twin plastic foam cups, each containing the thick creamy cafe con leche that White Street Sandwich Shop brews from its perch inside this laundromat. In Key West, a Taste of Cuban Coffee Culture 2015-02-06T05:00:00Z Some of the reviews also include feedback from professionals, who discuss how to use the app and its pros and cons, said Schueller, the site’s executive director. How to navigate the ‘chaotic’ world of mental health apps 2020-12-24T05:00:00Z In town for appearances at the ALT*con pop culture festival over the weekend, he was released Saturday after being charged with damage to property and criminal mischief. Nicholas Brendon describes 'blackout' leading to arrest in Florida 2015-03-16T04:00:00Z Our vision of a con man isn’t a slick-talking guy who’s trying to win you over with a smile and good spiel. How do you humanize Bernie Madoff for an HBO movie? Simple: You don’t. 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z The cons: There aren't many negatives to this book, but something I didn't like was the descriptions. Watership Down by Richard Adams - review 2012-08-15T08:00:00Z It would be hard to miss, or discount as irrelevant, the allusion to current cons and crises, in the White House and beyond. Review: When ‘Tartuffe’ Meets Trump, It’s Revolutionary 2020-06-29T04:00:00Z Like the AP, the Times’s editors spent some time Tuesday afternoon discussing the pros and cons of publishing the photo, said Beth Flynn, the newspaper’s deputy photo editor. A searing photo of deaths at the border forces media outlets to decide: Publish or not? 2019-06-26T04:00:00Z This week, mushroom and chicken pasta and chili con carne are on the menu. With doors closed for coronavirus, Belgian chefs cater for hospitals 2020-04-07T04:00:00Z Apparently, a con man is constitutionally unable to tell the truth. New True-Crime Books for Fall 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z For good measure he vowed to go "death con 3" on them, whatever that means. "Blacks and Jews" authors on Chappelle, Kanye caught in the "face of Black antisemitism" loop 2022-11-15T05:00:00Z You might have expected the film to explore this notion by pitting the two approaches against each other and displaying their relative pros and cons. The Tree of Life is a colossal commercial 2011-07-11T10:18:14Z And yet, Towles binds the novel with compassion and scrupulous detail: His America brims with outcasts scrambling over scraps from the Emerald City, con artists behind the curtain, the innocents they exploit. Review | Amor Towles’s ‘The Lincoln Highway’ is a long and winding road through the hopes and failures of mid-century America 2021-10-04T04:00:00Z Now, as theaters reopen, some are discussing the pros and cons, as well as the feasibility, of a so-called hybrid model, in which stage shows can be seen either in-person or at home. Live Theater Is Back. But a New Broadway Play Will Stream, Too. 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z On descending from El Alto, we passed a giant metal statue of Che Guevara, in a public garden where, written in the topiary, it challenges: “El Alto con vuelo propio”. High society: El Alto, Bolivia, steps into the spotlight 2018-10-17T04:00:00Z Rice's given name is derived from the Italian opera stage instruction con dolcezza, meaning "with sweetness." With sweetness, soul, Aretha and Rice make music 2010-07-27T10:31:00Z But the week-to-week satisfactions of “Leverage” have less to do with social justice than with aesthetic justice, the beautiful machinery of the con games themselves. Television: ‘White Collar,’ ‘Leverage’ and ‘Suits’: TV Criminals 2012-07-06T16:00:00Z The next day, after delicious huevos rancheros and a tepid café con leche on the beach, I got out of town in an unremarkable rental car with a frozen margarita in the cup holder. How a trip to Mexico with a 1972 travel guide helped ease my broken heart 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z Were they malicious con artists or just victims of circumstance? Welcome to "Narrowsburg," a tiny town conned out of its Hollywood dreams 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z After Lincoln pulls off the ultimate con — hustling his brother out of his inheritance — Booth shoots him. When Black Characters Double-Deal to Make Ends Meet, It’s Never Enough 2023-01-14T05:00:00Z Watching television one evening, Maud is entranced by the bragging of a ruggedly handsome con man, recently released from prison and promoting a book about his swindles. Sex and Power: The Provocative Explorations of Catherine Breillat 2017-12-15T05:00:00Z This was 2012, back when the wellness industry had not yet come along to gift psychic mediums with the gloss of respectability – they were seen largely as con artists, not “wellness coaches”. 'I thought psychics were full of shit': how a sceptic turned to clairvoyance 2019-04-22T04:00:00Z But we’re more in awe of young Jack: thief, con man and hero. Hate Thy Neighbor. Or Maybe Just Kill Him. 2018-07-06T04:00:00Z Those charges stemmed from an alleged attempt in June 2005 to purchase two high-performance boats, but she claimed she was trying to stop a con man. Country singer Mindy McCready found dead 2013-02-18T07:40:21Z For instance, 43 percent of newspaper stories showed at least a 2-to-1 margin of pro views to con, 8 percent were dominated by opponents and 48 percent were largely neutral, Pew said. Media study: more pro views on same-sex marriage 2013-06-17T04:06:07Z And “Company,” which was first staged in 1970 and examines the pros and cons of married life, won the Tony for musical revival. ‘A Strange Loop’ Wins Best Musical as Tonys Celebrate Broadway’s Return 2022-06-12T04:00:00Z Garfield is going for smoothly sinister perhaps — a con artist who tried to hide the greed and lust that consumed him — but he's phony right from the start. The worst film performances of 2021 2021-12-31T05:00:00Z David refused to reveal the ending: he wanted this scene to be a con on the audience. How we made ... Michael Phillips and David S Ward on The Sting 2012-06-04T18:01:01Z Cat burglar, con artist, master of disguise, Lupin is also a brilliant detective and righter of wrongs. Lupin: introducing anglophone audiences to a more socially conscious gentleman thief 2021-02-15T05:00:00Z By then we were well into the post-#MeToo era and understood the term to be the verbal equivalent of Rohypnol, a little something con men slip into conversation hoping of breaching a woman's defenses. "The Sandman" retrofits an old story into a cautionary fable about opportunistic "male feminists" 2022-08-26T04:00:00Z It’s interesting that the word “con” comes from “confidence,” which Charlie definitely has. Milo Ventimiglia on the ‘Honest Deception’ of ‘The Company You Keep’ 2023-02-17T05:00:00Z In "The Other Guys," they play mismatched underdogs on the trail of a con artist played by English comic Steve Coogan. Will Ferrell cop comedy collars box office crown 2010-08-09T00:21:00Z Both these movies are about mutually assured deception and how easy it is now to get taken by a con. Review | Yes, it takes two Fyre Festival documentaries to fully convey how easily we’re all scammed 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z In February, federal prosecutors announced the arrest of Ms. Hutsona on wire fraud and identity theft charges, calling her a “serial con artist.” A Cautionary Tale for Nearly Everyone 2021-04-15T04:00:00Z In the end, it’s about pros and cons. ‘I don’t know who I am without it’: the truth about long-term antidepressant use 2017-05-06T04:00:00Z Against those forces, systems of law enforcement are powerless and, indeed, may be in on the con. Want to punch a Nazi? Amazon's "Hunters" is the show for you 2020-02-22T05:00:00Z Whose baby was it, and why on Earth did the parents think it was safe for a con artist to run off with such precious cargo? Why Meghan McCain continues to flail 2023-10-27T04:00:00Z For a time, it seems like “The Justice of Bunny King” will find a way out of poverty for Bunny, who engages in a series of small cons to get what she needs. ‘The Justice of Bunny King’ Review: No Way Out 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z So we sat down and weighed up the pros and cons, because you don't seal a deal with one single solitary opinion. Cee Lo Green: 'I'd do a lot more damage if I could' 2010-09-30T21:00:00Z When you’re faced with such a difficult choice, it always helps to weigh the pros and cons. Should you watch Cameron Crowe’s TV show ‘Roadies’? Let’s talk it out. 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z The academic adviser’s testimony fit into a narrative laid out by the defense in which Constand was a “con artist.” Bill Cosby convicted on three counts of sexual assault 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z When Trio con Brio Copenhagen plays it on Wednesday, it should be quite the cosmopolitan experience: a Swiss composer under an Irish spell, as filtered through a Korean-Danish sensibility. Trio con Brio Copenhagen: cultural connections 2012-01-13T23:07:04Z “Banshee” on Cinemax is about a convicted jewel thief who cons his way into becoming the sheriff of a small burg in Pennsylvania Dutch country. Cable-crime shows explore rural America’s underbelly 2014-02-27T21:15:33Z The whole thing turned out to be a con trick, though, and – to be honest – the dodginess of the entire enterprise couldn't have been more obvious had it been called Scam & Sap. Daniel Maier's World of lather 2011-08-05T23:04:00Z Despite her initial reluctance, the con is on. 'Brush With Danger' mixes art and martial arts 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z How would you recommend to people to avoid getting taken by a grift like this, a con job like this? It started with an “Apprentice” audition. Then he was hired to teach at Trump University 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z Their new show adapts the Steven Spielberg movie about a crackerjack con man who passed himself off as a lawyer, a doctor and even an airline pilot. Spring Performance: Theater : A Famous Big Cat, and Stars on the Rise 2011-02-20T02:00:56Z As it turned out, her father ended up being a con man and was arrested for high-scale fraud, and is still in prison to this day. Her dad was a con man 2012-08-10T00:00:00Z I mean, it's an interesting con game that we have with the world, because they're still buying the U.S. treasuries and they believe in the dollar. Oliver Stone: Our empire is in decline 2010-09-23T11:01:00Z When it lets scenes play out at length, it allows space to show how a con is played or a lie falls apart. Review: ‘Better Call Saul,’ Quirky and Absorbing in Season Opener 2016-02-14T05:00:00Z In the show’s first hourlong episode, Mr. Burns tries to relive his glory days and crosses paths with a mysterious music mogul who cons him into bankruptcy. What’s on TV Sunday: ‘The Young Pope,’ ‘Victoria’ and ‘Homeland’ 2017-01-15T05:00:00Z Wednesday cons his way into first class by pretending to be senile and harmless, and Shadow, in a stroke of luck, is bumped up when his seat is double booked. Divine drama: “American Gods” answers our prayers for a show worthy of worship 2017-04-28T04:00:00Z In an early scene, Mr. Romney, legal pad in hand, gathers his family to weigh the pros and cons of running. Television Review: ‘Mitt’ Goes Behind the Scenes of Romney’s Presidential Bids 2014-01-23T23:18:24Z ‘THE HANDMAIDEN’ Set in Korea in the 1930s, the latest from Park Chan-wook involves two women, one a Japanese heiress and prisoner, the other an impoverished Korean con artist who could pick pockets for Fagin. The Best Movies of 2016 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z There is no joy in Raylan’s final con, only necessity and the final awareness of how birth, family and the land mark you in ways you can’t escape or deny. Justified Watch: It Beats Angry 2015-04-14T04:00:00Z There are two con jobs in “Hero,” and they share a basic architecture. 'Better Call Saul' Recap: Don't Worry Saul, It's All Good, Man 2015-02-23T05:00:00Z You see how little he lets people into his life, and how much he loves the con, the safety of non-attachment. Roosevelt grad returns to lead the parade in ‘Music Man’ 2013-02-08T20:14:55Z Mamet was inspired by the lingo and behavior of Chicago con artists he often played poker with early in his career. A vigorous new staging of Mamet’s ‘American Buffalo’ at Seattle Rep 2013-01-18T21:38:59Z The Wall Street Journal sat up and took notice last month when the mostly Dominican area got its very first Starbucks — where it naturally began offering overpriced, “exclusive” café con leche. Spike Lee’s epic anti-gentrification speech 2014-02-26T15:53:00Z Donald Trump is a very skillful con man, because he is pushing a narrative about immigrants, about Muslims, about the nature of the country, and too many people want to believe it. Rob Reiner on Donald Trump’s “classic fascist” ways: “He’s a con man and a criminal” 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z Orpheus played the offbeat accents in the Allegro con brio with particular vigor, and the serene melody of the Larghetto unfolded elegantly, with gracious exchanges between strings and winds. Music Review: Ryu Goto and Orpheus in Spirited Mood at Carnegie Hall 2010-05-05T22:12:00Z For a finale I thought this had maybe two and half amazing scenes - long upside down shot in the ER, Mike stalking his prey and the reveal of Chuck's long con. ‘Better Call Saul’ Season 2 Finale: The Ultimate Betrayal 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z But Patterson's former life, the business of advertising, is, in a sense, the business of cons. Is James Patterson's claim that white men face racism an enraging PR stunt from a former ad man? 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z Magic shows proliferate around the holiday season, maybe because the whole notion of a holiday season that needs celebrating is one more con. Holiday Magic: Fooled and Fooled and Fooled Again 2019-12-06T05:00:00Z Is he playing one final long con on the Man In Black? Lost in Lost: Season six, episode 16 2010-05-21T21:00:00Z Pros and cons: Dogs are loyal, loving, social animals who want to be involved with their families. Choosing the best pet for your family They are also embedded with a tip-off about the special art of this man’s con. Review: David Mamet’s ‘Ghost Stories,’ Bedtime Tales With a Gunshot 2015-06-16T04:00:00Z Or was he a sinister con, employing questionable methods in pursuit of marvelous chaos? Review | ‘Action Park’ looks back at one very dangerous amusement park 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z It embraces its oddball subjects — con artists, Craigslist obsessives, exhibitionists, even dogs — and the city that, for all its demands, gives them the space to be who they are. How Three Quirky Sitcoms Capture the New York Hustle 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z Because of that, many people wondered, or feared, whether the culmination of Jimmy and Kim's long con would be her death. Who is the one who knocks? On the "Better Call Saul" midseason finale two devils drop by 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z It’s up to Geller to unravel this man’s mystery to figure out if it’s a con artist capable of global harm or really is a divine entity. Savior or con man? Netflix’s new series “Messiah” questions how belief is built 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z I’m not going to get into a debate about the pros and cons of 21st century birth options, but they are plentiful. My nephew is disabled and it’s his mother’s fault | Mariella Frostrup 2017-09-03T04:00:00Z “Please know that we do not condone the use of our music by this fraud and con man,” bassist Mike Mills tweeted in January. A look at artists who’ve objected to Trump using their songs 2020-10-27T04:00:00Z Whatever the pros and cons of presenting Waiting for Godot as an ethnic experiment, the least you can say is that it passes the time – which would have passed anyway, though probably not as quickly. Waiting for Godot ? review 2012-02-08T19:15:41Z Recommended by several friends, it offers bold flavors, including avocado, cafe con leche and sweet plantain. A visit to Little Havana as the embargo that enlivened it comes to an end 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z It’s about a family cobbled together by liars, cons, grifters, impersonators, and protagonists whose family loyalty and personal integrity is matched—and sometimes beaten to a pulp—by their extreme flexibility with the truth. Inspiration Information: Lucky Us 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z Even this apparent digression with its minorly clever point — that writing is a kind of con game — serves as a breathing space, a slight pause before the rush of my final two paragraphs. Review | The greatest prison escape ever? ‘The Confidence Men’ tells a sensational true story. 2021-06-15T04:00:00Z What gets lost in all of the frenzy about sex—pro and con—is that many Americans simply don’t care. Sex? No, thanks: Rather than obsession, what millions of Americans feel about sex is indifference 2015-07-25T04:00:00Z Matt Dillon directed, starred in and was a writer of this thriller, in which he plays an American con man who ventures to Cambodia to collect earnings from an insurance scam. What’s on TV Thursday: ‘Hereditary’ and ‘Red Tails’ 2018-12-27T05:00:00Z On his paper, he wrote: “Donald Trump pros and cons. Pros: 1/ aggressive. 2/ businessman. Cons: 1/ too aggressive. 2/ plays on fear, anger and emotion. 3/ disrespectful.” Muslim Scouts pursue an American tradition — in an America wary of Muslims 2016-05-25T04:00:00Z Perhaps Clooney has played too many con artists and spies to loose that baggage entirely. George Clooney off-target in "The American" 2010-09-01T00:04:00Z "Many are the cons that are available to the motel guest who wishes to arrive at a more reasonable price for a room," he confesses, before detailing one involving food poisoning. Rick Moody's uneven 'Hotels of North America' is not worth a stay 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z In California, 50 thousand Mexican, Filipino, and Anglo migrant farm laborers and cannery workers united to confront employers and police, who viciously answered their demands with terror and force. FDR’s most important lesson: Liberal causes could still inspire activism on a grand scale 2014-04-27T13:00:00Z Mr. Thornton will play a con artist who tries to manipulate a small-town insurance salesman. Surprise at TV Critics’ Gathering: DeGeneres Is to Host the Oscars 2013-08-02T22:05:36Z Our oversaturated scam culture seems to have produced something new: utterly unappealing con men and women who could not credibly be referred to as “artists” at all. Our Never-Ending ‘Scam Season’ 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z In addition to the massive San Diego show, usually in July, and the New York show, there are cons for everything from horror to anime, everywhere from St. Louis to Salt Lake City. New York Comic Con vendors evolve as events proliferate 2013-10-11T17:52:02Z Mixing with hardened criminals who survive by omerta and the need-to-know sharing of information defeats the con man in him. The "Better Call Saul" point of no return: Jimmy McGill is dead, and Saul Goodman rises 2020-04-21T04:00:00Z What are the pros and cons of being married to an actor? Alessandro Nivola: 'It's been nice picking through my dad's experiences for the Sopranos film' 2019-04-14T04:00:00Z But a con man who remembers more glamorous days does, mournfully recalling: “I hobnobbed with the royals/ But then a change of luck./ The czar was dead, the royals fled, and comrade, now we’re stuck!” Review: ‘Anastasia,’ a Russian Princess With an Identity Crisis 2017-04-24T04:00:00Z While it's morally repellent and legally inadvisable, there is nonetheless an art to pulling off an effective con. 21 of the wildest cons in history 2022-03-12T05:00:00Z "Lone Star": A con artist as leading man? Fall TV: The five best new shows 2010-09-07T00:56:00Z But Todbaum was the kind of con man whom Hollywood richly rewards, while Sandy plateaued as a competent rewrite man who never got his name on anything. Review | Jonathan Lethem’s ‘The Arrest’ imagines a kinder, gentler apocalypse 2020-11-09T05:00:00Z His partner, George Macdonnell, was thought to be “one of the most slippery con men in the world.” New True-Crime Books for Fall 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z And it continues to do so in season three as Sarah, the streetwise British con artist at the center of the tale, widens her protective mandate from daughter Kira to sisters Alison, Cosima and Helena. TV Picks: Orphan Black, iZombie, Veep 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z Use the comments to discuss leashes, pro and con, below. Motherlode: Are Leashes for Children? 2011-03-24T18:04:54Z What is this will to be conned by this con man? Novelist Jonathan Lethem: "There is no allegory crude enough" to capture Trump's America 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z More often than not, that character would be drawn from his rogues’ gallery of brutal killers, thuggish gangsters and slick con artists. Elmore Leonard, Who Refined the Crime Thriller, Dies at 87 2013-08-20T14:28:20Z We get a glimpse of the pair’s intellectual sync as Verdon coaches dancers through a sequence: “It’s not a seduction, it’s a con job.” Review: In ‘Fosse/Verdon,’ a Portrait of the Artist as Problematic Fave 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z There was just the polluted, carcinogenic soot of the industrial era, made poetic by the warm glow of nostalgia and the long con of advertising. 'Mad Men' Recap: The Long and Winding Con 2015-05-11T04:00:00Z He tried, mostly successfully, to steer clear of using guns; instead, a bit of a con artist himself, he relied on impersonations and other ruses — and high-speed driving skills. James Garner, Witty, Handsome Leading Man, Dies at 86 2014-07-20T04:00:00Z They believe that there’s a con artist behind all paranormal activity; their business is ripping back the curtain. Red Lights: Even Robert De Niro Couldn't Put the Brakes on This Muddled Thriller 2012-07-11T17:07:38Z A femme fatale who tries to con thousands through her lover's insurance company. The anti-work movement in "Clerks," "Modern Times" & other films 2022-10-15T04:00:00Z The third season takes us to another cop shop in another town and presents a story that amply incorporates the perspectives of two cops and a con artist, all of them women. In "Fargo," comedian Chris Rock gets dramatic as a mob boss whose weapon of choice is the monologue 2020-09-27T04:00:00Z When she was about 33 years old, my mom started making her own version – arroz con pollo, or rice with chicken. My mother’s Dominican specialty bridges ingredients — and generations 2016-05-02T04:00:00Z All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque This is the first novel I read where "the con" of patriotism was fully revealed. Karl Marlantes's top 10 war stories 2010-08-11T11:43:00Z It reveals something fresh about the difference between types of family bonds and ensuing expectations for them and in doing so, evolves into something far more universal than a portrait of a young con artist. Is Sister Switzerland's Best Chance at an Oscar? Yes. 2012-10-04T18:26:13Z Some of these stories I was somewhat familiar with — like the WeWork and Anna Delvey scandals, for instance — but most of the episodes contained cons with which I was totally unfamiliar. How "Generation Hustle," a show about con artists, almost got conned by one of its subjects 2021-05-02T04:00:00Z Eighteen years later, I still wonder whether what I saw that night was a masterpiece or a masterly effort to con an eager reporter. Isabella Stewart Gardner Heist: 25 Years of Theories 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z And the cast is good, with Mr. Ribisi convincingly charming as the con man with a heart. Review: In ‘Sneaky Pete’ and ‘Casanova,’ a Fast Talker and a Smooth Talker 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z This is to say: these products have manifold pros and cons, and by no means is this an exhaustive list of eco-friendly packaging products, just some of our go-tos. Goodbye single-use plastic, hello eco-friendly packaging 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z Washington restaurants are dealing with the consequences, pro and con, of the longest government closure in the nation’s history, now well into its fourth week. D.C. restaurants grapple with drop in business from government shutdown 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z Arroz con Pollo is an incredible delicious dish, full of flavor, and full of satisfaction. Full of flavor and full of satisfaction, arroz con pollo is one delicious Latin dish 2019-11-03T04:00:00Z Little Park’s servers also push the popular contemporary con that small plates are meant for sharing. Restaurant Review: Little Park in TriBeCa 2015-03-24T04:00:00Z Presumably the real Phillips is not also the son of a small-time con man and the reluctant editor of a play that experts have anointed as a long-lost work by Shakespeare. 2011's best -- so far! 2011-07-04T15:01:00Z Meanwhile, Merry turns out to be an ever more gifted con artist, who decides Yancy needs help when the book’s prime lunatic comes along. ‘Razor Girl,’ a Tale of Kidnappers, Reality TV Stars and Dodgy Seafood 2016-09-04T04:00:00Z This led, in an unhurried fashion, to chat about the pros and cons of courgettes. Shaun Keaveny 2010-08-31T07:00:00Z The pilgrims moseyed from town to town, and there wasn’t a restaurant that was not overwhelmed by hundreds clamoring for bread and a café con leche. Hiking Through History, With Your Daughters 2013-04-17T16:26:43Z "Winner" arrived days after the finale of another long con decades in the offing, pushed over the finish line by collaborators more obsessed with victory than with doing the right thing. We are all Kim Wexler, part 2: “Better Call Saul” finale taps our love affair with grifters 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Elliott Gould, Don Cheadle and others play the motley crew of con men and opportunists who sign up for the job. What’s on TV Friday: ‘To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before’ and ‘The Great British Baking Show’ 2018-08-17T04:00:00Z Entirely accomplished with a string of small cons. "Ginny & Georgia" isn't "Gilmore Girls" redux – it's darker, riskier and far more fun 2021-02-25T05:00:00Z The Hollywood stakes for Smith are as high as they are for the con man he plays. Will Smith and Margot Robbie sizzle in the irresistible 'Focus' 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z You see that story in dishes like yuca con mojo, a humble celebration of the root vegetable that was once the cornerstone of the Taíno diet. Von Diaz’s Essential Puerto Rican Recipes 2021-03-22T04:00:00Z This doesn’t sound like a con artist or a relentlessly negative nabob. Perspective | What Biden — and a lot of other people — get wrong about journalists 2021-06-22T04:00:00Z In this immersive theater piece, audiences are invited to mingle with “eccentrics, hustlers, eternal youths, gods, monsters, disco queens and con men.” Theater Listings for Jan. 22-28 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z He marries con artistry with the legal profession, even though, as it turns out, Jimmy is quite a resourceful and smart lawyer. The "Better Call Saul" point of no return: Jimmy McGill is dead, and Saul Goodman rises 2020-04-21T04:00:00Z While I spoke briefly about “The Sandman” and that phantasmagoric mind-boggler “The Golden Pot,” one of the con’s seven guests of honor, Sonya Taaffe, dazzled with her insights into Hoffmann’s influence on contemporary film. Review | Dispatch from a ‘horror’ convention: It began in a dark, candlelit room . . . 2019-09-04T04:00:00Z Cities were rife with crooked opportunists, from con artists to counterfeiters – the Anna Delveys and Tinder Swindlers of their day. "Is It Cake?" feeds viewers visual catharsis for uncertain times 2022-04-10T04:00:00Z Her family had Italian ancestors, and she was named after the musical terms "con dolce" and "con dolcezza," meaning "with sweetness." 'Extraordinary, Ordinary People': Condoleezza Rice's incomplete tale 2010-10-13T00:01:00Z But court documents filed in connection with the case reveal that ambitious art swindles like this one depend on far more than an ingenious con operation or a gifted imitator. Selling a Fake Painting Takes More Than a Good Artist 2014-05-02T21:48:29Z There they visited Rockefeller Center, Shannon’s future workplace, dined and dashed, and stole T-shirts, “like two little con artists on a crime spree.” Molly Shannon’s Memoir Is Filled With Mischief and Pathos 2022-04-10T04:00:00Z Brexit is no better, but we’ve been cheated of proper debate, because the cabinet hasn’t deigned to present simply the pros and cons. Jeremy Irons: ‘I have the natural tendency of a benign dictator’ 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z But it’s not that simple: As is the case for every story of a con man and his mark — including the tale of America and capitalism — people believe what they want to believe. Bros in the heart of darkness: Jonah Hill and Miles Teller’s ”War Dogs” is a scathing indictment of Dick Cheney’s America 2016-08-16T04:00:00Z The con to that is that your scene partner is giving you acting notes, which is kind of against the rules. Chris Messina is a work in progress on and off 'Mindy Project' 2015-01-17T05:00:00Z There has been plenty of evidence that customers are quick to punish businesses that take a position, pro or con, on a candidate. Can restaurants take a stand during inauguration without alienating Trump voters? 2017-01-09T05:00:00Z Friend and admirer Steve Martin once described Jay thusly: “The swindler who never swindled, the con man who never conned, the cheat who never cheated, and mostly, the eccentric collector of all that is eccentric.” A magical trove of Ricky Jay ephemera hits auction block 2021-10-23T04:00:00Z A wealthy American couple touring Greece in the 1960s meet a con artist who becomes entranced by them, and a sudden accident puts them all in danger. The Fall Movie Preview list of films 2014-09-05T04:00:00Z In 1993’s “Six Degrees of Separation,” Smith plays a con artist who woos a wealthy couple by pretending to be the son of Sidney Poitier. Review | In Will Smith’s memoir, the superstar is self-deprecating but ultimately invincible 2021-11-05T04:00:00Z What follows is the story of how they got there, a tense tale of love, grift and an elaborate con. 'A Hanging at Cinder Bottom' is an engaging, clever con 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z The real con artists here are the producers, who have recruited a quintet of weak, narcissistically needy woman, and set them against one another for profit. "Real Housewives'" child exploitation 2010-05-31T18:01:00Z Given that you and I are both fascinated by the art of the con, how would you categorize Donald Trump? Novelist Jonathan Lethem: "There is no allegory crude enough" to capture Trump's America 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z It’s not “Shanghai Surprise,” the 1986 flop in which Sean Penn played a roguish con man and Madonna played a missionary nurse in 1930s China. Angie and Brad’s bad vacation: “By the Sea” is a bogus journey into imitation art cinema and bad ’70s marriage 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z The final, reassuring reveal that Kalinda was working a long con on the prosecutors rather than selling out Will, followed by Dana slapping an impassive Kalinda in the courthouse. ArtsBeat: 'Good Wife' Watch: Moments Savored, Loose Ends Tied Up 2012-01-30T06:00:19Z It’s a moment Cranston prepared for by literally writing a pros and cons list for why Walter White would want to save Jane or let her die. “Breaking Bad”: Bryan Cranston on how one of the show’s most tragic deaths still haunts him 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z One provided upbeat chatter about the seven ages of man, the propensity of small people to overcompensate for diminutive stature and the pros and cons of neighbors, punctuating each line with a “yeah.” Critic’s Notebook: Robert Ashley’s Work Lives On at the Whitney Biennial 2014-04-14T21:19:51Z It always seemed like a con job to get guys to put on a tuxedo. Noticed: Just in for Spring: The Bow Tie 2010-05-12T17:23:00Z It goes back to this sense of individualism, and the ultimate expression of that is the con man, who goes against everything and flips the rules of hierarchy. Hugh Jackman Is Having Fun Playing as ‘Arrogant as You Possibly Can’ 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z Shadow becomes entangled in the war between old gods and new when he takes a job with a mysterious con man named Wednesday. Neil Gaiman's 'American Gods' series greenlighted by Starz 2015-06-16T04:00:00Z With pro and con comments on the awards continuing even days later, it's clear that traditional outlets are still learning how to engage with a generation raised as social-media natives. Teen Choice Awards feels the power of the Web 2014-08-13T04:00:00Z Mr. Falls vividly remembers Mr. Nussbaum as the con artist Teach in the world premiere of Mr. Mamet’s “American Buffalo” here in 1975. Exit, Stage Left, Grasping Cane; Enter, Sprinting 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z |
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