| 单词 | Spark |
| 例句 | “How long have you been living with Jordan and Monique Sparks?” Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “But we can live somewhere far away from Jordan Sparks!” Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The cold air that rushed in gave Gerald the fresh breaths he needed, but it also fueled the anger of the flames in the apartment and in Jordan Sparks. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z It was like Ted Spark had been in my head, seeing my thoughts. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z Why hadn't he gone back to the Sparks' house like he'd said? The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z “You don’t think the pageant’s a little racist? I mean, in the whole history of the pageant, an African-American girl has only won once — Sherry Sparks.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Sparks gushed into the air, and flames billowed out with a sound like tearing cloth; but cutting through this came another sound, dreadfully close and violent. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z In the six years since the arrest and conviction of Jordan Sparks, music had helped Angel to heal and grow. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Sparks shot out, and flaming pieces of debris scattered across the floor. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z I said we were playing a joke on Salim's cousins, the Sparks. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z Sparks jumped across the river as the machine’s windstorm stirred the fire to a new intensity. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Sitting on the sofa, cowboy boots and all, was Jordan Sparks. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Sparks fly from hammers as big as my head, forge fires glow a red deeper than blood, and cottony plumes of steam erupt every few feet from freshly quenched swords. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Jordan Sparks was mean, and Monique was truly afraid of him. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Sparks from the smokestack passed by his window. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Lee and the boys began softly, “Spark up—gas down, switch over to Bat.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Sparks lifted up from the fire like tiny orange insects, zigzagged into the air, and vanished. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Sparks flew up as Con broke apart one of the burning pieces of wood. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Sparks flew from the stone as the massive right wall slid to the left, groaning thunderously as it made its journey to close off the Glade from the Maze for the night. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Salim said the Sparks could burn in hell. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z I was confident, but the day before, we held a mock debate in which the journalist Allister Sparks ably performed as Mr. de Klerk. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I sit thinking about Jerri Sparks and New York and spring break and how bad I feel about blowing off Finch and for being rude to him when he saved my life. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Sparks fly from shooting stars, birds flame and disappear like miniature phoenixes in her hands. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Sparks flew and flames swirled around his body. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z “Gerald,” he began, “Mr. Sparks says you are lying. If you have never really seen him doing anything to Angel, how can you sit there and accuse him with no proof?” Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The mums went off for coffee, just as we'd planned, and Salim and the two Sparks cousins joined the ticket queue. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z Then she handed the crown to Sherry Sparks, who looked regal in it. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z They repeated in chorus, “Spark up—gas down.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Sparks flew as the electronic wings scraped a protruding pipe. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Sparks and flames erupted from the electrode tied to Mr. Evans's left leg. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z He survived each day by dealing with necessities—going to school, looking out for Angel, and hating Jordan Sparks. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z No way could I go up to these Spark cousins myself. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z “I want you to say after me now so you learn it. Spark up—gas down.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Sparks light the ground, the rocky cliff like pretty twinkling Christmas lights. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z Sparks flew as the rusty rails tore from their fixings. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Before I left I saw him lean back on the shelves of Garret Snuff, Prince Albert and Spark Plug chewing tobacco. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Sparks leapt like fleas and spread as rapidly; a breeze could carry embers for miles. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Sparks crackled and shot off into the night sky. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z He was smiling once again—but it was the smile of the monster that lived within Jordan Sparks. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Sparks flew from Jason’s arms into the tornado. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z She handed over the post, all items except the brown envelope, which she held up for all to see that it was addressed to her, Katrina Spark. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z She been doing this—the oranges—since me and Lu ran for the Sparks. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z I am on the phone with Jerri Sparks, the reporter from the local paper, who wants to send someone out to take my picture. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “Jordan Sparks—you are under arrest. You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say or do can and will be used in a court of law. You have the right to...” Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z No, it was still Sherry Sparks they talked about. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Sparks flew so heavily that several of them skittered and jumped on the sand beneath the rock and he smiled and struck again and again. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z And after our race, it was Lu who told me about his track club he was in at the time—the Sparks. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z They were to fly out from London so that she and Salim could visit these relations they hadn't seen in years called the Sparks. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z Sparks came down and he leaned forward as fast as he could and blew. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z Sparks flowed from the slim elfin fingers, intuitively targeting bruises, breaks, or ruptures. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z There were four new releases in this week's top 15 chart with Ruby Sparks the second highest entry at number six. Taken 2 holds box office top spot 2012-10-17T12:29:37Z Sparks’ theatrical presentation, from their album covers to their stage production, added to the allure. Now Sparks Can Confuse Fans on the Big Screen 2021-06-18T04:00:00Z This sequence of events might suggest the kind of love story that writers such as Sarah Dessen and Nicholas Sparks have turned into literary and cinematic empires. For the Art of Love and the Love of Art 2022-08-05T04:00:00Z Product placement is the norm for big-budget pop videos these days, but Hilary Duff’s new video for “Sparks” takes the concept to a whole new level — it’s pretty much one giant ad for Tinder. Hilary Duff's New 'Sparks' Video Is Basically a Tinder Ad 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z Sparks stars with Houston in the remake of the 1970s film "Sparkle," due out in August. Whitney Houston's voice still soars 2012-02-19T11:51:16Z With those two adaptations under his belt, that leaves just three more to make Green to YA movies what Nicholas Sparks has been to the romance genre. John Green Is This Close to Having All His Books Made Into Movies 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z "The Democrats are forcing this completely baseless and expensive recall on Wisconsin families," Sparks said. Battle lines stark as Wisconsin recall push nears end 2012-01-13T14:53:00Z Sparks from the friction between a cranky old man and a mouthy spitfire who suggests a downscale Ellen Page drive the rest of the movie. Review: ‘Cas & Dylan,’ a Road Movie Starring Richard Dreyfuss 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z These are the people, Sparks says, “who are often willing to support the weirder books.” Editor Sean McDonald publishes boundary-pushing fiction under his innovative new imprint, MCD 2017-07-28T04:00:00Z To help prepare locals for the arrival of PearlDamour, the women hired a community engagement expert, Ashley Sparks, who spread word of their mission and helped open doors. Lisa D’Amour Juggles ‘Airline Highway’ and ‘Milton,’ a Tale of Five Towns 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z "The larger social networks have certainly become more loose-tie networks of acquaintances," said Mo Koyfman, an investor at Spark Capital who follows social media trends. Social networks find benefits in having fewer 'friends' 2011-05-10T01:54:16Z A few expressed relief that Muriel Spark's many fans hadn't voted for one of her weaker books as a matter of misguided faith. Lost and found: why JG Farrell's Troubles deserved its belated Booker win hands-down 2010-05-21T11:07:00Z In the next year or two it'll be joined by at least seven new competitors, including the 500 and the Chevrolet Spark. Can Fiat's First Lady Make It In America? 2011-02-09T23:00:00Z Spark!Lab’s activities are based on a theme that will change every three months. Smithsonian celebrates invention in American history museum’s new wing 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z Interstate 80 in northern Nevada this week is the smell of money for Reno and Sparks hotels and casinos trying to rebound from the lingering sour economy. Nev. rib cook-off expected to draw 500,000 people 2012-08-29T19:04:08Z But when tragedy befalls a student — as it does in Ms. Spark’s story — it’s made clear that it is not the big-hearted teacher who’s to blame but the other, small-minded grown-ups. Review: ‘Dead Poets Society,’ Starring Jason Sudeikis as the Idealistic Teacher 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z The KID Museum and the Lab will be joined by a third hands-on science facility when the Spark!Lab at the National Museum of American History reopens in July. New science museums in the D.C. area are hands-on fun for kids The Rev. Susan G. Sparks performed the ceremony at Madison Avenue Baptist Church, where she is the senior pastor. Anna Jones, Adom Crew 2018-06-03T04:00:00Z The cause was kidney failure, said his daughter, Jenny Okun Sparks. Milt Okun, music impresario who spanned pop, folk and opera, dies at 92 2016-11-16T05:00:00Z The next year it appeared in “Best American Short Stories,” and it’s been built out to encompass a more complex plot and a rapidly changing economy in “The Spark and the Drive.” ‘The Spark and the Drive,’ by Wayne Harrison The Vow never moved me, but it did amuse me by milking these situations for humor in a way a Nicholas Sparks adaptation would never do. The Vow: How Many More Movie Romances Does Rachel McAdams Have In Her? 2012-02-10T15:47:36Z Sparks is more like a hybrid blend of homages that have somehow accomplished the task of becoming their own genuine American institution. Perspective | ‘The Sparks Brothers’ digs into the cult of the rock duo. A deeper dive is even more fulfilling. 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z Spark’s thyme-flavored beef patties are swaddled in puff pastry, for instance. Review | Rib-sticking Caribbean delights pop at Bloomingdale’s new Spark 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z But in this contemporary adaptation from Spark Movement Collective, he and his owner visit the ocean depths, a magical garden and other exotic places, all through the power of the imagination. Events for Children in NYC This Week 2017-03-02T05:00:00Z It will be Sparks' first leading movie role. Whitney Houston's last record released for "Sparkle" 2012-05-21T20:53:43Z Of Muriel Spark: “She is a bag fumbler.” His Roman Holiday Lasted a Lifetime 2022-11-06T04:00:00Z Saul Hillel Benjamin accuses Sparks of telling Epiphany School parents, a job recruiter and others that he suffered from mental illness. Trial starting in defamation lawsuit against author Sparks 2019-08-13T04:00:00Z Whether the strong response to Mr. Sparks’s work in “Dusk Rings a Bell” and his exposure on “Boardwalk Empire” will turn this into his breakout year is something on which he declines to speculate. Paul Sparks Hones Tragic Persona in ?Dusk Rings a Bell? 2010-06-19T06:39:00Z A little more than 40 years ago, forward-looking L.A. rock band Sparks released their third album, “Kimono My House,” a work that influenced a lot of glam-rock, dance and electronic music that followed. L.A. duo Sparks to play 1974 'Kimono My House' live 2015-02-10T05:00:00Z Her future husband, Sydney Oswald Spark, was no brilliant catch: he was small, moody, a fidgety math teacher. Books of The Times: Martin Stannard Traces a Writing Life in ?Muriel Spark? 2010-04-13T22:35:00Z The years of hard work made Muriel Spark the writer she was, but they also, this book suggests, made her hard. Books of The Times: Martin Stannard Traces a Writing Life in ?Muriel Spark? 2010-04-13T22:35:00Z Spark itself is buried in the sidebar menu with no mention on the home screen; once you get there the map is clunky, with just a few zoom levels to choose from. Can users rely on WeatherBug’s ‘personal lightning detector’? 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z But debate is sparked up and continues until the small hours when they mark Spark with a 7.5/10. This little book club went to the Hay festival 2010-05-31T18:00:00Z "The Choice" will be the 11th Sparks novel made into a movie, a roster that includes "The Best of Me," which hits theaters in October, and "The Longest Ride," which is in post-production. 'The Choice' is Ross Katz to direct adaptation of Nicholas Sparks book 2014-09-02T04:00:00Z But "Ruby Sparks," written with great cleverness and wit by Kazan, is more ambitious than that. 'Ruby Sparks' is pure, fantastical joy 2012-08-02T20:12:08Z Shooting is scheduled to start next month, with Nicholas Sparks Productions and the Safran Co. 'The Choice' is Ross Katz to direct adaptation of Nicholas Sparks book 2014-09-02T04:00:00Z “This is an amazing group of organisms that’s been around a long, long time, and to lose them would just be devastating,” Sparks said. ‘Jaws’ Is Fiction. This Show Presents Sharks as Embattled Heroes. 2021-12-16T05:00:00Z Both are based on books by Nicholas Sparks. When will Nicholas Sparks stop making girls cry? 2010-04-22T21:05:00Z She can resemble a character out of Muriel Spark’s fiction, a thwarted girl of slender means who becomes an unlikely heroine. Jonathan Franzen’s ‘Crossroads,’ a Mellow, ’70s-Era Heartbreaker That Starts a Trilogy 2021-09-27T04:00:00Z The movie is based on the best-selling novel by Nicholas Sparks and sees Efron star as a U.S. Zac Efron brings 'The Lucky One' to London 2012-04-23T23:31:05Z A forensic psychiatrist who interviewed Sparks recently called him "imminently dangerous" and said his psychosis is directed intently at Crow. Judge grants Sheryl Crow 3-year restraining order 2012-08-15T01:16:04Z The 42 year-old said he was 'delighted' to star in the film which is based on the book by Nicholas Sparks. X Men star: I don't watch my films 2014-09-30T04:00:00Z The influence of the Velvet Underground chanteuse, as well as Sparks, is evident on Marina and the Diamonds' Hermit the Frog. Readers recommend: songs about secrets – results 2012-06-28T08:41:32Z Sparks said he was thrilled to be working on the Broadway adaptation, saying in a statement that the story “is near and dear to my heart.” Get the hankies out. Romance 'The Notebook' headed for Broadway 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z Sparks were flying between these two at the 2014 White House correspondents’ dinner. The geography of love 2016-02-10T05:00:00Z I would be a mute host, listening intently to the conversation between Muriel Spark, Robert Louis Stevenson and Charles Dickens. Ian Rankin: By the Book 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z That strain again ... a youthful Muriel Spark around the time of her resignation from the Poetry Society. Poetry Society: when Muriel Spark flew 2011-07-28T15:22:00Z Natalie Mering’s soft, clarion voice sounds like a delayed transmission from 1970s AM radio, blending the searching tone of “Court and Spark”-era Joni Mitchell with the celestial calm of Karen Carpenter. Lou Reed’s Folky Velvet Underground Demo, and 9 More New Songs 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z In the comedy “Domino: Battle of the Bones,” the sports heroes of Compton, Calif., aren’t Lakers, Clippers, Sparks, Kings or Angels. ‘Domino: Battle of the Bones’ Review: Juicing Up the Game 2021-06-10T04:00:00Z One of the lesser ones, way down the list, is to set aside “Ruby Sparks” as an interesting experiment that simply didn’t work, and give Zoe Kazan another start on her screenwriting career. “Ruby Sparks”: Writing the perfect girlfriend 2012-07-25T00:01:00Z I remember feeling deliciously liberated, delving into a book that didn't appear on a reading list or require Spark notes to understand. Summer readings: The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger 2011-08-22T10:49:47Z London's Roundhouse venue has announced a new summer arts festival which will include a first performance of Imogen Heap's album Sparks. Roundhouse launches arts festival 2014-04-28T14:10:07Z If publicity notes are to be believed, best-selling author Nicholas Sparks even wrote his novel and screenplay with Cyrus in mind. Miley Cyrus all grown up in new movie 2010-03-31T02:33:00Z A worker at the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists also wrote in a declaration that she spoke to Sparks on 16 July, when he made the threat against Crow and Weinstein. Crow's restraining order extended 2012-08-15T09:09:22Z Sparks wrote "The Last Song" at the behest of Miley Cyrus, the Disney Channel star who will soon end her run on the "Hannah Montana" TV series and wants to expand her brand into movies. 'The Last Song' plays a familiar, maudlin tune 2010-03-31T16:02:00Z It is true that there have been eight male and only three female winners – Lessing, Bainbridge and Muriel Spark. Michael Holroyd looks forward to the 2013 David Cohen literature prize 2013-03-01T16:00:02Z Either way, you anticipate a good cry, all anyone wants from a Sparks product. 2010-02-05T18:55:00Z And we're planning to do a version of "Spark," that would be quite different. Tori Amos lightens up 2011-09-20T16:21:00Z “We talked about 20 minutes about real estate, and then it was about our lives and our common interests and I was really drawn to her. Sparks flying and everything.” Her Sixth-Grade Crush Grew Up 2020-06-12T04:00:00Z On August 1, Sparks and her boyfriend, singer Jason Derulo, 22, celebrated their one year anniversary together. Fame, failure and rebirth: Jordin Sparks finds all in "Sparkles" 2012-08-15T00:48:11Z In fact, just a few years ago, Eastwood scoffed at the idea of appearing in a Sparks film. Scott Eastwood thinks 'The Longest Ride' bucks a Nicholas Sparks trend 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z Despite that, Spears was offered another major acting role in one of Nicholas Sparks’ film adaptations: The 8 biggest bombshells in Britney Spears’ forthcoming memoir, “The Woman in Me” 2023-10-20T04:00:00Z Directed by Scott Hicks, from a screenplay by Will Fetters, based on the Nicholas Sparks novel. Movie review: Zac Efron simmers in eye-rolling romance 'The Lucky One' 2012-04-18T22:42:08Z The new Tom Ford Extrême Lip Spark in Alias, for example, is embedded with tiny flecks of glitter that subtly catch the light without being overpowering. Time to Break Out the Lipstick 2020-12-16T05:00:00Z Now Spark, a tiny and enterprising opera company, plan to premiere his The Headless Soldier in Derry's Ebrington Barracks, a former British army base, as part of Derry-Londonderry City of Culture. The Flying Dutchman; Medea – review 2013-02-24T00:07:18Z I did my PhD on Muriel Spark, the most intellectually demanding writer I know; there is no finer surgeon of the human heart than her. AS Byatt says women who write intellectual books seen as unnatural 2010-08-20T18:37:00Z Burgess' new hairdo was cut by Carly Sparks, who shared images of the transformation on social media. Indiana restaurant owner cuts hair like Joe Exotic to raise money for workers after coronavirus shutdown 2020-03-31T04:00:00Z Presented by Spark Movement Collective, this version of the story introduces her to bustling tourists, the subway, a flood of iPhones and, instead of the Mad Hatter’s party, a bunch of tea-drinking street vendors. 7 Things to Do With Your Kids in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z After all, his one story has made Sparks rich beyond belief, so why not recycle it again and again each year? When will Nicholas Sparks stop making girls cry? 2010-04-22T21:05:00Z At the same time, Sparks noted that "each festival is unique, and has its own relationship with local authorities." Promoters wary after Missouri music festival bust 2011-07-15T16:01:04Z But she was also inspired to create Spark Care+ by her grandmother, who lives in Korea and whom she calls Halmoni. Florida middle-schooler wins 3M Young Scientist Challenge with music therapy invention 2021-10-22T04:00:00Z Sparks would fly but they wouldn’t be the kind that make you feel queasy. People Like Us: Your Father's Daughter 2012-06-28T14:00:40Z Mr. Noori, Mr. Sparks and Kate Houck, a partner in the Underground Kitchen, designed the restaurant’s space, and have started working on plans for a bakery and food market in a Richmond suburb. They Fled Afghanistan for America. Now They Feed the Newest Arrivals. 2022-04-18T04:00:00Z “To me it’s hilarious because I grew up so normal,” Mr. Sparks said, reflecting on the roles he has played. Paul Sparks Hones Tragic Persona in ?Dusk Rings a Bell? 2010-06-19T06:39:00Z That process is most intriguing to Mr. Sparks when he is playing conflicted men. Paul Sparks Hones Tragic Persona in ?Dusk Rings a Bell? 2010-06-19T06:39:00Z Sarah Ellis Sparks made a lengthy journey to Washington to explore America’s history at the Smithsonian and other institutions, only to be met with disappointment instead of national treasures. Travel industry seeing big losses from shutdown 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z Heap will perform Sparks at the end of the Reverb Festival, the already established Roundhouse event that this year becomes part of the new Summer Sessions. Roundhouse launches arts festival 2014-04-28T14:10:07Z Sparks said during the filming of "Sparkle" turned more serious after both suffered setbacks. Fame, failure and rebirth: Jordin Sparks finds all in "Sparkles" 2012-08-15T00:48:11Z Sparks, grand without being beautiful, has one of the few steakhouse wine lists that don’t try to strong-arm you into getting an expensive, jackbooted red. Going Back to Eat in Midtown, Where the Main Dish Is New York, New York 2021-10-26T04:00:00Z “The Light Between Oceans” begins to suggest an overly plotted, high-end Nicholas Sparks film awash in tears, pleas and threats, and acts of treachery and nobility. Review: A Baby in a Boat Changes Everything in ‘The Light Between Oceans’ 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z It does, however, have one sentimental surprise at the end that testifies to Sparks' storytelling shrewdness. Review: 'Safe Haven' is routine romantic thriller 2013-02-14T01:31:06Z The uptempo track features disco beats and a positive message, as Sparks and Houston sing lyrics such as "I'm going to celebrate, celebrate you." Whitney Houston's last record released for "Sparkle" 2012-05-21T20:53:43Z To celebrate the premiere of the latest Nicholas Sparks adaptation, “The Longest Ride,” on Monday night, 20th Century Fox teamed up with Professional Bull Riders. 'The Longest Ride' premiere is Hollywood's first rodeo 2015-04-07T04:00:00Z ABC News sternly reported that “Mom’s Diet for 7-Year-Old Daughter in ‘Vogue’ Sparks Backlash.” Dara-Lynn Weiss to Write Book on Policing Young Daughter?s Diet 2012-03-30T22:56:57Z As in many Sparks films, "the performances never rise above the cloying material, though Eastwood acquits himself best, with an affable charm." 'The Longest Ride': Critics aren't bullish on Nicholas Sparks romance 2015-04-10T04:00:00Z You can get Nicholas Sparks to tell you that “becoming successful in anything requires perseverance.” What every writer needs to succeed 2014-02-27T23:59:00Z The incorporation of vocals feels like, even in a movie musical, a natural continuation of what we do ordinarily as Sparks. Sparks talk new album, ever-growing fanbase: "Our audiences are pretty accepting of eccentricities" 2023-05-28T04:00:00Z When he heard Mr. Sparks was working on a collaborative art project, Mr. Al-Shathir signed on. Up Close: Faris Al-Shathir Matches Designers With Architects 2012-01-11T17:46:41Z "Good grief!" he shrieked after a Sparks track. Radio head: daytime Radio 2 2010-08-04T07:00:00Z While it deploys a smaller orchestra than “The Spark Catchers,” “Kanashibari” achieves a marvelous array of colors with chamber forces of mostly winds and strings. Meet the fast-rising young composer who’s created a work Seattle Symphony is debuting in the U.S. 2021-02-16T05:00:00Z Kazan says Ruby Sparks is about something "deeper and a little darker" than your average rom-com Despite the romance, Ruby Sparks is not your average rom-com. Sparks fly for Sunshine directors 2012-10-10T07:11:13Z “The show happens around you,” said Tori Sparks, who plays Lady Macbeth. ?Sleep No More? Is Theater Embedded With Dancers 2011-09-06T21:55:06Z Part of a museum conversation series titled Spark. Spare Times for April 25-May 1 2014-04-24T22:25:50Z If you are going to read one book before you visit Edinburgh, let it be the unparalleled “The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie,” by Muriel Spark. Read Your Way Through Edinburgh 2022-12-21T05:00:00Z “Spark” is demanding viewing, but it is difficult not to admire the bravery of its subjects. ‘Spark’ and ‘The Observer’ Review: A Filmmaker’s Past, and China’s 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z Best, founder and CEO of Seed&Spark, a film crowdfunding platform, said she had mentors who worked with Weinstein and shared concerns and rumors over the years. 'We're all complicit': Were the Harvey Weinstein allegations an open secret? 2017-10-07T04:00:00Z Sparks fly, but the whole thing soon runs out of gas. Every Jason Statham film - ranked! 2019-07-25T04:00:00Z Mr. Sparks later appeared on Mr. Denson’s album “Dance Lesson #2,” and occasionally played with other groove outfits, like Galactic and Soulive. Melvin Sparks, Guitarist, Is Dead at 64 2011-03-21T03:37:26Z Metcalf and Sparks share a Stephen King connection: she starred in “Misery” on Broadway, and he was in Season 2 of Hulu’s “Castle Rock,” which is set in King’s fictional universe. In Broadway’s ‘Grey House,’ Something Nightmarish This Way Comes 2023-05-17T04:00:00Z Adult audiences are targeted with upscale fare including Walter Salles's Jack Kerouac adaptation On the Road and quirky indie romance Ruby Sparks from the directors of Little Miss Sunshine. Taken 2 takes UK box office by storm – and surprise 2012-10-09T13:52:27Z Written by best-selling author Nicholas Sparks specifically for the "Hannah Montana" star, the movie casts Cyrus as a sullen teen spending the summer with her estranged father. 'Titans' battles to No. 1 spot with $61.4 million 2010-04-05T00:31:00Z The Last Song should have been Sparks's masterpiece; not only did he have a hand in writing the screenplay for the first time, but it also starred tween monolith Miley Cyrus. When will Nicholas Sparks stop making girls cry? 2010-04-22T21:05:00Z “They can detect very weak electric signals, which helps them find buried prey,” Sparks said. ‘Jaws’ Is Fiction. This Show Presents Sharks as Embattled Heroes. 2021-12-16T05:00:00Z If he's as good as he reckons, Sparks does seem to be coasting on his success a little. When will Nicholas Sparks stop making girls cry? 2010-04-22T21:05:00Z “Noori walks in, looking like the prime minister of Canada,” Mr. Sparks recalled. They Fled Afghanistan for America. Now They Feed the Newest Arrivals. 2022-04-18T04:00:00Z After a horrific motorcycle accident, Jacob Underwood believes he is dead, his Spark forever split from his Shell. Three sci-fi books to rattle your October Almost two hours, about 500 books and so many tears later, Sparks was done and heading to Pittsburgh to sell more. Nicholas Sparks hits a tear-soaked milestone: 20 years of sentimental love stories 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z The Mael siblings will be accompanied Saturday and Sunday by a 38-piece orchestra, which also will be on board for other songs spanning Sparks’ four decade-plus recording career, specially arranged for these shows. L.A. duo Sparks to play 1974 'Kimono My House' live 2015-02-10T05:00:00Z Like Mantello, Sparks connected the show to a larger sense of dread that is haunting our society, a sense that our world is unsettled. In Broadway’s ‘Grey House,’ Something Nightmarish This Way Comes 2023-05-17T04:00:00Z “The Sparks Brothers” does not deign to offer any mystic reason as to why they are as they are. Perspective | ‘The Sparks Brothers’ digs into the cult of the rock duo. A deeper dive is even more fulfilling. 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z “Spark the Fire” is the same way — how do you pick sounds that still seem fresh years later? Gwen Stefani: I Don't Regret the Harajuku Girls At All 2014-12-08T05:00:00Z As I was saying: a Nicholas Sparks movie. Movie Review: ?The Lucky One,? Based on the Nicholas Sparks Novel 2012-04-19T14:00:00Z Captain Sparks, looking back on the battle, declares that continued pressure will eventually cause the Taliban to “become irrelevant,” but his eyes often tell a different story. Television Review: A Mission Documented With a Filter of Despair 2011-02-16T22:47:19Z “The Sparks Brothers” humanizes the two, who, despite their Euro-vibe were raised in California. ‘The Sparks Brothers’ Review: Yes, They’re Real. And Inexplicable. 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z "The Lucky One" is the edgiest-ever film adaptation of the writings of Nicholas Sparks. Movie review: Zac Efron simmers in eye-rolling romance 'The Lucky One' 2012-04-18T22:42:08Z Sparks of color, such as the green of the cantaloupe pith, punctuate the rhyming browns of the pancakes, maple syrup, plates, table and water glass. Stephen Shore’s MoMA Survey Shows a Restless Reformer as a Master of Photography 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z “Burning Man is clearly at an inflection point,” said Steve Brown, a director of the recent documentary “Spark: A Burning Man Story.” Over: Running On Fumes 2013-09-06T23:06:43Z In “The Sparks Brothers,” Ron says, “we think it’s important to do something that’s polarizing.” Now Sparks Can Confuse Fans on the Big Screen 2021-06-18T04:00:00Z This makes Sparks sacred — to Wright, to the hundreds they’ve influenced, to the countless that adore them — because they represent the unsolvable problem of how to be loved at one’s most natural. Perspective | ‘The Sparks Brothers’ digs into the cult of the rock duo. A deeper dive is even more fulfilling. 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z “Of course a lot of this is going to be popular,” Sparks said. Does Netflix have a killer problem? 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z Edgar Wright's documentary, "The Sparks Brothers," also really did a good job of showing each distinctive Sparks era and each distinctive album as well. Sparks talk new album, ever-growing fanbase: "Our audiences are pretty accepting of eccentricities" 2023-05-28T04:00:00Z This last-minute twist is shameless and stupefying, but it demonstrates why Sparks has an army of fervent readers. Review: 'Safe Haven' is routine romantic thriller 2013-02-14T01:31:06Z Sevcenko and one of her volunteers, Sam Sparks, wrapped the bird’s wing to provide support as it healed. A raven was shot, left for dead. Here’s how a bird-loving lawyer saved it. 2023-02-20T05:00:00Z Everyone understands that reading Nicholas Sparks is a cliche. All of the romance and none of the thrills in Nicholas Sparks’s latest novel 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z As ever with a Sparks story, the action takes place in a sugary vision of small-town America that does not correspond with the real world at any point. Safe Haven – review 2013-02-28T22:00:01Z He wrote a first draft and showed it to Kazan, who is also a playwright and wrote the screenplay for the 2012 film “Ruby Sparks.” How Paul Dano Came to Adapt a Richard Ford Novel for His Movie “Wildlife” 2018-10-17T04:00:00Z Sparks' grave was unmarked for another 78 years before Pritchard laid a stone at a historically black cemetery in suburban St. Louis. Grave marker project helps bury the blues 2013-12-30T14:37:27Z The other world premiere on the program is Wevers’ “I Don’t Remember a Spark.” Whim W’Him show lets PNB’s Andrew Bartee shine 2013-05-18T15:28:32Z Along with The Spark, Bellingham has lots of other fun things to see, do and eat. Worth the trip: a pilgrimage to experience Bellingham’s MegaZapper 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z Typically only a couple of movies with emotional, romantic overtones are released every year; they usually open around Valentine's Day and are often based on a book by Nicholas Sparks, the king of the genre. 'The Fault in Our Stars' adds new power to films' 'tear-jerker' label 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z "Mr. Sparks is unambiguously delusional," forensic psychiatrist Dr. David Glaser testified during the hearing. Judge grants Sheryl Crow 3-year restraining order 2012-08-15T01:16:04Z This story also is part of my plan to find a new home for the desk of Chieftain Blue Sparks. What the saga of Chieftain Blue Sparks’s desk has to teach us 2016-03-08T05:00:00Z There are also audition opportunities for such partners as Spanish-language broadcaster Telemundo, TV producer Reveille, and women's clothing firm Dots, which is working on a brand campaign with singer Jordin Sparks. Paula Abdul to launch casting website 2010-11-22T11:58:00Z Dergarabedian said however that all three were aimed at different audiences, and he expected "The Last Song" to do solid business given the track records of Cyrus and Sparks. Critics sing the blues over Miley Cyrus movie 2010-03-31T20:40:00Z Benjamin also alleges that Sparks and other officials made bigoted remarks against Jews and homosexuals. Author of The Notebook Sued Over Alleged Racism, Homophobia, Anti-Semitism 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z Russ, Sparks says, is “empathetic and at times a little bit clueless.” Nicholas Sparks hits a tear-soaked milestone: 20 years of sentimental love stories 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z Remembering the Spark That Ignited a Creative Fire With her descriptions of furtive television watching as a child, Alessandra Stanley kicked off our “First Crush” series this summer. Readers Recall Their First Creative Crush 2013-09-01T21:08:08Z He sang in choir and played guitar in a band, the Sparks, when he was 16. Patrick Adams, Master of New York’s Underground Disco Scene, Dies at 72 2022-06-26T04:00:00Z Some of her trainees also run a group called the Japan Spark Joy Decluttering Association, teaching classes to those who want to learn the KonMari method or start a career as a decluttering consultant. Decluttering guru Marie Kondo is back with more life-changing magic 2016-01-03T05:00:00Z In Mr. Sparks’s soft-spoken performance, Ray lives in a melancholy limbo between searching for redemption and being reconciled to its impossibility. Paul Sparks Hones Tragic Persona in ?Dusk Rings a Bell? 2010-06-19T06:39:00Z Coming on the heels of Edgar Wright's thorough, career-spanning 2021 documentary "The Sparks Brothers" and the band's award-winning movie musical "Annette," Sparks are also riding an incredible wave of momentum and popularity. Sparks talk new album, ever-growing fanbase: "Our audiences are pretty accepting of eccentricities" 2023-05-28T04:00:00Z This is typical of Sparks; it’s fine if someone had past drama, but they are always portrayed as healed, whole and ready for the next step. The Lucky One: Zac Efron Grows Up 2012-04-19T15:46:30Z Muriel Spark was a complicated and sometimes savage character, and he gets that side of her personality across without ostentatiously grinding an ax. Books of The Times: Martin Stannard Traces a Writing Life in ?Muriel Spark? 2010-04-13T22:35:00Z Tulsi glitters bright and almost romantic on East 46th Street across the street from Sparks, a Midtown bet on a great chef’s talent. Restaurant Review: Crosstown Tour of India 2011-03-30T05:16:52Z One of the year’s unique holiday albums, Jordin Sparks’s “Cider & Hennessy” is full of Christmas originals that temper tradition with modern twists. 20 Albums That Put a New Spin on the Holidays 2020-12-10T05:00:00Z Sparks, the musical entity invented and fronted by Ron and Russell Mael, is sometimes rock, sometimes pop, sometimes art song, always idiosyncratic. ‘The Sparks Brothers’ Review: Yes, They’re Real. And Inexplicable. 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z “The Sea of Trees” is like Nicholas Sparks meets “The Twilight Zone,” imagining a world where helpful ghosts appear disguised as other ghosts in order to prevent people from killing themselves. It’s official: This is the worst movie ending of all time 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z The Sparks film factory shows no signs of shutting down. 2010-02-05T18:55:00Z Sparks fly, ladders are fallen off, bedroom doors are locked, and somehow, flamingly gay stereotypes start slapping each other. 2010-02-08T13:08:00Z “We’re trying to open the doors to Chad for more and more people,” Ms. Sparks said. In Chad, the Elephants (So Many Elephants) Are Back 2018-05-14T04:00:00Z And The Notebook was the only Nicholas Sparks film to be called The Notebook. When will Nicholas Sparks stop making girls cry? 2010-04-22T21:05:00Z The Sparks & Honey report argued that “entrepreneurship is in their DNA.” Move Over, Millennials, Here Comes Generation Z 2015-09-18T04:00:00Z This year, she released her first solo pop rock album, titled "Sparks Fly," from Columbia Records. "iCarly's" Miranda Cosgrove, anything but "Despicable" 2010-07-07T21:56:00Z We live in the world that Sparks built. Perspective | ‘The Sparks Brothers’ digs into the cult of the rock duo. A deeper dive is even more fulfilling. 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z Their early singles were as smart and sharp as Sparks or Steely Dan, as intricate and complex as prog rock, and as pointed and acerbic as Frank Zappa, but more concise. Pop's undersung heroes: artists with big influence but small reputation 2010-07-15T21:00:00Z But Chieftain Blue Sparks left a more lasting legacy. What the saga of Chieftain Blue Sparks’s desk has to teach us 2016-03-08T05:00:00Z A Traffic song, “The Low Spark of High-Heeled Boys,” dissolved into sparse, twinkling interplay, then coalesced into a New Orleans groove defined by Mr. Russo’s drumming. Music Review: Phil Lesh and Friends at the Brooklyn Academy of Music 2014-04-16T21:17:15Z Wright — out of necessity, or sanity-preservation — moves chronologically, bulleting each of their 25 albums and chasing Sparks' hope for fortune and adoration across their many troughs and peaks. Perspective | ‘The Sparks Brothers’ digs into the cult of the rock duo. A deeper dive is even more fulfilling. 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z Bottom line: Spark is interesting and potentially useful if you’re already paying attention to the weather. Can users rely on WeatherBug’s ‘personal lightning detector’? 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z May she, the lessons of “When Sparks Fly” and “Suits,” and the memory of Diana smile upon this child; whether the new parents like it or not, we’ll be watching. A Royal Welcome for Baby Sussex, a Part-American Prince 2019-05-06T04:00:00Z But one look at Sparks’ face told me this was not the reaction she had intended. L7 frontwoman says feminist pop stars like Beyoncé and Taylor Swift should reboot Rock for Choice 2019-06-28T04:00:00Z “Ruby Sparks,” directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris, the team behind “Little Miss Sunshine,” has the same zany and sweet tone laced with just enough hardheaded wisdom to keep it grounded in psychological truth. Movie Review: ‘Ruby Sparks,’ Written by and Starring Zoe Kazan 2012-07-24T21:46:52Z The point is that Sparks can churn them out with astonishing frequency. What we want from Hollywood in 2011 2010-12-23T22:00:01Z Its main character thinks of himself as a Spark inside a Shell since undergoing a drastic Transformation. ‘Spark,’ the Latest Dystopian Novel From John Twelve Hawks 2014-10-05T04:00:00Z Still, that arena of pistons and camshafts can be just as fascinating as any other arcane craft, which is what drew me to Wayne Harrison’s new novel, “The Spark and the Drive.” ‘The Spark and the Drive,’ by Wayne Harrison Both the judges on the panel for the Elysian Prize and the hopeful authors of submitted books are sent up here with a light, wicked hand reminiscent at once of Evelyn Waugh and Muriel Spark. Edward St. Aubyn’s ‘Lost for Words’ 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z The person who wrote and sang “Blue,” “Court and Spark” and “Hejira” doesn’t need protection from readers who, decades after those albums appeared, remember Mitchell’s songs. ‘Reckless Daughter’: A Protective Biography of Joni Mitchell 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z The set’s peaks were its instrumental passages: in the bell-toned surges of “Amazing Journey” and “Sparks” from “Tommy,” in the vehement funk of “Eminence Front,” in the jittery buildup of “Baba O’Riley.” Review: The Who Celebrate 50 Years Together by Going on Tour 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z "When you can't stop thinking about someone, when you're going to write a song, you end up writing about them," Sparks said on the red carpet. Jason Derulo and Jordin Sparks have reportedly split up 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z And so Sparks were able to continue to create remarkable work like the single “When Do I Get to Sing My Way?” and their 2002 masterpiece “Lil’ Beethoven.” Sparks: The true godfathers of free-form, eclectic modern rock 2015-06-08T04:00:00Z Moreover, Sparks is “very strategic. He know how to keep his core fan base,” says Raab. Meet the writers who still sell millions of books. Actually, hundreds of millions. 2016-12-20T05:00:00Z Three decades after Sparks was born, Franz Ferdinand came along with its breakthrough debut album, "Franz Ferdinand," and the successor, "You Could Have It So Much Better," which brought the band into the U.S. Mutual fans Franz Ferdinand and Sparks team for 'FFS' album and tour 2015-06-06T04:00:00Z She contributed a number of songs to the soundtrack to her Nickelodeon TV show "iCarly" in 2008, but "Sparks" is the entertainer's debut album as a solo artist. B.o.B's "Adventures" arrives atop U.S. album chart 2010-05-06T01:54:00Z Sparks have been flying between him and his physical therapist, who bears a striking resemblance to Rachel. 'House of Cards' Season 3 Episode 7 Recap: Nothing Is Forever 2015-03-02T05:00:00Z We are then led into another exhibition: “Spark of Conviction: The Global Human Rights Movement.” National Center for Civil and Human Rights Opens in Atlanta 2014-06-22T04:00:00Z There will be no storybook ending for Nicholas Sparks and his wife Cathy – the woman who inspired so many of the best-selling author’s novels. Author of 'The Notebook' Nicholas Sparks Splits From Wife 2015-01-06T05:00:00Z For Griffin, it's sipping Chardonnay while leading a Nicholas Sparks book club. Clippers star Blake Griffin: MVP of the Nicholas Sparks book club 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z Sparks like that are scattered through, and yet the sad fact is that “Jersey Boys” is a mess. Anthony Lane: “Jersey Boys” and “Venus in Fur” Reviews 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z It is communicated quite early on that, even though Spark is writing in the third person, hers is not an all-knowing authorial voice. The Lost Man Booker prize 2010-04-01T07:00:00Z “Marks & Sparks have just started to talk about F, which is what we’ve been doing for 75 years.” Are women's breasts getting bigger - or is it just our bras? 2018-06-26T04:00:00Z In the 1950s people talked about the Angry Young Men – and I was grateful for the emergence of Iris Murdoch's philosophical games, Muriel Spark's elegance, The Golden Notebook. Then and now: Granta's best young British novelists 2013-04-06T07:00:20Z In early December, the project honored Aaron "Pinetop" Sparks, a hard-living boogie-woogie piano player credited with writing the standard "Every Day I Have the Blues" before his death in 1935 at age 27. Grave marker project helps bury the blues 2013-12-30T14:37:27Z Sparks performed a tribute to Houston Sunday night at the Billboard Music Awards, singing "I Will Always Love You" as Houston's daughter Bobbi Kristina wiped away tears. Whitney Houston's last recording released 2012-05-21T19:41:08Z Those who might feel sorry for the star of "The Longest Ride" can probably make him feel better by going to see that Nicholas Sparks movie, which just hit theaters. Scott Eastwood: Ashton Kutcher cheated on Demi Moore with my girlfriend 2015-04-10T04:00:00Z The Driver's Seat, like so many of Muriel Spark's books, is slight in its length and vast in its implications. The Lost Man Booker prize 2010-04-01T07:00:00Z Newspapers in London reported that Spark, writing to a friend, called Mr. Stannard’s book “terribly mean and hostile” and told an interviewer it was “very poorly written.” Books of The Times: Martin Stannard Traces a Writing Life in ?Muriel Spark? 2010-04-13T22:35:00Z The two immediately began collaborating and formed their own record label, Spark, in 1953. Jerry Leiber, Rock ?n? Roll Songwriter, Dies at 78 2011-08-22T23:15:06Z It’s called The Perfect Letter, and it will undoubtedly put Nicholas Sparks to shame. 'The Bachelor' Watch: The Women Tell All and Nothing 2015-03-02T05:00:00Z Spark's masterpiece, with its echoing reminders that we must all die, is horrifically funny from beginning to end. Paul Bailey's top 10 stories of old age 2011-02-02T11:31:42Z Those in the antiabortion faction in “A Spark of Light” are as three-dimensional as those on the other side. Review | A hostage crisis erupts at an abortion clinic in Jodi Picoult’s ‘A Spark of Light’ 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z Muriel Spark recalls her early years at James Gillespie’s High School for Girls, in Edinburgh, and writes about the teacher who inspired “The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.” Sunday Reading: School Drama 2019-05-26T04:00:00Z And we will also have many more films based on the work of Nicholas Sparks. Movie Review | 'The Last Song': Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth in a Beach Romance 2010-03-30T22:09:00Z As far as love stories go, it’s a little more vanilla than Sid and Nancy—grump away, fatalist Village romantics—but it’s not Nick Sparks. Robert Christgau: How One Man Survived Writing 13,000 Album Reviews 2015-02-24T05:00:00Z On that same evening a group of young men sang along to Paige Turner’s lip-synched performance of “The Spark of Creation” from the musical “Children of Eden.” The Showboat Must Go On! Performers on Nights Off 2010-07-04T22:01:00Z At their core, Ron's virtuoso keyboards buoy Russell's bold and operatic vocals, although the Sparks sound then morphs and evolves depending on styles and eras. Sparks talk new album, ever-growing fanbase: "Our audiences are pretty accepting of eccentricities" 2023-05-28T04:00:00Z A teenage employee who was sitting on the dock in her bikini reading a Nicholas Sparks novel asked me impassively if I needed help. Vacationing Like a Candidate 2012-07-27T18:17:02Z The orchestral arrangements frequently brought new shading, unexpected shifts in tone and generally fresh emphasis to Sparks’ skewed perspective, which 45 years into their career, appears to be as passionately forward-looking as ever. Sparks, Franz Ferdinand to join forces for 2015 album, tour 2015-02-16T05:00:00Z The last really good book was “A Far Cry From Kensington,” by Muriel Spark, also a reread. Kate Atkinson: By the Book 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z At dinner I could not stop gorging on the homemade bread that Ms. Sparks baked that afternoon and served alongside a rich mutton and fresh vegetable stew perfumed with cinnamon, turmeric, harissa and Senegalese pepper. In Chad, the Elephants (So Many Elephants) Are Back 2018-05-14T04:00:00Z But this is a Nicholas Sparks production, so of course they make it through and begin collecting art instead. 'The Longest Ride' looks pretty, but looks aren't everything 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z If you want to judge them by the number of imitators they've spawned, then Sparks becomes even more impressive. When will Nicholas Sparks stop making girls cry? 2010-04-22T21:05:00Z Four years later, “The Sparks Brothers” is reaching theaters, an exhaustive, proudly overstuffed two-hour-20-minute celebration of a group described in the film as “successful, underrated, hugely influential and overlooked at the same time.” Now Sparks Can Confuse Fans on the Big Screen 2021-06-18T04:00:00Z Clearly exhilarated by the fresh start that “Spark” affords him, this author creates a much simpler premise that forges a breathless action plot out of many of the ideological tenets of the “Traveler” books. ‘Spark,’ the Latest Dystopian Novel From John Twelve Hawks 2014-10-05T04:00:00Z This device is dubbed the MegaZapper, and it’s the big draw at downtown Bellingham’s Spark Museum, dedicated to electrical inventions through the ages. Worth the trip: a pilgrimage to experience Bellingham’s MegaZapper 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z After two weeks of angry posts, quilters including Jan Johnson of Sparks, Nev., were calling for members to put a lid on it. Now, even quilters are angry: How a social-justice design started a feud 2020-01-20T05:00:00Z And then it's the same way I felt when Joni Mitchell's "Court and Spark" came out; I listened to nothing but "Court and Spark" for six months. Stevie Nicks on her life in isolation: "We have to believe" 2020-05-02T04:00:00Z Once on the ground, guests often pursue specific interests such as photography or birding, or they may simply be lured in by the promise of a destination largely unexplored, Ms. Sparks said. In Chad, the Elephants (So Many Elephants) Are Back 2018-05-14T04:00:00Z With a writer like Muriel Spark or Angela Carter, consciousness of artifice allows for an admittance of artifice. Ali Smith: Style vs content? Novelists should approach their art with an eye to what the story asks 2012-08-18T15:00:00Z The Spark Children's Festival in Leicester and Jump In, the international children's theatre and dance festival based at Lakeside in Nottingham, both have lots to entertain this week. What to see: Lyn Gardner's theatre tips 2012-06-01T16:29:00Z You went directly to the Spark Notes section for True Believers. Kurt Andersen on His New Novel, the Generation Gap and Pyromania 2012-07-26T12:00:02Z Ms. Sparks is not much of an actress. Movie Review: Movie Review: ‘Sparkle,’ With Whitney Houston and Jordin Sparks 2012-08-17T15:03:02Z Sparks failed to fly at their first meeting, which, as she recalled in 2013 to the Times of London, was “like a vaccination that didn’t take.” Gail Zappa, widow of Frank Zappa and protector of his iconoclastic rock legacy, dies at 70 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z Best evidence that the romantic comedy isn’t dead: “Ruby Sparks,” “Friends with Kids.” 2012’s worst screen chemistry — and other dubious achievements in cinema 2012-12-27T21:15:42Z In the latest adaptation of a Nicholas Sparks romance novel, Efron stars as U.S. Movie Scores: How the critics rated the new movies 2012-04-21T02:16:04Z “There’s a democratising feel to that engagement,” says Sparks. #PLLGameOver: Farewell Pretty Little Liars, the most fancentric TV show yet 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z The first double-length episode, subtitled “Spark of Rebellion,” is a perfectly acceptable entry in the “Star Wars” universe. ‘Star Wars Rebels’: In visuals and in spirit, it’s a new hope “At some point when you’re a fan of a band like Sparks you become a sort of evangelist for them,” Wright said. Edgar Wright explores ‘glam rock anomaly’ Sparks in doc 2021-01-30T05:00:00Z It is not uncommon for Spark to rummage around within the contents of the novel she is writing and change it as she goes along, making conscious the artifice of her fiction. How Muriel Spark Came Home to Scotland 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z Sparks said on Twitter he was “thrilled” to be part of the team bringing the story to the stage. The Notebook: hit romantic drama to be turned into Broadway musical 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z Sparks don't exactly fly, but there is an immediate and eerie chemistry you pick up on — part smoldering, part surreal. 'A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night' has a definite bite 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z Jonas and Sparks, co-chairs of the group, say they developed an admiration for Reagan after hearing their parents talk about him at the dinner table. Nick Jonas, Jordan Sparks chair Reagan youth 2010-08-02T15:45:00Z His Spark picks up children’s energy on a different level, driving him to question his employer’s directive. Three sci-fi books to rattle your October That might read like a bulletproof rationale to exile Sparks somewhere far away to a land without any typewriters, but you simply can't deny his success. When will Nicholas Sparks stop making girls cry? 2010-04-22T21:05:00Z The fact that the British loved Sparks seems only natural. Perspective | ‘The Sparks Brothers’ digs into the cult of the rock duo. A deeper dive is even more fulfilling. 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z Sparks forges a rhetoric of such warmth and swagger, it may be the single most potent strain in her magic. Review | The appeal of ‘And I Do Not Forgive You’ is hard to articulate but impossible to resist 2020-02-12T05:00:00Z In fact, guessing who will die and what they'll die of is usually the best part of watching a Sparks film. When will Nicholas Sparks stop making girls cry? 2010-04-22T21:05:00Z Sparks, concerned that he might be a one-novel wonder, kept the salesman job for another 15 months after selling “The Notebook.” Nicholas Sparks hits a tear-soaked milestone: 20 years of sentimental love stories 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z Like “The Notebook,” the Sparks' film adaptation that remains the best of a bad lot, “The Longest Ride” has two parallel love stories. 'The Longest Ride' looks pretty, but looks aren't everything 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z But true to the Sparks' literary formula, for Ira and Ruth, Luke and Sophia, it all works out in the end — which would only qualify as a spoiler if it didn’t. 'The Longest Ride' looks pretty, but looks aren't everything 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z Kondo’s book, "Spark Joy," provides a detailed guide to her unique folding technique. Marie Kondo's Netflix show inspires viewers to 'tidy up': 3 popular organizing tips 2019-01-18T05:00:00Z In the plays of Adam Rapp, a friend with whom he has often worked, Mr. Sparks might ingest nothing but Cheez Doodles and pharmaceuticals. Paul Sparks Hones Tragic Persona in ?Dusk Rings a Bell? 2010-06-19T06:39:00Z Would "The Informed Air," a new posthumous essay collection by the Scottish writer Muriel Spark be able to attract the same number of buyers? What Amazon's e-book numbers are and aren't telling you 2014-08-04T04:00:00Z “The specific, positive qualities we’re looking for in a romantic partner may not matter any more than the positive qualities that a random, other person is looking for,” Sparks told the New York Post. When it comes to dating, people may not actually have a 'type': study 2020-07-07T04:00:00Z This is a set for an imaginary version of Muriel Spark's 1963 novella The Girls of Slender Means. A Bigger Splash: did performance art change painting? 2012-11-12T19:00:05Z Gosling's only mainstream Hollywood movie hit was "The Notebook," a romantic drama based on the Nicholas Sparks novel that took in a surprising $81 million at U.S. and Canadian box offices. Ryan Gosling gives fans another acting "Valentine" 2010-12-27T21:01:57Z A performance of holiday stories by Seattle actors, including "The Loudest Voice" by Grace Paley, "The H Street Sledding Record" by Ron Carlson and "The Seraph and the Zambesi" by Muriel Spark. The Week Ahead: Christmas TV and stage shows are Seattle-area highlights 2010-12-15T23:52:13Z The class pyramid of British literature More top stories Lost Booker prize shortlist overlooks Iris Murdoch but plumps for Muriel Spark Fictional cravings: what are your storybook desires? Spark tipped for Lost Booker 2010-03-25T14:40:00Z Although most clusters are designed for children younger than 12, Sparks said many are perfect for older kids to train for team sports. Fighting childhood obesity, one playground at a time 2015-08-11T04:00:00Z In “Celebrate” Ms. Houston offers husky encouragement to Ms. Sparks, who stars in the movie — a remake of the 1976 “Sparkle” — as a rising Motown-style singer. Playlist : New Music by Lianne La Havas, Jovanotti, Blonds and Opossom 2012-08-03T16:00:00Z Perhaps I have already said too much, since part of the experience of a Nicholas Sparks movie is encountering revelations and reversals in the plot that challenge your sense of the preposterous. Movie Review: ?The Lucky One,? Based on the Nicholas Sparks Novel 2012-04-19T14:00:00Z Two other films based on Sparks' books were among the top 10 most lucrative romantic films. Stewart, Pattinson crowned top earning romantic film couple 2013-01-17T21:14:51Z The District has been very good at integrating a variety of features into their parks,” said Stephanie Sparks, who handles project development for the company. Fighting childhood obesity, one playground at a time 2015-08-11T04:00:00Z It was built from 5,000 bricks that form an enterable space, with Lawrence’s Torn Asunder with a Spark from Above unexpectedly inscribed on the interior wall. Per Kirkeby and Lawrence Weiner open their first joint exhibition 2015-01-20T05:00:00Z Even with all “The Longest Ride’s” shots of the eye candy that is Scott Eastwood, Nicholas Sparks’ latest romance to make its tissue-sodden way to the big screen is a wash. 'The Longest Ride' looks pretty, but looks aren't everything 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z Listen to the rest of this interview, in which Donita Sparks opens up about feminism, pay inequality, and “the code of the road.” L7 frontwoman says feminist pop stars like Beyoncé and Taylor Swift should reboot Rock for Choice 2019-06-28T04:00:00Z Last month, Crow obtained a temporary restraining order after her team reviewed a series of online posts from Sparks, directed at the singer. Crow's restraining order extended 2012-08-15T09:09:22Z It's been working hard to position Chevrolet as a global mass-market brand, especially with a new lineup of premium small cars like the Cruise and Spark. Just What GM Needs: Another Mouth To Feed 2010-07-19T20:24:00Z In 2009 she published “Fanning the Spark: A Memoir,” a tale of a meandering life led more or less in one place on its way to find a purpose. Mary Ward Brown, 95, Award-Winning Short Story Writer, Dies 2013-05-22T22:29:16Z But unlike a movie spun off from a novel by Mr. Sparks, the story still remains weightier than mechanical literary claptrap. Review: A Baby in a Boat Changes Everything in ‘The Light Between Oceans’ 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z In the '70s, Sparks released the widely acclaimed "Kimono My House" album, which the Maels performed in its entirety this year at the Theatre at Ace Hotel downtown. Mutual fans Franz Ferdinand and Sparks team for 'FFS' album and tour 2015-06-06T04:00:00Z Timely, balanced and certain to inspire debate, “A Spark of Light” is Picoult at her fearless best. Review | A hostage crisis erupts at an abortion clinic in Jodi Picoult’s ‘A Spark of Light’ 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z And so it is that a Western movie produced by Nicholas Sparks, the writer’s TV debut, ended up on Lifetime’s air. Nicholas Sparks makes his first foray into television 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z Another new release, the adaption of the Nicholas Sparks book “The Best of Me,” didn’t fare as well as previous Sparks movies. 'Fury' pushes 'Gone Girl' from top spot at box office 2014-10-19T04:00:00Z Yet in a performance built around watching, listening and contemplating, Mr. Sparks injects laconic Ray with sly touches of prickly humor. Paul Sparks Hones Tragic Persona in ?Dusk Rings a Bell? 2010-06-19T06:39:00Z They make pilgrimages to author events — often, as in the case of Nicholas Sparks, in tears. Meet the writers who still sell millions of books. Actually, hundreds of millions. 2016-12-20T05:00:00Z After all, endless permutations of The Notebook might seem like a dismal prospect, but it's no more dismal than the thought of Sparks writing, say, Die Hard. When will Nicholas Sparks stop making girls cry? 2010-04-22T21:05:00Z The entertainer known offstage as Winston Sparks started his career in the late 1950s on Kingston's sound system circuit. Pioneer of rap reggae, King Stitt, dies at 72 2012-01-31T21:09:31Z “He reaches and touches me to the core,” she says mid-sob, face raw, as Nicholas Sparks — that would be He — signs books, hundreds of them, at a Union Square bookstore. Nicholas Sparks hits a tear-soaked milestone: 20 years of sentimental love stories 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z Pertinent to the topic at hand, however, were the pieces griping about her lack of consideration regarding the demands of parenting in either her original book or her 2016 follow-up, "Spark Joy." Everybody relax: Marie Kondo isn't a fraud. She's simply as worn-out as the rest of us 2023-02-01T05:00:00Z The latest to join that list is Stephen Belber, whose two-character play, "Dusk Rings a Bell," has garnered Mr. Sparks the kind of ecstatic reviews for which many actors wait their entire careers. Paul Sparks Hones Tragic Persona in ?Dusk Rings a Bell? 2010-06-19T06:39:00Z And sometimes, when I feel myself getting soft, I read Muriel Spark — a cold-martini splash of quick, uncompromising prose onto my sickly, flaccid writing face. Cathleen Schine Writes Fiction. But She Prefers Not to Read It at Work. 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z Starring Jordan Sparks, the elaborately dimpled winner of American Idol’s sixth season, and Whitney Houston in her last role before her February death, earned a semi-tuneful $12 million. Expendables 2 Wheezes to a Win, As People Still Dare to Go to the Movies 2012-08-19T22:29:55Z Another music connection comes in the form of 1970s electro-nerds Sparks who are in town looking for funding for a musical project called The Seduction of Ingmar Bergman. Cannes Film Festival 2013 2013-05-16T20:23:54Z Even The Notebook’s writer, Nicholas Sparks, knew that there wasn’t much to Noah, the romantically deranged, mansion-restoring, beard-growing war veteran in this insipid tearjerker. Ryan Gosling movies – ranked! 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z Unsurprisingly, the real impetus to the Catholic novel's mid-century rise was provided by converts: Evelyn Waugh, Graham Greene and, slightly later, Muriel Spark. DJ Taylor on the Catholic novel 2010-09-17T23:06:00Z Ruby Sparks was rather too hastily dismissed as a quirky romcom, when in fact it is a sly, intelligent commentary on men controlling women – in love, in fiction and in film-making. How female actors are rewriting Hollywood's script 2013-07-11T17:00:01Z Dr David Glaser told the hearing: "Mr Sparks is unambiguously delusional". Crow's restraining order extended 2012-08-15T09:09:22Z Soon after moving to New York, Mr. Sparks became a session player for Blue Note and Prestige. Melvin Sparks, Guitarist, Is Dead at 64 2011-03-21T03:37:26Z Some of the arrangements approximated those on pop-jazz albums like “Court and Spark.” Music Review: Jessica Molaskey Sings Joni Mitchell for American Songbook 2014-02-21T22:16:37Z Ryan Sparks, declaring before the operation that the Marines are “masters of controlled chaos and violence.” Television Review: A Mission Documented With a Filter of Despair 2011-02-16T22:47:19Z At Spark, the notion is disproved with banana fritters, over which a diner sprinkles the animated candy and a Coke-and-rum syrup. Review | Rib-sticking Caribbean delights pop at Bloomingdale’s new Spark 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z “What they’ve done is grown into people who’ve become powerhouses of industry,” says Anna Sofia Martin, author of “Gen X @ 50,” a recent report from cultural forecast firm Sparks & Honey. We thought Gen X was a bunch of slackers. Now they’re the suits. 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z At which point the global contagion scenarios of so many movies could become more than just science fiction: “Spark suppression is going to be the most important Ebola story,” he said. Media goes overtime on Ebola coverage, but not necessarily overboard Expect the room to erupt into a moshing frenzy when the pair starts its signature anthems “Adrenaline Nightshift” and “Young Hearts Spark Fire.” Pop, Rock and Jazz in NYC This Week 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z "It's Nick Sparks, but it's actually really cool," his team told him. Scott Eastwood thinks 'The Longest Ride' bucks a Nicholas Sparks trend 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z Los Angeles duo Sparks have been going nonstop since the early '70s, to little mainstream success. Unsung Mekons are a musical beacon of persistence and creativity 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z Stewart’s upcoming projects include a role in the new Wolverine movie Logan, comedy Wilde Weedding alongside Glenn Close and providing his voice for animated adventure Spark. Patrick Stewart to voice poo emoji in The Emoji Movie 2017-01-18T05:00:00Z Meerkats move over for mole rats as the Ugly Animal Preservation Society celebrates Earth's most sour-faced species, while the massive Bright Sparks weekend invites kids to explore everything from bottle gardens to Bloodhound cars. This week's new events 2013-02-02T06:00:21Z I was reminded of Muriel Spark's The Hothouse by the East River, although Rosoff is a warmer and more forgiving writer than Spark. There Is No Dog by Meg Rosoff ? review 2011-08-12T21:55:05Z There's a little bit of a community around with Howl, Freedom Spark and then the 405 at the top of the pyramid – all of those are great. Blog jam: sockformation 2012-06-12T11:32:32Z Yet surely rubbing elbows with the likes of White, Muriel Spark and Charles Addams, and making the scene at A-list literary cocktail parties wasn't worth two decades of lower-rung clerical work. 'The Receptionist:' an extra-literary education at The New Yorker 2012-07-03T21:01:06Z I’m going to have to say Muriel Spark. Ian Rankin: By the Book 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z Some friends considered the account intrusive; in letters to friends, Muriel Spark accused Bayley of “muckraking” and writing a “sordid” account. Writer John Bayley, Iris Murdoch's widower, dies at 89 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z The original incarnations of “Overtones” and “Baton Sparks,” from Anderson’s 2012 film “The Master,” can be heard in this orchestral work. Jonny Greenwood: First Radiohead, Now Orchestras and Film 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z Sparks of excitement in the choreography never quite caught flame. Dance Review: Roclan Gonz?lez Chavez in ?Kings of Salsa? - Review 2011-10-18T20:50:41Z Like Muriel Spark’s fiction, “The Informed Air” offers the reader considerable pleasure, but also frequently delivers something more. Michael Dirda reviews “The Informed Air: Essays by Muriel Spark” “Ruby Sparks,” an ingenious and delightful variation on the Pygmalion myth, toys whimsically with these questions, as the initially perfect relationship between a neurotic author and his sprung-to-life fictional creation goes through changes. Movie Review: ‘Ruby Sparks,’ Written by and Starring Zoe Kazan 2012-07-24T21:46:52Z Mr. Sparks favored a clean, flinty tone, combining the brisk harmonic fluency of bebop with the bite and feeling of the blues. Melvin Sparks, Guitarist, Is Dead at 64 2011-03-21T03:37:26Z Listening to a few Sparks singles has the effect of finally meeting the parents of someone you've known for a long time. Perspective | ‘The Sparks Brothers’ digs into the cult of the rock duo. A deeper dive is even more fulfilling. 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z “We’re on the brink of a new way of defining those spaces of intimacy,” said Terry Young, the founder of Sparks & Honey. Sex Toys and Cybersex Are Enhanced by New Technology 2013-12-24T22:57:24Z He plays me this song, and it was the beat for “Spark the Fire.” Gwen Stefani: I Don't Regret the Harajuku Girls At All 2014-12-08T05:00:00Z The song, performed by Jordin Sparks, was honored with the towering song award. Sting, Billy Joel, Elton John at Songwriters Hall 2013-06-14T14:26:09Z “Ruby Sparks” doesn’t try to pretend to be more than it is: a sleek, beautifully written and acted romantic comedy that glides down to earth in a gently satisfying soft landing. Movie Review: ‘Ruby Sparks,’ Written by and Starring Zoe Kazan 2012-07-24T21:46:52Z In the recently published “Spark Joy: An Illustrated Master Class on the Art of Organizing and Tidying Up,” celebrity organizer Marie Kondo goes into minute detail about all of her decluttering directives. Blindfolded stuffed animals and other over-the-top ideas from Marie Kondo’s new organizing book 2016-01-05T05:00:00Z “Sparks,” an uptempo blues featured on an iPod commercial, had him breezing through an eighth-note slalom, like the young Clark Terry. Music Review: Away From His Desk, Up on the Bandstand 2011-04-01T22:58:20Z Not that Sparks has any reason to be worried. When will Nicholas Sparks stop making girls cry? 2010-04-22T21:05:00Z The latest Sparks adaptation, "Safe Haven," will probably continue his winning streak, especially with its Valentine's Day opening pegged to lure female fans. Review: 'Safe Haven' is routine romantic thriller 2013-02-14T01:31:06Z Twenty years in, the Nicholas Sparks brand is going full force. Nicholas Sparks hits a tear-soaked milestone: 20 years of sentimental love stories 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z Sparks fly when art mingles on the walls of 'Flaming June VII' Warhol, Nico, a naked handstand, a crucifix: The Broad kicks off 'Happenings' with songs and shocks 2017-06-28T04:00:00Z As the drops fell heavily, I ducked into the Spark Museum of Electrical Invention, densely packed with antiques and hands-on activities. Go North for Active Days and Appetizing Nights 2022-06-29T04:00:00Z “I think reasonable taxpayers understand that we devote our resources to the most pressing issues in the community,” Sparks says. Pot-loving dogs: why cannabis extract is the new trend for our pets 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z She accurately described him in her autobiography as “small, dark and electric with his own sort of vitality. Crackling. Sparks seem to fly out of him. He flashes his fingers like tiny rapid moths.” Richard Avedon, a Photographer Who Wanted to Outrun the Glitz Factor 2020-10-19T04:00:00Z Mr. Sparks was 11 when he got his first guitar. Melvin Sparks, Guitarist, Is Dead at 64 2011-03-21T03:37:26Z They recall going to see the cult LA country-psych band Beachwood Sparks when they were younger, and trying to trace where that music had come from. Allah-Las: American cratediggers in London 2013-01-20T19:30:01Z Sparks has clearly never heard the line about absence making the heart grow fonder. What we want from Hollywood in 2011 2010-12-23T22:00:01Z In 2004, when Franz Ferdinand was first getting attention from its hit single "Take Me Out," the Maels read that the band members cited Sparks as an influence. Mutual fans Franz Ferdinand and Sparks team for 'FFS' album and tour 2015-06-06T04:00:00Z Additionally, Benjamin claims that after he met with the North Carolina chapter of the NAACP, that Sparks was angry and instructed him to "engage only in private and less visible contact with African Americans." Headmaster at Nicholas Sparks-founded school files racial bias suit 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z According to TMZ, when Benjamin complained to Sparks and others that only two of the school's 514 students were African American, Sparks responded, "Black students are too poor and can't do the academic work.'" Headmaster at Nicholas Sparks-founded school files racial bias suit 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z The order requires Phillip Gordon Sparks, 45, to stay 100 yards away and not attempt to contact Crow, her family or any of her workers. Sheryl Crow granted temporary restraining order 2012-07-31T03:01:05Z At her best, Spark possesses a sly, skewering style, as well as a profound interest in life’s mysteries, and an imagination that segues readily from the realistic to the supernatural. Michael Dirda reviews “The Informed Air: Essays by Muriel Spark” A few weeks later, Houston died and Sparks lost a new friend. Fame, failure and rebirth: Jordin Sparks finds all in "Sparkles" 2012-08-15T00:48:11Z “While somebody reads a Nicholas Sparks book. . . . ” — so much said, so much left unsaid. All of the romance and none of the thrills in Nicholas Sparks’s latest novel 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z The pieces in “The Informed Air” remind us that Spark became a novelist only in her 30s. Michael Dirda reviews “The Informed Air: Essays by Muriel Spark” “How did sharks survive through all these extinction events?” said Sparks, who curated the show. ‘Jaws’ Is Fiction. This Show Presents Sharks as Embattled Heroes. 2021-12-16T05:00:00Z When busy, the bar can move like a Chevy Spark in a Vermont blizzard. Whaley’s review: An urban twist on boardwalk seafood 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z His playlists have been a feature of the shoot, used to inspire a mood in wordless scenes that will later be dubbed over: there might be Blondie, or Sparks, or Suicide. ‘Movie blood tastes so good’ – on The Neon Demon set with Nicolas Winding Refn 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z "For one week each year, this event puts Sparks on the national map," city spokesman Adam Mayberry said. Nev. rib cook-off expected to draw 500,000 people 2012-08-29T19:04:08Z “I think they would lose some of their fan base, yes,” said Sparks. L7 frontwoman says feminist pop stars like Beyoncé and Taylor Swift should reboot Rock for Choice 2019-06-28T04:00:00Z As it turns out, his competence under the hood is just one of several qualities that makes “The Spark and the Drive” such an engaging debut. ‘The Spark and the Drive,’ by Wayne Harrison Jordin Sparks hasn’t released an album in more than five years, but the former “American Idol” champ is back -- with a vengeance. Jordin Sparks issues first new music in five years with '#ByeFelicia' 2014-11-26T05:00:00Z I saw the premiere of the Sparks documentary, which you were in. Todd Rundgren on no more Trump songs, his high-tech "spectacle" of a tour, and the new Sparks collab 2021-02-28T05:00:00Z Houston sings a gospel song on camera and a duet with co-star Jordin Sparks over the credits in the film, which began shooting in October. Whitney Houston estate to gain; questions remain 2012-02-15T03:21:14Z The Spark explores the mind at work through the personal stories of Philips employees. Serial takes on Cleveland’s criminal court system – podcasts of the week 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z Buckingham Palace would not name the culprit, but the Sydney Morning Herald implicated Spark, Myth, Fable, Diamond, Kelpie, Phoenix and Piper in the brawl. God save the corgi 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z My argument with the Sparks oeuvre is not that a happy ending is needed; a sad ending can be just lovely. 2010-02-05T18:55:00Z He reversed course, however, when she took a liking to songs Sparks had sent him, creating the opportunity to clear up any misunderstandings. Leos Carax on ‘Annette’ and the Cinema of Doubt 2021-08-13T04:00:00Z Set to Jordin Sparks’ “I Am Woman,” the women danced with computerized versions of themselves until everyone got weirded out and the number ended. 'Dancing With the Stars' Recap: Here Are the Finalists 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z Nicholas Sparks' book adaptation "The Best of Me" is probably going to be the biggest disappointment of the weekend with a projected opening of up to $12 million. 'Fury' should top 'Gone Girl' at box office this weekend 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z But she is more passionate than Spark, more anguished, less cool. Favorite Books of 2014 2014-12-22T05:00:00Z The festival’s founder, Li Xianting, says in an interview that the event was canceled because of “Spark.” ‘Spark’ and ‘The Observer’ Review: A Filmmaker’s Past, and China’s 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z After three years together Sparks and Derulo split in September, and the breakup spiraled into messy gossip fodder. Jordin Sparks issues first new music in five years with '#ByeFelicia' 2014-11-26T05:00:00Z Just look at the names involved: Nile Rodgers on narration duties, with contributions from Debbie Harry, Bernard Sumner and the Mael brothers from Sparks. Catch-up TV guide: from Scott & Bailey to 10 O'Clock Live 2013-05-18T05:00:06Z The Los Angeles Sparks star is remaining with Turner Sports after signing a multiyear deal. Parker stays with Turner Sports, but WNBA playoffs are next 2019-09-09T04:00:00Z Still his records sold fairly well, peaking with "Squeezing Out Sparks" in 1979. Rumour has it: Rocker Graham Parker is back 2013-10-08T11:49:52Z But Holloway spins it in a novel way, inserting a cryptic side to the story that made Sparks want to pick it apart, and decode it. In Broadway’s ‘Grey House,’ Something Nightmarish This Way Comes 2023-05-17T04:00:00Z Los Angeles avant-rock institution Sparks is as glistening and inventive as ever on "Why Did You Make Me Care?" Beck's latest 'Song Reader' reels in professionals 2014-07-29T04:00:00Z The moment when Donita Sparks, singer and guitarist with the rock band L7, removed her underwear would never be broadcast now that most shows have a time delay. How The Word changed TV 2010-08-10T07:00:00Z Like Sparks' other films, "The Longest Ride" will probably lure in largely women audiences, fans of Sparks and those who opt out of the action-film frenzy. 'Furious 7' to stay on top of box office race 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z And, yeah, the next one is me and Sparks. Todd Rundgren on no more Trump songs, his high-tech "spectacle" of a tour, and the new Sparks collab 2021-02-28T05:00:00Z In this way they avoid the great pitfall of the grief memoir: using the dead as "writing meat", Muriel Spark's sanguine expression for the cannibalising instincts of the writer. Too much grief 2011-08-19T21:55:11Z Book choice: Muriel Spark nominated her old high school library for a cash award in 1997. Michael Holroyd looks forward to the 2013 David Cohen literature prize 2013-03-01T16:00:02Z Instead, he went on to direct “The Sparks Brothers.” Edgar Wright on ‘Last Night in Soho’ and the Trap of Nostalgia 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z Bekah Brunstetter, a producer on the NBC family drama series This is Us, is writing the show, which will be produced in collaboration with Nicholas Sparks, author of the book on which it is based. The Notebook: hit romantic drama to be turned into Broadway musical 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z "The conversation of marriage and family is something that doesn't scare us," Sparks said of their relationship. Fame, failure and rebirth: Jordin Sparks finds all in "Sparkles" 2012-08-15T00:48:11Z Variety's Scott Foundas says the film follows the standard Sparks playbook. 'The Longest Ride': Critics aren't bullish on Nicholas Sparks romance 2015-04-10T04:00:00Z Looking for his perfect type … Paul Dano as Calvin in Ruby Sparks. Typewriters: an illustrated guide and a debt of thanks 2012-11-22T09:08:55Z Look for either the Lynx or the Sparks to win it all this season. Basketball action heats up this summer with Olympics and WNBA 2016-07-27T04:00:00Z Brandt Zipp, a stoneware historian and auctioneer in Sparks, Md., has been tracking down the minimal paper trail for eight years and is preparing a monograph due in a year or so. Antiques: Commeraw Pottery and a Siqueiros Mural 2011-10-13T20:38:56Z Think “Fast & Furious” meets Nicholas Sparks meets “Die Hard.” ArtsBeat: Build a Summer Blockbuster 2013-06-28T14:50:16Z "I didn't know who Gram Parsons was when I first listened to Beachwood Sparks, and then I went back through all that and tried to figure it out, like the pieces of a puzzle." Allah-Las: American cratediggers in London 2013-01-20T19:30:01Z Sparks fly, though perhaps not enough to light a fire. Review: In 2 New Shows, F.B.I. Nerds Tangle With C.I.A. Babes 2019-02-24T05:00:00Z The chances of Nicholas Sparks changing his formula now seem pretty distant. When will Nicholas Sparks stop making girls cry? 2010-04-22T21:05:00Z A Nicholas Sparks movie is a romantic melodrama in which the road to enduring love is paved with complications, some preposterous, some life-threatening. Review: In ‘The Longest Ride,’ the Nicholas Sparks Brand Endures 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z But Nicholas Sparks novels and “Chicken Soup for the Soul” know where to find them. Books of The Times: Ben Schrank’s ‘Love Is a Canoe’ Portrays a Self-Help Author 2013-01-20T22:14:10Z "I was just a bit too young, so I kind of missed out on Sparks when they had their huge impact in the U.K. in the mid-'70s," Kapranos said separately. Mutual fans Franz Ferdinand and Sparks team for 'FFS' album and tour 2015-06-06T04:00:00Z If Sasha Kelly Jackson and Stephen Small-Warner II are spotted passing a treasured old notebook back and forth in their old age, it won’t be because a Nicholas Sparks novel inspired them. Two Filmmakers Write Their Own Love Story 2021-02-26T05:00:00Z The Driver's Seat by Muriel Spark: Office worker Lise "leaves everything behind her, transforms herself into a laughing, garishly-dressed temptress and flies abroad on the holiday of a lifetime". Dame Muriel up for 'lost' Booker 2010-03-25T14:17:00Z Sparks said he made the statement because he was frustrated because he believes they stole from him and continued to follow him. Judge grants Sheryl Crow 3-year restraining order 2012-08-15T01:16:04Z Sparks’ human need for validation seems like an impressively ordinary impulse contrasted with their extraordinarily uncommon work. Perspective | ‘The Sparks Brothers’ digs into the cult of the rock duo. A deeper dive is even more fulfilling. 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z Spark up a conversation with someone you'd normally actively ignore and slip in a few untruths about yourself. Bourgeois and Maurice's guide to surviving the Christmas party season 2010-12-17T11:25:28Z If the music is White and freaky, there is a reasonable chance that the authors of your track in question have heard Sparks. Perspective | ‘The Sparks Brothers’ digs into the cult of the rock duo. A deeper dive is even more fulfilling. 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z Save on sunblock with the 2013 documentary "Spark: A Burning Man Story," which offers an armchair tour of the annual art event/ad-hoc community in the Nevada desert. TV This Week Aug. 17 - 23: 'Doctor Who' on BBC America 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z To him, the mods' conspicuous consumption was a form of defiant working-class aspiration, while to another early mod, Steve Sparks, it was spawned by art school beatniks. The A-Z of Mod by Paolo Hewitt and Mark Baxter – review 2012-06-01T10:00:01Z As Eicher sang and played guitar, and the team unrolled his latest book to weeping fans like Malik, Sparks felt the weight of his readers’ expectations. Nicholas Sparks hits a tear-soaked milestone: 20 years of sentimental love stories 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z The story of an eccentric Scottish schoolteacher with pro-fascist tendencies originated as a novel by Muriel Spark. Actress Zoe Caldwell, Tony winner for ‘Medea,’ dies at 86 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z Seattle Symphony presents Kendall’s “The Spark Catchers” on a program with Holst’s “The Planets” and Haydn’s Symphony No. 98, 7:30 p.m. A 35-year-old composer and 25-year-old conductor make their Seattle Symphony debuts 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z “Last Night in Soho” follows his 2017 car-chase thriller “Baby Driver,” the biggest commercial hit of his career, and will be his second movie released this year after the rock documentary “The Sparks Brothers.” Edgar Wright on ‘Last Night in Soho’ and the Trap of Nostalgia 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away… "Star Wars Rebels: Spark of Rebellion," a new animated tale. TV This Week Sept. 28 - Oct. 4: 'Reign' on KTLA 2014-09-26T04:00:00Z "Sparkle": A remake of the 1976 film about three sisters in the 1960s who form a girl group features "American Idol" winner Jordin Sparks and the final screen performance of Whitney Houston. Weekend Preview: Whidbey Island Fair, geocaching 2012-08-15T18:58:08Z “Ruby Sparks”: Writing the perfect girlfriend Topics: , Romantic comedy, Ruby Sparks, Zoe Kazan Why would anyone want to watch a movie about a writer? “Ruby Sparks”: Writing the perfect girlfriend 2012-07-25T00:01:00Z Spark doesn't just have her subjects writhing on a petri dish, she's flicking them about for the hell of it. Looking back at the Lost Booker: Muriel Spark 2010-05-13T14:52:00Z Sparks's version would probably make a less exciting rollercoaster, but the formula is basically the same. When will Nicholas Sparks stop making girls cry? 2010-04-22T21:05:00Z Even if you have never heard Sparks proper before, I can almost guarantee you have at a slant. Perspective | ‘The Sparks Brothers’ digs into the cult of the rock duo. A deeper dive is even more fulfilling. 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z Biggest Spark: After her dance, Kirstie runs and kisses Tom, hard. Dancing with the Stars Watch: All Stars Edition Kicks Off 2012-09-25T12:00:09Z Meanwhile, Nicholas Sparks' book adaptation "The Longest Ride" will probably rope in about $15 million. 'Furious 7' to stay on top of box office race 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z Now, though, Muriel Spark is Edinburgh’s most famous daughter. How Muriel Spark Came Home to Scotland 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z This could be a problem with Hough’s performance—she’s all sunshine but no heat—but in general, Sparks seems to taking it easier on his audiences these days. Safe Haven: Something Borrowed, Something ‘Boo’ 2013-02-14T13:00:55Z Apologies to Hallstrom, but an adaptation of a Sparks novel always ends up being a Sparks movie. Safe Haven: Something Borrowed, Something ‘Boo’ 2013-02-14T13:00:55Z The luminous “Sparks” references the loss of their mother. Harmonizing at home changes life of sisters in the Staves 2021-03-02T05:00:00Z That led to “Spark,” about the magazine for which Lin Zhao wrote an epic poem describing the struggle for freedom from tyranny. Excavating Chinese History, One Harrowing Film at a Time 2020-06-28T04:00:00Z But Mr. Daniels said he began to admire Mr. Howard, for work he had done in lesser-seen movies like “Spark,” and for challenging him directly. The Cast and Director of ‘Empire’ Discuss Their New Show 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z The surprise, when meeting Mr. Sparks, 38, is how unlike his bruised, brooding characters he seems. Paul Sparks Hones Tragic Persona in ?Dusk Rings a Bell? 2010-06-19T06:39:00Z A Sparks & Honey trend report called “Meet Generation Z: Forget Everything You Learned About Millennials” asserted that the cohort places heavy emphasis on being “mature and in control.” Move Over, Millennials, Here Comes Generation Z 2015-09-18T04:00:00Z The weepy romantic drama, written by best-selling author Nicholas Sparks, was deemed melodramatic and formulaic and claimed only a seven percent approval rating on reviews aggregator www.rottentomatoes.com. Critics sing the blues over Miley Cyrus movie 2010-03-31T20:40:00Z After three Sparks movies were released in 18 months, his team decided to hold back the movie rights on “Two by Two.” Nicholas Sparks hits a tear-soaked milestone: 20 years of sentimental love stories 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z The bookshops tend to stock mass-market paperbacks like entire shelves for Nicholas Sparks. A New, Flourishing Literary Scene in the Real Shangri-La 2018-08-19T04:00:00Z There's a fantastic programme for children in Leicester too where the Curve and other venues play host to the Spark Festival. Lyn Gardner's theatre tips 2013-05-24T12:35:00Z The Nicholas Sparks movie, at this point a genre all its own, stars inexpensive actors and features a plot that’s heavy on sentiment if a bit light on reason. Nicholas Sparks makes his first foray into television 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z A worker at the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists wrote in declaration accompanying Crow's filing that she spoke with Sparks on July 16 and he made the threat against Crow. Sheryl Crow granted temporary restraining order 2012-07-31T03:01:05Z The emails are part a case between Sparks and former headmaster Saul Hillel Benjamin, who alleges that Sparks defamed him. Emails show author Sparks objecting to pro-gay ‘agenda’ 2019-06-13T04:00:00Z Paul Sparks, the well-regarded downtown actor, plays the owner of a landscaping business with a dark secret in his past. The Week Ahead: May 23 ? 29 2010-05-20T20:56:00Z Music of Remembrance’s free “concerts-with-commentary” series, “Sparks of Glory,” returns on Saturday with Steve Reich’s “Different Trains” for string quartet and taped speech and sound effects. Free recital of Steve Reich’s ‘Different Trains’ 2013-01-24T23:14:35Z Sparks flew when he joined the violinist Jessica Lee and the pianist Inon Barnatan for a passionate rendition of Ravel’s sensuous trio, influenced by the folk music of that composer’s Basque heritage. Music Review: Chamber Music Society Plays Turina and Ravel 2011-10-07T23:30:07Z Safe Haven, a soft-hearted candy sampler from the Nicholas Sparks series of romance novels, also opened solidly, but the weekend was still nothing for Hollywood to plight its troth over. Die Hard Has a Pretty Good Day on Presidents’ Weekend 2013-02-18T23:09:40Z But for a story about sex, murder, family secrets and class resentments, the temperature is awfully mild, as if a Tennessee Williams play had been sent to Nicholas Sparks for a rewrite. ‘Where the Crawdads Sing’ Review: A Wild Heroine, a Soothing Tale 2022-07-13T04:00:00Z Music documentaries err toward evangelical devotion to their subjects, but, and at least anecdotally, it seems that the dominant mood surrounding a typical Sparks fan is something closer to dumbfoundedness than mania. Perspective | ‘The Sparks Brothers’ digs into the cult of the rock duo. A deeper dive is even more fulfilling. 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z Sparks delivered a solid performance, but it lacked the grit and raw emotion that Jennifer Hudson brought to her rendition of the song at the Grammys just following Houston’s death. Billboard Music Awards 2012: Best and Worst Moments 2012-05-21T15:19:29Z Read The Pitch » Enlarge Title: Red, White & Blood Tagline: The only thing faster than her car was his heart Think “Fast & Furious” meets Nicholas Sparks meets “Die Hard.” Save My Blockbuster! 2013-06-28T16:14:07Z Crow obtained a temporary restraining order against the 45-year-old in July after her team reviewed a series of Sparks' online posts directed at the singer. Judge grants Sheryl Crow 3-year restraining order 2012-08-15T01:16:04Z That's not to say that all Sparks adaptations are identical, of course. When will Nicholas Sparks stop making girls cry? 2010-04-22T21:05:00Z We've been here before, of course, with other bohemian hopefuls, aspirant Kate Bush kooks such as Foxes, Wolfette and Spark, who all came with rave notices and a sense of impending stardom. New band of the day: Tiny Dancer (No 1,474) 2013-03-19T16:22:07Z "Sparks Fly," her breezy pop album debut, bowed at No. 8 on the latest Billboard 200. Miranda Cosgrove creates "Sparks" with Top 10 debut 2010-05-08T02:41:00Z Idol alum Jordin Sparks will soon see her name in lights as she hits Broadway's "In The Heights." 'American Idol' News: Crystal, Jordin and Gaga 2010-05-03T21:04:00Z At the end of each six-flash sequence, she writes in her new book, “Silent Sparks,” “darkness rushed in like a shade drawn over my eyes.” Humans love fireflies, but we haven’t made life easy for them 2016-07-05T04:00:00Z Zoe Kazan and Paul Dano in Ruby Sparks: Kazan's character is a parody of the 'manic pixie dream girl' Why is this happening now? How female actors are rewriting Hollywood's script 2013-07-11T17:00:01Z In 2008, the Sparks performed all 21 of their studio albums released to date in their entirety over the course of 21 nonconsecutive nights, an undertaking since unequaled by any pop music act. Sparks to mount 1974 'Kimono' album live on Valentine's Day 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z And like “Spark,” he chose to mostly work alone, rather than call on his musician friends as he laid down the album’s foundation. Heartbreak leads Alain Johannes to 'Fragments and Wholes' 2015-01-13T05:00:00Z Bekah Brunstetter, a producer on the NBC family drama series “This is Us,” is writing the show, which will be produced in collaboration with Nicholas Sparks, author of the book on which it is based. Get the hankies out. Romance 'The Notebook' headed for Broadway 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z His previous book, “Conversation Sparks,” was a collection of over 350 quirky factoids. Review | ‘Riots I Have Known’ is criminally funny 2019-05-13T04:00:00Z It also allows you to send other users “Sparks,” which the app describes as “kink-related animations … to get the conversation going.” No weekend plans yet? There’s a Grindr for “50 Shades” fans now, because of course 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z That's not to say Galloway carries the pains of the memoirs around: like her heroine, Muriel Spark, she enthuses that life just "gets better and better". A life in books: Janice Galloway 2011-08-05T21:55:05Z On the Box Office Mojo website, “The Longest Ride” is described in three words: “Brand: Nicholas Sparks.” Review: In ‘The Longest Ride,’ the Nicholas Sparks Brand Endures 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z It's not as if Sparks doesn't rate his own abilities. When will Nicholas Sparks stop making girls cry? 2010-04-22T21:05:00Z That search for authentic masculinity is a weighty preoccupation of “The Spark and the Drive.” ‘The Spark and the Drive,’ by Wayne Harrison “The vast majority of the book was written after my divorce,” Sparks says. Nicholas Sparks hits a tear-soaked milestone: 20 years of sentimental love stories 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z Before long, talk turned to the wretched state of reproductive rights in this country, and when I asked Sparks if there was any chance of her reviving Rock for Choice, she demurred. L7 frontwoman says feminist pop stars like Beyoncé and Taylor Swift should reboot Rock for Choice 2019-06-28T04:00:00Z “American Idol” winner Jordin Sparks, who sang the “Star-Spangled Banner” before Monday night’s game between the Dallas Cowboys and the Arizona Cardinals, had the bible reference “Prov. 31:8-9” clearly written on her hand. George Clooney prays for unity as celebs back #TakeAKnee 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z He had obeyed Fox's orders to stay off the 2,000-pound animals during production of the new Nicholas Sparks adaptation "The Longest Ride" — even though he was playing a professional bull rider. Scott Eastwood thinks 'The Longest Ride' bucks a Nicholas Sparks trend 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z As mystical hero the Doctor says, with admiration and fear, “Only Jenny Sparks could finish a fight by executing God U.S. execution style.” “Preacher” fans, your prayers are answered: Here are 10 comics with outrageous portrayals of God 2016-05-23T04:00:00Z “Ruby Sparks” is now playing in Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco and Washington, D.C., with wider national release to follow. “Ruby Sparks”: Writing the perfect girlfriend 2012-07-25T00:01:00Z Kids can test their ingenuity and creativity in the interactive Object Project and Spark!Lab spaces. What can an old wooden cart teach us about American ingenuity? 2015-06-28T04:00:00Z And the soundtrack's running order was compiled before the film began production; Beachwood Sparks' lovelorn By Your Side was plucked from a playlist O'Malley compiled at the end of the original comic books. Edgar Wright: why the Scott Pilgrim soundtrack matters as much as the movie 2010-08-18T15:47:00Z If their ho-hum romance had been a red herring, I might have cheered — what a clever way of Sparks to send up his usual style and show us a bit of his darker side. All of the romance and none of the thrills in Nicholas Sparks’s latest novel 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z Stefani acknowledges as much in her new video for "Spark the Fire" -- "Finally remembering what is me / That is what happens when I get with P." Gwen Stefani releases single, video for 'Spark the Fire' 2014-12-02T05:00:00Z If its tone is considerably tougher than that of movies adapted from Nicholas Sparks novels, it is still a grown-up soap opera. Movie Review: ‘People Like Us,’ With Chris Pine 2012-06-28T23:36:10Z The original event – notorious for its passionate exchanges between writers – was attended by such figures as Rebecca West, Muriel Spark and Mary McCarthy. China Miéville: Writers should welcome a future where readers remix our books 2012-08-21T18:15:42Z The bride, 30, is a Pilates instructor and a founder of Spark Dance Forum, a performance and networking forum for dancers and choreographers in New York. Martha Dobbs, Dolan Bloom 2018-05-27T04:00:00Z Like "Midnight in Paris," another high-concept comedy that felt no need to explain its magic, "Ruby Sparks" floats along like a balloon in the sunshine, following its own rules — and it's a joy. 'Ruby Sparks' is pure, fantastical joy 2012-08-02T20:12:08Z Muriel Spark and Arthur Miller explore the creation of “The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie” and “The Crucible,” respectively. Sunday Reading: Literary Inspiration 2018-12-30T05:00:00Z So she argues with the narrator about metaphysics and free will; and it's a mark of Spark's lifelong style, this use of fiction to question truth. Ali Smith: Style vs content? Novelists should approach their art with an eye to what the story asks 2012-08-18T15:00:00Z Nonetheless, their two-week idyll together inspires true love -- or so the script by Jamie Linden, based on a novel by Nicholas Sparks, insists. 2010-02-03T00:40:00Z There's some great work for children in the Midlands this week as the Spark festival kicks off in Leicester and, in the East Midlands, the Jump In festival. What to see: Lyn Gardner's theatre tips 2012-05-25T16:48:54Z The novels of Nicholas Sparks — like the novelist himself — have attained iconic status. All of the romance and none of the thrills in Nicholas Sparks’s latest novel 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z During rehearsals for his virtual tour, Rundgren spoke to Salon about rekindling his Sparks friendship, as well as getting back into music and doing his first batch of shows since October 2019. Todd Rundgren on no more Trump songs, his high-tech "spectacle" of a tour, and the new Sparks collab 2021-02-28T05:00:00Z He recently did a project for Relativity Media, the film studio behind the latest Nicholas Sparks adaptation, “The Best of Me.” A Day with Jérôme Jarre: How a Snapchat Gets Made 2014-12-08T05:00:00Z Then Spark Care+ picks music that it determines will make the user feel better. Florida middle-schooler wins 3M Young Scientist Challenge with music therapy invention 2021-10-22T04:00:00Z Ernest Hemingway did A Farewell to Arms and that’s good company,” says Sparks. Nicholas Sparks on 50 Shades: “I Did Not Read It” 2013-09-16T17:19:49Z Before the endless singing begins — Sparks did all the songs — a voiceover asks for the audience's complete attention. Adam Driver is impressive, but can't save Amazon's audacious & sexy rock opera "Annette" 2021-08-05T04:00:00Z Even though I have had a grudging respect for Sparks's knack for ingenious popular fiction in the past, this latest gushing, smouldering love story is just too ridiculously cliched. Love Arbitrage? Tell us about the films you've seen this week 2013-03-04T15:18:39Z But if we're honest, I Speak Because I Can plays more like a modern version of Joni Mitchell's Court and Spark. McGee on music 2010-03-30T14:51:00Z It’s not a great leap beyond that to interpreting your emotional state, as the Mood Sweater and Heart Spark are already doing. As Fitbits for Feelings Emerge, Whither Empathy? 2014-05-23T04:00:00Z This was the choice of a past student, Muriel Spark in 1997. Michael Holroyd looks forward to the 2013 David Cohen literature prize 2013-03-01T16:00:02Z He also became an exemplar of the white man in charge of shows about middle-class black life: “Amen,” “Sparks,” “The Good News.” Television Review: ‘Belle’s,’ a New TV One Sitcom 2013-01-31T23:00:11Z The country had a huge literary heritage, but only Muriel Spark was producing contemporary literature, hardly any of it actually set in Scotland. Scotland should not be wasting time on blaming the English any more 2012-12-21T19:00:00Z But it's also "The Last Song," the second Nicholas Sparks movie to hit theaters in the past two months, a development only moonstruck teen girls and the facial-tissue industry will welcome. 'The Last Song' plays a familiar, maudlin tune 2010-03-31T16:02:00Z When he puts it into the mouth of one of his many narrators, you know you’re in for some squish, in an Erich Segal or Nicholas Sparks kind of way. Review: Bill Clegg’s ‘Did You Ever Have a Family’ Heaps One Tragedy Upon Another 2015-09-08T04:00:00Z I console myself that writing two books a year gave Muriel Spark hallucinations. The book launch letdown 2011-08-23T10:26:59Z The way that Spark plays out her story is unconventional: a highly controlled, beautifully conducted, strange experiment. The Lost Man Booker prize 2010-04-01T07:00:00Z “American Idol” winner Jordin Sparks, who sang the “Star-Spangled Banner” before Monday night’s game between the Dallas Cowboys and the Arizona Cardinals, had the bible reference “Prov. 31:8-9” clearly written on her hand. George Clooney prays for unity as celebs back #TakeAKnee 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z The lack of a female champion for the past five years was mocked in a finale bit featuring the female finalists, in cahoots with Sparks, jokingly sabotaging this season’s five male contestants. How Candice Glover Won American Idol 2013-05-17T10:31:14Z And I wasn’t alone — the bulk of my classmates were in the campus bookstore buying up all of the Spark Notes that day. WATCH: 5 books you’ve got to read this summer 2017-07-04T04:00:00Z If Sanchez wins, she will be youngest "Idol" champion and the Fox TV contest's first female winner since Jordin Sparks in 2007. Jessica's got to connect to win, says "Idol" mentor Iovine 2012-05-21T20:57:44Z The documentary, more of an oral history than an argument, combines the remembrances of former Spark writers with voice-over readings from the publication. ‘Spark’ and ‘The Observer’ Review: A Filmmaker’s Past, and China’s 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z Whitney Houston’s Final Recording Makes Its Debut Whitney Houston’s final recording, a duet with Jordin Sparks for the film “Sparkle,” is being released commercially on June 5, The Associated Press reported. ArtsBeat: Whitney Houston's Final Recording Makes its Debut 2012-05-21T21:29:16Z Kondo’s philosophy, a liberating, trust-your-gut approach to what to keep and what to let go, turned the phrase “Spark joy” into a way of life and spawned its own Netflix series. How hoarding and tidying up defined the decade 2019-12-31T05:00:00Z Rabidly sexist comments under the Terry story in the Sun suggested Sparks should stick to knitting, or that female voices were “not strong enough to commentate on football”. From breast-grabbing to ‘hottest fan’ galleries, is this World Cup the most sexist? 2018-07-02T04:00:00Z What I mean is that while I was watching “Ruby Sparks” I manfully struggled with myself in an effort to like it. “Ruby Sparks”: Writing the perfect girlfriend 2012-07-25T00:01:00Z After a brief nod to "River" with Kristina Train providing a jazzy vocal on "Court and Spark," it was devoted to selections from the new album. Herbie Hancock & friends throw rousing jazz shindig 2010-06-25T22:05:00Z Soon after, Seattle Symphony presented the U.S. premiere of her intensely evocative and haunting “The Spark Catchers,” an orchestral piece inspired by a poetic tribute to exploited workers in a 19th-century matchmaking factory. Meet the fast-rising young composer who’s created a work Seattle Symphony is debuting in the U.S. 2021-02-16T05:00:00Z Case in point: “And I Do Not Forgive You,” the new collection of 22 stories from Amber Sparks. Review | The appeal of ‘And I Do Not Forgive You’ is hard to articulate but impossible to resist 2020-02-12T05:00:00Z Muriel Spark, who has been shortlisted for the Lost Man Booker prize. Spark tipped for Lost Booker 2010-03-25T14:40:00Z “If its tone is considerably tougher than that of movies adapted from Nicholas Sparks novels, it is still a grown-up soap opera,” Stephen Holden wrote in The Times in June. FILM: New on DVD: ‘Three Mesquiteers’ Films With John Wayne 2012-09-29T23:13:01Z Fans of Nicholas Sparks in search of summer diversion will find in these pages a good message and a big heart. 'One Summer': a flawed father's chance to regain the trust of his children 2011-07-20T20:45:04Z Cyrus, now 17, made her non- "Hannah" feature film debut earlier this year in "The Last Song," based on a Nicholas Sparks novel. "Hannah Montana" starts final season as Miley moves on 2010-07-05T17:15:00Z The suit claims that during one meeting “Sparks insisted that Mr. Benjamin stop talking about Islam, Judaism or any other non-Christian religion” at school functions because “that’s not what parents like to hear.” Author of The Notebook Sued Over Alleged Racism, Homophobia, Anti-Semitism 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z As a Communist he became a leader of many of the party’s youth organizations, including the Red Spark, an agitprop theater group. The Spy Who Handed America’s Nuclear Secrets to the Soviets 2020-05-12T04:00:00Z This Sparks adaptation is more ruthless but far less effective, shamelessly piggy-backing on 9/11, autism, cancer and war. Dear John: Film review 2010-04-15T21:30:00Z Jerk wings were part of the attraction at Spark and remain so at Cane. Review | Cane doubles the pleasures with chef-driven Caribbean cooking 2019-06-12T04:00:00Z I say "youngish" because Spark was 41 when Memento Mori was published in 1959. Rereading: Memento Mori by Muriel Spark 2010-06-04T23:06:00Z Cutting out the middleman, as Lifetime has done, would seem more efficient — Sparks is the executive producer of “Deliverance Creek,” but it’s not based on any existing material. Nicholas Sparks makes his first foray into television 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z After a radio promotional tour for "Sparks Fly," Cosgrove will spend the summer filming Season 4 of "iCarly" and making appearances at radio concerts. Miranda Cosgrove creates "Sparks" with Top 10 debut 2010-05-08T02:41:00Z Filming on the movie, which stars former "American Idol" winner Jordin Sparks, recently wrapped. Pop queen Whitney Houston dies on eve of Grammys 2012-02-12T12:30:12Z He looks like the guy with the moustache from Sparks and a wannabe police officer; she is full of beans, dance routines and passion. Discombobulated ? review 2011-08-09T11:28:02Z Muriel Spark lived long enough to write an online diary for Slate and to be entranced by television coverage of the Bill Clinton-Monica Lewinsky scandal. Books of The Times: Martin Stannard Traces a Writing Life in ?Muriel Spark? 2010-04-13T22:35:00Z "American Idol" winner Sparks, who's also an actress with a movie, "Left Behind," opening in October, was sad after the split, a source told Gossip Cop. Jason Derulo and Jordin Sparks have reportedly split up 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z But the Nicholas Sparks gravy train slowed: “The Best of Me” took in a slight $10.2 million, the weakest opening result in the romance writer’s nine-film career. Brad Pitt and 'Fury' Take No. 1 at Box Office 2014-10-19T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, Music of Remembrance's free, final concert in the "Sparks of Glory" series is at 2 p.m. 3 ways to hear free concerts this weekend 2012-04-19T20:01:45Z That same year, he was brought to Hollywood by Warner Bros, where he was immediately cast in the small role of Sparks in the submarine drama Destination Tokyo, starring Cary Grant. John Forsythe obituary 2010-04-04T16:02:00Z On the last play it's a mesh of Sparks and Talking Heads. Now listening: reader playlist 2012-06-27T13:38:00Z “The Last Song,” a Disney adaptation of the Nicholas Sparks novel, was fourth with about $16.2 million. ?Clash of the Titans? Pulls in 2-D Moviegoers Too 2010-04-04T20:01:00Z Eastwood's first leading role will be in the film adaptation of Nicholas Sparks' "The Longest Ride," set for release in April. Premium genes: Meet 9 celeb scions fashion brands are banking on 2015-03-17T04:00:00Z But Longest Ride arrives in a literary world that’s somewhat different from the one encountered by Sparks’ 16 previous books. Nicholas Sparks on 50 Shades: “I Did Not Read It” 2013-09-16T17:19:49Z We can snicker all we want about the novels of Nicholas Sparks and the cookie-cutter films adapted from them. Stream These 13 Titles Before They Leave Netflix in October 2022-09-27T04:00:00Z It's not that movies based on Nicholas Sparks books – think The Notebook or Nights in Rodanthe or The Last Song – are bad. What we want from Hollywood in 2011 2010-12-23T22:00:01Z A forensic psychiatrist called Sparks "imminently dangerous" and said his psychosis was directed at Crow. Crow's restraining order extended 2012-08-15T09:09:22Z This delivered in a quavering voice over a backing that recalls Meat Loaf and Queen, with a dash of Sparks. Foxy Shazam: Foxy Shazam 2010-10-14T22:00:00Z Such painful introspection applies in particular to Ray in “Dusk Rings a Bell,” who is both an extension of Mr. Sparks’s gallery of problem portraits and a departure into more penetrating emotional territory. Paul Sparks Hones Tragic Persona in ?Dusk Rings a Bell? 2010-06-19T06:39:00Z In Las Vegas, Malone took first place in the five-ball freestyle division, while in Sparks, Malone won in the "Under 18" Juniors Division. Juggling teen storms summer competitions 2010-08-25T18:59:00Z Spark was a postmodernist writer before that term was known to literary criticism. Rereading: Memento Mori by Muriel Spark 2010-06-04T23:06:00Z That’s the conclusion of a report, “The Future of Relationships,” published this month by the Museum of Sex in conjunction with Sparks & Honey, a trend-forecasting firm in New York. Sex Toys and Cybersex Are Enhanced by New Technology 2013-12-24T22:57:24Z Martin Stannard’s “Muriel Spark: The Biography,” alas, exists in the real world. Books of The Times: Martin Stannard Traces a Writing Life in ?Muriel Spark? 2010-04-13T22:35:00Z The lawsuit also accuses Sparks of locking the former headmaster in a room and yelling at him. Author of The Notebook Sued Over Alleged Racism, Homophobia, Anti-Semitism 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z “Sparks” is what the civilians there call shrapnel. At Arles Festival, 7 Promising Photographers to Watch 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z His suit seeks damages from Sparks, three other members of the board of The Epiphany School of Global Studies in New Bern, North Carolina, and the Nicholas Sparks Foundation. Author of The Notebook Sued Over Alleged Racism, Homophobia, Anti-Semitism 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z And Sparks gives an truly poised performance especially considering she, like her fellow American Idol alum Jennifer Hudson in Dreamgirls, is a novice making her feature film debut. Sparkle: Whitney Houston's Last Picture Show and Jordin Sparks' First 2012-08-16T16:17:09Z It's strange the things I end up liking: certain Alicia Keys songs, Nine Inch Nails, Sparks. These New Puritans: a band like no other 2010-10-07T21:59:00Z Not that nonsensical obfuscations aren’t always essential to Sparks’ fictions, but usually they run more along the lines of neglecting to tell someone you are dying. The Lucky One: Zac Efron Grows Up 2012-04-19T15:46:30Z In 2017, the music-obsessed director Edgar Wright, fresh off the success of “Baby Driver,” went to see Sparks perform in Los Angeles. Now Sparks Can Confuse Fans on the Big Screen 2021-06-18T04:00:00Z Later in May, R&B star Jordin Sparks, who co-starred with Houston in the late singer's final movie "Sparkle," sang the same song at the Billboard Music Awards in tribute. Grammys give Whitney Houston a glittering salute 2012-10-12T06:18:27Z Jerk wings were part of the attraction at Spark and remain so here, where ripples on the right wall near the tiny bar are recycled sugar cane. Review | Tom Sietsema’s 8 favorite places to eat right now 2019-07-23T04:00:00Z But when Iris Murdoch, Muriel Spark and Edna O'Brien rose to fame, Manning's resentment shifted as she brooded over their celebrity and press coverage. Why were they getting so much attention? Olivia Manning: A Woman at War by Deirdre David - review 2013-02-16T08:01:01Z He was a comedian’s comedian, in the way that Sparks are musician’s musicians. Perspective | ‘The Sparks Brothers’ digs into the cult of the rock duo. A deeper dive is even more fulfilling. 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z But as with other Spark novels, God seems to be lurking somewhere in this prophetic, eerily omniscient scenario. Nicholas Royle's top 10 writers on the telephone 2010-10-06T09:25:00Z But Rebecca Sparks, promoter of the annual High Sierra Music Festival in northern California, said the industry is keenly watching the Missouri case. Promoters wary after Missouri music festival bust 2011-07-15T16:01:04Z That was the premise of a skit on Monday night's episode of "Jimmy Kimmel Live!," anyway, which doubled as an advertisement for "The Best of Me," a new film based on Sparks' 2011 novel. Clippers star Blake Griffin: MVP of the Nicholas Sparks book club 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z She also performed comeback singles “Baby Don’t Lie” and “Spark the Fire.” Grammys 2015: Sam Smith, Gwen Stefani, Snoop Dogg top weekend parties 2015-02-09T05:00:00Z Out went the pizza oven and granite slab tabletops and in went avocado fritters, midcentury modern furnishings and a fresh name: Spark at Engine Co. Review | Rib-sticking Caribbean delights pop at Bloomingdale’s new Spark 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z Mr. Twelve Hawks sets up the battles in “Spark” as more than simple combat. ‘Spark,’ the Latest Dystopian Novel From John Twelve Hawks 2014-10-05T04:00:00Z So, to celebrate his 20th anniversary in publishing, Sparks wrote a divorce story. Nicholas Sparks hits a tear-soaked milestone: 20 years of sentimental love stories 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z The mix of Carax’s and Sparks’ sensibilities are hard to describe, but everything in “Annette” is heightened, surreal, self-aware — except for the performances. Cannes: Adam Driver on singing, surrealism and ‘Annette’ 2021-07-08T04:00:00Z The first stop: headlining a Nicholas Sparks romance. 'The Longest Ride' Trailer: Nicholas Sparks Wrote a Bullriding Romance 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z Just like her real-life parents, Sparks' onscreen mother Whitney Houston cheered and coached her, off camera, as she rebounded from career changes and transitioned from music to the movie "Sparkles," which hits theaters on Friday. Fame, failure and rebirth: Jordin Sparks finds all in "Sparkles" 2012-08-15T00:48:11Z After “Dusk Rings a Bell” ends its extended run on June 26, Mr. Sparks will return to his new role of parent. Paul Sparks Hones Tragic Persona in ?Dusk Rings a Bell? 2010-06-19T06:39:00Z In "Ruby Sparks," the clever new movie made from that screenplay, a young novelist named Calvin experiences severe writer's block. Zoe Kazan goes 'down a rabbit hole' with the movie 'Ruby Sparks' 2012-08-01T22:31:05Z “The Sparks Brothers,” director Edgar Wright’s sprawling paean to the Mael men, is both testament to and defense of this theory. Perspective | ‘The Sparks Brothers’ digs into the cult of the rock duo. A deeper dive is even more fulfilling. 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z The pictures in Scott Ivey’s show at Artist’s Proof are hung a bit lower than is usual for the gallery, notes proprietor Peggy Sparks. Review | In the galleries: At two Washington spaces, art of a political caliber 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z As Imaginate, Edinburgh's pioneering festival for families, finishes, so Spark begins, bringing a range of work to venues across the Midlands. Strange Interlude, Paradise Lost, The Dug Out: what to see at the theatre this week 2013-05-25T05:00:20Z Sparks on Sunday delivered a heart-felt tribute to Houston at the Billboard Music Awards. Whitney Houston's last record released for "Sparkle" 2012-05-21T20:53:43Z The Kinks, Sparks, the Jesus and Mary Chain, and Oasis all feature creative alliances fuelled by brotherly tension. New band of the day ? No 778: Pearly Gate Music 2010-05-04T14:28:00Z Because Spark – real name Jess Morgan – is going to be big. New band of the day ? No 796: Spark 2010-05-27T15:00:00Z Sparks' shameless formula is to introduce illness, death or social differences to punch emotional buttons and jerk tears. Miley Cyrus all grown up in new movie 2010-03-31T02:33:00Z Other awards followed for albums like "Court and Spark" and "The Hissing of Summer Lawns." The return of Joni Mitchell, the music great who's always relevant 2022-07-25T04:00:00Z In fact, many of the movies — like the Burning Man movie Spark, docu-comedy The Muslims Are Coming! and the self-explanatory Kamasutra 3D — flew well beneath the radar of even the biggest cineastes. Taylor Swift, Jay Z, Coldplay, U2 on Oscar-Eligible Movie Songs List 2013-12-17T17:27:25Z Sparks may figure softly in the U.S. imagination, but they carry a powerful shtick. Perspective | ‘The Sparks Brothers’ digs into the cult of the rock duo. A deeper dive is even more fulfilling. 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z Last month, Sparks, the veteran art-pop duo of the brothers Ron and Russell Mael, politely but pointedly asked their fans to wear masks even if their local venue no longer required it. Coachella Kicks Off a High-Stakes, Still Uncertain Concert Season 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z Bassist Phil Sparks also hosts a Friday jazz happy hour at the Latona. Where to go for local jazz, post-Tula’s? Here are some options, including a new series from KNKX and Jazz Alley 2020-01-21T05:00:00Z The experience of “The Sparks Brothers” has given the perpetually evolving Sparks a different attitude about revisiting their life’s work. Now Sparks Can Confuse Fans on the Big Screen 2021-06-18T04:00:00Z The two men met when Mr. Sparks was getting a massage at the house of an employee for the local chapter of the International Rescue Committee, who was moonlighting as a masseuse. They Fled Afghanistan for America. Now They Feed the Newest Arrivals. 2022-04-18T04:00:00Z “Virality is important,” said Matt Klein, the director of strategy at Sparks & Honey, a trends and insights consultancy. GoFundMe Confronts Coronavirus Demand 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z Herbert, Ziggy, and Spark would be very upset if I canceled our daily get togethers. The art of making (and not making) plans 2016-10-15T04:00:00Z Mr. Eddins and Mr. Sparks will also play roles in recruiting notable musical artists, brands and celebrities. FaZe Clan President Departs: ‘It’s Time for Gaming to Clean Up Its Act’ 2020-07-16T04:00:00Z Seriously, Nicholas Sparks thought it was a bit much. RECAP: The Bachelorette Watch: Three's a Crowd in a Fantasy Suite 2014-07-15T04:00:00Z Nicholas Sparks' adaptation "The Longest Ride" and DreamWorks Animation's "Home" will likely hold over in the top five. 'Furious 7' expected to stay on top despite three newcomers 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z Nicholas Sparks asked me what name I would like. Just a Minute: Miley Cyrus on "Last Song", first love 2010-04-01T10:16:00Z "The people that are following Sparks now, they're catching up on everything, on all 26 albums." Sparks talk new album, ever-growing fanbase: "Our audiences are pretty accepting of eccentricities" 2023-05-28T04:00:00Z Sparks at Play, which supplies playground equipment, installed fitness clusters at four of the play spaces renovated by the city, including the one at Palisades. Fighting childhood obesity, one playground at a time 2015-08-11T04:00:00Z In Greece, Mayor writes, much of the mythmaking was structured around a thought experiment: “What would happen if our Greek heroes encountered a band of Amazons? Sparks would fly!” The Real Amazon Warriors 2014-10-17T04:00:00Z But since "The Last Song" is another leg on the never-ending Nicholas Sparks Death Tour, you always sense The Reaper's bony hand circling, waiting to randomly pick off another victim. 'The Last Song' plays a familiar, maudlin tune 2010-03-31T16:02:00Z His most successful duet — “No Air,” with Jordin Sparks, appeared on her album, not his. Chris Brown Releases a New Album, ‘X’ 2014-09-16T04:00:00Z “This is more brutal than a football team,” Ms. Sparks said. ?Sleep No More? Is Theater Embedded With Dancers 2011-09-06T21:55:06Z Sparks, whose other novels include Message in a Bottle and The Wedding, also created the progressive Epiphany School with his wife through the Nicholas Sparks Foundation. Author of 'The Notebook' Nicholas Sparks Splits From Wife 2015-01-06T05:00:00Z “Sparks’ story isn’t the standard fare of a lot of music documentaries,” he said. Now Sparks Can Confuse Fans on the Big Screen 2021-06-18T04:00:00Z A worker at the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists wrote in a declaration accompanying Crow's filing that she spoke with Sparks on July 16 and he made the threat against Crow. Judge grants Sheryl Crow 3-year restraining order 2012-08-15T01:16:04Z David Sparks, chair of the Local Government Association, says the mixed picture in Consett is reflected nationally. What would you cut? Durham council asks residents to find £100m savings 2014-10-19T04:00:00Z Cervenka threw out the ceremonial first pitch while the stadium’s organist played an unlikely cover of the band’s “Blue Spark.” Punk band X still vibrant at 40 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z Sparks seemed to leap between Gray’s arched eyebrows, as if each were a battery terminal, as if he were getting a dirty thrill out of being onstage. Books of The Times: ?Journals of Spalding Gray,? Edited by Nell Casey - Review 2011-10-17T21:27:58Z "Die Hard" handily beat "Safe Haven," an adaptation of a Nicholas Sparks novel that was aimed at luring couples around Valentine's Day. New "Die Hard" grabs biggest box office action 2013-02-17T16:34:53Z In October she dropped the bouncy, electro-reggae “Baby Don’t Lie” and followed it with her frenetic reunion with Williams, “Spark the Fire.” Exclusive: Gwen Stefani's first headlining show in 6 years set for Feb. 7 2015-01-20T05:00:00Z The South in a Sparks movie has been so racially disinfected you could eat off its floors. 2004: ‘Fahrenheit 9/11’ and a Country at War With Itself 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z The Spark of Life isn't, however, organised as a history book. The Spark of Life by Frances Ashcroft – review 2012-07-13T21:55:09Z They moved to England in 1973, after taking on the name Sparks. Now Sparks Can Confuse Fans on the Big Screen 2021-06-18T04:00:00Z That was the thinking behind Spark Care+, a music therapy treatment that is designed to be personalized for each user. Florida middle-schooler wins 3M Young Scientist Challenge with music therapy invention 2021-10-22T04:00:00Z In 1953 they formed Spark Records, an independent label, with Sill, but without national distribution it failed to score major hits. Jerry Leiber, Prolific Writer of 1950s Hits, Dies at 78 2011-08-23T01:24:26Z And the menu would be easier to handle if Ms. Sparks didn’t organize it by heat source. Restaurant Review: Tavern on the Green 2014-06-24T04:00:00Z Two decades after his first tour, Sparks still appears thrilled to meet his fans, 90 percent of whom, he estimates, are women. Nicholas Sparks hits a tear-soaked milestone: 20 years of sentimental love stories 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z Spark starts as she means to go on with a terse, quick scene demonstrating the extravagant madness of a 36-year-old woman called Lise. Looking back at the Lost Booker: Muriel Spark 2010-05-13T14:52:00Z |
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