| 单词 | pitched |
| 例句 | It had bay windows, a pitched roof, and an enclosed front porch on which I saw potted geraniums. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z My voice was pitched unnaturally high, and it quivered. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He scrambled to the window, pitched the paper in before him, caught hold and heaved himself upward onto the ledge and then inside. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Dozens of people were killed and hundreds were wounded in pitched battles with machine guns, pistols, and rifles. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Schwartzie pitched, and he sliced one neatly over the head of the third baseman for a single. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z But then they encountered a sight that she had not anticipated: a growing collection of tents pitched on the barren fields on either side of the road. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z She pitched the ball and glove away and crouched down to eye him, one hand wrapped around a clutch of feathers she wore on a rawhide strip around her neck. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The silk pavilions of famous people, pitched on every side, were azure and green and saffron and chequered. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He reviewed his math, his physics, his English, struggling for long hours with his broken-backed books, and as the boat rocked and pitched he set out two main goals for himself. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z The boat pitched so wildly that in one breath you could see the ship and in the next breath it had gone. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z The houses were built of whitewashed stone, with steeply pitched roofs of dark grey slate. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z We pitched our tents about thirty yards away—not an easy or enjoyable process in a driving rain, believe me—and climbed in. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Ministry wizards were flooding onto the field to separate the veela and the leprechauns, but with little success; meanwhile, the pitched battle below was nothing to the one taking place above. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Some passengers pitched in to help move it. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a white wooden church with a pitched roof on a hillside in North Little Rock—a town nestled deep in the woods, almost two and a half miles across the Arkansas River. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z With a cry, he pitched forward into the water, stumbling to gain his balance. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z They drove a short way up the mountain and pitched their tent in a clearing of moist green grass that sloped down to a stream. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I was aware of how our voices were a little higher pitched than usual, our words rushed. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z “Captain Johnson reporting as directed, sir,” the captain said, his voice as high pitched as a castrato’s. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t say that, man,” said Reg, and now, his voice pitched up. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z I'm sure nobody ever expected the dead to get up in the middle of a pitched battle and start eating people, which is what they did at the Battle of Little Round Top. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Hungry as he was he couldn’t bring himself to eat them, and he pitched them over the side. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z The car slowed down as I centered on that search, and I forgot to step on the pedals, and the motor gurgled, the car pitched and the engine stopped. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He clambered down and found that the shaman had not only pitched the tent but had conjured a fire into being, and was brewing some coffee. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The committee overwhelmingly agreed and even pitched in to the college fund for the winner. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z He plucked a well-read copy of Face Value out of the bag in front of him and pitched it into the Toss pile. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z As I watched, one of the British pitched over flat on the road. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He watered the horses and stabled them and pitched hay into the manger. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The men pitched their tents on the wet snow and crawled into their sleeping bags. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z As I ran the sound of my footfalls was pitched off short in the vast immobile dawn, as though there was no room amid so many glittering sights for any sound to intrude. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z This time I’m pitched off the helm and down to the main deck, becoming one of the many struggling to remain aboard against the pull of the sea. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Leda can sleep in the stroller, drooling, her head pitched to the side. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z He pitched the sweatblackened piece of leather into the woods and sat holding the photograph. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Approaching the stairs, he felt himself pushed from behind and he pitched forward, off balance. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Even the clang of the pitched shoes, even the voices of the men in the game, seemed to grow more quiet. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z If they had snagged on something, I would have pitched head downward and gone tumbling end over end. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I pitched the filth into the pit behind the prison and prayed it was not going atop any corpses. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z She strained to hear more, but Mamma pitched her voice too low, and Dimple couldn’t make out anything else. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z And there was always hay being pitched down to the cows and the horses and the sheep. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z But when I pitched it to Ocean, he sounded surprised. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z She suddenly felt shy around Diana, who seemed even more imposing away from the looms when her lovely, elegant voice was pitched rich and low like the call of a mourning dove. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Hemanaged to stay upright by leaning heavily on Ivan’s staff, but he was pitched forward on his toes and looked like he was going to fall over at any moment. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z The raft sank lower and pitched and rolled, the tips of the oars dipping underwater, but it floated robustly. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Now he was in utter darkness, feeling himself being pitched forward in a sequence of jerks and rushes, the wind rushing past him. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z “So what do we do with her?” the taller one asked, his voice much higher pitched than Thomas expected. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Then the parishioners at St. Mary’s pitched in, donating items to furnish the cottage. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z Others might be fooled, but Helms assured listeners in January 1968 that his own finely pitched ear discerned in King’s voice “the crackle of anarchy and the threat of violence.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z There was Danny Saunders, sitting on my bed in the hospital dressed in his Hasidic-style clothes and talking about wanting to kill me because I had pitched him some curve balls. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Radar played a snippet of one of his songs—a high- pitched scratchy voice sang about unions. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z Dad laughed and pitched in his seat and asked himself, I guess, “What will she say to that?” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He slapped my back awkwardly and stumbled, I catching his arm before he pitched into the mud. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z As it was, she left a pitched wake in which I felt I would drown. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I tied a rope around his neck, halfhitched a noose around his nose and pitched the rest of the rope across his back. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s the smoke. I’m fine,” I said feebly as the world went black and I pitched over backward. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z We pitched our tents and had the sandwiches, chips, and soft drinks we had bought for dinner. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z There was screaming, high- pitched whines that died slowly as the life drained from the body. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z When the last policeman was pitched to the wall, the room erupted in cheers. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z There is an instant between unconsciousness and death, and as the giant pitched onto the rocky path, that instant happened, and just before it happened, the man in black let go. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z And meantime, my voice refused to stay up in the higher registers where I consciously pitched it, and I had to buy my shoes in the “old lady’s comfort” section of the shoe stores. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z But every night, before these whispered conversations came to an end, one of the bolder slaves spoke of Denmark Vesey, voice pitched low, not much more than a murmuring in the firelit cabin. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z W.E. squinched his little nearsighted eyes together, wrinkled up his stubby nose, drew his arm way back, and pitched the airplane with all his might. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z It was not the river nor the curving cars that flashed through the dark, but pitched like a distant crowd or a swift river at floodtide. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z One of the men clad in wolfskin had stumbled and pitched forward, screaming as the black bog seized and sucked him down. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z There were other arguments waged in voices pitched low. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z The voice and a pitched whistle produced by the tall figure of a young man at the gate of the drowned man’s house made the mammoth canine stiffen in the backseat. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Then all at once the boy staggered and, still without a sound, pitched forward on to his face. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z They found him there hours later, pitched over on his side, blissfully asleep. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Gitney was crying on the floor, the whine pitched high. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z A moment later, Don Hume pitched forward and collapsed across his oar. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z When she retold them, her husky voice pitched low, she made them sound as though they had really happened. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z The boat pitched and rolled so badly that he could barely read his own scribbles. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z One afternoon I rushed into the house, plopped my backpack in the hallway, and pitched my sweater in the middle of the living room floor. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Everyone pitched in, including Poppy, and after some debate we settled on our app name and logo. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z The spinning rod flew from my grip and I pitched backward, expecting at any moment to crack my skull against the planks of the transom. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z We pitched our tents—they were quite brown now and no longer a bright purple—for the fourth time in four days. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he pitched down into a shallow pit that opened unexpectedly before them, and there he lay like a dead thing. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z My chair rocked so fast I was in danger of being pitched out of it. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The voice is so strangely pitched that it seems to be everywhere. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z As a whole, the general election had been less grueling than the pitched battle of the primaries. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z She pitched Liyana another ball of dough, inviting her to try it. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z A pitched battle raged for days along the docks and waterfront streets of Smith Cove, injuring scores on both sides. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z A few times my books were accidentally ripped from my arms and pitched to the floor. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Every hoot of an owl sent him into a high- pitched fit, and whenever the cooking fire hissed, he threw a bit of aca, maize beer, into the flames to appease their anger. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z And if I played you five very low pitched tones, you’d be able to tell them apart. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Her eyes bugged out and her scream was so high- pitched it was silent. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The resistance is pitched to Werner as supremely organized; they are dangerous, disciplined insurgents; they follow the words of ferocious, lethal leaders. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Our Tents are pitched, 5 for 21 of us. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “What—?” Frank tried to stand, but the ship pitched in the other direction. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Ruth May’s condition pitched suddenly into decline, as inexplicably as it had earlier improved. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z At Fifty-Ninth Street, a mother wheeled in a stroller with twins emitting, it seemed to my ears, identically pitched screams. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z I don’t know why I even bothered, since I just gave them a joyless glance and pitched them to the corner of the room. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z They had pitched tents, some in motley, some in diaphanous silks. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He noticed his own voice getting hoarse and higher pitched from lack of use. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z I started to lower Doreen gently onto the green hall carpet, but she gave a low moan and pitched forward out of my arms. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z On Saturday afternoon Billy Buck, the ranch-hand, raked together the last of the old year’s haystack and pitched small forkfuls over the wire fence to a few mildly interested cattle. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z The standing waves in these carefully-shaped-and-sized idiophones — for example, the blocks on a xylophone — produce pitched tones, but again, the patterns of standing waves in these instruments are a little too complicated for this discussion. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z They continued past to the campsites, which had fireplaces, water faucets and flat dirt spaces, where a tent could be pitched or a car pulled in. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z I found my sled and pitched it outside. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z A high- pitched noise follows, as when teeth bear down on ice cubes. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Waiting for them were four carnival-sized rented tents, pitched in a black farmer’s field. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z He tore the photo in half and then in half again and pitched the pieces under the bed. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Nico pitched out of his chair, curled up on the floor and started snoring. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z He had pitched a tent in the yard and told me stories about watching the stars at night. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z From outside came a whistle as wild and raucous as a reed and pitched high and strange. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z My heart swells to hear that people in America consider this place a historic treasure and are helping to fix it—like when so many people back home pitched in to rebuild our mosque. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z He was pitched nearly out, but grabbed hold on the mast-staff before the next breaker struck. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z Once they had pitched the tent in the shelter of a small copse of trees and surrounded it with freshly cast defensive enchantments, Harry ventured out under the Invisibility Cloak to find sustenance. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Z grabbed the long board he’d pitched to the ground earlier. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Through a gate topped by razor wire, into a complex of low-slung white buildings with pitched blue roofs. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z But when young Mister Scales stepped on the gas, the roar became high pitched, deafening, and insane. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z The dragon pitched sideways and catapulted Leo face-first into the sand. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The humming, once a deep baritone, was becoming higher pitched. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z In fact, every time Turner pitched her a stone within shouting distance, she hit it dead center—no matter how high the arch, no matter how straight the descent. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Her shin was pressed against my shoulder, and when I looked up, all I could see was the underside of her chin—her face was pitched to the moon. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z As soon as Park touched her waist, she'd sucked in her stomach and pitched forward. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z When the wagon was loaded, it was drawn to Sir Ector’s rick and pitched to him. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z For the thirteen-day journey, they slept on straw mattresses on a deck above the engine room, hanging tight to their bunk beds as the ship pitched and rolled. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z The baseball team was in the middle of a winning streak where he’d pitched two no hitters and his fastball was coming in consistently at eighty-nine mph. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Vola reached into the jar, popped the stick into her mouth, sucked the syrup off, pitched the stick over her shoulder into the sink, and rolled her eyes. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z But it wasn’t a runaway success until the 1920s, when it was pitched as a solution for “chronic halitosis”—a then obscure medical term for bad breath. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z They talked of various men and finally pitched upon Billy Dawes. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a chute so that hay might be pitched down to the cattle. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z But some figures stood alone, isolated by blank space like tents pitched on winter slopes or lampposts on white roads. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z We dare not show a light so we lurch along and are often almost pitched out. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z I sense my family in a flurry behind me, Mom’s and Jack’s voices pitched in panic as I lift my foot and try to hop to the nearest tree trunk to support myself. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z The administration area in which Hungry Joe had pitched his tent by mistake lay in the center of the squadron between the ditch, with its rusted railroad tracks, and the tilted black bituminous road. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z There were more than fifty people camped on the Col that night, huddled in shelters pitched side by side, yet an odd feeling of isolation hung in the air. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z With the building’s pitched roof and many windows, I thought it must be a manor of some sort, and told Frankie as much. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z So they dumped their packs, pitched the tent, and resumed climbing. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I couldn’t help but hope she had a tent pitched out here somewhere on some little piece of land two feet higher than everything else, keeping the rain off. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z They decided to camp at the foot of the rapids, and after the tents were pitched, Roosevelt called a meeting with Rondon. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z So we pitched our tents and fixed noodles with the last of our water, then sat side by side on a log, eating in silence, facing Waynesboro. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z He loaned us an army tent, which we pitched with his help. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z The bumps were pennies and nickels people had pitched into the fountain to make a wish. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z There they dropped their gear and clumsily pitched their tent, dug holes, and buried the plastic bags, carefully indicating each spot with a little pile of stones. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I landed on the wing of an old-fashioned silver airplane, which pitched and almost spilled me to the floor, three stories below. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Dumbledore’s office gave an almighty lurch — Harry was thrown forward and pitched headfirst into the substance inside the basin — But his head did not hit the stone bottom. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z He made no attempt to suggest that if everyone just pitched in and worked harder, the kids would still get the same great education. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Running, Theresa pitched the can at him, grazing his snarling snout. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z They pitched their tents somewhere in this tranquil grove, then hiked the short way through the woods to Skyland Lodge, another commercial complex, to eat in its restaurant. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Liyana pitched in, “Yes! Let’s visit them for just a minute! Come on, Poppy!” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z “I feared the crows and jays who wait on my mother would have long ago pitched you from their nest, but you are safely fledged, I see,” he said teasingly. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “I just wanted to say sorry. For the other day, when we were filming that scene? I pitched a hissy fit with you guys and Lewis and it wasn’t cool at all.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The boats rolled and pitched in the violent, sucking backwash from the cliffs. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Finally, the saw found purchase in the wood, letting out a high- pitched scream as it bit into the branch. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Mattresses were brought up from the cellars and pitched all over the corridors; meals consisted of sandwiches and Victory Coffee wheeled round on trolleys by attendants from the canteen. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z For this, our third night in the village, I decided to escape the noxious smudge by moving into a tent, pitched just outside, that Rob and Mike had vacated when they went to Base Camp. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Their tent seemed to be pitched right alongside a kind of thoroughfare to the field, and Ministry members kept hurrying up and down it, greeting Mr. Weasley cordially as they passed. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z My voice sounds funny, a little higher pitched than usual. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z My arms felt like they’d fly off with the next throw of hay, but I pitched it into the center of the net so Pa could haul it to the loft. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z One of the safe rollers pitched forward, and farther away, past the corner, a bullet struck an auto tire, the released air shrieking like a huge animal in agony. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The jungle insects tuned their constant hum to a high- pitched clamor. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z But no sooner were they mounted than the black demon pitched them off. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z He pulled Tidbit away from Amari, made sure the rope was still secure, and pitched the boy back into the water. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Well, Mama made her take it outside, even though Leah pitched a fit because it was still yet just a baby. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The main problem was that the tent had been pitched too far out of range for sling or bow. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The downpour pursued them to the coast, where they pitched the tent that night, and persisted through the whole week, through sodden landscapes that Harry found bleak and depressing. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z At around 20,000 feet, where the glacier emerged from the lower end of the Cwm, it pitched abruptly over a precipitous drop. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z It hesitated for a moment, wobbling there on the edge of oblivion, and then pitched decisively forward and fell, tumbling end over end in beautiful balletic slow-motion. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Hands lifted me bodily from the sidewalk; I felt myself being pitched headlong through the air. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Someone said Dad moved the boom unexpectedly and Shawn pitched over the edge. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Despite all his ideas—all the things he’d pitched to Minho—he wasn’t eager to change how things had been done for the last two years. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z In a pitched sound, these areas of bunched molecules are very evenly spaced. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z If, for example, I played you five very high pitched tones, you’d be able to tell them apart. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The Greeks pitched in to help them raise the earthen walls and dig the trenches. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z I wonder how long Al stood at the ledge before he pitched himself over it, into the Dauntless Pit. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Listening to persons who sounded eccentrically pitched voices, I usually noted their sounds for an initial few seconds before I concentrated on what they were saying. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The boar had a similar squeal, but what we were hearing now seemed higher pitched, shriller, almost like... like if the boar had an angry girlfriend. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z “Lavalas, wash us like beans. Help us find the wicked and throw them out” She scooped the rotten beans off the surface where they floated, and pitched them out the door. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The ship pitched to port, knocking him against the opposite wall. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The unfolded hoverboard pitched in the windstorm, its magnets fighting to keep it on the ground. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z And then the stimulus reached my legs and we slid, fell, and pitched ourselves down from the rocks and ran like hell. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z He pitched himself back into a chair at the table. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z The yelling pitched higher, and Moss just acted. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Melynlas pitched furiously, trying to break away from the press of warriors. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z He spoke no word, but attacked, and the boat plunged and pitched from his sudden turn and lunge. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z He, Skid, and Aaron had pitched in and gotten me a director’s chair with my name on it. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z He threw it to the side, and as he reached for another, he was pitched forward as the school rocked with another explosion. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z All through the daylight hours, mobs of whites and blacks engaged in pitched battles throughout the city. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z The little spell-patched boat pitched again, rocked itself to stillness, drifting on the uneasy waves. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z I pitched to various magazines with no success. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Then, Hooper writhed, pitched over and made a violent noise in his throat. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z We told Brian about the escape fund, and he pitched in, even though we hadn’t included him in our plans because he was only in the seventh grade. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Same small size, same boxy shape, same pitched roofs and squat brick chimneys. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z He went at the few books they had particular harsh, tearing pages out of ’em and wadding ’em into balls afore he pitched ’em on the pile. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z Two doors down, I reached the new shul scheduled to open by summer’s end, a two-story structure of wood with a pitched roof, skeletal as though burnt. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Twice he stumbled over loose stones in the passage, clutched at the ground, and pitched forward. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z The new voice was high pitched with excitement. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Unable to catch herself, she pitched into a somersault at forty miles per hour. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I pitched a rock at a stray cat prowling through our bushes. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z Mrs. Underdown pitched in helpfully, “We are making preparations to leave, ourselves.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z She jolted at the loud voice and pitched forward. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z A little tent had been pitched for him beside the king’s lodging; and there he sat alone, while men passed to and fro, going in to the king and taking counsel with him. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Her voice wasn’t pitched higher, wasn’t full of terror. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z And you pitched it, and I missed it by a mile, and you kept pitching it to me all day long, and I never even hit a foul ball on it.” Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Caleb pulled at his chain and pitched a fuss, so I let him off of his chain and he was on Sheriff Charles in no time, jumping, licking, and baying like a pup. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z But for many people life proceeded without too much disruption, except in the regions where the pitched battles were fought. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Five—ten—fifteen—it was impossible to count the kids that suddenly pitched forward, falling face-first into the snow, screaming and howling in pain. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z He giggled as he elbowed Thomas in the ribs, a high- pitched snicker that inexplicably made Thomas like him more. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z My voice is raised and high pitched, but Junito and his gang don’t back down. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z There are dozens of pitched tent dwellings made of tarps and blankets and makeshift supports, like some sort of skid row. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z The afternoon was wet: a walk the party had proposed to take to see a gipsy camp, lately pitched on a common beyond Hay, was consequently deferred. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Mitchell asks about hoverplane bombings—we do feel very naked pitched out in the open—but Boggs says it’s not an issue. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z The pink house with the steeply pitched roof had been the neighborhood’s only house of that color in the old days. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Launching the boats now would be suicidal, but chances were they were about to be pitched into the water at any moment. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Her voice is barely more than a whisper, and pitched lower than might be expected from a girl her size. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z To the west now was open ocean, the full sweep of the Pacific, and the boat pitched and rolled on a twelve-foot westerly swell. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z No human being had ever pitched like that before, Turner decided. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z He pitched wood in and started his high whistling. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z It was pitched on flat ground near the river's edge. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z A quack doctor pitched patent medicines from the back of a wagon: “A rare cordial to fortify the innards against infective parasites, unwholesome damps, and malignant effluvia!” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z “What mortal would be insane enough—” Suddenly the helicopter pitched forward. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Tents were pitched beside bustling shops and women hung out their washing next door to high-rise buildings. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Nehemiah drove his shovel into the mound of dirt and pitched some into the open grave. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Moss’s heart pitched to his feet and the nausea rose in its place. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z We looked for the spot where we’d pitched our tents, but we couldn’t tell the exact place. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z There are simply hundreds of disheveled men staring in bafflement at the pitched tents of another circus. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z She pitched her pink Barbie camping tent nearby and tied the toy sculpture to one of the poles. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Buildings pitched at a slant, their warped roofs warning of extreme weather. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z He pitched forward, and she slammed her hand upward, breaking his nose. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The toy soldier lay facedown at the burled root of a butternut tree, as if he had pitched himself there in despair. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z She almost pitched forward into who-knew-what, but Percy grabbed her and wrapped her in his arms. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z In between school and schoolwork, Theresa pitched in, happy to get away from her cadaver. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Before I can stammer apologies, she continues, voice pitched low. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z It took him twenty minutes to reach the top and sure enough K Unit was already there, crouching around three small tents that they must have pitched earlier in the afternoon. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z I unhitched the oxen, pitched them some hay, and went into the house myself. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The goatman pitched the bucket of stew into a tangled patch of thorns and bounded over a fallen log. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Ayanna pitched the raft upward slightly and we popped into clear sky. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Frantic, she reached out for the door frame and screamed as she pitched backwards. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z It turned over with a wreurrrrrring noise, becoming ever higher pitched. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z Each length bucked him forward and twice he nearly pitched headfirst into the blades. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z So Saline pitched in for gas, and at 6 A.M. many mornings and 3:15 P.M. many afternoons, he squeezed himself into the front seat of my Toyota. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The next day, they retreated to a large, old floe that seemed solid, and there they pitched camp, but they soon discovered it was not as secure as they had hoped. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z For the next two hours we ascended an incline pitched as gently as a beginner’s ski slope, eventually arriving at the bergschrund that delineated the Khumbu Glacier’s upper end. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Roy’s hold began to slip, so he pitched forward, exerting his full weight upon the boy’s midsection. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z A pack of Young Pioneers then tried their luck, only to be pitched off the same way. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z At the scene of the student protest, Lonna Leep had pitched a weepy spluttering fit and demanded to be reunited with her son. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Hazel wound up and pitched, and Jack smacked the snowball with the stick. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z One of the teenagers, Dan Daniels’s son Scott, took a three-step running start, threw out to sea, then pitched headlong into the salt water. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The noise of battle will be furious; the Einherjar, Odin’s noble warriors, are locked in pitched battle with the evil dead, Loki’s troops. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Meanwhile Lawrence, Teller, and Alvarez pitched in with appeals to the Pentagon and influential members of Congress. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Stepping outside, I slipped on an icy step and pitched, face-forward, into more than a foot of snow. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z But what stood out on this gray day was a bright yellow pyramid the size of a circus tent pitched near the base of the elevator. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Someone's screaming, a long high pitched scream that never breaks for breath. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z That great, unusual, portentous thing is this: Roscuros voice was pitched perfectly to make its way through the tortuous path of Migs broken-down, cauliflower ears. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z It was Captain Black who came with advice to Captain Piltchard and Captain Wren as they pitched about in their bewildering predicament. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Sierra pitched forward into its body, hands first. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z She’s overly sensitive to them, like a tuning fork pitched too high. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z He thinks: We are locked inside a box, and the box has been pitched into the mouth of a volcano. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Her uncle’s voice was its usual low growl, or pitched high with helpless laughter. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z As the nest pitched downward, my mouth filled with wet bonobo hair and my gut dropped. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Then Mom swears and opens the door with a high- pitched “Ooooh, who do we have here?” Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Then Nat heard the scrape of a chair and the thud of a log being pitched on the fire. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Surrounded by chollas, bur sage, and the comical scurrying of collared lizards, McCandless pitched his tent in the puny shade of a tamarisk and basked in his newfound freedom. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z She swung mightily at the first ball pitched to her and hit it over the left fielder’s head. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z The great beasts would be useful in a pitched battle, no doubt, but it would be some time before they had the strength to face their foes in the field. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z She pitched her tent and spread out her sleeping skins. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z She was just starting to stand when we heard a high- pitched voice shout, “DWIGHT!” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z His voice was pitched so low that even the horses could not have overheard. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z As with all pitched warm-ups, start at the bottom of the range and move up in half-step increments and then back down. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z As he hauled himself over the rail, the ship pitched sideways. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z After they had pitched their tent, fed the dogs, and passed around their own rations for the night, Kaede was so tired she only wanted to crawl into her furs and sleep. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Worsley, who had been at the tiller for more than fifty hours, finally pitched forward in a dead faint. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z I even pitched my voice to a low plane, trying to rob it of any suggestion or overtone of aggressiveness. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Moss screamed, again and again, and pitched himself forward as Javier crumpled to the ground, the life too quickly draining out of him. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z They’d gotten into canoes in the morning, and fished and swum and pitched tents and grilled hot dogs. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z They pitched a small square camp tent for him and brought him supplies and fresh things to eat every two or three days. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z The boat pitched and rocked and spun, and then suddenly the naiads would heave in earnest, trying to catch her off balance. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z He wedged the corner of the blade under it and pried it up and then knelt and took hold of the lock and twisted the whole thing loose and pitched it into the grass. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z I made high- pitched noises like a crazed animal, trying to scratch out the face in the mirror. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Someone had pitched a tent in the side yard, and I was amazed to see a seating area with furniture from my house. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z He seemed in great pain and his shrieks were pitched high in outrage and suffering. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z The star players, the bench players, even the manager pitched in. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He had pitched it like he was throwing all of his fear and anger along with it. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z The twelve men of the platoon pitched in to unload the truck. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Pa and Uncle Henry pitched bundles down as fast as they could. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z He picked up the napkin, balled it, and pitched it into the trashcan. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z When Matt Cain pitched a curveball, twenty balls flew across twenty screens. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z She put him inside her parka and pitched her tent out of the wind. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z We climbed up to his mouth and pitched ourselves down his throat, then swam out the back of him into the instantly cooler water and brighter light of midday, September 1940. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Beams crossed the opening down into the main floor where the hay-carts drove in when the hay was hauled in to be pitched up. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Turner looked at them through his window; he could almost see them puffing: In the dark, the cranked horn of a doryman sounded, and then another, higher pitched. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z From time to time, certain termites make a convulsive movement of their mandibles to produce a loud, high- pitched clicking sound, audible ten meters off. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The new film is also being pitched as the first in a new trilogy of Terminator movies, all of which will thankfully ignore everything that happened since 1991’s Terminator 2: Judgment Day. Search and destroy: can James Cameron revive the Terminator by killing its past? 2018-03-13T04:00:00Z When Harcourt first pitched the show, it was called Naked At First Sight and involved naked contestants living in an Alpine valley. ‘You think: are we really doing this?’: how TV’s strangest shows get made 2021-03-06T05:00:00Z And he affirmed one of the more fascinating aspects of the strange tale of his blockbuster pseudo memoir: that it had been originally pitched as a novel. James Frey's infuriating return to "Oprah" 2011-05-16T22:30:00Z As to whether Ellis truly pitched while tripping, the film offers little skepticism. ‘No No: A Dockumentary’ Looks at Dock Ellis 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z Price pitched the idea to his department after encountering it in other museums. The painstaking task of making a 200-year-old sculpture look almost like new 2019-12-13T05:00:00Z Reality was very much pitched toward uncertainty, and in need of light, when I called Kent on the first Wednesday of November. An Artist Who Paints in Cryptic Pastel Symbols 2020-11-16T05:00:00Z The American and British military were careful not to bomb the old burghers’ houses, pitched red- and green-tiled roofs, and cobbled lanes. Alsace blends the best of France and Germany 2017-07-18T04:00:00Z He pitched him on an idea: “What if Versace made sneakers?” A Day in the Studio With Salehe Bembury 2021-10-08T04:00:00Z And what I pitched to Ridley was, 'I don't think this movie needs the face-huggers and chest-busters and all the things people are going to be expecting. Prometheus: the making of a new myth 2012-05-25T23:01:00Z We hike Sai Wan’s length, about a third of a mile, passing two tents pitched right on the sand. Hong Kong’s urban jungle is real, not a metaphor for concrete and steel 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z They were also an inspiration for countless jokes thanks to the ubiquitous 1980s and 1990s TV commercials that pitched his records. Family: Country singer Slim Whitman dies at age 90 2013-06-19T14:28:07Z An illuminated green plastic sculpture with a pitched roof stands in the center of the space. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2018-10-24T04:00:00Z You really, really want to imagine that they are not pitched like this. Laura Mvula: Sing to the Moon – review 2013-03-03T00:05:13Z I pitched for it and I pitched a vision of practical effects and wanting to really bring in the culture of New Orleans and bring in Black culture and cast a Black lead. "Black people, we are the ultimate outsider": Justin Simien on "radical" take on "Haunted Mansion" 2023-08-04T04:00:00Z They were free to take their show anywhere, and Shodiya said they pitched it to other companies, which asked for changes the women did not want to make. Podcasting Is Booming. Will Hollywood Help or Hurt Its Future? 2021-02-25T05:00:00Z This time, she’s pitched in on the campaign’s education unity task force, helping merge policy ideas from Sen. Bernie Sanders’s camp and her husband’s. Jill Biden is finally ready to be first lady. Can she help her husband beat Trump? 2020-08-17T04:00:00Z Once you navigate the abrupt entrance, this perfectly pitched run through trees enables the sort of turns that involve a nanosecond of delightful free fall in between. In Aspen, a Maverick Mountain to Test One’s Mettle 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z That makes it highly unlikely that "Die Hard," if it were pitched fresh in 2023, would see daylight, let alone a summer. "Die Hard" changed action movies in Hollywood – then it became part of the franchise problem 2023-07-18T04:00:00Z I pitched it to all the networks and it was rejected everywhere. In ‘The Bisexual,’ Desiree Akhavan Grapples With All Kinds of Sexuality 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z For many canned-wine producers, the quality of the wine is secondary to the presentation, which is pitched as an antidote to wine snobbery. For Connoisseurs and Joe Sixpack, Canned Wines Beckon 2019-05-06T04:00:00Z Green's mix of self-deprecating humour and indignation, pitched just the right side of petulance, give the song a breadth of appeal that would have seemed unlikely to anyone who had heard only the title. Cee Lo Green: 'I'd do a lot more damage if I could' 2010-09-30T21:00:00Z Diaz pitched this vision to her bosses at MTV: “Cribs” would be a remix of a classic, lifting the basic DNA of “Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous” but with one crucial twist. Analysis | In 2000, ‘Cribs’ became a phenomenon. 20 years later, we’re all living in an accidental reboot. 2020-07-23T04:00:00Z Reporter and former columnist Marc Fisher pitched 400 notebooks and piles of notes and notepads stacked 11 feet high. A note to readers about this issue: HELP! 2015-12-07T05:00:00Z Immediately after that, we walked into Netflix, I pitched Mo's show with him, and they were excited to do that. "Doubt is healthy": "Ramy" will make you question everything about monogamy and spirituality 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z Yes, it’s “a soapy, hysterically pitched melodrama drenched in sentimentalism and Old South cant” that helped perpetuate a gauzy Lost Cause myth that has romanticized oppression and valorized traitors for generations. Perspective | HBO Max isn’t censoring ‘Gone With the Wind.’ It’s reframing it. 2020-06-10T04:00:00Z He said he pitched it to Gourmet magazine, then Food & Wine. No-Knead Bread, Revisited 2021-05-03T04:00:00Z As New York producers began circling, Mr. Costello pitched colleagues at the Hartford and other friends about investing in the show if it reached Broadway. A Few of the Producers of ‘A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & Murder’ 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z "He's pitched it in a way that is potentially beneficial to him in that he's saying all of this occurred before he opened his mouth." Sheen strikes custody pact; police search home 2011-03-11T14:33:09Z Eternal Glory is a Belgian format, which was first pitched in the UK in 2008. ITV To Woo Male Viewers With Game Show 'Eternal Glory' 2015-02-02T05:00:00Z Bunch said he “pitched a fit” when technical problems arose again in February, after earlier troubles in the fall. Crowds at African American museum are expected to get even bigger 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z Coming soon: a pitched skylight and a chandelier to grace the room’s center. Riggsby is a refreshing blast from the past in Dupont Circle 2015-08-01T04:00:00Z But when I arrived at Casa Tiny, with its pitched roof of poured concrete and monumental doors of local parota wood, the key was in the lock. Mexico’s Last Countercultural Coast 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z Lindhome: We made a 10 minute short of the show before we pitched it just because we knew what the tone was, but it was hard to necessarily tell what it was on the page. Another Period Shows How Historical Millionaires Were Just Like Reality Stars 2015-07-27T04:00:00Z When his place is rented, Santiago later explained, he sleeps in a tent he keeps pitched on the beach. T Magazine: The Coast of Utopia 2011-09-30T14:00:14Z So I will tell you that was one of those things where, you know, I pitched it. Dead Tree Alert: TV’s Bumper Crop of Blood; Plus: Kurt Sutter on the Uses of Mayhem 2013-02-28T13:14:43Z Last summer, seven years later, Cain pitched a perfect game for his team. Philip Roth’s retirement lesson 2013-02-12T12:39:00Z A perfectly pitched film, Greenberg was one of the best dramas of 2010. Jennifer Jason Leigh: ‘I've been at this precipice so many times' 2016-01-02T05:00:00Z If someone came to you and pitched something and said, “It’s a terrible risk,” you’d kick him out. ArtsBeat: A Conversation With Steven Moffat, a ‘Sherlock’ Co-Creator 2014-01-17T18:12:54Z From then on, ironies are sounded like thunderclaps, as if pitched at the intellectually hard of hearing. | ?Frankenstein?: It?s (Gasp!) Alive, Not to Mention Peeved 2011-02-24T19:09:14Z Kelly drilled her day after day until her feet bled, and even the great Fred Astaire, who happened to visit the set, pitched in to help her. In Hollywood’s golden age, no dancer rivaled Debbie Reynolds’s high-stepping joy 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z And nine of those all-time greats pitched for four or more teams. Perspective | Like Tom Brady, lots of great athletes have changed teams as they near retirement 2020-03-25T04:00:00Z Traditional ploys include overpriced courses and publicity photographs, pitched on empty promises of catching the eye of casting directors and talent scouts. Nightmares in the dream factory: how Hollywood scams would-be child stars 2017-01-29T05:00:00Z When he figured that Chevy would probably reject his pitch, he pitched a major merger. ArtsBeat: ‘Mad Men’ Watch: The Dark Knight Returns 2014-04-28T11:54:49Z They also include a pitched fight over the importance of form-making — over the value of the iconic, photogenic project in architecture versus an approach that is more politically, socially or ecologically engaged. Comprehensive 'Gehry' retrospective in Paris draws sociological blank 2014-10-17T04:00:00Z She even pitched a reality show called “Project Pantsuit.” Scene City: The C.F.D.A. Awards Ceremony and After-Parties 2013-06-04T20:59:44Z They pitched complete games — all of them by Scherzer — only four times. No early World Series buzz for the Nationals 2016-03-30T04:00:00Z How is it possible that the same Kipnis who pitched a Diet Coke across the room at her boyfriend would find anything compelling about the minutiae of her former student’s digital life? ‘Love in the Time of Contagion’ Observes Mutations in Domestic Life 2022-02-08T05:00:00Z And two characters succumb to gruesome deaths that may have viewers gasping and questioning why this film is being pitched for Mother's Day. J.Lo takes charge in Netflix's gruesome action-thriller "The Mother" 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z Martin pitched the idea to veteran producer Will Packer at age 10. At just 14, Marsai Martin is a Hollywood mogul in the making 2019-04-09T04:00:00Z Outside, a handful of brave souls pitched tents. A Chance to Bond on a Perilous Hiking Trail in Iceland 2019-08-21T04:00:00Z Built in 2000 between the river and the sea, its breezy main building and 109 ample rooms blend French colonial and Asian architectural styles, with pitched, beamed ceilings and dark wood floors. 36 Hours in Hoi An 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z According to Johns, Dylan pitched the idea of collaborating with the Beatles and the Stones during a run-in at the airport, because Bob Dylan is the kind of guy who makes things happen. Paul McCartney and Mick Jagger should have collaborated with Bob Dylan because Bob Dylan collaborations are the best 2014-11-07T05:00:00Z Her pop soprano gets pitched further upward as the track begins; elusive background vocals and synthesizers puff their syncopations around the beat. Miley Cyrus and Brandi Carlile’s Raw Duet, and 9 More New Songs 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z The new initiative is funded in part by founding member Howard G. Buffett, son of investor Warren Buffet, to whom Affleck pitched his vision of a new aid group by describing eastern Congo's dire situation. Ben Affleck launches aid group for eastern Congo 2010-03-22T15:37:00Z She pitched the concept to UPN president Dawn Ostroff: a series centered on the wives, girlfriends and mothers of professional athletes. ‘The Game’ is over and everybody won: How BET’s comedy helped make history 2015-07-28T04:00:00Z He previously pitched a gritty update of James Bond, specifically an adaptation of Ian Fleming’s introductory novel, Casino Royale, which would have seen Pierce Brosnan retaining the role of James Bond. Quentin unchained: what will Tarantino's 10th and final film be? 2019-07-18T04:00:00Z Perfectly pitched and rhythmically coiled around a muted or modest paradox – spring, conventionally the harbinger of hope, brings only criticism of a personal sort. Ian McEwan: when faith in fiction falters – and how it is restored 2013-02-16T08:30:12Z Despite the fact that my voice pitched baritone low, when I spoke, people didn’t just listen, they leaned in. My Voice Got Deeper. Suddenly, People Listened. 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z He pitched it up and sped it up, keeping the catchy chorus hook. Florence + the Machine’s Conflicted Coronation, and 12 More New Songs 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z With its pitched floor, the Regent in downtown Los Angeles is more pleasant for short people than the Echoplex. High tide of music to wash over L.A. this summer 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z Last spring, a few years after taking a research job at Google, Mr. Eck pitched the same idea he pitched Mr. Hofstadter all those years ago. How A.I. Is Creating Building Blocks to Reshape Music and Art 2017-08-14T04:00:00Z I am not sure to whom it is pitched, though, since you can’t follow his descriptions without knowing the music intimately. Books of The Times: Harvey Sachs?s ?Ninth: Beethoven and the World in 1824? 2010-06-17T21:09:00Z This year, 13 of the Republicans chasing the party’s 2016 presidential nomination pitched their candidacies at his event. Inside the right-wing freak show: What Ted Cruz, Rand Paul and Rick Santorum say when only the freakishly faithful are listening 2015-07-28T04:00:00Z Nissin also pitched the product to workers on the move, like the Japan Self-Defense Forces. How Cup Noodles became one of the biggest transpacific business success stories of all time 2021-12-27T05:00:00Z When we pitched it to labels, they would say, “You have to re-produce it.” Even Meghan Trainor's Mom Is Tired of "All About That Bass" 2014-10-06T04:00:00Z His voice — crisp and articulate, just a tad piercing, cagily pitched to the subject matter and inflected with a precisely calibrated measure of enthusiasm — was as recognizable as a theme song. Art Gilmore, the Voice of Coming Attractions, Dies at 98 2010-10-03T03:50:00Z We tried to reconcile what they wanted – traditional brick houses, pitched roofs, private gardens – with the contemporary aesthetic favoured by the developers. Home truths: architects tackle the housing crisis 2012-07-11T17:15:59Z Two of her colleagues have already been “pitched,” apparently unsuccessfully. Dangers Close to Home: Four New Domestic Thrillers 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z I’ll remember the friends who pitched in with child care and dropped off food and made sure we were always supplied with household basics. I won’t let cynicism win 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z That's the business I find myself in, Hollywood, and I pitched it to a couple of places — they didn't bite. With 'Holy Cow,' David Duchovny is finally, officially a novelist 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z But after a brief, scattered system of pitched percussion passed, those voices suddenly sounded forlorn. Review: A Pulitzer Sequel for Orchestra, Packed With Drama in Microcosm 2018-03-30T04:00:00Z The hit series transformed what a police procedural could look, sound and feel like — according to Hollywood lore, the show was pitched as “MTV cops” — and made Johnson an international star. Don Johnson Is Back as ‘Nash Bridges.’ Why? 2021-11-25T05:00:00Z Then, my stroller went over a bump and my coffee was pitched onto the asphalt. My best eco-friendly failures: glass coffee jars and olive oil to fight acne 2015-09-29T04:00:00Z It's also worth noting that this is being officially pitched as a science fiction movie, suggesting that something out of the ordinary lies in wait. Gravity likely to be less weighed down than Ender's Game 2013-05-10T13:59:00Z At one point, a merger of muted, slowly strummed acoustic guitar and pitched percussion felt like the announcement of a new level of craft. For a Composer, the Final Minutes Are Critical 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z Principals of a company called Idea Factory met with Seagal back in 2007 and pitched the idea of a reality show about the action star. Cable network and Steven Segal lose round in lawsuit 2010-12-18T03:15:16Z So when I pitched the show, the podcast was a part of it. Marc Maron promises an emotionally scary (and funny) new season on IFC 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z Neither seems interested in arbitration, an idea pitched by a group of congressmen and quickly endorsed by the Dodgers and Time Warner Cable. Politicians try to jump-start Dodgers TV talks. 'Seinfeld' to Netflix? 2014-07-29T04:00:00Z He dressed the preppy, hip Vampire Weekend as goths, and somehow transmuted the Arctic Monkeys' Fluorescent Adolescent into clowns engaged in a violent pitched battle with non-clowns, shot in the style of The Sweeney. Richard Ayoade: Mr Modest 2011-01-15T00:03:59Z The other trait that raises them high on the list, though, is that even a handful pitched into anything made with stone fruits, or other berries, produces tiny explosions of flavor and color. Pete Wells Picks the Best Fruits of Summer. (Sorry, Plums.) 2018-05-22T04:00:00Z Ms. Hurd joined “The Walking Dead” as a producer, and the series was pitched last fall to AMC, which committed to shooting six episodes last summer. Television: The Zombie Attack as Stress Test 2010-10-22T18:23:00Z He pitched “Magical Boy” after seeing a call for submissions. Comics That Read Top to Bottom Are Bringing in New Readers 2022-07-23T04:00:00Z The pitched battle between good and evil, of perennial interest to McPherson, is here conveyed in the form of a question: What kind of story will you choose to guide you on your bewildering path? Reaching toward the light in 'The Night Alive' 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z Different segments of our society are being pitched different toys. Motherlode Blog: Is There a Toy-Class Divide? 2012-12-11T15:34:40Z But when Showtime pitched her the script last year, it held her in thrall. Showtime's new series 'The Big C' finds humor in cancer 2010-08-11T23:09:00Z Though it does not automatically land one in a particular career, training in the humanities, when pitched correctly, will ultimately lead to gainful and fulfilling employment. Don’t Panic, Liberal Arts Majors. The Tech World Wants You. 2017-08-21T04:00:00Z She wanted to produce something similar for Snap and pitched it to Evan Spiegel, the chief executive, and then to Mr. Marclay. While You Were Gawking at Snapchat Posts, One Artist Was Listening to Them 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z If East had thrown the diamond king, South would have pitched his diamond, drawn trumps with the aid of another finesse and claimed. Bridge: Bridge — Andrew Robson Given Order of the British Empire 2013-01-02T23:39:02Z They pitched in and bought him a car. A man fell off his bike in the woods and needed lifesaving surgery. An ER doctor happened to be cycling by. 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z Archer, which Reed originally pitched to the FX channel as "James Bond meets Arrested Development" takes this premise – the comedy of displacement activity – and runs with it. Life of spy: the return of Archer 2013-07-12T13:00:00Z Their forte is magical-realism pop pitched at the juncture where kooky spills into spooky. CocoRosie – review 2012-08-06T16:50:16Z Davis came up with the concept for the show and pitched it to Gervais and Merchant; like his character on “Life’s Too Short,” Davis runs a talent agency specializing in short actors. Ricky Gervais Would Like to Non-Apologize 2012-01-11T15:17:22Z I pitched that movie in the room, and they bought it right there in the room. Why Jo Koy gave up on appealing to Middle America 2023-03-23T04:00:00Z It’s a little blue-gray building with a pitched roof and a view that backs up against the mountains. Perspective | This is what the beginning of the end of the Roe era feels like 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z That’s how I originally pitched myself to the show — as someone who believed in my system. My Ridiculous Dating System Totally Works! 2021-04-09T04:00:00Z And when the characters are in pitched battle with one another, at last confronting their confounding and long-buried past, the production stops marking time and bursts into anguished meaning. Arthur Miller's 'The Price' bursts into meaning at Mark Taper Forum 2015-02-22T05:00:00Z Mars pitched the segment to several other public radio stations and received little interest. SiriusXM Is Buying ‘99% Invisible,’ and Street Cred in Podcasting 2021-04-26T04:00:00Z In the late 1950s, she lived around the corner from the famed Ferus Gallery, where she pitched in to help and once requested a work of art by Ken Price in lieu of payment. It's about time world-famous painter Marcia Hafif gets a SoCal solo museum show 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z RuPaul’s Drag Race was turned down by every network bar one when he first pitched the idea a decade ago. RuPaul: ‘Drag is a big f-you to male-dominated culture’ 2018-03-03T05:00:00Z “Mountains of the Moon” is a difficult and disturbing novel, a wormy nightmare pitched between hard covers. Books of The Times: ‘Mountains of the Moon,’ by I. J. Kay 2012-07-10T13:31:36Z And I went into the vocal booth and I deliberately pitched my voice low the way she does. Garbage’s Shirley Manson Thrives on Unapologetic Heroines 2021-06-01T04:00:00Z Sweetly, gently funny and poignant at the same time, “The Funeral” is perfectly pitched to a child’s understanding. Review | Best new children’s and YA books to read this month 2018-05-02T04:00:00Z The book was pitched as a joint project with another aide, David Bossie. Is Everyone in Politics Writing a Tell-all? Yes. 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z A front portion of the roof is pitched to hide the bank of solar panels, but the house is essentially flat-roofed. An architect couple designs a dream house 2017-04-18T04:00:00Z Wagner and Grant had pitched a story idea to DC Comics, which Kennedy would draw. Comic lawman Dredd's Scots roots 2012-08-14T05:37:40Z This stark, beautiful novel, translated from the Norwegian and perfectly pitched for the present moment, follows one family living in isolation on a small, windswept island. New & Noteworthy, From Alexander Calder to a History of Poetry 2020-04-14T04:00:00Z He knows the wares, the ideas being pitched in every department. Just a Few Billion Years Left to Go 2020-02-17T05:00:00Z When we reached the bottom, we plunged into the frigid river, ate lunch on a sun-warmed rock and pitched camp on the rocky shore. In Italy, a poetic walk in Dante’s footsteps 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z Over the two days, I picked through 20,000 products pitched by 130 exhibitors from 20 countries. At the annual Travel Goods Show, plenty of pack-worthy products 2020-03-19T04:00:00Z Here's a roundup of the start-ups and what they pitched on demo day: Six start-ups present ideas at Turner, Warner Bros. media camp 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z The result is a film pitched between art and advocacy. Out of Character, in the Director?s Chair 2011-03-25T18:45:10Z In 1992, she pitched herself as a sitcom star to the president of CBS: “Because of the voice, they think I’m the seasoning in the show,” she told him. Fran Drescher, Millennial Whisperer 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z Fifty years ago, Bruce Lee faced a similar struggle when a TV series he pitched in Hollywood was taken up and he was replaced by a white actor as the lead character. A new generation of Asian American artists is expanding Bruce Lee’s legacy 2021-07-21T04:00:00Z We pitched it and talked to our friends at OWN. Tarell Alvin McCraney on life after 'Moonlight' and his play in L.A., 'Head of Passes' 2017-09-23T04:00:00Z She sent him her friends’ scripts and pitched him her own production called “Trash TV,” while checking in with him periodically about whether he had any production gigs for her. Second Harvey Weinstein accuser takes the witness stand to describe alleged 2006 sexual assault 2020-01-27T05:00:00Z In 1972, Richard Nixon’s campaign pitched his reelection with the slogan “Now More Than Ever.” Review | In the galleries: Myths and respite at the American University museum 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z How has the show changed since you first pitched a tight little one season semi-comedy about the Breaking Bad lawyer? Vince Gilligan on Better Call Saul: 'We dread the future as much as the fans do' 2017-07-13T04:00:00Z Readers who enjoy having curveballs pitched at them are sure to appreciate Nick Stone’s hyperactive throwing arm. Review: ‘The Verdict’ Speaks in a Grisham-esque Tongue With a British Accent 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z The friends along with other passengers who pitched in all received the Legion of Honor, France’s highest award. They Foiled a Terror Attack. Now They’re Starring in the Movie. 2018-02-07T05:00:00Z Years before Jackie Robinson joined the Dodgers, Canadian team owners would pay extra to Negro League stars like Hall-of-Famer Satchel Paige, who pitched in Canada several times, to join their teams for high-stakes tournaments. The secret history of black baseball players in Canada’s great white north 2017-04-30T04:00:00Z Six months later Mr. Pierce pitched up in Los Angeles, where he wound up renting the basement beneath his idol Jennifer Lewis, the actress and singer. Shangela Cooks Wiener Schnitzel While ‘Quaranqueening’ 2020-04-24T04:00:00Z I pitched my kind of smoke and mirrors pitch, pretending I had a series-length story. "Guilt" writer discusses the twisty finale, the importance of that enigmatic smile and Season 2 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z In writing about the Makah whale hunt, it seemed relevant that I drove my truck onto the beach and pitched a tent. Instead of Sobbing, You Write Sentences: An Interview with Charles D'Ambrosio 2014-11-26T05:00:00Z “He was his normal jovial self,” the musician said, until a moment in the third movement of the Shostakovich Symphony No. 5, when he pitched forward off the podium. ArtsBeat: Riccardo Muti to Have Surgery 2011-02-04T21:47:59Z She also revealed in August that Abrams had been attracted to the project after she pitched him the premise: “Who is Luke Skywalker?” Luke Skywalker still missing from latest Star Wars: The Force Awakens posters 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z They watched their pitches get ignored or rejected, only to see the same ideas warmly embraced when another writer pitched them. TV Writers of Color and Others Face Widespread Bias, Survey Finds 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z But yes, it was an idea, and I pitched it to him, and he said, 'I could call Universal right now and they would buy that.' America's funniest man 2010-08-21T23:08:00Z He pitched a variety of products including local news stations, buttermilk and appliances, and eventually starred in a television series and several movies, but their story lines weren’t based on the commercials. ‘Uncle Drew’: Branding Vehicle or Feature Film? Yes 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z "I pitched eight plays telling the whole history of physics in the last century. They laughed and said, 'okay, let's select the idea you're most interested in'. And that was J Robert Oppenheimer." Staging Oppenheimer's nuclear story 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z She pitched her Tulsa massacre documentary to some networks nearly five years ago, but drew no interest because she believes the “gatekeepers” weren’t ready to welcome the story. Tulsa massacre documentaries offer deep dive into tragedy 2021-05-30T04:00:00Z Once, when working for a local magazine, I pitched a story where I'd write up the contents of a dozen or so chef's refrigerators. Want a more decadent chocolate cake from the box? Add a spoonful of Duke's Mayo to the batter 2021-10-03T04:00:00Z There was real ferocity in the brass bursts that gird moments of pitched intensity. Bavarian Radio Symphony Performs Brahms and Ligeti 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z Last June, Luda’s Dumplings, a small pelmeni shop, pitched its yellow-and-white-striped awning on Shore Parkway in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, an overpass away from the waterfront, where leafy trees hush the grumble of cars. Modern Russian Dumplings That Nod to the Past 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z But then did Descartes ever build a vomiting machine or a clock powered by a sunflower seed, let alone design a “cat piano” played by pricking the tails of seven cats with differently pitched cries? Books of The Times: ‘A Man of Misconceptions’ by John Glassie 2012-12-30T21:22:10Z The first was in its pilot-season phase: It had actually been pitched for the year before, but getting the right cast proved difficult. Critic’s Notebook: ‘Unforgettable’ Returns for Another Chance 2014-04-02T22:00:48Z And when West actually pitched a heart, declarer ruffed a heart and won the last three tricks in his hand. Bridge: Open Trials for the Bermuda Bowl 2013-06-14T21:08:24Z It is often pitched as a unifying force able to bring together old and young, Republican and Democrat. Pickleball Is Expanding. Tennis Is Mad. 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z Q: What was your first reaction when this new "Dallas" TV series was pitched to you? Playing J.R. "like coming home," says Larry Hagman 2012-06-12T12:06:18Z When she pitched “I May Destroy You” to HBO, Coel assured the network that she could provide “the Hollywood ending” to the show. How Michaela Coel Shaped ‘I May Destroy You’ 2020-07-20T04:00:00Z With tuition fees pitched at £2,000 less than anywhere else, the Cass offers the East End's talented young artists and designers hope and education. East End art is still dynamic and creative 2012-06-11T17:30:02Z The first female mayor of Amsterdam has pitched a slew of proposals to revamp the historic city’s infamous red-light district in a bid to better protect sex workers. Amsterdam's mayor pitches plans to revamp red-light district 2019-07-06T04:00:00Z Smaller spires line each side of its steeply pitched roof. Take an architectural walking tour of Norfolk 2021-11-05T04:00:00Z This perfectly pitched collaboration isn't merely a one-off novelty – it could well hint at both the future of game music and a whole new creative avenue for musicians. Are video game soundtracks the new concept albums? 2012-05-28T13:56:00Z I did so conscientiously – only to see her appalled shock when I pitched my suggestions. 'Peep Show with female losers? Bring it on!' – Sam Bain on why comedy needs diversity 2019-05-25T04:00:00Z She pitched it to TNT, which had been looking to add a family drama, said Michael Wright, the channel’s president. Television: ‘Dallas,’ With Larry Hagman’s J. R. Ewing, Returns 2012-06-07T15:15:53Z “We get pitched all the time, and we’re open to a lot of different opportunities.” ‘Game of Thrones’ Studio Tour to Debut in 2020 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z There was this pitched battle going around the internet, where people were defending this phrase on the grounds that there are now three generations of people living in the boomers' shadow. Our political future is in millennial hands — even if it feels like boomers will never retire 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z They mercilessly made fun of “social-media correspondents” by using language specifically pitched in a tone not of teens but of late-twentysomething media members. Beyoncé Aside, A Disastrous VMAs Reveals an MTV in Crisis 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z Howard directed the original based off Grazer's idea and said he laughed when pitched the remake idea by Tatum and Jillian Bell, who would play the role originated by Hanks. If there's a 'Splash' remake, Tom Hanks wants in on it 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z He had first pitched Bowie directly on making a hybrid nonfiction film in 2007, when the artist was already wondering how to showcase his archives, but the timing and scope wasn’t right, Morgen said. A Filmmaker Explores David Bowie’s Life and Finds Clarity About His Own 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z After 10 films, X-Men fatigue was settling in, but The New Mutants was pitched as something different. The New Mutants: what should we expect from the cursed X-Men horror film? 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z To say it's pitched as a comedy, this second series of Girls has been spectacularly bleak. TV highlights 18/03/2013 2013-03-18T07:00:09Z Over lunch at the Carlyle, Mr. Weiner was cheerful and animated, occasionally breaking into high pitched peals of laughter. ‘Mad Men’ Creator Matthew Weiner’s Foray Into Fiction 2017-11-06T05:00:00Z Bouton was thirty-nine years old and hadn’t pitched in the majors in eight seasons. Jim Bouton Was Baseball’s Misunderstood Evangelist 2019-07-11T04:00:00Z But the vividness of its effects makes the film very much a particular parent’s nightmare, pitched at the extreme boundary of everyday anxieties. | 'We Need to Talk About Kevin': ?We Need to Talk About Kevin,? With Tilda Swinton - Review 2011-12-08T23:38:55Z Most of these matched the main show’s insistence on a conversation pitched first and foremost to architects, with less concern about how meaningful it will be to the general public. 'Make New History,' the second Chicago Architecture Biennial, brings the focus back to square one 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z In “Story of Your Life,” Banks arrives on site by driving an “off-road vehicle into the encampment, a small village of tents pitched by the Army in a farmer’s sun-scorched pasture.” Watching “Arrival” After the Election 2016-11-16T05:00:00Z Mostly I was looking down, entranced by the perfectly pitched flavors and refreshing simplicity of dish after dish. The Whale Wins serves rustic fare with effortless elegance 2013-02-21T23:23:38Z We pitched the idea and got set up in a development deal. ‘The Daily Show’ at 25: The Creators Look Back 2021-07-21T04:00:00Z When they first pitched the idea to me it sounded really cool. Willem Dafoe: ‘I’ve thought about murder many times’ 2017-10-21T04:00:00Z Last spring, a few years after taking a research job at Google, Eck pitched the same idea he pitched Hofstadter all those years ago. AI is creating new types of art, and new types of artists 2017-08-16T04:00:00Z Disney has pitched many of their live-action remakes as responses to popular criticisms of the original films, and "The Little Mermaid" is no exception. Poor unfortunate souls: False feminism and criticism of Disney’s "Little Mermaid" 2023-05-29T04:00:00Z So we pitched it around a couple of places and then he called up David Fincher, who had a relationship with Netflix. For Elvis Mitchell, Critic Turned Filmmaker, a Chance to Show and Tell 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z Of the time when he and Merchant pitched “The Office” to BBC executives, Gervais told me that he told the BBC: “ ‘It’s either me in it, writing and directing, or not at all.’ Ricky Gervais Would Like to Non-Apologize 2012-01-11T15:17:22Z We pitched our tent on a 100-yard-wide grassy strip of land between two lakes with surfaces as smooth as the sealskin I saw stretching on the side of a house in Kangerlussuaq. Trekking through fire and ice on Greenland’s 102-mile Arctic Circle Trail 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z The iTunes release was pitched, very successfully, to a young demographic, for which she deserves much credit. David Greilsammer and H J Lim, Pianists Stepping Out 2012-08-26T02:43:13Z They each pitched in funds for equipment and set to work creating their first episodes. If That NPR Guy Moved to Israel and Knew Hebrew ... 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z I was initially resistant, as I knew it would require a complete rewrite, but nevertheless, I pitched the idea to Jim McGrath and, to my surprise, he loved it! Stacy Keach Had a Heart Attack Onstage. Now, the Show Goes On. 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z With coupling up so consistently pitched as the end goal, it becomes a bold decision to posit being single as a permissible, perhaps more desirable, state. From Love to Girls – what TV's most toxic couples can teach us 2017-03-14T04:00:00Z I sometimes get pitched this reality show or that competition show, and a lot of them don’t really make sense to me. Q&A: Pete Wentz on How Fall Out Boy Can Save Rock 2013-04-10T09:45:06Z His voice is often pitched as a fading, neurasthenic mewl, and he shifts between depressive paralysis and frenetic tantrums. Hamlet and the Surveillance State of Denmark 2017-07-24T04:00:00Z After the 1988 Broadway production closed, the creators were so devastated that they refused hundreds of requests by directors and theater companies to stage “Carrie” until Mr. Arima pitched his vision. What Happened to Off Broadway Revival of ?Carrie?? 2012-04-09T21:38:26Z Circuses around the country pitched in and lent performers and according to the Showmen's League, within a day of the disaster the Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus was performing its scheduled show in Wisconsin. A circus tragedy lost to history 2011-05-02T21:49:00Z On the apron of concrete, polished to a shine by brushing brooms and feet, is pitched a white family dome tent bought for the family by Merlin. Haiti survivors 2010-07-10T10:00:00Z The panel prize, awarded to events that best invoke the so-called "spirit of the fringe," went to The Wrestling, a one-off, late-night event that pitched standup comedians against professional wrestlers. Adam Riches wins Edinburgh comedy award at fringe festival 2011-08-27T17:02:04Z Some participants pitched well, some poorly, but all were instructive. Do you like my book idea? 2013-02-21T01:00:00Z Tom Brevoort: Nick Spencer, who is the writer of the series, pitched us the story as part and parcel of restoring Steve to his youth and vigor. Marvel Editor Explains How Captain America Was a Hydra Agent All Along 2016-05-25T04:00:00Z Kellin Quinn, the band’s lead singer, has a high tenor — reaching into countertenor range — that’s perfectly pitched for the hundreds of female voices that sang along with him as he vented. Music Review: Warped Tour Returns to Nassau Coliseum 2012-07-22T22:51:26Z His role is another agreeably guileless character, but one pitched to a slightly wider audience than the cluster of hardcore comedy nerds who already know and love him. Sam Richardson: ‘I love characters that are optimistic and sweet’ 2020-06-13T04:00:00Z Watch Wish Me Luck today and it's impossible not to be hooked; it's brilliantly pitched and directed, always much more subtle and surprising than you'd expect. Wish Me Luck 2010-06-04T05:45:00Z Films are pitched with various ingredients - a director, a script, a few stars - as agents and talent pursue international investors and domestic distributors to bankroll their movies. Toback, Baldwin eye Cannes movie-making underbelly 2013-05-21T17:31:17Z Then Kevin pitched me his idea and I thought, 'This could actually be really great.' 'I never wanted to be an actor,' says screen star Neve Campbell 2011-04-07T21:05:01Z It’s a broad, crass comic musical pitched at obsessive fans. | 'Silence! The Musical': ?Silence! The Musical? at P.S. 122 - Review 2011-11-23T22:31:43Z I have not watched that channel but I am guessing it is not pitched to what you call the NPR crowd. Bill James, True-Crime Obsessive, on the Genre’s Enduring Importance 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z This project is said to have originated with Dre, who conceived the idea and pitched it directly to partner Jimmy Iovine . Apple's First Scripted TV Show to Feature Dr. Dre 2016-02-12T05:00:00Z Both signs are pitched precariously off the vertical axis, wrenched from upright by unseen forces. A young photographer made the Baltimore Uprising unforgettable 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z Brilliant Books compared Lee’s new book to James Joyce’s Stephen Hero, a book that was never pitched as a mainstream novel. Michigan Bookstore Offers Refunds For "Go Set a Watchman" 2015-08-04T04:00:00Z And because of the Capitol’s steeply pitched two-level space, which offered crisp sound, “no seat was a bad seat,” he added. Live Music to Return to Capitol Theater in Port Chester, N.Y. 2011-12-20T22:45:56Z Her singing was variable in the extreme, with some soft, meltingly lovely parlando phrases giving way to strident, insecurely pitched climaxes that quavered on wiry threads of sound. Hints of tarnish on Lyric's 'Golden West' 2011-01-24T00:43:00Z To Ellis, who tells his story convincingly, using acid was no great leap: “I pitched every game in the major leagues under the influence of drugs.” ‘No No: A Dockumentary’ Looks at Dock Ellis 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z There is beauty and awe in this perfectly pitched biography, as we watch Woods’s skills blossom. A New Biography Traces Tiger Woods’s Mythical Rise and Fall 2018-03-19T04:00:00Z But while their tent may already be pitched, have wooden floors, wood-burning stoves and a welcome hamper, the enforced intimacy with each other and their fellow not-so-happy campers is soon taking its toll. Canvas – review 2012-05-27T16:17:00Z While vengeful lovers, demented blackmailers and unscrupulous abortionists may represent universal types, the Yiddish press also gleefully reported on specifically Jewish affairs — like the pitched battles between Jewish freethinkers and so-called Sabbath enforcers. The Good Kind of Schmaltz 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z "Better Call Saul" was pitched first to us as a comedy. Hoping for a breakout hit with 'Better Call Saul' 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z When he pitched “Magical Boy,” about a trans man, “it blew me away that it was something a company would be backing and funding,” he said. Comics That Read Top to Bottom Are Bringing in New Readers 2022-07-23T04:00:00Z But too much of the performance, and the piece, is pitched at the same high level of intensity. Review: 'The Thin Place' at Intiman ruminates on religion, lost and found 2010-05-24T23:08:00Z This hourlong film is pitched at a level of detail that is admirable in theory but ill-suited to dabblers — or to the medium. ‘Gustav Stickley: American Craftsman’ Review: Artisanal Admiration 2021-03-04T05:00:00Z I pitched the science at a level that I think I would understand, so audiences will too. Hawking in Hollywood: How "The Theory of Everything" Got Made 2014-11-05T05:00:00Z That certainly was on Mr. Ames’s mind when he pitched the story to Mr. MacFarlane, who was looking specifically to develop a show for Mr. Stewart. Patrick Stewart, in Starz’s ‘Blunt Talk,’ Plays a TV Journalist 2015-08-19T04:00:00Z I took my museum background and then pitched a bunch of different characters, and we were off to the races. Sierra Teller Ornelas on the Roots of ‘Rutherford Falls’ 2021-04-21T04:00:00Z The performances are so stilted that at times they seem pitched as deliberate alienation effects. Review: ‘For the Plasma’ Sees the Forests for the Financials 2016-07-20T04:00:00Z Kimmel also had him on right after he was booted from the White House, around the same ABC was rumored to have initially pitched woo in his direction. Watch "Succession" to understand why media companies reward the worst people 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z After all, MacMullan first pitched Get a Horse! three years ago. Walt Disney’s Cryogenically Frozen Voice Resurrected for New Cartoon 2013-11-25T17:29:05Z The hardcover book contains the literary equivalent of DVD extras—including reproduced pages of the treatment Dali pitched to MGM, alternative endings, excerpts from Dali’s notebook and sketch designs. The movie Salvador Dali wanted to make with the Marx Brothers didn’t happen – until now (sort of) 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z Ms. Ferrey said she pitched representing her, partly as a way to help the gallery draw in a younger, more diverse crowd. Maria Qamar’s Bold Art Is Both Therapy and Weapon 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z The whole thing was pitched as a freak show, meant to demonstrate the threat the new art posed on everything German. Art Review: ‘Degenerate Art,’ at Neue Galerie, Recalls Nazi Censorship 2014-03-13T21:50:31Z Paul Lee, president of ABC Entertainment, touted Rhimes Tuesday as the "new president of entertainment on Thursday nights" as he pitched the network's upcoming season at Lincoln Center. At ABC, Thursday night is prime Shonda Rhimes time 2014-05-14T04:00:00Z Johnston told Variety, which first reported the news, that the mayoral run wasn't originally his idea but was pitched to him by producers Scott Stone and David Weintraub. Levi Johnston to run for mayor in reality pitch 2010-08-10T03:48:00Z This wasn't the case when he initially pitched the idea. It’s Bobcat Goldthwait’s moment: With “Misfits & Monsters,” he’s not hiding anymore 2018-07-14T04:00:00Z Are there no ideas being pitched to HBO about minorities or the poor? ‘Togetherness’: What? An unhappy married couple? In Los Angeles? Again? 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z Uday’s voice is high pitched, and his speech rhythms faster and more aggressive; Latif speaks in a lower register and more deliberate manner. Stepping Into the Shoes of a Psychopath 2011-07-22T13:00:00Z "There was a moment's silence when the writer pitched it," Roberts replies. Coronation Street blasts into the future on its 50th birthday 2010-12-06T07:00:00Z "I actually pitched — I wanted to find a way to have Zelenskyy satellite in or make a tape or something just because there are so many eyes on the Oscars," she added. One cannot simply book Volodymyr Zelenskyy for the Oscars, Amy Schumer 2022-03-22T04:00:00Z Conceivably that means a collection generally pitched toward the younger guys everyone in the business has been trying to advance from hoodies to suits. Fashion Dispenses a Happy Little Pill 2022-01-26T05:00:00Z “In our first couple of years as a company, we pitched 96 ideas. I think we got three commissioned,” he says. ‘You think: are we really doing this?’: how TV’s strangest shows get made 2021-03-06T05:00:00Z The fifth season of the series continues in the pitched, passionate style that's Orange at its juiciest. No Break for Orange's Prisoners 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z Lahti wisely underplays Hester’s ideological convictions only to make them seem all the more pronounced when in pitched battle with her family. When a 'City of Conversation' becomes a union divided: Political factions propel drama at the Wallis 2016-05-22T04:00:00Z He brought her to his publisher, Random House, where she pitched "Carson, Capote & Co." Joanne Carson's Capote-edited memoir chapter still in limbo 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z Mr. Helms said he pitched himself to Illumination Entertainment, the Universal division that produced “The Lorax,” “mostly just ’cause I wanted to brag to my nieces and nephews that I was in it.” Ed Helms Is Back in ?Jeff Who Lives at Home? 2012-03-09T15:00:00Z From this conflict arises a fantastical array of other stories, pitched to the vacillating king. Review: Reliving Those Arabian Nights in ‘Pay No Attention to the Girl’ 2018-04-02T04:00:00Z I get pitched a hundred songs a year that are patriotic, and it’s always something I’ve already covered. ArtsBeat Blog: Q. and A. With Toby Keith 2011-10-25T15:00:03Z Many people who voted for Clinton did so while “holding their noses”; others pitched in for Trump even though they didn’t really believe in him. How to Restore Your Faith in Democracy 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z Luca Salsi, an engrossing, casually evil Scarpia, sang in a manner more like pitched speech, pointing his voice into the hall in a way that balanced the police chief’s debonair manner and thinly veiled malice. Review: ‘Tosca’ Returns, Defined by Its Quiet Moments 2022-10-05T04:00:00Z It was, unlike the earlier manifestation of Sunday Wogan, an amiable listen well pitched for the slot. Radio head: Weekend Wogan 2011-04-13T07:00:03Z “Washington isn’t being pitched as the center of the world in the ways that it used to be.” When Superheroes Battle Evil, Why Does Washington Always Lose? 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z "Everyone all right out there?" asked the former Led Zeppelin frontman in that high pitched voice that set the template for all hard rock to come. Robert Plant shifts shape in Palladium concert 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z So for their third film, the pair pitched a rock ’n’ roll refresh of “A Star Is Born” featuring Carly Simon and James Taylor. Five Joan Didion Movies You Can Stream Right Now 2021-12-24T05:00:00Z But some do work, and are often pitched for monitoring kids or employees. Apps for the Lovelorn 2014-05-23T04:00:00Z A decade of experimentation resulted in a set of eight violins ranging in size from the 11-inch treble to the 7-foot contrabass, each pitched half an octave apart. Music Review: At the Tank, New Sounds From New Strings 2010-05-31T22:56:00Z The opening, with its studied languor prefacing a joltingly fast allegro, immediately pitched his interpretation into territory between dream and hallucination. LPO/Yannick N?zet-S?guin ? review 2011-02-18T19:14:46Z The jokes are ancient — snooty people are clobbered; a schemer is bested; bird droppings get a starring role — but they’re pitched at the very young. Lost Cat Finds a Home in ‘Thunder and the House of Magic’ 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z Their cat-and-mouse game is partly romantic, partly adversarial, and threaded with music theory, an evocative look at mental health and a haunting, terrible sort of beauty perfectly pitched for a story about temptation and sacrifice. 6 Great Y.A. Fantasy Novels 2023-05-06T04:00:00Z A former TV critic and the author of the memoir “Disaster Preparedness,” Havrilesky, when she initially pitched her column, to the Awl, imagined that it would be funny, irreverent, and freewheeling. Heather Havrilesky’s “Existential” Advice 2016-07-26T04:00:00Z He said his team in Korea found the story, which had been pitched as a movie for 10 years, and asked the creator to conceptualize it as a series. Ted Sarandos Talks About That Stock Drop, Backing Dave Chappelle, and Hollywood Schadenfreude 2022-05-28T04:00:00Z If Paulissen had pitched a diamond and West had shifted to a trump, declarer would have won with dummy’s king, played a heart to his ace and taken the last trick with his club ten. Bridge: Cavendish Craftiness 2011-05-08T22:11:16Z When we pitched the show, we said that we were going to do a show about infidelity and about two marriages. Why Showtime's The Affair Will Be as Intense as Game of Thrones 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z But on one wall, opposite the entrance, is a diptych that makes the bodily reality and pitched stakes of abortion viscerally clear. How Do You Tell the Story of Roe v. Wade? 2022-11-02T04:00:00Z The other voice — pitched about half an octave higher, blunt, reedy, very winning — pops up in the essays. In ‘Serious Noticing,’ James Wood Closely Reads Chekhov and Others — Including Himself 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z It's a brilliant show, quirky, engaging from the start, and well pitched for its audience. The week in radio: Science Night; Fry's English Delight 2012-08-23T20:00:09Z Then there’s Carrie Brownstein, whose “Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl,” out next month, isn’t even being pitched as a music memoir. Rise of the female rock memoir 2015-09-04T04:00:00Z They pitched in to recoil ropes and help turn the metal cranks that close lock gates. Personal Journeys: Barging in Burgundy: A Family Meets Its Match 2011-06-24T18:55:00Z These games are often pitched as antidotes to loneliness and isolation and facilitators of self-discovery and personal growth. A wave of super-earnest card games want you to bare your soul on game night 2020-01-08T05:00:00Z They went to the production offices, pitched their idea to the writing staff, wrote an outline that was further refined by the show’s writers and then a script that was also revised. ‘Game of Thrones’ Writers Take On ‘It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia’ 2013-07-24T20:59:33Z They pitched Netflix a trailer with one of our songs from our last album in it. Obsessed with “Stranger Things?” Meet the musicians behind the show’s spine-chilling synth score 2016-07-23T04:00:00Z Voices are pitched up; arrangements skid through changes of beat, texture, direction and volume, with the speed and arbitrariness of digital editing run amok. Best Albums of 2019 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z Much of the film is pitched at a conversational hush, so it's doubly striking when Katniss and Peeta reunite and the results ... well, spoiler, so ... Review: 'The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1' 2014-11-19T05:00:00Z The decision siding with Fox on Thursday called it “the kind of pitched commentary that one expects when tuning in to talk shows like Tucker Carlson Tonight, with pundits debating the latest political controversies.” Judge dismisses suit against Fox over Trump affair story 2020-09-24T04:00:00Z But Wallen said he thought the writers handled it well and was glad when they pitched him the idea. You might know Morgan Wallen because of the SNL incident. But he’s poised to be the future of country music. 2021-01-20T05:00:00Z Lively’s prose is sharp, precise, perfectly pitched, but shrinks from flashiness in a way that has sometimes been mistaken for cozy or middlebrow. ‘A Writer Writes’: Penelope Lively’s Fiction Defies the Test of Time 2017-05-04T04:00:00Z The specific forms these voices assume are eclectic, but they’re all pitched at a level of wounded rage that begs to be heard and despairs of that ever happening. Review: Homeless Teenagers, Strutting and Seething in ‘Runaways’ 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z She had plans to go to Black Mountain College in Asheville, N.C., a communalist school where, basically, everyone studied everything — science, literature, art — and pitched in on daily chores. Robert Rauschenberg: It Takes a Village to Raise a Genius 2017-05-18T04:00:00Z This isn't the only dimension of her performance that is pitched too strenuously. 'Anna Christie' habors but a spark of greatness 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z The dining room, which features a fireplace and a pitched ceiling, opens onto an interior courtyard. Estates of the Week - August 7, 2015 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z The writing is a cut above workmanlike, the tone pitched right and the jokes good. Rod: The Autobiography by Rod Stewart – review 2012-11-07T00:00:05Z In his former life, he used to enjoy a good conversational ruck and the satisfaction of a perfectly pitched punch line. Tony Nicklinson: 'I have a fear of living like this when I am old and frail' 2012-06-23T21:04:49Z “Where Did Our Love Go?” was pitched too low for Diana Ross to sing comfortably, but that gave her lead vocal the murmuring reserve that makes the song so affecting. The All-TIME 100 Songs 2011-10-24T09:00:29Z “Suddenly everything becomes very vertical. Then you’re pitched back out into the horizontal experience” of the real world. ‘The Tree of Life’ Unfurls, With a Live Orchestra and Choir 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z Certain politically infused forms of art, like dance-mask portraits, were usually pitched to a specifically African audience. Art Review: ?Through African Eyes? at the Detroit Institute of Arts 2010-04-15T22:09:00Z Eisenberg's Zuckerberg seems to be pitched as an awkward chap who becomes intoxicated by the sudden ability to create the sort of social interactions which he has always struggled to achieve himself. The Social Network: the ultimate brand identification film? 2010-08-27T13:37:00Z The William Penn Foundation in Philadelphia has pitched in an additional $100 million to help make all that happen, its biggest grant ever. In Chicago and Philadelphia, the Difference a Park Makes 2017-03-12T05:00:00Z To keep the project alive, he pitched it to investors as far away as China. Do posh waterfronts make a city world-class? D.C. is betting hundreds of millions on it. 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z Soloway pitched their pilot to "the usual suspects" — the premium cable networks. Jill Soloway unpacks “white male liberal” Hollywood: “It’s patriarchy, even coming from t... 2018-10-20T04:00:00Z Frankie Goes to Hollywood pitched love’s power as lying somewhere between the boxing ring and the pulpit. The Power of Love: a magical hit in which the secular and the spiritual entwine 2012-11-15T20:00:00Z To be clear, last year’s Venice Film Festival promised journalists more than just the world premiere of that Todd Phillips supervillain origin story, then only an operatically pitched trailer. When a Film Festival Goes Virtual, What Do We Lose? Or Gain? 2020-08-28T04:00:00Z South ruffed and played a heart, but West took the trick with his ace and led the diamond jack, on which East pitched her last heart. Bridge: Norma Shelley Saratoga Regional 2013-06-21T22:35:30Z You want to imagine that pop stars and their debut albums are not pitched like this. Laura Mvula: Sing to the Moon – review 2013-03-03T00:05:13Z ‘People don’t rally in the streets for happiness’ In the clamorous Twittersphere, where the more moderate voices get drowned out, Stasey’s online presence is regularly pitched at the rabble-rousing volume of revolution. The many layers of Caitlin Stasey: 'A lot of people think I'm a really angry person' 2015-09-23T04:00:00Z It’s the ending I pitched when I pitched the show. ‘Jane the Virgin’ Creator on the Show’s End: ‘We’re Going to Close Things Up’ 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z Hunter Johnson, 35, is a producer with Xpedition Media who pitched Pasta Grannies for the series. Hey, Look! Nonna and Her Pasta Are on YouTube 2019-10-14T04:00:00Z Her sound, though not beautiful, is many shaded and emotionally high pitched. Music Review: Alexa Ray Joel Is Grounded in the Pop Tradition 2014-04-02T19:48:49Z Warfare repeatedly pitched the pharaohs against the Semitic states of the Near East. Exhibition Review: Finding Ancient Egypt's Sense of Humor 2011-05-20T18:30:05Z Back then, the plaza, almost devoid of tourists, was dominated by a tent pitched by the father of a soldier held captive for seven years by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, the FARC. Cultured Traveler: A Tourist Revival in the Heart of Bogotá 2012-09-14T16:39:05Z Carson saw the problem and held up the book and pitched it. William Price Fox, Southern Novelist, Is Dead at 89 2015-04-25T04:00:00Z If he had pitched a diamond, the contract would have been defeated. Bridge: No High-Card Points, but a Decision to Make 2011-07-31T22:32:53Z I adored her debut novel “Sweetbitter” — the tale of a New York waitress that Danler pitched to a publishing executive when she was actually a waitress. Review | After ‘Sweetbitter,’ does Stephanie Danler’s memoir, ‘Stray,’ live up to the hype? 2020-06-02T04:00:00Z Once on tour with Roots, this major celebrity pitched up at the hotel and his manager was being really vile to the elderly hotel manager. Rock'n'roll jobs explained 2010-04-15T21:05:00Z If he had either not ruffed or trumped with the club ace, South would have pitched his heart loser. Bridge: Which Defense Is Better: To Shift or to Force a Ruff? 2011-02-11T22:44:29Z Reluctantly we pitched a tent in the town park. Hiking Through History, With Your Daughters 2013-04-17T16:26:43Z By the time Docter pitched the film, he had earned the right to try something tricky. Pete Docter turns expectations upside-down with 'Inside Out' for Pixar 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z Sank was a teenager when he first met Blumenthal, and “I Am Here” feels like a primer pitched to younger viewers. ‘I Am Here’ Review: A Holocaust Survivor Reckons With Her Pain 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z “He was able to play back and poke fun,” said Will, who eventually pitched some better ideas, like a hike on the Capital Crescent Trail. Date Lab: His classmate had a good experience on one of our setups. Would he? 2021-04-22T04:00:00Z But she also realized early on that her project was easy to laugh at — even by loyal presenters to whom she pitched the idea. But Is It Art? In the Case of ‘Doggie Hamlet,’ Yes 2017-04-07T04:00:00Z He pitched a humor piece about it to the New Yorker, which turned him down. Michael Urie thrives in ‘Buyer & Cellar,’ a story of Barbra Streisand that she’s unlikely to see His long list of contacts was an obvious selling point, and he pitched to Fager an ability to see stories where others wouldn't. CBS' Miller rises above the fray in Boston case 2013-04-29T11:35:10Z He pitched this concept to his boss, Scott Dunn, who was receptive. In Search of the Meaning of Life? Meet Me at the Monkey Bars. 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z Their friend Jayson Lamb pitched in as effects expert and cinematographer. They Remade ‘Raiders of the Lost Ark.’ Here’s Why. 2016-06-08T04:00:00Z "On the final day we had a kind of X Factor pitch, and each group pitched their favourite play. Each group had a vote on which play they wanted to win." Forgotten Ford play to be revived 2014-09-03T04:00:00Z She pitched the script to some of her Hollywood colleagues, but got no traction and shelved it. Oprah-approved: Ava DuVernay fires up black cinema 2012-10-19T11:33:10Z After Apollo 13 came out in 1995, Hanks pitched From the Earth to the Moon to HBO as a hybrid of nonfiction and entertainment, and the network gave him a green light. Tom Hanks on 'Pacific' HBO Series, World War II, History 2010-03-04T23:55:00Z For much of that summer and the one after it, Moses fought a pitched sea battle with a real-estate wheeler-dealer whose giant billboard boat was playing the shores of Coney Island and Brighton Beach. The Trumpian Origins of New York’s Floating Billboard Problem 2019-09-18T04:00:00Z “I get pitched things from ‘art advisers’ every week,” said James R. Hedges, a collector. Soaring Art Market Attracts a New Breed of Advisers for Collectors 2015-08-22T04:00:00Z “Samurai 9,” in pale yellow, is a less lavishly outfitted adversary, ready to rumble, as well as a house with a sharply pitched roof. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z But Rick Santorum turned the race there into a pitched battle and almost prevailed, despite a lack of organization, a huge financial disadvantage, a series of controversial statements and a poorly reviewed debate performance. Romney averts disaster with Michigan win 2012-02-29T12:55:00Z Her partial retirement was interrupted by calls from Merle Haggard and Charley Pride, urging her to keep performing, and Jennings, who initially pitched her low-key appearances, then a full-blown project. Tanya Tucker Would Rather Be Celebrated While She’s Alive 2019-08-19T04:00:00Z “I pitched him the whole story line. He said yes, thank God.” Bradley Cooper will keep geeking out about ‘A Star Is Born’ as long as you let him 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z Years later, as soon as he graduated from film school, he pitched his mostly Latino-cast movie “The Book of Life” to every studio in town. A guide to making Hollywood less white, by the filmmakers who have done it 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z Baltimore Paul eventually pitched his idea for a cross-continental musical collaboration to his name twins, who immediately got on board. Paul O’Sullivan found people with his name on Facebook. Naturally, they formed a band. 2021-01-19T05:00:00Z Is it true you were pitched this on a ski lift? A Minute With: "Beginners" star Ewan McGregor 2011-06-01T10:21:49Z Trade is perhaps not usually pitched against religious values as much as science has been; but the effect is much the same. Atheism’s radical new heroes: Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris and an evolving new moral view 2014-03-02T17:00:00Z A show that seems to have been pitched as Cold Feet for Oasis fans, Great Night Out is a comedy–drama that fails to deliver on both of those promises. TV highlights 01/02/2013 2013-01-31T20:00:01Z As a result, we're brought right into the soldiers' lives, and pitched into the heart of battle when things really heat up. This week's new films 2011-04-08T23:06:46Z In a film pitched at such young audiences, its visualisation brings a genuine shudder – death as we all fear it, a lonely plunge into an unknowable void. Death wears Mickey Mouse ears: how Disney is doing parents a favour 2018-01-05T05:00:00Z I go back almost every year, and, as soon as I've got my wristband on and pitched my tent, I find Ben's tree and have a beer with my brother. Our Glastonbury memories 2010-06-04T07:00:00Z But, then, the world into which she is being pitched doesn't really fit her. Laura Mvula: Sing to the Moon – review 2013-02-28T15:29:02Z Were you amazed by that when you first pitched them this show? Bidding farewell to "Grace and Frankie": "We wanted people to cry at least at one point" 2022-05-04T04:00:00Z So, he said, he pitched an article to Page Six of The New York Post, that appeared with the headline: “Anna Sorokin’s artwork could get its own exhibition” and waited for her to call. Anna Sorokin Talks About Making Art 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z One can see how Phoebe’s character was originally pitched, can almost hear words like spacey and quirky being bandied about. 25 Years Later, It Turns Out Phoebe Was the Best Friend 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z Already nearly 30 when he pitched up at Music Row, Kristofferson seemed an unlikely candidate for country music sainthood. Kris Kristofferson ? a Nashville rebel reminisces 2010-05-06T22:00:00Z When West followed once, then pitched a club, the deal had counted out. Bridge: The Buffett Cup in Bridge to be Played in Omaha 2012-09-08T00:15:23Z Those are some of the scenes that I pitched them, and I got the job. “It’s very topical”: “Hidden Figures” screenwriter on her breakthrough blockbuster 2017-01-23T05:00:00Z Old Europe and the thrusting new America are pitched against each other. The American Plan – review 2013-07-12T18:18:25Z British advertising guru Mark Borkowski says brands don’t tend to get caught up in controversies unless the criticism is pitched against them. Advertisers are the potential losers at Oscars amid calls for protests and boycotts 2016-02-28T05:00:00Z I did a pass and sent it to Robert, who liked it but pitched a different character with a similar dynamic. 'Fear the Walking Dead' Showrunner Breaks Down the Series Premiere 2015-08-24T04:00:00Z McBath, 55, has a quiet resolve that makes her words more powerful; her tone is pitched between grief and anger in a way that manages to convey both but fall into neither. In '3 1/2 Minutes,' an eerie prefiguring of the Charleston shootings 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z One gallery brings us inside a space meant to evoke the pole itself, with the tent Scott found pitched there by the rival party; it is surrounded by bleak, ghastly, icy vistas. Exhibition Review: Race to the South Pole at Museum of Natural History 2010-05-28T22:30:00Z Early on, he, Millstein and Matthew pitched Wegmans using traditional means: slide shows of their plans and a guided tour of the property and nearby Union Market. Inside an eccentric mogul’s quest to save D.C.’s most distinctive buildings 2017-09-13T04:00:00Z Maine is shaped like a guillotine blade, pitched a few degrees toward the ocean. On a Canoe Trip Along the U.S.-Canada Border, Solitude and Shooting Stars 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z In their intensity, the actors’ incisive, impeccably coordinated performances are pitched slightly above normal conversation but not so much that “What’s in a Name?” shatters credibility. Movie Review: ‘What’s in a Name?,’ a Farce About a Fractious Evening 2013-12-12T23:26:35Z But Twitter is also a place for constant comedic progress, as evidenced by the fact that Lisa Cohen, a founder of the Twitter joke aggregator WitStream.com, now receives sets pitched by Twitter comics. Arts & Leisure: TV Comedy Writers on Twitter 2011-11-03T16:28:50Z Opening weekend is a kind of summer camp for artists, with concerts and occasionally pitched tents on the lawn. Art Review: ‘Creature From the Blue Lagoon,’ in Bridgehampton 2012-08-02T21:41:16Z In other words, Luther is another piece of highly stylised nonsense, pitched somewhere in that territory between fantasy and cliche that commissioning editors find so irresistible. Luther, Chris Ryan's Strike Back and Jamie Does? Venice 2010-05-08T23:07:00Z When I first pitched the idea, Amazon Studios were the only ones who really wanted it and because they were just starting we didn’t even know if that was viable. Secrets of the TV writers’ room: inside Narcos, Transparent and Silicon Valley 2017-09-23T04:00:00Z Shaw probably pitched a fit, but was overruled. The Problem With Broadway Revivals: They Revive Gender Stereotypes, Too 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z In 1922 a landscape architect named Aurele Vermeulen pitched an ambitious plan backed by Los Angeles Times publisher Harry Chandler to line the boulevard with a series of triumphal arches, monuments and fountains. Peter Zumthor's L.A.-LACMA vision in need of update 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z And then in 1990, I went and pitched the movie to him. "The Last Dalai Lama": The spiritual leader gets deep into neuroscience in new doc 2017-08-27T04:00:00Z This is a courageous play for the West End, and it wouldn't be possible if Dominic Cooke's production wasn't so perfectly pitched and the performances so spot on. Clybourne Park ? review 2011-02-09T18:34:00Z From the moment that the idea was first pitched until the moment the series airs, in the case of Togetherness I think it’s going to end up being something like three or four years. Q&A: Transparent Creator Jill Soloway on Transgender Stories and Indie TV 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z She says she has long believed “D.C. has an interesting story to tell,” and pitched a show to Bravo several years ago. Air-Kisses and Sniping on the Real Housewives of D.C. 2010-06-18T19:20:00Z Brasser's son, Jim, added bass harmonies to the family tunes and so the distinctive Copper Family style began to emerge – carefully arranged and pitched with a tuning fork, reminiscent of a medieval organum. Great dynasties of the world: The Copper Family 2011-08-05T23:06:30Z This year, he noted, “more comedies are being pitched than usual.” A Bronx Film School Tale 2010-09-05T22:40:00Z “Partly because we’ve pitched so many and partly because kale is sad on a burger.” Here's the “Bob’s Burgers” secret ingredient to culinary excellence 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z The white space around it heightens the focus on the perfectly pitched individual words. Season's reading: I Sing of a Maiden 2010-12-21T16:11:01Z These peasant hamlets, one must bear in mind, were not being plowed under because American or South Vietnamese ground troops were attempting to seize them from the enemy in pitched battles. Essay: Should We Have War Crime Trials? 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z We hurriedly pitched our tent, waving away the marauders while spindly legged, white-bellied South Island robins investigated our work. Mountains? Rain forests? Fjords? New Zealand’s Fiordland National Park has them all. 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z The kids learned the trade and pitched in. Could a mask maker’s quest to see the Dalai Lama bring about world peace? 2015-04-27T04:00:00Z Reborn in 2010 in an attempt to wrest control of the first-person-shooter genre from Activision, EA's Medal of Honor series is pitched as the authentic alternative to Call of Duty's Hollywood bombast. Medal of Honor: Warfighter – review 2012-11-11T00:06:00Z Nowadays Ms. Draper is pitched guests regularly by publicists, unlike earlier days when she had to rely on her father’s contacts. To Jesse Draper, the Laugh’s on Them 2012-06-29T20:47:20Z Despite the hour Mr. Cooper was fresh faced and pitched forward in the driver’s seat, blue eyes twinkling. Don?t Take This Hunk at Face Value 2011-03-10T17:44:04Z Patients at the Narcotics Farm pressed shirts, ladled broth into stockpots, scattered feed to piglets, hammered roof tiles, washed windows, puttered about the woodshop, and pitched hay. A Quest to Rename the Williamsburg Bridge for Sonny Rollins 2017-04-05T04:00:00Z At one point in “Les Fêtes Vénitiennes,” a music master and a dance master engage in pitched battle over whose art form is superior. Les Arts Florissants Bring Opéra-Ballet Back to Life 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z No one pitched me the idea for this post. Understanding Temple Grandin: Behind The Scenes Of A Great Reddit AMA 2014-11-25T05:00:00Z “When I first pitched it, there was definitely an emphatic hope that I would change my mind and play his mom,” she said with a laugh. In ‘Chad,’ Nasim Pedrad Embraces Her Inner Teen Boy 2021-04-02T04:00:00Z It’s an alluring performance, pitched between leathery guardedness and vulnerability, and spiked with the genial self-abnegation that defined Hugh Grant’s early career. Review: Carrying On and Making Movies in ‘Their Finest’ 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z Instead, the Russian commander, Mikhail Kutuzov, of necessity adopted Fabian tactics, harassing the invaders but avoiding pitched battle when possible. Books of The Times: Dominic Lieven?s ?Russia Against Napoleon? 2010-04-07T22:54:00Z Schultz, who co-founded the literary journal Joyland, may have pitched her novel with a wacky setup, but the story she tells has a lot more to do with motherhood, female ambition and women’s relationships. The world has a really bad hair day in ‘The Blondes’ 2015-04-21T04:00:00Z “Space Force” will reunite him with Carell, who pitched him the show in July 2018, not long after President Trump announced his desire to create a new military branch of the same name. With ‘Upload,’ Greg Daniels Takes a Leap Into the Great Unknown 2020-04-22T04:00:00Z The woman testified that her parents had at first encouraged her relationship with Kelly and even pitched ideas for their own business ventures with him. Scenes from Week 2 of the R. Kelly sex-trafficking trial 2021-08-28T04:00:00Z Last year there were fifteen people, five hundred chicken wings, one deep frier, one turkey and everyone pitched in to prepare and clean up. A Thanksgiving Snapshot: Readers Share Their Holiday Stories 2017-11-14T05:00:00Z “Deep River” earns its scope in part because it reveals the frustratingly incremental effort to improve conditions — every demand, from straw for bedding to eight-hour workdays, becomes a pitched battle. Review | ‘Deep River’ bucks every literary trend, and that’s what makes it so charming 2019-07-05T04:00:00Z They had pitched McMahon, and when he liked their "Mad Mac" concept, the brothers put everything else on hold. West Seattle brothers turned poster idea classics for a generation 2011-08-01T02:04:04Z In the land of influencers, Botox is pitched less as a nightmarish habit than a relatable vulnerability. The Art of Botox 2021-11-15T05:00:00Z They imagined a kind of Twilight Zone for the age, dealing with relevant themes, and they pitched it to Channel 4. Charlie Brooker: 'Happy? I have my moments' 2019-06-01T04:00:00Z At first it’s low and steady, then intercut with creaking, thunder and higher pitched whining. What does outer space sound like? Hear NASA's satellite symphony at the Huntington 2016-11-16T05:00:00Z The images present a normal, mundane townscape turning into a warzone, with tanks running past semis and pitched battles among the terraces and tower blocks. Derry has built bridges – but its industry won't come back 2013-06-21T10:00:49Z Given all this, it seems unlikely that battles would be pitched solely over word choice. With a Star of ?Half Pint Brawlers,? Spike TV Show 2010-05-29T02:37:00Z So, as a light rain began to fall, we climbed up to the grassy banks of the river and, for the first time on the trip, pitched our tent. Explorer: In Papua New Guinea, Trek on a Trail of War 2010-10-22T19:48:00Z An advertising exec gave a revealing account of the first time his firm pitched Apple’s Think Different campaign to Steve Jobs, in 1997. Michael Fassbender on playing Steve Jobs: 'Was he flawed? Yeah! We all are' 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z Ali G pitched Donald Trump about investing in an ice cream glove that would prevent your hand from getting sticky. Sacha Baron Cohen: This Time He’s Serious 2020-10-17T04:00:00Z What was your first impression when Pablo pitched “Spencer” to you? Kristen Stewart’s Princess Diaries 2021-11-05T04:00:00Z When I initially pitched the film, the big question from the panel was: "How are you going to do 1950s America in 2013 Manchester?" How we turned present-day Manchester into 1950s America 2013-07-19T08:00:04Z This might be because the movie has been pitched at young adults, as evidenced by its pretty leads, electronic soundtrack, contemporary vibe and veneer, and caution. | 'Red Riding Hood': The Girl Who Sighed Wolf 2011-03-10T22:26:20Z “I pitched them an idea about a guy whose shadow comes to life and sucks people in like a black hole and kills them,” he recalls. Magazine Preview: The Dark Art of ?Breaking Bad? 2011-07-06T12:20:00Z Another night we awoke with the unpleasant revelation that we’d pitched our tent next to an enormous termite mound, and they were swarming. The Season of the Skulls 2016-09-20T04:00:00Z After Ms. Padowitz pitched the idea to the principal of her former charter school, she and Ms. Wieselman began planning the event in 2012 with a budget of “a few hundred bucks.” ‘It Felt Like I Was Wrapped in One Big Hug’: Inside the Chicago Gay and Straight Alliance Prom 2018-06-05T04:00:00Z After being led through a few more equipment rooms, we emerged into a sunlit room with a pitched churchlike ceiling. The Whisky Chronicles 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z Note the pigtails of Kid Sister, the overalls changed to pastel and the theme song pitched higher. “Child’s Play” reflects the gendered panic of boys 'n dolls 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z Reid pitched two ideas to Park: one about a man and woman who start a correspondence after learning their spouses are having an affair. Her Books Show the Lifestyles of the Fictional and Famous. She’s Poised for Some Fame of Her Own. 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z Are you doing this for spite, or to be petty because someone pitched you up, or you just bored? #OscarsSoWhite creator April Reign on what we all stand to lose if Musk crashes Twitter 2022-05-07T04:00:00Z The next day, jubilant and sore as hell, I decided to tackle Upper Limelight, one of the steepest pitched groomed runs in the country, according to the resort. You Don’t Go to Sun Valley to Party 2023-01-30T05:00:00Z When the station wanted to expand its "ethnic" programming, he pitched a black music show, and "Soul Train" was born. 'Soul Train' host Don Cornelius dead of suicide 2012-02-02T11:48:22Z I remember a lot of it being really gross sexual jokes that were pitched to us, like, “Hey, everybody in the gang gets Aids.” Glenn Howerton on It's Always Sunny: 'Nothing is going too far unless it doesn’t make us laugh' 2017-01-04T05:00:00Z The Rolling Stones pitched up in the south of France in the spring of 1971 as reluctant tax exiles fleeing the Labour government's punitive 93% tax on high earners. Exile on Main St 2010-04-24T23:05:00Z As the project took shape, Raiff pitched nearly a dozen directors to take over, but ultimately had to step into the role. Cooper Raiff, Arriving Early to the Party 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z An adjacent mental hospital, with steeply pitched twin towers, was designed by the Romanesque architect H. H. Richardson. Echoes of an Exposition, and an Assassination 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z The final fugue had astonishing transparency — Lemieux’s pitched guffaws cut through effortlessly — and Carsen’s staging neatly introduced each new voice as it joined the increasingly dense musical texture on a crowded stage. Review: Verdi’s Falstaff Is Back at the Met, Enlarging His Kingdom 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z Sept. 4 By now I’ve pitched this new version seven times to producers. One Writer’s Diary for Television Pitch Season 2014-11-14T05:00:00Z In the two years since “The Wire” concluded, a pitched battle of ongoing praise has upped the comparative ante. Magazine Preview: The HBO Auteur: David Simon 2010-03-17T14:56:00Z What Jacobs said he pitched was "not a sequel so much as a continuation" — one that the Disney Channel executives quickly embraced. 'Girl Meets World' is 'a passing of the baton' from 'Boy Meets World' 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z Duffy acknowledged that he and Hagman had pitched a comedy to two of the major networks that was an "Odd Couple"-type relationship sitcom. Patrick Duffy embraces flawed Bobby Ewing on 'Dallas' 2014-08-30T04:00:00Z Cain pitched like a mortal in his first four postseason starts this fall, though he was good enough to win two of those games. Philip Roth’s retirement lesson 2013-02-12T12:39:00Z It's an old idea of Spurlock's that he pitched earlier, but was turned down. Review: Spurlock starts an original series on Hulu 2011-08-17T04:11:08Z “We talked a lot about ‘cheese,’ where that ‘e’ is pitched, where you put the vowel,” he said. The New Wizard Teaching at the Hogwarts for Choir 2016-11-18T05:00:00Z This is powerful stuff, and it is certainly powerfully acted in a neatly pitched production. Lidless 2010-08-29T20:46:00Z The two outlets sent journalists undercover as scalpers to a live entertainment convention this summer, where Ticketmaster reportedly pitched them on its underground professional resale program, through which it takes a cut of profits. Ticketmaster has secretly been cheating you with its own scalpers 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z The tone of this beguiling album is pitched just on the leeward side of mainstream. Laura Mvula: Sing to the Moon – review 2013-03-03T00:05:13Z But because his stove top is pitched at an angle, the bread cooked on only one side, which burned. Fancy Cakes? Quarantine Sourdough? Not for These Hapless Home Cooks 2020-06-02T04:00:00Z It was a struggle to raise investment: men she pitched to were embarrassed discussing an app used to monitor bleeding and breast tenderness. Breaking the cycle: women are learning to love their hormones 2018-02-25T05:00:00Z We pitched in with the prep work, dicing bread, extricating hazelnuts and chopping up juniper berries. In Sweden, a DIY dining adventure 2019-07-25T04:00:00Z The biggest names pitched their tents in town centers, drawing huge crowds night after night. Indian circuses struggle to adapt after court bans 2013-05-17T06:56:08Z Having pitched a totally different idea, she provided her agent with a writing sample: an addiction-themed e-mail to a friend. Kristen Johnston, on Fighting Addiction and for a Recovery High School 2012-03-07T23:44:30Z They began by playing in low pitched tones every second. Struggle to sleep in a strange bed? Scientists have uncovered why 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z This abrupt and rather frightening introduction — the viewer is pitched headlong not only into Sabina’s company but also into her condition — is an emphatic announcement of some of the film’s intentions. | 'A Dangerous Method': ?A Dangerous Method,? by David Cronenberg - Review 2011-11-22T18:02:01Z Michael pitched me this beautiful image of these shadow souls disconnected from their human hosts because they were in so much agony that they couldn't reach one another. "If Anything Happens I Love You" is an animated "distillation of grief" from a school shooting 2021-04-19T04:00:00Z Moorhead: When we faced a decade of being completely unemployable, we walked into every single studio pitch room on every single project, pitched our hearts out and wouldn’t be able to make it happen. D.I.Y. Sci-Fi: A Talk With Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z For Elzie Alexander, landing a part in "California: The Tempest" means months of hotel living after 14 years sleeping in tents pitched on skid row. Cornerstone Theater Company gives local flavors to Shakespeare 2014-09-27T04:00:00Z For “Big Hero 6,” I think I pitched maybe six or seven. Animation: Five awards-contending directors take us behind the lines 2014-12-05T05:00:00Z “Then they sat down and pitched this thing that was multigenerational, that involved time travel and a supernatural component, and all these things drew us in.” With ‘Dark,’ a German Netflix Series, Streaming Crosses a New Border 2017-11-23T05:00:00Z Thus, if Zegna’s long jackets are destined for markets in the West, the cropped ones are pitched toward a different demographic. Zegna Turns Jackets Into a World View 2014-06-22T04:00:00Z You follow his surefooted boots blindly, gripping your way up a steeply pitched boulder field, lungs flaming in the thinning air. Facing death on the mountain: What my father taught me on his last great climb 2018-06-17T04:00:00Z It was the pilot for a series called “Hip Pocket Musicals,” which was pitched to PBS but never aired. When Patti LuPone Haunted a Laundromat 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z Waterston’s Elyot is molded in the Coward style: There’s a wisp of the feminine in a voice pitched higher, and in a manner a bit more effete, than you expect from his manly demeanor. ‘Private Lives’: Old flames reignite in smart Lansburgh revival of Coward’s comedy We pitched our two-man tent on the same plot as before, and went in search of romance. Unhappy Valentines: romantic holiday disasters 2017-02-11T05:00:00Z “Miss Engerer’s feats of dexterity were achieved at no sacrifice of richness and color; and musically, she entered into the drama of the piece with a perfectly pitched sense of grace and tension.” Brigitte Engerer, French Pianist, Dies at 59 2012-06-30T03:39:20Z Maybe it will be someone who has stood shirtless in a wrestling ring, or pitched a playoff baseball game in a bloody sock? Face it, America: You loved having a celebrity candidate. So who will it be next? 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z Hall: It was the last one I pitched and I put the least amount of work into it as far as thinking about what we would do with it. Animation: Five awards-contending directors take us behind the lines 2014-12-05T05:00:00Z When I pitched the show, I made this special seashell. Stephen Hillenburg: the naive genius who made SpongeBob a cultural titan 2018-11-27T05:00:00Z At the time the project was being pitched to publishers, I wasn't very confident in my recipe developing skills. Writer Nava Atlas reflects on the (vegan) return of her cult-classic "Vegetariana" cookbook 2022-04-12T04:00:00Z It was pitched as a reality series but became a scripted series about a couple of Las Vegas lawyers and their mostly nondescript clients. New legal drama "The Defenders" should be outlawed 2010-09-21T02:16:00Z Their voices were so innocently childlike, people asked them if they’d pitched up their vocals. Let’s Eat Grandma’s Electro Pop Is Glittery. Its Subjects Are Weighty. 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z They originally pitched the idea as a television series, Reiner said, before he agreed to produce it as an independent feature at his production company, Castle Rock. Can movies reclaim victory from TV in the battle for prestige? 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z With their help, he pitched a comic book featuring a female superhero whose enemy is inequality. Wonder Woman’s Unwinnable War 2017-06-02T04:00:00Z Mr. Tovey’s was fairly straightforward, Major Dix’s faster, brighter and more assertive, with some odd touches, not least a reassignment of the piccolo line to pitched percussion. Music Review: Bright Uniforms and Brasses Perk Up a Stage 2011-07-03T21:38:54Z Forget the drunkenly pitched cereal campaigns and ambiguous plans for abortions that have become signature details of “Mad Men.” Television: Matthew Weiner Is Silent on ?Mad Men? Season Premiere 2012-03-07T12:55:00Z Despite the font being worn down, locals who came across Smith’s Facebook post pitched in to help her search. Thrift shop reunites family with 1870s marriage certificate hidden behind a painting 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z “Fine Whine” has the syrupy affect of Rocky’s early tracks, his vocals pitched down to a slur. Review: ASAP Rocky Returns to a Haze in ‘At.Long.Last.ASAP’ 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z Initially the twins answered letters together under the Ann Landers name before Pauline went rogue and pitched her own advice column to The San Francisco Chronicle. Wisdom Dispensed With Slaps and Puns: A Sprightly History of Advice-Giving 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z However, will Amatullah bring her high pitched screams down a notch? Yucky Worms by Vivian French and Jessica Ahlberg - review 2012-09-30T11:00:00Z We pitched the Sugar Hill story to her, and then she said, "Oh, my God, here are 15 books you need to read." "Sometimes you burn the lasagna": "Lessons in Chemistry" creator Lee Eisenberg talks cooking good TV 2023-10-14T04:00:00Z Pippa pitched and sent the book to Australian publishers, and from there it leaked internationally, escalating into three separate bidding wars for ANZ, UK and US rights. Burial Rites and the loneliness of the long-distance writer 2013-06-04T02:39:45Z This could be because tonight's acts are pitched at an excitable and very young crowd. Meet black comedy's trailblazers 2010-04-13T20:35:00Z “I went in and pitched a movie I would want to see and my friends would want to see,” says the director, Jordan Vogt-Roberts. Welcome to Skull Island: on set with Tom Hiddleston and the biggest King Kong ever 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z Alone in the woods, I pitched my tent. My Canada 2017-01-04T05:00:00Z The thickly forested setting is gorgeous, once you look past the armed militia encampments pitched in the woods. Pop-Up Brothels, Severed Tongues and Creepy Nursery Rhymes 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z Captured by a security camera in the boat’s cafe, the original footage shows tables, chairs and panicked voyagers being pitched from one side of the room to the other by the ship’s seesawing motion. Art In Review: THOMAS DEMAND 2012-06-14T19:18:55Z Of course not, which is why the inevitable lawsuits that came Doogie's way were carefully omitted from this preposterously pitched series. Six to watch: TV medics 2012-11-15T14:32:06Z But where, exactly, will the “top end” of the remaining trade in antique ivory be pitched? Looming Ivory Ban Will Create a Mountain of Unsellable Antiques 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z The film is set on an island off the west coast of Ireland in 1923, towards the end of the gruesome civil war that pitched friends and siblings against each other. "The Banshees of Inisherin": Competing concepts of justice wage war in McDonagh’s Irish tragicomedy 2023-01-16T05:00:00Z Dummy pitched the heart deuce, and East the heart five. Bridge: Record-Breaking Play at Bridge Base Online 2014-02-12T22:57:36Z "I pitched myself into writing and made up a story about vampires," Rice told The Independent in 2014. 11 facts about Anne Rice's "Interview with the Vampire" 2021-11-01T04:00:00Z It is a performance and film pitched on the brink of camp or insanity, impossible without Delon's detachment. David Thomson on Alain Delon 2010-08-19T21:57:00Z His poems are pitched throughout in the same fluent first person, and formally they're neat: enjambment and internal rhyme criss-cross the surfaces like ropes. White Egrets by Derek Walcott | Book review 2010-03-27T00:07:00Z Once again, a U.S. president sees a pitched ideological battle. In Russian invasion of Ukraine, Cold War echoes reverberate 2022-03-13T05:00:00Z I phoned editors, I pitched them things, they said yes, I went off and did them. Neil Gaiman: 'I don't think I'm mainstream. I'm lots of different cults' 2013-07-26T15:00:00Z The seas were rough, and the local sailors who steered the boats didn’t seem to care; the boats pitched violently as they made their circuit. On Slavery’s Doorstep in Ghana 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z Then he pitched “A Star Is Born” to Warner Bros., and whatever happened in that room made the Warner people hand over $38 million before marketing costs. Bradley Cooper Is Not Really Into This Profile 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z Wolf pitched her show as a “break” from the anxiety of the news cycle. No more Jimmys on late night: Why we need more women comedians hosting now 2018-08-22T04:00:00Z When he made his way down into the studio after Emerick had bade farewell to the band, Martin supervised ten takes of “Cry Baby Cry” and even pitched in with a nifty harmonium part. The Beatles’ struggle to finish “The White Album”: How bad did it get? 2018-09-09T04:00:00Z With Rick Perry heading for the exits as governor of Texas, a colleague pitched her on considering a move to the Lone Star State, where a shake-up in the political landscape seemed to be brewing. One Love, Two Steps 2016-04-22T04:00:00Z Tactical transducers were placed inside the lamps so that they emitted pitched hisses, crackles and pops as they were switched on and off by the artists seated at laptops. Review: MATA Festival’s Sounds of Play 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z So who first pitched the idea for the episode? How 'Family Guy' Tried to Talk About Abortion 2010-07-19T22:08:00Z She recently pitched a play about older women to a theatre and was given short shrift. Timberlake Wertenbaker: 'I'd love to write for Holby City' 2013-01-14T18:45:02Z If East had begun with only two diamonds, he would never have pitched his last card in the suit; that discard would have indicated that he had started with four diamonds. Bridge: Albert Dormer at the World Senior Pairs in 1990 2014-05-11T21:27:58Z As she recalls, she pitched him something about Wagner’s Ring Cycle, and to her delight, he accepted. Marcie Sillman, longtime Seattle arts reporter, is retiring after 35 years at KUOW 2020-11-30T05:00:00Z When he pitched the idea, there was skepticism. In ‘M3gan,’ a Detective’s Guilty Laugh Speaks Volumes About Him (and Us) 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z So we angled our own boat toward shore, paddled through the steely water and pitched ourselves, too, into the unrelenting wave. In Australia, Driving the Great Ocean Road 2011-04-08T19:24:55Z The same goes for FRS Healthy Energy, the antioxidant drink pitched by Lance Armstrong. Wacky Food Health Claims 2010-05-19T22:00:00Z In all, more than a dozen businesses, including a florist and a men’s stylist, pitched in. Months After a Brutal Day in Charlottesville, a Tender Wedding 2018-05-16T04:00:00Z Beautifully pitched too is the inevitable ending when the woman's family crowd at the doorway, waiting for her to return. Sylvie Guillem - review 2011-07-06T23:44:38Z This collection seemed pitched to the aspiring customer, rather than the one who has already arrived and therefore expects more genuine luxury. On the Runway: Paris Men's: Dude Surfers 2011-06-23T22:32:24Z As the central part of the stage rotates, bringing different conversations into focus, the voices blend into a perfectly pitched symphony of screeching egos and obsessions that somehow never connect with one another. | 'Marie and Bruce': There?s Room for Everyone Aboard a Marital Misery Tour 2011-04-06T03:00:05Z It was something he wasn't sure about – he turned it down when I first mentioned it because he felt uncomfortable being pitched into a potential conflict. Music festivals guide 2012: Q&A with Slash 2012-05-25T23:29:00Z The album opener, Another Volunteer, is the kind of plangent affair that gives 80s-referencing indie rock a good name, with its gently insistent drums, lush bed of synths, and vocal pitched nicely. August's best new music from across the MAP 2011-08-17T17:09:56Z Mr. Mitchell said he was not aware of the opportunities that he was being pitched for or what was coming in. Jake Paul Promised Them Fame. Was It Worth the Price? 2021-04-22T04:00:00Z Shows were pitched in a very tentative way, almost apologetically. In a Gloomy Economy, TV Sitcoms Are Making a Comeback 2011-10-23T23:40:12Z The Fox studio and Fox network occasionally would engage in combat over shows that they shared, such as a pitched battle over license fees for the sleeper hit "Bones." Fox's Newman and Walden one of Hollywood's most lucrative partnerships 2014-11-16T05:00:00Z I pitched her the idea of one of the women as a mechanic and to see her legs underneath the engine. “It’s very topical”: “Hidden Figures” screenwriter on her breakthrough blockbuster 2017-01-23T05:00:00Z On the mainland, a number of hospitality companies have pitched in to find housing for those affected by the hurricane. Travel Companies Have a New Clientele: Hurricane Evacuees 2017-09-11T04:00:00Z Warner Brothers, which makes the show, had initially pitched it to HBO and Showtime. Television: ‘Political Animals’ on USA Stars Sigourney Weaver 2012-07-15T00:28:02Z Its genesis couldn't have been less Hollywood: Turturro pitched Allen through his barber on 57th street, Anthony, whom both men use. John Turturro interview – 'I had a threesome back in the 70s. I was young. It was awkward' 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z My normally mild-mannered, nondrinking mother pitched her martini in his face. Modern Love: When the Toast Is: ?To Your Health? 2010-05-14T21:53:00Z When a television network that shall remain nameless approached him about making a 9/11 documentary, he pitched a story about the attack on the Pentagon. ‘Just like Korea is the forgotten war, the Pentagon is the forgotten 9/11’ 2016-09-05T04:00:00Z Like, I pitched a show that was an adaptation of a novel that was written by an Asian American woman, and the whole book was about an Asian American family. TV writer talks "Breaking Bad," writers strike and the toxicity of the "auteur genius showrunner" 2023-09-01T04:00:00Z The film is primarily interested in spreading her message and seems pitched to a young audience. Review: ‘He Named Me Malala,’ on a Taliban Target and Nobel Laureate 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z Then I pitched this story to my editor. How to enjoy an orgy 2014-03-10T22:57:00Z Luckily, he says, he found that by writing as he would for adults the books ended up being "pitched at just the right level for 11-year-old lads". Alex Scarrow: 'I've worked really hard to make TimeRiders absolute cocaine' 2010-07-22T10:43:00Z Kenny G first pitched the idea of collaborating while he was warming up for the V-Day surprise. Kenny G and Kanye? Seattle-reared smooth jazz ace appears on the rap star’s new ‘Jesus is King’ album 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z The making of “Sabrina” involved a pitched battle between the director Billy Wilder and the writer Ernest Lehman about whether the romance between Hepburn’s character and Humphrey Bogart’s would be consummated. Books of The Times: ?Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M.? by Sam Wasson 2010-06-13T22:07:00Z When the network gave him free rein to make a show about anything he wanted, he pitched “The Good Place.” Michael Schur’s Unending Quest to Be Perfect 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z It immediately struck us as one of the greatest movie ideas ever, and we pitched it as “Clueless” meets “The Paper Chase,” one of those law school movies from the 1970s. ‘Legally Blonde’ Oral History: From Raunchy Script to Feminist Classic 2021-07-08T04:00:00Z We don't know a whole lot about all of them yet, but many are being pitched as dark reimaginings of classic tales. Now it can be (re)told 2011-08-20T14:01:00Z It was the late ’70s, the era of “The Deer Hunter” and “Apocalypse Now,” when Uslan, a comics scholar turned aspiring producer, pitched the major studios on his idea for a Bat-project. How Tim Burton’s ‘Batman’ radically changed the superhero-movie landscape 30 years ago 2019-05-30T04:00:00Z When our children were little, we camped the old-fashioned way: we pitched tents, hiked in the rain, slept on the ground, and ate charred food from the fire. 4 Ways to Help Your Kid Learn to Suck it Up 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z TV – Clive James on Television, Saturday Night Clive – pitched him into the company of starlets, minor European royalty and, he tells me, "a number of people who are now in jail". Clive James – a life in writing 2013-07-05T07:45:01Z A week after the first Yusifiyans breached Qa'qaa's perimeter fence, the US 101st Airborne Division pitched camp just outside the facility. How the US let al-Qaida get its hands on an Iraqi weapons factory 2011-01-07T07:59:02Z He pitched in college, but after an injury and unsuccessful arm surgery, Guzman quit baseball and refocused on martial arts, fighting in welterweight tournaments. For Ryan Guzman, stepping up to act beats a punch on the nose 2014-08-05T04:00:00Z They just pitched me the whole story, where my character was at, and it all made sense. A Minute With: Jeremy Renner on his "Mission: Impossible" 2011-12-28T10:13:13Z Neighbors later pitched in to buy him a trumpet from a pawn shop. Clark Terry, Influential Jazz Trumpeter, Dies at 94 2015-02-22T05:00:00Z When the role was first pitched to you, did the showrunners give much insight into how much Lisa knows about what went down out there? Nicole Maines talks "Yellowjackets" 2023-04-23T04:00:00Z He also pitched for a softball team in Northampton, Mass. Daniel Aaron, Critic and Historian Who Pioneered American Studies, Dies at 103 2016-05-03T04:00:00Z “Olivia pitched the film as Training Day for high school,” she says. Booksmart star Beanie Feldstein: ‘Everyone said we didn’t belong in LA’ 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z When Mr. Bock’s wife, Diana Colbert, was discovered to have leukemia and underwent a bone marrow transplant in the fall of 2009, many of those friends pitched in to offer household help. ArtsBeat: Fellow Writers To Help Charles Bock with 'Most Literary Rent Party Ever' 2010-12-28T20:24:03Z Mr. Darcy is also a doctor, a snooty neurosurgeon from San Francisco wondering why he has pitched up in a place as provincial as Cincinnati. ‘Eligible,’ Curtis Sittenfeld’s Update of Jane Austen 2016-04-25T04:00:00Z The summer blockbuster may originally have pitched battle against outsized antagonists – gigantic Death Stars, giant sharks – but their protagonists were pint-sized, Davids plucking up the courage to face Goliath. Transformers: Age of Extinction, peak of destruction porn – first look review 2014-06-28T04:00:00Z Though the platform is different — BoF sees itself explicitly as a business-to-business resource, while Style.com was pitched somewhere between a business and a consumer publication — Mr. Blanks said his style will not change. Tim Blanks Joins the Industry Website The Business of Fashion 2015-08-05T04:00:00Z She pitched up the recordings of elephant calls so that McGrain could listen to them. The Forest Elephants of the Central African Republic Are in Peril 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z Last year, as he pitched the Giants to their World Series victory, Lincecum became the city’s most beloved sports icon in a generation. T Magazine: Little Big Man 2011-03-11T18:01:47Z Apparently, when the Edinburgh festival was conceived during the 1940s, the idea was pitched at Oxford, too. Isy Suttie: My Edinburgh 2011-08-10T20:45:01Z The mood in the audience was neighborly, with a higher ratio of small children to youngish adults than I’ve seen at any musical event not expressly pitched as a kids’ show. Music Review: Red Hook Jazz Festival, at Urban Meadow in Brooklyn 2012-06-12T21:50:51Z As a result, the politics of Total War, in which the entire resources of one nation are pitched against those of another, don’t just call for proliferation but diffusion as well. Weird suburbia: How atomic bombs and UFOs created modern America 2014-03-16T18:00:00Z So when he and his wife, Katie, got engaged, and she said she wanted to keep her name, he pitched her on him taking hers. Why don’t more men take their wives’ last names? 2022-11-22T05:00:00Z This large, lavishly illustrated book illustrates what it’s like to live under the influence of a pitched battle of ideas. Obi-Wan Kenobi, you’re my only hope against ‘Star Wars’ propaganda! 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z Colleen Moore, one of the first people to be pitched, ended her night in the far-left corner of the hall, intently watching a baseball game on the large television. When your friends are so desperate to get you a date that they resort to PowerPoint 2019-06-27T04:00:00Z Edwards’ film is being pitched as very much a standalone movie, so it’s unlikely the Ersos are being set up to join the grand pantheon of Star Wars families. Has JJ Abrams ruined plans to expand the Star Wars universe? 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z And Freeman and Caine like the sound of that retired buddy cop idea they pitched. Screen pals Caine, Freeman talk career longevity 2012-08-02T13:28:44Z Before she ever set foot on a stage, Ms. Shane’s existence was itself a tightrope walk, pitched between third rails in the Jim Crow South. Jackie Shane, a Transgender Soul Pioneer, Re-emerges After Four Decades 2017-10-15T04:00:00Z “I pitched it as a queer ‘His Girl Friday,’” Gage said. Lukas Gage on the Audition That Went Awry, ‘You’ and Writing His Own Ticket 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z Apparently the show is pitched to the duckling in all of us. Review: Hot Stuff Turns Cold in ‘Summer: The Donna Summer Musical’ 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z Has anyone ever pitched something you had to shut down in the room for going too far? Glenn Howerton on It's Always Sunny: 'Nothing is going too far unless it doesn’t make us laugh' 2017-01-04T05:00:00Z Perfectly pitched, darkly funny and strangely universal, it's a new classic of Russian cinema. 'American Sniper' a simple, mesmerizing tale of war and its aftermath 2015-05-16T04:00:00Z “I pitched the film as a family tragedy that curdles into a nightmare, in the way that life can feel like a nightmare when disaster strikes,” Aster said. The story behind ‘Hereditary,’ the Toni Collette horror movie that scared the bejesus out of Sundance 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z As the health of Ms. Ranney’s mother deteriorated, he pitched in more. A Happy Union for a Couple Who Skipped Their First Date 2021-07-09T04:00:00Z But whenever she pitched an hourly show or a podcast that would dig deeper into video game music, she was told that the genre was polarizing. Debussy and Final Fantasy Are Peers on This Radio Stream 2023-11-15T05:00:00Z The WikiLeaks film was previously reported to be pitched somewhere between The Social Network and All the President's Men, and is one of a number of mooted projects about Assange doing the rounds. Benedict Cumberbatch in line to play Julian Assange in biopic 2012-10-03T10:30:49Z For a time, Nilson pitched the project while living in a tent in LA. 'It was like lighting yourself on fire': how Shia LaBeouf's co-star changed his life 2019-10-18T04:00:00Z The slight tremolo in the voice, so confident, so perfectly pitched, seemed to represent all the hope and squandered promise of that moment. Perspective | Marian Anderson’s Lincoln Memorial concert wasn’t the moment of racial reconciliation we like to think 2020-08-25T04:00:00Z No matter how much Mike pitched in, the day-to-day reality was me, at home, trying to hold back a tsunami of washing-up and laundry and mess and boys and nappies and Lego. A feminist's guide to raising boys 2019-03-09T05:00:00Z Groves pitched the idea of a driving quilt trail to the committee as a way to bring people to the county. Farmhouse style’s latest iteration — barn wood art — traces its origins to quilt squares 2020-11-23T05:00:00Z I had pitched a sketch comedy to Comedy Central and that fell apart. You Won’t Have Andy Richter to Sidekick Around Anymore 2021-06-23T04:00:00Z A tent for meditation and tarot card readings was pitched. Festival Devotees Migrate East 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z We pitched our tent in the fading light. Badlands National Park: Bison Bison Bison 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z It really was what they pitched, which is, you know, they said it’s two guys talking. Before Tony Soprano, there was “Seinfeld”: “It turns out we love nothing more than terrible people, but at that time it was unheard of” 2016-07-09T04:00:00Z While at Eye, he pitched a feature called “Funny Papers,” which would allow panel cartoonists like Gahan Wilson to do comic strips. Michael Gross, Who Designed the ‘Ghostbusters’ Logo, Dies at 70 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z Just as Garland’s then husband pitched the movie as her comeback and was made producer, so Streisand’s then boyfriend conceived this movie as her relaunch, and installed himself in the producer’s seat. Female success and male decline: what A Star Is Born tells us about fame, fear and feminism 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z I also think that without pressure from the studio, I couldn’t have delivered what I pitched, which was “the most entertaining Robert Eggers movie,” because entertaining is not necessarily my first instinct. ‘The Northman’ Wasn’t Easy to Make. But That’s How Robert Eggers Likes It. 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z He often pitched his songs on the brink of falsetto, where he sounded disarming and open even when his lyrics were cryptic. Music Review: A Musician?s Musician Receives His Tribute 2011-03-28T00:51:23Z Mr. Tinker and Ms. Moore pitched a show to CBS about a recently divorced woman who was working and living on her own, and the network liked it. Mary Tyler Moore, Who Incarnated the Modern Woman on TV, Dies at 80 2017-01-25T05:00:00Z That Mr. Brooks had already written substantial portions of “2030” before it was pitched to her, she said, was “a sign of complete seriousness of purpose.” Albert Brooks Laughs His Way Through Dystopia 2011-05-03T12:00:00Z I am back on the Northern Neck of Virginia, a region where it begins to seem that I’ve been pitched by fate. Virginia’s Lost History 2012-11-22T18:48:32Z In 2019, a typical Botox commercial pitched the product as a girlboss tonic that could infuse fantasy women with pluck as they slunk from boardroom to bar stool. The Art of Botox 2021-11-15T05:00:00Z Then the writers were ushered into a conference room, where, for more than an hour, they sat around a blond-wood conference table while Andreessen pitched them jokes. How “Silicon Valley” Nails Silicon Valley 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z The only thing I pitched was that I wanted to bring Bucky back from the dead and have him be the character I had in mind. Comics writer Ed Brubaker on how his art form conquered the entertainment industry 2018-10-21T04:00:00Z We pitched it around town and people really loved it. Phil Lord and Chris Miller on Maintaining Mystery in 'The Last Man on Earth' 2015-03-01T05:00:00Z She pitched the series in January, assembled a writer’s room in February, shot it in June. In ‘With Love,’ Gloria Calderón Kellett Comes Home for the Holidays 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z What were you expecting when you pitched the writers and producers your idea? 'New Girl' Star Lamorne Morris on Writing This Week's Story Line About Race and the Police 2015-04-07T04:00:00Z Story mentions a famous line from the gay black nurse Belize about the word “free” in the national anthem being pitched so high no one can reach it. ‘Angels’ in Maryland: An epic combination 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z Hanks is due to return as Woody in a new instalment, Toy Story 4, which is being pitched as a romance between the cowboy and long-term paramour, Little Bo Peep. 'Evil gunslinger Woody' revealed as Toy Story celebrates 20th birthday 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z Yet, when Fleury pitched A&M Records on both Mumps and another band he handled, the Dickies, the label snapped up only one, telling the manager, “We don’t want ‘the gay band.’” Lance Loud Was an Early Reality Star. He Was Also a Gay Punk Pioneer. 2021-05-31T04:00:00Z My plan always, and it’s how I pitched the show to AMC, is let me show the difference between these people at the beginning of the ’60s and the end of the ’60s. ArtsBeat: What Makes a Mad Man Start Fires? An Interview With Matthew Weiner, Part 2 2012-03-08T13:00:18Z That year, the two pitched what eventually became “The Nod,” effectively a beefed-up version of “For Colored Nerds” that focused on unsung figures of Black history. Brittany Luse and Eric Eddings of ‘For Colored Nerds’ Play for Keeps 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z "All I want is an opportunity," Jimmy says to him, his voice pitched between determination and petulance. "Boardwalk Empire" recap: Prohibition begins 2010-09-20T12:53:00Z AP: When I was pitched this project, I wondered if this wasn’t some sort of retirement thing. John Hiatt looks back and how he lets the music magic happen 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z He wanted me to look around, which is not easy while walking on steeply pitched slopes or the sea-hammered rock paths down by the shore. On This Caribbean Island, It Doesn’t Take Long to Feel Local 2016-07-11T04:00:00Z “We pitched it as, ‘We’re going to be different than the rest of the industry.’ The Twenty-Five-Year Journey of Magic: The Gathering 2018-08-28T04:00:00Z Ten years ago, Fenton pitched a hidden camera prank format to an American buyer who was concerned about acquiring the right talent for the show. ‘You think: are we really doing this?’: how TV’s strangest shows get made 2021-03-06T05:00:00Z The only clue Mr. Weiner would offer now was his remembrance of how he first pitched “Mad Men” to AMC, promising a series that would tell the story of how a decade changed people’s lives. Television: Matthew Weiner Is Silent on ?Mad Men? Season Premiere 2012-03-07T12:55:00Z When Ms. Mortimer pitched her book to publishers in meetings, said one editor who was there, she brought her ghostwriter. Noticed: In Their Own Words? Maybe 2011-06-01T18:21:52Z It was originally pitched to viewers as “a reality-based alternative look at the news, trends, pop culture, current events, politics, sports, movies and, quite possibly, the kitchen sink,” wrote The Washington Post’s Martie Zad. Here it is, your moment of Zen: The Daily Show premiered in 1996. 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z So we pitched them “Breaking the Waves,” which Royce had suggested to me years before, and I had said, “Absolutely not.” After Two Hit Operas, a Composer Takes on the Bleak Prairie 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z What was once liberating now feels limiting, reducing our notions of power to hysterically pitched burlesques or tough-as-males drag. Perspective | Why female portrayals of power on screen need to evolve 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z I pitched a few other agents, and one went so far as to read an excerpt, but no one was interested. My book was a bad idea 2012-06-27T00:00:00Z That was my wall that I hit when I pitched the show. Pamela Adlon on the secret to "Better Things": "Don't write with gender in mind" 2020-03-07T05:00:00Z And so she arranged for that, and he pitched the character of Delphine LaLaurie to me — and it was spring’s awaking. Kathy Bates Finds Peace, With ‘Disjointed’ and Some Herbal Medicine 2017-08-25T04:00:00Z He also pitched himself as the man to save Terminator last year – what an interesting proposition that would have been. Let Joss Whedon direct The Avengers | Ben Child 2010-04-01T14:58:00Z Shedlike structures with walls of green-painted planks, tiled pitched roofs and odd little pseudo-campaniles at the top, the cabbies' shelters squat not on the York stone curbs of London's thoroughfares but right in the road. T Magazine: Fare Grounds 2012-11-28T16:00:38Z I pitched it as: We need to laugh. "We need to laugh": "Hey, Viktor" is a much-needed send-up of Native dysfunction and Hollywood 2023-06-13T04:00:00Z “There is a pitched battle for exclusives in this market,” Mr. Howard said. The Path to Charlie Sheen’s H.I.V. Disclosure 2016-01-05T05:00:00Z Richard Lawson wrote in Vanity Fair that it is “a bracing and dizzying marvel, propulsively pitched and even, I dare say, moving.” ‘Rogue One’ Reviews: Here’s What the Critics Say 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z Mr. Ruehm’s stagy visual choices give the movie a vague theatricality, as do the bare-bones production design and the exaggerated performances, most of which tend to be pitched toward the last row in the house. Review: In ‘Therapy for a Vampire,’ the Count Really Wants to Change 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z A porch is created by the overhang of a giant pitched roof, a section of which slides back to open it to the elements. California dreaming: the homes where the spirit of the 60s lives on 2015-11-27T05:00:00Z Understanding the former's mix of poetry and flamboyance, Roth pitched his music at a high emotional level. LSO/Roth ? review 2011-01-09T21:45:00Z Lee envisaged himself in the leading role, and pitched The Warrior to a US studio, which told him that America wasn’t ready for an Asian leading man. Bruce Lee's daughter on resurrecting his lost TV epic: 'We righted the wrong' 2019-08-05T04:00:00Z It's comparable in some ways to Thomas's recent movie I've Loved You So Long, though pitched at a yet more intense, grandiloquent level. Film review: Leaving 2010-07-08T22:09:00Z By the glow of the bathhouse and our car headlights we pitched our “lake house” and settled in for the night. West Virginia: Wild and wonderful and, okay, a little bit weird 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z And one real head of studio, after I pitched “Mississippi Masala” and had Denzel Washington — he had just won the Oscar — point-blank asked me, “Can’t you make room for a white protagonist?” A Vision of Asian-American Cinema That Questions the Very Premise 2021-02-11T05:00:00Z “As a freelancer, I’ve pitched any number of language stories that editors say won’t be interesting to a general audience because it’s inside baseball,” he said. New Online Magazine Honors the Mighty Schwa 2014-05-23T04:00:00Z Bonaire’s main town, Kralendijk, boasts a few streets that look charmingly Dutch with their pitched roofs and pastel paint jobs but also slightly Creole in the ornately carved wooden railings of the second-floor terraces. Bonaire: Where Coral and Cactus Thrive, and the Sea Soothes the Soul 2019-02-18T05:00:00Z "He pitched it to MoMA, and MoMA approached us with it and we were kind of right away in favour of it," the band's lead singer and lyricist, Matt Berninger, explained to me recently. Six hours, one song: the National perfect the art of repetition 2013-07-11T18:03:02Z It was a humble cottage in the Carpenter Gothic style, typical for that era with one exception: beneath the steeply pitched roof was a pointed-arch window normally found adorning churches. Masterpiece Rental: My Life in the ‘American Gothic’ House 2018-03-18T04:00:00Z Much of it is pitched at a conversational murmur that asks you to lean in and listen. Theater Review: David Auburn Stages ‘Anna Christie’ in the Berkshires 2013-08-26T21:24:04Z How were these characters originally pitched to you? As ‘Jane the Virgin’ and ‘Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’ End, Two Groundbreaking TV Characters Say Goodbye 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z I pitched that movie "Easter Sunday" because it was something I've always thought about. Why Jo Koy gave up on appealing to Middle America 2023-03-23T04:00:00Z Contrasting effects pitched soft and fuzzy boiled wools against the glimmering surfaces. Special Report: Fashion: When Youth Is the Holy Grail 2011-02-21T18:27:40Z In the opening ensemble scene, in which Otello’s ship is battered during a storm as it tries to dock, Mr. Davis draws playing of pitched intensity, leavened by lucid textures, from the inspired orchestra. Alt-Verdi: ?Otello,? Differently 2010-12-24T14:54:24Z Along the way, as the crew frantically pitched last-minute ideas, the unsuspecting groom wound up drinking movie-junket beer and changing into American-flag pants. 'San Andreas' star Dwayne 'the Rock' Johnson marries longtime fan 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z But this isn’t so, and hasn’t been since the 18th century, when most art was still about politics and religion and pitched to a privileged insider audience. The Picasso Museum Reopens in Paris 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z Then she pitched the guitar back onstage and hoisted herself up after it, heading toward the drum kit, which she promptly dismantled, tossing toms and cymbal racks to the ground. Music Review: The Joy Formidable at Terminal 5 2012-04-01T18:50:59Z We knew from the very beginning, when Tina and Robert pitched the pilot, that their story was going to be told very quickly by a local guy who witnessed the whole thing. 'Kimmy Schmidt' composer Jeff Richmond on the show's viral-friendly songs 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z He explained in an interview that he had originally pitched a two-hour program, but found that there was just too much material. Television Review: PBS Documentary About Former Secretary of State 2010-07-11T22:03:00Z I pitched my tent in Camp 4, the traditional hub of climbing in the park and one of only a few campgrounds listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Rich in Surprises and Secrets, There’s a State Park Waiting for You 2019-07-29T04:00:00Z It was like a large doghouse, a concrete box with a pitched roof, not tall enough to stand in, but we could sit upright on a wooden bench. Explorer: Guatemala, Trekking in the Highlands 2011-03-25T18:55:16Z Marc Murphy, who owns four restaurants in New York, gets pitched by salespeople all the time. I CAME HERE WITH A COUPON ? DOES THE RESTAURANT VALUE ME? 2011-04-12T21:41:05Z At the time the project was being pitched to publishers, I wasn't very confident in my recipe developing skills. Writer Nava Atlas reflects on the (vegan) return of her cult-classic "Vegetariana" cookbook 2022-04-12T04:00:00Z Much of the publicity around the film has pitched Serraille, 32, and Dosch, 37, as a duo, effectively as adoptive sisters: one photo has them in matching red polo necks, striking identical poses. Meet the new double act of French cinema 2018-05-05T04:00:00Z The concerto, lasting about 23 minutes, was a single movement with three contrasting sections, first featuring the pitched instruments, then the indefinitely pitched ones and, finally, the marimba. Review | Percussion concerto offers less bang than whimper 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z All three works use extended technique, calling for players to adjust their bowing in order to draw whispered, scraping sounds from their instruments that hover on the border between pitched tones and white noise. Review: Sept. 11’s Monumental Despair, Evoked by Solo Piano 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z Cameron Duddy, a director of Mr. Mars’s “Locked Out of Heaven,” said he pitched the singer on several wacky story lines. Pop Music Videos? I Want My YouTube! 2013-08-22T21:50:39Z Something I pitched was – I really loved the movie "Minority Report," and there's that scene where he sees his wife, and her image is projected. The existential crisis of "Loki" 2021-06-13T04:00:00Z When he pitched the idea to his students “they were all very excited about it,” he said. A teacher was pregnant. Students built a device so her spouse, who uses a wheelchair, can stroll with the baby. 2021-07-22T04:00:00Z Or couldn't we have a movie where the scientists descend to the very bowels of a strange planet and find themselves locked in a pitched battle with ghosts? Who's afraid of the big, bad monsters in Prometheus? 2012-06-14T15:54:20Z In the two years since The Wire concluded, a pitched battle of ongoing praise has upped the comparative ante. Katrina and all that jazz 2010-05-01T23:07:00Z Evil Woody was originally pitched as a sarcastic bully, a sneering gunslinger whose cruel behaviour causes the other toys to rise up in rebellion. 'Evil gunslinger Woody' revealed as Toy Story celebrates 20th birthday 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z Monteverdi's Flying Circus was what Christopher Monks, the artistic director of the Armonico Consort, pitched to the suits: a follow-up to Armonico's immensely successful Fairy Queen, which had combined Purcell with puppetry. Monteverdi's Flying Circus 2010-09-17T23:06:00Z “This is one of the most often pitched shows and generally one of the worst shows. Every person thinks that there should be a show about them and their friends. They’re so funny.” These four friends grew up pulling pranks. Then they turned their shtick into a cable TV empire. 2017-12-20T05:00:00Z For two days, we’d been exploring the plains on foot, spending our nights at undeveloped campsites in temporarily pitched canvas tents. Explorer: Treading Lightly in the Simanjiro Plains of Tanzania 2011-05-20T18:55:00Z In the six days between Lorde’s concert announcement and her cancellation, an increasingly pitched battle played out, both in public and behind the scenes, to win over the 21 year-old pop star. Lorde is only the latest: How touring in Israel thrusts musicians into controversy 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z Physically, she embodies Diao in a perfectly pitched balance of archetypal gesture and relatable characterization. Music Review: ‘Feng Yi Ting’ at Lincoln Center Festival 2012-07-27T21:15:25Z A father pitched in: his life had turned into that of “a machine”. ‘It's the breaking of a taboo’: the parents who regret having children 2017-02-11T05:00:00Z The timing was unfortunate for American vegetarians, who were already engaged in a pitched battle with public opinion. Why do people hate vegans? 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z Mendelsohn pitched forward a little as he walked out, in the manner of anxious people. Sundance 2015: The nervous charms of Ben Mendelsohn 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z Up and up Desolation we went until, near dusk, we emerged near the top and pitched our tent. Peak cabin: a fire-spotter's lonely vantage point in Washington state 2021-02-16T05:00:00Z “The strongest man in the world is he who stands most alone,” is Stockmann’s famous Act V line, pitched from the ruins of his heroism. Ibsen Wrote ‘An Enemy of the People’ in 1882. Trump Has Made It Popular Again. 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z Around the same time he wrote “If Beale Street Could Talk,” Baldwin was working on “Little Man, Little Man,” an enigmatic picture book pitched halfway between children’s and adult literature. What to Read Before or After You See ‘If Beale Street Could Talk’ 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z This is a story of escalation, surprising considering how highly things are pitched by the end of the opening song. "Dicks: The Musical" puts two narcissist bros under a joyous, filthy spotlight 2023-10-06T04:00:00Z We pitched our tent beside them and spent the evenings together. Chloe Dewe Mathews's best photograph – Uzbek migrant workers 2013-06-12T18:30:01Z Mr. Kripke, best known for the CW series “Supernatural,” “pitched a show about heroes and villains and the journey that these characters are on,” said J. J. Abrams, one of his producing partners. | Television: The New Season: ‘Revolution’ on NBC 2012-09-09T19:57:24Z The mayor pitched Mr. Mittal the idea of building something to add artistic panache to the Olympic Park. London’s ArcelorMittal Orbit Leads to Controversy 2012-06-01T19:22:38Z But just as a stage actor’s performance pitched to the second balcony can seem too broad, too loud, when it fills a screen, so can a dancer’s. Review: The Charms and Pitfalls of Dancing the Gods on Camera 2021-05-24T04:00:00Z Given total design freedom, van der Rohe abandoned the traditional pitched roof in favor of a flat one for the first time. A Push to Rebuild a Mies Van Der Rohe Modernist Gem 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z Wood pitched well as a reliever in recent years, including 55 appearances for Mike Quade last year. Rogers: Wood smart enough to call it a day 2012-05-18T16:48:00Z Q: How was the Ray Drecker role first pitched to you? A Minute With: Thomas Jane and his role on "Hung" 2011-09-28T09:01:56Z As the play progressed, the students clapped, booed, cheered and gasped, even erupting in the same pitched excitement as a buzzer-beating 3-point basket when the stately Atticus Finch wrestled with the evil Bob Ewell. Kids shine as Broadway’s ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ goes big 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z At the time, the larger popular culture was barely paying serious attention to any comics, let alone to work like his, pitched partway between high art, punk rock and MAD magazine. Daniel Clowes reflects on his 'Eightball' comics' evolution 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z So when I got my first special, I pitched that story to the writers. Lily Tomlin has led a singular comedic life. And that’s the truth. Together they pitched the idea to stars like Ross, Winfrey and others, who proved eager to join as well, Davis said. ‘The Hair Tales’: Stories of Black Women’s Hair and Self-Acceptance 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z Days after that they pitched it to McCain himself and he went for it immediately. John McCain: film portrait of an ‘American hero’ skirts hard questions 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z It has some nicely pitched documentaries – I've been enjoying Mark Hodkinson's oddball northern reports – and there's its drama, but otherwise the daytime schedule is dominated by news. Is Radio 4 just too gloomy? 2013-01-19T18:01:01Z Creator Shawn Ryan, with support from Murphy, is said to have pitched the show as an hour-long police procedural with strong comic elements. Beverly Hills Cop TV series shot down 2013-07-22T15:07:40Z “If you are sitting there right now and you are not sure whether you should, subscribe on your phone this minute,” Mr. Price pitched. Amazon Pushes to Deliver More Prime Time 2015-07-31T04:00:00Z Demme: “David really saw this movie in his own head long before we came and pitched him on letting us shoot it.” David Byrne and Jonathan Demme on The Making of Stop Making Sense 2014-07-15T04:00:00Z Mr. Haggis joined in 1975 in his early 20s, explaining in The New Yorker that “it was pitched to me as applied philosophy.” Review: Alex Gibney Takes On Scientology in ‘Going Clear’ 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z Or if an actor of Arab heritage pitched a movie about the leader of a fictitious Jewish state in which he would portray the Jewish leader and showcase the worst stereotypes of Jews? Sacha Baron Cohen criticised over 'negative stereotypes' of Arabs 2012-05-17T11:19:56Z The day after Broadway went dark, the writer Howard Sherman pitched Armstrong the idea for what he was calling “The Virus Monologues.” Instant Artifacts of a Disconnected Time (and Lots of Hugh Dancy) 2021-03-16T04:00:00Z River House was given many of the region’s classic architectural features, among them double adobe walls, a pitched tin roof, and a hand-troweled plaster exterior in a sunbaked terra-cotta color. Jane Fonda's Rambling New Mexico Ranch 2014-02-04T05:00:00Z Mary Richards, the lead character of “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” was originally pitched as divorced, but the network insisted on a broken engagement instead. Stand by Your Man? On TV, as in Life, There Are Alternatives 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z “The Monster” is cleverly pitched somewhere in between, with the kind of generous splatters that evoke the good old nasty days of grindhouse horror and enough sleek, self-conscious moves for festival play dates. Review: Watch the Road, and the Driver, Too, in ‘The Monster’ 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z In Edinburgh, that is precisely what Dr. Perry was worried about when she pitched her idea to Hiley, who said he gravitates “toward historical stories that have a social impact.” In a Musical About Penicillin’s Inventor, Superbugs Take Center Stage 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z This contest was pitched as: You will be representing “the soul and DNA of Black art in Seattle.” This artist, chosen as the ‘DNA and soul of Black art in Seattle,’ will be in an Amazon Prime Video series 2021-03-17T04:00:00Z Actress Andrea Savage was sick of the two-dimensional mom roles she was being pitched, so she created her own show that depicts motherhood how it really is: hilarious, difficult and a little raunchy. Andrea Savage on "I'm Sorry" season 2: "Your whole life turns to s**t when your kid learns to read" 2019-01-13T05:00:00Z Angelenos would have been the first U.S. audiences to experience it, in a tent pitched on Grand Park's Event Lawn across Spring Street from City Hall. Why Salonen's 'Universe of Sound: The Planets' L.A. stop was canceled 2014-08-11T04:00:00Z When he first pitched the idea around town, the response was pretty much crickets. “Everyone said, ‘This is fascinating — we’re passing hard,’” he recalls with a laugh. How Elvish, comics and rowdy astrophysicists helped Eric Heisserer write 'Arrival's' Oscar-nominated script 2017-02-18T05:00:00Z Some guests bunked in the shack and sleeping porch; others pitched tents among the ferns. The ‘Cabin Porn’ Commune 2015-09-23T04:00:00Z Wright nonetheless wanted badly to break into the movie business; between 1941 and 1946, he wrote three original screenplays and pitched them to major studios. “Native Son” and the Cinematic Aspirations of Richard Wright 2019-04-04T04:00:00Z Everything is pitched so aggressively, you wind up feeling as battered as the ensemble. Review: ‘The Play That Goes Wrong’ Upends a Whodunit 2017-04-02T04:00:00Z The controversy has pitched Trump, 70, into the biggest crisis of his campaign and deepened fissures between him and establishment Republicans just a month ahead of the Nov. 8 presidential election. Billy Bush suspended from 'Today' show after Trump's lewd comments: NBC 2016-10-09T04:00:00Z After several script drafts were rejected, George Lucas eventually pitched the mythical Crystal Skulls and the magical item that a significantly older Indiana Jones would seek. The Inevitable Rebooting Of Indiana Jones 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z We pitched it to the network and the studio to get their reaction, and they loved it. ‘Pretty Little Liars’ Finale: How a Mystery Hid Its Villain 2017-06-27T04:00:00Z Bauer also reveals how he pitched the fiery effects for the scene. Here's How Game of Thrones Brings Daenerys's Dragons to Life 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z So Lowery pitched an idea to his editors: The newspaper, he suggested, should collect the information itself and analyze it for patterns in law enforcement. Post series on police shootings wins Pulitzer Prize for national reporting 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z Perhaps it’s no surprise that he pitched his ideas for the film using photographs. Curtis Hanson: A Filmmaker of Sunshine and Noir 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z One young dad pitched with a baby strapped to his front who remained silent during the whole thing like a true pro. What do literary agents really want? 2012-10-01T12:00:02Z This is an acknowledged classic, one of the most exquisitely photographed films of this or any era, and it's also a perfectly pitched, swooning melodrama. 'Black Swan' precursors include 'The Red Shoes' and 'Repulsion' 2010-12-09T19:10:00Z This is pitched to a mainstream audience, but his live set also caters to an observant Jewish audience, and appealing to both is the challenge of his show. What’s So Funny About Orthodox Judaism? This Comic Has One Answer 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z JR: I was very nervous when I pitched it. Inside the ‘Other History’ of Comic Book Superheroes 2020-11-21T05:00:00Z Then in 2018 we got hired to work on “Creed II” and we pitched and sold this movie while we were working on that. The Personal Back Story Driving ‘They Cloned Tyrone’ 2023-07-21T04:00:00Z The next day he pitched a full inning, with worse results. The Guardian first book award: the shortlisted authors introduce their work 2012-11-09T22:50:02Z So I pitched the idea to Nelson Greaves, my assistant at that time, and he suggested that we frame it as a horror film. In 'Unfriended,' horror comes to life online 2015-04-11T04:00:00Z For starters, the dissonance between critical and public reaction to Bird Box implies that their products, if pitched right, can be critic-proof. Flying high: how Bird Box became Netflix's biggest hit to date 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z Before the ceremony, one Oscar host pitched the idea of having the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, “satellite in” to speak at the show. The Best and Worst Moments of the 2022 Oscars 2022-03-28T04:00:00Z The screenwriter said in 2013 he shot down the “Taxi Driver” sequel idea the minute De Niro pitched it to him. Robert De Niro’s long-wanted “Taxi Driver” sequel remains dead, even after “The Irishman” 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z But while we can never experience their lives, we can plunge into them momentarily thanks to a show whose commitment to going over-the-top ended up being perfectly pitched. American Crime's Second Season Was the Perfect Antidote to Fuller House 2016-03-09T05:00:00Z Jagger told the audience the favourite had been A-ha's Take on Me, but it was too high pitched for him to sing. Rolling Stones resume tour in Oslo 2014-05-27T04:00:00Z It is being pitched as a serious-news alternative to ratings leader "The Today Show" on NBC, and ABC's "Good Morning America," the audience runner-up. CBS names new morning show 'CBS This Morning' 2011-12-01T17:30:15Z Instead, Mr. Marshall pitched his vision for “Chicago.” Arts & Leisure: New Captain for a Series Becalmed 2011-05-11T16:45:46Z “I was talking to a friend over the weekend and he pitched me the greatest joke for what another possible ending was,” Hamm explained. Jon Hamm just offered up a genius alternate ending to the “Mad Men” finale 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z That makes the show a new kind of media from a still relatively new player that’s looking to distinguish itself amid the pitched battle between streaming content companies for talent, buzz and viewer attention. How Sony's free streaming service is trying to take on Netflix and Amazon 2015-09-29T04:00:00Z At the end of the song, her voice has pitched into a wail, and she sings, Just What Was on Trial in the Bill Cosby Case? 2017-06-21T04:00:00Z Brown and her husband pitched a women's magazine idea at Hearst, which turned it down, but hired her to run Cosmopolitan instead. Helen Gurley Brown, the original Carrie Bradshaw 2012-08-14T10:48:43Z Built around Sampha's sighs and strangely pitched vocals that seem to be intoning "way beyond the wave", this is dance music you probably shouldn't try dancing to given the shifting time-signatures and off-kilter beats. New music: Short Stories - On the Way 2013-01-07T10:50:00Z The slow way this unlikely aggregation unfolds is appealing — first comes lush 1970s piano, then a voice pitched up beyond chipmunk to somewhere near Young Thug, then a shift into warm Daft Punk disco-funk. The Playlist: Lana Del Rey Finds Love in a Hopeless Place 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z The range of subjects, and skilful rigour with which they are treated, reminds of what a loss the programme is, especially in the context of an ITV schedule now pitched almost exclusively at the hard-of-thinking. World Cup 2010-06-12T05:45:00Z No, because when I pitched it to them, I made really clear that it was not a religious show. Michael Schur on ‘The Good Place,’ Ted Danson and Kantian Ethics 2017-01-18T05:00:00Z Eight years ago, the Frieze Art Fair pitched a tent on Randalls Island in New York’s East River, where it established an annual spring counterpart to its autumn affair in London. Art, Music and More to Experience at Home This Weekend 2020-05-07T04:00:00Z And I would really like to do an episode – and we’ve pitched or broken an episode that showed them at 21 years old and how they bought the bar. Glenn Howerton on It's Always Sunny: 'Nothing is going too far unless it doesn’t make us laugh' 2017-01-04T05:00:00Z There’s a traditional model of television writing, where stories are pitched in the writers’ room, assigned to individual writers and then the scripts that come back get rewritten in the room. ArtsBeat: The 'Mad Men' Season That Almost Wasn't: An Interview With Matthew Weiner, Part 1 2012-03-07T13:00:32Z Meanwhile, Chan and Will Smith -- one of the producers -- wore disguises to avoid being mobbed by onlookers, and pitched in carrying equipment. "Karate Kid" retains indie spirit in China 2010-06-14T00:16:00Z Anyway, he pitched his “A Star Is Born” to Warner Bros. the next day. Bradley Cooper Is Not Really Into This Profile 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z His cry his perfect word pitched against The baffled contradictions of the heart Wrestling them embracing them Strangling them with a jealous conjugal desperation. Leonard Cohen’s Posthumous Collection of Poems, Lyrics and Sketches 2019-01-02T05:00:00Z West pitched two diamonds and, strangely, a heart. Bridge: Michael Seamon and Alan Osofsky Win a Tournament 2012-02-24T23:52:29Z Jimmy Fallon joked that while the plan was being pitched as a simplification of taxes, its name — the Unified Framework for Fixing Our Broken Tax Code — is neither simple nor catchy. Trevor Noah Says the Republican Tax Plan Is ‘a Cash Cow for Trump’ 2017-09-29T04:00:00Z The longtime Huntington Beach resident pitched the idea to Howell after watching a ukulele ensemble at the Blessing of the Waves, an annual interfaith event held by the city's pier. Dean Torrence of Jan and Dean gets people strumming ukuleles 2014-07-05T04:00:00Z When McCaughey recalls a World Series where Mays "pitched three complete games with an ERA of 1.73," he manages to make even the recitation of statistics poignant. New CD by the Baseball Project touches some Seattle bases 2011-03-03T05:10:34Z He crafted buzz with diamonds and furs, while he pitched oversize T-shirts and trousers to the neighborhood folks shopping Herald Square, State Street and countless suburban malls. They laughed when Diddy launched a fashion line. Then he changed the industry. 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z This sounds like it has the potential to be either disastrous or groundbreaking, which is fitting because that’s how Drag Race series one was probably pitched. RuPaul's Drag Race recap: season 12, episode 12 – what happens in Vegas should stay in Vegas 2020-05-17T04:00:00Z Of these, perhaps the one pitched most perfectly of all is Bezhin Lea. A brief survey of the short story part 50: Ivan Turgenev 2013-06-21T13:42:13Z Not only is Bill Paterson's three-hander perfectly pitched at a sell-out audience, but it is witty, self-aware and quietly observant about the way death makes us reflect on life. Astonishing Archie – review 2012-11-21T18:15:47Z Russ Paul says he is upset with how the guitar is being pitched — it’s not that special. The Holy Grail of the electric guitar? Not exactly. 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z As Newell told the Times in 1994, they pitched the idea to Michael Eisner, then the director of children’s programming at ABC, who happened to be meeting with the legendary Looney Tunes animator Chuck Jones. ‘Schoolhouse Rock!’ at 50: Those Are Magic Numbers 2023-01-31T05:00:00Z That was when screenwriter Chris Morgan responded to an open call and pitched studio executives on moving the series to Tokyo. 'Fast and Furious' strives to be more than a fast-cars, hot-people flick 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z Michael Haneke's "Amour," described as a masterpiece by critics and pitched to a demographic that fits the Academy well, also found a sweet spot among voters. The Carpetbagger: Director Snubs Point to a Threeway Race: 'Lincoln' vs. 'Playbook' and 'Pi' 2013-01-10T15:00:25Z During an annual opportunity that some interns are given to pitch programs or projects, the group presented the Facebook fan data and pitched a reruns block. The Good Ol? Days of 20 Years Ago 2011-07-18T22:15:18Z Other similarly pitched movies are on the way. Benjamin Walker cast as lead in Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter 2011-01-28T12:32:42Z The funny thing is, the idea for 'Men in Black 3' is based on an idea that Will pitched to me while we were on the set of 'Men in Black 2.' A Minute With: Barry Sonnenfeld about "Men in Black 3" 2012-05-23T11:06:30Z “Ceremonials” is pitched as nothing less than an earthshaking battle for the singer’s soul: a matter of life and death, heaven and hell, immolation and transcendence. New Music by Florence and the Machine and Meshell Ndegeocello 2011-11-07T22:33:38Z The British army was deployed; pitched battles erupted between republicans and loyalists, there was brutal repression by the army, and soldiers were killed. As The Crown returns, watch out for these milestones 2019-08-18T04:00:00Z This has been the story of South Sudan’s civil war: few pitched battles between armies, many attacks on civilians by armed men. Apocalypse then, now, always: the truth about violence in Leer, South Sudan 2016-10-23T04:00:00Z We pitched the idea of doing a behind-the-scenes film in which we would follow Al for 18 months as he went about his work. “The Trump victory sharpens Al’s message”: The directors discuss Gore’s progress in “An Inconvenient Sequel” 2017-07-31T04:00:00Z “What is ridiculous and sometimes quite annoying is that we will get pitched by every one of them,” she said. Climbing the Socialite Ladder, One Gala at a Time 2017-01-04T05:00:00Z It's a big subject, so not surprisingly most of rock's big hitters have pitched in with contributions over the years. Readers recommend songs about old age: The results 2010-08-12T22:00:00Z If West had discarded a club, declarer would have pitched a diamond from dummy, run the clubs and taken the diamond finesse at the end. Bridge: Rockwell Mixed Pairs 2014-03-28T21:50:44Z This shocking departure was at the heart of the plot when the remake was first pitched to Paramount by Matt Greenberg, a writer credited with the screen story. ‘Pet Sematary’ Has a Shocking Change. Yes, Stephen King Approved. 2019-04-07T04:00:00Z He pitched it to the National Film Board of Canada. A Stop-Motion Film About Power in the Wrong Hands 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z Likewise, One Direction's sensitive ballads and soft-rock anthems are pitched at teenage girls. Are One Direction really as wholesome as they appear? 2013-01-21T16:15:12Z Each summer, a stage was raised, and a tent was pitched over it. Perspective | Show tunes on the summer breeze 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z But when you see them interact, the comedy is so feverishly pitched that the actors lose the emotional thread of the story. Old Globe's 'Kiss Me, Kate' steals a smile if not a heart 2015-07-14T04:00:00Z Homer Economicus is being pitched to two audiences: people who can’t get enough of pop economics books and professors who assign it as a textbook supplement. Book Review: Homer Economicus: The Simpsons and Economics by Joshua Hall 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z And highly accomplished, never mind an occasional substitution of salt for sugar, or a baked Alaska pitched into the trash. ‘The Great British Baking Show’ Review: Back for Another Serving 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z When the snow began to clear, Edward pitched the idea that Julia should come into the city for a double date to celebrate. On Love: Julia Baron and Edward Garnett The streets of the fictional town of Ennui-sur-Blasé — roughly translated as Boredom-on-the-World-Weary — are dotted with rats beneath steeply pitched zinc roofs, and, of course, the talk is of love and art and gastronomic pleasure. Wes Anderson’s Dream of France, and the Paris I Remember 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z Which makes them a good match for Allado-McDowell, who first pitched “Song of the Ambassadors” in January 2021 as a participant in the Collider, a Lincoln Center fellowship program supported by the Mellon Foundation. Music, Science and Healing Intersect in an A.I. Opera 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z Part of their pitch involved who would star: “When we met with the family representative,” Mr. De Luca said, “we pitched Tom Hanks, because we thought it would sound good.” The Carpetbagger: More Producers’ Secrets: ‘Captain Phillips’ and the Defining Screen Test 2014-01-21T18:39:44Z “I pitched some ideas like ‘People in Black,’ but that would be ‘PiB,’ which sounds like a sandwich. Tessa Thompson is OK with the ‘Men in Black’ title, for now 2019-06-12T04:00:00Z Without her assent, they seem to have settled on her boss’s recommendation — a prospect he has pitched to her, enticingly, as “a better golfer than me.” Ready to Try an Ozu Film? Watch These Two Family Tales. 2020-09-03T04:00:00Z “Everyone in the family has pitched in, in one way or another,” Lisane said. Sweeping Basquiat Show Curated by His Sisters Offers Intimate Look at the Artist 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z If health was framed as the prevention of disease, and managed through the medical system, wellness was pitched as an active, positive pursuit organized around the self. Our Health Is in Danger. Wellness Wants to Fill the Void. 2020-04-06T04:00:00Z When Max Planck and Kimberly Adams, Adventure Lab’s founders, pitched “Dr. Crumb’s” to investors, they were met with hesitation. Theater’s Next Act? A Show That’s All in Your Head 2020-07-08T04:00:00Z As a character, he is too gross and too incredible to be pitched to TV. How Donald Trump has blown the White House drama out of the water 2017-12-19T05:00:00Z Whitehead had an intense reaction, including severe drops in blood pressure and fevers that pitched up to 105 degrees. Cancer has a “game-changing” moment 2012-12-11T21:02:00Z Kassin called his brother, Stephen Kassin, and pitched him on going into business together, selling software similar to the program he developed for Overseas. FilmTrack software helps Hollywood keep tabs on content 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z “Whenever I pitched her books to editors, I always said, this is an author who’s going to win the Nobel Prize,” she said. Shining a Spotlight on the Art of Translation 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z “When the idea was pitched to me, it sounded a bit like a fun joke,” he said in a video call. A Cabaret Star and an Opera Star Walk Onto a Stage … 2021-09-19T04:00:00Z Still, Hoge appeared perfectly nice and even intrigued when Brown pitched an idea for the title of a breakup anthem, “Used to Love You Sober.” Kane Brown could be the future of country music. So why is the industry skeptical? 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z As she got older, she even pitched in. Orson Welles' camera, other items up for auction 2014-03-31T23:37:21Z When she pitched Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige on her concept for the film, she referred to the poem “Auguries of Innocence,” by William Blake. Chloé Zhao explains how ‘Nomadland’ and ‘Eternals’ are cinematic twins 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z The Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 turboprop plane continued to climb to 1,500ft but then "pitched nose-down and descended rapidly" because autopilot was mistakenly set with a target altitude of zero feet. Flybe plane plunges 500 feet in 18 seconds after autopilot set to 'altitude zero' 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z “I flew out to New Jersey, went to the N.F.L. headquarters, and I pitched the Black Eyed Peas,” he said in an interview. How Hip-Hop Inched Its Way to the Super Bowl Halftime Stage 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z In order to find investors in the project Giwa-Amu and James pitched their movie idea to "Dragon's Den-style" gatherings of millionaires around the country. Does it matter that only 7% of British films make a profit? 2013-12-09T14:05:57Z Women’s Wear Daily has pitched its tent early and handicaps the parties in its “Cannes Opener.” ArtsBeat: Woody Allen Headlines Cannes Guest List 2011-05-11T12:14:54Z “Fargo” was the example the show’s creators — novelists and longtime King obsessives who previously collaborated on the underrated atomic drama “Manhattan” — used when they pitched “Castle Rock” to Mr. Abrams. ‘Castle Rock’ Is a Stephen King Story That Isn’t Really a Stephen King Story 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z So, we pitched our scheme — and he bit. The Keanes, sad-eyed art and the journey to 'Big Eyes' 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z Ms. Rebeck later pitched an abortion-themed project to Lifetime, then known by the tag line Television for Women, but that cable channel passed, too. Staging the Politics of Abortion 2011-04-13T22:20:09Z Yet another revival is currently being pitched and may feature WWE wrestlers as stars on a reboot of "American Gladiators." The 6 most shocking “American Gladiators” revelations from Netflix’s “Muscles & Mayhem” doc 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z A shambolic installation by Krista Clark, an artist based in Atlanta, includes a caution-orange pup tent pitched vertically on a concrete slab propped against a gallery wall. New Museum Triennial Explores the Hidden Strengths of Soft Power 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z “Hercules” is tongue-in-cheek revisionist mythology, pitched at classics students who prefer to attend their lectures stoned. ‘Hercules,’ via a Graphic Novel 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z The more rugged outposts of rock – punk, metal – often define themselves as true believers in unchanging values, pitched against the mutable sins of fashion. Frank Turner – review 2013-04-19T15:00:03Z Mr. Markovits’s book may be perfectly pitched to the contemporary political moment. The Meritocrat Who Wants to Unwind the Meritocracy 2019-09-09T04:00:00Z If the argument is pitched so that someone else must be wrong in order for the point-maker to seem more right, as it generally is with sports, things take a turn. Sports fandom doesn’t have to be miserable 2013-04-15T16:45:00Z It’s pitched two octaves above the original, run through various distortion and equalization effects and given a very short tail of reverb, creating a digital sound with a human core. The Inside History of ‘Where Are Ü Now’ 2015-08-25T04:00:00Z We pitched two or three stories about Tom, which got knocked back. "I wrote endless drafts": "Sanditon" boss on the pressures of giving Jane Austen fans closure 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z Van Kampen replied, sternly, “I hadn’t pitched myself into the waves. In ‘Nice Fish,’ those two men bring themselves forward into real risk. Mark Rylance Talks Poetry and Ice Fishing 2016-03-01T05:00:00Z The last time the Netherlands got a new monarch, when Beatrix ascended the throne in 1980, demonstrators protesting chronic housing shortages fought pitched battles with riot police through the city's historic center. Willem-Alexander, from Prince Pils to Dutch king 2013-04-28T06:21:09Z Most intriguing business meeting: the one at which the idea of Bula Quo!, an action movie starring Status Quo, was successfully pitched. The best pop event of 2012 2012-12-05T19:00:06Z Then, many Greeks, particularly on the Aegean Islands, pitched in to help. Giant Puppet Ruffles Some Feathers on a Long Walk Through Greece 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z Basically good kids, they are overwhelmed by the miasma of joblessness and end up fighting anarchic pitched battles with unfeeling police. UCLA film series touts William Wellman, 'Hollywood Rebel' 2015-04-08T04:00:00Z Andrews served as an unofficial consultant for Chapman, who wrote the story and pitched the original idea to Pixar, on most of the action-oriented details of the movie. Behind the Scenes of Pixar's Brave 2012-02-24T09:58:35Z And then there is Bob’s perfectly pitched, slam dunk of a caption: The Indefinable Cartoonist Bob Weber 2016-11-06T04:00:00Z "French Exit" is a peculiar film, pitched at the same frequency as the offbeat characters. Michelle Pfeiffer brings sly elegance to the peculiar but charming "French Exit" 2020-10-11T04:00:00Z We pass by the pitched tin roofs of tobacco-drying houses, and see workers in high straw campesino hats hoeing the red earth. Cuba libre: exploring the island by campervan 2018-11-24T05:00:00Z I pitched them this kernel of an idea for the movie but it was very little. Mark Duplass and Elizabeth Moss on coining a new genre called “sci-feelings” 2014-08-18T04:00:00Z If she had pitched a diamond, South would have cashed her diamond king, then taken the final tricks in the dummy. Bridge: 47 Years Later, a Chance for a Rare Endplay 2011-04-01T21:35:38Z Other local businesses pitched in by donating portions of earnings and even servers’ tips. Bites : Restaurant Report: Boucherie, New Orleans 2012-05-25T17:31:25Z Given East’s signal, West pitched three hearts and two diamonds. Bridge: Those Clubs? Maybe Not So Useless After All 2011-01-12T22:39:47Z They pitched it as a show about friends. Table For Three: At Lunch With Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Eric McCormack 2013-07-26T15:41:22Z When the guide briefly switches off the lights, the cave of Cougnac, in France, is pitched into total darkness. Sight unseen: the history of invisible art 2012-06-14T08:49:37Z “There were so many times I presented something or pitched something,” Miller told reporters backstage, “and I was sure they were going to say there was no way you can do that on television.” Hulu's big Emmy night marks a streaming milestone 2017-09-18T04:00:00Z “I think I pitched a show where they were leaders of a cult.” Maya Rudolph and Fred Armisen Play It (Relatively) Straight 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z Gutierrez: I pitched the movie to him five times and he had said no. Animation: Five awards-contending directors take us behind the lines 2014-12-05T05:00:00Z “We met in the bungalow and pitched the boards using an umbrella as a pointer. Rob would say, ‘I love that idea, but we need a little more time.’ Mary Poppins: The Peculiar Challenge of Animating Her World 2018-12-23T05:00:00Z And Mr. Boyle’s most recent novel, “When the Killing’s Done,” involves a pitched battle between radical environmentalists and a National Park Service biologist over an island off California overrun with rats and feral pigs. ArtsBeat: Ransom Center Acquires T.C. Boyle Papers 2012-03-07T21:14:47Z But the heart of the show is the interviews, pitched to use Katie’s skill at charming people into revelation, and far closer to Today show territory than the evening news. Katie Comes to Daytime, Asking the Weighty Questions 2012-09-11T13:13:34Z Michael, tell me about that first FaceTime call where you pitched Jonathan on joining the movie. How Michael B. Jordan and Jonathan Majors Fought Harmoniously 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z Men who came to power as freedom fighters have all too often pulled power to themselves in one-party states – only to be overthrown in violent military coups, and frequently pitched into civil war. Power and glory: how to tackle Shakespeare's revolutions 2012-06-20T17:59:07Z The Ministry of Commerce said Chinese firms and industry associations had pitched in to help transport medical equipment in the region and donated around $600,000 in cash, food, oil and motorcycles to local governments. Ebola crisis highlights China's philanthropic shortfall 2014-11-04T05:00:00Z The actors, for their part, claimed that Don’s Plum had been pitched to them as a short film and subsequently re-edited into a feature, with them as unwitting leading men. Don’s Plum: the film Leonardo DiCaprio would rather forget 2016-01-23T05:00:00Z Unlike seasoned survivors of media maelstroms like Kobe Bryant, many current Olympians compete in obscure fields and are pitched into the spotlight only every few years, making them less experienced at addressing the haters. Noted: Social Media Speeds Up Criticism of Olympians - Noted 2012-08-10T20:34:30Z McCreery grew up playing baseball and pitched for his high school team — even after winning “American Idol” when he returned for his senior year. Country star Scotty McCreery knows pressure NFL players face 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z During production Lord and Miller pitched an idea that eventually became The Lego Movie. Phil Lord and Chris Miller's Daunting Task With 'Flash' and 'Spider-Man' 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z We’ll reminisce about that one perfect run that started among burned snags, remnants of a long-ago forest fire, and then pitched into a rock garden. With a helicopter as your ski lift, every day is a ‘powder day’ in British Columbia 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z The WikiLeaks film is thought to be pitched somewhere between The Social Network and All the President's Men, and is one of a number of mooted projects about Assange doing the rounds. Jeremy Renner may play Julian Assange in WikiLeaks film 2012-07-24T11:19:39Z The writing was formulaic, and the style was garish, with too many scenes pitched at a shout and too many of the actors willing to clench their jaws and play along. Thandie Newton in Her Second Season on ‘Rogue’ 2014-05-27T04:00:00Z What do you think was the weirdest idea you pitched for the show? Reed Morano on Directing the First Three Episodes of ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ 2017-05-03T04:00:00Z Osborne pitched "Feast" at a new short-film program at the studio. 'Feast': A doggie tale built around the dinner table 2015-02-18T05:00:00Z His seminar, “Kamikaze: An All-Out Attack on Success,” sounds pitched at about the same level as Tom Cruise’s men’s rights spiel in “Magnolia.” ‘Billions’ Season 2, Episode 8: New Money, Old Rules 2017-04-09T04:00:00Z She mentions that she recently pitched in on a benefit album for Planned Parenthood. Kristen Stewart: ‘It's not confusing if you’re bisexual. For me, it’s the opposite’ 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z Putting together the show was definitely a labor of love for Keith, who says it was the first exhibition she pitched when she landed at the Studio Museum in 2011. How the dense grids of artist Charles Gaines took the ego out of art 2015-03-03T05:00:00Z This, in turn, led to Transparent; a bleak series that isn’t even remotely funny but is still somehow pitched as a comedy thanks to its half-hour runtime. Finally some good news: TV dramas are getting shorter 2018-11-06T05:00:00Z For Sotheby’s and the federal government the court case is the latest pitched battle over what is fair and appropriate when regulating the sale of global antiquities. Khmer-Art Collector Linked to Statue, U.S. Asserts 2012-12-12T19:32:49Z Jalila may be pitched – at least at first – as Sand Storm’s chief aggressor. My streaming gem: why you should watch Sand Storm 2020-08-10T04:00:00Z When the movie was pitched to you, how was it described? Sheila Vand: “This is not a movie about being feminist” 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z But something’s off: both sound and image appear to be moving slower than reality, with Mr. Longstreth’s voice pitched lower than its usual register. The Playlist: The Weeknd, Leonard Cohen and Dirty Projectors All Want It Darker 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z As a server pitched us, “people who’ve ordered them before tend to order them the next time for dessert.” Review | A Potomac view meets polished cooking at Ada’s on the River in Alexandria 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z The melodrama, reminiscent of Bengali TV, is pitched a little high but has no false notes. Book review: ‘The Lives of Others,’ by Neel Mukherjee As a result, “Jagged Little Pill,” though staged in the 560-seat Loeb, sometimes seems pitched to an arena. Review: ‘Jagged Little Pill’ Breaks the Jukebox Musical Mold 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z So I applied and pitched Dolly as an exemplar of an overlooked, under-articulated version of working-class feminism. Dolly Parton and the Women Who Love Her 2020-12-07T05:00:00Z Isabel pitched the indicator as a way for them to maintain order in their growing ranks. ‘The Personality Brokers’ Conjures the Mother and Daughter Who Helped Us Think of Ourselves as Types 2018-08-29T04:00:00Z Everyone pitched in to spruce up the house and prepare the family’s favorite foods, such as candied ginger, a warming northern Vietnamese nibble, and candied coconut ribbons, a signature treat from the south. Tet Is Full of Traditions, but You Can Have It Your Way 2021-01-29T05:00:00Z Murphy later told the FBI he had been retained by Joiner to produce Legends – though the project had been pitched under an alternate title, Folkwar. The blockbuster that wasn't: inside an alleged $14m scam to make the next Netflix hit 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z He did tons of interviews, but many of them involved celebrity conversationalists who pitched softball questions. Perspective | What Obama gets right — and very wrong — about the media 2020-11-17T05:00:00Z Once cinema was invented, the camera instinctively drew the spectator’s eye to the battle itself, which for generations was depicted in the visual language of sensational violence, critically urgent stakes and highly pitched emotion. Perspective | As statues topple, movies are becoming monuments, and a way to create public memory 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z JD Cullum’s Touchstone, the fool traveling with the women, would be funnier were his gibes and gags targeted to a character rather than pitched to audience members for their approbation. In Antaeus Theatre Company's 'As You Like It,' missed connections foil romantic comedy 2017-07-28T04:00:00Z The Oscar-winning documentary producer Bill Couturié pitched a film idea and said he would bring in Daniel, the executive who bought “The Blues Brothers.” ‘Belushi’ Finds the Sensitive Man Inside the Wild Persona 2020-11-19T05:00:00Z I didn’t have time to write it all out, but once we started shooting, we pretty much stuck to what I pitched. Reed Morano on Directing the First Three Episodes of ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ 2017-05-03T04:00:00Z It’d be funny if another character in the group pitched your song and your character was like, “Ugh, I hate this!” Hailee Steinfeld on Her New EP and Taylor Swift's Squad 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z He pitched the name, Brasserie Seoul, and some ideas for a menu of French fare with Korean touches that expanded on what he was serving at his Bistro Petit in Williamsburg. French Techniques and Korean Ingredients Meet Up in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn 2018-03-13T04:00:00Z Mariann and I pitched our tent at Twelvemile Beach and hiked from the Hurricane River to Au Sable Lighthouse, clambering over sandstone outcrops, investigating the remains of shipwrecks. Modern Love: A Side Order of Romance, Please 2011-06-23T21:59:15Z It reads as notably longer than most books pitched to the same age group these days. The Unexpected Profundity of Curious George 2019-06-03T04:00:00Z So in the summer of 2016, she gathered 34 of them and together they pitched in funds to open a boutique called Flying Solo on Mulberry Street in NoLIta. For Indie Designers, Uniting Is a Survival Skill 2017-09-11T04:00:00Z We followed it to a spot that, years earlier, Mr. Bantz had calculated must be the place where the wagons pitched over. On a General’s Trail, Summoning America’s History 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z There's something very Fonteyn-like about Rojo now – a precisely pitched interplay of vulnerability and ballerina chic that will surely inspire the dancers who share the stage with her. The Nutcracker – review 2012-12-23T00:06:43Z After all, she was getting on in years and the family was ever-expanding, so they pitched in to put together elaborate Shabbat and holiday dinners. A beloved Syrian dessert and the inheritance of loss 2021-01-22T05:00:00Z Sandby's Part of the Banqueting Hall of the Royal Palace at Eltham shows a draughtsman's discipline in the way it delineates the ruined palace's arched windows and steeply pitched roof. Watercolour at Tate Britain - review 2011-02-05T00:05:30Z We arrived late afternoon and sat on a wooden picnic table at our home base snacking on trail mix and cranberry oatmeal cookies while Mr. Danoff pitched a green tent that slept four comfortably. Within the Grand Canyon, the Lure of Havasu Falls 2015-09-04T04:00:00Z Reassured, we paddled to the rendezvous point, and pitched our tents for the last time. Explorer: Far, Maybe Too Far, Into the Yukon 2012-08-23T17:33:18Z Then the road pitched down, and rain started to pour from the sky in sheets. Biking the Open Road in Colorado, With a Few Bumps Along the Way 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z So in 2004 I pitched a story to my editors at Playboy to do a piece on the bomb squad, and found myself in Baghdad eight months later. Oscar Week: Hurt Locker Writer Mark Boal 2010-03-04T06:25:00Z Then there was the New York beauty blogger whose “surprise” marriage proposal appeared to have been meticulously planned and pitched to brands. The mystery of the influencer and the Instagrammed motorcycle accident 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z “I wanted this whole project to be treated as an art project,” said Mr. Helwani, who recognized Mr. Modu on the street in SoHo in January 2018 and pitched him on the spot. Portraits of Tupac and Biggie Receive the Luxury Treatment 2020-11-18T05:00:00Z She quickly pitched a story about men in Manhattan who held “specimen parties,” using women to bring in more attractive women. Gail Sheehy, Journalist, Author and Social Observer, Dies at 83 2020-08-25T04:00:00Z San Diego starter Andrew Cashner also pitched well, allowing one run and seven hits in seven innings. King Felix pitches well; Mariners lose 2-1 2014-06-19T04:00:00Z When I pitched Season 2, we thought we were going to be telling more of the deep back story than we are actually going to. ‘Silo’ Creator on the Show’s ‘Cautionary Tale’ About Tech 2023-07-04T04:00:00Z The audience gathered for this engrossing hour of circus stunts, staged in a spiegeltent pitched on the South Bank, often sat on their hands during the hairiest moments. Cantina – review 2012-06-09T23:05:43Z “They pitched us sort of a thematic ballpark that they wanted to begin with, which was the idea of change and the difficulty of keeping things together as the world changes around you,” Lopez said. How to Follow Up ‘Frozen’? With Melancholy and a Power Ballad 2019-11-29T05:00:00Z The pitched instruments — marimba, vibraphone, xylophone and crotales — were on the other side of the podium, and Currie moved back and forth. Review | Percussion concerto offers less bang than whimper 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z Yet this is motherhood as Martha Stewart-like fantasy, with a price tag for the one percent but pitched as obtainable to all. Motherlode Blog: Farewell, Dr. Spock. Hello, Snooki. 2012-04-30T18:47:31Z Annual raises for teachers depended on how often they pitched the program, three people said. Psst. Kid. Wanna Teach Some Yoga? 2019-04-06T04:00:00Z Over the years, I have pitched a lot of jokes in the eleventh hour and I would say he’ll take one for every 20 I offer up. Backstage at the Letterman finale: The inside story from a veteran “Late Show” writer 2015-05-26T04:00:00Z Ramos, perhaps best known among comic fans for his work on Spider-Man comics, said in an emailed statement that Young pitched the idea to him more than a year ago. New Orleans is home to mystical academy in new Marvel comic 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z Tellingly, they’re always pitched under working titles like ‘Beautiful Loser’ and' ‘Tragic Beauty’. Montgomery Clift: the untold story of Hollywood's misunderstood star 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z When Pickler first met the songwriter, she asked for tunes that no one else had recorded, saying the songs other writers pitched to her did not feel right. Kellie Pickler's new album is strong stuff 2012-01-25T18:10:26Z For one thing, she had already successfully pitched two projects focused on black women “that were not a fight for the first time in my entire career.” Perspective | Gina Prince-Bythewood is the first black woman to direct a major comic-book movie. It looks like the future. 2020-07-10T04:00:00Z They wanted someone nonwhite to collaborate with them and pitched me what they had. Sierra Teller Ornelas on the Roots of ‘Rutherford Falls’ 2021-04-21T04:00:00Z This year, more than 70 sommeliers from around the world pitched in. A Vintage Bash for All Things Burgundy 2020-03-10T04:00:00Z He delivers such a commandingly conflicted performance that I wish so many of the other roles weren’t pitched at such a boisterously farcical level. Hot Priests and Wayward Libidos Run Wild on London’s Stages 2019-08-12T04:00:00Z What were some of the things you pitched? 'Fear the Walking Dead' Showrunner Breaks Down the Series Premiere 2015-08-24T04:00:00Z Sometimes the answer is frightfully simple: It’s here because someone pitched it, and then someone bought it. Review | With its Stephen King heritage, ‘Castle Rock’ ought to be a more exciting place 2018-07-24T04:00:00Z If your roof is very steeply pitched, the sun may not reach the far side. Considering getting solar panels? Here are the right questions to ask. 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z A writer—who, like the other staff members, appeared to be in her twenties—pitched another post on “The Wandering Earth,” which had topped the global box office the previous weekend. The “Post-Truth” Publication Where Chinese Students in America Get Their News 2019-08-19T04:00:00Z Then I ended up moving to London and I pitched it on a whim to a couple of places in the UK and they all said yes. In ‘The Bisexual,’ Desiree Akhavan Grapples With All Kinds of Sexuality 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z No Chinese film has ever pitched harder for the mainstream global audience Hollywood takes for granted. The Flowers of War fails to bloom for Chinese film industry 2012-08-02T19:00:07Z Here, the hoax is entirely pitched as an unveiling of the “extreme ideologies” of gender studies. Why the “Conceptual Penis” hoax was a bust: It only reveals the lack of skepticism among skeptics 2017-05-22T04:00:00Z “There were so many times I presented something or pitched something,” Miller told reporters backstage, “and I was sure they were going to say there was no way you can do that on television.” Hulu's big Emmy night marks a streaming milestone 2017-09-18T04:00:00Z Slowly — then swiftly — the pitched fighting tilts in favor of the Middle Kingdom, altering the military and political balance in East Asia. Are China and the United States on a Collision Course to War? 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z Amblin Television, the production company owned by Steven Spielberg, initially pitched “Under the Dome” to Showtime. Stephen King’s ‘Under The Dome,’ Adapted for a TV Series 2013-06-22T16:14:50Z The fact that the air quotes are pitched at hip-level, almost below the frame line, somehow magnifies her resentment at even having to address the matter. The Oprah Winfrey Network's odd, splashy kick-off 2011-01-02T02:30:00Z I pitched it in the beginning of 2016 and we did the read-through on Election Day, so it came together relatively quick. Can ‘Succession’ Succeed Again? 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z When she first pitched a book to agents and publishers, Anthony Bourdain’s memoir “Kitchen Confidential” was on her mind. A ‘Rogue Ballerina’ Gives a Candid Account of Ballet Culture 2021-07-14T04:00:00Z Built on stilts, with a pitched roof, it echoes Vieux Lille’s medieval heart, but with a great deal more humour. Lille wonder: a whistle-stop tour of a Franco-Belgian jewel 2019-10-13T04:00:00Z Mr. Charles had been contemplating the idea for years when he and World of Wonder pitched it to Logo. For RuPaul, A Second Act with ‘Drag Race’ 2014-02-21T22:38:50Z “We literally pitched the wedding to the family,” Mr. Deaver said. A Music Festival Wedding with Two Grooms as the Main Event 2021-08-13T04:00:00Z Schools, universities, corporate offices and entertainment venues are being pitched now as well. Summer Camp Kids Are America’s Coronavirus Test Subjects 2020-06-05T04:00:00Z Buried away on what seems like a back road but is in fact Main Street in the village of Murcott, the restaurant is housed in a 15th-century building under a steeply pitched thatched roof. 36 Hours in Oxford, England 2012-05-31T14:10:43Z It’s his first time as star and showrunner: “What we pitched was parables through the eyes of a clown: EDM Jesus Sucks at Life!” James Van Der Beek: 'I lived in fear of teenage girls' 2017-04-28T04:00:00Z To my fiancée, Mary Beth, Virginia-born and North Carolina-raised, I was eccentric only in the wide tent I pitched for smoked meat. Before the Wedding, a Test: 3,000 Miles of Barbecue 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z He pitched an idea to pastor Michael Catt: a low-budget film to spread the church's message. Faith-Based Filmmaking: The Sherwood Pictures Crusade 2011-09-04T14:15:00Z But it seems to me an assertion of what is constant in human experience, the petty losses and sorrows of the personal life pitched against the enormous horror of the camps. Why Vittorio de Sica is one of Europe’s greatest tragic film-makers 2015-08-08T04:00:00Z It looked like he pitched forward, she said, hit his head on the tile, split it open. Rapture in the Zoom 2021-09-25T04:00:00Z Backed by the powerhouse producers Rogen and Goldberg, the project was revived at Showtime and pitched to Cheadle, who, won over by the story and mash-up of genres, signed on as star and executive producer. ‘Black Monday’ Mines ’80s Excess for Comedy and Commentary 2019-01-20T05:00:00Z Had you pitched the idea to any movie studios? 'Mortal Kombat' Reloaded: A Director's Quest to Remake a Game-to-Movie Franchise 2010-06-15T13:58:00Z I don’t really want to be pitched anymore. Sharon Stone Is Telling Her Side of the Story 2021-03-24T04:00:00Z Consoles Moving Into Next Generation REDMOND, Wash. — On a gray day here last week, Microsoft officials welcomed a few hundred people into a tent pitched on a soccer field at the company’s headquarters. Critic’s Notebook: Xbox, Nintendo and PlayStation Look to Next Generation of Consoles 2013-05-26T21:26:08Z Déjà Vu’s Bill Marsilii pitched the idea and appears likely to take on writing duties for the project, storyline details for which have not been revealed. Reese Witherspoon to star in dark thriller Cold 2015-08-11T04:00:00Z But Aucoin gives the sequence an orchestral accompaniment of Wagnerian grandeur, rising to a pitched climax, as if the father had just built Valhalla. Review: The Met Opera’s ‘Eurydice’ Tries to Raise the Dead 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z According to Badalamenti, it began as a sample on a synthesizer, pitched lower and doubled with another guitar sound. The ‘Twin Peaks’ Theme Isn’t Just a Song. It’s a Portal. 2022-12-13T05:00:00Z And “Lena Finkle’s Magic Barrel” is, I think, pitched toward the same pop culture consumers who are drawn into the best serial shows. ‘Lena Finkle’s Magic Barrel,’ Anya Ulinich’s Graphic Novel 2014-08-04T04:00:00Z As Faith attempts to cope with her fiance’s return, her parents’ pitched battles and her employer’s nasty accusations, she decides to improve her finances by renting a room to one of her colleagues. Elinor Lipman’s ‘On Turpentine Lane’ proves you can go home again — hilariously 2017-02-13T05:00:00Z Would he have commissioned the show if it had been presented to him in the abstract – a couple of lines pitched over a conference table? ‘You think: are we really doing this?’: how TV’s strangest shows get made 2021-03-06T05:00:00Z Mr. Sheen’s comeback is not pitched as an act of contrition. Television Review: Charlie Sheen in ‘Anger Management’ on FX 2012-06-27T22:29:26Z Tune Hotel Westminster is pitched as the lodging equivalent of no-frills airlines like Ryanair. Check In, Check Out : Tune Hotel in London 2011-10-28T18:55:00Z It was pitched at the young women and little girls who filled the Garden, some accompanied by parents. Review: At Jingle Ball, Male Singers Were Tender, and Female Voices Feisty 2015-12-13T05:00:00Z At one point, famously, we were all home, so he pitched a tent on the lawn and wrote in the tent.” Closing the Book on Cheever’s House 2014-09-08T04:00:00Z It’s pitched toward drama and surprise, without being overtly sensational; it’s polished and crisp but not noticeably inventive or inquisitive, being more concerned with packaging the story’s elements into a familiar, easily digestible form. The Case of the Artist and the True-Crime Documentary 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z When I recently pitched my pink-and-orange scheme to 8-year-old Roan Roth and her mother, Meg, I was careful to consider not only the shades of colors, but also the amount of color I would use. Our latest color inspiration: Orange and pink 2015-04-21T04:00:00Z His partner died when he was in his late 30s and this pitched him into what he describes as “the bleakest period of my life”. ‘It hits you over the head’: can I survive my midlife crisis? 2016-09-10T04:00:00Z As I pitched the tent and made dinner, the light fading with arctic slowness, I kept hoping somebody would arrive to share the place with me. Hillwalking from sea to sea across Scotland 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z So we pitched it as a warts-and-all show about the Four Seasons. From cartoon frame to 5th Avenue Stage: 'The Addams Family' (snap, snap!) 2012-10-17T21:51:13Z Top of her wishlist is a project being pitched by the production company she is signed to, in which she will function as a TV courtroom judge. Sarah Palin: from political firebrand to cuddly TV judge 2016-03-25T04:00:00Z The performance was held not in the stately, indoor Angus Bowmer Theatre, as initially advertised, but in a big white events tent, hastily pitched nearby in Lithia Park. Show goes on at Ashland festival, relocated to a big tent 2011-07-08T22:01:04Z Randall Park said that he was told no repeatedly when he first pitched financiers on turning “Shortcomings” into a feature film. For Asian American Actors, Playing a Hot Mess Is Liberating 2023-07-06T04:00:00Z I'm not saying that if you hadn't pitched up I would have worn a pie crust collar and pearls like some of those I went to school with. David Bowie Is: read Tilda Swinton's speech at V&A exhibition launch 2013-03-22T11:53:00Z No one, not even the rightwing media in the US, has ever pitched, say, Bill O’Reilly as the beacon light of his political side, as Stewart is often described as his. Jon Stewart's final Daily Show was a humble affair – like the man himself 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z Comments and asides are now occasionally and casually pitched directly to the house. Review: ‘Returning to Reims’ and Those European Working-Class Blues 2018-02-11T05:00:00Z Expectant couples—many of whom had been together decades—pitched tents outside of City Hall in hopes of finally getting their turn to commit their lives to one another. We made Barack Obama evolve: The behind-the-scenes story of how he got to “I do” 2015-11-29T05:00:00Z The Duffer Brothers first pitched “Stranger Things” as an homage to 1980s genre films. “Stranger Things” is returning for its fourth and possibly last season 2019-09-30T04:00:00Z After his No. 1 on“Still,” Richie pitched his next ballad, a fragment for which he had only the opening word — “lady” — and then the melody of the verse. Lionel Richie can’t slow down, and we’re all the richer for it 2017-11-29T05:00:00Z There were too many visible bras and panties under semi-sheer skirts to seem quite contemporary but it was a show pitched neatly between clients and customers. Special Report: Red Carpet Fading Away 2010-03-08T18:30:00Z When Mr. Linklater pitched the concept, he was confronted with all sorts of obvious logical questions about the film’s inherent dangers. Richard Linklater and Ethan Hawke on 'Boyhood' 2014-07-02T04:00:00Z We pitched the idea to 4Culture so it could be more accessible, and to see if something like this could be shown within a gallery setting. Mysterious Seattle street artist NTG opens up a bit about his work, new exhibition 2011-04-15T00:37:43Z Last month, someone pitched me a story about a “healing frequency music project that has been proved to help reduce stress and anxiety, aid sleep and boost productivity.” In search of the Mozart effect 2016-08-03T04:00:00Z His accent is more George Plimpton than James Cagney, and his voice seems pitched a register above his later signature growl. Dvdsdave Kehr: Here?s Looking at Bogie, Kid 2010-10-08T20:53:00Z He must speak in a voice “pitched between condemnation and celebration, between terror and relief.” Books of The Times: Poetry on His Mind, British Author Revisits His Grandfather?s War 2010-08-31T17:06:00Z Nelson pitched him a play in the form of a Zoom call. The Apple Family’s Checking In on Zoom. You’re Invited, Too. 2020-04-25T04:00:00Z “We all got together and helped. Everyone pitched in what they could.” A Greek family saved them from Nazis. Now, they found how to thank them. 2022-04-29T04:00:00Z Before NBC picked it up, the show was pitched to ABC — whose executives wrote it off as "distasteful and un-American." 12 surprising facts about Mel Brooks on his 95th birthday 2021-07-10T04:00:00Z All 11 pitched for more than one team. Perspective | Like Tom Brady, lots of great athletes have changed teams as they near retirement 2020-03-25T04:00:00Z I can understand exactly why this is being pitched onto the marketplace at the end of August, which is pretty much the movie-world equivalent of dumping your baby at the police station. “Life of Crime”: Jennifer Aniston stars in a black-comic Labor Day surprise 2014-08-26T04:00:00Z The town pitched in over six years to help build his dream. Discovering well-designed Fargo, N.D. That was the only time I pitched something that was really outrageous, and it actually got on air. 'Jennifer Aniston cried in my lap': the inside story of Friends 2019-02-06T05:00:00Z He first pitched “Midnight Mass” as a television show in 2014. Mike Flanagan Explores His Private Horrors in ‘Midnight Mass’ 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z “Mary Tyler Moore” was pitched to TV executives with Richards as a young divorcée. Mary Tyler Moore, TV star who became symbol of women’s liberation, dies at 80 2017-01-25T05:00:00Z At times the vocal writing is merely pitched speech. Recordings: A New Recording of Philip Glass?s Opera ?Orph?e? 2010-08-01T02:00:00Z As in everything else in the dance, the uncertainty was pitched perfectly. Dance of the Everywoman 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z The strike worked both as protest and performance because it was pitched not to the die-hards in the stands but to the complacent television audience flipping through the channels. The Shows Must Go On. But They Aren’t the Same Without You. 2020-09-04T04:00:00Z There, he pitched, and soon after secured, a European distribution deal, a move that laid the groundwork for Mr. Faeh to license the logo for a street wear offshoot. When the Heart Belongs to Carhartt 2022-02-19T05:00:00Z “I pitched very hard,” her producer said, “that having a woman director would be of consequence.” Don’t Cry, Resist! Movies From a Female Revolution 2018-05-01T04:00:00Z She pitched a show to Minnesota Public Radio, a major regional network. ‘On Being’ Is Leaving Public Radio for a Podcast Future 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z We pitched the tent and lit a fire. Mississippi yearning 2010-12-04T00:05:15Z David McKillop, A&E’s executive vice president for programming, said the first step was realizing that the clan deserved more than a simple hunting show, which is how the series was originally pitched. ‘Duck Dynasty’ Lures a Growing Audience on A&E 2012-10-07T22:05:13Z The artist pitched the idea of a carousel to Casey Fremont, the executive director of the Art Production Fund, in June, and she enlisted Bulgari as a partner. All the Pretty Horses! A Carousel at Art Basel 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z Inside, pitched walls lead to a sort of cave or teepee with a high, teardrop oculus, open to the sky. The Ascension of Peter Zumthor 2011-03-13T05:00:20Z He pitched it to the Arena Stage here, and to Mr. Wright, a staff writer for The New Yorker who won a Pulitzer for his 2006 history of Al Qaeda, “The Looming Tower.” ‘Camp David,’ at Arena Stage, Relives ’78 Peace Talks 2014-04-02T22:12:14Z It might be pitched as a First Blood-style battle of wits between two worthy adversaries, but that isn’t what this film is at all. Fatman: the Mel Gibson Santa action comedy we really don't need right now 2020-11-10T05:00:00Z Businesses in the community have contributed building supplies, while people without construction experience have pitched in to keep crews fed, he said. An electrician saw his client’s house was in disrepair. So he called friends and they fixed her house for free. 2020-10-07T04:00:00Z I was in a pub last night in Dingle, Ireland, where my husband and I have pitched up en route back to New York for the summer. Notes from a trailing spouse: Drunk in Ireland and fearing for fabulists everywhere 2017-05-29T04:00:00Z O'Brien has been pitched about two dozen ideas for his next TV gig, including five or six legitimate enough for consideration. Fox and O'Brien talks still in preliminary stages 2010-03-18T05:31:00Z David L. Ulin: I don't remember whose idea it was; we had this idea and we pitched it to Erik Himmelsbach, who was the managing editor of the Reader and our friend. How David L. Ulin and Paul Kolsby co-wrote their satiric earthquake novel, 'Ear to the Ground' 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z An amusing sketch in which competing ad agencies pitched a new Cheetos campaign had political overtones but no overt Trump references. Review: ‘S.N.L.’ Targets Trump Again, With a Hint of Exhaustion 2017-02-12T05:00:00Z Those marble steps are the setting of this video of Biebs singing a *very* high pitched gospel song, one of the first ever recorded. Justin Bieber 'celebrospective': from mop top to mop bucket 2013-07-12T19:11:45Z The company recently pitched "Shades of Gray" kitchen and bath decor, including a Laufen washbasin with seductive curves and edgy Graff faucets in a brushed nickel. 50 Shades of Grey marketing phenom goes mainstream 2012-08-15T19:02:41Z So we pitched a three-part show to National Geographic, and they were not interested. Sebastian Junger on His Companion Film to 'Restrepo' 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z Lugano is known for blending Swiss efficiency with the sunny charm of Italy along the steeply pitched shores of a postcard-perfect alpine lake that reaches deep into both countries. 36 Hours in Lugano 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z They pitched it to publishers once a narrative structure came together. A Dancer’s Life: Chita Rivera on Working Hard and Learning From the Best 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z Consequently, several of the performances are pitched two-thirds of the way up a polystyrene beanstalk in Nantwich Civic Hall. The Mill, where misery is relentless 2013-07-27T05:00:00Z What did you make of the role of Tanya when Mike first pitched it to you? Jennifer Coolidge Wanted Out of ‘The White Lotus.’ Now She’s Emmy Nominated. 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z In the casting meeting, I pitched the approach Jesse and I had taken on our student comedy Fresh Meat – considering a diverse range of actors for every role. 'Peep Show with female losers? Bring it on!' – Sam Bain on why comedy needs diversity 2019-05-25T04:00:00Z I didn't realise I'd broken it, and it was beautiful weather, and I pitched my tent and stuck my leg into an ice-cold stream for about two days. Richard Long: 'It was the swinging 60s. To be walking lines in fields was a bit different' 2012-06-15T15:54:26Z Years ago, I walked into Sly’s office and pitched him this film. Ryan Coogler Narrates a Scene From ‘Creed’ 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z I had thrillingly pitched flying to Washington for Hillary Clinton’s inauguration. After the Election, a ‘Whole Foods Democrat’ Returns to Church 2017-04-15T04:00:00Z While the “Wet Hot” actors pitched in eagerly, several of them suspected it had little chance at reaching a wide audience. ‘Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp’ Continues the Comedy on Netflix 2015-07-15T04:00:00Z Although aware of the riot, she had never heard of the horror of the Algiers motel until her regular screenwriter, Mark Boal, pitched her the project. Kathryn Bigelow on Detroit: ‘There’s a radical desire not to face the reality of race’ 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z At a time when funding was flowing to Silicon Valley tech start-ups, she pitched the project of building a saskatoon business empire on the television show “Dragon’s Den,” the Canadian equivalent of “The Apprentice.” Saskatoon: The Berry That Became an International Incident 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z Perched on top is a 7,000-square-foot gallery with a conventional pitched roof. Vitra Museum’s New Space Takes Design Classics Out of Storage 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z While they pitched their tent, I got a fire started, and before long hot dogs were sizzling on the grill, joined — once I’d scaled the fish and Nathan had gutted it — by our monster catch. Sleeping Under the Stars in Brooklyn 2010-05-12T03:00:00Z But it’s pitched as much to the mind as to the heart. Art Review: ‘Rise and Fall of Apartheid’ at Center of Photography 2012-09-20T22:48:21Z In the quest to dominate the world’s restrooms, Campbell discovered, Dryer v Towel is a pitched contest of business strategy and public relations. Hand dryers v paper towels: the surprisingly dirty fight for the right to dry your hands 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z Ouija, based on the Hasbro board game, cost just $5m to make and is being hailed as another low budget triumph for Jason Blum, the producer of the similarly pitched Paranormal Activity series of movies. Ouija scares up $20m at US box office from $5m budget 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z So she pitched the concept of a cat-themed show to the White Columns gallery in New York, which agreed to stage an exhibition. Moment of Friday: Cat show artist Rhonda Lieberman is a fan of cat ballet 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z It is pitched somewhere between the two, evocative yet slightly insubstantial. Philharmonia/Salonen ? review 2011-02-11T18:04:52Z West discarded his diamonds, and East pitched a heart. Bridge: After a Lost World Title, a Board to Scrutinize - Bridge 2011-11-02T22:16:02Z That year she and her husband pitched a women’s magazine idea at Hearst, which turned it down, but hired her to run Cosmopolitan instead. Longtime Cosmo Editor Helen Gurley Brown Dies at 90 2012-08-13T19:57:29Z Underwood says she was transfixed by the story and the message, which made it rise above other scripts and projects she's been pitched - and so far turned down. Underwood makes acting debut in 'Soul Surfer' 2011-04-08T11:31:05Z Jones said the idea for “Johnson” was pitched to several networks but found a “perfect home” at Bounce TV. TV show ‘Johnson’ takes glimpse into Black male perspective 2021-07-30T04:00:00Z Army veteran, excavated a thirty-second ad for Grunt Style, a clothing brand pitched at soldiers, sailors, and Marines. From Grunt Style to “Warcore,” Civilians Are Embracing Military Fashion 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z “A lot of kids entertainment is pitched down. It’s pretty tedious,” Mr. Griffiths scoffed, shaking his head. Andy Griffiths, the Down-Under Kids’ Author Known for His Butt Jokes, Now Builds and Builds on His Hit ‘Treehouse’ Series 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z Five years ago, when Ms. Brown, the editor of The Daily Beast at the time, pitched the idea of a conference on international women’s rights, “it was a very tough sell,” she said. Feminism, One Conference At a Time 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z The film's director, Nahnatchka Khan, pitched the film in an interview with Salon: "What if there was a serial killer running around in 'Back to the Future'?" 8 Totally Killer '80s references you may have missed 2023-10-11T04:00:00Z R.V.’s parked on the beach, and tents were pitched. Old-Time California Lives in Pismo Beach 2010-04-08T21:49:00Z But we had an idea for a film and we pitched it to a couple of companies in Hollywood and they said: "Just write it up." Kooky queen of comedy 2011-07-16T23:06:31Z "The networks have had a shot - every single show up there has been pitched to the networks, every single one of them," he said. ArtsBeat: Major Networks Shut Out of Best Drama Category in Emmy Nominations 2012-07-20T14:30:29Z The 16 posters included in the series — each goes for $399 with a frame — were either rejected, never pitched or part of a group of submissions that Verlizzo made that allowed only one winner. Rejected Broadway posters on sale to help theater community 2021-04-19T04:00:00Z At the bloody Battle of Monte Cassino, he pitched in, carrying ammo crates and used shells from the front lines back to the supply area. In World War II, a bear became companion and helper to Polish soldiers 2021-08-30T04:00:00Z For the last three years, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall has pitched a marquee almost as big as his nearby River Cottage HQ, to offer foodie workshops as well as food. Dinner, party: food and music festivals in one 2011-08-10T16:23:48Z The rest of this show is pitched to include children, as is the audio tour. Mo Willems and the Art of the Children’s Book 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z Some lucky Girl Scouts got what might be the ultimate camping experience on Tuesday: an overnight sleepout in tents pitched on the White House South Lawn. Stargazing and starstruck, Girl Scouts camp out on White House lawn 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z Although my teenage self pitched a holy fit, I was secretly relieved to be committed under professional care. Netflix's zany "Waffles + Mochi" is helping heal my eating disorder 2021-04-04T04:00:00Z Mr. Lim stood near a safari tent, which had been pitched indoors and furnished with knotty bookshelves, gas lanterns, a typewriter and a dog-eared copy of “Lonely Planet Thailand.” Yes, Even Fashionistas Have to Eat 2012-05-25T20:44:18Z “For you,” she says, falteringly, in a voice pitched between a quack and a chirp. Review: ‘A Girl Is a Half-Formed Thing’ Is a Ghostly Play 2016-04-22T04:00:00Z An imprint that would let her champion writers of color had been a longstanding dream that Robinson pitched over the pandemic. Give Phoebe Robinson the Title She Deserves: Boss 2021-10-08T04:00:00Z I pitched a joke to him written by Steve Young that he had passed on: My son is not clear on what’s going on. Backstage at the Letterman finale: The inside story from a veteran “Late Show” writer 2015-05-26T04:00:00Z If we parents really want to foster natural reading, we can start by keeping our anxious and competitive urges in check and offering stories pitched at genuinely comfortable levels. Beyond the summer book list: How to cultivate a childhood reading habitat 2016-06-08T04:00:00Z In a mad rush to investigate further, I bolted down a dinner of potato chips and cold coffee, pitched my tent, and spent the next two hours hiking through this fantasy of forested badlands. Rich in Surprises and Secrets, There’s a State Park Waiting for You 2019-07-29T04:00:00Z Davis was confident in Mannheim Steamroller’s market value, but the record companies he pitched on the project felt differently. Embrace the Christmas Miracle That Is Mannheim Steamroller 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z You thought it was just the whistle – pitched at 15 kilocycles, undetectable by humans but easily picked by dogs – and the backwards muttering on the original run-out groove, but you're wrong. Jon Savage on song: The Residents create the first Beatles mash-up 2010-06-21T10:37:00Z The region provides a natural theater for this feast that’s just as inimitable, a thrilling topography of steeply pitched hills and gently sloped mountains. Seattle, a Tasting Menu 2011-06-10T19:22:33Z West pitched his remaining low heart, then won the last three tricks with his heart king, club seven and club four for down five. Bridge: Martin Fleisher Is Bridge League’s Player of the Year 2013-12-18T22:36:47Z In November, Ms. Farley pitched him on making the big gift that would jump-start the effort to raise a projected $500 million for the renovation. How David Geffen’s $100 Million Lincoln Center Gift Came Together 2015-03-23T04:00:00Z The collection was certainly pitched to a young woman. Paris: Some Lemons 2010-10-04T14:48:00Z I was there the day she pitched it, and their jaws were on the floor. How ‘The Lion King’ Got to Broadway and Ruled for 25 Years (So Far) 2022-11-16T05:00:00Z It didn’t matter that every second of every song was pitched with the sort of relentless unblinking surface-level joy that appeared to overcompensate for some deep-set irreparable psychological trauma. Cocomelon: the unsettling kids show that's breaking Netflix records 2020-11-05T05:00:00Z I pitched to the drama development executives at CBS Studios today. One Writer’s Diary for Television Pitch Season 2014-11-14T05:00:00Z Then I pitched forward out of my seat, hands over my head, bracing. Train wreck: Healing for two and parenting with PTSD 2019-02-16T05:00:00Z Yet fans of the show -- which Thomas pitched as "teen noir" -- loved its sharp banter and the dark atmosphere of a corrupt California town, the fictional Neptune. With help from thousands, 'Veronica Mars' reborn 2014-03-13T13:37:28Z He's the smartest guy in the room, and the pitched battle raging in his brain between intellect and action is enough to drive anyone into lunacy — real, feigned or both. Oregon Shakespeare Festival celebrates 75th year with intriguing interpretations 2010-06-25T21:24:00Z But she manages only strained, colorless renditions of her solo songs, "What Do You Want of Me" and "Aldonza," which seem to be pitched too high for her range. Review: Taproot stages a compact 'Man of La Mancha' 2010-07-20T21:19:00Z Dairies had long ago pitched in and created a Milk Marketing Board. Then and now: Granta's best young British novelists 2013-04-06T07:00:20Z Thatch roofs shelter one-, two- and three-bedroom cottages featuring pitched ceilings, and bathrooms with access to outdoor bathtubs. The Brando, Both a Resort and a Lab 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z You and the wall and the other fools at the other windows are pitched slowly forward, and you begin to think about your mortality and America’s long legacy of engineering successes. Chicago’s new ‘Tilt!’ puts you over the edge - of a skyscraper 2014-05-08T04:00:00Z The new series "Beyond the Tank" follows up with some of those who pitched ideas on "Shark Tank." Friday's TV Highlights: 'Hawaii Five-0' on CBS 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z Sellers, always smiling, speaks in a heavily sibilant German accent, his voice pitched high and sometimes rising to a happy shriek. The Half-Century Anniversary of 'Dr. Strangelove' 2014-05-14T04:00:00Z And he combined them with a sensationalist flair pitched to a popular audience. Nam June Paik’s Work at Asia Society 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z What about how you pitched the performance and that fabulous scene of Naomi dancing in the mirror that Elias spies? In "Goodnight Mommy," Naomi Watts is drawn to her character's "terrifying and confusing" behavior 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z In Veterans Day comments made Thursday, Biden told an anecdote that referenced baseball player Satchel Paige, who had pitched in the Negro Leagues before Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball. Fox News edit of Biden comment removes racial context 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z Coming mere weeks after Electronic Arts' always-on Sim City debacle, which left many paying customers unable to play the game, his comments were pitched somewhere between arrogance and hubris. This week's games news 2013-04-13T05:00:16Z Disney are positioning this for a Thanksgiving/Christmas release: it’s pitched as a mix of classic Disney and kung fu movies. The most exciting movies of 2020 – family films 2019-12-25T05:00:00Z The name that won out — a reference to the joke writers who pitched gags to Jack Benny — worked on several levels. The Kids in the Hall Have Gotten Old. Their Comedy Hasn’t. 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z His father, a talented athlete who pitched a summer for the Chicago White Sox and went on to become a revered college swimming coach, was nicknamed Cy, after Cy Young, the Hall of Fame pitcher. Cy Twombly, 1928-2011: American Artist Who Scribbled a Unique Path 2011-07-06T01:29:42Z Mr. Cohen’s character pitched a clearly disgruntled Mr. Trump a business idea involving gloves to stop drips while eating ice cream. Sarah Palin Says She Was ‘Duped’ by Sacha Baron Cohen 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z She pitched the book proposal during a dry spell in acting. Lily Collins: ‘I want to dig deep, tell the truth and be more brave’ 2019-04-28T04:00:00Z And in the early days of professional baseball, the pitcher pitched from 50 feet instead of 60 feet and 6 inches. Perspective | Five-set tennis matches? It’s time for a break. 2019-01-09T05:00:00Z It probably predates this, but I noticed in the early 2000s that this idea of "complementarianism" started being pitched by evangelicals, seeming as a response to feminist criticisms of their rigid gender hierarchies. "They cannot survive without fear": A heretic on leaving the evangelical church 2022-10-31T04:00:00Z I made “Bridesmaids” because I worked with Kristen Wiig and I felt like she deserved to have a starring vehicle, and she pitched me this idea. ArtsBeat: Hold On for One More Day: Judd Apatow Talks About the Aftermath of 'Bridesmaids' 2011-05-16T21:49:42Z He also smartly pitched it to Astaire’s frail-but-convincing tenor; for example, in the line “And my heart beats so that I can hardly speak,” the melody zigzags up to a note Astaire can hardly sing. The All-TIME 100 Songs 2011-10-24T09:00:29Z The next day or the day after, she came in and we pitched her the whole show. How the ‘WandaVision’ Creator Brought Her Vision (and Wanda’s) to Life 2021-03-08T05:00:00Z Last night, Jonathan, 22, and Katie, 21, pitched up at the delivery suite. TV review: One Born Every Minute; Brain Doctors 2013-02-14T07:00:13Z New ideas began to circulate, including an interest in “body neutrality” – a concept pitched at those who find loving their bodies a step too far, and instead seek simply to find peace with them. The rise of the body neutrality movement: ‘If you’re fat, you don’t have to hate yourself’ 2018-07-23T04:00:00Z That’s where the processing, which can make his voice sound high pitched, comes in. Playlist : David Lynch?s Album, ?Crazy Clown Time? 2011-11-13T05:10:09Z The opera opens with a raspy prelude for 12 honking car horns, all precisely pitched. Music Review: The Philharmonic?s Challenge: Merely the End of the World 2010-05-28T18:13:00Z Argentina's The Crossing of the Andes, about José De San Martín, a soldier who fought in Europe against Napoleon before leading Argentina's insurrection against Spain, promises pitched battles as its hero repels marauding royalist forces. Spain celebrates Latin American liberation with bicentenary films 2011-03-14T19:27:41Z All that said, let me acknowledge the evident fact that “A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night” is not pitched at everyone’s frequency. “A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night”: The black-and-white, feminist Iranian vampire western you’ve been waiting for 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z Prior to his start in the fourth game of the series against St. Louis, he had twice pitched out of the bullpen, and pitched close to his old standards. Philip Roth’s retirement lesson 2013-02-12T12:39:00Z He said the singing was too high pitched for him and launched instead into the Rolling Stones' "Let's Spend the Night Together." Rolling Stones resume world tour after death of Jagger's girlfriend 2014-05-26T04:00:00Z When he pitched Valiant about his ideas for the series, it was a concept they embraced. Secretive, methodical, the so-called 'One Percent' 2012-06-28T06:47:09Z At the meeting, she pitched him a version centered on a Cuban American family. In ‘With Love,’ Gloria Calderón Kellett Comes Home for the Holidays 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z Miller When we pitched the show around, we pitched it to cable and Internet places and networks. Phil Lord and Chris Miller on Maintaining Mystery in 'The Last Man on Earth' 2015-03-01T05:00:00Z Toward the end of the season, Hermann pitched Star a way to subtly acknowledge what was happening in the outside world. ‘Younger’ Departs a Covid-Free New York, a Fantasy to the End 2021-04-11T04:00:00Z And it worked, with Carrie calling it “pitched perfectly,” and Bruno saying she was “a little warrior, fierce and fearless.” 'Dancing With the Stars' recap: First perfect 10s; Michael Sam leaves 2015-04-07T04:00:00Z The gorgeous young Ivy Leaguers in his ads seem the epitome of privilege — more privileged, certainly, than the working stiffs actually meant to buy the clothing being pitched. J.C. Leyendecker: The ‘Arrow Collar Man’ Who Hid a Radical Idea 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z Listenin' to the Records on My Wall is a loving recreation of early 90s hardcore techno, pitched between euphoria and melancholy. Skream: Outside the Box 2010-08-05T14:30:00Z He pitched his idea to Oxford Contemporary Music whose Audible Forces project centred around musical installations powered by the wind. Pigeons make music with whistles 2013-06-26T05:22:59Z South won with dummy’s ace and cashed the king, getting the bad news when West pitched a club. Bridge: Bridge - Buffett Cup in Omaha 2012-09-23T22:00:01Z The Big Train, as Johnson was called, won 417 games and pitched an unbelievable 110 shutouts. Who is Washington’s greatest athlete of all time? 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z The young people will sometimes disclose details of their family or personal lives, but most of the questions and answers are pitched in a safe zone of generality. ‘Futura’ Review: Youth, Italian Style 2022-01-27T05:00:00Z And although her husband was supportive of the tidying, he pitched in only with the garage, which was primarily his domain. Marie Kondo makes tidying look easy. These devotees hit a few bumps on the road to joy. 2019-06-13T04:00:00Z Apollo Hall, a small, fieldstone building with sharply pitched roof, was donated in 1937 by the Wurlitzer company and housed the camp’s accordion program. Perspective | Interlochen has been building an arts-education hub for almost a century. Now it’s all about building artists. 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z That may sound like just a nifty accolade, but consider this: Pixar successfully pitched audiences on a movie about the personified emotions of an increasingly depressed 11-year-old girl they didn’t know named Riley. Why It Matters That Inside Out's Protagonist Is a Girl 2015-06-22T04:00:00Z For four days, the candidates’ supporters waged pitched demonstrations, hour-long shouting matches designed to terrorize committed delegates into changing their loyalties. Theodore Roosevelt whipped up a frenzy of populism in 1912. We're still living with the consequences. 2016-07-15T04:00:00Z Number of consecutive scoreless World Series innings pitched by Ruth for the Boston Red Sox, a record Ruth was most proud of. National Portrait Gallery picks an exhibition power hitter: Babe Ruth 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z |
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