For almost six years he had been persona non grata. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Part of this command superstructure that had accumulated over an entire career was not completely fleshed out but still had impact on the colonel’s persona as a commander. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You seem to get along,” a pastel persona tells you. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Then we did a dance in our persona as the Shirondas. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Sally Field is widely considered one of the best actresses of our time, but she’s been persona non grata with Iranians after she starred in the overtly racist film Not Without My Daughter. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

I’m trying on all sorts of personas today. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“I am become persona non grata in that quarter. I am no wise welcome in the stateroom imperial.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

The other members of the group became persona non grata one by one. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

And my mom’s back to trying on different personas. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

“H” had been her mother’s nickname for her since she was a baby, so she’d decided to use it as the name of her online persona. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

These private comments were more often far more expressive than those his reticent public persona allowed. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

His radical politics and left-wing activities in South Africa had made him persona non grata there and he was seeking political asylum in Ghana. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But with red lipstick I can fashion a whole new—and temporary—persona. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

As the guides usher me into a row, I scan the crowd around me and try to match up some of these people with their Warcross personas. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Hoagland necessarily considered everyone a world-political creature, with a heightened persona, a neurotic cultural manner. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

You could create an entirely new persona for yourself, with complete control over how you looked and sounded to others. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Perhaps the Briony who was walking in the direction of Balham was the imagined or ghostly persona. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

As a newcomer Molly had liked the distance her persona created, the wariness and mistrust she saw in the eyes of her peers. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

In the case of marrying, the dramatis personae include the person being married and the person doing the marrying. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

I wonder if I can muster up the energy to acquire another persona. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Mark was able to see, even in the dim light before they headed out, that Alec has major doubts—which is contrary to the overall persona of the hardened man he seems to be. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

He smiles at me, and his dimples ruin any G persona he has. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

His training as a waiter had polished his public persona. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

This was a persona I'd been tinkering with myself: the outcast, the rebel. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

He particularly liked the persona of Jesus as imagined by the musical’s creators. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

The anonymity and disconnectedness of the Internet allows me to present that persona to you. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

After a few more moments when the only one talking was my TV persona gushing over the kitty cuteness, I spoke up. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

She was happy, absorbed — she seemed like a new, mysterious being to me then, someone outside the “mom” persona I took for granted. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

It was true that she hadn’t made it easy; she knows from experience that tough and weird is preferable to pathetic and vulnerable, and she wears her Goth persona like armor. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

After I’d been meeting with Professor Steinberg for a month, I wrote an essay comparing Edmund Burke with Publius, the persona under which James Madison, Alexander Hamilton and John Jay had written The Federalist Papers. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Once more he was put on its official personae non gratae list. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Movie studios used to sign deals with actors and actresses, in exchange for creating their personas and controlling their lives. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

But though she’s loath to admit it, lately that persona has begun to feel restrictive. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Favored lackey one day, persona non grata the next. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

When young people around here are touched by violence, it changes their whole persona. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

And with the accent emerged a new persona, apologetic and self-abasing. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Alone with just me, she put aside the persona she displayed for others. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Everything about our online personas is filtered through our avatars, which allows us to control how we look and sound to others. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I shouldn’t have talked about real things, I should have gone in there with some totally made-up problems, some imaginary persona. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

If there were a confrontation, I thought, I would assume my new persona of “disturbed” student and use it to bluff my way through. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

“This whole rap persona of yours? I don’t know that person,” Malik says. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

A pastel persona is quick to restrain the perpetual puzzler before she can claw your eyes out, and another one escorts you away. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

I opted instead to create a character, a persona for myself of a cheerful person. Garrison Keillor returns to Seattle on April 1 — no foolin’ 2014-03-24T19:36:53Z

But all the while, this dark public persona was being outmatched by his true-life troubles outside of the ring. Jake “The Snake” Roberts: “I started drinking when I was 11″ 2013-03-04T22:04:00Z

Little Richard's stage persona – his pompadours, androgynous makeup and glass-bead shirts – also set the standard for rock and roll showmanship; Prince, to cite one obvious example, owed a sizable debt to the musician. Little Richard, founding father of rock who broke musical barriers, dead at 87 2020-05-09T04:00:00Z

The concert film “Madonna: Madame X” premieres Friday on Paramount+, showcasing the 63-year-old singer’s latest persona, an international secret agent around whom she framed her 2019 album of the same name. New this week: Documentaries on Bieber, Fauci and ‘Buried’ 2021-10-04T04:00:00Z

His music and persona are a reflection of his experiences of a Black man in America. "Somebody's got to wear the leather pants": Rick James doc filmmaker on the infamous rock star 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z

Every good young actor vacuumed up by a superhero franchise or a megahit movie series costs us a fresh star persona. The Superhero Franchise: Where Traditional Movie Stardom Goes to Die 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z

He understood and nurtured fame, creating a persona that connects with people today, perhaps even more so than his books. In the footsteps of Mark Twain, Harriet Beecher Stowe and Noah Webster 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z

Socialist Realism became the official style and the avant-gardists either adjusted or became persona non grata. The Russian Avant-Garde Rising in ‘A Revolutionary Impulse’ 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z

As good as McCarthy is, Coyle also has kudos for Statham, who "nearly steals the film by playing a parody of his own grave, gonzo persona." 'Spy': Melissa McCarthy's comedic mission accomplished, reviews say 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z

When he began bringing fans into his life through social media, he revealed an unexpectedly endearing side to his otherwise swaggering and hypercompetitive persona. The Goofy Charm of DJ Khaled’s “The Keys” 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z

I find it hard psychologically to switch from the conducting persona to being at home alone. Oliver Knussen: 'It never occurred to me that not everybody thought music was the most important thing in life' 2012-06-06T16:50:00Z

Throughout her father’s unhinged Presidential campaign, she was easily his best surrogate; she is so poised that she could soften her father’s persona just by standing near him. Ivanka Trump’s Terrible Book Helps Explain the Trump-Family Ethos 2016-11-29T05:00:00Z

Jost, 38, approaches “A Very Punchable Face” with his characteristically matter-of-fact tone and self-effacing persona, rattling off amusing anecdotes from an uncannily eventful existence. Colin Jost has a new memoir — and some thoughts on the end of his SNL run 2020-07-14T04:00:00Z

The front matter of “Every Night I Dream of Hell” includes a dramatis personae that runs to 40-odd entries. ‘Every Night I Dream of Hell’ takes us deep inside a hit man’s life 2017-04-11T04:00:00Z

Every time I shot Ronnie, he always had the persona of this dark, evil guy, and I wanted to show the softer side of him. Hair metal, heavy metal. Mark Weiss shot it all. 2020-06-01T04:00:00Z

While it’s difficult to believe that Crawford, a woman who maintained her star persona at all times, could have an ugly family spat in public, there is one moment that stands out. ‘Feud: Bette and Joan’ Episode 6 Recap: Midnight Descending 2017-04-09T04:00:00Z

Last year, however, Plaza took her eccentric persona to new dramatic heights in the comedy-drama Ingrid Goes West, which she also produced. 'It's exhausting not being human' – the weird world of Legion's Aubrey Plaza 2018-04-17T04:00:00Z

But more often, and almost exclusively by the 1990s, Mr. Nielsen showed up in movies, series and commercials, representing in his own archetypal silver-haired persona an ideal of genial, deadpan nonseriousness. Unsinkable Captain of Spoofs 2010-12-01T20:43:00Z

And as the ensemble members flit among an innumerable assortment of roles and personas, they sometimes suggest campfire ghost-story spinners who startle themselves with the persuasiveness of their own creepy yarns. Review: ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ Tailored for Multitaskers 2015-09-20T04:00:00Z

My immediate reaction, one entirely informed Manigault’s reality TV persona, was to wish Dubill had pointed out that expecting Manigault to be empathetic makes about as much sense as seeking a comfort from a succubus. Even Andy Cohen needed a shower: Watch what happens when Donald Trump turns a presidential debate into a reality TV nightmare 2016-10-10T04:00:00Z

As he told the story, he often assumed the persona of Jesus. Berlin Philharmonic Performs 'St. Matthew Passion' at the Park Avenue Armory 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z

She introduced herself as a young boy and became addicted to assuming that persona. “I reject the word ‘hoax'”: Laura Albert opens up about creating JT LeRoy 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z

You not only wanted a daughter who was like you; you wanted a daughter who would admire your carefully constructed academic persona; who was meek and mild, and easily moulded. A letter to... my unloving adoptive dad 2019-10-12T04:00:00Z

Now, she risks becoming persona non grata in her homeland and abroad. Netrebko Loses Work in Russia After Seeking Distance From Putin 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z

Love featured only as a courtly ideal: The characters were near-abstract types, rather than detailed personas. Review: A Skilled Ballet Leader Creates a Messy ‘Raymonda’ 2022-01-19T05:00:00Z

Every performer that gets on stage has a persona, you’re never truly yourself – it doesn’t matter who you are. ‘I love drag. It's dangerous’: Graham Norton and Alan Carr on desire, camp and ‘cancel culture’ 2019-09-29T04:00:00Z

It’s reading matter that might well appear on the bookshelves of many of the play’s dramatis personae. Review: In ‘Incognito,’ the Brain Is Dramatic and Mysterious 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z

Wilson told Fox that in the last year, she’s received "a lot of negative comments" from people about "what I like to do and my voice and my persona." Singing babysitter stuns TikTok after ‘really hard year’: ‘It's been absolutely crazy’ 2021-07-05T04:00:00Z

She made Lady Gaga this mutant persona of fame — utterly synthesized, yet somehow a true original anyway. Here’s the Lady. Where’s the Gaga? 2020-05-29T04:00:00Z

In this age of the “starchitect,” that is bound to change, as demonstrated by two new dramas that present — and then undercut — the persona of the uncompromising visionary who dreams up buildings. | 'The Bilbao Effect' and 'The Glass House': Skewering ?Starchitects? at Clurman and Center for Architecture 2010-06-02T21:58:00Z

The contradictory sentiment is part of Drake's persona, a persona that blends persona with personality. Video: Drake "Over" 2010-04-13T01:49:00Z

Mr. Echols wanted to focus on the future, but his public persona revolved around the worst period of his life. Now Damien Echols Will Teach You the Secrets of Magick 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z

But ditching my high school persona of stellar student and cheerleader was a hurdle. My Story: Forever, the Girl With the Unicorn Tattoo 2013-05-03T05:00:02Z

Mr. Eicke, a professional performer who goes by JOHNman, has displayed his multiple personas at arts festivals in nearly 30 countries and will return to Arnhem this year. At Arnhem Festival, ‘Living Dolls’ Are on Display 2015-09-09T04:00:00Z

“The idea is that I’m secure enough to play an insecure person,” he said of his onstage persona. Stephen Merchant Moves From Gervais?s Shadow to Stand-Up 2011-12-14T17:41:07Z

Whitman cultivated a more democratic persona and preferred popular songs, which he called “heart” — as opposed to “art” — music. How Opera Inspired Walt Whitman’s ‘Leaves of Grass’ 2017-09-29T04:00:00Z

But he is persona non grata with her family, which has settled in London, where her father plans to marry her off to a prosperous cousin who owns grocery stores. | 'Welcome': Philippe Lioret?s Immigration Drama 2010-05-07T00:35:00Z

His deep, crisp voice and middle-aged persona suddenly seemed right for roles all over town. Rick Foucheux paints a possible stage exit with an intimate ‘King Lear’ 2017-05-18T04:00:00Z

Alverson imagined the character behind the comic as a resigned, exhausted man, and asked Turkington to play him “very flat” to contrast his onstage persona. What’s it like to live as one of the ‘worst’ comics in the world? Gregg Turkington is finally talking about it. 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z

One key difference between the authors is that James actively engages with her avid fan base  through social media, while Lee, 89, has long avoided having a public persona. Harper Lee's 'Go Set a Watchman' sells 1.1 million copies in 6 days 2015-07-20T04:00:00Z

Collectively, though, Ms. Rosebrock’s dramatis personae carry too much heavy baggage — involving race and class as well as mental illness and dependency problems — to be sorted through in a breezy two hours of stage time. Review: Marin Ireland Brings Down the Halfway House in ‘Blue Ridge’ 2019-01-08T05:00:00Z

But “just” doesn’t do justice to his role, because Attenborough co-wrote the programs and the insertion of his persona into almost every scene is deliberate. Don’t Try to Catch a Komodo Dragon — Unless You’re David Attenborough 2018-05-29T04:00:00Z

You can take another comedian’s style, delivery or even persona without any fear of a backlash, but if you tell a similarly written joke, then you might have transgressed. ‘Daily Show’ Successor Trevor Noah Finds Himself Catching Criticism, Not Dealing It Out 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z

It's about celebrating a likeness and a persona and the hard work that goes into what theater is. Broadway Artists Talk About Their Work 2010-08-22T01:05:00Z

In his 2003 Broadway debut he took on 37 personas in the solo drama “I Am My Own Wife,” winning the Tony Award for best actor in a play. Why Just Play Scrooge When You Can Play Everyone? 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z

For the dead seriousness of the subject matter, “Green Book” is an often uproarious comedy, with Mortensen leaning into his persona as an unreconstructed goombah with obvious relish. Perspective | Theaters are filled with films telling black stories. It’s about time. 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z

Outwardly embracing a manufactured “slutty” persona, she was inwardly confident enough to not be pressured into sex, or let it define her worth. Perspective | I saw the teen comedies of my generation, but they didn’t see me. Then came ‘Easy A.’ 2020-09-15T04:00:00Z

People gravitated toward his persona because it didn’t seem like one; he seemed authentic. Nirvana’s “Nevermind” Made, and Unmade, Alternative Culture 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z

There is something to be said about his persona. "Somebody's got to wear the leather pants": Rick James doc filmmaker on the infamous rock star 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z

We all have different personas and different ways of being depending on the circumstances and where we find ourselves. Q&A: Bob Odenkirk on Becoming the Man Who Would Be Saul 2015-02-06T05:00:00Z

Online personae are often constituted by enumerating your consumer preferences. Ask the indie professor: Shoes, phones and other gig accessories 2010-07-26T15:40:00Z

Actors deliver their most interesting work when they accept and accentuate the aspects of their persona that make them distinctive, rather than trying to iron them out for the sake of some imagined mass appeal. How to stage a Hollywood comeback 2017-05-24T04:00:00Z

Even if you grant that this took place during the world’s slowest news week, nothing about the teacher’s persona or lecture could plausibly stoke a mob into merciless censure. In Julian Barnes’s New Novel, a Teacher’s Pet Becomes Obsessed 2022-08-17T04:00:00Z

We went inside the White House, and dove headlong into the world of emerging TikTok personas. Falling in Love 2021-12-25T05:00:00Z

Witness the wild glee with which viewers greeted the brief “return” of Stephen Colbert’s former persona on his CBS “Late Show” during last month’s Republican convention, which included a much overdue appearance from Jon Stewart. Larry Wilmore’s ‘Nightly Show’ died of antiviral causes 2016-08-15T04:00:00Z

Though without his consciously asinine conservative persona it might be difficult — by all accounts Colbert too is a genuinely lovely guy. James Corden and the new niceness of late night 2015-03-24T04:00:00Z

I am no expert on the subject because even as a young piano student I thought his flamboyant television persona and frilly playing were absurd. Critic’s Notebook: Liberace Examined, as a Piano Player 2013-05-27T21:40:53Z

“Her street persona came up and took over and started making decisions for her. That’s not really the person that we want to take to the world.” How Ms. Pat overcame drugs, prison and abuse — and rose to comedy stardom 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z

Much in demand for interviews and often besieged by fans, he developed two mask-like personas. Tom Sharpe, Wilt novelist, dies aged 85 2013-06-06T09:45:25Z

It’s been said before that Lady Gaga’s greatest work of art is her own persona, and that has only increased with the progress of her pop conquest. Gaga's Toldja-So Moment at Lollapalooza 2010-08-07T19:32:00Z

In living her persona, Monroe’s biographer writes that she sparked a accidental revolution. It’s all fake: How the leaked call between Taylor Swift and Kanye West exposes the artifice of celebrity culture 2016-07-20T04:00:00Z

And if he needed to invent new personas, genres or sounds to get this zeitgeist across? A David Bowie for every mood: From “Space Oddity” to his farewell “Blackstar,” Bowie’s shape-shifting always felt right 2016-01-11T05:00:00Z

In his study of dog and cat people and their personas, Gosling thinks that dog people may lean slightly conservative, while cat people lean liberal. In this vicious world, guess who became best friends? Cats and dogs. 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z

“Mammals,” which makes its debut in November, is a prestige TV project and a pivot away from Corden’s good-natured “Late Late Show” persona. James Corden Would Rather Not Talk About That Omelet 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z

On stage, Gervais relies on a comic persona that lies somewhere between the characters he plays and the way people imagine he is in real life: smug, misanthropic and a little cowardly. Golden Globes 2011: who'd be an awards show presenter? 2011-01-17T20:30:01Z

Part of that is his vulgar, bad boy act and persona, and part of that is just the character. Why Midge and Lenny are the Carrie and Big of “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” 2022-03-13T05:00:00Z

Mr. Vee modeled his nasal vocal style on Holly’s and, through a long string of hit songs that explored unrequited love, cultivated the persona of a cheerful underdog. Bobby Vee, clean-cut teen idol of 1960s pop, dies at 73 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z

Propelled by Moore’s familiar combination of righteous fury, irreverent humor and practiced Everyman persona, the film is a fitfully engaging, unevenly entertaining enterprise that reflects the hurry-up nature of its production. ‘Michael Moore in TrumpLand’: Part anti-Trump stand-up routine, part pro-Hillary lecture 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z

Ratner's setup, language, celebrity pics, and persona scream elite when he is anything but. "Uncut Gems" and the drive to look like a somebody, no matter what the cost 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z

But otherwise, Ryder has gone to great lengths to keep her private life private after run-ins with the media in her early years and a seemingly endless effort to project a certain persona. 90s Icon Winona Ryder Is Making Her Comeback 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z

Like Bresson’s models, Eastwood makes a natural stoic, and, as an established screen persona, he is effectively an actor more suited for “being” than “seeming.” Want to Try a Robert Bresson Film? Look to Clint Eastwood 2020-05-14T04:00:00Z

“She’s consistently interrogating what it means to be human and all the ways we put on personas in our lives.” Jacob’s Pillow to Honor Faye Driscoll With Dance Prize 2018-03-28T04:00:00Z

Warhol clearly wasn’t the first artist to have a persona that attracted attention. Being Edward Hopper 2023-01-30T05:00:00Z

Much of the talk around Colbert’s transition from The Colbert Report to taking over from David Letterman has focused on what kind of host he would be like as himself, having shed his fake-news persona. Stephen Colbert Introduces Himself As CBS's New Late Show Host 2015-05-13T04:00:00Z

More than this, there's an introspective aspect to his nature that is quite at odds with the macho persona. Oliver Stone 2010-07-17T23:00:00Z

Judy Garland didn’t simply tick the boxes for “gay icon”, she created those boxes: child stardom, tragic life, big showtunes, drag-friendly stage persona, addictions, comebacks, having sung Over the Rainbow. Is Hollywood still in love with the suffering ‘gay icon’? 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z

Gaga’s performance at the Oscars was not about the singer’s persona, her ideas about modern celebrity, or her oddity; it was about The Sound of Music. Lady Gaga's Performance at the Oscars Could Redefine Her Career 2015-02-23T05:00:00Z

But, as the documentary shows, the amount of “hustle” the job demands, and the public persona it requires performers to develop, can both be hugely taxing — particularly for someone as young as Weeks. “A lot of my life has been ruined because of sex”: Belle Knox opens up in a gripping new documentary 2014-09-16T04:00:00Z

To charm millions of strangers simultaneously, Mr. Johnson hops among Vine, Twitter, Snapchat and Instagram, tailoring his persona to fit each platform. A Cute Internet Star Flirts. All He Wants Is Your Password. 2016-07-20T04:00:00Z

Here, for example, he trades on his adorable geek persona while demonstrating an astounding knowledge of the periodic table. Six to watch: Perfect chatshow guests 2012-11-08T16:30:10Z

In a commentary on this fictional romance, this musical told the story of a pop singer who invents a new stage persona for herself and the songwriter who provides her with material. The ‘Smash’-That-Wasn’t Returns, for 3 Concerts 2013-12-06T17:02:29Z

In An Easy Girl, Zlotowski carefully deconstructs Dehar’s persona and its underpinning stereotypes, revealing the hurt behind the coy smile, the emotional burden beneath the carefree veneer. The best films of 2020 ... that you haven't seen 2020-12-29T05:00:00Z

His persona is curious, reassuring and a little firm — the encouraging teacher who instills confidence by telling you that yes, you can do this. Joshua Weissman's cinnamon French toast has nothing to apologize for 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z

But it was the "best friend" persona, refined and practised over decades, that made him a contender. The strange screen life of Ronald Reagan 2011-02-09T14:26:55Z

What makes Clinton’s sassy new persona so interesting is how very different — yet equally graceful – it is from Michelle Obama’s. Hillary Clinton does not have time for your games 2012-08-16T19:43:00Z

With those releases and this one, he has been working a different persona: bummed-out, apathetic, confused, self-pitying, unromantic yet still needy. The Playlist: Justin Bieber Boosts a Friend, and 14 More New Songs 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z

The songs leap from personal beefs to universal quandaries, while SZA challenges herself as both musician and persona. SZA Revels in Mixed Emotions on ‘SOS’ 2022-12-13T05:00:00Z

Mr. Hamilton uses his persona as a foil for his material, but the cheerful sensibility of Josh Gondelman, 31, runs deeper. Sick of Angry Comics? Try Some Sweet-Tempered Stand-Up 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z

But it was through their ongoing, live-recorded podcast “Bodega Boys” that their fans multiplied and their personas elevated. "Desus & Mero": Perfect late-night viewing for surviving Trump and the supremacy 2017-08-26T04:00:00Z

Okay, so why this gulf between the good father who raised good kids and a nasty campaign persona that suggests the total opposite? Eric and Don have the Trump name, the money, the genes. Here’s what makes them different. 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z

Westerns were once looked down on as inferior product that offered the same old personae and plots. Martin Scorsese isn't wrong about Marvel movies – but neither is he quite right | Peter Bradshaw 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z

They turned their own self-consciousness, or the consciousness of the identity gap between their public personae and private lives, into an identity in itself, elusive, ironic, whimsical. When the Maysles Brothers Filmed the Beatles 2016-04-15T04:00:00Z

She describes JT — the initials stand for Jeremiah Terminator — as a persona that grew out of her own history of pain and marginality. Review: ‘Author: The JT Leroy Story’ Renders a Literary Charlatan 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z

Your public persona is that of a fiercely independent woman with little need for male support. Jane Fonda Isn’t Letting the Curtain Come Down Any Time Soon 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z

She’s especially fascinated by the example of writers like Simone de Beauvoir and Mary McCarthy — women who projected indomitable personas on the page even as they were in thrall to men who could be monstrous. Katie Roiphe Feels Ambivalent About Feeling Ambivalent 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z

A new stage set would inspire a new persona. Creating the ‘decadent twilight world’ of nightclubs 2018-03-11T05:00:00Z

In fact, her ugly duckling persona is precisely what made her so appealing. ArtsBeat: Hello, Lauren! A Former Fanny Brice on the New 'Funny Girl' in Town 2011-08-05T15:15:59Z

But when her career blossomed, she resisted any persona prescribed to her. Hilary Hahn Returns to Bach, 21 Years Older. And Maybe Wiser. 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z

One thing David Bowie learned from Robert Zimmerman was the importance of adopting a persona. Readers recommend: songs about mistaken identity ? the results 2011-01-27T17:21:22Z

I also warm, having seen him on QI and in a show at Leeds City Varieties, to Phill Jupitus, who has the lugubriousness that is another aspect of the comic persona. Z is for zanies 2012-06-05T13:46:31Z

Attired casually in jeans and gray sweater, Black offstage is a calmer, nicer but no-less-perturbed version of his raving comic persona. Lewis Black talks pollen, politics and his play at ACT Theatre 2012-06-07T20:49:04Z

I think in a way your persona, your image, as it used to be known, is like a ball and chain. Books of The Times: A Writing Stone: Chapter and Verse 2010-10-25T18:28:00Z

The duality of knowing he was two people, and the juggling act to keep those personas apart, boggles the mind. Perspective | When writer Hache Carrillo died, the world discovered his true identity. What does that mean for his legacy? 2020-07-06T04:00:00Z

Michael Brown, who played a piano recital Sunday afternoon as part of the Steinway Series at the Smithsonian Museum of American Art, is identified as a pianist-composer, that musical persona with a glorious past. Review | Pianist-composer Michael Brown celebrates Bernstein 2018-06-11T04:00:00Z

Bernardo Soares was another major persona; a clerk who detailed in prosaic resignation the tediousness of work, life, the city and the futility of desire. Fernando Pessoa and the multiple faces we show on the net 2010-12-04T10:00:00Z

Diller, who broke into comedy in the 1950s, created an indelible persona with her distinctive braying laugh, cigarette holder, teased hair, outlandish costumes and a fictional lout of a husband nicknamed Fang. Phyllis Diller dies aged 95 2012-08-20T23:48:01Z

In her work, E. Jane, as her persona Mhysa, channels 1990s R&B divas and considers how black women were represented through their music and in photographs and videos. 10 Galleries to Visit Now in Brooklyn 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z

Soon a century-old rift in their community affects how the two women manage their personae. The 10 books to read in November 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z

Using Pamela’s age and some of her defining features to create my new persona, I logged in to the chat room as “CharlottaDD35.” Catfishing Strangers to Find Myself 2016-11-25T05:00:00Z

Long before Shore became a comedian, famous for his happy-stoner-dude persona on MTV, he was the family mascot at the influential Comedy Store in Los Angeles. The rebirth of Pauly Shore 2011-06-09T15:47:00Z

Mr. De Luz addresses the audience with a confident persona she lacks. Dance Review: City Ballet Presents an All-Balanchine Evening 2014-05-07T20:57:05Z

As the bumbling Don Magnifico, Alessandro Corbelli was indeed Mr. Magnificent Saturday, bringing the mean and scheming persona to life in a humorously endearing way. New production of Rossini's Cinderella a delight 2013-01-27T20:31:05Z

Burke, a giant man with a powerful soulful voice to match, appeared on stage on a throne in later years partly because of his regal persona and partly because of health problems. Solomon Burke dies at Amsterdam airport at 70 2010-10-10T20:15:00Z

It unfolds through Mr. Murfi’s narration, as he takes on the personas of a priest, a corrupt local politician and a policeman. A ‘Swan Lake’ About Ireland, Where Myth Meets the Mundane 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z

For the untested artist to use one of his first national platforms to agitate in this way suggests that there are new textures forming beneath Aminé’s girl-chasing persona and good-natured sound. A Young Rapper’s Bold Anti-Trump Message on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z

But I don’t bring that into my public persona or the work that I do. Q&A with David Byrne: How the musician is passing the time during the pandemic 2020-05-28T04:00:00Z

Any chance Parker will take over as his main persona? Jamal Mahjoub: 'My wife says Parker Bilal is much nicer' 2013-03-17T19:00:08Z

That persona is a perfect fit for her melancholy ballads, which usually tend more toward torch songs than pop anthems and are more rock than country. Americana cavalcade ? Neko Case, Gillian Welch, Alison Krauss 2011-06-29T23:36:04Z

It's the same modest, soft-spoken persona that became his trademark on Season 6 of Bravo's "Top Chef," which portrayed him in stark contrast to the mouthy arrogance of another contestant - his younger brother, Michael. Voltaggio brothers: Different routes to same path 2012-01-13T18:06:07Z

“He hadn’t grown into his persona yet,” she said. A Lifetime Tony for the Costume Designer Jane Greenwood 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z

In Vancouver, her Unbreakable tour set arrived as medleys that touched on as many hits as possible, grouping the songs by persona and tempo. Review: Janet Jackson, in Virtuous Mode, Plays Vancouver on Unbreakable World Tour 2015-09-01T04:00:00Z

The "Mr Hyde" in Robin Williams's movie persona was well known. Robin Williams: a big heart, a love of broad comedy and a staggering talent 2014-08-11T04:00:00Z

In the different languages, they might have two completely different personas, but there was no contradiction. Teaching the People’s Republic 2012-09-03T13:00:00Z

Asked if both the delight and burden of assuming a persona didn't have a particular resonance for her, Pike said it did. Her 'fantasy characters' can obscure the real Rosamund Pike 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z

For Lee, his rational, sarcastic and slim persona acted as a sort of brake on his chubby partner's childlike excess. Can the Cameron-Clegg comedy double act survive? 2010-05-21T15:55:00Z

It’s too bad, because Ms. Silverman has a vulnerability that feels artistically fertile and that rarely pierces her standup comedy persona of the nice Jewish girl with the dirty mind. Review: ‘I Smile Back’ Traces a Mother’s Addiction 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z

“But it’s a little about resemblance, a little about the screen persona.” Joe Allen, Broadway’s Quiet Man 2016-05-10T04:00:00Z

Still, the essence of Jobs the creator, the insanely driven cultural game changer, is intact, in line with his public and professional persona. Sundance film festival 2013: Jobs – first look review 2013-01-28T11:49:30Z

Maybe it’s that gap between the person she feels she is and the persona she presents that makes her so captivated by the people in the bar. Look Out! Playwright Leslye Headland Has Her Eye on You 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z

He’s never shaken that persona and he wears it loud all the way to the final words on this album’s closing lullaby, ”Call It Fate, Call It Karma.” The Strokes Wipe the Slate Clean on Comedown Machine 2013-03-26T11:00:30Z

Like a number of actors, Hiddleston can slip into other personas with uncanny accuracy. 8 surprising facts about Tom Hiddleston 2021-07-14T04:00:00Z

“The first screen personas I ever loved were Henson creations,” Gordon-Levitt said in a statement. Joseph Gordon-Levitt to Produce and Star in 'Fraggle Rock' 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z

Each one has subtler, more grounded moments, but there’s a heightened sense to their personas that hints they’re stand-ins for broader ideas. Review: In ‘Exception to the Rule,’ Detention Is Sinister 2022-05-18T04:00:00Z

Van Ronk, in his memoir, describes the Dylan persona as a kind of freestyle riff on who he thought Woody Guthrie really was. T Magazine: The Enduring, Multigenerational Appeal of Justin Timberlake 2013-09-12T11:35:19Z

Before now, nobody was even sure Stewart could smile, so transcendently stoic is her screen persona. Can Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart keep their cool? 2019-07-30T04:00:00Z

In a series of 1992 interviews, at a time when she was trying to reinvent her public persona, Princess Diana speaks about her life and troubled marriage. What’s on TV Tuesday: ‘The Wedding Plan’ and ‘Black Girl’ 2017-08-22T04:00:00Z

They are a crucial part of his persona, but not the center. ‘Beethoven,’ by Jan Swafford 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z

Actresses keep fleeing the genteel personas the show saddled them with, finding refuge in seamier characters. Review: Another ‘Downton Abbey’ Heroine Goes Dark 2017-05-19T04:00:00Z

It’s been powered by upheaval at the network’s news division, by King’s interview with R. Kelly — which was Shakespearean in its drama and pathos — and by King’s basic-common-sense public persona. Our culture needed an adult. Gayle King rose to the challenge. 2019-06-11T04:00:00Z

I urge you to do a quick Google search of "BBL Drake" memes to understand this persona even further. Drake, it's time to give up the soft boy gimmick: Why the rapper's lover boy persona is a sham 2023-10-11T04:00:00Z

The aura of improvisation applies at least doubly to the persona of Lewis Carroll adopted by Charles Lutwidge Dodson, venerable, finicky and socially maladroit Oxford don. Looking at the Birth of Lewis Carroll’s ‘Alice,’ 150 Years Old 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z

To some, Ms. Aniston seems to have sedulously cultivated that cool-girl persona — tough but not hardened, cheery or tart as it suits her. These Jennifer Aniston Fans Weren’t Born When ‘Friends’ Aired 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z

Both men, it turned out—Groucho the flagrant misanthrope and Eliot the restrained one—were those rare figures in whom public persona and private personality aligned. The Fraught Friendship of T. S. Eliot and Groucho Marx 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z

The next day, Wallace met with a reporter from the Tennessean and gave an interview that would “make him persona non grata for decades to come.” ‘Strong Inside: Perry Wallace and the Collision of Race and Sports in the South’ 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z

The decision to choose a male pseudonym was driven by a desire to "take my writing persona as far away as possible from me", Rowling said. JK Rowling sheds light on alter ego 2013-07-24T09:52:53Z

David, looking perfectly at ease on stage as a more middle-class version of his usual persona, is at his best when his character is fixated on the small stuff. Larry David's play 'Fish in the Dark' thinks too small-screen 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z

But his amiable image was something of a facade, he wrote in his memoir, noting that a therapist had nicknamed his nice guy persona “Uncle Fluffy.” A Slap Could Sting the Smith Family Brand 2022-04-02T04:00:00Z

J. Harrison Ghee plays the titular character, the drag persona of a teacher named Kevin, pursued by a man who is in the closet, played by Chris Coy. Marlee Matlin and Billy Porter help viewers understand the "Accused" in Fox's new crime series 2023-01-22T05:00:00Z

At this point in his career, Mr. Pizzarelli could easily coast on the tried-and-true stage persona of a happy-go-lucky extrovert, spreading joy with his jet-propelled vocal scatting in unison with his guitar. John Pizzarelli and Jessica Molaskey at the Café Carlyle 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z

Others were upset because when the divide between the Hollywood persona and the true self is dropped, fans and the public often discover something unappealing. A “high plains drifter” who is adrift on history: Clint Eastwood’s troubling nostalgia for a past that never really existed 2016-08-10T04:00:00Z

Gladys’s cousin, whom she roped in to performing the phone part of the Steve persona, and whose conversations with Cassie had apparently become very sexual. ArtsBeat: ‘Catfish’ and the Truth About Our False Online Selves 2013-06-26T13:00:25Z

The average-guy drag fits nicely with his comic persona, which is of an average guy driven to peaks of towering rage by current affairs in all their sordidness. Theater Review: ‘Lewis Black: Running on Empty,’ at Richard Rodgers Theater 2012-10-11T02:00:00Z

But it was a very different genre in which he seemed to find his true persona. Peter Fonda, ‘Easy Rider’ Actor and Screenwriter, Is Dead at 79 2019-08-16T04:00:00Z

Abruptly dropping his voice, Mr. Patton flashed a satanic grin and adopted the persona of a Louisiana Haman, the kind of mad truth-teller who would pop up on an overripe Southern gothic. On Comedy: Appreciating the Comics Sean Patton and Ted Alexandro 2014-03-12T20:01:16Z

Well, it seems that Bacon Dudes walked so that Utah Senator Mitt Romney could run — towards making hot dogs a perplexing, if distinguishing, part of his public persona. "My favorite meat": Mitt Romney goes viral in an alien-like ode to hot dogs 2023-08-01T04:00:00Z

Rebecca Lowery’s chronology recounts Warhol’s rapid rise to prominence and the debates surrounding his persona and achievement. Art Review: ‘Regarding Warhol’ at the Metropolitan Museum 2012-09-13T21:37:57Z

His stage persona was shameless, prone to drama, big promises and bigger dreams. Meat Loaf taught me it's OK to have big dreams 2022-01-22T05:00:00Z

Elizabeth Smart's nine months in captivity have defined her persona for the ensuing 15 years. Sally Horner was “The Real Lolita”: The 1948 crime that inspired Nabokov 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z

You think of his cardigan sweaters and having this persona of being grandfatherly and, quite frankly, pretty square. "Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President": A loving relationship to music that "cuts through politics" 2020-09-08T04:00:00Z

There was something about his handsomeness, as with his persona, that profited from a little creasing, from being worn in, that can make the younger actor look a little callow by comparison. James Garner dies: In 'Rockford Files,' he was a perfect fit 2014-07-20T04:00:00Z

But at least in the program notes, Ms. Khan identified the brash, hypersexual persona in her “M. Against the World” as “she.” French and American Dance Festival, All Around New York 2014-05-06T15:05:13Z

The mind skittered along these allusions linking skin, blackness, modernism, death, and the empowerment of a constructed persona. Her Art Comes Without Trigger Warnings 2022-08-18T04:00:00Z

I couldn’t feel a solid foundation upon which to build my rickety personas. A Novelist’s Stint Impersonating the Ultra-Rich in China 2019-07-16T04:00:00Z

Rainbow ... has constructed a magnetic persona that serves as an avatar for contemporary rage and bewilderment. Randy Rainbow, singing truth to power 2022-04-30T04:00:00Z

La Garçonne is perhaps the most narrowly focused, with a boyish persona, as its name implies, while Shopbop is like your self-assured Midwestern cousin who always gets the guy. Fall Fashion: What Do Girls Want? 2010-08-25T21:53:00Z

It is an art form that applauds competitive bragging, personal confession, credentials of authenticity, social observation, the assumption of personas and alter-egos. It's a rap: hip-hop and Hollywood 2012-07-19T19:00:00Z

But in front of the camera, a sometimes bawdy persona emerges. Joanna Coles: The Cosmo Woman 2016-07-06T04:00:00Z

Is it hard to get past a celebrity's public persona? Pamela Stephenson 2010-08-21T23:06:00Z

Her generosity toward young writers is not well known outside the industry, hidden by a shy, cautious personality and a straightforward, matter-of-fact persona. Toni Morrison: First Lady of Letters 2019-02-26T05:00:00Z

But it was “Simply Christmas,” released later that year, that sent him up the Billboard charts, establishing a niche beyond his stage persona. 20 Albums That Put a New Spin on the Holidays 2020-12-10T05:00:00Z

At the same time, people who know Holmes have claimed that she changed her voice in order to cultivate a persona as a Silicon Valley wunderkind. What’s behind the obsession over whether Elizabeth Holmes intentionally lowered her voice? 2022-03-07T05:00:00Z

Intimate and unapologetic, it leaves the viewer with a keener understanding of Hepburn — the person and the persona. ‘Miles Ahead,’ ‘The Exiles’ and More Streaming Gems 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z

Even before her father’s Ponzi scheme is exposed, Maia seems like a wisp of a woman, lacking confidence and at times easily lost among the more towering personas that surround her. ‘The Good Fight’ Recap: On the Other Side 2017-02-19T05:00:00Z

These subcultures exist simultaneously as personas, styles, statements and jokes. TikTok's soft girls: could a hyper-cute aesthetic be a symbol of empowerment? 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z

But as Paul reasoned, “We’d been very good friends for millions of years and I thought it was a bit much for them suddenly to be personae non gratae and out of my life.” “Hey Jude” at 50: Celebrating the Beatles’ most open-hearted masterpiece 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z

She was a kinder, gentler gossipmonger, winning access to celebrities by telling the stories they wanted told rather than the more slashing tidbits that turned some columnists into personae non gratae among the boldface names. How Liz Smith invented Donald Trump 2017-11-13T05:00:00Z

His whimsical comic persona both onstage and onscreen — “Mummy,” as he frequently refers to himself — is generous, good-natured and sincere in his relentless pursuit of justice. A Comedian’s Stunt Is a Sly Protest of Qatar’s L.G.B.T.Q. Laws 2022-12-16T05:00:00Z

In arguing to remove anonymity, Rose’s lawyers pointed to the plaintiff’s alleged sexual public persona. Derrick Rose rape accuser's name to be made public during trial, judge rules 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z

She sees no need to knit those personas any closer together. 5 Standout Moments From the 2016 V.M.A.s 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z

Libby freaks, literally freaks, skinny fingers stretched out over her face as she sketches out the persona of an obstreperous researcher/husband who won’t be compromised. 'Masters of Sex' Recap: Doing Your Own Dirty Work 2014-08-03T04:00:00Z

In fairness, the big feat of your acting career is that you’re able to submerge your gigantic public persona into these human-size roles. Cher Has Never Been a Huge Cher Fan. But She Loves Being Cher. 2018-09-04T04:00:00Z

David stars in the production as a familiar version of his screen persona -- neurotic, un-politically correct and irritatingly self-absorbed. 'Fish in the Dark,' with Larry David, gets mixed reviews on Broadway 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z

Just as women were changing, so was the persona of the suffragist. From Greenwich Village to the Nation, Leading the Push for Women’s Rights 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z

“More of a persona, like I’m just acting.” What TikTok Taught One Stand-Up Comic 2020-12-09T05:00:00Z

Was it a splendidly flashy romp through the life of a genial grifter, or a wasted opportunity to get under the skin of a persona infinitely more complex than that depicted on film? You review: I Love You Phillip Morris 2010-03-22T13:14:00Z

De Paul shines in his persona of Rickey LaRue, and he’s a whiz at working the crowd. Teatro ZinZanni deals the casino-themed ‘Lucky in Love’ 2013-06-20T21:55:06Z

Instead, he claims his "persona" was used without permission to help sell Dido's album. Astronaut sues Dido over album cover 2010-10-08T10:57:00Z

In 69, he drops the costume and plunges into the life and times of the notorious figure whose invented persona became too real for his own good. The saga of Tekashi 6ix9ine: inside the story of a 'supervillain' rapper 2020-11-23T05:00:00Z

Her approach to her real-life persona may well be found in her approach to her “Pitch Perfect” character. Anna Kendrick on ‘Pitch Perfect 2’ and Not Trying Too Hard 2015-04-29T04:00:00Z

Their names are both Andrew, but little else is known about them outside their joint persona. Mirror Images in the D.J. Booth 2011-01-05T23:22:41Z

In her book, released by Hyperion, Meghan McCain shows an itch to adopt her father's persona as a "maverick" delivering "straight talk." McCain daughter opens up about campaign, Palins 2010-08-31T23:14:00Z

The truth was more complex; while Joplin did create the larger-than-life Pearl persona, there was more to her than that. Is the Janis Joplin biopic finally going to be filmed? Don't hold your breath 2010-08-06T23:05:00Z

Since his writerly persona is that of a stellar entertainer-explorer-clown, humiliation does seem weightier and less breezy than what he usually likes to handle. Review: ‘So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed’ Delves Into Infamy in the Age of Social Media 2015-03-29T04:00:00Z

Many performers have a routine like hers, a ritual by which the private person becomes the public persona — Clark Kent turns into Superman. Rock ’n’ Roll, Between the Covers 2017-11-29T05:00:00Z

Mr. Dean’s persona was always one of straightforwardness and sincerity, and when his career turned from performing to sausage-making, he remained true to his roots. Jimmy Dean, Folksy Singer and Businesman, Dies at 81 2010-06-15T03:42:00Z

By the 1970s other TV producers had picked up on her popular blonde, cockney persona. Pat Ashton obituary 2013-06-23T17:44:54Z

In other words, Pryor, in this album, is moving as far away from his bad-boy persona as he can without abandoning comedy. Richard Pryor, Flame-Thrower 2015-03-04T05:00:00Z

What she has accomplished on “The London Sessions,” due out from Capitol next week, is a smart rebalancing of persona and material. Mary J. Blige’s ‘London Sessions’ 2014-11-21T05:00:00Z

If contestants’ on-screen personas were at all informed by their real personalities, it was only loosely, or by coincidence. Behind the scenes of reality TV: 'You're a little bit daft to apply' 2017-01-11T05:00:00Z

"Ignorance is a weapon!" he shouts, in the persona of Alan Parker. Comedy gold: Simon Munnery's Hello 2013-06-27T12:05:55Z

The party-animal imbecile persona had been mellowed by age and a metropolitan lifestyle. Once Chris Moyles spoke to millions on the radio. Now he’s struggling for an audience on his own YouTube channel 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z

It has its pros, namely the look, the attitude, the costumes and Anne Hathaway playing a tweaked version of her own persona. How 3D printers became Hollywood's favorite gimmick 2018-06-11T04:00:00Z

Being humble wasn’t Gazzara’s problem; the pride or arrogance in his persona might have been. Requiem for Mr. Tough Guy 2012-02-06T17:01:31Z

The festival board voted to declare Mr. von Trier persona non grata. Cannes Brings Back Lars von Trier After 2011 Ban for Hitler Comments 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z

Williams’ clean-cut persona, which made him a popular act in conservative Branson, also carried over into his personal life. Legendary Singer Andy Williams Has Died at 84 2012-09-26T13:42:48Z

While his bandmates cultivated an attitude of debauched insouciance, Watts, the band’s drummer since 1963, kept a quiet, even glum, public persona. Charlie Watts, the Unlikely Soul of the Rolling Stones 2021-08-24T04:00:00Z

There are six other characters on "Proof," but they exist mainly to flutter around Delany's Megan, seeking the knowledge of her mind or suffering her brusque, know-it-all persona. Sexy medical drama "Body of Proof" good fit for Dana Delany 2011-03-25T19:33:50Z

At her entertainer best Madonna distilled ideas and emotions into solid pop gold, transmitting a worldview through songs, music videos and her shape-shifter persona. Movie Review: Madonna?s ?W.E.? With Andrea Riseborough and Abbie Cornish 2012-02-03T00:14:32Z

But quickly we get a dose of what he’ll be like without the crutch of his old persona. Stephen Colbert's bearded Late Show promo – a sign of schticks to come? 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z

Janet Maslin wrote in The New York Times that "his Black persona has been such a success that he looks increasingly like the Superman to Mr. Banville's more literary Clark Kent." Writer Banville enjoys new lease on life as Black 2011-07-12T21:04:27Z

Jackson's persona was present throughout the trial's opening day, although prosecutors are now moving their case toward the events that led to his death and their immediate aftermath. Jurors presented tales of Jackson's promise, pain 2011-09-28T10:58:23Z

Hall interprets Dexter's new false identity as an opportunity to embrace some semblance of normalcy, injecting sanguine characteristics into his performance that his Miami persona lacked. "Dexter: New Blood" is less of a revival than another stab at a satisfying closure 2021-11-07T04:00:00Z

It is an atmosphere that her own persona – casual, tough, unpretentious – does much to dispel. Kay Ryan: the un-American poet who will fly the US flag at Poetry Parnassus 2012-06-29T08:26:54Z

The exhibition sets out to explain how the persona of Hitler and his ideals infiltrated the furthest corners of Germans' lives. Germany's first Hitler exhibition opens in nervous Berlin museum 2010-10-14T15:39:00Z

They had a shtick, each of us, a musical persona. The Paisley Underground: an oral history of Los Angeles's 1980s psychedelic explosion 2013-05-16T17:00:00Z

At first, when he invites Dan Egan to join his staff, he seems like he’s going to be the sort of down-to-earth, blunt-talker that matches his public persona as a politician. ‘Veep’ Season 5, Episode 5: The New Face 2016-05-22T04:00:00Z

Or are her clothes no more than a manifestation of a carefully constructed image, an attempt to put across a persona of individualism and confidence? T Magazine: Michelle Obama, First Lady of Fashion 2011-01-31T19:00:08Z

By the pool last week, the only physical remnants of his edgy persona were the small silver hoops piercing his ears. Ex-bad boy Colin Farrell turns romantic in ‘Winter’s Tale’ 2014-02-14T21:57:23Z

But the persona of her performance pieces is definitely comic. For Michelle Ellsworth, Practice Makes … More Practice 2018-01-02T05:00:00Z

It’s equal parts psychedelic and philosophical — a corkscrew into Bowie’s carefully constructed personae, assembled entirely from archival footage and audio, some of it rare and never broadcast before. A Filmmaker Explores David Bowie’s Life and Finds Clarity About His Own 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z

Part of Mr. Grant’s appeal was a Dirty Harry persona, expressed in outbursts of impatience with callers. Bob Grant, a Pioneer of Right-Wing Talk Radio, Dies at 84 2014-01-02T23:50:09Z

Slide guitar, driving bass and drums is what they are in this persona. The songs they are a'changing for The Dylan Project 2011-08-16T10:10:41Z

The relatively skimpy dramatis personae — three main couples and a few marplots, with Caucasian actors in the majority — makes this the first Madea movie that looks underpopulated. Tyler Perry’s A Madea Christmas: How Low Can You Go? 2013-12-13T20:39:26Z

Jade is having none of it, just as she was unimpressed by Nate’s attempts at a “wunderkind” persona at A Taste of Athens. ‘Ted Lasso,’ Season 3, Episode 9 Recap: Colin’s Moment 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z

Youthful and athletic, his physicality conveyed the character’s boisterous, belligerent persona. Music Review: ‘Siegfried’ at Metropolitan Opera House 2013-04-21T20:36:32Z

“I understand the differences between the projections that land on a public persona and the truth of the human experience,” says Zellweger. Zellweger on her empathy and adoration for Judy Garland 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z

It wasn’t until last year, three decades after becoming an empty-nester, that her identity as a mom became a major part of her public persona. ‘Makes going to work look easy’: Decades before she was House speaker, Nancy Pelosi had an even harder job 2019-02-12T05:00:00Z

Drayton was part of the 1980s and 90s rap group Public Enemy whose public persona includes wearing a big clock on his chest. Flavor Flav jailed in Las Vegas on felony charges 2012-10-17T17:41:08Z

Despite the subject matter of his music, it was always tempered by his manly persona — he dressed in full charro regalia, took swigs from fans’ bottles and performed atop his horses. Vicente Fernández, the King of Machos and Heartbreak 2021-12-13T05:00:00Z

“His persona and gift of song impacted the music across oceans and generations.” Ian McLagan, famed keyboardist and Rolling Stones collaborator, dies 2014-12-03T05:00:00Z

"It hardly bears recounting that President Obama built his political persona around a search for his absent dad," YoungSmith said. Joe Biden, a father’s love and the legacy of "daddy issues" among presidents 2021-06-28T04:00:00Z

But the Lisa Kron who sat down on a recent afternoon to discuss her new play, “In the Wake,” which begins previews at the on Tuesday, was both like and unlike her onstage persona. Pushing the Spotlight Away From Herself 2010-10-15T16:58:00Z

To anyone who thinks The Boss’ current persona as a working-class hero standing up against a rigged system was always there, think again. Steven Van Zandt explores his fascinating and unlikely life 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z

Her storytelling persona is folksy and sincere: factual is another matter. Theater Review: ‘A Living Documentary,’ a Solo Show at New York Live Arts 2014-03-07T23:19:35Z

Though between songs he's all cheery whoops and waves, the persona is undeniably effective. Depeche Mode – review 2013-05-29T14:19:15Z

Having so established the dramatis personae, the song's lachrymose glide is affecting as never before; edit away Hayes' tear-etched prologue, and its impact would be profoundly lessened. Pop's long players: sometimes extra length makes all the difference 2012-05-17T08:46:17Z

Like other great works of the classical tradition, it allows us to inhabit other personas, other worlds. Ian Bostridge on Music’s Fuzzy Boundaries of Identity 2023-06-04T04:00:00Z

The 1990 fiction film “Awakenings,” based on his book of the same name, fixed his persona in the public eye — and led to his acceptance by a medical establishment that once rejected him. ‘Oliver Sacks: His Own Life’ Review: All Was Not Well With the Doctor 2020-09-23T04:00:00Z

Is there a difference between his two personae? Philip Hoare: a life in writing 2013-06-21T15:37:01Z

Her stage persona remains vivid, ardent, rapturous, impulsive and compelling. Review: At 53, an Effortless Return to Dance ‘Romeo and Juliet’ 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z

But the results were disputed by many artificial intelligence experts who claimed the program had relied upon the persona of a teenage Eastern European boy, allowing judges to make concessions for mistakes in language. Two men, one robot, many questions 2015-01-23T05:00:00Z

Still, rather than demonizing the interactions we have via our internet personas, Hosoda presents this alternative mode of engagement as an avenue for sincere connection. Animation That’s More Than Kids’ Stuff 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z

It was his idea to play the millionaire as a cut-rate Cary Grant — a lovely notion, since Grant's screen persona was a suave blend of the regally masculine and the flirtatiously effeminate. Remembering Tony Curtis: The Best of Everything 2010-09-30T22:15:00Z

Her persona has been folksy rather than mysterious. The Sheryl Crow You Never Knew 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z

Though the themes of women suffering from pain, isolation and domestic weariness recur in her fiction, she didn’t make her own history the focus of her persona; she was not one to seek pity. A Writer Who Stared Down Her Past, and the World’s, With Steely Resolve 2022-09-23T04:00:00Z

He’s primarily a classical stylist, and it took years for him to cast off his naturally guarded persona. New Faces (and Bodies) in Classic Roles at New York City Ballet 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z

Once there, the actors suddenly dip into the personas of the housewives as easily as one would slip into a royal blue satin dress with fringed sleeves — or, you know, whatever you have lying around. ‘This American Wife’ Review: Wives Out, Knives Out 2021-05-23T04:00:00Z

He flamboyantly inhabited his martial persona, a popinjay with long golden curls and a specially commissioned uniform, “a black velvet suit and enough gold braid to cover it.” Fictional Glimpses of the Past: From the Tudors to the Czars 2018-08-10T04:00:00Z

Doctor Brown is the stage persona of American comedian Philip Burgers. Silent clown scoops comedy award 2012-08-25T15:39:29Z

Mostly, Whit MacLaughlin uses movement to distinguish the characters’ various personae. Critic’s Notebook: At the Live Arts Festival, ‘Bang,’ ‘27’ and ‘Zero Cost House’ 2012-09-21T23:02:38Z

The New York Times asked actors in current and recent stage shows to share what happens when a scripted persona becomes entangled in their own subconscious. Inside the Actors’ Dream Studio 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z

Has Trump’s erratic and outrageous campaign persona appealed to many of the mainstream media’s worst instincts? Trump and the media: An outrageous celebu-candidate, plus the debased culture of journalism, produced this disaster 2016-09-10T04:00:00Z

As a kiss-off to a deranged former persona, it beats anything Axl Rose was able to give us on Chinese Democracy. Album Review: Courtney Love's 'Nobody's Daughter' 2010-04-23T15:04:00Z

Her Woman — and her Man, too — are evoked via a head-spinning range of vocal ranges and personae, picked up and discarded as effortlessly as if they were Kleenexes. How She Survives: Strategies for Women on London Stages 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z

The coexistence of the woman’s personas shocked some who knew her exclusively as Razzlekhan. Meet the ‘Crocodile of Wall Street’ rapper accused of laundering billions of dollars in crypto 2022-02-13T05:00:00Z

The artist himself projected an impressive authorial persona. Chuck Close’s Uneasy, Inevitable Legacy 2021-08-20T04:00:00Z

Hallmarks of Mr. Ballhaus’s style include shots so fluid that the camera, a normally unwieldy creature, takes on the persona of a dancer. Michael Ballhaus, an Oscar-Nominated Cinematographer, Dies at 81 2017-04-14T04:00:00Z

That has allowed her to develop a persona of defiance, independence, of seasoned experience. Kelly Clarkson, the Role Model Next Door 2011-10-29T13:24:15Z

Reiner has said that it was the insecurity that loomed behind Johnson’s larger-than-life persona that most interested him in pursuing the project. Here's a First Look at Woody Harrelson as Lyndon Johnson 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z

We wrote Jonah as the sort of persona he had in Superbad and he pointed out it was just dull. This is the End: why actors love to play themselves 2013-06-06T18:00:00Z

They wanted to get a feel for what a trader does and what's appropriate in terms of attire and the way they talk and present themselves --the whole attitude and persona. Wall Street insider looks into "Money Never Sleeps" 2010-09-24T12:59:00Z

Hoping to build a red carpet persona, Golding and her manager, Charlton Blackburne, went to Paris in advance of the “Hunger Games” premiere. Can fashion launch an actress to the A-list? Meta Golding’s red carpet strategy 2015-02-20T05:00:00Z

Unsurprisingly, Britt, the playboy son of crusading Daily Sentinel publisher James Reid, has been retailored as a wide-eyed slacker to fit the Rogen persona. "Green Hornet" never reaches top speed 2011-01-12T22:47:03Z

He sees his early screen persona as almost a real-life Blaxploitation hero, just without the kung fu. Eddie Murphy, off the couch, is rejuvenated by ‘Dolemite’ 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z

Her public persona is too imprinted with romantic failure. The TV Watch: Guests Overstaying Their Welcome 2010-09-24T22:51:00Z

With her trademark salty dark persona, Anne Ramsey portrays women who – viewing their offspring as inconvenient hindrance – seem incapable of any genuine nurturing instincts. Clip joint: Mothers 2012-06-06T16:00:00Z

Sometimes, a dog’s voice and persona can become something bigger. The voices we make when we pretend our dogs can talk

But, of course, it was a persona—just a more thoughtful, conflicted, and unguarded one than we were used to seeing. Nirvana’s “Nevermind” Made, and Unmade, Alternative Culture 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z

“It started on Facebook, just as something fun to do for myself,” she said of the fictional persona. Duchess Goldblatt Is a Riddle, Wrapped in a Mystery, Inside a Twitter Account 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z

It has a first-person narrator, a technique he used before only in a few short stories, and is in a style very like the urbane, sympathetic authorial persona of the earlier novels. David Lodge: rereading Anthony Trollope 2012-12-14T22:55:04Z

Yet she maintains a cool, smart, pretty, witty and wise persona. The Panopticon by Jenni Fagan – review 2013-04-26T16:00:01Z

Last week, as his musical persona, Childish Gambino, he released a single and video for a provocation called “This Is America.” ‘Atlanta’ Skips a Grade 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z

As a rapper, Mr. Ross is known for cultivating a persona as a Miami street gangster. ArtsBeat: Shots Fired at Car Carrying Rick Ross 2013-01-28T16:24:54Z

But those who study youth trends are starting to discern big differences in how the two generations view their online personas, starting with privacy. Move Over, Millennials, Here Comes Generation Z 2015-09-18T04:00:00Z

He’s immensely earnest and sincere, as distinct from at least some of the screen and/or celebrity personas of the Franco performance. “Child of God”: James Franco’s necrophiliac love affair 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z

He understood it was funny for him to reveal things that didn’t seem to fit with his game-show host persona, like you were running into a teacher outside of school. An oral history of how Alex Trebek became America’s most beloved game-show host 2020-11-16T05:00:00Z

To anyone who doubts that there are hidden layers to Ryder’s occasionally insipid persona, her performance in Martin Scorsese’s poised period drama is as robust a corrective as could be hoped for. Heathers is back – but is it Winona Ryder's best film? Her top 20, ranked! 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z

Not to mention the fact that he was so colorful and over the top and inhabited this persona that's almost unbelievable. Jim Parsons and Zachary Quinto give voice to the prickly friendship of authors "Truman & Tennessee" 2021-06-19T04:00:00Z

Stimulating though it may have been, Dolemite’s larger-than-life persona, built largely on his wardrobe, may have left some fans queasy, Ms. Carter acknowledged. Eddie Murphy’s Latest Look Is Ripe for Appropriation 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z

“Jack’s phone voice--and his entire persona--was supremely assured,” she recalled. The famous and famously vain men of Carly Simon's 'Boys in the Trees' 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z

In contrast to her public persona, she insisted, she’s really a loner who hates being bored. Television: Sheila Nevins: The Force Behind HBO Documentaries 2010-06-12T03:52:00Z

Paul Thomas Anderson’s “Punch-Drunk Love” revealed the sensitivity beneath the genial man-child persona of his comedies. Adam Sandler on plunging into the Safdies’ ‘Uncut Gems’ 2019-12-10T05:00:00Z

City, will headline with his dexterous conscious/street lyricism, and Miami’s boss don persona Rick Ross will support with additional star power and a catalog of radio hits. KUBE 93 Summer Jam brings the new classics and old favorites for a two-day party at the Gorge 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z

Equally demanding, existing as a subtext just below the day's scenes, was what the actor was trying to set free on a more personal level: his own on-screen persona. 'Judge' a departure for David Dobkin, Robert Downey Jr. 2014-09-05T04:00:00Z

The dramatis personae of “The Hills: New Beginnings,” legends of the game, were barely adults when we met them. “The Hills: New Beginnings” and Our Warped American Reality 2019-07-17T04:00:00Z

In the late 19th century, James Abbott McNeill Whistler performed this role, entertaining the Victorians as much with his aesthetic persona and attitudes as with his paintings. Hold that tweet! Artists should stick to the day job 2012-05-23T14:25:04Z

Mercury's onstage persona was probably a demonstration of a man trying to "break free" of his own human limitations. Freddie Mercury 30 years on – remembering the theatrical, eccentric genius 2021-12-06T05:00:00Z

Mr. Ulbricht, whose usual persona — cutely assertive — is familiar to City Ballet audiences, seldom gets to do any partnering. 4 New Cavaliers Go Full Throttle in ‘The Nutcracker’ 2018-12-24T05:00:00Z

Rivers — who on the phone is warmer and less manic than her usual public persona — said she's seen the completed film "about five times" but tries not to watch it. 'Can we talk?' An interview with comedian Joan Rivers 2010-06-19T00:34:00Z

He provides puns and one-liners in bulk, and while his persona depends on obvious stereotypes, the core of his appeal is a pure silliness with a mischievous streak. Critic’s Notebook: The Original Blue Collar Comedy Tour Stars 2013-05-17T20:33:55Z

One of the things that emerges very quickly as you talk about the enigma of her is that she literally had two personae. “Whitney” director on Houston’s untold story: “Whitney had been abused, and it took a hug... 2018-07-03T04:00:00Z

O’Connell has cerebral palsy, and his experiences with living with this disability are as central to the life of his fictionalized persona as they are is to his own. Smart Watch: Get your "Game of Thrones" TV alternatives here! 2019-04-13T04:00:00Z

Their offensive characters, including Gervais's standup persona, are plainly not meant to be role models of right thinking, and it would be a stretch to call their work homophobic. Cemetery Junction's gay-baiting is not funny 2010-04-21T14:49:00Z

He is, of course, famously, even rather beautifully opaque when it comes to his public persona – a triple-glazed giant of the sporting small screen now approaching full-blown nation's sweetheart status. World Cup 2014: why Gary Lineker is a man of two halves 2014-05-30T04:00:00Z

The two older people are the favourite professors of his youth, who over the years have created protective personae. Liberal Arts – review 2012-10-06T23:05:35Z

It takes Heaney's deft touch to establish the connection between persona and reader. Joined to Seamus Heaney's Human Chain 2011-02-07T13:32:51Z

But that occasional sidestepping is of a piece with her persona. Clumsy, bumbling — so what? Alexandra Petri’s book celebrates you. 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z

The book’s dramatis personae are of the two- and four-legged varieties. Books of The Times: Some Time at the Races, With Luck and Change 2010-12-01T22:57:00Z

The show features a more cantankerous spin on Mr. Allen’s persona. ‘Last Man Standing’ Uses an Experienced Stable of Writers 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z

But the film’s focus is hardly limited to its subject’s gregarious persona and fascinating history. Julian Schnabel, a movie star at last 2017-05-05T04:00:00Z

It looks convincing, which is all that matters, and its fits with the larger persona Mr. Huang is trying to project. Review: ‘Huang’s World’ Mixes Food, Travel and Attitude 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z

Ms. Rowling wrote the book under a man’s name, she said, to take her writing persona “as far away as possible” from herself. Rowling Solves Some Mysteries About Her Mystery 2013-07-24T19:05:16Z

And he’s retooling his online persona, too, as he steps into another improbable role: that of virtual impresario. The Mark Zuckerberg Aesthetic 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z

A wardrobe change debuted a new persona; a haircut was a new identity altogether. Down and out and extremely online? No problem: Just enter a new ‘era.’ 2022-08-22T04:00:00Z

A debate is all about persuasion and theater, so their costumes underscored the persona they are selling to America. Perspective | Kamala Harris embraced black. That was both unremarkable and theatrically powerful. 2019-06-28T04:00:00Z

In winter, Lake Chelan becomes mysterious and otherworldly, a different beast altogether from its rowdy summer-vacation persona. With skiing, snowmobiling, Winterfest and more, enjoy winter chilling on Lake Chelan 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z

Hasan Minhaj is trying to rewrite the narrative about his comedy and public persona after a bombshell profile from the New Yorker alleged the comedian fabricated parts of his backstory in his stand-up comedy. "I'm not a psycho": Hasan Minhaj refutes "factual errors" in New Yorker profile 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z

The question is whether Mr. Charney’s persona, once considered a commercial asset, might cause him to lose the company he built from scratch. He?s Only Just Begun to Fight 2011-04-13T22:52:55Z

Castro is Guatemalan, and his fictionalized persona is about as familiar with geopolitics as they are. Arturo Castro's “Alternatino": Comedy that's "leaving a little blood in the water" 2019-06-19T04:00:00Z

Orman is especially good at conveying the idea of Fetchit’s own mysterious power, of being, like his movie persona, far wilier than he lets on. ‘Fetch Clay, Make Man’: An unusual sparring match

“I don’t understand how you can be a public persona but also be a very diligent and focused artist,” he said. Barry Jenkins Is Trying Not to Think About ‘Barry Jenkins’ 2019-01-22T05:00:00Z

He can sometimes come across as this grouchy individual muttering on about political correctness gone mad and I think that assumed persona does indeed annoy some people. Sharing is in our nature 2012-08-13T11:45:00Z

Personally, I’ve often found her comic persona overly aggressive, cranked to 11 too much of the time, but that’s a different question from her cultural significance. With “Spy,” Melissa McCarthy gets the solidly wacky buddy comedy she deserves 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z

Yet this very synopsis risks evoking exactly the sentimentality, the artificially sweetened amiability, and the facility that Vogel himself had suspected Rogers of propagating with his show and his public persona. The Wondrous Heroism of Mr. Rogers in “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood” 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z

A folk musician who accompanies himself on guitar while singing his verbose streams of consciousness, Mr. Phillips’s stage alter ego is a mild-mannered Everyman whose nice-guy persona invites cruel heckling. Review: ‘Punching Henry,’ a Nice Guy Who’s Just Asking for It 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z

The persona — the red-headed, eyeliner wearing Stardust — would become an enduring part of his legacy, and a touchstone for the way entertainers packaged themselves for years to come. “I’ve only really worked with the same subject matter … isolation, abandonment, fear and anxiety — all of the high points of one’s life”: David Bowie dies at 69 2016-01-11T05:00:00Z

Mr. Carson is not formally associated with the movie, but his experiences and persona figure in it, and he has remained in touch with Mr. Willimon. George Clooney Presents ?The Ides of March? in Toronto 2011-09-09T23:58:39Z

Does his social media persona actually embarrass you? In ‘Unstable,’ the Sins of the Father Are Comedy Gold 2023-03-28T04:00:00Z

The persona he presented online was that of a young man, utterly disgruntled and disgusted by women who continued to scorn him. He told me he’d “cut out my kids’ tongues”: The experience with online harassment I can’t forget 2016-03-13T05:00:00Z

Whatever persona Elizabeth Warren hopes to project in her presidential campaign, it is probably not that of a child witch. United We Stan 2019-09-11T04:00:00Z

The Shaw restaurant recently changed owners and chefs, and it still needs time to settle into its new persona. Review | The 10 best Ethiopian restaurants in the Washington area 2016-10-12T04:00:00Z

With these bells and whistles comes the occasional accusation that his persona distracts from the music. Hahn-Bin Straddles Classical Music and Fashion 2011-02-23T21:15:40Z

It’s a serenely feisty autumnal statement from the singer, who forged his sage, grizzled persona decades ago. Willie Nelson, Mali Music and Keith Jarrett and Charlie Haden 2014-06-16T04:00:00Z

Playing with personas was something Andy Warhol was drawn to at Studio 54, where he would document this emerging culture with its transformative possibilities. Creating the ‘decadent twilight world’ of nightclubs 2018-03-11T05:00:00Z

Maddy, it seems, takes her persona as an enticing escort seriously. A double standard in enforcing prostitution laws: “It’s economically advantageous to have [high-end sex work] going on” 2015-10-04T04:00:00Z

But during this recent breakfast she seems different from her "Loser" persona. Jillian Michaels weighs in with a weight-loss book 2013-03-14T13:55:08Z

Beneath the affable, nonjudgmental persona of Danson’s nameless therapist, you get the dim sense he’s pursuing his own agenda. Couple’s therapy gone wrong: “The One I Love” and the creative starvation of American indie film 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z

Phoebe’s ebullient persona masks a traumatic past and a fierce battle with depression. Review | ‘The Incendiaries’ is the most buzzed-about debut of the summer, as it should be 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z

Before debuting Razzlekhan, her rap persona, Morgan grew up in Tehama, a town of about 400 people in Northern California, according to court documents. Meet the ‘Crocodile of Wall Street’ rapper accused of laundering billions of dollars in crypto 2022-02-13T05:00:00Z

There’s something universal about Philip and Elizabeth maintain public and private personas, struggling to hold onto their ideals in a hostile environment. Why "The Americans" Resonates Three Decades After Its Cold War Context 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z

She seems too lightweight to inspire devotion even in a stalker, but when she slips into her TV persona, a soldier in a gold breastplate and a micro-mini, she suddenly takes on a mythic grandeur. When superstar and superfan collide: It's 'Future Thinking' at South Coast Rep 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z

She takes that persona with her on other people’s shows. The TV Watch: David Letterman’s Place in a Rather Kindly Landscape 2014-04-04T21:57:25Z

Or perhaps it is a commentary on identity and personae – how we all, in TS Eliot's words, prepare a face to meet the faces that we meet. Cannes 2012: Holy Motors – review 2012-05-23T09:56:21Z

“She really takes on different personas,” Sherman said admiringly. Cate Blanchett and Cindy Sherman: Secrets of the Camera Chameleons 2022-05-04T04:00:00Z

Using an affected Appalachian accent to discuss her assumed persona’s tribulations, Ms. Albert spoke repeatedly over the years with Dr. Terrence Owens, a San Francisco psychoanalyst and psychologist who provided counseling by phone. Asia Argento and Others Are Angry About Being in JT LeRoy Documentary 2016-09-11T04:00:00Z

His posers are allowed to costume themselves however they like, trying on fanciful personae in the process. In the galleries: Four curators share one spotlight 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z

The definition of Grant's public persona is now so precise that he needs to take into account how he is perceived when he takes on a role. Englishmen at 50 2010-09-25T23:07:00Z

For this role she took everything she's learned as an actress and put it out there in Crawford, portraying an extremely complicated woman and all the glittering facets of her persona. ‘Feud: Bette and Joan’ Season Finale: Two Seconds 2017-04-23T04:00:00Z

Even as a youngster, he seemed to be crafting his persona, as illustrated by an anecdote about his reputation as a chess hustler during his first days in Greenwich Village. Review | ‘The Double Life of Bob Dylan’ is the definitive account of a shape-shifting genius’s early years 2021-05-18T04:00:00Z

And although his props and costumes evoke a hard-core rebelliousness, his persona is friendly and jovial, serving up a solid helping of American family values with a garnish of patriotism. Guy Fieri: Chef, Dude and Fan Magnet 2010-08-10T22:30:00Z

He drops, clumsily, several aperçus which, in this movie’s world, prove key to Bowie’s future superstar personae. ‘Stardust’ Review: A Week With David Bowie, Unaccompanied by His Music 2020-11-26T05:00:00Z

But there’s another detail: The gloved hand that suggests the fetish side of Mapplethorpe’s persona has just lifted the pen from the paper, while the more proper hand is still writing. Review | Robert Mapplethorpe was one of the most controversial artists of the ’80s. Now he looks entirely innocent. 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z

The sudden antithesis can raise the question: Are Dido and the Sorceress the same character, two sides of the same persona? Dance Review: ‘Dido and Aeneas,’ From Mark Morris, at Mostly Mozart 2012-08-23T22:03:45Z

If their persona misrepresents the product — themselves — to what extent does that render the social contract null and void? The lies we live by: What “Gone Girl” and “Transparent” have in common 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z

His likable persona balances the snark and the silliness, and it’s hard not to be sympathetic to his dilemma as “the Silkwood of Swag.” Theater Review: ‘The Junket,’ Mike Albo’s Take on the Freelancer’s Life 2014-03-24T22:49:15Z

It was remarkable to see Clinton step outside of her political persona for a few minutes to address the public’s golem of herself. “Saturday Night Live” dares to ask: What if Hillary Clinton really is likeable? 2015-10-05T04:00:00Z

Mr. Duncan believes that the success of the term is tied to his persona. American Teenagers Are Declaring ‘Virginity Rocks’ 2020-03-16T04:00:00Z

But in her new movie, “Celeste and Jesse Forever,” coming out on Friday, she has the chance to unravel that persona, in wanton fashion. Rashida Jones Writes a New Part for Herself 2012-08-01T15:19:07Z

Writing under a nom de plume has become a personal tic, a tool that writers use to free up a different authorly persona within themselves. The “Unmasking” of Elena Ferrante 2016-10-03T04:00:00Z

To Ruckus, Rick was persona non grata in his own home. When "man’s best friend" feels more hate than love for an owner 2017-08-27T04:00:00Z

Like that other low-born icon of Hindi cinema, Nana Patekar, he has a raw and emotive presence, and a mesmeric screen persona full of pathos, vulnerability, intelligence and a hint of unpredictable menace. London Indian film festival shows subcontinent cinema in confident mood 2013-07-22T16:58:10Z

The first laugh this joke gets is from the incongruity between his mild-mannered persona and the description of his own confidence, but as the bit emerges, its aim expands. Sick of Angry Comics? Try Some Sweet-Tempered Stand-Up 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z

For Ross, fashion wasn’t just functional: it was experimental, allowing him to try on different personas for size. TV style icons of 2020: how Friends’ Ross Geller pivoted from sartorial disaster 2020-11-23T05:00:00Z

All are characters, in a sense, but Nadia G is a persona she never steps out of. Putting a Little Punk in Your Pasta 2011-06-24T19:47:33Z

One of the show’s continuing themes is the importance of the stories the characters tell about themselves — the ways in which persona substitutes for personality — and that’s manifest in the season opener. Review: ‘You’re the Worst’ Heads Toward Happily Ever After. Maybe. 2019-01-08T05:00:00Z

Vitkova’s depiction of historical personae and events suggests the tuning and conditioning of imagination, and of personal identity, through both the ubiquity and the pressure of political power. “Viktoria”: A Great Film About Women, by a Woman 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z

Hoyland was a man of acerbic wit, and a wickedly cruel mimic, but behind a carefully crafted persona there was enormous generosity of spirit and true kindness. John Hoyland obituary 2011-08-01T19:14:31Z

Colbert then went back into his White Man At a Desk persona, with a segment on complaints that emojis are not racially diverse enough. Why should’t Colbert joke about race? 2014-04-01T14:05:00Z

These days, she said, “I can pretend to be a Hollywood actress who’s glamorous. You can have a persona that’s not really you.” Actress Heather Graham Turns From #MeToo to Toil and Trouble 2018-02-24T05:00:00Z

His persona is earnest, curious and resolutely decent, the sane Everyman at the center of a circus. Critic’s Notebook: The Rise of the Anti-Talk Show 2012-06-07T21:51:11Z

But, just as women will be creating parts for male singers, male composers will still be charged with developing great musical personae for female performers. Listening Booth: Operas by Rufus Wainwright and Hans Abrahamsen 2016-03-22T04:00:00Z

The film becomes a rather dazzling exploration of self-creation, mythology and the architecture of a persona. The real Nick Cave? In '20,000 Days on Earth,' take your pick 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z

When New Orleans alto saxophonist Donald Harrison plays the Jazz Showcase, he steps into his bebop persona — for good reason. Saxophonist Donald Harrison goes back to bop 2011-01-21T15:36:28Z

“The persona is one thing, but his expertise as a guy who knows how to cut hair is the most important thing.” This Is Ralph Lauren’s Barber 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z

The series also captured Ms. Gandhi’s public persona: presenting a wounded soldier with a rose in hospital; receiving visitors in her garden; accepting marigold wreaths. From Einstein to Couture, This 96-Year-Old Captured It All 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z

Since going viral, Cahoon has insisted the videos were just "meant to be fun…. parodying a travel host" although in interviews the Vanderbilt grad seems remarkably similar to her winningly-stiff travel host persona. Salon's Academy Awards of Viral Video 2011-02-25T20:30:00Z

In the second season, he’s an object of self-comedy, a squawky glad-handing presence whose hearing loss is played for a laugh along with his chatty persona. “Twin Peaks: The Return” Episodes 3 and 4: David Lynch Is Back 2017-05-30T04:00:00Z

Then you're also putting another persona forward to the audience at home, and that was so interesting. "Maisel" and "Veep" star Reid Scott on why he loves playing "the bully types" 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z

It seems an odd choice: Moore has a certain brittleness to her that doesn't translate into the aw-shucks beauty pageant persona of Palin. Julianne Moore to play Sarah Palin in "Game Change" 2011-03-09T22:10:00Z

The opposites-attract part of your personae, as depicted in the movie, is based on reality? Salt-N-Pepa, Hip-Hop Duo That Spoke Up for Women, Tell Their Own Story 2021-01-22T05:00:00Z

Mr. James, whose television series “The King of Queens” established his good-hearted, working-class guy with a mildly smart-mouth persona, was possibly a movie star. Actors Flock to Netflix to Satisfy Their Most Loyal Fans 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z

But her persona has always had a stinging, modern-woman freshness and air of spontaneous engagement that don’t quite jibe with more mannered roles. Theater Review: Cynthia Nixon in ?Wit,? at Manhattan Theater Club 2012-01-27T03:01:00Z

“Creating a persona and using movement to find your power is what the whole culture is about,” she said. A Genre-Spanning Choreographer Who Says Yes to the Unknown 2022-11-17T05:00:00Z

Grant, she added, had made a career of “playing up to this idea of quintessential Britishness. His persona is a typical mix of posh charm and grouchiness.” Is Hugh Grant rude or just British? Oscars interview may be lost in translation. 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z

His parents were aghast when he showed up wearing it, but the maître d’ treated him like a visiting dignitary; from there, Tseng began to assume the austere, mischievous persona that would dominate his art. Tseng Kwong Chi, an “Ambiguous Ambassador” to Life in America 2019-06-23T04:00:00Z

But her public persona is indelible now, after so many years of being trailed by the paparazzi. Taradise Lost: Sharknado's notorious party girl gets older, and wiser — maybe 2014-07-30T04:00:00Z

To me, her singing voice is clearly channeling the invented persona of a mid-century R&B or jazz singer, probably African-American, but the more you think about it the more ambiguous that gets. Did the Internet kill Amy Winehouse? The director of a heartbreaking new documentary on the rise and fall of a “digital girl” 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z

If Marilyn Monroe patented the concept of celebrity persona as an “always on” performance art, today’s media landscape is populated by famous people who are professional versions of themselves. It’s all fake: How the leaked call between Taylor Swift and Kanye West exposes the artifice of celebrity culture 2016-07-20T04:00:00Z

The Venezuelan American Devendra Banhart was casual, almost to a fault, but through his occasionally magnificent songs confirmed an ambition that belied his laid-back whatever happens, happens persona. Caetano Veloso gigs the Hollywood Bowl; Bird and Banhart offer support 2014-09-22T04:00:00Z

Mr. Ebert’s 2.0 persona has also earned him a large following for a new film Web site and helped raise the profile of an annual film festival in his native Illinois. Careers of Former Stars Renewed by Social Media 2012-12-26T21:36:33Z

The film stars Denis Lavant as a man who adopts multiple personas, and includes surrealist scenes, tender moments, a song by pop star Kylie Minogue and the unexpected appearance of bonobo monkeys. Kylie Minogue at Cannes in bizarre 'Holy Motors' 2012-05-23T12:21:15Z

In the fashion world, Anna created a persona for herself, the way Americans once projected their fanciful dreams onto a silent Greta Garbo. Anna Wintour and Tina Brown: Inside their Condé Nast rivalry 2019-09-21T04:00:00Z

It is also oddly timely, since Twain’s foxy-grandpa persona has been changed by a century’s worth of hindsight. 2010-02-11T08:05:00Z

Generally, though, if a public persona becomes associated with substantiated reports of misconduct, mentioning their name pings a Google alert in my brain, followed by consulting the nearest Internet-enabled device. "Never Have I Ever": Jeff Garlin becomes a problematic distraction to the show's finale run 2023-06-08T04:00:00Z

The way Twitter rewards and amplifies a combination of hyper-victimhood and the sick desire to always be right has produced a delusional user base of the most unpleasant personas on the planet. Quitting Twitter is easy — changing ourselves is harder 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z

Some describe her steely, flirty persona as that of a guy’s girl, but in her audiences, the women are laughing louder than the men. Amy Schumer’s Comedy Central Show, From the Inside 2013-04-18T12:00:01Z

The persona he's helped create through his books should also benefit Harvey. Steve Harvey enters the talk-show world 2012-09-03T07:16:04Z

Wood, a year after her memorable turn in West Side Story, is great here: she lets us see that beneath the verve and vitality of her stage persona are great reservoirs of sadness and desperation. Naked Ambition: Top 10 Memorable Movie Strippers 2012-06-29T12:00:19Z

The second season resumes Saturday, April 19, with her main persona, Sarah Manning, trying to unravel the mystery of her clones while dealing with the kidnapping of her daughter. ‘Orphan Black’ star works five times as hard as other actors 2014-04-16T21:46:41Z

Handke is considered persona non grata in the Bosnian capital, Sarajevo, and in Kosovo, a former Serbian province that declared independence in 2008. Serbia gives award to 2019 Nobel Literature winner Handke 2021-05-09T04:00:00Z

“When you have somebody whose persona is bigger than the part, you got to make it right for me. Or why have me?” Fran Drescher, Millennial Whisperer 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z

The kids who grew up watching “The Nanny” are now Nanny Fine’s age, old enough to properly covet her closet and cultivate a newfound respect for her persona. Fran Drescher, Millennial Whisperer 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z

Upon his arrival in Mexico City from Guadalajara in 1936, Barragán worked tirelessly to build his persona as a poet of color and light. The 25 Most Significant Works of Postwar Architecture 2021-08-02T04:00:00Z

But in his life, she added, “He created the persona of the bad boy, the wise guy, the cutup.” | Long Island: ‘Larry Rivers: Collaborations and Appropriations’ Is at Stony Brook University 2012-10-27T04:59:07Z

In a nod to Warhol's constantly changing persona, the first 100 people to arrive wearing a wig get in free. Seattle Art Museum plans to stay up late with Remix on June 4 2010-06-03T20:52:00Z

We were not just losing his brilliant satirical persona; he was heading over to one of the big three networks and many worried this would force him to tamp down his edge. Trevor Noah and Stephen Colbert step up: Donald Trump made “The Daily Show” and out-of-character Colbert relevant again 2017-04-08T04:00:00Z

We get to see what everybody’s dynamics are with the public, because that is a different persona they put on. ArtsBeat: Emmys Watch: Anna Chlumsky on ‘Veep’ 2013-09-16T12:00:06Z

"She started slowly, but one could see her confidence was rising, and I thought to myself, here comes that persona," Modrys said. Hundreds mourn jazz singer Lena Horne in NYC 2010-05-14T19:46:00Z

But this self is a shape-shifter, a ventriloquist, as in the persona of "Patrick", a character in which he continues to paint. John Byrne: in from the margins 2011-08-17T15:00:01Z

In some ways, Belperron’s mysterious persona brings to mind another innovator, Madame Grès, who had a worldly clientele and didn’t seek to commercialize her designs. The Legacy of Suzanne Belperron, Jeweler 2012-12-19T22:10:31Z

Still, for all the glamour – and Wood, photographed often throughout her life, inhabited glamour easily – home videos capture a much looser yet still magnetic persona. 'A short but vibrant life': revisiting the life and death of Natalie Wood 2020-05-04T04:00:00Z

The older Forster, who wrote essays and assorted nonfiction and assumed the persona of a curmudgeonly literary eminence, became increasingly daring and sociable. Books Of The Times: ?A Great Unrecorded History? of E. M. Forster by Wendy Moffat 2010-05-17T22:28:00Z

And it gave her a chance to step outside her “Parks” persona. Aubrey Plaza Is Dangerously Funny 2013-07-11T17:02:12Z

So it was about time for the show to start digging into her past, showing what exactly Shirley created her sweetness-and-light persona to deal with. The Morning After: Light the Foos 2011-12-02T13:56:36Z

Mr. Goldthwait, 55, projects a cerebral and cheerful presence offstage, but it’s not quite the polar opposite of his former persona. Bobcat Goldthwait Has Moved On. Why Can’t We Catch Up? 2018-07-10T04:00:00Z

The war that ensues between her and the rest of the dramatis personae might then have given the second act higher and sharper stakes. Review: A New Opera Puts Real Emotions in a Fantasy Garden 2023-02-20T05:00:00Z

“Dear Gus,” she writes in her fake persona, “Why don’t you and your mother drop by Disney World?” ‘To Siri With Love’: The tale of a mother, a son and a phone 2017-08-19T04:00:00Z

While his in-character movies have gone beyond the interview format, most of Cohen’s comedy revolves around embodying a ridiculous persona and having that persona conduct an interview on an unsuspecting guest. The genius of Sacha Baron Cohen: 5 comedy strategies that make his insane interviews work 2018-07-21T04:00:00Z

The following March, the sides had closed a deal that would give Xponential the rights to AKT’s intellectual property, as well as a license to use Ms. Kaiser’s image and persona. So You Think You Can Run a Dance Cardio Business 2020-10-28T04:00:00Z

Again, it is difficult to square the hard-drinking persona that Goodman presents with what he was able to accomplish. Charismatic Las Vegas mob lawyer mayor pens memoir 2013-05-21T07:16:08Z

In his 91 years, Wright, who suffered a raft of personal tragedies, concocted an intoxicating elixir of a persona, mixing rank self-aggrandizement with no-way-but-forward tenacity. Architecture’s Most Irredeemable Cad 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z

But over the course of a recent hour-plus conversation at a boutique cafe near her home in Brooklyn, Gilpin revealed that multiple personae are packed inside her shiny public exterior. How ‘GLOW’ Helped Betty Gilpin Embrace Her Inner Weirdo 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z

One ham-handed way of resolving the tension is by insisting that people “Separate the art from the artist,” an especially bizarre request given how many such artists rely on associating their creations with their personas. ‘We Need to Talk About Cosby.’ (Among Others.) 2022-02-07T05:00:00Z

The singer has about a half-dozen personas milling around inside her, all from different points in her life. Concert review: Patti Smith at the Vic 2013-05-07T05:30:00Z

Now, he worries about turning that persona into a person, with a lasting following and a real culinary agenda. Guy Fieri: Chef, Dude and Fan Magnet 2010-08-10T22:30:00Z

Yet Wayne genuinely lets down his guard in key moments and allows real pain and vulnerability to seep through, enough to complicate his tough-guy persona without demolishing it altogether. True Grit at 50: the throwback western that gave John Wayne his only Oscar 2019-06-11T04:00:00Z

So any synopsis necessarily becomes a list of dramatis personae. Review: In ‘Steve,’ Contemplating Middle Age and Monogamy 2015-11-18T05:00:00Z

"This isn't much of a departure from the outsize stage persona Midler created for herself over the decades, but so what?" it said. Midler wins raves on Broadway as Hollywood agent Sue Mengers 2013-04-25T16:55:58Z

Cast against type, Khan sheds his charismatic leading-man persona to play the oblivious, childlike alien who breaks all Indian cultural protocols and hierology. Bollywood musical 'PK' a radical film in extraterrestrial guise 2014-12-21T05:00:00Z

The catchy tune, which is the first single from Perry’s yet-to-be-released fourth album, is intended to mark a shift in her public persona. In the face of the Trump presidency, Katy Perry asserts her political self, but to what end? 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z

“He wasn’t nervous. He was very charming and straightforward. He was always that persona. He was Donald Trump at all times.” ‘Game to do it all’: From TV to WWE, Trump the showman set the stage for Trump the candidate 2016-07-17T04:00:00Z

Sitter is predicated on a belief that chunky Jonah Hill, or at least the persona he presents, is secretly supercool. The Sitter: Guns, Cocaine and Jonah Hill's Adventures in Babysitting 2011-12-08T11:58:50Z

Mr. Williams created the Mork persona for a guest appearance on “Happy Days” that was so dazzling it won him his own show. On TV, a Super-Sized Performer Breaking Out of a Small Box 2014-08-12T04:00:00Z

That reluctance, he acknowledges, contributes to the vacuum that is the CEO's public persona. Facebook founder's story no longer his alone 2010-09-30T22:51:00Z

With an economy of words and understated persona, he helped analysts Madden and Tom Brookshier shine. A look at iconic announcers in NFL history 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z

James Curtis captures the dueling sides of Sahl’s persona in “Last Man Standing,” his fair-minded new biography. What silenced the laughs for Mort Sahl, the once towering American comic? 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z

Somewhere inside this labyrinth of personas remains the consummate musician who started playing classical piano in primary school and landed a record deal when she was 16. Alicia Keys – review 2013-05-20T16:59:00Z

Try to step outside your museum’s comfort zone or carefully manicured institutional persona with something eccentric, an intuitive leap. Museums Embrace the Unfamiliar 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z

Burnham never conveys a sense that Kayla experiences her creation of an online persona as especially liberating; the movie’s perspective on social media is merely a recommendation that kids spend more real-life time together. Bo Burnham’s “Eighth Grade,” Reviewed: A Teen Coming-of-Age Story Plagued by Niceness 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z

Beneath his happy-go-lucky persona, Brandt was a dedicated researcher. Dr. Brandt, the Lonely Showman 2015-04-11T04:00:00Z

Overnight, Mr. Hitchens — now called “Hitch the Snitch” by Blumenthal partisans — became persona non grata in living rooms all over Washington. Christopher Hitchens, 1949-2011: Christopher Hitchens Is Dead at 62 ? Obituary 2011-12-16T06:27:29Z

During their one big night on the town, they come to realize that their classmates’ showily deceptive or brazenly indifferent public personae are reflections of ambitions and desires, fears and vulnerabilities. “Booksmart,” Reviewed: Olivia Wilde’s Toothless Teen Comedy 2019-05-20T04:00:00Z

She took on the personas of soldiers and observers in the songs, floating above battlefields as she spoke of British conflicts from the disastrous attack on Gallipoli in 1915 to more recent actions in Afghanistan. ArtsBeat Blog: P.J. Harvey Nabs a Second Mercury Prize 2011-09-06T22:52:07Z

When that time comes, she’s nearly 33, and the ingénue persona seems to be wearing thin. Women Seeking Intimacy Through Food, Mathematics and Rhythm 2021-11-09T05:00:00Z

But in becoming Barbie, I fully separated from myself, embodying a new persona altogether. The final blonde: My ongoing journey to decolonizing Barbie from my dress-up 2023-07-22T04:00:00Z

The key seems to be giving fans experiences that connect them with not only the artist’s music, but also the artist’s persona. How death brought David Bowie a career breakthrough 2016-01-18T05:00:00Z

It is a film much admired by Day fans, and is almost perfectly tailored to her persona: ordinary girl next door, or married lady next door, for whom fame is a happy accident. Doris Day: the wholesome face of postwar American optimism 2019-05-13T04:00:00Z

But some are happy to court the public's association them with the most popular of their fictional personas. "Hawkeye" reminds us why Jeremy Renner's archer is the least Avenger 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z

The Guardian of London described her persona in that film as “still insolent after all those years.” Bernadette Lafont, Actress in New Wave Films, Dies at 74 2013-08-01T03:49:56Z

Tommy Lee Jones does a spin on his cantankerous screen persona as the quick-witted, fiercely verbal Republican congressman from Pennsylvania, Thaddeus Stevens, a strong proponent of abolition. Review: Day-Lewis is tremendous in safe `Lincoln' 2012-11-07T00:19:14Z

Josephine also published her own journalism under a variety of pen names and personas, both black and white. Uncovering Strangers in a Strange Land 2013-09-03T16:40:40Z

And Correspondent Jordan Klepper even dropped his ironic, satirical persona to raise awareness. Hurricane Sandy survivors still don’t have homes: “The Daily Show” reports 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z

It’s only at the very end, after Park’s death, that he regains a semblance of his old persona. My streaming gem: why you should watch The President's Barber 2020-05-22T04:00:00Z

“I started out on oboe at Eastman,” he said, “but I also played English horn in some of the performing groups. It was already my preference. It fits my musical persona like a glove.” Thomas Stacy, Master of the English Horn, Dies at 84 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z

Wale is a bit of an underdog in hip-hop, bouncing between the underground and the mainstream and trying on different personas. Jerry Seinfeld on His New Friend, Wale, and 'The Album About Nothing' 2015-04-10T04:00:00Z

Clash created the high-pitched voice and child-like persona for Elmo, a furry red Muppet that became one of the show's most popular characters and one of the company's most lucrative properties. Elmo puppeteer Kevin Clash resigns from Sesame Street over sex allegations 2012-11-20T17:51:47Z

But to Cruise-watchers, the Top Gear gig was the latest desperate attempt by the star to rehabilitate a persona that has fallen starkly into disrepair over the last five years. Two men. One dream 2010-08-05T07:00:00Z

Whether she likes it or not, Gheorghiu has allowed herself to take on and seemingly to enjoy the stereotypical persona of the prima donna as volatile, monstrous and badly behaved. Angela Gheorghiu's serious claims might not be taken seriously 2013-07-03T17:00:00Z

Diller created an indelible persona with her distinctive braying laugh, a cigarette holder, teased hair, outlandish costumes and a fictional lout of a husband she called Fang. Pioneering comedian Phyllis Diller dies at age 95 2012-08-20T19:49:12Z

Lewinsky is now associated with a sharp, funny Twitter persona making jokes and references to the scandal but is still confronted by negative comments. John Oliver on public shaming: 'One of America's favourite pastimes' 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z

This activist persona is a departure from the fully realized human Isaac as he had originally been written. What that "Sex Education" disability story could learn from reality TV 2023-10-02T04:00:00Z

Indeed, in a field where being likeable is usually essential, the triumph of Carr's onstage persona – a kind of cold nastiness – deserves more than grudging praise. Comedy gold: Jimmy Carr's Stand Up 2012-07-12T14:12:27Z

And even though he had that kind of punk persona of the bad boy, he was a kind man. Confirm or Deny: Tim Robbins 2018-02-03T05:00:00Z

"I know he has a public persona that is pretty cantankerous," said Alvarez, who still has no formal immigration status in the U.S. 'An Honest Liar' lifts the curtain on some Amazing Randi secrets 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z

My default aloofness didn’t translate well in Korea, so I created a new persona, one who would ask random people if they needed an English tutor. What I Learned From My Instagram Crush 2020-09-11T04:00:00Z

Dreijer applied both groups’ different personae to Björk’s “Features Creatures,” a song from the album “Utopia” that was a free-floating soliloquy about the nature of attraction, squaring it off and finding beats for it. The Playlist: Iggy Pop’s Jazzy Whimsy, and 12 More New Songs 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z

Ostensibly a lecture on the history of HMS Nottingham, complete with powerpoint presentation, Sweet's manic, squeakily nervous persona and the increasing silliness of his digressions keep the energy level and the laughs consistently high. Edinburgh fringe comedy roundup 2010-08-14T23:05:00Z

Burt is clearly attracted to dramatic performance, to persona, to characterization. The Education Issue: Stephen Burt, Poetry’s Cross-Dressing Kingmaker 2012-09-16T00:17:27Z

We did not plan any of it… She took on the persona of a rapper in the release form. As a producer, Victoria Monét reaches longtime Grammy goal 2020-01-21T05:00:00Z

She has a Jordan-themed persona in mind, she says, declining to elaborate. WWE signs first woman wrestler from Arab world in global push 2017-10-15T04:00:00Z

In all of them there are passages in which she seems lost or unfocused, unable to locate the distinctive persona, the balance of sweetness and determination, that defined her most memorable work. DVD: New on DVD: ?Jean Arthur: Comedy Collection? 2011-11-12T22:03:03Z

But Jack Engle and the other raffish young male characters, Mr. Reynolds said, are reminiscent of the man-of-the-streets persona — “Walt Whitman, an American, one of the roughs” — he created with “Leaves of Grass.” In a Walt Whitman Novel, Lost for 165 Years, Clues to ‘Leaves of Grass’ 2017-02-20T05:00:00Z

I asked Baird, who is a musician and composer living in upstate New York, about the man his father was, about his approach to writing “Hiroshima,” and about the enigma of his authorial persona. John Hersey, the Writer Who Let “Hiroshima” Speak for Itself 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z

Online, Hitchcock created an entirely new persona to intimidate other players. A 70-year-old socialite’s unlikely journey from Park Avenue to the poker table 2017-04-24T04:00:00Z

That face, that tough, steely look, has been a wide-open opportunity for would-be comics to poke fun at Maroney’s “Oh, hell no” countenance, and to riff on her “mean girl”  persona. McKayla Maroney isn’t a “mean girl” 2012-08-07T15:45:00Z

Kaepernick’s protest — both his kneeling and his public persona over these last two years — has been calm and dignified in a way Ashe would have respected. Why Arthur Ashe Is the Spiritual Father of Colin Kaepernick 2018-08-27T04:00:00Z

She brought a lot of swagger to her public persona, journalists wrote at the time — but she believed in what she was doing, and what she was doing was good. Perspective | The slippery moral calculus of Linda Fairstein 2019-06-05T04:00:00Z

And though the production is so consciously playing with the artifice of the form, each performer has a moment of vulnerability when he — or at least his autofictional persona — reveals a tragic fact or experience. ‘This American Wife’ Review: Wives Out, Knives Out 2021-05-23T04:00:00Z

Penny Morgan, McCarthy's second persona, was perhaps the funniest, and easiest, look to put together. In 'Spy,' the clothes make Melissa McCarthy's undercover agent 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z

The idea that this was an inauthentic rendition of this sacred music was a bit of a joke, considering how his persona and mythos were so constructed. Savage on Beefheart 2010-12-22T13:46:32Z

While her fictional persona is meant to be pliable, her connection with Bilal never quite convinces. In the tension-filled "Profile," a journalist goes catfishing online to get recruited by ISIS 2021-05-13T04:00:00Z

Little Richard, a founding father of rock and roll whose fervent shrieks, flamboyant garb, and joyful, gender-bending persona embodied the spirit and sound of that new art form, died Saturday. Little Richard, founding father of rock who broke musical barriers, dead at 87 2020-05-09T04:00:00Z

Predictably, their relationship softens up, but the film nevertheless maintains some of its prickly charm, in no small part because of the feisty Rampling, whose ice-queen persona here straddles bone-dry humor and withering tragedy. ‘Juniper’ Review: Bad Grandma 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z

Their screen personas are on full display — but so are the more telling moments when, say, a shadow dims Ms. Reynolds’s normally sunny disposition, or footage reveals Ms. Fisher, who was bipolar, in manic phases. What’s on TV Saturday: Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds on HBO 2017-01-07T05:00:00Z

Though he may say he's the same on stage as he is off, Lewis is actually more low-key than his hyperkinetic stage persona. Richard Lewis looks back at his dark comic turns in 'Bundle of Nerves' 2014-09-03T04:00:00Z

There’s one object-making artist, in the spotlight right now in New York, whose greatest objects address the very “problem” of the artist’s presence as a persona. Being Edward Hopper 2023-01-30T05:00:00Z

As Elisabet shockingly overwhelms the persona of Alma, as Alma just as shockingly finds her own inner being, we hear it in her voice, in her quiet and in her screams. L.A. Opera lets Ingmar Bergman's film 'Persona' sing 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z

Embedded within this cycle of reluctant acceptance was Reed's defiant, sometimes downright icy public persona. Lou Reed, legendary rock pioneer, dead at 71 2013-10-27T22:51:00Z

“Because I was persona non grata for seven years, and I was also threatened with five years in jail in Marseille, which, I think, neither you nor I would benefit very much from.” Lars von Trier on filmmaking and fear: ‘Sometimes, alcohol is the only thing that will help’ 2018-12-03T05:00:00Z

It still works pretty nicely, wearing better over time than Simon Cowell’s nastiness or some of the other personae on “Idol” and the rest. 'The Voice's' Secret to Longevity 2014-09-22T04:00:00Z

It is impossible to understand celebrity today without that concept—how narratives are shaped and invented by those charged with the maintenance of their star persona. It’s all fake: How the leaked call between Taylor Swift and Kanye West exposes the artifice of celebrity culture 2016-07-20T04:00:00Z

A bitter, gruff Bauer is persona non grata in a world increasingly suspicious of government spy power. REVIEW: 24: Live Another Day 2014-05-01T13:38:22Z

Unsavory elements of Mr. Moore’s persona and material slip by almost unnoticed in such an echo chamber. Review: Michael Moore, Bragging on Broadway, in ‘The Terms of My Surrender’ 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z

There, VH1 had a fine show to waste your time with—such was the singularity of her voice, the distinctive instruments of her throat and wit and persona. Four Shows at the Center of a Golden Age of Hip-Hop Television 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z

Despite his genial persona, David Schwimmer is drawn to characters who are struggling, broken, flawed and in pain. David Schwimmer on Life After Ross and His Role in ‘Feed the Beast’ 2016-06-07T04:00:00Z

So when Abdelhamid leans into his playboy persona, it’s not without a slight wink. For Saint Levant, Sexy Music Is Personal, and Political 2023-03-06T05:00:00Z

Is it that Slim Shady is a persona? Eminem Anti-Gay Lyric Controversy Leads to Donation for LGBT Center 2013-11-07T16:46:40Z

No, Williams' power is his ability to combine his stoic, "serious man of the news" persona with the goofy antics of late night TV. Late night gift Brian Williams slow jams the news again with Fallon 2014-12-03T05:00:00Z

Despite Banksy's outlaw persona, the artist's works are highly coveted by top collectors around the world. Banksy documentary to air on HBO starting November 2014-09-02T04:00:00Z

He's also a longtime Henson fan who told Variety, "The first screen personas I ever loved were Henson creations. … I've never stopped loving his work, even as a young frisky man, and on into adulthood." 'Fraggle Rock': Can Joseph Gordon-Levitt bring back the Muppet magic? 2015-03-20T04:00:00Z

Everett Collection/Rex Features It's a celebrity profile cliche to describe an actor's central gift as the uncanny ability, honed in childhood, to try on different personas, but in Moss's case it's particularly apt. Elisabeth Moss: 'How I found my inner tough guy' 2013-07-02T17:12:01Z

Pratt's likably democratic persona, and back story, were captured by his famous remarks to his high school wrestling coach. Jurassic World: Chris Pratt's tricky beast of stardom 2015-06-14T04:00:00Z

Capitalizing on her flamboyant, anything-goes persona, she has gone so far as to describe herself as “the right-wing .” Not Done Yet 2010-10-08T21:40:00Z

Albert did so; Owens was impressed; and Albert used the Terminator persona to reach out to established writers whom she admired. The Reductive Narrative Tactics of “Author: The JT LeRoy Story” 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z

The actor most recently appeared on Broadway in an ill-fated stab at "Macbeth," which was simply too jarring for audiences who had grown used to his comic "Frasier" persona. Kelsey Grammer shines in "La Cage Aux Folles" 2010-04-20T01:27:00Z

Lee’s work can be uneven, but it’s never uninteresting, even if his public persona has sometimes distracted attention from his filmmaking. The Essential Spike Lee 2020-06-02T04:00:00Z

From her detractors’ perspective, she looked like a phony, forced to perpetually inhabit a lucrative persona created when she was 9. JoJo Siwa Wants to Be ‘a Role Model for People Who Love Love’ 2021-09-19T04:00:00Z

During a wide-ranging interview, the Baltimore native discussed his evolving onstage persona; his new show, “Seven Things I’ve Learned”; and his recommendations for New York theater beyond “Hamilton.” ‘This American Life’ host is swapping radio studio for Wolf Trap stage 2016-08-12T04:00:00Z

On the contrary, what is so moving and effective about Roberts’s work here is her shrewd subversion of her long-established persona. ‘Ben Is Back’ Review: A Mother and Son Face the Horrors of Addiction 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z

Will Rogers Jr., son of fellow Oklahoma-born actor and writer Will Rogers, once told Robertson to avoid formal training and keep his own persona. Actor Dale Robertson dies in California hospital 2013-02-28T01:41:08Z

His characters, like the Guy Under the Seats, were often just thin disguises of his own frustrated and bitter showbiz-failure persona, made brilliant by the crumbling of Elliott’s cheery facade. David Letterman's Top 10 Sidekicks and Guest Stars 2015-05-19T04:00:00Z

When you nurture a certain persona and broadcast it to a rapt audience, it sticks. Review | Jennifer Weiner’s ‘Big Summer’ is a breezy romp through online influencer culture 2020-05-05T04:00:00Z

The clapping here is frenzied, though very much on time, and you cannot help but visualise Iggy Pop in his frenetic stage persona, about to burst at the seams. Readers recommend: Songs with handclaps ? the results 2010-07-15T21:08:00Z

In this sense, and in his outsized persona, he was a quintessential celebrity chef, but his passion, and his connection to the place he was from, were genuine. Two Days with Paul Prudhomme 2015-10-13T04:00:00Z

"The Board of Directors firmly condemns these comments and declares Lars Von Trier a persona non grata at the Festival de Cannes, with effect immediately." More von Trier fallout; plus, Antonio Banderas is a doctor. Trust him. 2011-05-19T13:31:00Z

But this is also a good opportunity to talk about what made Foster famous in the first place: the strong screen persona and versatile talent she's displayed over her 47 years as an actress. 5 of Jodie Foster's greatest performances 2013-01-18T00:23:09Z

Yet she maintains a cool, smart, pretty, witty and wise persona. The Panopticon by Jenni Fagan ? review 2012-05-18T21:55:05Z

Turning from faith in Trump to Trump’s divinity, the persona that he presents to the public exhibits many of the same attributes as the Christian God. Donald Trump thinks he’s a god. Even worse, his supporters agree 2016-04-30T04:00:00Z

In their very different ways, Cusk and Macdonald both admirably resist succumbing to the very British disease of self-deprecation, while also skirting any temptation to present an easily likeable literary persona. The Best Books of 2014 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z

Mr. Parker sought to correct the imbalance between his private and public persona by setting up a Twitter account. Sean Parker Brings Facebook-Style Skills to New York Social Scene 2011-12-17T12:39:01Z

It has been said before that Lady Gaga’s greatest work of art is her own persona, and that has only increased with the progress of her pop conquest. Lady Gaga?s Told-You-So Moment at Lollapalooza 2010-08-09T21:22:00Z

The precise ways in which Mr. Ingels deranged Ms. Jones, who was known for her demure, Middle American screen persona, can be gleaned from his activities over many decades. Marty Ingels, Actor and Comedian, Is Dead at 79 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z

Apart from one scene showing him lashing out at a radio reporter for asking how his ribald stage persona might affect his Presidential run, Martelly is portrayed as jovial and as his country’s last hope. Sweet Micky and the Sad Déjà Vu of Haiti’s Presidential Elections 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z

Her charm was apparent but she lacked the pathos or complexity of her future TV persona. Everything I Learned from Mary Tyler Moore 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z

But where Ms. Rivers, born in 1930s Brooklyn, owned her persona — in a way that could make her work both more biting and more sad — Ms. Schumer, born in 1980s Manhattan, stands outside hers. Critic’s Notebook: On ‘Inside Amy Schumer,’ All Entendres as Double 2014-03-31T21:40:49Z

But the public persona that would solidify her status in American art was shaped indelibly by the pictures he lovingly, obsessively made of her. Georgia O’Keeffe’s Powerful Personal Style 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z

But "Patrick" was only a persona, and there is a restlessness in Byrne that makes him kick over the traces. John Byrne: in from the margins 2011-08-17T15:00:01Z

Despite her natural simplicity and modest stage demeanor, there’s something heroic in Oppens’s musical persona. Ursula Oppens shows why she’s a champion of American piano music 2016-02-05T05:00:00Z

But he has eschewed the flamboyant, billboard-on-the-skyline, globe-trotting celebrity persona, setting himself apart from, and in his own mind clearly somewhat above, some of his more famous colleagues. The Ascension of Peter Zumthor 2011-03-13T05:00:20Z

Nor is it especially incisive, unless it comes as news that a magnate’s warm persona might be feigned. ‘The Good Boss’ Review: Company Man 2022-08-25T04:00:00Z

As for the idea of the avenging angel confronting an industry that mistreated him, and a world that robbed him of his sibling, this is a journalistic conceit, not a carefully cultivated persona. Doom: 'It's all new, all fun' 2012-08-16T13:35:39Z

Though the rapper has long maintained a laidback public persona, Washington remembers him as an exacting bandleader for a tack-sharp group of young jazz players. Kamasi Washington expands jazz's boundaries on new album 'The Epic'

Inside here, regardless of what the persona may be, I’m still the 7-year-old kid in the back of the class, afraid to raise his hand. ArtsBeat: Charlie Sheen Talks About 'Anger Management' and Anger Management 2012-06-13T13:00:21Z

Howard A. Rosenblum, CEO of the National Association of the Deaf, said the Oscars show that “excellence lies in taking on a different persona to convincingly and powerfully convey a story rather than acting disabled.” Oscar wins for ‘CODA’ bring tears, elation to Deaf community 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z

"His art was enormously important to him, it informed everything – from the way he put words on the page to the way he created a persona." Ian Dury artwork goes on display in first solo show 2013-07-22T15:04:54Z

Then he downs some grog with his pirate father, played by Keith Richards, the Rolling Stones guitarist whose real-life persona served as inspiration for Jack Sparrow’s screwball mannerisms. Arts & Leisure: New Captain for a Series Becalmed 2011-05-11T16:45:46Z

The best suits are the ones that act as a background to the persona inside, and which frame the, well, frame to its ultimate advantage. The N.B.A. Draft Needs a Men’s Wear Makeover 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z

These posts create a kind of online persona that makes her seem vicious, and she really isn't. Perspective | Ask Amy: Facebook posts create relationship problems 2021-03-09T05:00:00Z

But nothing is perhaps more inherent to Child's persona than the recipes she shared week after week on her beloved show, "The French Chef." Long days, papier-mâché and 50 soufflés: How the food stylist for "Julia" recreated Child's recipes 2022-04-13T04:00:00Z

The dramatis personae include landed aristocrats, their bourgeois neighbors, peasants and servants. | 'The Forest': Dianne Wiest Tries ?The Forest? at Classic Stage 2010-05-07T03:50:00Z

All of which may not sound like much to folks who don’t travel in such privileged circles, but it places the concepts of self-doubt, remorse and regret at the center of Drake’s persona. Album review: Drake, 'Take Care' 2011-11-13T19:26:00Z

But the more significant change, it turned out, was that two hot personalities — Mr. Stewart and Mr. Colbert, in their separate ways, both used theatrical, over-the-top personas — were succeeded by two cool personalities. Larry Wilmore’s Characteristically Low-Key Farewell 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z

But this year, Drake is committing his most bothersome crimes in the more sacred space between his persona and his sound. Started from the bottom, now he’s insufferable 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z

That enigmatic persona is partly of her making. Analysis | Toni Morrison has kept the public at arm’s length. Now she’s letting people in on her terms. 2019-07-01T04:00:00Z

He went on to take thousands of photos of the Hollywood siren, capturing both her vulnerability and her sex-bomb persona. Auction selling copyright with Monroe negatives 2013-07-11T20:39:17Z

Her powder keg stage presence and winning stage persona has prompted the club to bring her back this year for four. Catherine Russell returns to Jazz Alley for four nights 2016-10-02T04:00:00Z

Largely defined by her Carol Brady days, she has augmented the persona of cookie baking grandma with a healthy dash of salty saloon madame. "Dancing with the Stars": The new season kicks off 2010-09-21T12:30:00Z

It deals at length with Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis and Sonny Rollins, and how pictures of them on and off stage helped build or maintain their personas. Books of The Times: ?Blue Notes in Black and White? by Benjamin Cawthra - Review 2011-12-15T22:54:43Z

Abe had been a passionate supporter of the unassuming governor of Illinois, a fellow New Dealer whose persona — unapologetically worldly, proudly erudite — no doubt served as a kind of model for him. Unraveling my family's Cold War mystery 2023-03-05T05:00:00Z

Wearing, as it does, the guise of a ­diary, “The Folded Clock” is particularly ­dependent on the well-crafted persona of its ­narrator — witty, sly, critical, inventive and adventurous. ‘The Folded Clock,’ by Heidi Julavits 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z

He repented and, somehow, succeeded so much he's gone from persona non grata to adopted son, entrusted with China's most heartfelt homegrown movie yet. Jean-Jacques Annaud: 'People who make films are in danger every day' 2013-05-30T19:00:01Z

To his fans, especially the baby boomers — including me — who were the target audience for his Young People’s Concerts, his unabashedly theatrical podium persona was thrilling. In Praise of Bernstein as Conductor: Movement That Mesmerized 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z

An ever-expanding landscape demands a wider array of personas, upping the diversity we see depicted on screen. In the peak TV era, it might be time to banish the ‘character actor’ label 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z

But, as if to burst out of her boxed-in country girl persona, she sings, “I’m dancing on my own/I make the moves up as I go/And that’s what they don’t know.” Taylor Swift’s music video is uncomfortable, but is it really racist? 2014-08-19T04:00:00Z

He said the series will explore David’s multiple personas, calling it “code switch.” ‘David Makes Man’ explores the power of a teen’s imagination 2019-08-20T04:00:00Z

“It’s like putting on a whole new persona,” said Rinku Sen, who struck a “Rocky” pose in front of a mirror in a “Wonder Woman” torso made of acrylicized paper. Artist creates ‘empowering’ wearable sculptures 2014-07-14T04:00:00Z

In "Nanette," she seems to slowly shed that persona, becoming increasingly assertive and, at times, deadly serious. The Comedian Forcing Stand-Up to Confront the #MeToo Era 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z

“The whole musical persona of Pharoah Sanders is of a consciousness in conscious search of a higher consciousness,” Amiri Baraka later wrote. “If You’re in the Song, Keep on Playing”: An Interview With Pharoah Sanders 2020-01-12T05:00:00Z

Marty’s drag persona is Typhoid Mary — the nickname for the real-life Irish immigrant Mary Mallon, who in the early 1900s unwittingly spread typhoid fever in New York without ever appearing to be ill herself. Review: In ‘Typhoid Mary,’ Showtime for a Dying Patient 2016-03-21T04:00:00Z

I love Elbow simply for what they are; their smart, affecting lyrics and their beautifully melodic tunes, their everyman personas, their cheerful longevity. Readers' reviews 2011-03-10T23:00:02Z

Gellar seems stranded in a purposefully nonspecific part; I like her a lot, but when I mentally list adjectives that describe her screen persona, "mysterious" is not among them. Sarah Michelle Gellar flounders in a bland new drama 2011-09-13T15:03:00Z

An impressively kinetic presence while rapping, his persona veers from hokey to charming. Tinie Tempah ? review 2011-03-01T18:14:57Z

While Cory’s new persona fit in remarkably well with the wackiness of the college years, it likely wouldn’t be the best route to go with his young daughter. Rowan Blanchard Cast in Girl Meets World: 5 Potential Paths for Young Riley 2013-01-30T18:04:09Z

Since winning the inaugural American Idol 15 years ago on the strength of her powerful pipes and candidly endearing persona, Clarkson hit snags in her career, including spats with her former record label. Kelly Clarkson Delivers Soul and Sass to 'Meaning of Life' 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z

When Miller interviews a woman who was brutally murdered, she warns him that something terrifying is imminent, before being taken over by a persona not her own. Science fiction roundup – reviews 2013-07-18T09:00:00Z

The notorious “Gainsbarre,” his alter ego who had practically spit venom at her on set, was swapped for the more tender persona he carefully concealed. Jane Birkin is back with a new album, but her presence is everlasting 2021-03-17T04:00:00Z

I was so happy onstage as Edna in that wig and persona. In a New Memoir, Harvey Fierstein Shares Gossip and Regrets 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z

Didion has always been a master of persona rather than confession, per se. Joan Didion gets out of town in 'South and West' — and finds only fragments 2017-03-02T05:00:00Z

At the same time, it can feel as if Binder is constantly attempting to square matters to justify his characters' actions, motivations and personas. Kevin Costner shines in Mike Binder's nervy 'Black or White' 2014-12-02T05:00:00Z

Rosenthal – creator of TV series London's Burning and co-author, with Barbra Streisand, of the film Yentl – includes among his dramatis personae a bonkers lyricist, an arrogant director, a bad-tempered composer and a bombastic producer. This week's new theatre 2011-03-19T00:06:42Z

She is building a fashion collection, then she takes that to create her own persona. Special Report: Fashion: F.I.T. Displays Daphne Guinness Collection 2011-09-18T10:48:07Z

The main character takes on a new persona, one that allows them to break from the constraints that were holding them back — a powerful metaphor for what we want in life and love. Perspective | ‘Working Girl,’ and why we love the impostor rom-com 2018-12-29T05:00:00Z

In particular, Moore is fascinating: a singer getting a little too old for her persona, a woman who loves the idea of a child but not the reality. ‘What Maisie Knew’ will break your heart 2013-05-30T19:44:22Z

You’re known for your larger-than-life persona, but you seem very guarded about your personal life. Rick Ross Isn’t Moving to Paris Anytime Soon 2014-03-04T14:13:15Z

He assumes the persona of the orchestra: “We’re in B major, why move anywhere? Let’s just live on this exotic island and watch the waves roll onto our beaches for a few decades.” Perspective | The best way to understand a Beethoven concerto? From a musician’s point of view. 2019-02-15T05:00:00Z

It was a way more inventive persona than a hip-swinging hillbilly singer.”        Robbie Fulks plans Michael Jackson tribute show 2011-03-03T17:59:13Z

And though Pink has been outspoken on social issues, “her songs test equally well in the red states as the blue states,” he added, citing her Everywoman persona. Pink Quietly Became Pop Royalty. Here’s How She Made It Last. 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z

Sometimes when we think about people like you who are regularly in front of us, it's in terms of certain roles or taking on different personas. Jeff Bridges on the Dude, making "The Old Man" and the experience of "dancing with my mortality" 2022-06-16T04:00:00Z

No doubt his trenchant online persona would formulate an answer in due course. Michael Holden's All ears 2010-07-23T23:06:00Z

My photos were circulating all over, creating new personas: a Chicago stockbroker, an Oregon park ranger, a dog walker named Larry. How I Got Caught Up in a Global Romance Scam 2020-11-13T05:00:00Z

Cyrus shed her innocent teen act for a sex-forward persona orchestrated around music videos with her wearing little or no clothes. In teen star transition, Bieber may want to emulate Miley 2014-01-31T22:38:26Z

The effect is not to make you think his onstage persona is real — since the lad doth protest too much — so much as to make you wonder what is real and what is fake. Festivals In Review: Warring Relatives and Joking Rabbis 2011-01-15T00:29:04Z

He appears, I suggest, for someone who, in his public persona at least has always looked a little at odds with the world, to be more content than he has ever been. Elvis Costello 2010-10-16T23:04:00Z

Are you going to alter your persona or how you approach detractors? What comedian Patton Oswalt did on his Twitter-free summer vacation

How would you define yourself between those two personas? Q&A: Kings of Convenience on new album and key to longevity 2021-07-04T04:00:00Z

That might suggest a vision limited to surface only, and much of the work is indeed more playful than probing, concerned with his subjects' performance of their public personas. The personal, provocative on display in fall photo books 2014-11-21T05:00:00Z

Bryce finds parts of Park’s massively confident, “throw bras on stage at my concert” persona to be silly, but says it adds to the fun of the experience. Young and old, fans are excited to welcome Edmonds-born rapper Jay Park at his Seattle show 2019-11-29T05:00:00Z

As his legend spread, fueled by rapturous live shows and an enigmatic persona, other artists with grand visions came calling. Francis and the Lights, Pop Star Interrupted 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z

Mr. McBride’s oafish egocentric bad guy persona is starting to yield diminishing returns. Review: Economic Anxiety Leads to Violence in ‘Arizona’ 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z

Given all that, how does he bring a relatable persona to the standup stage? ‘Life is messy’: Judd Apatow on Freaks and Geeks, Lena Dunham and his return to standup 2017-07-08T04:00:00Z

The constant barrage seems not just an extension of Trump’s in-your-face persona but also may well be strategic, a way to keep his competitors constantly off-balance. The media’s love-hate relationship with Donald Trump 2015-09-01T04:00:00Z

But the roughly 50 bowls, cups, vases and pitchers in this stunning exhibition testify to a creative sensibility much different from his bumptious public persona. Review: In ‘No Two Alike,’ George Ohr’s Pottery Plays on Convention 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z

We recognize that our aunt is a public figure," said Dr. Lapinel, a physician who lives in Virginia, "and that a large part of her persona has to do with her public life. ArtsBeat: Theater World Friends Bring Ailing Playwright Closer To Home 2013-02-06T22:44:51Z

This activist persona is a departure from the fully realized human Isaac as he had originally been written. What that "Sex Education" disability story could learn from reality TV 2023-10-02T04:00:00Z

Older men still seem stuck in the persona of Mr. Wilson on “Dennis the Menace.” The TV Watch: Old Boys? Network? Hardly. How About Lots of Tired Geezer Channels? 2011-01-27T23:14:39Z

Polanski is persona non grata in Hollywood, and cannot return to the US for fear of arrest. Roman Polanski: media 'making me a monster' – and it's Weinstein's fault 2019-12-11T05:00:00Z

He also clarified to "Fresh Air" host Terry Gross that his early on-stage persona was just that. At its heart, Obama and Springsteen's podcast is redefining the toxic masculinity upheld by Trump 2021-02-23T05:00:00Z

Seen in excerpt, it juggled power plays and permutations of persona in wryly fine-tuned ways. Velocity's Fall Kick-Off: local dance variety pack 2011-09-24T17:22:04Z

The message here is that to be on social media, you must present yourself for objectification, but you can’t objectify yourself—or go too far with your social media persona. The real problem with sexy profile pics 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z

But what he does in this special is deconstruct this persona, reveal it as a useful mask, even an inherited one. Jerrod Carmichael Comes Out in a Riveting Special That’s About So Much More 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z

Like costumes, perfumes offer a way to try on a persona for a little while. Smells like witch spirit: How the ancient world’s scented sorceresses influence ideas about magic 2021-10-30T04:00:00Z

“Till the Rivers All Run Dry,” a No. 1 country single in 1976, was typical of his understated persona and approach. Don Williams, Singer of Plain-Spoken Country Songs, Dies at 78 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z

McAvoy attacks each of these personas—a prattling, innocent preteen, a persnickety schoolmarm type in a turtleneck and heels—with relish. Split Review: Shyamalan's New Thriller Is Insanely Watchable 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z

And he has been in the public eye so long, a one-man broadcasting brand, you can’t fully disentangle the person from the persona. Louis Theroux: ‘For all his awfulness, I admire Trump’s shamelessness’ 2017-10-08T04:00:00Z

He became known for his loud, brash persona, but also for his big heart and genuine interest in artists and their work. Settled in Sweden, the Man Who First Booked Dylan 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z

“My career as a therapist is very important to who I am, and what I do even with my persona as CurlyNikki,” she said. Skin Deep: ?Going Natural? Requires Lots of Help 2011-06-08T16:52:33Z

His outspoken online persona works; it’s helped him get big jobs. ‘Instagram Face’: Is It the End of Good Makeup? 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z

I thought there was an element in Kiefer to be mined that was so much different from an iconic persona that he’d created on “24.” Just the Guys, Candid and Rugged 2011-02-06T02:08:04Z

And yet, persona aside, a teenager can only be a teenager. The Sudden Rise of Lil Yachty 2016-12-09T05:00:00Z

Entertainment Weekly's Kyle Anderson said the album "furthers the uncomfortable and frustrating disconnect between Brown's hotheaded personal life and his oddly edgeless musical persona," and gave it a 'C-minus'. Chris Brown's 'Fortune' a miss for critics 2012-07-04T02:06:16Z

In the play, Franklin attempts to peel back the screen persona to reveal the real man. Stage revival of film giant Laughton 2013-10-19T06:55:43Z

“She has this persona of your cool best friend or of your cool big sister,” said Izzy Grinspan, the editor of the shopping blog Racked NY. The Making of Fashion?s Latest ?It? Girl 2010-12-01T08:10:00Z

Among the more impassioned and high-minded efforts was the slam poet Beau Sia’s “persona poem,” an exploration of Asian-American identity spoken in character as Ms. Wallace. Watchlist : A-List Stars Invade Digital Auteurs? Space 2011-03-25T20:29:19Z

Take last night’s main interview, which was with that other political talk show persona, Bill O’Reilly. The old “Stephen Colbert” is gone for good: “The Late Show” crosses over firmly as host claims his new ground 2016-05-03T04:00:00Z

Though Ms. Smirnova and Mr. Chudin are much friendlier here than in their usual noble stage personas, their lyrical sequences prove tedious. Review: In Bolshoi’s Ballet, Little Shrewishness and Less Taming 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z

One challenge in writing about Handey is that his outward persona is very low-key — aggressively low-key, you might say. Jack Handey Is the Envy of Every Comedy Writer in America 2013-07-15T19:46:10Z

Gainsbourg is caught up in the same battle over public and private persona that her father was. Charlotte Gainsbourg: 'I'm always looking for what will make me feel bad' 2011-08-05T18:59:01Z

It is frequently Baron Cohen’s aim to see how far a subject will go in accepting, abetting, and perhaps even surpassing the inanity of a persona. Sacha Baron Cohen’s “Who Is America?” Reviewed 2018-07-15T04:00:00Z

Melody is the focal point on Nova's mainstream debut single, which suggestively plays off Christmas classic "Little Drummer Boy" and is led by her vivacious persona and sweet-yet-sultry vocals. Billboard singles reviews: Stone Temple Pilots, Macy Gray 2010-04-02T21:57:00Z

Mr. Baldwin, on the other hand, has become distinctive among American actors for making disdain for his on-screen persona part of his on-screen persona. Cultural Studies: On Celebrities Good and Bad, or Alec Baldwin 2012-06-29T20:57:20Z

Bukowski, however, was a misanthrope who never grew much and who relied too heavily for my taste on his boozing, hairy-chested persona. ArtsBeat: A Macabre Mystery: Poe Ballantine Talks About Memoir and True Crime 2013-09-04T20:44:29Z

Vice TV’s highest-rated show is this solidly produced, highly watchable documentary series about professional wrestling, the spectacle that assumes the persona of a sport. Starved for Sports? Here Are 5 Options That Aren’t N.B.A. Classic 2020-04-14T04:00:00Z

Because of its length and intimacy, podcasting makes it hard to fake a persona. Critic’s Notebook: Chris Hardwick of Nerdist Industries 2012-08-20T22:05:41Z

It was a tough transition for Williams to differentiate her radio and TV persona, until she left radio in 2009. Wendy Williams' star rises through renewed image 2011-03-28T10:18:09Z

As a poet Mr. Sanders operates on joy, velocity, humor and catharsis, forcibly mushing bodies of knowledge together; he describes his literary persona in the ’60s as an “anarcho-Egypto-Bacchic.” Books of The Times: ?Fug You? by Ed Sanders - Review 2012-01-11T22:18:46Z

A few blocks south of the Guggenheim, another museum shop has jumped on the persona bandwagon. Being Edward Hopper 2023-01-30T05:00:00Z

He is a brilliant musician, and his persona is just like his music. Levon Vincent's favourite tracks 2013-04-26T17:00:00Z

Mr. Cox, a first-rate British stage actor, here takes on the persona of a 19th-century barnstormer like Edwin Booth. | 'That Championship Season': The Champs Reunite, Bearing the Nation?s Scars 2011-03-07T03:01:04Z

He was refused entry back into Massachusetts and remained persona non grata until his death in 1643. What was the first banned book in history? 2021-11-20T05:00:00Z

Fiennes’s finely wrought looks, his staring eyes, flaring nostrils and fastidiously wincing mouth made an enormous impression and to some extent influenced his screen persona from that day to this. Ralph Fiennes's 20 best film performances – ranked! 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z

Where the first trailer for the film showed off Eisenberg’s comically druggy persona, the new one goes deep on both his relationship with co-star Kristen Stewart and the full extent of his super soldier abilities. Watch Jesse Eisenberg Make Jason Bourne Funny in 'American Ultra' Trailer 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z

Ninety minutes is a lot for one dancer to carry, but Ms. Pericet’s personas manage just fine. Review: In ‘Flamenco Sin Título,’ the Many Sides of Olga Pericet 2015-04-14T04:00:00Z

The same goes for authors whose personas are vilified on social media. David Foster Wallace and the Perils of “Litchat” 2015-09-08T04:00:00Z

What audiences will see with movies such as The Bling Ring and This is the End is a star associated previously with one role, one persona, announcing its imminent extinction. Emma Watson in 'transforming' role as Coppola's thief 2013-05-08T15:34:35Z

Mary was persona non grata to Norris for a few months but now she's back in Weatherfield with her usual giddy merriment over campervanning, Take A Break competitions and Star Wars. Grace Dent's world of lather 2010-06-25T23:10:00Z

And the outsize persona was in some ways a red herring. A New Biography Takes on Edward Gorey, a Stubborn Enigma and Master of the Comic Macabre 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z

The dramatis personae are so flat that there's precious little risk or danger felt whenever they embark on missions. Red Tails – review 2012-06-07T22:00:01Z

My family and some of my friends found the idea a little morbid and chalked it up to my new persona, tortured and tormented for vague reasons that no one understood. The Survivor by S?nia Hern?ndez, translated by Samantha Schnee 2011-04-01T11:27:00Z

Reports indicated that the 42-year-old became a persona non grata after being accused of counting cards. Ben Affleck on blackjack story: It 'took place' but wasn't that bad 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z

Once she tells me about the audience she envisioned while writing the book, this whole persona, even the Bambi poster, suddenly makes sense. In her debut memoir, notorious writer Cat Marnell apologizes for nothing 2017-03-03T05:00:00Z

This error of criticism suggests the book is being treated less as literature and more as a picture of Sheila’s persona. Sheila Heti gets sex wrong 2012-09-28T23:30:00Z

PG: People were so in love with your Talking Heads persona: the neurotic guy in the big white suit — — Table for Three: Cyndi Lauper and David Byrne Discuss Creating Hits, On and Off Broadway 2014-03-14T23:21:20Z

The problem is that this Latino nebbish persona isn’t very credible when inhabited by a man of such obvious sophistication and sex appeal. Review: John Leguizamo Goes for Easy Laughs in ‘Latin History’ 2017-11-15T05:00:00Z

Presidential vacations are often quite political and, at times, used to reinforce public personas. Vacation interrupted: Biden’s getaway plans shift by the day 2021-08-10T04:00:00Z

Philips explains his freakish stage persona as an extension of some of his real-life quirks. If you enjoyed those Peter Kay one-liners, they were probably written by Emo Philips 2010-07-09T23:14:00Z

Dixon: I don’t think that you can mark him down for constructing a persona. The 25 Most Significant Works of Postwar Architecture 2021-08-02T04:00:00Z

So the difference between being good and great is less about the radical novelty of the illusion than the packaging, the persona and the rigor of the performance. Is Originality Even a Worthy Ambition Anymore? 2023-06-28T04:00:00Z

Then again, it was in the course of one of these perorations that the Night Manager star provided us with Kenneth Branagh’s analysis of what he imagines both his and Elba’s screen personas to be. The name’s Elba, Idris Elba – and he must be James Bond 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z

How does one connect the dots, find the through-line, locate the man beneath the carefully constructed public persona? Franklin Roosevelt’s Story Is Worth Telling Again and Again 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z

There is certainly an effortlessness to Lum’s performance in The Farewell, but you couldn’t claim she’s still muddling through under the guise of her own comic persona. Awkwafina: 'Growing up, I latched on to strong Asian-American idols' 2019-09-07T04:00:00Z

These are projects that prize process over persona. The Lonely Toil of Frank Ocean: Is It Art, or Denial? 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z

David Bowie has been more of a chameleon over the years, reinventing his onstage persona to suit new eras in music. ArtsBeat: Theater Talkback: Stepping From The Rock Arena to the Broadway Stage 2011-01-20T21:52:38Z

The extremes and the exaggerations, the absurdities and the operatic stylizations of Jacquot’s melodramatic vision melt into their personae. Two French Melodramas: “3 Hearts” and “Villa Amalia” 2015-03-16T04:00:00Z

So, if this era of cooking is all about the celebrity chef with the outsized persona, who better but rappers to match them? Hip-Hop foodies 2012-06-27T13:46:00Z

He is, he says, "much less interested in the persona of Brett Anderson", and even has a sense of humour about having a parodist on Twitter, something you couldn't have imagined 15 years ago. Suede brushes up 2010-10-21T20:30:00Z

Lawrence, like Mike Myers, a comic peer, has become trapped in the one persona that still pays the bills. 'Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son': Martin Lawrence is just a drag 2011-02-18T21:51:04Z

Yet as she plumbs the same nooks of her comic persona, the comedy gets lower, and more familiar. 'Tammy': Is Melissa McCarthy stuck in a creative 'Groundhog Day'? 2014-07-07T04:00:00Z

She varies her waifish persona the way a troubled teenager might keep radically changing her hairstyle.  And the winner is ... the ensemble cast: How Broadway's best acting was a group effort 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z

A natural comedian, he thought he was a misfit and constructed an endlessly playful persona for himself. Eiji Kusuhara obituary 2010-05-27T17:58:00Z

In addition to his undeniable talent and incredible work ethic, C.K.’s persona has likely helped him to become the comedian of this decade. Half-Truths, Non-Truths, and Louis C.K. 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z

Dylan was the first concert he ever saw — he says he had seat No. 666 — and he shares with his hero a love for manipulating and obscuring his own persona. Jack White Is the Coolest, Weirdest, Savviest Rock Star of Our Time 2012-04-07T00:27:22Z

My comedic persona is, like most comics', an exaggeration of me. I am ugly, and proud of it 2013-06-28T14:00:03Z

As the host of "RuPaul's Drag Race," he wrangles an array of divas slipping between personas as he does. All hail Uncle Clifford on "P-Valley," a vision of Black queerness not seen anywhere else on TV 2022-06-20T04:00:00Z

No one embodies the antihero persona quite like Mildred Hayes, the vengeful firebrand whom best actress nominee Frances McDormand plays in “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.” ‘The messier, the better’: The righteously angry women who dominate this year’s Oscars 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z

He was declared persona non grata by the festival and issued a grovelling apology. Charlotte Gainsbourg: 'I'm always looking for what will make me feel bad' 2011-08-05T18:59:01Z

Later in his career, in acclaimed performances in films like “Ulee’s Gold” and “The Limey,” Fonda traded on that persona, playing a grizzled, fading version of the hippies he embodied decades earlier. Peter Fonda: 7 Great Movies to Stream 2019-08-17T04:00:00Z

But he didn’t discover his true calling until roughly 10 years ago, when he turned up as a fabricated persona on a popular morning radio show. 2010-01-23T04:10:00Z

Yet her own public persona is in many ways an accurate reflection of her art. Rachel Feinstein and John Currin, Their Own Best Creations 2011-03-11T21:40:24Z

This is his solo “Bash-Them-Out-Bragg” persona, combining hits with newly released fiery political anthems. Billy Bragg plans to extend bridges, knock down walls with Neptune Theatre show 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z

Gary Gauger, given a reflective and forgiving persona by Dennehy, was falsely convicted of murdering his parents, and ultimately had to take his appeal all the way to the Illinois Supreme Court. Review: 'The Exonerated' is compelling, chilling 2012-09-20T01:06:07Z

Here, the persona of celebrity blankness he so carefully cultivated is refined to an almost self-parodic extent: a mask of a mask. The 10 best … photographic self-portraits 2013-03-23T16:00:00Z

It is the second No. 1 album by Ms. Minaj, a Queens-born rapper whose costume closet and onstage persona are possibly even more flamboyant than Lady Gaga’s. ArtsBeat: Minaj Dislodges Madonna From Top of Charts 2012-04-11T18:55:44Z

His persona is pointedly that of a fallible everyman, who has simply trained himself to observe his fellow humans more carefully than most of us do. Review: Being Brainwashed Into Joy in Derren Brown’s ‘Secret’ 2019-09-15T04:00:00Z

The secret ingredient of the show is Sale’s empathic persona. The Calm Voice Asking Thorny Questions in ‘Death, Sex & Money’ 2020-08-02T04:00:00Z

"I think what sells him is his look and his persona," says one colleague on the comedy circuit. Brand designs 2010-04-06T07:00:00Z

The book revives the persona of the downtown flâneur — it’s full of nods to New York landmarks — and reading it feels like wandering around the pre-pandemic metropolis we ache to get back to. 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2021-04-15T04:00:00Z

Soon he found the persona that made Big Bird click. Review: ‘I Am Big Bird’ Tells Carroll Spinney’s Story 2015-05-05T04:00:00Z

But the early choices by Warren and Harris indicate that this year’s hopefuls are aware of the keen importance of music in building a candidate’s public persona. Don’t stop the music: Campaign songs tell candidates’ story 2019-03-09T05:00:00Z

He does, though, have what might be called a persona: the dapper, diffident gent. Christopher Nolan: from superheroes to Dunkirk’s small tales of heroism | the Observer profile 2017-07-22T04:00:00Z

It’s a romantic comedy and I’ll get criticism of it because it’s not like my stage persona. Lewis Black returns to the home town that sparked his political fire 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z

It was her default persona in those days, and one she could have coasted on for the rest of her career. How Helen McCrory Shone, Even in a Haze of Mystery 2021-04-17T04:00:00Z

Over the next two years, Fusari and Gaga began dating, wrote songs together and allegedly invented the singer's pop persona. Lady Gaga attempts to block 'harmful' lawsuit documents 2013-07-08T11:55:58Z

So he embraced his new persona: the great forger who had fooled the art world. The Artist Beneath the Art Forger 2020-02-21T05:00:00Z

Andy, in his children’s-entertainer persona Johnny Karate, tries to assure kids that things will get back to normal, but loses the thread: “It might never happen. But it will eventually.” ‘Parks and Recreation’ Reunion: Isolate Yo’ Self 2020-05-01T04:00:00Z

The play, you see, memorably includes several gut-wrenching occasions when Barford’s Wheeler flips his appealingly grouchy persona to reveal a black hole of ugly, flailing, desperate narcissism. ‘Linda Vista’ Review: A Womanizer Who Devastates as He Charms 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z

I don’t mean the self-invention that marked my younger affairs – the conjuring of an ideal persona for the first graced weeks of infatuation. My big, strong, manly hands 2012-12-07T20:15:00Z

One thing that was definitely true of the early Beastie Boys was the playful, obnoxious persona. The Beastie Boys Put Down the Mic and Pick Up the Pen 2018-10-24T04:00:00Z

Mr. Santos stresses that “Romeo” is merely a stage persona. In the Language of Romance, Romeo Santos is a True Superstar 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z

But of course, as Mr. Green clearly knows, Coward’s achievements included that glamorous persona, which served his work. Review: The Songs of Noël Coward, With Lightness and Bite 2016-12-18T05:00:00Z

Does the world really need another self-referential comedy that riffs off its central character's public persona? Our Drugs War 2010-08-16T05:45:00Z

“It’s not just about someone slapping on a wig, but the care and details of crafting a persona every day.” What’s real and fake in ‘The Americans,’ according to real-life spies 2016-03-15T04:00:00Z

The artist invents herself as she goes, writing and assembling her persona into being. 'UH-OH: Frances Stark, 1991-2015' at Hammer Museum is an enthralling midcareer survey 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z

The forlorn quality in his music is at odds with the public persona DeMarco projects. On “This Old Dog,” Mac DeMarco’s two sides become one 2017-05-07T04:00:00Z

“The personas stars created fulfilled a particular need of the times,” said G. Bruce Boyer, a men's wear expert and the author of the recently published “True Style.” The Deities of Men’s Style 2015-09-28T04:00:00Z

When in his better known “Mr. Warmth” persona, Rickles told a different story. Barbara Rickles, widow of comedian Don Rickles, dies at 84 2021-03-15T04:00:00Z

The authors also faced the challenge of peering behind Baker’s public persona, as he is famously buttoned-up. The Incredible Influence of James A. Baker III 2020-09-25T04:00:00Z

“Technicolor,” she says in her book, “brought to life the water, the spectacles and even my own movie persona in a way that simply didn’t work in black-and-white.” Bathing Beauty: The Wet and Wild Life of Esther Williams 2013-06-13T15:28:43Z

She has honed a television persona charismatic enough to demand ample screen time without resorting to confrontational theatrics. Lisa Vanderpump of ‘Real Housewives’ Sips Her Tea. And Spills Some, Too. 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z

For twelve tracks on "Blunt Raps," Nacho advances a dark, loopy persona over production by a total unknown with no online presence, a guy called Raised by Wolves. Download this: "Blunt Raps" by Nacho Picasso 2010-11-18T21:46:00Z

Talk show host Tavis Smiley broke out of his serious guy persona to do “one last silly thing” before he turned 50. 'Dancing With the Stars' Season 19 premiere recap: The heat is on 2014-09-16T04:00:00Z

“He shaped my childhood and my persona in many ways,” she says. ‘I understand my wife’s lived experience better’: meet the men who have taken their wives’ surnames 2019-08-20T04:00:00Z

Stephen Colbert put his brilliant pundit persona to rest to move more toward variety comedy on “The Late Show.” David Letterman would finish off Donald Trump: Yes, we miss Jon Stewart, but no one deflated demagogues like Dave 2016-03-08T05:00:00Z

But Johnson quickly won over the crowd and kept its fickle attention with a light touch and his easygoing persona. Jack Johnson pulls off the switch at Bonnaroo 2013-06-16T05:40:10Z

What distinguished his performance as Rockford was how well that more-put-upon-than-macho persona came across. James Garner, Witty, Handsome Leading Man, Dies at 86 2014-07-20T04:00:00Z

Some comics build a persona that is the best vehicle for their jokes. With a Chuckle and a Cool-Girl Smirk, Beth Stelling Moves Up a Comic Class 2023-10-20T04:00:00Z

But on last night's Kitchen Wars, that persona was nowhere to be seen. Is The Great British Menu the effing end of the rude television chef? 2012-06-08T14:13:30Z

“He’s one of the few artists who has transcended his persona and become a part of the language and the cultural fabric.” Warhol-mania: Why the Famed Pop Artist Is Everywhere Again 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z

It's not an existential question, but sums up the elemental qualities of Orton's music; her hapless between-songs persona contrasts with the powerful figure in them. Beth Orton – review 2012-11-28T14:38:14Z

Anything that might ruffle the surface of the star’s manufactured persona, or compromise the integrity of the brand, must be repelled. Ben & Skip’s bogus journey: We need to face Affleck’s slave-owning ancestor — and mine — now more than ever 2015-04-25T04:00:00Z

From 1973 onward, they worked together to create one-off showpieces for Mr. Bowie’s stage personas and music tours, including the 1973 “Aladdin Sane” tour. Kansai Yamamoto, Designer With Ziggy Stardust as a Client, Dies at 76 2020-07-27T04:00:00Z

The festival subsequently declared Mr. von Trier persona non grata, a mysterious designation that left attendees scratching their heads: Was he banned for life or just for this year’s event? Arts & Leisure: Conflicting Voices in Lars von Trier?s Words and Works 2011-09-21T16:24:21Z

If revealed, the larger-than-life persona would become just more life. Review | In ‘Becoming Duchess Goldblatt,’ a Twitter celebrity is ready for her close-up — but her creator remains a mystery 2020-07-08T04:00:00Z

He gradually honed his stagecraft – "hanging cut, listening to stories, picking up ideas, one-liners, jokes" – and eventually developed his highly individual stage persona and style. Tom Waits: 'I'm a night-owl reporter' – a classic interview from the vaults 2012-08-07T16:41:06Z

That persona, you will not be surprised to hear, was not wholeheartedly welcomed. What if the Guy With the Red Pencil Is Nuts? 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z

This is like prestige, because, remember, even though they have user names, they still have a persona on those message boards that people know. Paying for sex — and love 2012-09-14T00:00:00Z

Franklin adopted a persona in the book, the narrator Poor Richard, whose personality changed over time. Benjamin Franklin continues to be a pop culture darling, from "Bill & Ted's" to video games 2022-04-06T04:00:00Z

But as much as I enjoyed the series, I felt Naz's descent into a full-on convict persona was built on a shaky foundation. ‘The Night Of’ Finale: In a Lonely Place 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z

Wood’s images of the singer, especially of her relaxing on the beach at St. Lucia, show a human, private side to contrast the self-destructive public persona. New & Noteworthy 2018-09-18T04:00:00Z

Integrating all those personas on album has been another story, though. Album review: Pink, 'The Truth About Love' 2012-09-18T04:36:00Z

The one risk, perhaps, is Wilde’s believability as an actress given how out-front she is as a public persona. Olivia Wilde on Celebs and Social Media: "The Nature of Society Has Changed" 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z

And she projects exactly the same persona that made her famous four decades ago when she appeared in “The Mary Tyler Moore Show.” Review: Hip-Hopping With the Stars in ‘Half Time’ 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z

It’s a high-pressure, high-stakes, anxiety-inducing, existentially terrifying profession—one in which each new image, which exalts the actor’s person and creates the actor’s persona, threatens to expose the actor to humiliation or ridicule. Kristen Stewart and the Actor’s Dilemma 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z

Even Gary Cooper is in on the deal, the handsome, all-American lunkhead the persona his career is based on. Frank Capra at the BFI - review 2010-12-18T00:07:26Z

In the 1970s, he was restless, flitting between musical styles and personas, producing Lou Reed and the Stooges, and taking up painting in Berlin. Tributes Abound for David Bowie, London Hero and ‘Master of Reinvention’ 2016-01-11T05:00:00Z

Many of them understand that their public persona is part of their books’ appeal. The book is dead. Long live the book festival. 2017-08-29T04:00:00Z

Lizzo’s persona as a TV host is part demanding queen, part nurturing mentor. Lizzo’s ‘Big Grrrls’ Asks Big Questions 2022-04-06T04:00:00Z

“That was the most important moment of his life, because he stayed in that persona forever.” Steven Van Zandt explores his fascinating and unlikely life 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z

A great thing about “Greenlights” is that the persona never sounds like a put-on. Review | Matthew McConaughey is ‘alright, alright, alright’ — and thinks you will be too 2020-10-18T04:00:00Z

It employs all the shiny semiotic cues that lure kids in, but ultimately it’s a red herring: overdressed in its self-absorbed, art-world persona, the bike is too wrapped up in itself for normal engagement. | Creatures of Comfort: Clothes Fit for Woman or Beast 2010-10-05T22:07:00Z

As the rougher edges of Mr. Harris’s voice came to the fore, he slipped into the persona of an itinerant folk-blues yarn spinner. Music Review: Allan Harris Performs at the Metropolitan Room 2010-04-06T22:27:00Z

He’s building a persona from parts that are there for the taking, risking asking forgiveness rather than worrying about permission. Pop’s Material Girls, Rich With Influence 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z

Garland’s swagger, limbs flying, was as much a part of her persona as the neediness always present in those devouring eyes. On the London Stage: It's Judy's World and Welcome to It 2010-12-01T08:00:00Z

This was a rock star who, perhaps more than any other, had hidden behind bizarre, intimidating invented personas. David Bowie: Back to His Mysterious Best 2013-03-07T12:00:25Z

His curmudgeonly persona became as much a part of his legend as his famed book, "Where the Wild Things Are." Maurice Sendak remembered by authors, celebrities 2012-05-08T18:48:10Z

As with YouTube, some people have built their own video persona and are on their way to becoming internet celebrities. Internet picks of the week 2011-03-12T00:07:36Z

Though she knew who she was, she was quick to poke fun at her prima donna persona. Joan Sutherland, Opera Soprano, Dies 2010-10-11T16:29:00Z

The movie shows that he first attracted notice for his street art, in the persona of “Samo.” Review: ‘Boom for Real’ Is a Beguiling Look at a Teenage Basquiat 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z

For Smith, a global box office star in his first leading role since the critical and box office disappointment of his 2013 sci-fi film "After Earth," the opportunity to examine his own persona was intriguing. 'Focus' filmmakers Glenn Ficarra and John Requa go for the unexpected 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z

But he's not letting the presidency stop him from keeping the belligerent persona he's spent decades sharpening on screen in shape, and in the Oval Office meeting he delivered a seriously polished performance. All the vice president’s memes: Reading Mike Pence’s stillness in the Oval Office showdown 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z

And Carroll Dunham rejects the idea that he is need of a persona, or that the art world is a solar system that is obligated to revolve around artists like Koons. '33 Artists' paints behind-the-scene picture of the art world 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z

Noted initially for his broken plate paintings, he headlined the star-studded art scene of the 1980s, becoming a larger than life pajama-clad persona often associated with, and derided for, the excesses of that decade. Julian Schnabel’s Art on His Own Terms 2018-03-14T04:00:00Z

Then he did not release anything that even remotely resembled that persona. 'American Idol' Top 5 need to beware the burse of Bo Bice 2010-05-01T20:31:00Z

It's a very different experience, so I've had to get to know my other persona. Jamal Mahjoub: 'My wife says Parker Bilal is much nicer' 2013-03-17T19:00:08Z

She swerved from giddy good cheer to cloying intensity, a bipolar persona that often clashed with the bland, brisk professionalism that is morning television. The TV Watch: Ann Curry’s Tearful Goodbye From ‘Today’ 2012-06-28T21:30:38Z

Even within his own compositional output, several of these varied personae jostle for attention. Symphony's tribute to Leonard Bernstein is a festival high note 2010-06-25T18:35:00Z

Ms. Scott deftly modulates her character’s warm, bubbly persona at times to suggest her evolving levels of anxiety. Review: In ‘Whorl Inside a Loop,’ Inmates Shape Their Stories 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z

But while central personas haven’t changed, their objectives may have shifted over the years. "Deadwood: The Movie" is a send-off worth the long wait 2019-05-29T04:00:00Z

The lover boy persona that he has duped people into believing? Drake, it's time to give up the soft boy gimmick: Why the rapper's lover boy persona is a sham 2023-10-11T04:00:00Z

As Colin's role and persona is certainly bound to transform, so can the show around him. "What We Do in the Shadows" proves the first law of thermodynamics with its refreshing cliffhanger 2021-10-30T04:00:00Z

Both men turned their ways of battling anxiety into copiously documented public personas that would seem to be easy to imitate but are not. The Pain of Fame, With Sondheim, Warhol and Capote as Guides 2017-10-06T04:00:00Z

Was the native Westerner persona just good publicity spin, or a sign of emerging mental instability? Artist?s Work, Out of Attics, Goes to Walls of a Museum 2010-08-25T02:26:00Z

“It’s a new persona. He has stopped trying to be nice.” | François Hollande: Casanova or Lout? 2014-02-07T20:50:14Z

Women artists had long been obliged to adopt colorful public personas just to get noticed at all. Think You Know Andy Warhol? Here Are Five Truths That May Surprise 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z

Her television persona was that of a friend and teacher, not a dinner-party conversationalist. The Passionate, Progressive Politics of Julia Child 2019-03-26T04:00:00Z

Just as easily, it could be an example of Melania Trump using her public persona to project that there is someone sensible in the Trump White House as her husband seeks a second term. Melania Trump is having a hard time distancing herself from the president 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z

The plotting is ingenious and the performers are at their best, both using and subverting their well-established personas, just as Miller slyly turns her film from another indie rom-com into something sharper. ‘Raw,’ ‘Monogamy’ and Other Streaming Gems 2021-10-25T04:00:00Z

Part of the fun of the movie is the way their characters refract their well-established public personas. Punching the Clock (and the Boss) With Dolly, Lily and Jane 2020-06-16T04:00:00Z

The pandemic meant he had psychic distance from his public persona, and physical distance from the trappings of fame; the resulting album takes the introspection present on his previous projects and digs deeper. How Stormzy Crafted His Latest Album, ‘This Is What I Mean’ 2022-11-29T05:00:00Z

What was most endearing to me was the manner in which both Sarandon and Lange were able to humanize these legendary personas without resorting to caricature and mockery. ‘Feud: Bette and Joan’ Season Finale: Two Seconds 2017-04-23T04:00:00Z

As she did with Shawn, Ross portrayed herself in ways that clashed with her public persona. Lillian Ross, celebrated New Yorker writer, dead at 99 2017-09-20T04:00:00Z

Each story is tagged with dramatis personae indicators, such as “her+him,” “her+her,” and “her+him+them”; scenario indicators, such as “adventurous,” “hookup,” “blindfold,” and “nostalgic”; and hotness-flame ratings, as voted upon by listeners. The Audio App That’s Transforming Erotica 2019-07-21T04:00:00Z

We tend to view celebrities’ lives as episodic, especially ones that possess an enigmatic public persona. Like His Films, David Lynch’s The Big Dream is Enigmatic and Opaque 2013-07-19T09:45:37Z

This, of course, from an artist whose persona — an oeuvre in itself — was built upon banal utterances and a demeanor suggesting that the whole being-taken-over-by-robots experience wasn’t such a bad thing after all. Art Review: ?Pop Objects? and ?1960s Monochrome? at Guggenheim - Review 2012-01-12T21:55:15Z

She spends several years cultivating her social media persona, liking and retweeting and commenting and rating and posting inane selfies. Review | You won’t find Dave Eggers’s new book on Amazon. That’s the most interesting thing about it. 2021-10-18T04:00:00Z

Yet, we’re struck by how little of her TV persona was real. ‘Being Mary Tyler Moore’ Review: A Tip of the Hat to the Tossed Hat 2023-05-25T04:00:00Z

Toby adopts the appealing persona of “spurned husband” as he attempts to juggle women, kids and patients, but figuring out what has become of his missing ex will require unfamiliar — and uncomfortable — introspection. The 10 books to read in 2019 based on what you loved in 2018 2018-12-31T05:00:00Z

Three of the NSO’s cellists, from the often-overlooked middle of the section, took the solo parts Thursday night and brought rather different timbres and musical personae to this long, intricate and ultimately rewarding work. At NSO, a rewarding introduction 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z

Wilson, leaning on her comic persona to compensate for the script’s lack of wit or inventiveness, is a reliable deadpanner. ‘Isn’t It Romantic’ Review: Rebel Wilson Mocks, and Obeys, Rom-Com Rules 2019-02-12T05:00:00Z

And so Jones became persona non grata everywhere from Churt to Chechnya. TV review: Storyville: Hitler, Stalin and Mr Jones; Michael Johnson: Survival of the Fastest 2012-07-05T21:20:01Z

But I understand that question, because a lot of people can't throw away whatever their persona is in what they do and really act like themselves, personality-wise, in front of a camera. Andrew Dice Clay still won't apologize 2011-08-09T17:20:00Z

De Niro abruptly resumes his affable persona and says goodbye; he and Pacino are swiftly escorted out. Robert De Niro and Al Pacino: 'We’re not doing this ever again' 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z

Dewey and Marrinan say that part of their task was to get beyond Burden’s sensational public persona to show the profound thinking that went into some of his work. How the iconoclastic life and quiet death of L.A. artist Chris Burden was captured in a new documentary 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z

"I think I created my particular stage persona out of my dad's life and perhaps I even built it to suit him to some degree." At its heart, Obama and Springsteen's podcast is redefining the toxic masculinity upheld by Trump 2021-02-23T05:00:00Z

Actors were playing convicts who were bringing to life Shakespeare’s illustrious dramatis personae. Notes on a truly Shakespearean year: An enlightened boldness brings out the best in the Bard 2016-12-19T05:00:00Z

And Ms. Mitchell works magic of her own on stage, constantly showing the enchantresses Alcina and Morgana alternating between glamorous public personas and their “real life,” older, private selves. Review: Exploring Captivity in Handel’s ‘Alcina’ and Mozart’s ‘Entführung’ at Aix-en-Provence Festival 2015-07-14T04:00:00Z

Cena, one of the biggest stars of World Wrestling Entertainment, said he was used to playing a loud-mouthed character, with a slight caveat – his wrestling persona was moral. ‘Peacemaker’ puts John Cena film character in topical light 2022-01-28T05:00:00Z

Throughout his memoir, Evans is more persona than person. The Legacy of Robert Evans, a Vexing Hollywood Legend 2019-11-02T04:00:00Z

Eerily unencumbered with personal or family responsibilities, the guys find their man-child slacker personae not going down well with all the uptight, smartphone-obsessed youngsters, who don't dig their jokey 80s references. The Internship – review 2013-07-05T09:01:03Z

She also controlled the way she was photographed as carefully as a Hollywood studio, creating a seamless merging of nature-based art and a somewhat monkish persona. Georgia O’Keeffe, Stylist and Curator of Her Own Myth 2017-03-02T05:00:00Z

She emerged onstage in a pink sequined top — she owns multiple pink sequined tops — and a warm, daffy persona. Judy Collins Has a Time Machine 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z

I often take on the role of educator, the revolutionary — this hero persona you try to live up to be, that the Daddy tried to live up to be. “Porn stars are the gladiators of the entertainment industry” 2014-03-15T23:00:00Z

He is at once sensitive to the exaggerated persona he has embraced, challenging a reporter to name the last time his show recommended a hamburger, and acutely aware of his own ridiculousness. Guy Fieri, Elder Statesman of Flavortown 2022-05-23T04:00:00Z

It’s called the Lox Club, and to join, you have to make it past a committee that examines your ambition, Instagram persona and perceived authenticity. Looking for Nice Jewish Guys With ‘Standards’? Click Here 2020-12-19T05:00:00Z

“It was great to work with such a screen persona in the decidedly smaller scale of my own films.” A Brazilian Filmmaker Travels Through Time, With Sonia Braga 2016-05-10T04:00:00Z

But Saturday’s two best songs were ones she’d written with Natalie Hemby, “White Liar” and “Only Prettier,” both of which position Ms. Lambert, or her persona, as a genius of revenge. Music Review: Miranda Lambert Brings ?Four the Record? to the Izod Center 2012-01-29T20:55:25Z

She was reportedly terrified by the challenge of playing a role so far removed from her glamorous persona. Elizabeth Taylor, legendary actress, dies at 79 2011-03-23T13:57:00Z

Despite his quirks and shyness, Ray is both a familiar and comforting persona who not only yearns for love but is capable of receiving it. 9 TV shows that center on South Asian desire, from "Mismatched" to "Starstruck" 2022-05-28T04:00:00Z

Sues was grateful for "Laugh-In," but wasn't happy he was typecast in his comic persona as he sought to return to more serious acting. 'Laugh-In' comic actor Alan Sues dies at 85 2011-12-05T09:16:07Z

Johnson’s aesthetics are founded on the persona of a suddenly liberated, fun-seeking good girl and that was precisely who Johnson was when she began. Betsey Johnson has never run with the fashion elite. That’s why she’s endured. 2015-05-31T04:00:00Z

“Christopher has a certain persona,” Lucas once told the New York Times. Christopher Lee, famous for villainous roles, dies at 93 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z

Pollan’s literary persona has a rare, almost Thoreauvian affect: the lovable scold. Michael Pollan Drops Acid — and Comes Back From His Trip Convinced 2018-06-04T04:00:00Z

His screen persona, a well-meaning but clumsy vagrant with social aspirations – wasn't showy, or imitable in an obvious way. Clip joint: Charlie Chaplins 2011-07-13T15:34:00Z

By the time he made this statement, which seems almost to parody his macho persona, Hemingway's long and hugely successful career as a writer was effectively over. A brief survey of the short story part 34: Ernest Hemingway 2011-07-15T10:54:43Z

It’s a miracle how not-annoying she is – by all rights we’d want to shove her in front of a bus, yet somehow she takes this grating persona and makes it endearing. Life After Beth first look review – fun zombie premise is dead on arrival 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z

It would take a modern woman to see through the thick smoke screen of self-deprecation that was Lady Bird’s persona. Beneath Her Decorous Demeanor, ‘Lady Bird Johnson’ Was a Political Force 2021-03-16T04:00:00Z

Artists often adopt personas in their work — master painter, trickster, savant — and you can see this in the 13 performances of the maverick artist William Pope.L at the Museum of Modern Art. What Makes Pope.L’s Art Endure? (It’s Not the Famous Crawls) 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z

Adam Ant was a key player in the punk scene before creating his New Wave persona Thirty years ago, Adam Ant was one of the most recognisable stars on the planet. The return of Ant music 2011-02-23T08:29:32Z

Not sure how this will translate to the screen, as it's all about Gilbert's voice and charming, slightly scattery persona. "All of Me," and reading for the movies 2010-06-21T18:24:00Z

While the jokes and comedian personas are as shaped as the dialogue and characters in movies, they feel more real. A Year When Death Loomed in the Laughter 2016-12-28T05:00:00Z

Dillon observes that he is interested above all in images that enact “blurring and becoming,” “becoming otherwise, in disguises and personae.” Ways of Seeing 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z

The boys are crafting their own public personae, in support of the brand, and their future. Eric and Don have the Trump name, the money, the genes. Here’s what makes them different. 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z

Video blogging supergroup Our 2nd Life, known as O2L to fans, said the organizers of the Teen Choice Awards were smart to incorporate Web personas. Teen Choice Awards feels the power of the Web 2014-08-13T04:00:00Z

The quiet Mr. Trump took the first shift, presenting a general-election version of his forceful campaign persona minus the bluster, insults and defenses of his anatomy. How the Split Screen Framed Trump and Clinton 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z

Ehrenreich is a gifted actor and possesses a rakishly appealing persona, but the character’s inner darkness is only hinted at.” ‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’: What Do Critics Say? What Do You Say? 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z

Mr. O’Brien’s comic persona was always lighter and less intimate; he led a new breed of healthily irreverent comedians who mocked show business and its lunacies from the margins. Comedy Review: Conan O?Brien?s ?Legally Prohibited? Tour Hits New York 2010-06-02T22:16:00Z

Mr. Jenner tried to disentangle himself from his reality show skin, shedding the slightly goofy, Father Knows Least persona he plays on E! to reveal a more forceful and assertive version of himself. Bruce Jenner, Embracing Transgender Identity, Says ‘It’s Just Who I Am’ 2015-04-25T04:00:00Z

The “Mr Hyde” in Robin Williams’s movie persona was well known. Robin Williams remembered: "What a remarkable performer. This is a brutal shock" 2014-08-12T04:00:00Z

Images of death and destruction have been elemental in Bowie’s work, from his Ziggy and the Thin White Duke personas to his “Outside” and “Heathen” albums. David Bowie and the sad, inspiring history of making art while dying 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z

With its debut on Aug. 1, 1981, the new cable network thoughtfully provided him an outlet for these works, as well as for his next persona: David Bowie, unabashed pop star. How David Bowie Went Mainstream 2016-01-18T05:00:00Z

The result will be a “fusion” of sorts, he says, with shark science and Skomal’s energetic persona “coming together in an action-packed drama” about the quest for East Coast great whites. Discovery Channel looks to regain its bite with its favorite franchise 2015-06-15T04:00:00Z

So if it's a marketing ploy, it's working – although it may point to how seriously hip-hop is taking Miley's newfound musical persona. Miley Cyrus has gone hip-hop. What's the problem? 2013-07-05T15:04:32Z

His artistic persona, evident in his stage manner as well as his songs, suggested a distillation of folk wisdom in a knowing but unpretentious package. Mose Allison, a Font of Jazz and Blues, Dies at 89 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z

RELATED: How Jeff Bridges built his fascinating body of work: "I tried hard not to develop too strong a persona" Jeff Bridges on the Dude, making "The Old Man" and the experience of "dancing with my mortality" 2022-06-16T04:00:00Z

Like Shatner, Dyer's persona has ossified into a cartoonish straitjacket that gets tighter the more he tries to wriggle free of it. Dyer straits: how can Danny save his career? 2010-08-19T21:00:00Z

The most intriguing character on the series is a persona: the notorious and observant scandal sheet writer Lady Whistledown. From race to incels, the modern "Bridgerton" twists hold a mirror up to today's shortcomings 2020-12-27T05:00:00Z

In the series, she takes on the personae of her curiously spotted and speckled creatures with a notable absence of vanity. On the Runway Blog: From Isabella Rossellini, Creature Moms 2013-05-12T12:00:38Z

“It’s a stunt to justify her presence at an fancy shin-dig that doesn’t match her political persona. She still looks better that Kim K in the bat outfit.” The Met Gala is full of rich people. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez wore a dress with a message: “Tax the Rich.” 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z

But she brought her arena-ready video backdrop, a band that could switch between traditionalism and radio-ready modern country, and a convincing “redneck chick” persona along with her brash voice. Bonnaroo: Stray Moments 2010-06-14T18:30:00Z

As a culture, we’re accepting of all of that, so long as we believe the true demons are being worked out on the page or the screen and what we’re seeing is a persona. Perspective | Pretending to be bad boys let them get away with being bad men 2019-01-08T05:00:00Z

Stephen Moss meets with this elusive, academic mischief maker, Arnold Harvey, the man behind the Dickens and Dostoyevsky hoax, and the events that led to his invention of multiple fictitious academic personas. Your weekend reading: hoaxes and imitations, and a 12ft tall Mr Darcy 2013-07-14T00:50:17Z

His persona is avuncular yet sometimes also accusatory. Review: In ‘Antarctica: Ice and Sky,’ a Scientist’s Life Work 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z

Part of this involves the courting of controversy, and Gaga pushed her public persona to ever more hallucinatory extremes. Lady Gaga's new gay anthem 2011-02-14T06:01:00Z

But his Horrible Boss persona has deteriorated into something beyond the limits of even his own grossness. Trump: You’re fired! 2012-11-07T20:54:00Z

Barack Obama’s studied look during his campaign reveals how political candidates punctuate their campaign persona with clothes. Isabel Toledo’s inauguration wardrobe for Michelle Obama exuded the optimism of a historic moment 2019-08-27T04:00:00Z

Garner once said his screen persona as an easy-going guy smart enough to steer clear of a fight actually ran only so deep. Actor James Garner of 'The Rockford Files' dead at 86 2014-07-22T04:00:00Z

The recurring drama is that of identity lost, reinvented or both: A job creates a new persona, sisters swap lives. Review | ‘I Hold A Wolf by the Ears’ offers the greatest distillation of Laura van den Berg’s talents to date 2020-07-23T04:00:00Z

I’d been spotted, labeled and identified as persona non grata among the other moms. My best eco-friendly failures: glass coffee jars and olive oil to fight acne 2015-09-29T04:00:00Z

It’s tempting to conclude that his persona is a stunt, a piece of performance art in the Andy Kaufman tradition. Joe Pera and the Surprising Pleasures of Gentle Humor 2021-11-08T05:00:00Z

That film was not much liked by critics, but it remains interesting in pushing the sexual aspect of her persona as far as possible. The making of Melissa McCarthy: how Bridesmaids star kept it real and cleaned up 2015-08-22T04:00:00Z

The film is punctuated by humorous moments early on, but the persona of the beaver puppet eventually takes over Black's life in a disturbing way and forces him to battle his demons. "Beaver" maker Jodie Foster sees more directing ahead 2011-05-02T17:34:03Z

The Pew Research Center described my demo in 2014 by saying, "One reason Xers have trouble defining their own generational persona could be that they’ve rarely been doted on by the media." Generation X exists! New Weezer album is the sound of our middle-aged middle-child syndrome 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z

The thumbnail summary — “Aubrey Plaza becomes a thief” — conjures up a bone-dry comedy in which her deadpan persona creates ironic friction with the criminal underworld. The 50 Best Movies on Netflix Right Now 2023-07-07T04:00:00Z

Sabrina, who describes her stage persona as a “bar-mitzvah-mother thing,” is the manager, choreographer, and director, working in private with the participants on the details of their routines and then rehearsing them onstage. “The Queen”: The Documentary That Went Behind the Scenes of a Drag Pageant Years Before “Paris Is Burning” 2019-06-26T04:00:00Z

We all have to carry on a public persona in public of what we are expected to behave like according to our social classes and our culture. "Mothering Sunday" director on challenging politics through intimacy: "Nudity levels out classes" 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z

Despite its ludicrous premise, he does a fine and fearless job of selling his character’s varied personae. From Split to Psycho: why cinema fails dissociative identity disorder 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z

Instead, she has made her story a key component of her public persona. Will the Fashion World Accept Andreja Pejic As a Woman? 2014-09-05T04:00:00Z

"The persona I portray gives a voice to those who use it as a way of expression." Pow!: anthem for kettled youth 2011-02-03T21:30:00Z

That’s how she built the armor for a stage persona that became famous on comedy roasts. Body Image Issues? Lisa Lampanelli Knows the Feeling 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z

She also told me she was “crankier than usual,” to the point where her co-workers dubbed her diet persona “Whole30 Kendra.” 5 Diets, the take-aways: How our 5 staffers managed, and what comes next 2017-02-06T05:00:00Z

As with other female stars with over-the-top cartoon images, like Lady Gaga and Nicki Minaj, the persona is her own creation. Music: Kesha Tilts Closer to a Rock Sound With ‘Warrior’ 2012-11-25T00:10:06Z

Her self-mocking nebbish is a familiar persona, but there comes a moment when she drops and deconstructs it, and that turning point makes you re-evaluate everything you saw before. Introducing a Major New Voice in Comedy (Who Also Attacks Comedy) 2018-03-19T04:00:00Z

Having a grieving actor who has spoken of feeling imprisoned by his goofy screen persona playing a grieving actor imprisoned by his goofy screen persona brings an undeniable frisson here. The true man show? Why Jim Carrey’s new show Kidding is too close to the bone 2018-11-24T05:00:00Z

Was your “Weekend Update” persona based on real newswomen? Jane Curtin Is Playing It Straight 2019-02-17T05:00:00Z

Beginning Friday, Lieberman will direct “Chasing Andy Warhol,” a theatrical tour through the East Village in which multiple actors play the artist simultaneously, alluding to his love for repeated images and various personas. Warhol-mania: Why the Famed Pop Artist Is Everywhere Again 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z

“People have become much more guarded about their public persona,” he continued. Let’s watch a murder 2012-06-10T01:00:00Z

"Serving realness" means you're so fully embodying a certain persona that it appears authentic. 11 drag slang terms you should know 2022-07-22T04:00:00Z

It's to her credit that the limited series takes on the feeling of an anthology at first since she takes on several distinct personas both as her main character, Dre, and under various aliases. With "Swarm," two "Atlanta" collaborators kick the beehive of toxic fandom 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z

But the sound that emerged from the facade was intriguingly at odds with the bedizened persona. The Week Ahead: Nov. 18 — 24 2012-11-18T08:00:06Z

While Handke is adored by Serbs for his support of their nationalist policies, he is considered persona non grata in the Bosnian capital of Sarajevo, which is dominated by mostly Muslim Bosniaks. Bosnia Serbs honor controversial Nobel Literature winner 2021-05-07T04:00:00Z

But anyway, it's just his business persona and the way he comes across. It started with an “Apprentice” audition. Then he was hired to teach at Trump University 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z

One of the keys to his art was an eye for casting: he single-handedly created the onscreen persona of the actor who exemplifies the intimate tensions of the times, Rock Hudson. Jacob Lawrence, Audra McDonald, and Rockaway Taco 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z

Were there particular cultural references or people that you thought Jasmine would have based that persona on? “Refreshingly Honest”: Cate Blanchett on Working with Woody Allen 2013-07-18T16:16:38Z

By the summer of 1954, Paul de Man’s persona had evolved. How Paul de Man hid his past 2014-03-30T15:00:00Z

It could be argued that this new persona would never have existed but for the aforementioned little pill. Cultural Studies: Viagra: The Thrill That Was 2011-06-03T20:20:32Z

There is a species of Republican whose transgressions against Trump have rendered them — is there any other way to say it? — persona non MAGA. Trump shunned Nancy Mace. Can she survive a GOP primary anyway? 2022-06-13T04:00:00Z

Aniston’s tabloid persona is haunted by her past romantic lives, and the scenario felt designed to rouse dormant narratives. Victory Speech (Hillary’s Version) 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z

Another week, another over-the-hill action hero, but this straightforward thriller plays to Stallone's weatherproof persona, with violence, one-liners, buddy banter and axe-wielding. This week's new films 2013-02-02T06:00:09Z

Downey is a rare beast, an actor who, thanks to a personality he deploys to unique effect on the screen, makes it harder than most to distinguish between public persona and private life. Robert Downey Jr. drops superhero mask, has new mission in 'The Judge' 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z

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

Although he presided over a highly successful period at Dior, industry insiders say his shaky personal life began to overshadow his public persona following the suicide of one of his closest advisers two years ago. Outrage propelled Galliano's rise and fall 2011-06-22T17:26:52Z

Conflating Allen's persona with that of Mike Baxter has been the show's selling point and, depending on who you are, its drawback. "Last Man Standing" bids farewell, while Tim Allen keeps on truckin' with his right-wing shade 2021-05-21T04:00:00Z

While he is tight-lipped about the film’s story line, he said the project will be more personal than his online persona. A Young Photographer With an ‘Honest Gaze’ 2017-12-12T05:00:00Z

Gandolfini could play a certain kind of bleak comedy without effort: his screen persona was naturally funny, in an acid way. James Gandolfini's film career: much more than just another wiseguy 2013-06-20T17:00:00Z

The couple argue that Noonan and the three companies are liable for unlawfully using their persona for commercial purposes and for invasion of privacy. Erotic book about Rob Gronkowski leads to a lawsuit to remember 2015-04-28T04:00:00Z

Here, our tenderness for the actors’ familiar personae mingles with our affection for the characters’ archetypes, which are more familiar yet. Review: John Krasinski Brings His Man-Boyish Charm to “Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan” 2018-08-29T04:00:00Z

Underneath that cockney persona, she figured out how to use story-telling, lived experience and memory to draw political parallels. Gilda O'Neill obituary 2010-10-06T17:06:00Z

I do believe writers shouldn't feel limited to writing only through experiences that we can personally claim 100% "ours," or write only characters and voices and personas that we "own." On cultural appropriation: A Latina novelist calls herself out amid the "American Dirt" controversy 2020-01-26T05:00:00Z

Because onstage she plays a persona, of cheerful obliviousness. Sarah Silverman's not kidding ... maybe 2011-03-24T16:26:00Z

But then in 2005 she went and hooked up with Tom Cruise and solidified the strangeness of her persona: Who does that kind of thing, and why? Who are you, Katie Holmes? 2012-07-08T19:00:00Z

They despise what they see as one of rock's ultimate commodities, the "morbid young men" persona. New band of the day ? No 754: Airship 2010-03-25T16:45:00Z

Mercer even tries on a new vocal persona in the title track: the gender-bending soul balladeer, and it works. Album review: The Shins, 'Port of Morrow' 2012-03-19T22:16:00Z

“It’s almost scary how you can create a persona on Instagram or Twitter,” she said. Rowan Blanchard: The Unlikely Evolution of a Disney Star 2016-10-12T04:00:00Z

No one familiar with Mr. Callahan’s close-to-the-vest persona will be shocked to learn that, in the revelation department, pickings are slim. Movie Review: ‘Apocalypse’ Focuses on the Singer Bill Callahan 2014-05-01T22:41:54Z

He describes Juice’s rap persona as “that of an earnest, if somewhat demented, motivational speaker.” ‘The Next Next Level’ by Leon Neyfakh: a tale of rap and friendship 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z

Ms. Esposito has a more stylish persona, but a similar gift for plugging punch lines into personal stories. Bill Cosby and Many Others Hit the New York Comedy Festival 2014-11-02T04:00:00Z

And it was a persona … It was never something that I felt comfortable with. Donna Summer dead at 63; more than just a disco diva 2012-05-17T19:44:00Z

As the sold-out show revealed, his controversial public persona is at odds with his onstage one. Trevor Noah, Next ‘Daily Show’ Host,’ Aggressively Sunny in Performance 2015-04-19T04:00:00Z

In the background lay a history and an arriviste but ebullient culture that habitually encouraged the casting aside of one persona and the dedicated embrace of another. My hero: Ravi Shankar by Amit Chaudhuri 2012-12-12T17:35:01Z

He kind of became trapped in his own persona, which is a tricky thing. Michael Shannon on His 'Behind-Closed-Doors, Private Version of Elvis' 2016-04-22T04:00:00Z

The hair is as wild as a brushfire, but everything else about Christopher Walken is softer, friendlier, more amused than anticipated – a domestic cat to the killer of his onscreen persona. Christopher Walken: ‘I don’t need to be made to look evil’ 2016-04-16T04:00:00Z

He loved to tease, possessed a “queenly persona”, snubbed people who failed to interest him and “had a tongue like a viper if he wanted to use it”. Shades of Byzantium 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z

His non-threatening material and sweet persona appeals to audiences of all ages and seems genuine. Gabriel 'Fluffy' Iglesias, a social (media) sort of guy, gets a film 2014-07-29T04:00:00Z

Sherry is Ms. Young’s outré persona, a trashy Southern blonde who never met a confrontation she didn’t like. Ann Liv Young Plans a Return; P.S. 1 Says No 2010-08-11T22:38:00Z

"For example, on Facebook the persona continues to live long after the person has died." Gotta get back in time: The current explosion of time travel novels goes beyond sci-fi and fantasy 2023-07-25T04:00:00Z

What do you think it is about you that invites this playfulness with your persona? ‘The New Pope’ Looks a Lot Like John Malkovich 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z

At one point in the interview, Weiner observed to Gibson that "Your public persona is not really you." Mel Gibson says he was "betrayed" 2011-04-22T15:23:00Z

The mayor of Miami declared another Cuban singer persona non grata and her concert in a private club was cancelled. Miami sees a return to Cold War cultural hard line on Cuba 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z

Similarly, pity the Russian spy chiefs who tried to inhabit the mythological persona of “Karla,” the chief of “Moscow Center” and Smiley’s Cold War rival. Perspective | John le Carré didn’t just invent the characters in the foreground of the spy world. He designed the entire set. 2020-12-14T05:00:00Z

“It’s not like I reinvented the wheel,” he said with a grin, speaking about his new persona. Perez Hilton Pursues Redemption 2012-10-17T23:02:30Z

Shteyngart's background supplied him with the persona that is his camouflage and his sly revenge. 'America's top satirist' 2010-09-04T23:02:00Z

He has instead hidden his canny approach to architecture and fame behind an aw-shucks persona that has operated as a kind of mask. An avuncular Frank Gehry takes to the Web in new online master class 2017-07-28T04:00:00Z

Banksy has constructed this larger-than-life persona by going by a strange name and remaining anonymous. ArtsBeat: Tribeca Film Festival: ‘Mr. Jones’ 2013-04-18T16:09:28Z

But the persona – a brittle diva interrupting her songs to take her medication – is overfamiliar, and a little too needy. Meow Meow | Burlesque review 2010-03-29T22:00:00Z

Huddled like refugees from another time and place, a family appears in the theater clad in mourning black, an orphaned band of dramatis personae. ‘Six Characters in Search of an Author’ at BAM 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z

And, consistent with her independent persona, she has not joined the gallery. A New Level of Ambition in Art by 3 Women 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z

Others describe awakening to their own L.G.B.T.Q. identity, or talk about the distance between their personas on the club floor and off. How Do You Make a Film for a Museum and Pornhub? Ask Leilah Weinraub 2020-04-03T04:00:00Z

Yet “Pride” powerfully complicates his persona, and hints what should have been obvious all along: that Pride has always been as savvy and knowing as he’s been forbearing. What Country Music Owes to Charley Pride 2019-02-22T05:00:00Z

This popular strain of commentary is nothing but the narcissism of the theorist, revealing his desire to inhabit a persona without needs and attachments. Lay off Kim and Kanye! Why millennials actually aren’t “Generation Me” 2014-04-06T15:00:00Z

She said a documentary filmmaker has been following her around, adding that she sometimes wished she had a larger-than-life persona to hide behind, like Tom Waits’s or Laurie Anderson’s. Martha Wainwright Tells a Few Stories She Might Regret 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z

Wade’s narrative persona is a salt-of-the earth guy with a sensitive soul. The Human Comedy of Adam Wade 2016-04-19T04:00:00Z

This is not to say that Ms. Sullivan has sacrificed the charm of her original comic persona — a voluptuous, eye-batting Lorelei Lee type — to plunge into doom and gloom. Music Review: Woman for All Seasons, Ballads and Emotions 2011-05-10T21:30:25Z

"We're delighted to continue our relationship with Arnold Schwarzenegger, who turns in a performance that marks a dramatic departure from his action persona." Arnold Schwarzenegger zombie movie 'Maggie' acquired by Lionsgate 2014-08-26T04:00:00Z

The cowardliness of hiding behind a digital persona, and how we trash and deride people as well as how we relate as millennials. If you have to ask: “How To Tell You’re a Douchebag” filmmaker on making his Twitter-era rom-com 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z

There’s a sense of constraint and even anxiety about his stand-up persona. Stand-Up Sets Where You Can Choose Your Own Adventure 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z

But Mr. Petty has a songwriting persona of his own, one that suits his scraggly voice. Music Review: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers at Beacon Theater 2013-05-22T21:35:34Z

“The one thing I knew beforehand was, I wanted her to be many personae,” he said. Cate Blanchett Morphs a Dozen Times in ‘Manifesto’ 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z

The key to his persona, I think, can be found in the joke he tells about the always-be-selling vanity of his generation, presenting himself as its avatar. John Early Brings a Deliriously Over-the-Top Sensibility to Stand-Up 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z

“It’s very powerful. Your entire persona changes for that period of time. It carries you over, and it can follow you into your personal life.” Lana Wood, Natalie’s Little Sister, Has Plenty to Say 2019-08-03T04:00:00Z

Zellweger called her portrayal of Garland a “continued sort of exploration” between the famous actress and singer’s public persona and her private experiences. Renée Zellweger felt a 'sense of responsibility' in 'Judy' 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z

But however much he borrowed from either man, the music and persona that emerged were his own. Little Richard, Flamboyant Wild Man of Rock ’n’ Roll, Dies at 87 2020-05-09T04:00:00Z

As "this journey" progresses, he hopes to continue expanding the boundaries of his acting persona. Russell Brand, Jonah Hill talk 'Get Him to the Greek' 2010-05-26T23:17:00Z

He's lied so profusely and assumed so many false personas that he can't seem to keep up with his falsehoods. From "You" to "Barry," we're fascinated by audacious grifters: The man who deceives us and himself 2023-03-11T05:00:00Z

Cosby “has evidenced a predilection for sexual contact with women who are unconscious or drugged. His victims are young, ‘star struck’ and totally trusting of his public persona,” Troiani argued. Bill Cosby's Drug Admission Could Help Women's Cases, Lawyers Say 2015-07-07T04:00:00Z

But being the face of a brand or persona for purely monetary gain compromises a child's digital safety and their ability to be healthily socialized as a growing adolescent. The death hoax of a child influencer: Lil Tay's recent infamy shines a light on a bigger problem 2023-08-18T04:00:00Z

O’Reilly, whose television persona was often caustic and snide, mounted as vigorous a defense as possible from his Italian vacation, deploying a professional spin doctor to attack Walsh’s claims. ‘The mission was to bring down Bill O’Reilly’: The final days of a Fox News superstar 2017-04-21T04:00:00Z

Chapel's complicity also injects a sliver of corruption into her otherwise benign persona, one with broader prominence in a future we've already seen. "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds" shows how war muddles the moral compass of two of its crew 2023-07-27T04:00:00Z

Onstage Robbins has a dominant persona, but in the presence of the nuns, it was replaced by an air of deference and humility. Soup kitchen run by nuns and funded by self-help guru approved in California 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z

Shows are devised around the comedic personas of a given, usually male, comic. “Love” and the Rise of the Bigendered Sitcom 2017-04-01T04:00:00Z

But, despite the toupee stigma, studies showed that being bald could hurt a man’s persona even more, especially at work. The Year’s Best Movie Hair, American Hustle, and the History of the Toupee 2013-12-16T22:19:23Z

But as time wore on, many younger people, particularly musicians of the bebop generation, expressed misgivings about his genuflecting stage persona. Louis Armstrong’s Life in Letters, Music and Art 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z

“I have retracted a little bit from just giving everything away,” he said of his public persona. How Mac DeMarco Became the Lovable Laid-Back Prince of Indie Rock 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z

His comic persona is that of the worst boyfriend you ever had back in your early 20s when you didn’t know better. Richard Lewis is not as miserable as he appears. But he’s still miserable. 2020-02-28T05:00:00Z

She works at creating a glamorous persona and regularly curates the Facebook photos and interests that show up on her Tinder profile. Bow down to "the Tinder Queen": Dating apps aren't just for hooking up 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z

“I was trying to get beyond the persona of the queen, through to the essence of her being,” he recalled of his meetings with the monarch. Artists discuss how they turned the queen into an icon. 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z

Unlike other celebrities, the persona of Hollywood's last star has always loomed larger than life. Tom Cruise, our messy messiah of movies 2023-07-25T04:00:00Z

It would be hard to keep up the stage persona all the time. Karen O: ‘When I fell off the stage it was time for a rethink’ 2018-01-20T05:00:00Z

His persona is a delight: a camp, simpering Hooray Henry with a patrician world view, whom you can't help loving because of his over-excitable sense of fun. Jonny Sweet ? review 2011-01-12T21:30:01Z

Although it might be tempting to bestow a kind of secular sainthood upon Dr. Seuss, the persona, Jones resists such a simplified portrayal of Geisel, the man. How Dr. Seuss Changed Education in America 2019-06-05T04:00:00Z

The poignancy of “Letters” comes from the juxtaposition of Jackson’s jaunty social persona and the occasional searing glimpses of a profoundly vulnerable woman. Review | Shirley Jackson’s letters reveal the droll voice of an aggrieved working mother 2021-07-28T04:00:00Z

His six-decade career was an ongoing act of transformation, a series of outrageous experiments in persona and power chords. See TIME's Cover Commemorating the life of David Bowie 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z

That way with words, and of course the music and persona, made Mr. Brown a culture critics’ darling. Books of The Times: ?The One,? James Brown Biography by R J Smith 2012-03-08T00:53:14Z

The Grand Illusion this week presents "Monsieur Verdoux," the 1947 "comedy of murders" in which Charlie Chaplin shed his usual Little Tramp persona to play a Parisian version of Bluebeard. Films from Isle of Wight, Andy Warhol's Factory screen in Seattle this week 2010-05-20T20:11:00Z

Whether or not these performances suggest Mr. Pistoletto’s resentment of his signature material, they redirect our attention to the artist as flamboyant, temperamental persona, dominating center stage. Art Review: Reflections on the Self and the Wider World 2010-12-16T23:33:38Z

The hyperbole, salesmanship and euphony of the expression match his literate satirical persona. John Early Brings a Deliriously Over-the-Top Sensibility to Stand-Up 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z

As Mark Darcy, Firth played an illusive dreamboat named after his own television triumph as Austen's hero; Grant's portrayal of the caddish Daniel Cleaver was an amused nod at his own popular persona. Englishmen at 50 2010-09-25T23:07:00Z

Instead the focus is on the whole of Mr. West’s persona and character, which is more fractured, and subject to a far wider range of responses. Kanye West, Still Unfiltered, on Eve of Fifth Album 2010-11-19T04:30:00Z

Rowling allegedly chose a male pseudonym "to take my writing persona as far away as possible for me." J.K. Rowling organizes boozy TERF lunch amidst protest and march for transgender rights 2022-04-12T04:00:00Z

It has become a central part of their online personas. Those People We Tried to Cancel? They’re All Hanging Out Together 2019-11-02T04:00:00Z

A cannily chosen dress paraded in this annual tournament of chic can complement — or contradict — an actor’s screen persona, cement a reputation or reboot a career. Old Hollywood Vavoom Dominated on the Emmys Red Carpet 2017-09-18T04:00:00Z

“I was like, great, this is easy. But I did not feel in any way confident in the persona of Odile. I have a really hard time feeling like a sensual woman.” Devon Teuscher, a Poet in Ballet Shoes, Takes On ‘Swan Lake’ 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z

Now 59, he's speaking about the memoir at the Edinburgh book festival and – while he's long left that ranting standup alter ego behind – bibliophiles may discern revolutionary fury behind the avuncular, man-of-letters persona. Alexei Sayle: How?Stalin stole my?childhood 2011-08-11T20:00:02Z

He was an AmeriCorps volunteer in Maryland before moving to Philadelphia, where he created a persona he called “the Drag Queen for Social and Economic Justice.” The Impresario Who?s Keeping the ?80s Spirit Alive Downtown 2011-01-07T22:43:32Z

The movie, which was named best picture at the Oscars for that year, was widely hailed as a breakthrough in Mr. Eastwood’s continuing interrogation of his macho screen persona. Film Series in NYC This Week 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z

She parted ways with Jenny Craig and continued to hone her saucy persona. Rebel Wilson Goes From ‘Fat Amy’ to Fashion Brand 2015-11-04T05:00:00Z

In the video, she begins in the persona of a dumbbell-bunny, before quickly caving: “Just kidding, if you know me at all I don’t really subscribe to that obsession.” 'The people’s yogi': how Adriene Mishler became a YouTube phenomenon 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z

In 2012, he was declared persona non grata by the Israeli government for his poem “What Must Be Said,” which cast the country as a threat to world peace for its bellicose posture toward Iran. Günter Grass, German author and Nobel laureate, dies at 87 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z

A lot of your comedy is a response to who you are and your persona. Listening to Louis C.K.: An Interview with the Comedian Jena Friedman 2019-01-04T05:00:00Z

“No wonder pregnant moms and parents are persona non grata.” 'Moms are persona non grata': are tech startups hostile to working mothers? 2017-06-26T04:00:00Z

Clinton was known for his feel-your-pain persona, on display after the Oklahoma City bombing. The power of words in crisis: Who hits mark, and who misses? 2021-01-12T05:00:00Z

It became a small sensation: She doesn’t just nail every note; she approximates the saxophonist’s inflection, approaching moments of climax with a similar ramping effect, while exerting her own bright persona. Pop, Rock and Jazz in NYC This Week 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z

Hard drinking, hard living, and neurotic, the outlines of Jane’s exhaustingly dramatic persona very often overshadowed her art. The Madness of Queen Jane 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z

These personas sit atop her shoulders, Rivera said, battling it out like a Boricua Jekyll and Hyde. A Dancer’s Life: Chita Rivera on Working Hard and Learning From the Best 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z

Her persona has the slightly cynical, moderately raunchy perspective that is quite common in clubs these days. Comedians Like Sebastian Maniscalco Act Out Their Humor 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z

We want to try to find somebody who’s combined athletic achievement with a persona that people will find interesting. The Ball's in His Court: Seth Meyers of 'Saturday Night Live' Preps for the ESPYs 2010-07-12T17:15:00Z

Louis C.K., one of the most respected and celebrated comedians today, has built a public persona that simultaneously capitalizes on the praise afforded to the provocative auteur and to the Hollywood do-gooder. How the Myth of the Artistic Genius Excuses the Abuse of Women 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z

Of them, none is as afflicted as Ogugua, the homeless man arrested for the murder, who takes on the persona of the mad god Bukuru when he goes to trial. Okey Ndibe's 'Arrows of Rain' splits its powerful message 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z

Over and over, a segment shifts tone abruptly, or a performer breaks character, as if the effort to maintain a persona is too great. Review: ‘Random Acts of Flyness’ Is a Striking Dream Vision of Race 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z

The bottles will barely reference Fieri, who wants the wine — not his frosted tips and outsize persona — to take the spotlight. Guy Fieri slams Anthony Bourdain: “You have nothing else to f*cking worry about than if I have bleached hair or not? I mean, f*ck” 2015-11-16T05:00:00Z

But his compulsive work habits, amiable public persona and quest for self-improvement propelled him from Canadian Broadcasting Corp. gofer to his home country’s leading media personality within a decade. Alan Thicke, mainstay of TV comedy and star of sitcom ‘Growing Pains,’ dies at 69 2016-12-14T05:00:00Z

Ventimiglia’s newest venture, “The Company You Keep,” based on the Korean series “My Fellow Citizens!,” follows suit, but with a twist on his usual handsome charmer persona. Milo Ventimiglia on the ‘Honest Deception’ of ‘The Company You Keep’ 2023-02-17T05:00:00Z

It made folks feel like, this guy is on board with this, and he's owning his persona, and personality. "Somebody's got to wear the leather pants": Rick James doc filmmaker on the infamous rock star 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z

Mr. Markov presented both of his musical personas at on Saturday evening. Music Review: A Little Bit Tchaikovsky, A Little Bit Rock ?n? Roll 2010-10-11T21:09:00Z

Right around “Three Cheers,” I created a persona which was allowing me to express to myself and where I fit in gender-wise. Gerard Way Talks About His Comeback Album, ‘Hesitant Alien.’ 2014-10-18T04:00:00Z

The wigs fit various moods and personas, and I developed an odd habit of wearing them as I cleaned, like a woman who puts on pearls to vacuum. Wigs are my superhero costume 2012-10-12T23:30:00Z

Demanding, difficult, uningratiating: Such is the public persona of the choreographer Sarah Michelson. Review: Sarah Michelson’s Radical Sadness 2018-05-01T04:00:00Z

Henry Golding, a romantic lead in the hit “Crazy Rich Asians,” doesn’t demolish his persona, just shrewdly roughs it up. ‘The Gentlemen’ Review: Boys Will Be Boys, Sometimes With Guns 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z

Just as “The Day the Laughter Died” sabotaged the rock ’n’ roll spectacle of his act, his Showtime series skewers his supremely confident persona. Andrew Dice Clay Returns, With at Least Two Personalities Showing 2016-04-08T04:00:00Z

Lana Wilson spent a few years with Swift, during a time when she was moving into new phases with her sound and public persona. Netflix Has Some Great Music Documentaries. Here Are 11 of Them. 2020-05-12T04:00:00Z

She positions herself as a rebel against fancy food, a fast and funny outsider whose kitten-with-a-whisk persona incorporates corsets, cleavage, mood stabilizers and a dislike for small children. On ABC?s ?Chew,? the Talk Show Meets Cooking 2011-09-21T04:15:03Z

Whitehead, a MacArthur “Genius” fellow, has a wry public persona that can be a little odd and very funny. Fall literary preview: 6 terrific L.A. events 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z

Film scholar David Bordwell said it's exactly that pedestrian quality, the lack of a "star persona" that has defined Yen's career. Yen emerges from shadow of Chan, Li 2010-08-04T03:54:00Z

He changed houses, companions and painting styles at regular, closely watched intervals and did more than his share to establish the persona of the modern artist as celebrity, complete with entourage. Art Review: ?Georges Braque: Pioneer of Modernism? - Review 2011-10-13T22:30:51Z

This persona is one of many versions of the same being – a variant, as he’s called in the series, of an intergalactic dictator known as Kang the Conqueror. The Jonathan Majors case: the latest celebrity trial variant where women lose 2023-10-28T04:00:00Z

But the show’s curators, Jhordan Dahl and Ariana Papademetropoulos, also made a point to stretch the concept, exploring ideas about public personas and the occult. | In L.A., a Group Show Explores the Art of the Obscured 2014-04-04T17:51:44Z

Many realized with a start that his new album, “Blackstar,” was not so much a comeback or the introduction of a new persona as it was a valedictory. Celebrating David Bowie, a Star Who Burned Bright to the Last 2016-01-11T05:00:00Z

He found the actor deeply thoughtful, he said, markedly different from his television persona. Jason Segel Makes a Career U-Turn as David Foster Wallace in ‘The End of the Tour’ 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z

Szwed goes further, delving into the other aspects of Holiday’s public persona—television and movies—to reveal just how resistant to harsh truths the media, especially audiovisual media, were at the time. The Art of Billie Holiday’s Life 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z

She relished her role as saucy singer, a persona that she celebrated in her private life as well. James' passion, great range remembered 2012-01-21T02:16:04Z

He lost 30 pounds so he would resemble a coyote, the hungry, prowling creature on which he based some of Bloom's persona. Jake Gyllenhaal digs deep for gritty 'Nightcrawler' role 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z

The challenges here are tailor-made for FitzHigham's raffish, aristocratic, lusciously bewhiskered stage persona. Tim FitzHigham ? review 2011-08-28T13:32:13Z

More crucially for an R&B artist at this stage in her career it establishes a persona and a set of coordinates, roughly at the point of intersection between self-effacement and self-empowerment. New Music: Releases From Kurt Feldman, Elle Varner and Marcus Miller 2012-08-06T22:24:05Z

Though “Shoot Me” follows the outlines of a cheerful looking-back-on-a-glorious-career documentary, it’s actually quite melancholy in places: Stritch, who struggles with diabetes and alcoholism, is physically much frailer than her wry persona would indicate. ‘Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me’: a bittersweet look back 2014-03-06T20:29:04Z

They thought his more restrained persona "would be a perfect balance" for Nelson, said Katz. 'Land Ho!'? It all began with an Icelandic travel brochure 2014-07-11T04:00:00Z

It’s like I leaned into the opposite extreme, but that wasn’t a premeditated choice, it’s just what came out when I started to develop what eventually became the “Billy on the Street” persona. Billy Eichner Wrote Himself Into the Romance He Wanted With ‘Bros’ 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z

Bea is our narrator, a secretary with a persona to match her looks, which are “what men called drab.” For This Lesbian Romance, World War II Is Just One Complication 2020-05-19T04:00:00Z

And perhaps this is deliberate: his swirling, oversaturated visuals mimic the feeling of watching someone powerful and unpredictable change his persona in every scene he’s in. A Man Without Qualities: HBO’s “The Young Pope” 2017-01-15T05:00:00Z

Nothing is more threatening to a unique outsider persona than success. Is Lakeith Stanfield the coolest actor of 2018? 2018-11-23T05:00:00Z

The song became shorthand for interpreting Mr. Bowie’s fluid artistic persona and his androgyny; in 1976, he called his first popular compilation album “Changesonebowie.” Listening to David Bowie: A Critic’s Tour of His Musical Changes 2016-01-11T05:00:00Z

"Shedding my own journalistic skin to try to inhabit the kind of persona that might co-exist in that lineup is simply impossible for me," she said. Campbell Brown leaving CNN's prime-time 2010-05-19T01:56:00Z

But his literary efforts mostly fuel his outré live persona. Up Close: The Evolution of Michael Quattlebaum Jr., a k a Mykki Blanco 2012-07-17T21:31:28Z

In person, Philbin is calm and self-effacing in keeping with her TV persona, but speaks with a restless energy about her latest project, TeenTech. Maggie Philbin interview: Tomorrow's world for the next generation 2012-10-28T18:47:01Z

Not a persona, but an assemblage of interests and attitudes, plus a voice, a tone, a place to dwell. Kathleen Jamie on writing a book 2012-08-17T21:55:09Z

The Clio Award-winning commercial was also responsible reshaping Greene’s previously intimidating "public persona," according Coca-Cola. Coca-Cola's iconic Super Bowl commercial with "Mean" Joe Greene took days to film, and for this silly reason 2021-02-03T05:00:00Z

With her Royal Ballet picks, Osipova seemed to be highlighting the passion and impetuosity of her stage persona. Review: In ‘Force of Nature,’ Natalia Osipova Is Absorbed in Memories 2023-01-22T05:00:00Z

There are different versions of the “heel” persona. It’s all just wrestling to Donald Trump: Everything the GOP front-runner knows about politics, he learned from the WWF 2016-04-24T04:00:00Z

The rough edges of the extreme anti-Semite and agitator of the masses were sanded away through the creation of a new, sophisticated persona that emerged in carefully crafted domestic surroundings. Hitler at home: How the Nazi PR machine remade the Führer’s domestic image and duped the world 2016-12-23T05:00:00Z

I think that we all form our identities by imitation to some extent—by mimicking the gestures, mannerisms, or personas of people we admire. Ayşegül Savaş on Imitation and Identity 2019-05-27T04:00:00Z

Being the face of a brand or persona for purely monetary gain compromises a child's digital safety. The death hoax of a child influencer: Lil Tay's recent infamy shines a light on a bigger problem 2023-08-18T04:00:00Z

Nor are the distinctions between the public and private personas of the principal figures drawn with any strong emphasis. | 'Julius Caesar': Cry Havoc! The Blood Sport Called Politics 2011-07-31T22:23:03Z

What is it about the question of a public vs. private persona that interests you? Q&A: Pablo Larraín, director of ‘Jackie’ and ‘Neruda,’ talks about the anti-biopic 2017-03-03T05:00:00Z

“She has this tremendous personal commitment and a durability to her efforts, which are largely unmatched. Very, very few other public personas have done this in the way Jane has.” The lasting testament of Jane Alexander 2021-09-25T04:00:00Z

The film was tailored to Crawford, and designed to call back memories of her 1940s persona, the striking silhouette, the “shopgirl” roles that made her famous. ‘Feud: Bette and Joan’ Episode 6 Recap: Midnight Descending 2017-04-09T04:00:00Z

Mr. Eastwood doesn’t just shift between Hoover’s past and present, his intimate life and popular persona, he also puts them into dialectic play, showing repeatedly how each informed the other. | 'J. Edgar': ?J. Edgar,? Starring Leonardo DiCaprio - Review 2011-11-08T21:02:13Z

Mystery was an essential component of his persona. Prince Is Mourned by Fashion World, Which Counted Him as One of Its Own 2016-04-22T04:00:00Z

Rex launched a goofy rap persona dubbed Dirt Nasty that scored a record deal with Interscope. Serendipity strikes for Simon Rex as an adult-film antihero 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z

“It made me appreciate my little bit of experience with having to navigate your way around a public persona that’s a ball hog in your life,” she said. Renée Zellweger Will Be Back in a Moment 2019-09-25T04:00:00Z

James, with her preternatural maturity and confidence, seemed poised for a win over Ganzer, whose voice and persona seemed to be in a more transitional phase. 'The Voice' recap: Coaches offer tips, makeovers in final Knockouts 2014-11-04T05:00:00Z

Gwendoline Christie plays this sort of sensitive type in need of attention and approval that's very different from her personas on Game of Thrones or Star Wars. Jane Campion on 'Top of the Lake,' Fertility and Sex Work 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z

Susannah York, the British actress whose gamine looks and demure persona made her an icon of the swinging 60s, has died at the age of 72. Susannah York, the gentle star of 1960s cinema, dies after battle against cancer 2011-01-16T00:50:23Z

But many of her friends were willing to discuss Mrs. Murdoch’s new and, they say, more accurate public persona. Wendi Murdoch Is Creating a Career of Her Own 2012-06-15T22:40:02Z

In life, though, Lennon was more complicated than that: the edgy Beatle who rebelled against the group's mop-topped persona, he complemented Paul McCartney's "Good Day Sunshine" with songs about pain, loss and failure. The Death of John Lennon: 30 Years Later, the Vigil Continues 2010-12-10T04:05:00Z

He lives in a tall block of stacked mobile homes and escapes to an abandoned van to adopt his online persona. Books of The Times: A Future Wrapped in 1980s Culture 2011-08-14T23:02:57Z

A fair portion of the people who recognize his name associate him with the persona he disposed of years ago, one created in his early career as a stand-up comedian. It’s Bobcat Goldthwait’s moment: With “Misfits & Monsters,” he’s not hiding anymore 2018-07-14T04:00:00Z

She didn’t think they’d become so public, but Hefner found and bought and published them, and Monroe grew into that persona and later embraced it and became world famous. Perspective | Hugh Hefner was a feminist (if you believe feminism is pretty women having sex with you) 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z

His caustic persona, though it would later serve him well, was initially a problem: Imus was canned by a small station in Stockton, California, uttering the word “hell”. Don Imus, controversial radio 'shock jock', dead at 79 2019-12-27T05:00:00Z

It has also been a lesson, years in the making, about which of his talents would take him furthest in Hollywood, and which parts of his gruff, street-smart persona he needed to shed. For RZA, Hip-Hop Was Just a Prelude to Kung Fu 2012-10-17T12:09:43Z

Conspiracy theorists and fans alike praised Cooper's gutsy escape and endeavors, which only heightened his public yet unknown persona. The 6 most surprising "D.B. Cooper: Where Are You?!" revelations from Netflix's docuseries 2022-07-18T04:00:00Z

His caustic persona, though it would later serve him well, was initially a problem: Imus was canned by a small station in Stockton, California, uttering the word “hell.” DJ Imus, made and betrayed by his mouth, dead at 79 2019-12-27T05:00:00Z

Soon, along with Cruise’s character, the rest of America would fall in love with one of the most beguiling, down-to-earth personae to hit the screen since Jean Arthur. Renée Zellweger is just fine, thanks: The actress reflects on her long journey to ‘Judy.’ 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z

That makes it almost threatening to mainstream storytellers and carefully calibrated celebrity personas, like the stuff of illicit hack or snuff film. When Fan Fiction and Reality Collide 2017-06-21T04:00:00Z

He said he never knows beforehand when her Babyfist persona will emerge. Andrew Gregory and Casey McIntyre: A YouTube Comedy Star and the Woman Who Keeps Him Laughing 2015-08-08T04:00:00Z

His casual, middle-class persona — Saget generally came across as a nice Jewish boy — created a sharp contrast with his material. Bob Saget, a dirty daddy: Appreciating the darker elements of the talented comedian's work 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z

Speaking of bad makeovers: “He’s All That” should represent Rae’s debut as a fully formed star persona, no longer borrowing other people’s cultural expressions but staking a claim to her own. How Lip-Syncing Got Real 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z

More important, she also had no desire to become the brand’s public persona or “creative director,” while letting an anonymous team make the clothes. Keeping the Oscar de la Renta Name Alive 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z

In his special, Mr. Burnham adopts a prickly persona, establishing a tense relationship with his audience members, alternating between making them laugh and baiting, even insulting them. Bo Burnham, Discovered on the Internet, Now Challenges It 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z

The persona Tay put on was clearly something that she had to be trained to do through her family members. The death hoax of a child influencer: Lil Tay's recent infamy shines a light on a bigger problem 2023-08-18T04:00:00Z

But Williams is attempting to branch out from her Game of Thrones persona. Maisie Williams on 'How Game of Thrones' Treats Women 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z

Over the years, the myth has receded, supplanted by a new persona cannily crafted by Ms. Faithfull: that of spirited survivor, scars and bruises concealed beneath a deftly tailored suit. Marianne Faithfull, as Years Go By 2011-12-23T21:47:23Z

The movie is all ideas about time and duration, all rumination about character, persona, drive and mental collapse. Review: ‘John McEnroe’ Captures a Perfectly Imperfect Tennis Star 2018-08-21T04:00:00Z

Declining to identify himself, he noted, “I have aspired to make my authorial persona as transparently false as possible.” Pynchon Intrigue Abounds Over ‘Cow Country’ 2015-09-11T04:00:00Z

He drew constantly, read voraciously and lavished a designer’s eye on his own persona, which was as sturdy as his high-collared shirts. New York Galleries: What to See Right Now 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z

It’s common for contemporary country artists to emphasize where they come from, and shape their entire personas around it. Ingrid Andress, a Nashville Outsider Who Paved Her Own Path In 2022-08-25T04:00:00Z

The uniqueness of cinema, unlike stage, is that the persona of the human being playing the part is melded with the character. Director Peter Weir finds "Way Back" to big screen 2011-02-01T01:34:40Z

In it, he examined his subject’s construction of, and deeply ambivalent relationship with, his white-suited public persona. Justin Kaplan, Literary Biographer, Dies at 88 2014-03-04T05:34:11Z

There is no doubt that Freddie Mercury was a genius: it's clear in his music, his theatrical performances, and his eccentrically stylised persona. Freddie Mercury 30 years on – remembering the theatrical, eccentric genius 2021-12-06T05:00:00Z

Pine is carving out a cocky, young Tom Cruise-style niche for himself; in his last movie, the miserable This Means War, he played an almost identical persona. People Like Us: Your Father's Daughter 2012-06-28T14:00:40Z

Meanwhile, shows whose host, time slot and network favor unapologetically political personas have doubled down on monologues as urgent, frustrated clarifiers peppered with pop or consumer culture references. How late-night TV comedy has responded to a tumultuous year 2020-06-12T04:00:00Z

More strikingly, he appears to have fleshed out his comic persona. An Edinburgh comedy judge's diary: putting the hours in 2010-08-13T16:05:00Z

In person, Mr. D’Agata was soft-spoken, a far cry from his combative persona in the book. ArtsBeat: John D'Agata and Jim Fingal Address the Facts 2012-04-19T23:00:17Z

The first lady, who has carefully cultivated an everywoman persona, is cashing in on her popularity as she travels the country and says what the politicians in her party cannot. How Michelle Obama talks to voters in a way Hillary Clinton can’t 2016-10-11T04:00:00Z

In public, her persona seemed always open to revision, defined by afterthoughts, contradictions and qualifications. Fay Weldon, British Novelist Who Challenged Feminist Orthodoxy, Dies at 91 2023-01-04T05:00:00Z

By that time, Ms. Letissier had fully conceived the new persona and written an essay about it. Gender Is a Construct. Christine and the Queens Built a Bulldozer. 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z

Much of her material angles away from her actor persona and her celebrity power, a decision that burdens the performance with a preposterous unreality. “Growing,” Reviewed: What Amy Schumer Won’t Expose 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z

The next step is persona, composition, big ideas, the who-are-you and where-are-you-going of music, and Jazz at Lincoln Center is helping him with that. Review: Carlos Henriquez Radiates Gratitude in a South Bronx Homecoming 2015-09-13T04:00:00Z

I got a weird feeling, watching “Right Now,” that the #MeToo story had liberated Ansari, forcing him to kill his old persona and give his new one teeth. The Productive Ambivalence of Aziz Ansari in His Comeback Netflix Special 2019-07-13T04:00:00Z

I think that contributed a lot to Lee's public persona, which helped him to build up Marvel Comics and his own persona and reputation. Stan Lee has departed our universe, having “surpassed his wildest dreams” 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z

You wrote to Lady Gaga and her management that in “Perform This Way,” you were assuming the persona of “a Lady Gaga doppelganger of sorts.” ArtsBeat: 'Weird Al' Yankovic Talks About the Lady Gaga Saga 2011-04-20T20:28:49Z

With Beyoncé, for instance, he even changed the way he directed her and approached her animation after seeing her stage show and all the personas she channels for each song. Summer Movie Preview: ‘The Lion King’ roars again 2019-04-30T04:00:00Z

The killing comes courtesy of Henry, a leather-jacket-wearing baddie whose hulking frame and irascible persona obliterate those around him. Leos Carax on ‘Annette’ and the Cinema of Doubt 2021-08-13T04:00:00Z

Film-makers will likely depict his crumbling era and overbearing persona indirectly, not looking at the burning sun itself, just at what it burns. The Boss Baby: just a corny kidflick – or a subtle political satire? 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z

Ordained men can stand in persona Christi, allowing them, for example, the superpower of transubstantiation. The Nuns of Fiction: Experts in Affliction and Awe 2021-09-12T04:00:00Z

As Zouzou mourns the loss of her Jean, I wonder if Baker too laments her rejection within the film built on her fame and persona. Where is the love?: Seeking intimacy in Josephine Baker's films 2021-02-20T05:00:00Z

But it works equally well as an essay on the Ben Stiller persona. Film: Ben Stiller: There?s Something About Mortification 2010-03-12T04:24:00Z

The choice was pivotal not only to the movie but also to McCarthy’s persona. The making of Melissa McCarthy: how Bridesmaids star kept it real and cleaned up 2015-08-22T04:00:00Z

Pop music has always been about projecting a persona as much as about putting over a song, and this goes double for rap. 50 Cent's Twitter feed 2010-09-26T21:30:00Z

And her persona is enthralling: she’s both shy and imperious, combining elusive grandeur with tender surprise. Dance Review: ‘Jewels’ Returns to New York City Ballet’s Repertory 2014-01-23T23:23:37Z

The hat is a symbol not just of Raylan's constructed and constraining persona, but of the show's limiting preconcieved notions of itself. "Justified": How FX's struggling TV western redeemed itself 2011-02-23T16:13:00Z

Hart is warm, friendly, quietly funny – like a much lower key, much more grown-up version of her screen persona. Queen of uncool 2010-12-02T08:00:00Z

Ms. Etheridge, of course, does not possess the kind of lavishly conceived persona that would need to be jettisoned so she can fit into an ensemble cast. ArtsBeat: Theater Talkback: Stepping From The Rock Arena to the Broadway Stage 2011-01-20T21:52:38Z

He was big, his voice was big, his persona was big, his books are big, his ideas are big, his influence is big.  Kevin Starr will never be replaced: William Deverell remembers the historian and author 2017-01-17T05:00:00Z

She later said that Jesus Christ appeared to her at that time and offered her a second chance at life if she abandoned her Vanity persona. Prince Discovery Denise 'Vanity' Matthews Dies Aged 57 2016-02-15T05:00:00Z

The five women described Mr. Roma as a charming and charismatic teacher who cultivated a streetwise persona and emphasized perseverance, sacrifice and dedication to craft. Thomas Roma, Photographer and Professor, Accused of Sexual Misconduct 2018-01-03T05:00:00Z

Veterans take first-timers under their wings, helping them improve their personae and teaching them to scream without shredding their throats. When ‘Boo!’ Is Only the Beginning 2021-10-26T04:00:00Z

There is nothing fake about this public persona, though it comes with a caveat. At 95, Dick Van Dyke is still the consummate showman. And he’s desperate to get back onstage. 2021-05-13T04:00:00Z

"My guess is he will have to explain some of these things and present his persona to the jury as a reasonable, competent doctor," Cron said. Jackson's doc to plead not guilty in star's death 2011-01-25T11:16:05Z

Unlike his TV persona as Jack Donaghy on 30 Rock, the self-described dilettante is an intelligent interviewer with a voice that mesmerises. Top 10 US podcasts for road trip listening 2013-07-19T23:10:00Z

I smiled as I saw a look of bemused recognition cross the readers' faces as they realised that I was a meta-fictional persona of the author. Digested classic: Crash by JG Ballard 2010-04-22T13:31:00Z

Rich Brian, whose wry lyricism and laid-back persona made him the first 88rising artist to receive mainstream attention, raps throughout the record. How 88rising Crafted an Evocative Soundtrack for Marvel’s ‘Shang-Chi’ 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z

In Omaha, we watched his on-the-lam persona, Gene Takavic, devolve into what might have been the most contemptible version of his character we have ever seen. ‘Better Call Saul’ Season 6, Episode 13 Recap: Life 2022-08-15T04:00:00Z

Bob Ross, with his big brown Afro and soothing on-screen persona, was known as the ultimate encouraging instructor to thousands who watched his PBS series “The Joy of Painting.” Book review: ‘Happy Clouds, Happy Trees’

Styles’s choice to name a woman without asking her — especially one who doesn’t have an established public persona of her own, or the same platform to speak back about him — feels deeply uncomfortable. Perspective | Harry Styles and ‘I Love Dick’ reveal the gender differences in how we treat muses 2017-06-15T04:00:00Z

The story of Gemma Barker from Staines who, in a meticulously prepared operation when she was just 18, invented three male personae with their own Facebook accounts and mobile numbers. TV highlights 07/08/2012 2012-08-06T19:00:01Z

The McCarthy persona in her earlier hits is an abrasive creature who brings chaos to the lives of sympathetic figures. 7 Reasons Nobody Went to the Movies on a Summer Holiday Weekend 2014-07-08T04:00:00Z

Indeed, rather than being curbed by the sombre tone of the material, Flea's standard muscular persona seems to infect the rest of the band. Atoms for Peace – review 2013-07-25T15:06:00Z

But the persona can also seem curiously invested in feeling aggrieved, as if the conversion of suffering into content is itself a balm. When Motherhood Is a Horror Show 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z

Her whole bearing as a performer — judicious, confiding, theatrical, skeptical — suggests a watchful distance from the persona she so persuasively embodies. Review: Cécile McLorin Salvant Wields Her Power, Drawing From Her Album ‘For One to Love’ 2015-08-26T04:00:00Z

Abzug’s career has been the subject of a lot of books over the years, and Zarnow focuses on her progressive politics rather than her persona. The Pioneering Bella Abzug 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z

“My tattoos are a part of my persona and identity,” Mr. James wrote in a declaration of support for Take-Two and 2K Games. Athletes Don’t Own Their Tattoos. That’s a Problem for Video Game Developers. 2018-12-27T05:00:00Z

With its dour farm figures portrayed with the flat but meticulous detail of a Northern Renaissance masterwork, the painting seemed a natural extension of the painter himself, who cultivated a homespun, folksy persona. Review | The wonderfully queer world of ‘American Gothic’s’ Grant Wood 2018-03-02T05:00:00Z

May the best man/woman/drag persona win! Classical Music This Week: Schubert, Bloland and Lip-Synching ‘Salome’ 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z

Neither persona is precisely accurate, though each is partly true. With Sensuality and Coolness, a Debut Novel Considers the (Partial) Truths We Tell About Ourselves 2019-04-23T04:00:00Z

The ABC host's ongoing nightly campaign against what would happen if Obamacare is repealed under current Republican plans reflects his deep engagement with the news — all the more jarring because of Kimmel's amiable, unwonkish persona. Jimmy Kimmel Is an Unlikely Health Care Advocate. Here's Why He's So Effective 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z

He can be a friendly, loyal dog or a scheming, hungry wolf, but the world of high-society Paris rapidly educates him about which of those personas is more conducive to advancement. Pick of the week: Robert Pattinson plays a real monster 2012-06-08T00:00:00Z

Sporting dark suits, white, pony-tailed hair and tinted sunglasses in his later years that made him instantly recognizable, an irreverent wit was also part of a carefully crafted persona. Karl Lagerfeld: fashion's prolific commander-in-chief 2019-02-19T05:00:00Z

Wright: Michael has a persona and he's just very playful. U.K. director Edgar Wright takes on "The World" 2010-08-16T03:19:00Z

Silverstein says the brashness of his dad’s persona can work in his favor: “I meet people, and they’re like, ‘I would’ve thought you were a total d---.’ What it’s like to do comedy when your dad is a legend 2017-07-26T04:00:00Z

Two weeks later, he shifted tack, from reducing Eliot’s individuality to sexual terms to reducing his public persona to his social origins. The Fraught Friendship of T. S. Eliot and Groucho Marx 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z

Such anecdotes don’t seem to fit the placid and agreeable Charley Pride persona, and they don’t make it into “American Masters,” either. What Country Music Owes to Charley Pride 2019-02-22T05:00:00Z

The song is evidence of how thoroughly Beyoncé has mastered the art of public identity, expertly inhabiting two duelling personas at any given moment. Listen to “Shining,” Beyoncé’s Last Word at the Grammys 2017-02-13T05:00:00Z

Robin explained, “I was very dressed up. The visual persona I was presenting didn’t match my hobbies. I change my own oil, and I’m into MMA fighting.” Date Lab: Her love of mixed martial arts surprised him 2020-03-16T04:00:00Z

Maybe for an artistic partnership to work it needs the domestic too, the ordinary moments without the heightened drama of performance, of persona, of fame. Jason Isbell’s “Running with Our Eyes Closed” and a marriage of two artists 2023-04-09T04:00:00Z

As a fat person, as a Midwesterner, and as a drag enthusiast with a folksy middle-aged persona of my own, watching Christine Baskets in all her ridiculousness, nuance, power and covert wisdom was thrilling. Why Christine Baskets Was One of TV’s Greatest Characters 2022-01-23T05:00:00Z

What they share with the nerds isn't a passion for gear or fanfic; it's a penchant for crafting a persona and creating fantasy. Hot actresses: "We're nerds just like you" 2011-05-03T15:04:00Z

“The way that this really works is that the person has some sort of attachment to you. They have a sort of love for your persona, your look and your brand.” The New Unsexy Sexy Marketplace 2020-09-26T04:00:00Z

It presents an even more complex persona, one who is less reassuring but no less vulnerable. Drake, 'Nothing Was the Same' review 2013-09-23T02:13:00Z

Mr. Talley, famous for his extravagant persona, was in a foul mood from the plane ride. André Leon Talley: Mentor in Chief 2022-01-21T05:00:00Z

The 79-year-old actor's charming and self-effacing side was on full display in a phone interview earlier this week, as he talked about his screen persona and "Star Trek." Q&A: William Shatner on 'Star Trek,' acting and (wink) his enviable physique 2011-03-03T21:04:11Z

Celebrity culture glorifies them not just for their performances or personas but for their wealth itself — their blowout child birthday parties, car collections, plastic surgeries and property ownership. Celebrity Culture Is Burning 2020-03-30T04:00:00Z

As Joseph moves through life, he presents various credentials and personae both to the outside world and in his own mind, many exaggerated or fabricated. Award-winning author William Gass gets musical in new novel 2013-03-15T23:59:44Z

Ms. Carroll said Ms. Von Teese was looking for a man who wanted to date the real her, not her public persona, so she was matched with a Scandinavian novelist. No Scrolling Required at New Dating Sites 2012-04-13T22:15:04Z

“And indeed that persona was extraordinary. It was extraordinary.” The Inappropriately Intimate Exchanges of Barbara Browning 2017-06-09T04:00:00Z

Live comedy requires no more investment than the comic’s own time and can bend to suit unusual personae. How Low-Key Comedies Are Owning Fall TV 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z

The mayor of Rio Grande, the regional capital, reportedly banned the vehicles from the city and declared the crew “personas non gratas” following demands from military veterans’ groups. Jeremy Clarkson feared deaths in Argentina number plate row 2014-10-04T04:00:00Z

Fellow former racing presenter Lesley Graham - who told the tribunal on Tuesday that she believed a reduction in her working hours - also pointed to a difference between McCririck's on- and off-screen personas. Profile: Racing pundit John McCririck 2013-10-02T15:50:45Z

After he had become entirely blind, he grew more extreme in his performances and his persona. Jack Birkett obituary 2010-05-28T15:44:00Z

Mr. Bologna’s fame, like his onscreen persona, had its roots on the Broadway stage. Joseph Bologna, Onscreen Tough Guy With a Sense of Humor, Dies at 82 2017-08-14T04:00:00Z

Gone are the days of constricting personas—the hypersexual siren or the straight-edge lyricist—to adhere to narrow views of what could make a black woman marketable. Is Rap Finally Ready To Embrace Its Women? 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z

After making a verbal faux pas Miriam is aghast to find herself persona non grata. Charles Busch Claws at His Divas, but He Understands Them 2014-07-11T04:00:00Z

For those who know his screen work, there won’t be may surprises in his television appearances; his persona was carved in cracked marble from the beginning. A Beginner’s Guide to the Golden Age of Live Theater on TV 2020-08-26T04:00:00Z

Their family said that they hoped the public would enjoy the collection, which offers a glimpse into who the actors were “beyond their glamorous Hollywood personas.” For Sale: Memories From One of Hollywood’s Most Enduring Love Stories 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z

Downey Jr is on fine form as the titular mercurial mogul and, in an age when we have to endure Elon Musk and his unwieldy submarine, Stark’s persona seems charm itself. The 20 best Marvel films – ranked! 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z

In the line of duty, he assumes numerous other personas, relying on an impressive array of wigs, facial hair and eyewear to maintain his cover. Matthew Rhys: agent provocateur of ‘The Americans’ 2014-04-22T23:25:31Z

The prosecution brought up the murderous persona Chief Keef often adopts in songs, particularly the recent single "Love Sosa," as an argument for detaining him. ArtsBeat: Chief Keef Sentenced to 60 Days for Probation Violation 2013-01-18T16:03:54Z

If you’re Kim, the answer is clouded by the reality that Saul Goodman became not merely a new work name but also a new persona. ‘Better Call Saul’ Season 6, Episode 11 Recap: Back to the Beginning 2022-08-01T04:00:00Z

It laid bare the layers of fame: the fictional character, the actor, the persona the actor sells to the press and the image the press presents to the public. Her Books Show the Lifestyles of the Fictional and Famous. She’s Poised for Some Fame of Her Own. 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z

At some point in the future, he'll have to tackle characters who are not thinly veiled versions of his own persona. Post-credits scene: Get Him to the Greek 2010-06-28T16:17:00Z

As he grew more famous, the vulnerability faded, and his persona turned smug. Dane Cook, a Changeable Comedian 2013-01-18T19:15:28Z

Most of the bits involved him playing a fictional version of himself — and considering Trump’s entire persona is basically a character, that’s not really much of a stretch. This is What Happened the Last Time Donald Trump Hosted SNL 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z

They want artists who will bring ideas to rehearsal and help develop their on-stage persona, so a broad cultural hinterland is vital. Cardiff Singer of the World: is a beautiful voice enough? 2013-06-19T20:00:02Z

Each time, I was assigned a different persona. A Novelist’s Stint Impersonating the Ultra-Rich in China 2019-07-16T04:00:00Z

What a marvel it is to go back and see performance and personae so potently embodied amid seemingly impossible choreography. ‘Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon’ Still Flies High 2023-02-17T05:00:00Z

Completely agree, however at the price points of most of these high-end joints, the affluent are also selecting a "style and vibe ambiance" to flatter and enhance their personas and wardrobe. Olmsted Bets the Farm on Winning Over the Neighbors 2016-08-09T04:00:00Z

When Chase left the cast, she became the first female anchor of “Weekend Update,” and her droll, straight-woman persona earned her the title Queen of Deadpan. Jane Curtin Is Playing It Straight 2019-02-17T05:00:00Z

Alexandro’s comic persona here is that of a sensible guy struggling to hold it together, which allows him to veer off into one extreme or another. A Vital Stand-Up Special for the Social Distancing Era 2020-04-24T04:00:00Z

She had grown into the persona that she had always intended to become. SAM exhibition shows why Seattle’s Imogen Cunningham is one of the leading photographers of her time 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z

Harvey, 55, is a comedian, but as a talk-show host is not trapped in that persona, Goldberg said. Steve Harvey enters the talk-show world 2012-09-03T07:16:04Z

I’m wondering: Everything I see and hear about you, you’re called “the nice guy,” or “the humble guy” – and that’s your persona on your stand-up album as well. “I think it’s terror”: Comedian Josh Gondelman on how Donald Trump’s rise sobered up this election year 2016-03-15T04:00:00Z

He thinks his own warmth is often enveloped by his tremendous stage persona. Maluma, Fashion Chameleon 2022-03-12T05:00:00Z

The game’s key feature makes players change among three personas — a high-society Lady, a Slave who can go undercover and a secretive Assassin. Video Games: Unfinished Swan, Assassin’s Creed and Need for Speed 2012-11-06T22:45:43Z

By turns hilarious and tender — those dual Didos are very much not played for laughs — the show was a small miracle of careful craft and improvisatory looseness, of arch personae and moving sincerity. Review: Philip Glass and the Bangles, Mashed at the Symphony 2022-01-28T05:00:00Z

Cannes declared him persona non grata until the festival added “The House That Jack Built” to this year’s lineup. Is Lars von Trier Trolling Us? 2018-05-16T04:00:00Z

The title is intended to evoke a central paradox of the king of pop's multifaceted persona and changing musical styles. Cirque gives clues to Vegas Michael Jackson show 2013-02-21T21:21:08Z

Past so inhabits present that Mantel includes the dead in the trilogy’s dramatis personae. Crashing Henry VIII’s Court One Last Time With Hilary Mantel 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z

Capable of moving between myriad personas and sonic backdrops that cut through hard-core rap, pop fluff and sticky dance floor bangers, the always provocative Nicki Minaj makes us stop and pay attention. A guide to BET Experience shows that are worth catching 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z

Much of Lohan’s post-dry-out work has attempted to play on her public persona, to less than encouraging levels of success. Hear me out: why I Know Who Killed Me isn't a bad movie 2021-01-11T05:00:00Z

When he brought this persona to life in "Maverick" and then again in "The Rockford Files," he all but rebuilt an archetype. An Appreciation: James Garner changed what a hero could be like 2014-07-20T04:00:00Z

Will Zak finally get into the ring, care of the Salt Water Redneck, and introduce his own wrestling persona, the Peanut Butter Falcon? ‘The Peanut Butter Falcon’ Review: Big Dreams and Possible Big Trouble 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z

During this period, he was often high and let the persona carry him away. How David Bowie Challenged MTV on Race 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z

The Hermione comparison also flattens Warren’s pitch into just two facets of her persona — her gender and her smarts. United We Stan 2019-09-11T04:00:00Z

She sensed a distinction between your public and private personae? Amy Adams: 'I thought, if I can’t figure this out, I can’t work any more' 2016-11-05T04:00:00Z

He presents his targets in their regular, manly personas — growling, gruff, goofy. Jerrod Carmichael Knows How to Wear the Truth 2022-04-19T04:00:00Z

They may sit too close, for example, or seem to be concave, or dress incongruously, as though presenting a different persona in each session. Patterns of pain: what Covid-19 can teach us about how to be human 2020-05-07T04:00:00Z

His podcast persona is a cross between the deadpan comedian Steven Wright and Cliff Clavin of “Cheers” — transposed to a Manchester pub. Television Review | 'The Ricky Gervais Show': Taking the Podcast Back to a Simpler Time 2010-02-19T07:08:00Z

As events in the present trigger continual flashbacks to Beth’s childhood, it’s as if Schumer were digging up the roots of her own stage persona. ‘Life & Beth’ Review: Further Inside Amy Schumer 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z

But the hardened persona, one honed through an abusive, distant childhood and, later, narcotics dealing, crumbled at the sight of Kysilkova’s empathetic rendering of his likeness. The Painter and the Thief: behind the year's most moving documentary 2020-05-20T04:00:00Z

The “wild and crazy guy” is really a quiet, warmly stoic persona just a little hidden behind sunglasses. What follows 'Bright Star'? For Steve Martin, it's 'Meteor Shower' 2016-07-29T04:00:00Z

"The board of directors firmly condemns these comments and declares Lars Von Trier a persona non grata at the Festival de Cannes, with effect immediately." Danish director Von Trier expelled from Cannes 2011-05-19T11:46:08Z

Movie stars are, above all, themselves in movies, but they are not the same selves that they are in life—and the tragedy of their lives is often that of playing the onscreen persona offscreen. The Front Row: Marlene Dietrich in “Dishonored” 2017-05-30T04:00:00Z

As Diamond sharpens his live persona in Act II, David Rockwell’s set, until then dominated by hanging lamps, morphs into a “Hollywood Squares”-like concert stage that incorporates the orchestra. Review: ‘A Beautiful Noise’ Makes for a Morose Neil Diamond Musical 2022-12-04T05:00:00Z

At one point, Mr. DeCurtis asked if he ever felt burdened by the iconic Lou Reed persona, as the public understood it. Who Was the Real Lou Reed? 2015-10-31T04:00:00Z

As Ross’s life collapsed in on itself, juggling the disappointments of his marriages ending and the pressures of co-parenting, he began experimenting with the boundaries of the persona that everyone knew. TV style icons of 2020: how Friends’ Ross Geller pivoted from sartorial disaster 2020-11-23T05:00:00Z

Ms. Ferri today, though physically more vulnerable than before, is so complete an artist that this becomes part of her whole stage persona. Review: At 53, an Effortless Return to Dance ‘Romeo and Juliet’ 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z

Given both Beyonce's persona and talent, only a fool would have bet against her at this particular event. Beyonce wows at Super Bowl show 2013-02-04T10:25:25Z

Nicki Minaj has harnessed the concept of balance like few artists before her: it’s a major part of her success in every imaginable realm, from music to merchandising to the cultivation of her persona. Nicki Minaj Has a Few Complaints About Disappointing Dudes 2014-02-13T21:43:32Z

Goldenberger, whose favorite persona she called “Pervy Dale,” put her hair in pigtails and picked out an old vest from a box of accessories that belonged to a friend. The rise and fall of Ken Bone: This is what happens when real humans become Internet memes 2016-10-15T04:00:00Z

Like his character, Cruise is fighting to preserve reality by tackling AI, merging his persona with his performance and reinforcing himself as the movie messiah. Tom Cruise, our messy messiah of movies 2023-07-25T04:00:00Z

And its big gimmick — dividing the main character into three personas representing different aspects of her story — has already had its thunder stolen by “Summer,” which botched the same idea. The Shows I’m Afraid to Look Forward To 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z

Neither her laugh nor her dramatis personae are merely for entertainment, though. ‘Not Understanding Is Really Satisfying’: A Director Keeps You Thinking 2022-04-06T04:00:00Z

“Kahn is striking for the fact that he’s so low-key and his immense talents were hidden behind a quite conventional persona,” she said. In Energized Detroit, Savoring an Architectural Legacy 2018-03-26T04:00:00Z

Perhaps the biggest challenge involved in making a Tyson biopic would be finding a way to capture his outsize persona — the hulking physicality, the incongruously high-pitched voice, the infamous facial tattoo — without veering into caricature. Jamie Foxx eyeing Mike Tyson biopic; could he pull it off? 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z

Some celebrities play down their onstage personas when traveling with candidates. Seeking the limelight, with the help of star power 2012-03-16T21:12:20Z

His quintessential screen persona is, essentially, that of a vastly more handsome, rather more detached and perhaps slightly dimmer North American version of Simon Pegg. Sad Keanu 2: why The Matrix without Reeves would be a journey down the wrong rabbit hole 2017-03-15T04:00:00Z

Q: Which sounds close to you commenting on your persona, though you don't like to talk about it. Sarah Silverman's not kidding ... maybe 2011-03-24T16:26:00Z

Television critics and intellectuals found the Linkletter persona bland and his popularity unfathomable. Art Linkletter, TV Host, Dies at 97 2010-05-26T21:10:00Z

For inspiration he looked to Williams’s portrayal of Omar as the persona he needed to fashion himself after when facing hardened crowds. How Michael K. Williams helped Baltimore rapper DDM find his voice 2021-09-22T04:00:00Z

Cave’s newsletters both demystify his persona and directly address longtime fan curiosities, such as whether Grinderman, another former band of his, might one day reunite. The Brutality and Tenderness of Nick Cave’s Newsletters 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z

He added he hoped Garcetti, whose public persona is normally about as mild as his city’s weather, wasn’t trying to boost his hipness cred. LA mayor: Hockey victory ‘big F–ing day’ for LA 2014-06-17T04:00:00Z

Owen Wilson, a tall, laid-back iteration of the familiar Allen persona, is Gil, a perpetually dissatisfied Hollywood screenwriter trying to reinvigorate his youthful dreams of literary glory. | 'Midnight in Paris': Kicking the Old Ennui With the Lost Generation 2011-05-19T14:22:17Z

This incongruity, between cerebral and swagger, is at the heart of his irresistible persona. Critic?s Notebook: Hannibal Buress Approaches Comedy From the Side 2011-11-03T12:00:04Z

“Apparently, I was persona non grata in California after ‘Evita,’ because everybody heard I was difficult in New York. Put Down Your Phone! It’s Patti LuPone. 2021-12-11T05:00:00Z

The forthrightness that has become the signature of her public persona is on full display; she treats the camera as if it were a trusted friend. ‘Introducing, Selma Blair’ Review: An Actress in Her Second Act 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z

As a “home show” about “home shows,” “Living Here” tends toward the solipsistic and the songs too often stress Mr. Irving’s blithe holy fool persona. Review: ‘Living Here’ Sends Gideon Irving to Wander City Apartments 2015-03-30T04:00:00Z

The techno musician turns out to have a more debauched past than his persona suggests. At Home With Moby: A Castle for the King of Techno 2011-04-28T03:00:42Z

He was everything his public persona indicated he was: whip-smart, acerbic, brutally direct and, at times, hilarious. When I was in the Fugs — for one night. At the Mudd Club 2020-11-21T05:00:00Z

Tereshkina is a dark-haired beauty with alabaster skin and a reserved persona. Mariinsky Ballet's 'Raymonda' at Segerstrom: Why love story could use a little heart 2015-09-25T04:00:00Z

In a tightly shot sequence filmed through Amy's eyes as she's hiding under her mother's bed, we hear her mother shed the public persona and quietly weep. Conservatives objecting to raunch in "Cuties" conveniently also miss its critique of purity culture 2020-10-22T04:00:00Z

Neither performance was award-worthy in the traditional sense, yet both are engaging and assured — exactly what you’d expect from a man who’d long since proved himself a genius at creating a persona. When Athletes Go Hollywood 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z

That’s the difference between Hamill and other actors seen by the public as a fictional persona they played decades ago – or worse, those performers who resent that double-edged sword. Use your voice, Luke: How Mark Hamill's anti-Jedi mind tricks gave him career longevity 2023-10-25T04:00:00Z

But for Snoop Dogg it has been a lucrative persona; his encores, newer songs, set similar rhymes to more bombastic productions. Music Review: Hip-Hop History, Recreated by Those Who Made It 2010-08-29T23:06:00Z

The photographs of Vali playing with her breasts, or dancing in her apartment or wherever she lived, sustained the magic that he also revealed in her public persona. Photographing as a Need 2017-02-08T05:00:00Z

Your persona, this kind of oblivious person who says horrible things, is so sunny. Sarah Silverman's not kidding ... maybe 2011-03-24T16:26:00Z

But most of the women embraced these personas as if they were being granted superhero identities. This ’80s female wrestling league was dangerous and sexist — and the best job of their lives 2017-06-19T04:00:00Z

Most notably, Stromae actively refused the larger-than-life persona that usually accompanies the venue’s main stage. Stromae in New York 2015-10-20T04:00:00Z

No actor is consistent in their film choices or possesses a persona appealing enough to lure me to a theater simply because their name is on the marquee. The magical magnetism of Mads Mikkelsen 2022-04-17T04:00:00Z

Barr became one of the most successful comics in history, turning her fed-up housewife persona into one of the best sitcoms of the era. Three New Stand-Up Specials, Three Very Different Approaches 2023-02-17T05:00:00Z

A couple of days later I email Kath to find out if his rather taciturn interview persona is actually all part of some larger Crystal Castles gameplan. Crystal Castles sparkle with or without The Brain 2010-05-21T23:09:00Z

Her political comedy is still finding its feet, but it's exciting to watch her try to integrate a rage for social justice into her geeky optimist persona. Josie Long ? review 2011-08-09T17:45:01Z

Michael Heseltine, Britain’s onetime deputy prime minister, is an enduring political figure whose public persona is often defined in two ways. Perspective | Why I want my politicians to spend some time in a garden 2017-03-20T04:00:00Z

In 2014, Iggy Azalea was as noted for her hits—“Fancy” was one of the biggest songs of the year—as for her appearance and online persona. 2014 In Music: The Year Of The Woman 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z

And for the first part of his writing career Vonnegut successfully compartmentalized his familial and writerly personas. Books of The Times: Charles J. Shields?s ?And So It Goes,? on Vonnegut - Review 2011-11-02T23:41:53Z

Initially, I read his hairlessness as a possible extension of his sexual persona – like, maybe he shaved his entire body. Dr Orgasm will see you now: is the O-Shot what women need for better sex? 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z

Like a psychiatrist self-analyzing, I paid close attention to how I felt during my deactivated period: freer, calmer, less concerned with my virtual persona and whether it portrayed me in a blithe, cool way online. Social media vacations don’t work 2012-08-07T16:00:00Z

He is hardly the first actor to also pursue a musical career, but his music is notable in how it lends to the same unpredictable persona as his on-screen projects. Caleb Landry Jones is known for playing weird, kind of creepy characters. His new album is also weird and kind of creepy. 2021-09-22T04:00:00Z

Daley had a political persona of his own, as a former Commerce secretary under Clinton and a member of a famous political family in Chicago. Obama's new chief of staff an expert on executive powers 2012-01-14T04:36:00Z

She says that someone recently asked if she was persona non grata in Hollywood. Rose McGowan: ‘Hollywood is built on sickness. It operates like a cult’ 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z

Work predicated on this notion is now central to mainstream comedy, from the faux-documentary style of The Office to the various provocations of Sacha Baron Cohen and the persona of Stephen Colbert. Chris Morris: the Orson Welles of British comedy? 2010-04-14T09:03:00Z

That's never a big problem, because – even if I find the abusiveness a little wearing – Helm's needy brute persona is itself amusing. Nick Helm ? review 2011-08-10T16:53:22Z

It calls for something more personal, or at least more committed to a persona. Camila Cabello and Harry Styles, Teen-Pop Alumni, Think Bigger 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z

In essence, what could the persona do that Gladys could not? ArtsBeat: ‘Catfish’ and the Truth About Our False Online Selves 2013-06-26T13:00:25Z

But as ballerina meets clown, other personae break into the mix. Russian dance that's out of this world: Turin's Teatro a Corte 2011-07-13T11:36:09Z

Even Jimmy Fallon, whose stage persona remains sunny and easygoing, often takes on politics, mostly by emphasizing the silliness — not the severity — of what unfolds in Washington. Late-Night TV Highlights in 2017: Trump, Russia, Weinstein and More 2017-12-27T05:00:00Z

Diesel considered the character elements of his two most famous on-screen personas. Comic-Con: Kick-Ass 2, Riddick and Vin Diesel's Marvel news 2013-07-20T07:23:17Z

Bowie’s trajectory demanded that all pop stars evolve, transform, tweak their personas or invent new ones. David Bowie taught us the limitless potential of renewal 2016-01-11T05:00:00Z

Chamberlain, who died of heart failure in 1999, and Walton both have well-defined personas, which they participated in creating. Little Big Men: ‘The Luckiest Guy in the World’ and ‘Goliath’ 2023-07-14T04:00:00Z

And Another Thing Pavilion, Until Sunday Essentially, this is a comedy riff on the old dysfunctional double-act setup, set in a studio where everything is fake, including the presenters' personas. And Another Thing ? review 2011-07-12T18:00:01Z

When authors tweet—and most publishers urge them to do so—the line between work and persona can become almost impossible to draw. David Foster Wallace and the Perils of “Litchat” 2015-09-08T04:00:00Z

But these stories are not just about questioning the existence and necessity of the “persona”–they’re about investigating how those personas affect our relationships with everyone around us. The lies we live by: What “Gone Girl” and “Transparent” have in common 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z

The foyers — his work is on display downstairs, too — suggest that he has several personas. Review: New York City Ballet’s Winter Season Blends Movement and Music 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z

Her brutal honesty — which also carries over into her public persona — is one reason why she’s become a fascinating figure to follow. How to celebrate Megan Thee Stallion's Hot Girl summer 2019-07-04T04:00:00Z

I sat down with her to talk “Portlandia,” persona and feminism. “I like that spot where fear and laughter converge”: Carrie Brownstein on how “Portlandia” takes on aging, “Transparent” and channeling Sleater-Kinney on set 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z

Hill doesn’t try to impress us with his tastes and persona. Three Sharply Observed Books Showcase the Enduring Appeal of Memoirs About Dealing With Disease 2021-08-02T04:00:00Z

At the time, Silverman was building a national reputation as a comedian who shirked no opportunity to make audiences uncomfortable with her cheerfully offensive Valley Girl persona. Sarah Silverman’s Comedy Is Changing with the Times 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z

He had just come off a breakup, and was trying on something of a new persona. For Saint Levant, Sexy Music Is Personal, and Political 2023-03-06T05:00:00Z

Now he had to find a song that suited both her range and persona. Remembering Lesley Gore, a '60s Queen of Teen Angst 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z

As for the Dice Man, Allen says he understands the challenge presented by a strong onstage persona. With old dirty nursery rhymes and a new series, Andrew Dice Clay returns 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z

Curb Your Enthusiasm might not exist were it not for Seinfeld, but Larry David took things up a notch with his fictionalised persona in this superb sitcom. Six to watch: Standups in sitcoms 2011-07-06T13:16:26Z

His digital persona does, however, and it’s maddeningly chatty — 8,000-emails-in-seven-years chatty. Review: In ‘Steve: A Docu-Musical,’ Colin Summers Honors an Online Mystery Lyricist 2015-08-12T04:00:00Z

For example: the curious matter of Stanley’s stage persona, who sports red silk robes, a Fu Manchu mustache and heavy makeup. ‘Magic in the Moonlight’: Another Woody Allen Odd Couple 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z

Bourdain effectively created the “bad-boy chef” persona, but over time he began to see its ill effects on the restaurant industry. Anthony Bourdain and the Power of Telling the Truth 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z

But his criminal persona as Ghost still haunts him. What’s on TV Sunday 2016-07-17T04:00:00Z

“Smear blog!” they gleefully cry, referencing a longstanding joke about creating an online forum devoted to defaming my notoriously eco-friendly public persona. The problem with sanctimonious environmentalists: their boring absolutism 2015-09-22T04:00:00Z

Hitchcock warrants icon status in part because he worked hard to craft a persona: the puckishly macabre master of suspense. The blur between acting, fakery 2015-03-18T04:00:00Z

You soiled yourself and haunted some of the scuzziest streets of London, cultivating a persona of a strung-out maniac. | John Lithgow 2011-09-02T14:00:51Z

It is impossible to talk about Donald Trump — his election victory, his personal brand, his public persona — without also discussing toxic masculinity. The damage we do to boys and men that explains the Trump presidency 2017-08-19T04:00:00Z

Die Antwoord’s bombastic concerts and larger than life stage personas are not to be missed. REVIEW: Die Antwoord's Donker Mag Fails to Maintain Momentum 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z

Although on the surface Sam seems to be a bit of a slow-witted, boyish man with a weird sense of humor, Maher creates a comical, multi-dimensional and realistic persona for him. Review: Annie Baker's 'The Flick' slow but funny 2013-03-13T00:10:10Z

“He was someone who was constantly revising his views of the world, the way he would present his public persona, his ideas about radicalism and movements — civil rights movements, black power movements.” Fifty years after his death, Malcolm X speaks to the current moment 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z

But slowly, year after year, I've leaned into this process that so wholeheartedly captures Betsy's persona, and reminds me of her generosity and fearless knack for baking. The pesky mushroom cookies I bake for Betsy, my late mother-in-law 2020-12-21T05:00:00Z

Lively, meanwhile, continues to expand on the unexpected glimmers of strength she revealed in 2010's "The Town," in contrast to her glamorous persona on- and off-camera. Review: Stone back in bold form with `Savages' 2012-07-03T01:46:04Z

She breaks up with the former after discovering him making out with a boy in a toilet cubicle, and tires of the latter on seeing through his calculated pseudo-rebel persona. Youth in revolt: is Lady Bird the first truly feminist teen movie? 2018-02-20T05:00:00Z

Colbert didn’t just shed his conservative blowhard pundit persona when he took over for Letterman—he also changed his comedy to fit in to the format.  Republicans just don’t get Stephen Colbert: Why the Fox News-watching, climate-change denying crowd can’t understand complex satire 2015-11-23T05:00:00Z

Kirchick writes of Nancy Reagan: “Her own persona is inescapably, irrepressibly gay, embodied by the retinue that designed, dressed, escorted, entertained, flattered, housed, humored, pampered, styled and titillated her.” ‘Secret City,’ an Epic Narrative History of the Closet in the Capital 2022-05-22T04:00:00Z

Seinfeld, meanwhile, peels away a layer of his persona only to reveal another, identical layer. “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee” and Jerry Seinfeld’s Identical Layers 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z

“The Consultant” doesn’t have that kind of energy at its center — Waltz, recycling his oddball cultivated-creepy persona for the umpteenth time, is amusing but not much more as the coldblooded, possibly diabolical capitalist. ‘The Consultant’ Review: Silicon Valley Goes to the Devil 2023-02-24T05:00:00Z

Teach's reputation as an indomitable pirate relied on the visual persona he created. Hello World: Where Design Meets Life by Alice Rawsthorn – review 2013-05-10T13:00:03Z

But the name could also be a metaphor for Mackned’s musical persona. Mackned hosts mellow house party at Easy Street Records 2016-07-16T04:00:00Z

So seductive is this feeling that adolescents begin to believe their online personas are a measurement of self worth, Wallace says. Inside the Wild and Addictive World of Celebrity Fan Fiction 2013-08-26T09:45:08Z

At first she assumes a nice girl persona to avoid being painted as another aggressive, unapproachable Black woman. "Dear White People" visits the "Big Brother" Cookout via a pointed parody of reality show racism 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z

It’s Della’s ability to see through Jack’s persona that saves him — and this novel — from pretentiousness. Review | In ‘Jack,’ Marilynne Robinson’s fourth Gilead novel, a lost soul embarks on an impossible love affair 2020-09-21T04:00:00Z

But their relationship was not “what gave Helen cachet or a persona in the world,” Ms. Fine Collins said. Helen O’Hagan, Fashion Executive Who Personified Saks, Dies at 89 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z

Mr. Leguizamo, 50, still has charisma, but with his maniacal stage persona barely seen and the themes recycled from earlier projects, “Fugly!” is a dud. ‘Fugly!,’ a Comedy Starring John Leguizamo 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z

Photograph 51” allows her to capitalize on this persona to enlightening and unexpectedly poignant effect. Review: In ‘Photograph 51,’ Nicole Kidman Is a Steely DNA Scientist 2015-09-14T04:00:00Z

Better is a scene where Ron explains Iggy Pop's stage persona to Bowie illustrating how to hold a young audience captive. Wretched David Bowie biopic "Stardust" should be launched into the sun 2020-11-25T05:00:00Z

He has built a persona as a hard-partying, raunchy, fashion-forward Casanova who also speaks out about Puerto Rico’s pride and frustrations. In 2022, Latin Pop Thrived on Innovation. Again. 2022-12-22T05:00:00Z

Outside of his fan base, the reaction is much different, with people deriding his cheery persona, upbeat tweets and music that reflects both. Logic looks to take his career to the final frontier 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z

Q: When stand-up comedians land a sitcom, they usually end up playing a version of their stage persona. Chicago sound familiar to 'Mike & Molly' star 2011-06-02T15:16:00Z

It’s hard to find two women farther apart in background, education and ideology than Mrs. Obama and Mrs. Romney, yet their convention personas are remarkably similar. The TV Watch: The TV Watch: From Michelle Obama, a Heartfelt Testimonial as the First Helpmate 2012-09-05T04:31:04Z

In 1974, he ran for parliament as the International Marxist candidate, but the sloganeering public persona is tempered by an erudite domestic man. A life in writing: Tariq Ali 2010-05-07T23:18:00Z

The upscale-professional-suave persona he crafted for himself has served him well. Don Draper: Stuck in place as 'Mad Men' drifts? 2013-04-08T03:03:08Z

Perhaps mainstream male country music, with its system of entertainers putting across a vocal persona based on traditional masculine roles, is more inflexible than singer-songwriter pop. New Music: Mindless Behavior and LeAnn Rimes - Review 2011-09-26T22:44:16Z

I like that he was creating a persona, however charmingly goofy. Peter Sarsgaard talks about his role in the experimental ‘Experimenter’ 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z

Others who feel they have observed a gap between Douglas’s on and offscreen personas do not share this assessment. Michael Douglas Refuses to Age Gracefully in ‘The Kominsky Method’ 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z

And even a stand-up like Catherine Cohen builds self-awareness into her messy comic persona. ‘One Woman Show’ Review: Unlikable for Laughs 2023-06-23T04:00:00Z

Opera, that was three weeks before the election, and WikiLeaks was totally persona non grata with Democrats, of course. A Chelsea Manning-WikiLeaks Opera, Seen in a New Light 2017-02-21T05:00:00Z

He is barely tethered to the real world, and his coping mechanism is to create a persona in a world in which he is the star. From a talking horse to the Dark Knight: Will Arnett ranks his own roles 2020-05-25T04:00:00Z

"I have a whole cycle of feeding this persona that has been projected onto me," she says. Aubrey Plaza Can Do More Than Roll Her Eyes 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z

For us of course a lot of that was within the public persona that we created. The Beastie Boys Put Down the Mic and Pick Up the Pen 2018-10-24T04:00:00Z

Her look was revolutionary on-screen — legend has it that audiences gasped — and her energetic, modern persona was that of the new generation. The guilty pleasure of reading Hollywood memoirs 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z

You start to suspect that it was actually the ineffectual nebbish persona that was the phony one. Anna Gunn on the End of ‘Breaking Bad’ 2013-08-07T19:49:17Z

In an interview with Allure, Aniston voiced her frustration about getting acting acclaim only after toning down her pretty persona to a "physically mangled" one. Jennifer Aniston takes Oscars dis in stride: 'I'm the No. 1 snubbed!' 2015-01-19T05:00:00Z

“It doesn’t bother me at all. Call it homosexual, feminine, hip, not hip — I don’t care. I like drawing from all sorts of sources to create my own persona.” ‘Metrosexuals’ Were Just Straight Men Who Loved Self-Care. Right? 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z

Drake is far from the first rapper to brandish his heart on his sleeve, but he is the first to craft an entire persona around this concept. Drake Wrestles His Insecurities on New Album Nothing Was the Same 2013-09-26T17:20:05Z

But he had a way with words, and a distinctive frontier persona, and he became the standard-bearer of the young Republican Party and its opposition to the spread of slavery. Abraham Lincoln’s assassination: Great joy, then a gunshot 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z

Hiding some of his ambition was conscious, and it was part of the creation of a persona that he felt that he wanted to create and that he would have admired as a kid. Nirvana manager Danny Goldberg waited 25 years to write his Kurt Cobain book. Here’s the Kurt he knew. 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z

But Kroll had a point: Holmes had attended a Christian college and had considered becoming a youth pastor before veering into stand-up, where he stands out for his effervescence and relatively wholesome persona. In ‘How We Roll,’ Pete Holmes Looks to Bowl Over Mainstream America 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z

“It’s like you have your public persona of being a V.P. of a company, being a mom, and even in a nightclub you can’t let loose,” Ms. Jones said. Twerking Their Way to a Sweaty Workout Nirvana 2014-03-12T23:27:10Z

A competition at which poets recite original work before loud, excited audiences, a slam is as much about winning over judges through performance and persona as it is about lyrical brilliance. 'Louder Than a Bomb': the power of a youth poetry slam 2011-05-05T23:55:05Z

Mr. Martin is one of a growing number of celebrities who, fed up with being hounded by tabloids and Internet gossip, want to control their public personas by addressing personal issues directly with their fans. Ricky Martin?s Personal Spin 2010-04-02T21:35:00Z

An overlooked master of the form, he’s perfected a persona of the silly grump that makes anything funny. Best Comedy of 2020 2020-12-15T05:00:00Z

But her exotic Peruvian persona was invented in Los Angeles. On the trail of Yma Sumac: The exotica legend came from Peru, but her career was all Hollywood 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z

If Mr. Crosby’s music expanded boundaries, his persona fixed him in a specific era — and proudly so. David Crosby, Mainstay of Two Classic Rock Bands, Dies at 81 2023-01-19T05:00:00Z

This episode unfolds slowly, a bit laboriously, with some scenes reflecting the now-tiresome, painful exposition of Dr. William Masters’s continuingly repressed persona. 'Masters of Sex' Recap: Some Ties That Bind 2014-09-21T04:00:00Z

Q: Has your stage persona hampered you in film? Sarah Silverman's not kidding ... maybe 2011-03-24T16:26:00Z

He also chose not to devise a marketable public persona for himself. Joe Henry and the Art of Disappearing Into a Song 2019-11-18T05:00:00Z

I just didn’t have any identity aside from my persona. | Steve-O: His Latest Trick? Staying Sober 2010-10-08T17:17:00Z

Is Jodie Foster, his director on The Beaver, which has reportedly been put on ice in the wake of her lead actor's travails, really going to hold the movie until Gibson's public persona improves? Will Hangover 2 cameo give Mel Gibson more headaches? 2010-10-19T14:55:00Z

At other times, for authors who need it, Mr. Gottlieb adopts a more soothing and supportive persona. Robert Gottlieb: Avid Reader, Reluctant Writer 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z

Both artists have developed distinct, not necessarily complementary personas. Album review: 'Watch the Throne' a royal waste 2011-08-08T21:59:00Z

It agreed to take on Stone’s case pro bono, and one of its strategists set about making her a new digital persona. Monica Lewinsky and the Shame Game 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z

Meyers is acutely aware this special is at least a mild departure from the persona he presents on “Late Night.” Seth Meyers' special lets you skip the Trump jokes, but they're not missed 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z

The stage space is marvelously fluid; even the four musicians move from place to place, and we see the dancers in the wings, with some ambiguity about where their stage personae start or end. ‘Sunset, o639 Hours,’ a BalletX World Premiere 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z

Some media outlets have pounced on that sentence as a refutation of his long-cherished persona as the carefree sage dispensing pearls of homespun wisdom. The frog that jump-started Mark Twain's career 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z

The tunes in the set — drawn from each of Mr. Reed’s four albums — seemed chosen partly for their dramatic potential, amplifying his narrative and persona. Review: Ed Reed Pours Out His Feelings at Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z

The size of the persona is the key; any reduction, and the whole enterprise sinks. Mary J. Blige’s ‘London Sessions’ 2014-11-21T05:00:00Z

Rapper A$AP Rocky meshes his laid-back lyrical persona with a melodic sound, delivering an impressive piece of work with just a few flaws on his debut album, "Long.Live.A$AP." Review: A$AP Rocky is impressive on debut album 2013-01-14T18:31:15Z

For people who didn’t know Brandt beyond his perky persona, it must seem puzzling that someone so vivacious and accomplished would take his own life. Dr. Brandt, the Lonely Showman 2015-04-11T04:00:00Z

But it would be wrong to subordinate Trump’s politics to his persona, or to categorize either as mere rudeness. Are the politics of “incivility” paving the road to an American fascism? Part 1 of 2 2018-09-01T04:00:00Z

"Charlie and Ted each have a substantially similar persona, verbal tone, verbal delivery, dialogue and attitude." Seth MacFarlane stole vulgar-bear character used in 'Ted,' suit says 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z

She feels new, although her persona — suicidal doormat with a bad-boy fetish — would have seemed dated in an Edith Wharton novel. ‘Ultraviolence’ is the set of songs Lana Del Rey was invented to sing

He began as a disc jockey and began forming his on-air persona by interviewing random diners in Pumpernik’s restaurant in Miami Beach for a local radio station. The TV Watch: Larry King Goes Gently From CNN 2010-06-30T20:55:00Z

The comic book tales are essentially tragedies, with Banner incapable of escaping his alter ego's chaotic persona. Hulk have problem. Who play Hulk? 2010-07-15T13:29:00Z

Throughout that time, he says, he had been honing a persona that felt cramped on public radio but takes center stage on “Into It”: uncensored, uninhibited and unbothered. Reintroducing Sam Sanders 2022-07-29T04:00:00Z

Sternheimer, the sociologist, said that the infidelity rumors don't challenge popular perceptions of Bullock or James, who has cultivated a bad-boy persona since his days on "Monster Garage." Sandra Bullock still poised for successful future 2010-03-19T11:21:00Z

Her entire hip-hop persona exists to blast away stubborn stereotypes about Asians in general and Asian women in particular. Awkwafina's "Nora From Queens" channels "Broad City" but must hone its own rowdy identity 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z

I admire this duality; I only hoped to glimpse more of her behind-the-scenes thoughtfulness, rather than the dogged levity — the bend-and-snap, if you will — that defines her public persona. Review | Mindy Kaling’s new essays are lightweight entertainment for trying times 2020-10-01T04:00:00Z

Each of these factors hints at the paradox of Murphy's public persona, the entertainment mogul who also wants to change the way Hollywood operates and thinks. The problem with Ryan Murphy, a potent Hollywood advocate with a habit of crossing the wrong lines 2023-10-08T04:00:00Z

But like so many online personas, Ms. Guy’s masked the more complicated aspects of her personal life. What Happens When a Weddings Influencer Gets Divorced? 2019-12-10T05:00:00Z

What carried the exhibition was the solidity of the curation—the sense that all the items on display were of a piece, giving a coherent sense of Bowie, in all the multiplicity of his personas. In a New Velvet Underground Exhibition, a Gritty Subculture Meets the Corporate Moment 2018-11-03T04:00:00Z

You have access to the early mistakes but also to the choices an artist makes over time that add up to a persona. Music Review: Allison Weiss at Public Assembly 2013-02-03T22:21:25Z

Over several weeks of talking and rereading, though, she came to understand the value of immersing herself in the persona and hardships of her character. Actress Holly Twyford has been teaching acting to 90-year-olds during the pandemic — and learning a few things about living 2021-08-19T04:00:00Z

“It shows how she understands the need to eradicate any confusion between her public persona and the characters she plays.” Kristen Stewart's latest reinvention bid: as actress' assistant 2014-05-28T04:00:00Z

For a performer with such an outsize persona, he didn’t seize the opportunity to establish a personality. Music Review: Adam Lambert?s Message at the Nokia Theater 2010-06-23T22:04:00Z

Gottlieb ties off the narrative threads in a loose but satisfying knot, and he complicates Todd’s family and innocent persona with revelations from his past. Eli Gottlieb’s ‘Best Boy’ 2015-08-25T04:00:00Z

“If you were going to say what was really virtuosic about the performance, of course it was the construction of that persona,” she said. The Inappropriately Intimate Exchanges of Barbara Browning 2017-06-09T04:00:00Z

So when Nekrotzar, the persona of Death, emerges as if from the underworld, we first see the comically menacing face of this character, played by the formidable bass-baritone Eric Owens, as a ghoulish video image. Music Review: The Philharmonic?s Challenge: Merely the End of the World 2010-05-28T18:13:00Z

The persona she developed on “Animal” parties hard, trash-talks and treats conquests like sex toys, just as male rock stars have done for decades. Music: Kesha Tilts Closer to a Rock Sound With ‘Warrior’ 2012-11-25T00:10:06Z

One could argue that if Mr. Hilton was truly kinder, he might not have played his new persona for camp at others’ expense. Perez Hilton Pursues Redemption 2012-10-17T23:02:30Z

But, perhaps because of her varying levels of technical assurance, a diffidence often attends her stage persona. Critic’s Notebook: New York City Ballet Wraps Up a Memorable Winter Season 2015-02-24T05:00:00Z

His ever-changing, outrageous personae also served to mask the painful shyness and insecurity of his younger years. David Bowie dies at 69; mesmerizing performer and restless innovator 2016-01-11T05:00:00Z

And as his star rises, it's possible designers could hesitate to book him, fearing his persona may overshadow the clothes. Gender-bending model pushes limits of the runway 2012-02-09T07:48:09Z

Gray chose the pig mask, a persona that perhaps best reflected the band's emerging overall aesthetic – that of outsiders from a largely rural, farming-based state a million metaphorical miles from New York and Los Angeles. Slipknot: Paul 'the Pig' Gray remembered 2010-05-25T13:47:00Z

He developed a persona he called "The Weasel," the curly-haired, heavy-lidded, gentle, humorously dim, rapid-slurring party dude who wore purple vests, headbands and Hawaiian shorts. The rebirth of Pauly Shore 2011-06-09T15:47:00Z

Hustle and ingenuity have defined Benjamin’s career, and her strong will, warmth and down-to-earth persona come through in the music. A Car Accident Couldn’t Halt the Saxophonist Lakecia Benjamin’s Rise 2023-01-23T05:00:00Z

In general, he cultivated a “mordant persona” and was genuinely captivated by gruesomeness. Review: In ‘The Violet Hour,’ Great Writers Facing the Inevitable 2016-03-09T05:00:00Z

A third small self-portrait, in oil on canvas, brings these two personas together. Art Review: Bleak Visions From Early-20th-Century Rebels 2011-03-24T22:07:05Z

And it blows open your perception of Houston as a star, mother, wife, addict and persona. Review: ‘Whitney,’ a Pop Music Tragedy, Is Sad, Strange and Dismaying 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z

Johnson ended up appearing six more times, honing his bumbling persona in the process. A Show That Laughs at Boris Johnson, and May Have Aided His Rise 2019-10-29T04:00:00Z

Next we see another shot of Bruce Wayne as a youngster, this time realising his future persona by confronting his biggest fear. The Dark Knight Rises trailer: Batman's best bits, but what else? 2011-07-19T16:53:09Z

She is ably assisted by co-star Michael Cera, who throws off his Superbad silliness, to find a darkly unsettling but still very funny persona in Brink. Sundance 2013: Magic Magic – first look review 2013-01-25T09:35:00Z

He seems to me to be caught between a self-promoting knob of a persona, and someone who actually has serious things to say. All-male Egyptian sitcom leaves women out of laughs 2013-06-18T14:15:00Z

Bernhardt’s greatest roles resembled the personas of David Bowie. Before Taylor Swift or David Bowie, There Was Sarah Bernhardt 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z

Experts say the letters demonstrate a side to Hemingway that wasn't part of his persona as an author whose subjects included war, bullfighting, fishing and hunting. Hemingway shows soft side in newly public letters 2012-03-28T22:47:09Z

Sure, a few nervous shudders might be understandable for those who recall Liotta's menacing screen personas. Ray Liotta hops a horse to join 'Texas Rising' 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z

His online persona had just as much swagger. Benny Johnson got fired at BuzzFeed. You will believe what happened next. 2015-06-09T04:00:00Z

Stripped of the bells, whistles and wigs that served as a fundamental part of her real star persona, the singer we see on screen is a gooseflesh-inducing volt of electricity. When pop stars play pop stars… 2018-09-29T04:00:00Z

There are cameos from various historical figures, including Chaplin — quite different here from his cheeky and cheerful “Little Tramp” persona — and the ghost of the serial killer H. H. Holmes. Cunning, Damaged and Deranged: The Latest Thrillers by Women 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z

Her breezy persona belied the grueling work that went into touring, radio promotion and being the linchpin of a multimillion-dollar extravaganza. Katy Perry Woke Up. She Wants to Tell You All About It. 2017-06-14T04:00:00Z

Yogi became one of the first celebrity endorsers, hawking the chocolate milk drink Yoo Hoo, Doodle fish oil, Camel cigarettes and, really leaning into the persona later in life, Miller Lite and Aflac insurance. Yogi Berra on the Field: The Case for Baseball Greatness 2023-05-08T04:00:00Z

“This leaves a rather cramped persona that you can inhabit as a South African.” In ‘Mandela: The Lost Tapes,’ a Veteran Journalist Finds Himself 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z

He also echoes the Bruce Lee persona in being an emblem of racial pride. Film: Enter the Teacher to the Dragon of Martial Arts Films 2011-01-23T02:30:15Z

Among them are the women who were marginalised by his ladbantz, the gay men who were derided on air, and all those deemed less important than Moyles, each steamrollered by his on- and off-air persona. Once Chris Moyles spoke to millions on the radio. Now he’s struggling for an audience on his own YouTube channel 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z

In an extensive videotaped interview for the Archive of American Television in 1999, Mr. Rich presented a businesslike persona, devoid of artistic pretense. Lee Rich, a Founder of Lorimar Productions, Dies at 93 2012-05-30T16:54:28Z

His previous film, Love and Death, dumped his classic neurotic New Yorker persona into a plot to assassinate Napoleon. My favorite best picture Oscar winner: Annie Hall 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z

Regardless, his wide smile, big google eyes and cuddly persona have earned him a large fan base. It's the great shake-down: A look inside TikTok's ongoing Grimace Shake and "Barbie" shake trends 2023-07-15T04:00:00Z

Sandy's journey paralleled Newton-John's too, as shortly after the film she released "Physical," the hit which would leave her innocent persona behind like a snakeskin. Before it was cool or safe, Olivia Newton-John was a queer icon and ally 2022-08-09T04:00:00Z

I was struck at how speaking through a persona helps you reveal things about yourself. Josh Ritter preaches his “messianic oracular honky tonk”: “I don’t feel a huge connection to religion, except as a large accumulation of confusing, confusing stories” 2015-10-16T04:00:00Z

But the true musical star of the album is Harrison, who unveils a whole new instrumental persona based on the piquant, pining lyricism of his bottleneck-slide guitar. When the Beatles Walked Offstage: Fifty Years of “Abbey Road” 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z

Now he seems to be deploying the same strategy with his persona, and relishing it. How Elon Musk became a new kind of celebrity 2022-07-16T04:00:00Z

The juxtapositions are arranged to dramatize the gap between Oprah the public persona and the private person who is, or has had to become, like many of the rich and famous, increasingly calculating and controlling. Kitty Kelley's Oprah dissection a brave opus 2010-04-23T09:39:00Z

While younger comedians have turned their gaze inward — bonding with live and social media audiences by disclosing personal f*ck-ups and near misses and dumb luck — Seinfeld, 66, has cultivated an impenetrable public persona. Seinfeld's bland new book "Is This Anything?" is $35 dollars' worth of ambivalence and old jokes 2020-10-15T04:00:00Z

There’s even a showreel-worthy moment towards the end where he cycles between different personae in one scene. From Split to Psycho: why cinema fails dissociative identity disorder 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z

It is the creation of Greg Whiteley, 44, a filmmaker who was simultaneously described by campaign aides as “the sweetest guy in the world” and a “persona non grata” on the trail. Film Gives a Peek at the Romney Who Never Quite Won Over Voters 2014-01-18T16:32:19Z

After apartheid fell, white artists were free to explore a wider range of personas. The Brilliant Weirdness of Die Antwoord 2012-01-29T07:13:50Z

Kinevane’s monologue explores social norms surrounding beauty, exclusion and mortality through the vivid persona of a woman horribly disfigured in childhood by a freak lightning strike that made her “the Wimbledon champ at dodging mirrors.” A one-man show about a horribly disfigured woman: Pat Kinevane's riveting 'Underneath' 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z

Saul’s book, though too long, captures these dimensions of the persona and the man behind it very well. Book review: ‘Becoming Richard Pryor,’ by Scott Saul 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z

When McKinnon takes on Clinton’s persona, the result she produces is typically manic, and Saturday night was not much of an exception. “Saturday Night Live” dares to ask: What if Hillary Clinton really is likeable? 2015-10-05T04:00:00Z

At the center of these personas are the ensembles McCarthy dons to drive the point home. In 'Spy,' the clothes make Melissa McCarthy's undercover agent 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z

Jonathan Ross, however, often seemed to rely on his "cheeky chappie" persona, and was never happier than when guests – or sitting ducks – covered their faces in embarrassment. What makes a good chatshow host? 2011-08-05T14:18:53Z

Expect Turner herself, who is also interviewed, to bring her legendary persona down to earth. What’s on TV This Week: ‘Coded Bias’ and ‘Tina’ 2021-03-22T04:00:00Z

In fact, it was a persona he had perfected for many years on television. John Forsythe obituary 2010-04-04T16:02:00Z

Sam is definitely not like my stage persona. Bridget Everett on finding herself in "Somebody Somewhere": "This experience is changing my life" 2022-02-20T05:00:00Z

It feels like he’s parodying his early persona as a buff, longhaired hunk. A ‘Lost City’ Group Chat With Sandra Bullock, Channing Tatum and Daniel Radcliffe 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z

Overnight I acquired a new and unwelcome persona. Actress Sally Farmiloe dies aged 60 2014-07-30T04:00:00Z

Thom Tuck The joke is in the clash of tweedy persona and interest in Walt Disney's lesser works. Thom Tuck ? review 2011-08-28T17:30:01Z

After the trial, when she thought about Clifford and that it had been sickening to see him "create a persona of a respectable, high-profile man who was lauded by the media". Max Clifford guilty of sex assaults 2014-04-28T19:19:25Z

The exhibition, organized by the Jewish Museum curator Mason Klein with Rebecca Shaykin as assistant curator, captures something of its subject’s formidable persona. Celebrating Helena Rubinstein at the Jewish Museum 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z

This also means the writers have to weave a series with heart and poignancy as opposed to constructing a vehicle around a reckless, emotionally-shallow persona. Without Roseanne, who are “The Conners” now? 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z

But as Perry navigates her new artistic ambitions while holding on to the party-girl persona that made her a star, her next act may be the most telling. Katy Perry’s trippy pop spectacle at Tacoma Dome overshadows growing pains 2018-02-04T05:00:00Z

I’m wondering more how the no-BS Stern persona fits in with what is, after all, a grandly corny and ridiculous show. NBC Announces: America?s Got Howard Stern 2011-12-15T14:44:47Z

It captures how so many of us communicate on social media, crafting a careful persona that hides and reveals. The Hidden Vulnerabilities of @SoSadToday 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z

"I'm not an extrovert," he insists, despite his larger-than-life stage persona. Glastonbury 2010: How Dizzee and the performers psyched up 2010-06-28T07:59:00Z

The persona captures the essence of the historical Jacksonian phenomenon. Rocking the Vote, In the 1820s and Now 2010-10-22T23:03:00Z

So they’ve both developed these kind of personas which are their Capitol personas, which is all Katniss has ever seen of them.  Katniss is “A Wreck”: A Conversation with Suzanne Collins and Francis Lawrence 2013-11-18T13:00:41Z

The leotards and freakish headgear so essential to Lady Gaga’s stage persona are borrowed from a raft of comic book archetypes, who are customarily tricked out in breastplates, fishnets and dominatrix boots. When Comic Books and Catwalks Collide 2010-10-13T21:37:00Z

Keen on Willowdean’s mind is the thin line between the personas we create for ourselves and the ones we want to present to the world, whether glamorous or restrained. Drag Queens on the Screen: There to Prove a Woman’s Authenticity 2018-12-21T05:00:00Z

“This was a moment when George Washington was not interested in cultivating a military hero persona, but in reassuring the public that he was a civilian president,” she said. Ah, Tea. So Relaxing. But Its History Is Another Story. 2020-03-08T05:00:00Z

The detailed, immersive, delightfully kitschy environments she creates for these personas — like campy stage sets from a Waters movie — confound expectations and clichés. An Artist Stands Before Her Fun House Mirror 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z

The creation of his androgynous persona, and the discovery of the possibilities of his voice, was a mix-and-match of influence and experiment conducted over many years. Antony Hegarty: 'We need more oestrogen-based thinking' 2012-05-19T23:04:35Z

His TV and onstage persona is kind of cranky, angry. How an angry comic who had a coke habit became the Barbara Walters of podcasts 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z

Obviously the casting producers selected these contenders for their gigantic personas. On "Sexy Beasts," love isn't quite blind – but it's an entertainingly shallow heavy petting zoo 2021-07-21T04:00:00Z

She has a Jordan-themed persona in mind, she says, declining to elaborate. WWE signs first woman wrestler from Arab world in global push 2017-10-15T04:00:00Z

She was raised by a single dad who tries to toughen her up, and so she fits sort of a persona of the kind of woman who would try to fit into this — Taraji P. Henson in "What Men Want": Don't call it a remake of a Mel Gibson movie 2019-02-09T05:00:00Z

To create a persona in which the audience invests itself. Perspective | Pretending to be bad boys let them get away with being bad men 2019-01-08T05:00:00Z

Meaning that burnishing — and monetizing — his own persona was always the point. Perspective | Trump’s bizarre post-election behavior isn’t a tantrum or a coup. It’s fan service. 2020-11-13T05:00:00Z

"Now the Tony Stark persona is eating itself. It hasn't gotten away from me. But I realize I'm on the wheel." Robert Downey Jr. drops superhero mask, has new mission in 'The Judge' 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z

Mr. Lipsyte, through the shambling, highly articulate and pathetic persona of Milo Burke, has announced the onset of the Generation X midlife crisis. Gen X Has a Midlife Crisis 2010-05-08T18:21:00Z

“There’s a sweet-girl persona synonymous with modesty, a ‘Little House on the Prairie’-type of thing,” she said while sipping a cappuccino at Bergdorf Goodman. Fabologie's Adi Heyman Promotes Modest Fashion 2014-10-22T04:00:00Z

Logue, 32, has spent his life performing: as a dancer, actor, cheerleader, drum major and, most recently, as his drag queen persona, Denimm. Idaho drag performers mobilize as right-wing forces target their shows 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z

His Rebus demonstrates the rueful intelligence that is part of the Cromwell persona, but he's a bit too north-of-the-border for this scion of the Southwark streets.  Who should play Hilary Mantel's Thomas Cromwell? 2013-01-24T14:32:00Z

“But also that fame magnifies a lot of problems. So in that period, I looked around and thought, ‘All of these other outlets are taking ownership of my public persona – why shouldn’t I?’” James Franco: ‘I was certainly taking myself too seriously before. But who doesn’t?’ 2017-11-23T05:00:00Z

Between harrowing screams and falsetto cries, he toggled between two personas: ax murderer and sensitive cherub. Smashing Pumpkins pummel the Riviera 2011-10-15T07:22:00Z

Her work in a band, and the discipline of developing a public visual persona, may have led her toward fashion. Kim Gordon, Ex-Sonic Youth, Never Trained for This Career 2013-09-06T15:39:47Z

The character is an amiable-to-the-point-of-toothless sendup of Smith’s celebrity persona and many of the roles he’s played. ‘Spies in Disguise’ Review: Smug Agent Meets Gadget Geek 2019-12-24T05:00:00Z

But there is a standout section in which seven men use movement as a way to change their personas. Dance Review: Juilliard Dance at Peter Jay Sharp Theater 2012-12-14T23:58:27Z

“He was very sensitive, and he kind of created this persona to protect himself,” Mr. Cheadle said. Don Cheadle on Becoming Miles Davis 2016-03-23T04:00:00Z

Do you think he's growing into his public persona? 'Dior and I' goes inside design house 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z

Seizing on Josh’s “baby witch” description, Nick recalled asking Josh, “If you were in a movie, who would be your witch persona?” Date Lab: ‘If you were in a movie, who would be your witch persona?’ 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z

In the first new episode, Joe Miller’s trial approaches, and Ellie, who now works as a patrol officer, is still persona non grata as far as the Latimer family and other townsfolk are concerned. ‘Broadchurch’ is back for Season 2, but it’s put on a lot of weight 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z

He became a breakout celebrity as an MTV personality, where he defined his persona as the embodiment of the chill Southern California dude. "If you get Pauly Shore, you get all of Pauly Shore": The joyful return of The Weasel 2020-09-04T04:00:00Z

I feel like that fits my persona pretty well. A talk with Benjamin Apple, 'Cubed' star, 'comedy person' 2014-10-28T04:00:00Z

At 27, Daverson is apparently the youngest composer to be so recognised, but his musical persona already seems firmly formed, and the influences on it anything but homegrown, with Helmut Lachenmann prominent among them. Daverson: Elusive Tangibility II — V; Escher's Pharmacy; Schattenwanderer – review 2012-11-22T21:46:02Z

There was electronic dance music, Caribbean beats, trap/R&B and ballads, each a showcase for a different outfit and a different persona. 5 Standout Moments From the 2016 V.M.A.s 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z

The beloved Twitter persona Duchess Goldblatt is celebrated for her pithy wit and occasionally scathing observations, but this memoir from her anonymous creator is surprisingly poignant. 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2020-07-23T04:00:00Z

Still, the best of it affirms that Drake is shaping a pop persona with staying power. Album review: Drake, 'Take Care' 2011-11-13T19:26:00Z

Shielding his private life only added fuel to the fire that his mysterious, larger-than-life persona created. Tom Cruise, our messy messiah of movies 2023-07-25T04:00:00Z

And because her television persona is hardworking and pleasant, she’s the kind of person you want to root for, too. Roofers Union review: ‘Top Chef’ puts the spotlight on Marjorie Meek-Bradley 2016-02-10T05:00:00Z

Still, the biggest breakthrough was probably Awkwafina’s: The Asian-American comedian was a scene-stealer in “Ocean’s Eight” and “Crazy Rich Asians,” but with “The Farewell” she adds dramatic dimensions to her onscreen persona. Sundance 2019 Movies That Could Become Oscar Contenders 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z

Last night, Stephen Colbert débuted his latest persona: Stephen Colbert, friendly populist. The Colbert Rapport 2015-09-09T04:00:00Z

A good avatar needs documentation of exclusive events, particularly events or activities that express taste, as online personas are constituted by listing your consumer preferences. Ask the indie professor: Why the big fuss over Coachella festival? 2011-04-13T08:36:50Z

But Donald Trump’s professional wrestling heel persona is also quite limiting. Peter Thiel pulls back the curtain: Donald Trump is a pro-wrestling villain turned president 2017-01-15T05:00:00Z

The personas grew out of a skit called "Too Much Tuna," which became popular on Kroll's eponymous Comedy Central show and featured the men presenting obscenely stuffed tuna sandwiches to celebrity guests. Nick Kroll, John Mulaney add another date for sold-out 'Oh, Hello' 2016-04-25T04:00:00Z

In the past 20 years, young women have accepted a particular kind of persona if they want to be a musician. What happened to angry female music stars? 2010-03-25T22:30:00Z

His narration, as pithy and “over the top” as his beloved TV persona, is incredibly endearing. Jonathan Van Ness, Ali Wong and John Hodgman Walk Into a Bar … 2019-11-08T05:00:00Z

The personas of Olson’s star wrestlers are embodiments of tidy cultural perceptions. Theater Review: Kristoffer Diaz?s Body Slam to the American Dream 2010-05-21T03:52:00Z

Unfortunately, some of Pollard's other characters are sitting ducks, and in inhabiting such two-dimensional personae, the dramatic monologue's facility for shifting perspective is lost. Changeling by Clare Pollard ? review 2011-07-29T21:55:00Z

“Jeffery is a kind, intelligent, hard-working, moral and thoughtful person,” his lawyer, Brian Steel, said in a statement, arguing that the rapper had been wrongly targeted by law enforcement because of his fictional persona. Violent Gang, or Rap Label? Prosecutors Say Young Thug’s YSL Is Both. 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z

The increasingly unpopular Sarközy is fighting for his political life, with both his policies and public persona in the ditch. Nicolas Sarkozy and Carla Bruni-Sarkozy: The long and the short of it 2010-09-18T23:06:00Z

What an icon Hawking is — a dramatis persona from writer's heaven. A brief history of the making of 'Everything' 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z

So, how do you begin to portray an infamous couple with larger-than-life personas, especially when neither Anderson or Lee are involved in the project? ‘Pam & Tommy’ recaps sex tape drama through a #MeToo lens 2022-01-27T05:00:00Z

Nothing about her serious, controlled persona says, “Hey world, love me!” McKayla Maroney isn’t a “mean girl” 2012-08-07T15:45:00Z

But unlike Mr. Cook, he emerged before the Internet, and his persona has remained relatively constant. Dane Cook, a Changeable Comedian 2013-01-18T19:15:28Z

The role continues Mr. Romano’s move from an Everyman comic persona toward more psychically tormented characters, as seen in shows like “Men of a Certain Age” and “Vinyl.” ‘Get Shorty’: You Know the Name, but Not This Story 2017-08-11T04:00:00Z

From its next music director, the Met should want a personal, passionate vision for the repertory as much as an exciting persona and technical chops. For Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Questions of Vision 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z

Bowie, who once described himself as a gay mime, also looks as chilly and arch as his later personas. 'David Bowie Is': How do you fit a rocker into an art museum? 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z

In Washington, where the Wilsons — especially Mr. Wilson — remain persona non grata in Republican circles, the movie will no doubt roil the waters. Red Carpet Spy 2010-09-24T19:40:00Z

Perhaps his movie persona is so comprehensive it undermines any attempts to depart from it. Tom Cruise, the bankable kook 2012-07-05T15:19:32Z

In the strip and in more than 40 “Peanuts” television specials, he appeared as both Charlie Brown’s sidekick and an auteur of vivid fantasy personas, including Joe Cool. Want This Snoopy T-Shirt? You’ll Have to Pay in Blood. 2023-04-07T04:00:00Z

These disparate feminine personae, and Brandy’s dark fears and compulsions, bring us into a fascinating realm of female sexual identity — and a motif often woven into the contemporary plays WET tackles. The female psyche is focus of 2 new Seattle shows 2013-06-06T20:39:46Z

Roy is of course played by Tom Cruise, and "Knight and Day" is both a comeback vehicle for that half-tarnished superstar and a movie that adopts his damaged public persona as its theme and subject. Tom Cruise's crazy, clever comeback attempt 2010-06-23T13:01:00Z

But like Emilia, she comes from Greece, and is currently inhabiting just the latest in a long line of personas. A Shape-Shifting Opera Singer, With a Debut to Match 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z

And for every billionaire who’d rather be forgotten, there’s another who sees public estimates of his fortune as integral to his business, his persona and, perhaps, his self-worth. How ranking the world’s wealthy became a business 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z

In some ways, Gaga's entire persona seems to question what's expected of women. Feminist icon? 2010-09-17T07:00:00Z

Instead the focus is on the whole of West's persona and character, which is more fractured and subject to a far wider range of responses. Kanye West: Do not disturb 2010-11-20T01:25:00Z

Of course, our narrator takes on the personas of others, but as they are seen and heard by her. Review: ‘A Girl Is a Half-Formed Thing’ Is a Ghostly Play 2016-04-22T04:00:00Z

She also said that Mr. Hernandez’s “exaggerated overblown public persona” was well known to prosecutors when they made the plea agreement, adding, “You can’t punish people for the way they choose to market themselves.” Rapper 6ix9ine Sentenced to Probation in Sex Video Case 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z

Bond said a sense of vulnerability “was an important part of Paddington’s persona” and a reason children were drawn to him. Paddington Bear creator, Michael Bond, dies at age 91 2017-06-28T04:00:00Z

In this he isn’t unique: by a process of slow, bit-by-bit construction, the most successful comedians end up with a persona that transcends any punchline. Dave Chappelle and Louis C.K. Confront a Changing World 2017-04-10T04:00:00Z

The experience taught her that “men are pathetic,” as Rue described it, and Kat brought her online dominatrix persona offline as well. ‘Euphoria’ Is Back. Here’s Where It Left Off. 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z

If Dano’s Wilson is the manic genius teetering on the precipice, Cusack’s performance presents an entirely different persona — one we meet many years later as he’s crawling out of the hole he has fallen into. Finding Beach Boy Brian Wilson 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z

The drag personae emerge tidily, one after the other, and the scenes take on a kind of sameness. ‘Notes on Killing’ Review: For These Puerto Ricans, Promises Never Kept 2022-05-30T04:00:00Z

It’s an art project and it’s about persona as much as it is making songs that are great to listen to. James Franco on Daddy: ‘Our end goal doesn't depend on me being Beyoncé’ 2016-04-06T04:00:00Z

She was a willowy, ash-blond fashion model when veteran film director Howard Hawks plucked her from the pages of Harper’s Bazaar in 1943 and molded her seductive screen persona. Lauren Bacall dies at 89; iconic film legend known as ‘The Look’

Unlike them, she talks, is sometimes funny, and changes persona. Dance Review: At American Realness Festival, a Range of ‘Fringe’ 2014-01-16T23:19:53Z

In fact, his persona relies on constantly one-upping himself in a never-ending game of dare. The saga of Tekashi 6ix9ine: inside the story of a 'supervillain' rapper 2020-11-23T05:00:00Z

He may be 29, but his stage persona is that of an ingratiating, insecure teenager who only wants to please. ‘Breaking Character,’ Jeremy Jordan’s Club Act at 54 Below 2014-10-28T04:00:00Z

He learned from his mistakes, kept on working, and honed his distinct persona. Let’s rock! Why Dwayne Johnson is the new Schwarzenegger 2018-07-14T04:00:00Z

At the peak of Williams’ Hollywood stardom, he didn’t so much play characters as deliver his manic, stream-of-consciousness stand-up comedy persona, packaged within some kind of uplifting conventional dramedy. “Boulevard”: In Robin Williams’ tormented final role, the beloved star still doesn’t know what he’s looking for 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z

K-pop bands are known to be careful about maintaining personas created by their labels, which often muzzle stars on touchy subjects like race and mental health. BTS condemns anti-Asian racism, says they’ve experienced it 2021-03-30T04:00:00Z

So if their public personas mean anything, they already know this. The evolution of Channing Tatum: from 'dull beefcake dude' to XXL movie star 2015-07-06T04:00:00Z

In fact, the actor skillfully plays with that well-known persona to the benefit of the story. Nicole Kidman and Hugh Grant can’t tell you the twists in ‘The Undoing.’ But even they were shocked by the story. 2020-10-22T04:00:00Z

With a daily pill people could now banish social awkwardness or the unhappiness of relationship break-ups, forge brassily assertive personae from their once shy selves. Does Prozac help artists be creative? 2013-05-19T06:00:00Z

Even Mr. Ansari’s stage persona shows its influences a little too clearly. Aziz Ansari Plays Madison Square Garden 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z

Mr. Liman likes playing with Mr. Cruise’s persona, say, by messing up that famous smile, and he clearly likes letting his star strut and glide. Review: ‘American Made’ Has Lies, Spies and Coke. Tom Cruise, Too. 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z

Trust that you, in your online persona, are entertaining enough without having to perform as a duo. Couples, get your own email accounts! 2014-02-12T20:58:00Z

On Monday, the actress channeled another conservative poltician, dressing up as Donald Trump and lampooning the Republican presidential candidate's blustery persona at a gala celebration for New York's Public Theater. Meryl Streep lampoons Donald Trump -- but has she already mocked Hillary? 2016-06-07T04:00:00Z

But the specter of that case highlights a potential continuing concern: that 21 Savage’s public persona — his art, his social media, his prior public statements — could be leveraged against him. 21 Savage’s Still-Bumpy Path to Freedom 2019-02-27T05:00:00Z

Granted, she appears to be somewhat ambivalent about her new super-spy persona. 'Homeland' Recap: Are You Finding Carrie a Little Creepy? 2014-10-26T04:00:00Z

She wasn't tall and beautiful- she was pretty to look at but she was clever and feisty with a girl next door kind of persona. 'Carrie Fisher taught me to be my own hero': readers' tributes to the late star 2016-12-28T05:00:00Z

As Jobu, you get to wear some incredible costumes and take on various personas. Stephanie Hsu talks unleashing chaos in "Everything Everywhere All at Once" 2022-04-23T04:00:00Z

And thanks to the air of mystery that has long surrounded Mr. Pynchon’s persona, it was given credence by some online. Pynchon Intrigue Abounds Over ‘Cow Country’ 2015-09-11T04:00:00Z

Memory, right,” Mr. Lewis said, chuckling as he slipped back into the persona of this supposed uncle. Jerry Lewis Holds Sway at the Friars Club 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z

To make matters worse, he had a fondness for alcohol, a knack for antagonizing directors and fellow cast members, and a volcanic persona that made him nearly impossible to cast. 2009-12-25T01:45:00Z

His sarcasm has become slightly crankier as he’s gotten older and his persona is an odd mix of friendly and superior. Critic’s Notebook: Jerry Seinfeld Is Still at Home Doing Stand-Up 2012-10-14T21:56:07Z

“And I could also tell the story of what it was like to have lost it all and the pressure to live up to that persona when you didn’t have the funds.” How Jessica Chastain Became Tammy Faye 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z

Jack narrates in a voice not unlike that of Burr’s standup persona, responding to the issues that confound the contemporary straight white male with profane non-sequiturs. ‘Old Dads’ Review: Bill Burr Rails Against Modern Life as a Dad 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z

“I wasn’t up to the standard of Dmitri’s stage persona,” he concedes today. A Hungry Singer, Consuming His Roles 2011-04-17T00:31:06Z

Keefe’s portrait of the shape-shifting Adams is unsparing; he calls Adams’s strenuously whimsical persona “cake fairs with a dash of bloodshed.” ‘Say Nothing’ Unearths Buried Secrets in Northern Ireland 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z

The patsy has always lurked in Jack’s smooth persona. | 'Race': Eddie Izzard in David Mamet?s ?Race? 2010-07-01T02:01:00Z

Cuchi-cuchi worked, so she repeated it until it became a mantra that defined a persona that could not be ignored. The Brilliance of Charo 2022-03-30T04:00:00Z

On the “Report,” Colbert’s fictional persona occasionally eats its tail, such that he unwittingly endorses the very thing he seeks to satirize. Jon Stewart, capitalist stooge? 2012-07-25T21:00:00Z

I’m very proud of being persona non grata. Derailed Director Cites Urge to Entertain 2011-05-20T23:26:44Z

It's also an experiment, allowing us to see whether the actor has as much magnetism to pull an audience to him as his "Breaking Bad" universe persona enjoyed. Bob Odenkirk scores with "Lucky Hank," a frustrated guy who shares DNA with his "Saul" conman 2023-03-19T04:00:00Z

Aspiring singers learn how to sing and dance, and their personas are crafted by their record labels. Broadway Training, Gangnam Style 2017-09-19T04:00:00Z

But his stage persona is getting harder to get a handle on. Rhod Gilbert – Edinburgh festival review 2012-08-24T17:00:01Z

That is a very savvy decision, exploiting his public persona rather than making the mistake the others did by acting looser and unbuttoned. ArtsBeat Blog: Senators and Congressmen, All Trying for a Laugh 2011-12-05T16:53:17Z

A petite, ribald dynamo, Patachou was one of the most renowned French singers of the postwar period, known for her deep, husky voice; warm, earthy manner; and amiably irreverent stage persona. Patachou, a French Singer With a Habit of Snipping Neckties, Dies at 96 2015-05-05T04:00:00Z

It should be no surprise that O'Brien possesses all those qualities, despite a public persona based on his humility and upper-middle-class ordinariness. "Conan O'Brien Can't Stop": Backstage with Coco 2011-06-23T00:30:00Z

I made the questionable decision to interrupt and discovered someone far warmer than her persona as a terrifying political activist would suggest. Arundhati Roy — beloved for her fiction, derided for her politics — won’t be silenced 2019-08-20T04:00:00Z

The reflection rounds out an otherwise elusive persona, one that sounds young and old, and so equally involved and detached that it can be confusing. The Eternal Greatness of Nas's 'Illmatic' 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z

In this upbeat biography of Rudy Ray Moore, the record store clerk turned entertainer and his stage persona Dolemite, the actor slips nimbly into character. Eddie Murphy’s Latest Look Is Ripe for Appropriation 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z

Backstage after a recent performance in Myrtle Beach, S.C., he shifted out of his Weasel persona and remembered his childhood as an eyewitness to the greatest minds in comedy. Pauly Shore: Eyewitness to Comedy History 2020-01-24T05:00:00Z

At the Beacon, Mr. Seinfeld’s portrait of a father as a clueless supporting player is pretty much the same as his immature single-guy persona. Critic’s Notebook: Jerry Seinfeld Is Still at Home Doing Stand-Up 2012-10-14T21:56:07Z

Rihanna had been perfecting a steely persona before she unleashed it fully on Rated R. And Britney's music had been moving away from bubblegum and into the club for two albums before Blackout. Britney is capable of a cult hit. Hold It Against Me fails to deliver 2011-01-13T22:14:01Z

Cooper, who in earlier roles perfected the persona of the sharp conniver, makes a fast, expert U turn from American Hustle to American Sniper. Review: In American Sniper, Clint Eastwood and Bradley Cooper Are Right on Target 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z

In an age of hyperdocumentation, pop stars are more precious than ever about how their star personas are perceived. When pop stars play pop stars… 2018-09-29T04:00:00Z

But there’s not a cast member here who doesn’t deserve kudos, including the few who are humans without puppet personae. Balagan’s ‘Avenue Q’: puppets behaving badly | Theater review 2012-11-23T21:31:07Z

Ever since his 1985 debut, “Less Than Zero,” made him a literary sensation, his violently nihilistic fiction and his politically incorrect public persona have earned him as much fury as acclaim. Bret Easton Ellis Has Calmed Down. He Thinks You Should, Too. 2019-03-31T04:00:00Z

In the mid-50s, Jayne Mansfield was teed up by Fox as next on the blonde bombshell production line after Marilyn Monroe started to bridle beneath her contract and express frustration with her ditzy screen persona. Double trouble: the hard life of the movie doppelganger 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z

But he also exists in a Walter Mitty fantasy world of private detectives, idolising the screen persona of Humphrey Bogart. Every Stephen Frears film – ranked! 2020-04-16T04:00:00Z

Witness the nickname of his stand-up persona, announced on his oversize yellow T-shirt: World Champion. Critic’s Notebook: Judah Friedlander’s Stand-up Comedy 2012-09-05T22:20:35Z

Restless and searching, he jumps between personas on the page. Going Places: An Anonymous Gossip Cartoonist With Buzz 2020-05-23T04:00:00Z

Snoopy's imagination runs free as his fantasy persona travels from French cafes for root beers to no-man's land to battle his nemesis. Exclusive: Check out a preview of 'Peanuts: Where Beagles Dare!' 2015-06-17T04:00:00Z

All three are nonetheless linked by their working-class backgrounds, their reinvention of self and their struggle with the duality of a public persona and a private life. These Aren’t Fashion Documentaries (Even if They’re About Fashion Stars) 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z

I think it's hilarious, actually, what things I've heard about him, what he's really like, and his public persona is so different. The Cure's Robert Smith: 'I don't worry about my epitaph' – a classic interview from the vaults 2012-08-21T12:17:40Z

If you really want to go along for the full Theranos ride, start with the hagiographies, which together demonstrate just how easy it was for many in media to buy into Holmes’s persona and vision. Theranos and Elizabeth Holmes: What to Read, Watch and Listen To 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z

Given Vincent Cassel's newly mellow persona as a happily married father of two with a penchant for ballet, this might now be the darkest thing about him. Vincent Cassel: 'You don't have to be your character in real life' 2010-12-12T00:06:00Z

Like most things about Kimball, the facts of his biography are more convoluted than those of the public persona. Cook’s Illustrated’s Christopher Kimball Believes Cooking Is Ultraserious Business 2012-10-14T16:30:31Z

Ever since he departed briefly from his own lucrative brand to star in Paul Thomas Anderson's skew-whiff rom-com Punch-Drunk Love in 2002, he has shown an occasional willingness to tamper and toy with his persona. Adam Sandler: goofy chipmunk known for fart jokes has a serious side too 2014-09-03T04:00:00Z

They belie the jaunty persona she presented to most of her correspondents and illuminate the lengths she went to conceal her unhappiness. Review | Shirley Jackson’s letters reveal the droll voice of an aggrieved working mother 2021-07-28T04:00:00Z

And yet — because Mr. Scovel often adopts the persona of a preposterously confident, thin-skinned egotist with a conspiratorial streak — his comedy does seem suited to the age of Trump. A Comic on the Verge, His Absurdism on the Fly 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z

Homelander has personality traits in common with an offstage public persona haunting our own lives. How "The Boys" measures up with regard to TV's full frontal assault 2022-06-12T04:00:00Z

Neither is an unearthed classic, but each is a supremely odd artifact that reveals a different aspect of Mr. Young’s persona. Review: ‘Human Highway’ and ‘Muddy Track,’ Whimsical ’80s Artifacts From Neil Young 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z

But it's Mary Kate Wiles who steals the show as Lydia, whose hyperactive party girl persona masks a growing sense of loneliness. Pride and Prejudice at 200: the best Jane Austen small-screen adaptations 2013-01-28T14:07:22Z

When we hear or read the utterances of a celebrity, the words bounce off the public persona and create something like the loud interfering feedback from a microphone. The Fraught Friendship of T. S. Eliot and Groucho Marx 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z

But you also start off describing the column as a “queer Latino ‘Dear Abby,’ ” which is a whole bunch of labels for the persona you wanted your advice columnist to be. ‘¡Hola Papi!’ advice columnist John Paul Brammer is ready to show his true self 2021-06-08T04:00:00Z

A day after the festival’s board of directors declared him persona non grata, Mr. von Trier chalked up his remarks to, of all things, his perverse need to please. Derailed Director Cites Urge to Entertain 2011-05-20T23:26:44Z

It’s just not a thing with his nontoxic, shaggy bro persona. ‘Ride the Eagle’ Review: A Nontoxic Bro Faces Midlife Lessons 2021-07-29T04:00:00Z

Maybe the smart move for a talk-show host is to strike a balance so that public persona matches up as closely as possible to private self. James Corden and the Dangers of Likability 2022-10-25T04:00:00Z

It's also the only tuner you're likely to see this season that has former Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev among its dramatis personae. Russians will romp in the '50s-style Village Theatre musical 'Iron Curtain' 2011-03-10T22:41:04Z

David Letterman is very much in his comfort zone on his new Netflix talk show; he’s stripped back the snark that long drove his persona in favor of a warm empathy for his distinguished guests. What’s on TV Friday: ‘Collateral’ and ‘Love’ 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z

Along the way, he says, he shed the name and persona of Snoop Dogg and was rechristened Snoop Lion by Rastafarian priests. ArtsBeat: Snoop at Midlife: More Lion Than Dogg 2012-07-31T03:12:59Z

In French, a Boulevardier—literally "a man who frequents the boulevards"—means a fashionable socialite, a sophisticated man about town, the very persona he himself embodied. How to make a Boulevardier, a delicious bourbon Negroni with a high-flying backstory 2020-12-20T05:00:00Z

German, Jr.,’s, film is further testament to his posthumous recognition at home, and a sign that contemporary Russian audiences find something relevant and instructive in his persona. A Russian Writer’s Lessons for Being a Nobody While Being Yourself 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z

Her observational skills enable her to assume the personae — to channel the voices — of the opposite sex. ‘Reckless Daughter’: A Protective Biography of Joni Mitchell 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z

In the film, Albert details the psychological emergency that prompted her to create the LeRoy persona. The Reductive Narrative Tactics of “Author: The JT LeRoy Story” 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z

“Black Parade” was a secret identity, even the guy who was onstage during “Bullets,” whether I was realizing it or not, that was a persona I was creating to hide who I was. Playlist: A Rock Star and His Cartoonist Alter Ego 2010-12-26T02:23:55Z

It registers both the person and the persona. T Magazine: Michelle Obama, First Lady of Fashion 2011-01-31T19:00:08Z

These convergences — of actors, projected personae, moments in time — have happened before: Laurence Olivier’s Hamlet. Perspective | Andrew Cuomo’s star turn is part of a long cinematic tradition 2020-04-08T04:00:00Z

An intriguing and rather impressive French film, which solves the perennial Portman problem of how to shoehorn her always-evident film-star glamour into more earthly personas by making her character … be discovered as a film star. Natalie Portman's 20 best film performances – ranked! 2019-11-29T05:00:00Z

Like most popular big-screen comic performers, Ms. Schumer is committed to consistency, or at least to exploiting a successful and familiar persona. Review: She’s Still a Mess, but ‘Snatched’ Is No ‘Trainwreck’ 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z

That inherent sort of attention to modesty makes one very frank, because you don’t tend to try to create a massive persona or have personality as a performance art. Gillian Flynn isn’t writing “the next ‘Gone Girl'”: “I feel like I need a break from their voices in my head” 2015-11-03T05:00:00Z

It’s the place where the “world’s forgotten boy” lives, and Pop still embodies that persona with a scary conviction that eludes many other elder statesmen who have lost their bite or turned into cartoons. Concert review: Riot Fest at Humboldt Park 2012-09-17T05:46:00Z

The only difference, really, is the hostly persona — manic rather than laid-back, declaiming rather than languidly commenting, muscle T’s and baggy shorts rather than jeans and white button-downs. Review: ‘Huang’s World’ Mixes Food, Travel and Attitude 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z

In these various roles he was so vulnerable, so unlike his comic persona. What did Robin Williams mean to you? 2014-08-11T04:00:00Z

She came up with the stage name for her rap persona in high school and is surprised it stuck. Awkwafina Raps Her Way to Hollywood Fame 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z

Pop stardom changed George Michael, too, but he uses Freedom '90 to deconstruct the commodification of his persona. Readers recommend: songs about change ? the results 2010-12-23T22:31:01Z

And it is plainly not just a persona: in his laborious constructions there must surely lie a desire to be those great artists whose surroundings he can only mimic in miniature. Mini artists' studios 2011-08-28T19:01:01Z

By the end, her style starts to seem like savvy misdirection, a persona distracting from the polished instincts of a born entertainer. Cracking Jokes Right Before the World Turned Upside Down 2020-09-30T04:00:00Z

While his persona has always been the Irish street philosopher, Mr. Quinn, like many performers who spend lots of time in this city, increasingly sounds like Woody Allen. Review: Colin Quinn, Full of Nostalgia for Gritty Old New York 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z

Sometimes a mute building can be powerfully quiet, disciplined in keeping up a tight-lipped persona. Huntington's new visitor center strikes studiously neutral pose 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z

Movies about demonic possession, werewolves, vampires – all are stories of two personae within one body. From Split to Psycho: why cinema fails dissociative identity disorder 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z

In a statement issued on Thursday, organisers said the Danish film-maker was now "persona non grata". VIDEO: Lars Von Trier banned from Cannes 2011-05-19T14:49:07Z

But the dyspeptic persona Mr. Black deploys in his full-length act is less in-your-face intense. Review: Between Disbelief and Despair, Lewis Black’s ‘Black to the Future’ 2016-09-20T04:00:00Z

Known for her funny "awkward older sister" persona, the digital star has found success in multiple areas. Digital star Grace Helbig takes on TV 2015-05-02T04:00:00Z

For years after, Jackson’s pop-star persona was permanently cleaved in two — music fans continued to enjoy the art of Michael Jackson, the supremely creative entertainer of the “Thriller” era, while grappling uncomfortably with the allegations. How ‘Leaving Neverland’ puts Michael Jackson’s cultural legacy and $2 billion empire in jeopardy 2019-03-04T05:00:00Z

Your persona is expected to be an extension of who you are. For these vets, making people laugh is the best medicine 2016-03-09T05:00:00Z

To answer the first question, it’s clear that attitudes towards comic book movies have been transformed since Robin became persona non grata in Gotham almost two decades ago. Is it time for Ben Affleck's 'Batfleck' Batman to bring back Robin? 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z

He also distances himself from his previous persona. Meet the new Howard Stern. He’d like to make amends for the old Howard Stern. 2019-05-15T04:00:00Z

Still, her general persona was on the guarded, correct side here. Critic?s Notebook: Change Is a Constant Theme in City Ballet?s ?Nutcracker? 2011-12-27T23:30:58Z

His new, pricklier show deconstructs that persona, telling the audience right from the start how he ingratiates himself, before asking them how they want their takes delivered. Stand-Up Sets Where You Can Choose Your Own Adventure 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z

She obviously enjoyed fighting — and writing — the good fight, and exulted in the persona she cultivated. ‘Raise Hell’ Review: For Molly Ivins, Writing Was Fighting 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z

But lately something’s happened to Al Gore, or at least the public persona of Al Gore. Al Gore is near the end of his quest to save the Earth. Nina Barrett just got started. 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z

The book’s collection of contact sheets reveals the care and consideration photographers put into each frame, the unavoidable mistakes they made and how they coaxed a public persona from a private person. Perspective | Nicki Minaj and a stack of pancakes? These rare images capture another side to hip-hop. 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z

His stage persona – caked in makeup – reflected this, too. Old music: Gary Numan – Cars 2012-07-05T08:00:00Z

Goldthwait dwells on the slings and arrows of fame for his yowling stage persona in the 1980s and ’90s, when he could resemble the Tasmanian devil at a dinner party. ‘Joy Ride’ Review: Still Standing 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z

But it is also possible to see Lagerfeld’s persona as just as significant an invention as his clothes. Karl Lagerfeld, and his problematic past, take center stage at the Met Gala 2023-05-01T04:00:00Z

It made me view myself as a grown-up, even if I knew that the ring and my new persona were nothing more than a disguise. Modern Love: A Gold Band Carries Baggage 2012-02-09T21:16:16Z

The rapper, known for his outsize boss persona as the founder of Maybach Music Group, released two albums — “Mastermind” and “Hood Billionaire” — in 2014. Rick Ross Arrested and Charged With Kidnapping 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z

The script lets her down, and Headey just isn't "big" enough, in persona, performance and presence, to suggest a murderous monster who ruthlessly slashed and intimidated her way to the top. 'Dredd 3D': guilty of being mega boring 2012-09-19T00:12:03Z

She is youthful just the same, fresher and more alluring than she appeared in recent photos, her turnout more artfully calibrated than her stage persona would suggest. Patti Smith?s Eye for Fashion 2010-03-19T20:41:00Z

His persona – there, in Transkei, and later on Classic FM – was the crafty cook. Michael Bukht obituary 2011-08-07T17:29:31Z

Before that, his emotive music, incendiary persona and criminal notoriety earned him a fan base of America’s most disaffected children — and multiplatinum record sales. ‘Look at Me: XXXTentacion’ Review: A Life Cut Short 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z

The Space Age spawned a fresh persona for the country and its citizens. ABC's 'The Astronaut Wives Club' Second Episode Sputters In Ratings But Captures Key Historical Era 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z

Above all, the book captures the dramatis personae of her work. On the Front Line: The Collected Journalism of Marie Colvin 1986-2012 ? review 2012-05-19T23:08:01Z

“When you sit down with her – once you get past the glitz and the acrylic nails and the persona – you realise there are universes of things to talk about,” he says, rapturously. Dolly Parton's America: how the country star inspired a hit podcast 2019-10-18T04:00:00Z

Traditionally, there’s more of an edge to after-hours talk shows, be it Leno’s monologue or David Letterman’s prickly persona. James Corden and the new niceness of late night 2015-03-24T04:00:00Z

The flap over O’Reilly, though, merely seemed to conform to his persona as “the argumentative blowhard who wears partisan criticism as a badge of courage.” Is the Stephanopoulos controversy like Bill O’Reilly’s or Brian Williams’s? 2015-05-17T04:00:00Z

In an interview at a Manhattan hotel, she seems almost more excited to discuss her work preparing a strategic plan for Brandeis than her public persona. Anita Hill in spotlight again as new film opens 2014-03-21T20:38:06Z

Even as the public was embracing the outlaw persona he was developing, he was also experimenting. Merle Haggard and ‘Okie From Muskogee,’ the Hit That Helped and Hurt Him 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z

He has also never hesitated to poke fun at his own persona. Hey, cowboy 2010-04-25T23:06:00Z

But the more I clicked through his online persona, the more nervous I became. White pride in my classroom 2013-06-05T00:00:00Z

"You leave the movie theater with a smile on your face. It's a nice alternative to my other on-screen persona, who is a little bit darker." Disney throws another feel-good pitch with 'Million Dollar Arm' 2014-05-13T16:55:23Z

He’s also cultivated a persona as an irrepressible flirt with a particular attraction to Black women. The Year Pop’s Men Dismantled Their Masculinity 2022-12-27T05:00:00Z

Will Ferrell is doing a variation on his tried-and-true film persona: the overly earnest guy who's totally confident and oblivious to his buffoonery. 'The Other Guys': Ferrell and Wahlberg's shot at buddy-cop genre works 2010-08-05T18:13:00Z

But she was largely relegated to roles with limited screen time, especially when the character was very different from her Nurse Ratched persona. Louise Fletcher, 88, Dies; Oscar Winner for ‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest’ 2022-09-24T04:00:00Z

But when she speaks her first line in the persona of 19th-century Vanda with a polished accent and a breathtaking command of the material, Thomas is forced to reconsider whom he’s dealing with. | Connecticut: A Review of ‘Venus in Fur,’ at TheaterWorks Hartford 2012-10-27T04:59:07Z

A frenetically scattered cloud of lavender-scented face powder completes the eclipsed persona whose gravestone reads “sister of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.” 'The Other Mozart'? Her name was Maria Anna, and she dazzlingly comes to life onstage 2017-06-06T04:00:00Z

Zoe, the quieter of the two, is recovering, just barely, from the unsolved murder of her best friend by disappearing into a series of personas. These Characters Study Abroad in Berlin. It Doesn’t Go Well. 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z

The dramatis personae behind this operation and earlier subterfuges – such as the building of a dummy railhead in the desert from palm fronds and old petrol cans – make up Stroud's subject. The Phantom Army of Alamein by Rick Stroud - review 2012-12-21T22:55:05Z

But his Black persona has been such a success that he looks increasingly like the Superman to Mr. Banville’s more literary Clark Kent. Books of The Times: Two Refreshing Splashes of Summertime Homicide 2011-07-03T21:37:35Z

His dramatis personae, a gaggle of lovesick artists and their admirers, seek to improve their lot by contemplating the lessons of Russia's greatest playwright. Top-notch 'Stupid ... Bird' zings with audacity 2014-07-02T04:00:00Z

Mel Gibson has become a persona non grata throughout Hollywood. Ranting, sexist Mel Gibson not "What Women Want" 2010-07-14T00:23:00Z

In color films, the red locks magnified her fiery persona, contributed to the sense that she was not a woman to be trifled with. In honor of `Brave,' 5 great movie redheads 2012-06-21T16:31:09Z

The sisters engage in elaborate role-playing games in which they assume the persona of Madame while simultaneously plotting to kill her. Class, power and a plot to kill: It's Jean Genet's 'The Maids' 2016-10-05T04:00:00Z

The lawmaker said he was curious to know the person behind the public persona, and never talked to Knox's parents, friends or lawyers. New book gives intimate portrait of convicted Knox 2010-10-17T22:46:00Z