| 单词 | spectacularly |
| 例句 | Every stroke he took thus offered each boy the possibility of a wet, cold, and spectacularly public form of humiliation. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Along the roadside, oaks were spectacularly red against the green of pines. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Most of them blew up, spectacularly, but a few wobbled downrange. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Then, cold, wet, and gasping for breath, they returned to the fire in the Gryffindor common room, where Harry broke in his new chess set by losing spectacularly to Ron. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Note that a window means your traveling companion may then be stuck next to a spectacularly loquacious bore. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z But guiding Everest is a very loosely regulated business, administered by byzantine Third World bureaucracies spectacularly ill-equipped to assess qualifications of guides or clients. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z One of the most amazing things about the speakeasies was how quickly and how spectacularly they grew in number. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z But the spectacularly bad start meant that the two-length handicap he faced by virtue of his lane assignment was even greater now. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Turns out, it is a spectacularly long list. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z A spectacularly good location from which to broadcast. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Our tiny camp, a hundred feet above the tents of the other expeditions, was a spectacularly exposed perch. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z The war lasted for more than three years, seesawed across the Andes, and was spectacularly brutal. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z But while I have never considered myself a very good person, neither can I bring myself to believe that I am a spectacularly bad one. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Almost at once things began to go wrong, sometimes spectacularly so. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Most spectacularly of all, girls are becoming women. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Late in the day we reached a village called Lobuje, and there sought refuge from the wind in a cramped, spectacularly filthy lodge. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Windows, wide open to the spectacularly beautiful fall day, would slam shut in homes along Lambertsville Road and as far away as the high school. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z “If you must fail,” he said grandly, “fail spectacularly!” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z In America in the closing decades of the century there arose a rivalry even more spectacularly venomous, if not quite as destructive. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z I hadn’t been to see a doctor since I broke my wrist attempting a spectacularly unsuccessful front side nose grind off the Stokum library railing. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Around 13,000 years ago, as glaciers melted rapidly all over the world, conditions in Japan changed spectacularly for the better, as far as humans were concerned. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z In time, both the theories would be spectacularly vindicated, and spectacularly demolished. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Gone, too, are the outlaws, many of whom died as spectacularly as they lived. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Alex, of course, still thinks it’s spectacularly funny to pretend to trip almost every time he sees me, but his goofiness doesn’t bother me today, because it’s the last day before winter break. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z RON enters on a staircase, his side parting now super-aggressive, his robes just a little bit too short, his clothes now spectacularly staid. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z I realize that what makes the moon so spectacularly beautiful from down here on Earth might look ugly, jagged, and scarred up close. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z The walls were exposed Sheetrock, which contrasted spectacularly with the wood paneling on the vaulted ceiling. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I found the title redundant, but I guess the judges thought his work was spectacularly creative. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z For such an extraordinary athlete—even as a Lower Middler Phineas had been the best athlete in the school—he was not spectacularly built. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Close up, either full-face or in profile, he was surpassingly handsome, even spectacularly so. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z A man of few words, Mendel was even more concise in his writing: he had distilled nearly a decade’s work into forty-four spectacularly dreary pages. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Yet once the sixty-inch shook off its quirks in the spring of 1939, it began to perform as spectacularly as its designers expected. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z All the evildoers in the Bible seem spectacularly dumb. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z When Pocock had repaired the shell, and the boys took to the water again, the results were spectacularly disappointing. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z He knew that if that fact had ever been in question, the question had been answered spectacularly by his actions of the morning. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z Cecilia had carried up trays of tea to her mother’s room—as spectacularly squalid as her own—thinking some intimate conversations might develop. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Often enough, and sometimes spectacularly, he would succeed in showing that the “facts” were wrong. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z A cooking apple spectacularly exploded on Squelch's head, ten feet away. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z It used to erupt regularly and spectacularly to heights of three hundred feet, but in 1888 it just stopped. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Two black eyes were blooming spectacularly on his bloody face. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z She had learned, with Izzy’s birth, how your life could trundle along on its safe little track and then, with no warning, skid spectacularly off course. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He has done all these things, which our Christian church has spectacularly failed to do. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z She had seen other worlds, and she held the lineage of other worlds, spectacularly, in the vessel of her black body. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z "What we did...the consequences are final. I have never failed so spectacularly in my life." Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z He had been down the lonely road to those games, where the heartbeat had resonated more spectacularly than in the healthiest newborn. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Komen, in contrast, could hardly have seemed more spectacularly blundering in all of it. The tyranny of pink 2012-05-30T11:45:00Z Piano Spheres entered its 21st season spectacularly with a duo piano recital by one of the series' founders, Gloria Cheng, and British composer Thomas Adès. Spectacular start to Piano Spheres' 21st season 2015-09-09T04:00:00Z It's no accident that the Master has surfaced just as day will spectacularly become night. 'The Strain' recap: A vampire free-for-all begins in 'Occultation' 2014-08-18T04:00:00Z She was top of my list for a first interview, and she delivered spectacularly well. Q&A: Piers Morgan, the Man Stepping into Larry King's Seat 2011-01-14T05:35:00Z I have to keep reminding myself that Sorkin was not a contender in the "original" screenplay category – an irony, because this script was the most spectacularly original piece of work, a motormouth masterpiece. Oscars 2011: The Academy and the elderly genuflect to The King's Speech 2011-02-28T09:20:46Z It was raucous, unscripted and surprising yet spectacularly inert and predictable all at the same time. Perspective | The House speaker vote is the best thing on TV right now 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z The final acting prize did not quite follow the script, though it may offer Spielberg hope that he could yet pull off a spectacularly successful Oscars without actually winning best film. Argo is surprise Oscars favourite after SAG and PGA wins 2013-01-28T11:50:21Z In this year when we've heard so much about Dickens, we haven't heard nearly enough about his forceful, energetic, spectacularly untalented friend Edward Bulwer-Lytton. Review Christmas quiz 2012 2012-12-21T22:55:12Z With Marlborough’s appearance in the Biennale, the art of the later 20th century spectacularly breaks into what remained until recently the preserve of French artistic traditionalism. A Gathering of Treasures 2010-09-17T18:00:00Z Everyone had taken walks in various parts of Britain; several recommended spectacularly rugged Cornwall. Slow Travel: Walking in Wales 2013-05-24T17:03:36Z Spoiler alert: these hopes proved to be spectacularly misplaced. The story behind the US's World Cup meltdown – podcasts of the week 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z Yet a fresh musical breeze spectacularly ran through the night. L.A. Phil alum Lionel Bringuier wows in Zurich 2014-09-20T04:00:00Z There’s also the factor of being spectacularly marketed. It’s got a good beat, and you can fall asleep to it 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z The wall also becomes a projection screen for some of the production’s most memorably visceral images, including a living one that succinctly, unsettlingly and spectacularly conjures the rot at the heart of the work’s world. Review: An Opera Updates Oedipus, With Peroxide-Blond Hair 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z For a reality show to truly catch the audience’s attention, there has to be what cultural critic Winnie Salmon describes spectacularly as “the ‘money shot’, the moment of real, pure, raw and unscripted spontaneous emotion.” Reality or “Reality”?: Should NBC’s Olympics Coverage Be More Straightforward? 2012-08-08T12:00:20Z On my last day, I wanted to see the coastline — which I had heard was spectacularly beautiful along Noto Peninsula near Kanazawa. Japan Offers Lessons in Eating, Walking and Bridging the Distance 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z “The show did spectacularly well when families and tourists were here, but it was tough when the family audience wasn’t available,” Mr. Weinstein said in a telephone interview. Broadway’s ‘Finding Neverland’ to Close in August 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z And each demonstrated why she is star, most spectacularly Stritch, who doesn't just sing a song, she lives it. Philharmonic celebrates Sondheim's 80th birthday 2010-03-16T11:52:00Z The most spectacularly literal offering is “WetLand,” a floating installation by Mary Mattingly on the Delaware River. ‘The Adults’ and ‘99 Breakups’ at the FringeArts Festival in Philadelphia 2014-09-09T04:00:00Z At the very least, this is a spectacularly tone-deaf approach, couching the controversy in terms of how it has not affected a man’s ability to continue to produce his middlebrow comedies on demand. Ronan Farrow is right: THR’s breezy Woody Allen profile is “a sterling example of how not to talk about sexual assault” 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z To say it's pitched as a comedy, this second series of Girls has been spectacularly bleak. TV highlights 18/03/2013 2013-03-18T07:00:09Z The Colonial Office branded her ‘a dangerous woman,’ full of Machiavellian schemes to alter the succession and often spectacularly vulgar in her behavior. Book review: ‘Sylvia, Queen of the Headhunters,’ by Philip Eade In a globalized world, nothing lends itself to homogenization as spectacularly as variety on an unprecedented scale. Andreas Gursky's photos visually articulate the world around us, framing modern society 2015-10-17T04:00:00Z Even so, to have been appointed the all-purpose whipping boy for punk, a movement which he had championed both in print and behind the scenes, was a spectacularly cruel and unjust fate. Apathy for the Devil: A 1970s Memoir by Nick Kent | Book review 2010-03-27T00:08:00Z So exactly how did Morgan resurrect his career so spectacularly? Working Piers 2011-01-17T08:00:05Z The case was instead about a small house and the tensions between an architect and his client, the seemingly mundane matters of ever-escalating costs and a spectacularly uncooperative roof. When Mies van der Rohe Went on Trial 2020-03-17T04:00:00Z Members of our foreign policy establishment are so enamored of market reforms and democratization that they’re “spectacularly blind to the power of tribal politics.” American Blindness, Abroad and at Home 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z Westerly winds blowing across the lake piled sand atop the moraines, creating the spectacularly steep and tall dunes — known as perched dunes — that define the park. Sahara-Level Sand Dunes, Mediterranean-Blue Water: Welcome to Michigan 2019-09-04T04:00:00Z It's lucky for Newcastle that Ant and Dec are still going strong, what with their other most prominent media representation being the spectacularly awful 'Geordie Shore'. The Village is yet another 'grim up north' TV caricature 2013-04-22T07:18:00Z What promises to make the series distinctive is its simultaneously jaunty and corrosive depiction of the music industry — bloated, spectacularly corrupt and stuck in the soft-rock doldrums before the emergence of punk and hip-hop. Review: ‘Vinyl’ Resurrects the ’70s Music Industry, Amid Proto-Punk Squalor 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z The most lurid tab was the 30,000 euros he owed to his friend, Robert Lenton, whom Pierre had apparently fleeced back in the mid-80s in a complex Spanish property deal that went spectacularly wrong. 'Reality has surpassed satire' 2010-08-21T23:04:00Z Wildflowers in the Hill Country around Austin bloom most spectacularly from April through mid-May. Journeys: Texas Wildflowers Welcome Spring 2010-04-29T19:38:00Z It was unbelievable – a completely different experience playing this with someone so spectacularly energetic. Gustavo Dudamel electrifies young London musicians 2011-01-28T17:39:18Z Of all the page-to-stage adaptations of great American novels, none have been as spectacularly imaginative, or as true to their holy source, as “Gatz.” 10 Things Our Critics Are Looking Forward to in 2019 2019-01-01T05:00:00Z This Iron Age stone fortress hangs spectacularly and precariously on the edge of a sheer cliff. Beyond the blockbusters: Discovering remote sites in Europe 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z It is beautiful — spectacularly so, at times — but dumb,” Maslin wrote. Five Sci-Fi Classics, One Summer: How 1982 Shaped Our Present 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z The phenomenal success of the show relies at least in part on the thrill of casual vice, on the glamour of spectacularly messy, self-destructive behavior to our relatively staid and enlightened times. Cultural Studies: On ?Mad Men,? The Allure of Messy Lives 2010-07-30T21:05:00Z If not, it is quite a coincidence that her own and Kinsey's careers took off quite so spectacularly. Sue Grafton: 'My childhood ended when I was five' 2013-03-18T09:00:06Z "But I'm aware of the fact that however repellent I might find a lot of this programming, it is a spectacularly successful business model that probably benefited me in the long run." Food Network spawns edgy, young Cooking Channel 2010-04-23T18:08:00Z I remembered Jack's boring daddy issues from the first season; back then they struck me as a spectacularly tedious attempt to give our clean-cut hero some depth. Screen burn 2010-05-28T23:41:00Z Eastwood would win both battles, but would ultimately lose the war to Locke later on, when the two had a spectacularly messy falling out. When geniuses bomb 2012-06-12T14:00:00Z As we watch Bangkok grow into a spectacularly modern city, the old burdens of racism and class mutate into new toxins. Review | As catastrophic waters rise in Thailand, a writer examines the past and imagines the future 2019-02-13T05:00:00Z This particular scene comes to life in spectacularly brutal fashion. The “Outlander” torture chamber: A shockingly brutal rape transforms a hero into a victim, but at what cost? 2015-05-31T04:00:00Z It was the year that Cannes prepared itself, spectacularly, for a terrorist attack by staging a full-dress armed incursion the week before. Cannes 2016: Peter Bradshaw's festival verdict and award predictions 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z As anyone who has followed his career will recognize, he is a designer known for leaving his jobs almost as spectacularly as he enters them. The Lives of the Fashion Designer Lars Nilsson 2010-03-31T21:39:00Z But the wobbly bridge collapses, Mattie is hang-drowned spectacularly, dozens more fall in too and perish, horses as well ... a monk makes it to the bank, praise God ... but is then held under and drowned. TV review: World Without End; Blandings 2013-01-12T22:55:01Z Whether her outfit is a black off-the-shoulder blouse and glistening black pants or a café-au-lait ruffled dress, she wears it spectacularly well. Cabaret Review: A ?Dynasty? Diva Regales Us With Her Own Life Stories 2010-11-23T23:59:00Z In his own right, he's a spectacularly creative comic, offering sets that use politics, romance and family relationships as jumping-off points for wildly ambitious social theorising and sparkily funny comedy. This week's new live comedy 2013-07-06T05:00:00Z And I definitely find Lifetime’s branding of childbirth as an insistently “crazy” event spectacularly offensive. “Born In the Wild”: Lifetime TV has lost its mind 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z And last year, Change.org launched a petition to get Target to change its spectacularly segregated toy section. Dolls for girls, science and Legos for boys: The toy aisle is still sexist 2013-05-03T15:06:00Z Instead, this limp satire only proves that no one fails to understand Godard as spectacularly as filmmakers who think they do. ‘Adieu Godard’ Review: A Poor Imitation 2022-08-25T04:00:00Z “There are spectacularly large amounts of shells here,” said her father, Aaron Brickman. This Florida museum offers a hands-on look at the secret lives of shells 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z This was the event that put him on the map — perhaps ironically, because he failed spectacularly. A Look Back at Evel Knievel: A Daredevil Unafraid to Fail 2018-06-29T04:00:00Z In a recent feature on female artists in The Times Magazine, Rachel Cusk is told by one of her spectacularly successful subjects “that she has absolutely no idea of what her real desires are.” How Much Power Do Women Want? A Novel Circles the Question 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z Wearing one of her trademark colorful gowns, she offered a spectacularly sparkling performance, full of snap. Dudamel and Wang deliver a 'Rhapsody in Blue' for the Hollywood Bowl history books 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z The story is 19th-century Russian ballet at its most spectacularly kitsch but the classicism of Petipa's choreography remains its unsullied, exquisite heart. This week's new dance 2011-08-05T23:09:46Z Last week focused spectacularly upon his interests and strengths — new music, Finnish music, new Finnish music, symphonic showpieces. Salonen, Denk serve meat-and-potatoes Mozart, Beethoven 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z Playing Karen Smith, the well-meaning but spectacularly dim member of high-school clique the Plastics, she showed real comic cadence. Amanda Seyfried: 'I would lay naked on the street for Les Misérables' 2013-01-11T13:30:00Z Small but chic, this less spectacularly situated hotel charges 70 euros for two this summer. Madeira Draws a Younger, Hipper Set 2010-07-09T16:48:00Z “There are some places you can go, and you’d have to be spectacularly incompetent not to make an interesting recording,” he said. London, as You’ve Never Heard It Before 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z And the movie is embellished with spectacularly beautiful, enigmatic bursts of abstract imagery. Movie Review: Braden King?s ?Here? Raises Questions of Philosophy 2012-04-12T21:55:25Z This has been spectacularly true of cinema in the Soviet Union and Iran. The best art is born from democracy 2010-04-07T11:48:00Z On a smaller scale, you can get the same thrill of destruction when live theater goes spectacularly awry. Seattle Rep mounts redo of ‘Inspecting Carol’ romp | Theater review 2012-11-30T23:03:22Z “There’s all this pressure to succeed in the world, and we wanted to let them fail, and fail spectacularly,” Ms. Baie, the museum’s director of programming, said. Museums Tell Teenagers: We’re Here for You 2017-03-15T04:00:00Z The promise of an independent, socially conscious, aesthetically adventurous homegrown cinema is spectacularly redeemed in Sean Baker’s latest feature, which managed to be both the most joyful and the most heartbreaking movie of the year. The Best Movies of 2017 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z Certainly he looks spectacularly chunky – perhaps more rotund than Cheney himself ever was. Why Vice should win the best picture Oscar 2019-02-18T05:00:00Z On a Friday, we landed back at J.F.K., an airport with a baggage claim system so spectacularly dysfunctional, you’re instantly transported from paradise to the brutalities of daily life. 2010-01-16T00:21:00Z She lost, spectacularly, and decided to start a nonprofit to teach computer literacy to girls. Teaching Kids Coding, by the Book 2017-08-21T04:00:00Z My mom was a spectacularly misplaced New York City socialite fallen on magical realism strange times indeed. Luis Alberto Urrea: By the Book 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z They unearth footage from archives, return year after year to their subjects, and most spectacularly, find fresh ways to film the rink, enlisting skaters to record themselves with the kineticism that their artistry deserves. ‘United Skates’ Review: A Rallying Cry for Black Roller Skating Culture 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z One film that has a spectacularly unsettling use of sound is Session 9. From Rosemary's Baby to Suspiria, five directors on cinema's scariest moments 2018-10-28T04:00:00Z The nobles are spectacularly gowned, and perhaps half the cast is hatted and bewigged, with the Queen's Act 1 stand-up hairdo a "Young Frankenstein" knockoff. ABT's 'Sleeping Beauty' at Segerstrom a lush return to tradition 2015-03-04T05:00:00Z As for whether it becomes a collectible: nope, I doubt it, unless it fails spectacularly. Affairs of the Wrist: The Apple Watch Comes Between Them 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z Joshua Tree Highlands Houses These modern cabins, spectacularly situated near the National Park’s entrance, each boast five private acres and are available to rent by the night, week or month. | Joshua Tree’s Artful Excursions 2014-04-11T12:59:34Z She wants to move away from stripping to concentrate on her photography, and he offers solidarity, a morale boost and a spectacularly broad shoulder to cry on. Review: ‘Magic Mike XXL,’ Fleshing Out a Sequel With Heart as Well as Pecs and Abs 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z The “Three Sisters” at the Kennedy Center’s Eisenhower Theater this week is exactly what you imagine a major Russian staging of Anton Chekhov’s classic would be: stately, emotional and powered by three spectacularly passionate actresses. To Moscow! Kennedy Center showcases an expert Russian ‘Three Sisters.’ 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z At the registration desk, thinking of the Ailey company’s spectacularly athletic production, “Revelations,” I asked the bubbly 20-something registrar, “Is this going to be ‘Revelations’ Zumba?” Zoom In, Zumba Away 2012-01-11T23:45:24Z Sometimes the proof-reading is so spectacularly shoddy that you wonder whether it's deliberate. Mandy, Charlie & Mary-Jane by Stewart Home – review 2013-03-05T13:49:00Z On the bright side, security at the prison is spectacularly lax. 'Lockout': Actioner would be lost in space without Guy Pearce 2012-04-11T16:02:04Z Going all in is often a spectacularly bad idea. Going All In on “All In” 2015-09-07T04:00:00Z The mystery to me was that he could live in such a spectacularly picturesque city yet confine his work mostly to interior scenes. Cultured Traveler: Drawing Yourself Into the Scene 2013-12-12T16:43:08Z A spectacularly dull, utterly unoriginal and inconceivably ill-judged wodge of lifeless tripe has been thrust upon the moviegoing public, and they have lapped it up like flies in a bowl of sugar. Post-credits scene: Killers 2010-06-22T10:26:00Z He pushed his narrators beyond scoundrels, impatient teenagers and feckless lovers into a new specialty: spectacularly ordinary, middle-aged, middle-class men, savoring their problems and only partly interested in keeping up appearances. Music Review: Once Cruel to Be Kind, Now Soft to Be True 2010-10-22T23:39:00Z Their 2006 rockumentary, The Pick of Destiny, flopped spectacularly at the box office, taking half of the money that it cost to make. Tenacious D; Poliça – review 2012-06-09T23:05:54Z But it really took off in the West during the 15th century when Mediterranean weavers produced an array of spectacularly patterned textiles. L.A.'s Velveteria museum shows there's more to plush paintings than Elvis and clowns 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z With his spectacularly spot-on adaptation of The Lord of the Rings, a trilogy once thought unfilmable, Jackson deserves a fair amount of latitude when it comes to creative decisions for the prequel. Is Peter Jackson planning Lord of the Hobbits? 2010-12-09T13:41:00Z The search for an actor to replace Matt Damon in the latest film in the Jason Bourne series has begun, and according to US reports the casting net is a spectacularly wide one. Who will step into Matt Damon's Bourne identity? 2011-02-25T18:32:09Z Look at Inception, for example: the trailer alone hints at crumbling cliffs, zero-gravity punch-ups and entire cities that spectacularly fold in on themselves. The dreams in Inception look fantastic. But what would Leonardo DiCaprio make of these? 2010-07-09T23:10:00Z I have to agree with Aqua...this is a spectacularly bad idea. Butter and Shrimp Make Holiday Magic 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z I tried a variety of different coping mechanisms, most of which failed spectacularly. I lived my life as a Native American, then found out I wasn’t one: Brando Skyhorse on his mother’s lies 2014-08-04T04:00:00Z But as each half-hour show unfolds, the audience will see that as spectacularly advanced as du Pont’s fountain was when it was built in the 1930s, fountain shows in the 21st century have been transformed. ‘Elton John of the fountain world’ shows just how far water features have come 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z So you can see how this instantly and spectacularly fell apart. Oh Jeremy Renner, you only have thousands of versions of yourself to blame for your app's failure 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z The outburst — so spectacularly vicious it sparked skepticism from critics — made Crawford look downright unhinged. This organizer’s decluttering method isn’t easy. So why do celebs treat her like a guru? 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z Here, finally, was a Korean book that worked spectacularly in English. How the bestseller 'The Vegetarian,' translated from Han Kang's original, caused an uproar in South Korea 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z The result was that visitor numbers at the free museums grew spectacularly, while many of the charging museums suffered marked declines. Free entry to museums enriches us in many ways 2011-03-13T00:05:44Z He thrusts his right hand forward to make a point, then runs it through his hair, leaving it even more spectacularly mussed. Boris Johnson, London’s lively mayor, writes about Churchill and muses about his future When he shows up toward the end of the first act as the host of a spectacularly doomed wedding party, he’s so electrified that you expect him to short-circuit. Theater Review: ‘Venice,’ by Eric Rosen and Matt Sax, Teems With Action 2013-06-14T03:18:01Z He's a spectacularly gifted musician, shifting with ease from a slide-guitar instrumental to dynamic, soaring solos. Shuggie Otis – review 2012-11-21T14:04:27Z Her presence still haunts these spectacularly mundane rooms, where the light is filtered through fading net curtains. How Margaret Thatcher's HQ turned into Chateau Despair 2013-02-28T17:24:00Z And the American “Rubber Soul” opens spectacularly with “I’ve Just Seen a Face” — a track buried on Side 2 of the British “Help!” ArtsBeat: Beatles American Albums to Be Released in a Boxed Set 2013-12-12T18:57:08Z But Dawn of Justice and Suicide Squad didn’t just fail due to a lack of comedy smarts; they failed due to muddled storytelling and spectacularly clumsy attempts at world-building. Five tasks Justice League must complete to save the DC universe 2017-11-01T04:00:00Z The outburst was self-destructive on a spectacularly visible scale, and in his usurpation of an otherwise unremarkable moment, he may have permanently alienated an entire generation of women. Kanye West’s post-Taylor Swift fallout: How he returned from spiritual exile with his masterpiece 2017-08-05T04:00:00Z Mr. Ma played spectacularly; the Philharmonic musicians sounded inspired under Mr. Gilbert’s masterly conducting. New Concerto, New Leader: A Big Day at the New York Philharmonic 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z The company has developed upcycled panels made from denim, from which Mr. Baas created three jeans-shaped cabinets and — more spectacularly — a private jet. Textiles Are Part of the Fabric of Milan Design Week 2023-04-11T04:00:00Z Spooks demonstrated astonishing nerve by signing Lisa Faulkner as a regular character, then killing her off in spectacularly grisly fashion in episode two. The Guide's 1,000th issue: 2000-2003 2013-01-05T00:03:00Z Richard Wilson's production is notable for a spectacularly deranged performance from Frances Barber. That Face 2010-07-07T21:01:00Z Dizzee Rascal has mutated from thorny grime upstart into a shameless ham, and it's paid off spectacularly. Rolling Stones steal Glastonbury from other debutantes – review 2013-06-29T23:56:12Z The conservatives won the battle, but as we now know, spectacularly lost the war. Putting modern art on the map 2012-08-24T20:35:17Z Scott wrote in his review for The Times, “is that in spite of her name, she’s spectacularly graceless, utterly lacking in the poised femininity that the pageant celebrates.” What’s on TV This Week: ‘Mr. Soul!’ and the Golden Globes 2021-02-22T05:00:00Z This last-ditch attempt at stardom is going to flop spectacularly but they might be able to wangle their own Snog Marry Avoid special out of it. This week's new singles 2010-10-01T23:06:00Z She would also have run out of paper for the petitions that would have been raised in her day by E4's spectacularly filthy The Inbetweeners. Sex on television: what is the right amount? 2013-05-08T12:07:58Z It can be crowded and brusque, but some of the stations are spectacularly beautiful, and it can take you to within walking distance of almost every major attraction. Moscow in the Winter, Alive and Illuminated 2011-11-25T06:01:08Z A TV or radio studio during dead time is peculiarly reassuring: presenters often swear spectacularly in down-time because of the pressure to speak cleanly when working. TV matters: Andy Gray 2011-01-27T07:59:01Z "It's amazing how for campaigns that have so little substance, just how spectacularly they are able to present that nothing," says Oliver. Conventions a parody playground for 'Daily Show' 2012-08-27T18:43:03Z To anyone who might suggest musical theater has hit a creative dead end, the actor-songwriter unfolds a spectacularly persuasive counterargument in the myriad melodious masterstrokes of “Hamilton.” History as you’ve never heard it before 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z Plain, straight out of the oven, it is spectacularly basic, but with even the least amount of dressing up, it blossoms into something unlike anything you've ever had. When I need the world to feel right again, I make a cozy 4-ingredient Skillet Crispy 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z Shot on or near the kibbutz where he grew up, and cast with people who live there, both works depict oddly pointless physical feats in spectacularly isolated landscapes. Last Chance: Emerging ?Young Israelis? at Lesley Heller Workspace 2010-08-11T22:45:00Z And by the time he spectacularly disrupts the reception, any emotional capital the viewer has invested is forfeit. Review: Winning Her Back on Deadline in ‘Literally, Right Before Aaron’ 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z The Twilight books sold spectacularly and Hollywood spotted its chance. The Twilight saga: a modern-day marketing fairytale 2012-11-16T11:29:25Z And she went further, following performers like the Russian dwarf actor Andrew Ratoucheff, the spectacularly tattooed Jack Dracula and a few celebrity street crazies into their homes and haunts. Previously Unseen Arbus, Unearthed Years After Her Death 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z “It did very well, but again not spectacularly,” he says. Among Food-Concerned Moviegoers, 'Chef' Beats 'Fed Up' 2014-05-13T04:00:00Z “Midnight’s Children” was a spectacularly celebrated novel, so it’s easy to see why cutting it to pieces would be difficult. Lovely ‘Midnight’s Children’ crams in birth of a nation — and 2 boys 2013-05-09T20:50:32Z He opted instead for the understated “morally treasonous and spectacularly dishonorable.” From “The Newsroom” to the NYT op-ed page: How Sorkin’s crusade against the media compares in fiction and in life 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z “Judy would go into hospitals, immaculately, spectacularly dressed in Dior and Gucci, and she would see a meal tray sitting outside a room,” where an orderly had left it. The Gimlet Eye: A Socialite Who Helped AIDS Patients 2010-08-04T21:17:00Z It’s all going so very well until their worlds spectacularly collide, erupting with annihilating force. ‘Parasite’ Review: The Lower Depths Rise With a Vengeance 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z Instead, it presents a biography of an artist and musician who was both spectacularly gifted and unconscionably misdirected. Review: A Reverent Elvis Doc Separates the Trailblazer From His Tragedy 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z “The Death Cure” opens with a spectacularly staged train rescue indebted to “Mad Max: Fury Road.” Review: ‘Maze Runner: The Death Cure,’ an Enjoyably Overstuffed Sequel 2018-01-24T05:00:00Z To my back was Tour & Taxis, the spectacularly Victorian, newly renovated transportation compound in Molenbeek where Art Brussels occurs every April. Brussels emerges as Europe’s epicenter of contemporary art 2019-12-11T05:00:00Z And it is in Iceland, the country that went so spectacularly bust that the British government mobilised anti-terrorism laws to freeze its assets. Harpa concert hall 2011-08-27T23:05:00Z By Ms. Arnold’s account, Ms. Crawford arrived spectacularly inebriated, kissed her on the mouth, stripped naked and demanded to be photographed. Eve Arnold, Photographer, Dies at 99 2012-01-06T18:47:18Z The fact that the women were paid far less than their male counterparts not only offended Americans’ natural—if spectacularly inconsistent—sense of unfairness but also seemed, in this case, absurd. Seven Turning Points from the Year in Sports 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z As well as the lists are some excellent spoof videos, including the very wonderful Does Not Compute, an occasionally disturbing delve into the murkier corners of YouTube, and a spectacularly bad daily caption contest. Internet picks of the week 2010-06-04T23:06:00Z Neither book sold spectacularly, but as a pair they proved he had a voice. David Stacton: the method man 2013-01-26T10:00:01Z The reason we couldn’t was that Savage’s data were spectacularly wrong. Perspective | The truth about organic produce and pesticides 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z Open daily for touring, they are spectacularly illuminated at night. 36 Hours in Victoria, British Columbia 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z He added that McDonagh plans to next cast him as a spectacularly abusive paraplegic policeman. 'Calvary' could mark a signature role in Brendan Gleeson's career 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z Yet regardless of who produces the best theatre, one thing seems certain – both America and Europe are capable of producing some really spectacularly bad work. Noises off: Is British theatre too arrogant? 2010-07-29T12:03:00Z Of course, it's probably worth questioning, in the purported Golden Age Of Television, why anyone would want to sit and grind their teeth through something rubbish each week, but that misses the point spectacularly. Hatewatching: shouting about rubbish TV on Twitter 2012-06-22T23:05:00Z Jolie pulls it off spectacularly: her proficiency in the action movie verities beyond reproach, while injecting enough emotion into the moodier passages to give the character some bite. Every Angelina Jolie film performance – ranked! 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z "Could I be spectacularly wrong about this bet?" he asked. FX network's big risk with Sheen 2012-01-15T22:01:04Z "If they try to re-engineer the fundamentals of their offspring, they will fail spectacularly, sooner or later...." Gifted and Talented and Complicated 2018-01-17T05:00:00Z The cult of the founder has since foundered, and for few so spectacularly as for Kalanick. In ‘Super Pumped,’ the Uber Founder Disrupts His Own Rise 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z The show’s entire premise has hinged on a titular character who was the result of an unplanned teenage pregnancy, grappling with her own spectacularly unplanned pregnancy and motherhood. TV’s 10 best abortion moments of 2016 2016-12-18T05:00:00Z Mr. Honeck’s trademark flexible tempos, along with the spectacularly refined playing he draws, enliven this Dvorak war horse. Classical Playlist: Sting, Dvorak, Monteverdi Choir and More 2014-10-22T04:00:00Z Our theatre is doing spectacularly well: not just in London but in the regions, where in 1997 many venues were close to bankruptcy. Memo to Jeremy Hunt: Hands off the arts budget 2010-05-13T15:06:00Z Treat them to something on the lighter and healthier side, that’s still spectacularly tasty, with an assortment of fruits sourced from specialty farmers in tropical climates. Here are 11 hostess gift options as summer gatherings return 2021-07-18T04:00:00Z Expect to see notes anxiously consulted, stories that don't quite pay off, and gags that flop spectacularly – as well as nuggets of gold. This week's new live comedy 2013-06-15T05:00:27Z “The crescent stone edge is spectacularly successful, as a place for people to walk and as an image of the park.” Robert Geddes, 99, Transformative Architecture Dean at Princeton, Dies 2023-02-13T05:00:00Z In the spectacularly reborn atrium, perhaps in the very spot where Mr. Smailovic himself played, I watched a bride and groom dance in solitude for wedding pictures. A Journey to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Where Sleeping Beauty Awakens 2019-05-20T04:00:00Z After serving in Iraq and Afghanistan, David Crowley began work on a spectacularly ambitious feature film called “Gray State.” Review: ‘A Gray State,’ Behind a Filmmaker’s Madness 2017-11-02T04:00:00Z This modification was spectacularly illustrated by two world auction records set at Christie’s. Auctions: Modest Impressionist and Modern Art to Please the Crowd 2011-05-05T14:00:04Z Muybridge's work can be, as it is here, spectacularly terrifying. Eadweard Muybridge 2010-08-28T23:06:00Z A spectacularly made-over Greek chorus is the chief asset of this generally less confident version of Euripides’ “Iphigenia in Aulis,” which opened on Thursday night as part of the Classic Stage Company’s Greek Festival. Review: A Modern Makeover for ‘Iphigenia in Aulis’ 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z In most cases, one suspects, Picasso, spectacularly self-centered, was to blame. Pablo Picasso, the Pariah of Paris 2023-04-01T04:00:00Z However, various attempts to put the TV back in “jiggle” TV failed spectacularly. On the road again: Knight Rider and the most rebooted TV shows ever 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z They’ve both gone off the deep end before, though never quite so spectacularly. Album review: Lou Reed and Metallica, 'Lulu' 2011-10-28T05:34:00Z Evans’s career went spectacularly off the rails in the ensuing decade – “My life in the 80s went from royalty to infamy,” he said in 2002 at a Guardian live interview at the National Film theatre. Robert Evans, celebrated Hollywood producer of Chinatown, dies aged 89 2019-10-28T04:00:00Z Gregory Peck is the spectacularly ungallant hack who shows her the sights – while secretly cooking up the scoop of the century. Roman Holiday: No 16 2010-10-16T10:39:00Z The city of Atlanta in “Gone With the Wind”? He built it, and then, spectacularly, he burned it down. William Cameron Menzies’s film work brought aesthetic to screen 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z For Caro, it was the matchmaker scene, in which Mulan comically and spectacularly fails her “good wife” test, and the avalanche, a key battle scene in the original. Mulan, a Most Adaptable Heroine: There’s a Version for Every Era 2020-09-03T04:00:00Z Luckily for him, Plan B has been spectacularly up with the plot this year. Plan B: 'Strickland Banks may be soul, but it's still real life' 2010-12-16T22:29:00Z The Met is not exactly doing spectacularly from a financial point of view and at a recent performance there were many empty seats. New York City Opera’s Name and Other Assets Attract Suitors 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z I twisted it open, and the spectacularly long tongue of frontman Gene Simmons greeted me, extending beyond the chin of his painted face. Mortar shells and dog tags: The objects Post journalists can’t leave behind 2015-12-07T05:00:00Z He then also found footage of him saying that the Chicago Cubs would never win the World Series, a prediction that became spectacularly wrong last week. John Oliver tells US voters to get to the polls: 'No outcome is certain' 2016-11-07T05:00:00Z The fungal origin of this zombie-style apocalypse has also inspired some spectacularly creepy imagery, from the tiny tendrils that snake out of the infected’s mouths to the darkness-dwelling creatures whose heads look like split mushrooms. ‘The Last of Us’ Season 1, Episode 2: Exit Through the Gift Shop 2023-01-22T05:00:00Z In sound and subject, “Neither” is a spectacularly dense, mysterious and minacious work. A Shen Wei Premiere at the Brooklyn Academy of Music 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z Family lore, told and retold, can be a fuzzy thing, but some memories about his father, like their first time fishing together, remained spectacularly vivid and personal. The backstory for ‘A River Runs Through It’ has arrived, 45 years later 2021-06-01T04:00:00Z Still, the gamble paid off spectacularly well and perhaps, given her single-mindedness, it is no coincidence that Riseborough is drawn to feisty roles. The rise of Andrea Riseborough 2010-09-25T23:06:00Z This book does some spectacularly funny stalling in order to postpone the moment of truth. In Dan Brown’s ‘Origin,’ Robert Langdon Returns, With an A.I. Friend in Tow 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z Her popularity may rise, spectacularly crash, then rise again, as may the quality of her artistry. Mariah Carey’s List Is Short: All She Wants Is Immortality 2015-12-22T05:00:00Z And as the young versions of Gordy, Little Stevie Wonder and, most spectacularly, Michael Jackson during the Jackson 5 years, Leon Outlaw Jr. proves a ferocious little dynamo, tearing up the house with his exuberance. Review: ‘Motown: The Musical’ Offers Easy Nostalgia and a Jolt of Racial Relevance 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z This emptiness proved strangely exhilarating, and spectacularly popular: for much of the 90s, Seinfeld was consistently the first or second most watched show in America. Larry David: 'I'm cranky' 2010-06-25T23:02:00Z She admits she was "spectacularly bad" on the first two days of training, so she bought the CD of the song and practised on her own. From tennis balls to glitter balls 2014-09-05T04:00:00Z You end up with a nuanced, spectacularly savory dish that just may revolutionize the way your dinner guests think about rhubarb. Rhubarb flaunts savory side in a skillet chicken dinner 2014-06-22T04:00:00Z Still, some of this summer's films delivered spectacularly, including $300 million megahits "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2" and "Transformers: Dark of the Moon." Hollywood's summer story: more dollars, fewer fans 2011-08-31T13:53:15Z Bird, whose films include The Incredibles and Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, tweeted that it was “another spectacularly bad idea” as well as “another cut to the already bleeding-out cinema experience”. Netflix faces film-maker backlash over playback speed test feature 2019-10-28T04:00:00Z In 2004, spectacularly miscast for a run of The Producers in London, he was fired a week before the first preview. Richard Dreyfuss: 'I was a bad guy for a number of years' 2020-06-24T04:00:00Z My childhood was plagued with jitters and loss related to problems of the mouth: tooth decay, tooth grinding, erratic spacing, several missing molars that an early dentist joked made me either spectacularly evolved or prehistoric. The Dentist Who Treated My Divorce 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z They failed spectacularly, but quick-thinking Mike made one of the more memorable saves in Date Lab history. Date Lab: How this couple ended up at a strip club 2015-07-06T04:00:00Z The “Saw” sequel and the latter films have their merits, especially in some of the more spectacularly devised deaths. What to Know About ‘Spiral’ and the ‘Saw’ Franchise 2021-05-14T04:00:00Z But in this case, in which the aim is truly to dupe viewers into believing in the onscreen romance, it flops spectacularly. I watched the “Teen Mom” porno 2013-05-07T20:41:00Z Nearly a quarter-century ago, a teenage Mackey was primed to escape his spectacularly dysfunctional Dublin family for London. New in crime fiction: a brilliant Irish mystery, a new thriller about MI5, and J.A. Jance's latest Arizona-set story 2010-07-07T20:15:00Z That Sommer is a malignant lunatic is spectacularly obvious quite early on. ‘Ranger Games’ Investigates a Crime and a Soldier’s Mind 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z How do we know it's going to suck so spectacularly? How can the "Lost" finale not suck? 2010-05-21T20:42:00Z She is worldly and smart and spectacularly connected while nevertheless “vulnerable” and helplessly “naïve.” In New Memoirs, Two Whistle-Blowers Offer Details From Inside Cambridge Analytica 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z The latter was a man who even the Doors' detractors might be forced to concede was quite spectacularly good at being a rock star. Ray Manzarek: 'A custodian of the Doors' legacy' 2013-05-21T13:10:16Z But as we waited for Naper to arrive in Pembrokeshire, we discovered that this southwest corner of Wales was both steeped in history and spectacularly beautiful. I rented my 26th great-grandfather’s Welsh castle, and so could you 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z “Richard III is a spectacularly theatrical and rich character to play, and somebody with her ferocity and intelligence is going to make a spectacular Richard.” Danai Gurira Will Star as Richard III at Shakespeare in the Park 2022-02-02T05:00:00Z Going by the measure of the capitalism of the 30s, which is what the Soviet Union had first set out to beat in terms of living standards, Soviet life was now spectacularly prosperous. Red star rising 2010-08-06T23:04:00Z “It’s been a full banquet every week, how spectacularly ludicrous this election season has been,” she says. The New Politics of Late Night 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z From the spectacularly gory opening set piece — a harrowing emergency cesarean section, scored only to the frantic spinning of hand-cranked suction machines — it’s clear that the show won’t be offering any “Grey’s Anatomy”-style uplift. Modern Medicine, Circa 1900, in Soderbergh’s ‘The Knick’ 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z Everything goes predictably and spectacularly wrong, even though, as the wedding planner puts it, “basically, the bride is coordinating the Normandy invasion, and the groom is remembering to zip up his fly.” Books of The Times: New Comic Novels From Dave Barry and Tim Dorsey 2013-01-16T20:43:01Z Choreographed by the film martial-arts veteran Sammo Hung, the fights are spectacularly designed and performed, relying more on muscle and skill than wirework. | 'Ip Man 2: Legend of the Grandmaster': This Martial Artist?s Fists Never Leave His Body 2011-01-27T22:47:34Z You see, we’re very near where, more than half a century ago, a bunch of CIA-backed Cuban exiles tried — and failed spectacularly — to overthrow the Castro regime. U.S. anglers seek out the infamous Bay of Pigs for an exclusive fly-fishing experience 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z When the naked Creature emerges from a papery womb, he writhes spectacularly. What to say about ... Danny Boyle's Frankenstein 2011-02-24T17:14:39Z It is when drawing spontaneously that they most spectacularly rejected the past. Drawing Outside the Lines of the Times 2010-03-26T13:30:00Z While “The Good Wife” is still spectacularly good, it has darkened. "The Good Wife" and the Good Life 2015-05-11T04:00:00Z Most viewers who first saw her in the US Office, playing the spectacularly vapid Kelly Kapoor, probably wouldn't have known that she started on the series as a staff writer at just 24. Mindy Kaling: 'My biggest challenge is being frequently underestimated' 2013-03-22T14:00:00Z Justin Chang of the Los Angeles Times criticized its “bludgeoning storytelling” that devolves into “a bloody, fiery and spectacularly violent mess,” while Variety admired its “risky” and “daring” third act. ‘Cat Person’ goes from viral story to Sundance talker — with an extra chapter 2023-01-23T05:00:00Z On July 6, the four most expensive pieces spectacularly displayed the characteristics that turn objects into trophies. Auctions: Buyers Scoop Up the Trophies at Auctions 2011-07-15T11:30:07Z This, to put it mildly, is spectacularly disingenuous. 'From PhD to BBC': are academic historians too hungry for fame? 2012-07-12T16:38:00Z Graphics range from the passable to the outright bad and there aren't many truly interesting titles, save for the spectacularly entertaining BombSquad. OUYA console – review 2013-06-29T23:05:11Z Luxury is impressive, vulgarity is alluring, and the mighty and gleaming architectural and urbanistic modernity that runs on massive infusions of corporate money and government collusion—well, it can also be spectacularly beautiful. Terrence Malick’s “Knight of Cups” Challenges Hollywood to Do Better 2016-03-07T05:00:00Z The vision of the fetus in “Blonde” — spectacularly well lit, fused with cosmic imagery, presented as a free-floating independent being — was not developed until after Monroe’s death. The Empty Spectacle of Marilyn Monroe’s Fantasy Fetus 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z Even in the comparatively less sensation-driven media world of the late 20th century, this seems a spectacularly unlikely — not to say outright stupid — move. Review: Women’s Hard Choices, Cutting Deep at Williamstown Festival 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z The results have translated into sound, and spectacularly so. The Best Classical Music of 2016 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z The true stars of “Honey and Spice” are characterization, banter and sharp social observation, all of which Babalola renders spectacularly. So You’re Rivals? And You’re Fake-Dating? Classic. 2022-07-01T04:00:00Z So excuse us if we're Googling the German word for that derisive pleasure gained by watching a network's lazy contempt for the American public fail spectacularly. 2010-01-14T20:15:00Z Before he gathered his personal belongings, the Master killed an air-traffic worker in spectacularly gruesome fashion. 'The Strain' recap: Vampires coming to life 2014-07-21T04:00:00Z It would be a spectacularly selfish thing for Harper to do. Perspective | Why you shouldn’t go toe-to-toe with a sports columnist 2017-05-16T04:00:00Z His use of it becomes spectacularly inventive in an enormous piece in the back gallery called “Tightrope 7.” Elias Sime Recycles Discarded Objects Into Abstract Works 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z Mr. Cooper himself is not renouncing his sense of humor because he is playing someone so spectacularly disfigured — quite the contrary. Bradley Cooper Gets Ready for ‘The Elephant Man’ on Broadway 2014-10-29T04:00:00Z And would Harry, William's sometimes wayward younger brother, organize some spectacularly off-color prank? William outfoxes press with secret bachelor bash 2011-03-28T12:22:15Z It’s one of those impossible missions defined by greed and danger that goes inevitably — and, fingers crossed, spectacularly — wrong. ‘Peninsula’ Review: The First Rule of Zombie Club Is Run! 2020-08-20T04:00:00Z The sale shines a light on the spectacularly opulent and glamorous life of Bismarck, an almost archetypal southern belle from Kentucky who married five times. Salvador Dalí portrait of Mona Bismarck up for auction at Sotheby's 2013-01-27T18:00:03Z Three of the queen's four children got divorced - most spectacularly, Charles from the wildly popular Princess Diana. After jubilee success, monarchy faces the future 2012-06-05T19:08:17Z I don’t mean to suggest that Mr. Nicholaw, best known for the spectacularly smutty “Book of Mormon,” has infused the original material with subversive aspects, or even a single naughty word. Theater Review: ‘Aladdin’ Tweaks the Disney Formula With Breezy Insouciance 2014-03-21T02:00:01Z Leos Carax, the enigmatic French director behind spectacularly peculiar films like “Holy Motors,” would rather be talking about love. Leos Carax on ‘Annette’ and the Cinema of Doubt 2021-08-13T04:00:00Z One drizzly morning, I knocked on the door of the chapel and was shown round a spectacularly vast room with gated pews for a thousand. My quest to be more Welsh 2011-07-29T23:07:29Z A little carefully crafted CGI – the technology was used spectacularly well on Star Trek – shouldn't ruin matters this time around. JJ Abrams is the perfect choice for Star Wars – may the Force be with him 2013-01-25T15:24:45Z The final instalment of BBC Two's visually spectacular and spectacularly popular Wonders of the Universe airs on Sunday. Brian Cox answers your questions about life, the universe and everything 2011-03-24T07:45:00Z As though in flat rejection of the victim narrative, Flattery’s women can be spectacularly mean. The Macabre, the Sinister, the Absurd: Story Time Just Got Weirder 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z I failed my A-levels spectacularly and had to retake them, but I used all the spare time I had to give the YouTube thing a really good go. 'All the hood rats would jam with us': Grandmaster Flash, AJ Tracey and other artists on the generation gap 2019-10-19T04:00:00Z This is a particular bugbear for fans of the "video nasties", which were often most memorable for their spectacularly outré cover designs. Mark Kermode's DVD round-up | Film 2010-04-03T23:07:00Z Habima told the story fluently, if not spectacularly, in a revival that offers both a visual nod to the Elizabethan era and the sinister, beaky masks of the Venetian carnival. The Merchant of Venice – review 2012-05-29T11:47:25Z “There is a cancer in the presidency,” George wrote in April; in June he described one of Trump’s briefs as “spectacularly anti-constitutional.” Perspective | Kellyanne and George Conway’s tawdry love triangle with all of us 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z That situation is a stick shift, which Pete is spectacularly unqualified to operate and ends up smacking into reverse, knocking over a hoarding in the process. Mad Men recap – season six, episode 13: In Care Of 2013-06-26T22:00:00Z Despite a total lack of radio support, the record sold well, if not spectacularly; it took four years to pass 1m copies. How NWA came straight outta Compton and went mainstream 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z Lights Out In Wonderland is, he says, the final part of a loose trilogy that began with the spectacularly successful Vernon God Little. 'Reality has surpassed satire' 2010-08-21T23:04:00Z According to Willenbring, unraveling the genome—let alone divining helpful solutions to mental diseases like addiction—proved to be spectacularly more complex than scientists first appreciated. Can we trust addiction medication? 2012-10-04T22:09:00Z She cooks from a combination of spectacularly delicious influences: her upbringing in Virginia, her Chinese-born parents, her Korean-Hawaiian-American in-laws and her California home. The Thanksgiving Leftovers Everyone Forgets 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z The narrator has lost his wallet, an occurrence that he blames on his new winter coat, a spectacularly luxurious, many-pocketed Swedish number. Joseph O’Neill on Emotional Relationships Between Men 2018-06-25T04:00:00Z This is what shame and secrecy — so often brought about by some spectacularly warped ideas about God’s will — do to people. An anti-LGBT pastor’s Grindr outing: The church’s hypocrisy and denial are the real sins 2015-05-20T04:00:00Z It's amazing to see a game fail spectacularly in one aspect offline and then succeed in the same aspect online. Game On: 'Armageddon,' and 'Red River' are solid, but flawed 2011-06-08T18:24:04Z “That such a bright and talented person would be blinded by greed and hubris and implode so spectacularly is a shame,” he added. Art World Wunderkind Arrested Months After Fleeing the U.S. 2020-06-13T04:00:00Z They are a humble treat, made with ordinary ingredients, and spectacularly delicious. Where Has This Treat Been All Your Life? Canada 2018-01-12T05:00:00Z The Japanese economy had spectacularly bombed two years earlier. Special Report: Art in Perspective: A French Art Dealer's Risk Is Paying Off 2010-09-07T15:44:00Z It’s not giving a great deal away to say that in her attempt to do good, Naomi fails spectacularly. Affluent Idlers Find a Just Cause in a Refugee Swept Ashore 2017-07-05T04:00:00Z It doesn’t matter how spectacularly they are cancelled, either. From Brooklyn Nine-Nine to Lucifer: TV shows have become unkillable 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z Not believing for a minute that he could be found guilty, he hired a spectacularly hopeless lawyer, in large part because he offered his services for an affordable fixed rate. Clive Stafford Smith: 'The jury system in this country is utter insanity' 2012-07-08T19:00:02Z If you’ve ever felt uncomfortable in a restaurant, Mr Creosote is your worst nightmare and your greatest hero: the guy who spectacularly destroys all those painful little snob rules about fine dining. Monty Python film director Terry Jones: full of fun and innocence – and a very naughty boy 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z Einstein was deemed a failure before he proved them wrong and changed physics spectacularly, and more than once. Gifted and Talented and Complicated 2018-01-17T05:00:00Z On the way, the bus crashes spectacularly and for reasons unknown. The Walking Dead 'Self Help' Recap: The Big Lie 2014-11-09T05:00:00Z As Netflix’s “GLOW” enters the ring for Round 3, the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling are off to a spectacularly rocky start. The Week in Arts: Dancing Around Graves, Beach Read Flicks and ‘GLOW’ 2019-08-03T04:00:00Z Perfectly, if that strategy is “Let’s squander our tidbit of hard-won credibility by serving up a spectacularly idiotic reality show.” ‘Wrestling With Death,’ a New WGN America Reality Show 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z He didn’t die until issue 100 or so of the comics, but when he did, it happened in the most spectacularly gruesome and devastating way possible. Everything You Need to Know Before Season 5 of The Walking Dead 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z The garden will be replanted with shrubs and new trees, to add to the two surviving cedars, a flowering cherry and a tulip tree which is said to flower "spectacularly" every seven years. Peter Pan's Neverland could become forever-land 2011-08-02T15:07:03Z Overall, the work gives little reason to consider an old view of Lichtenstein, as a spectacularly gifted lightweight, inapt. Art Review: ‘Roy Lichtenstein: A Retrospective,’ at the National Gallery of Art 2012-10-18T17:25:34Z At its best, the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus managed to stage a spectacularly inflated sideshow with an exceptional ad campaign. | 'The Coney Island Illuscination': The Ringling Brothers Circus in Coney Island 2010-06-25T22:40:00Z The Handmaid’s Tale is now so relentlessly grim, so spectacularly, queasily bleak, that it overwhelms any point it might be trying to make. Westworld annoys the hell out of me – but is it OK to give up on it? 2018-05-23T04:00:00Z Obviously it ended very tragically and spectacularly, but we have an entire life there, just as we have with Wallis and just as we have with Marion Crawford. Why the monarchy needed Diana: "She had to be a front-rank aristocrat, and she had to be a virgin" 2023-09-06T04:00:00Z But when the resort staff and guests are killed one by one in spectacularly disgusting fashion, the group’s ability to work together — and traverse zip-lines and make D.I.Y. rafts — acquires life and death stakes. Five International Movies to Stream Now 2023-10-20T04:00:00Z The conceit was spectacularly imaginative: the sheets had enough form to become both dynamic sculptures and, in their murmured crinkling, significant percussive accompaniment for occasional wails from Sunny Yang’s cello. Review: Kronos Quartet Offers a Creative Snapshot of a Global Pandemic 2023-01-29T05:00:00Z Most famously, she shared the story of her spectacularly messy second divorce in her novel “Heartburn.” An Appraisal: Nora Ephron’s Sharp Edges and Sugary Success 2012-06-27T14:27:17Z It is England in the 1700s, and bits of meat are being thrown into a pot, their sizzling drippings cooking a thick batter that’s poured on top, making it puff up and crisp spectacularly. A Dish That Captures the Greatness of British Cooking 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z Donald Sterling dug himself a deeper hole on Monday when CNN aired an absolutely insane interview with the Clippers owner, who spectacularly revealed his racism, ignorance and privilege. Donald Sterling opens mouth, more racist things fly out 2014-05-13T04:00:00Z In 2019, the W unveiled a $50 million renovation that proved to spectacularly ill-timed — less than a year before the pandemic crippled the global travel and hospitality industry. Why would you make a hotel less trendy? Behold, the Hotel Washington. 2023-04-22T04:00:00Z And he was fine for the first six months and then he went spectacularly crazy. Suicidal dogs and bipolar wolves 2012-09-26T22:56:00Z In my case, I’ve already belched in front of my boyfriend and become spectacularly lazy about shaving my legs. Farting in love 2013-03-23T22:00:00Z But Vasco’s plan backfired spectacularly, with the fallout lasting to this day. 'It was quasi-religious': the great self-esteem con 2017-06-03T04:00:00Z The spectacularly late spring has had the effect of compressing a normal daffodil season — if there is such a thing — from seven weeks or so to four or fewer. A reason to be thankful for a late spring? The daffodil explosion. 2015-04-14T04:00:00Z Mr. Musk’s mad energy and tendency to dream big and overpromise were reflected in that tweet, which blew up in his face spectacularly. Elon Musk, Blasting Off in Domestic Bliss 2020-07-25T04:00:00Z Welles had a history of making spectacularly bad choices when it came to financing his films, and this one remains the trophy-winner. Review: ‘Orson Welles’s Last Movie,’ by Josh Karp 2015-04-22T04:00:00Z When her body is discovered six decades later, it is treated as a cold case, until McLean starts to wonder if it might be linked to a spate of spectacularly bloody murders of prominent citizens. Crime fiction roundup – reviews 2013-06-21T16:50:01Z While other restaurants may have eclipsed it in culinary terms, it is still a spectacularly beautiful place to have a meal, especially during the holidays. Moscow in the Winter, Alive and Illuminated 2011-11-25T06:01:08Z To be inside his mind is to be quite spectacularly awake. Books of The Times: Bits of Humor From a Life of Torment 2011-03-08T21:41:25Z The plan backfired spectacularly, and the pressures would be immense. Isabel Wilkerson on Michelle Obama’s ‘Becoming’ and the Great Migration 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z Gilbert, and it features some spectacularly audacious arrangements of the melodic song stylings of Arthur Sullivan, here vivaciously rendered on everything from guitars to banjos to, memorably, a surprisingly tuneful saw. 'Pirates of Penzance': Wasting away in Gilbert and Sullivanville 2010-12-15T22:44:16Z Each of the narratives in “Magpie Murders” is engaging and fluid, each with its own charm, though Horowitz’s joyful act of Christie ventriloquism is, in particular, spectacularly impressive. From the creator of ‘Foyle’s War,’ a delightful homage to Agatha Christie 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z Some, like Todd Bieber, employ multimedia, as in his account of making spectacularly lame low-budget TV commercials in his hometown in “Commercial Interruption.” Critic?s Notebook: Advancing a New Form of Comedy: Storytelling 2012-04-04T22:52:28Z Incidentally, Ronson's last album, the one with the criminally underrated Somebody To Love Me, bombed spectacularly. Radio 1 Live Lounge is still going - why? 2013-05-17T12:00:00Z Beauty brought Lamarr fame, at least until everything fell spectacularly apart; as with too many actresses, beauty was also her gilded cage. Review: ‘Bombshell’ Tells the Amazing Story of Hedy Lamarr, the Star and Inventor 2017-11-23T05:00:00Z The same methodology is applied to four other Meiji products in the show — a yogurt, chocolate bar, cookie and milk — with spectacularly eclectic results. At a Tokyo Museum, the Design Is in the Details 2016-12-12T05:00:00Z And that’s all, folks — amiable and colorful as it is, the movie is also spectacularly inconsequential. ‘Minions: The Rise of Gru’ Review: They’re Yellow but Not Mellow 2022-06-30T04:00:00Z The privilege becomes evident as the book unleashes its vision of interlocking corruptions among the spectacularly decadent elite presiding over Asia’s oldest democracy. Sex Goddess, Celebrity and the Best Hope for Her Country 2022-04-05T04:00:00Z It’s a spectacularly grisly version of process art. Art Review: As China Evolves, So Does an Artist 2011-01-27T21:05:47Z In his cut-offs and Mr. Bean T-shirt, Greenside is so spectacularly out of sync with the French, it’s a wonder how he gets through a day. A Parade of Francophiles, With Peter Mayle in the Lead 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z If he had taken Mike’s advice, he would still have his practice in Albuquerque, that spectacularly garish house and a prominent place in the legal firmament of the city. ‘Better Call Saul’ Season 6, Episode 11 Recap: Back to the Beginning 2022-08-01T04:00:00Z There’s a reason that opera is such a frequent subject of parody: It’s over-the-top, it’s naive, it’s big, and when it fails, it fails spectacularly. The art of bad singing: A legacy lives on 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z “It was a vanity video because Michael wanted to be a monster. And everything that came, evolved from that, was spectacularly successful and I was totally surprised.” 'Thriller' was made because Michael Jackson wanted to be a monster 2017-09-04T04:00:00Z But she triumphed: The Dallas Morning News wrote that she “rose spectacularly to the challenge,” and called her debut one of the best performances of the year. After a Last-Minute Conducting Triumph, Her Own Orchestra 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z From then on, the Cubs were destined to fall short of reaching the Fall Classic, and time and again, they failed spectacularly. The Chicago Cubs should have stayed cursed: Their World Series win is one of the worst things that could happen to baseball 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z To disappointed viewers, it may also have seemed spectacularly incompetent. The phone call all TV producers fear 2011-04-11T19:00:01Z What makes Nihiwatu distinct from other spectacularly sited luxury resorts, however, starts just outside the front gate. T Magazine: Water World 2010-11-19T20:34:00Z And this retrospective, spanning the Whitney’s largest floor and accompanied by a spectacularly learned catalog, is a testament to how abstraction can embody multiple flows, without ever settling down, and open new vistas of freedom. Julie Mehretu’s Long Journey Home 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z The film is spectacularly brave to focus on Ralston being imprisoned, rather than resorting to endless flashbacks or silly soliloquies. 127 Hours: 'A complete sensory ordeal' 2011-01-17T22:15:01Z Over the course of the week, drifting between misadventures in a semi-lucid dream state populated by hallucinations and body-swapping and many, many bird metaphors, she is proved spectacularly wrong. Life Advice From a Dead Grandmother Who’s Returned as a Bird 2020-05-29T04:00:00Z His spectacularly violent death in sci-fi/horror landmark Alien still stands as the film’s crowning achievement over 35 years after the fact, a sublime fusion of the gory and the unsettling. Invade and conquer: film's grisly return to body horror 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z Described as “a spectacularly evolved, world-conquering organism,” and looking like jellyfish or octopi with limbs resembling Rastafarian locks, these alien beings take on the properties of the creatures they have encountered and assimilated. REVIEW: Edge of Tomorrow: Being Tom Cruise, Forever 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z All of this was happening in Hollywood, at a time when many of the greatest artists and intellectuals of Europe were languishing there in spectacularly productive pools of ennui. Man Ray inserts the human factor into the equation 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z With its multiphonics, glissandi and flutter-tonguing, it's an extroverted compendium of modern clarinet techniques that threatens to morph into the opening of Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue; Widmann delivered it spectacularly well. Widmann/Tamestit/Piemontesi – review 2013-02-15T15:52:00Z While it’s tempting to dismiss places like this as “not the real Mexico,” whatever that means, they are spectacularly varied. Mexico’s Last Countercultural Coast 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z Tony Kushner sings his praises: “I think his work is spectacularly rich and generative of meaning,” and the meaning “comes from a deep engagement with the particulars.” Let Us Now Praise Mike Nichols 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z And for the past six years, Duris, 37, has been playing his parts spectacularly well. Heartbreaker 2011-07-16T23:05:12Z In due course Bercow, a somewhat maverick Tory, was returned to parliament and the speaker's throne, but not before Farage himself had been spectacularly unseated. Will Self walks through Britain's flag-waving heartlands 2013-03-07T11:31:01Z On Feb. 8 at 7:45 p.m., after the spectacularly weird and amazing Moncler Grenoble presentation at the Hammerstein Ballroom in Midtown Manhattan, fashion editors and fashion show attendees were in a panic. Noted: Taxi! For the New York Fashion Week Crowd, Uber Is the Way to Go 2014-02-14T20:01:52Z There are a few things that make these nachos spectacularly over-the-top good. 19 pulled pork recipes that go beyond sandwiches 2021-07-11T04:00:00Z Greig, so funny on the Showtime series “Episodes,” is spectacularly entertaining as she explores what besides the habitual assertion of male power might motivate a parent to threaten a daughter with expulsion. Review: ‘Romeo and Juliet,’ Cut in Half and Twice as Good 2021-04-22T04:00:00Z Some of the reactions, though, missed the point spectacularly. Perspective | It’s time — high time — to take Fox News’s destructive role in America seriously 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z Then, the slings and arrows of feckless journalism hit: The Independent — a British newspaper — rebukes the New York Times’s Sunday Magazine London supplement for getting some things “amusingly” and “spectacularly wrong.” | The Empire Strikes Back 2012-03-15T18:53:51Z A model of magical delicacy in her first solo, she returns in her adagio to dance with her cavalier a series of spectacularly contrasting effects: adagio, acrobatic, allegro. Critic?s Notebook: Change Is a Constant Theme in City Ballet?s ?Nutcracker? 2011-12-27T23:30:58Z When the plot circles back to those opening moments, the movie finds a momentum that ends spectacularly. Benicio Del Toro brings out the menace in 'Escobar' 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z The show, both a parody and a satire, starred Don Adams as the spectacularly inept secret agent Maxwell Smart, a.k.a. Buck Henry, Who Helped Create ‘Get Smart’ and Adapt ‘The Graduate,’ Dies at 89 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z To misjudge your own output so spectacularly – particularly after all that therapy – seems very human. Woody Allen reveals blind spot on his own back catalogue 2010-06-29T11:35:00Z It is a truth universally acknowledged that when one part of your life starts going okay, another falls spectacularly to pieces. 'Doctor Who' Series 8 Episode 5 Review: Time Heist 2014-09-20T04:00:00Z Why is Sheen melting down so spectacularly now? Charlie Sheen's ego explodes on "20/20" 2011-03-02T13:30:00Z This was highlighted most spectacularly at a party Vogue hosted. 'I unreservedly apologise': What happens when costumes go very, very wrong 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z In the last couple of weeks it has surfaced spectacularly in the worlds of show business and fashion, blighting, if not ending, two major careers. | 'The Merchant of Venice': What Price a Pound of Flesh? 2011-03-04T23:52:29Z Chalk, who was on Broadway in "Fences," shows every side of the condemned inmate spectacularly - in turns loving, sullen, crazed, menacing and charming. A play about death row wrestles with meaning 2011-02-11T00:30:32Z The displays devoted to Futurism’s first decades are dominated by painting, sculpture and, most spectacularly, the amazing word drawings whereby Marinetti, whose métier was writing, liberated poetry on the page. Art Review: ‘Italian Futurism, 1909-1944,’ at the Guggenheim 2014-02-20T23:31:22Z Photograph: Christopher Thomond for the Guardian The vaulting cultural ambitions of five modestly sized northern councils were realised today – spectacularly – with the handover of a huge but delicate by Anish Kapoor. Anish Kapoor sculpture nets high praise 2010-06-10T14:59:00Z Dogged, troubled Harry Hole — surely the hardest-drinking police detective in Norway — falls spectacularly off the wagon while pursuing both a corrupt cop and a serial killer who leaves behind star-shaped diamonds. 14 best crime novels of 2010: Tana French, John le Carr? and more 2010-12-08T23:57:00Z I know that when he was younger he was spectacularly bad at drawing. Yes, I know my kid is average 2017-08-07T04:00:00Z It’s a spectacularly confident performance bristling with big-screen charisma which lights up the latest instalment of a spy saga that only seems to improve with age. All hail Tom Cruise and the era of the equal opportunity action movie 2015-07-28T04:00:00Z We were at least spared the spectacularly ludicrous celebrity-goes-on-holiday-and-makes-a-programme-about-it category this year, but that's pretty much all there is to recommend the NTAs unless you have a particular love of tight satin and big hair. National Television Awards: where quality goes undetected 2011-01-27T13:53:00Z And honestly — it gets such a bad rap, all the conversations people have on Twitter and stuff — this was spectacularly cordial and thoughtful and so enthusiastic, so we learned a ton. ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ showrunner explains how the Hulu series went beyond the book in Season 2 2018-04-24T04:00:00Z Just how spectacularly bad this idea is — how packed with vanity, magical thinking and plain, stupid meanness — emerges over the course of a few days, but the warning signs are there from the start. | 'Young Adult': Charlize Theron in ?Young Adult? - Review 2011-12-08T13:00:01Z Then he lost it all spectacularly in a blaze of drugs and jail sentences. Dolittle trailer – Robert Downey Jr talks his way into all sorts of trouble 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z He spectacularly resigned from Radio 1 on air in 1997, after the station refused to let him have Fridays off. That Friday feeling again for Chris Evans as BBC makes him The One Show host for one day a week 2010-04-12T20:01:00Z A spectacularly atrocious, ostensible action thriller, “The Commando” is distinguished by an incompetence that extends even to locations. ‘The Commando’ Review: Mickey Rourke, Still Standing, Barely 2022-01-06T05:00:00Z The reason is that it needs to be performed spectacularly and heard live in a resonant space. Europe concert diary: Harrison Birtwistle at the Proms 2014-09-08T04:00:00Z Perhaps most spectacularly, agency of adventure and play Coney has teamed up with scientists who study synaesthesia to produce a game exploring this condition, in which the senses are blended. Guerilla scientists infiltrate Secret Garden Party 2010-07-23T17:58:00Z It was a spectacularly varied circus — and serious fun. One Night, Several String Quartet Premieres 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z It would introduce several of Eastwood’s trademark themes – men are spectacularly shallow and mostly want women for sex; cops are idiots; when in doubt, take the law into your own hands. The meaning of Clint: what watching 40 Eastwood films has taught me 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z She sputtered, I froze and our collision was spectacularly awkward.” Cultural Studies: Social Kissing, Welcome or Not 2012-07-20T20:12:21Z That Thorne sustains the story as it drops hints but avoids its punchline is a tribute to her acting skills; the portrait of a woman spectacularly ill-informed about herself is at times devastating. Two of-the-Moment Monologues and a Multitude of Karens 2020-09-27T04:00:00Z The Book of Henry now joins a growing mini-genre of movies that had everything behind them but still aborted spectacularly. The Book of Henry is a catastrophically awful film. Everyone should see it 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z Comprising fourteen states with such meretricious names as Alabama, Kentucky, and Georgia, which recall spectacularly sad events—whipped Negroes, horse-rustling, and cotillions—the South, he thought, is like a landlocked island. A Young Black Boy Looks at a Photograph of a Young Black Boy 2018-08-28T04:00:00Z It offers a state-of-the-art museum experience, full of multimedia displays, spectacularly overscaled objects, and lots of photography, film and recorded sound. The African American Museum tells powerful stories — but not as powerfully as it could 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z Klein weaves all these moments into a story one could call spectacularly earthbound. ‘The French’ Review: A Candid Look at the French Open 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z "They're off to a spectacularly good start," said Lance Grode, a former Jackson lawyer and adjunct professor at the University of Southern California Law School. King of Pop's estate has rebounded since death 2010-06-22T10:42:00Z They're so spectacularly beautiful, so awe- inspiringly dangerous, that you go through a fire on an adrenaline rush. Carolyn See's California, as told to Barbara Isenberg 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z We can all cite the influential novels — "Ulysses" and "Mrs. Dalloway," spectacularly — that unfold abundantly over the course of a single epic day. 7 must-read novels to transport you in February 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z Indeed, Mr. Hunter’s golden diptych, no less than Mr. McCallum’s spectacularly unspectacular production, suggests that small rewards may be the only kind available. Review: In ‘Lewiston/Clarkston,’ America at a Crossroads (Plus Dinner) 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z With her spectacularly lissome and long-limbed body and her wry humor, this ballet is now her best role. Dance Review: Ballet Meets Broadway Choreographers and Composers 2011-05-26T21:20:50Z Constantly on the move, this production has the cast — attired in Deborah Trout’s spectacularly colorful costumes — leaping up and down stairs on Matthew Smucker’s versatile, multilevel set. Seattle Opera, with help of a few friends, presents opera-play hybrid ‘Beatrice and Benedict’ 2018-02-26T05:00:00Z In short, despite their larger-than-life auras, astronauts are all too human, and thus spectacularly unsuited for traveling in zero gravity. 'Packing for Mars': Mary Roach's take on life in the void 2010-08-11T23:14:00Z Michelle has always been a strong, active and vocal woman, to see her striking a bland pose of indifference and aloofness, not to mention the unlikeness of her facial features made the painting failed spectacularly. Obama Portraits Blend Paint and Politics, and Fact and Fiction 2018-02-12T05:00:00Z Instead, I worry for those of us who were complicit in her spectacularly rapid fall from grace. Justine Sacco’s aftermath: The cost of Twitter outrage 2013-12-23T19:03:00Z However, this effort can be spectacularly misguided, and too often basic craft is neglected. Blood, sweat and tears can still produce great musicals | Response 2010-03-30T23:05:00Z Ms. Bening may be no dame, but she was one of the most exciting actresses to emerge on screen in the 1990s, most spectacularly in “The Grifters,” a cinematic highlight of any era. Theater Review | 'The Female of the Species': She?s So Under the Gun, She Can?t Leave Her Desk 2010-03-01T05:40:00Z Granted, I’ve given my doctor something to smile about – I’ve been doing spectacularly well in my Phase I trial, delivering CT scan results that he appreciatively refers to as “neat.” Listen up, doctors: Here’s how to talk to your patients 2012-05-23T11:45:00Z I met someone new, remarried, and made a spectacularly unsuccessful blended family that ended in divorce, too. My ex and I live together — as friends 2021-09-18T04:00:00Z There are few spectacles more embarrassing than a failed attempt at dark urban realism – but most do fail, often spectacularly, so I want to know how exactly Drew got it right. Plan B: 'I love directing. But does my art change lives? I don't think it does' 2012-06-07T19:00:08Z He might be best known for an interview that went spectacularly wrong: a 2009 confrontation with the actor and musician Billy Bob Thornton. Jian Ghomeshi Brings His Show, ‘Q,’ to New York 2012-07-20T17:10:39Z My diminishing ability to cope was rather spectacularly exposed a week later, when I was invited to a private lunch with the Queen at Buckingham Palace. David Nott: ‘They told me my chances of leaving Aleppo alive were 50/50’ 2019-02-24T05:00:00Z This news motivates Honor to weave a manipulative web that grows spectacularly tangled. ‘Honor Society’ Review: Ivy League Strategist’s Cynical Shell Is Cracked 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z A special musician in an orchestra that remains spectacularly like no other. In praise of ? Stefan Dohr 2011-02-23T00:03:01Z It was watched by fewer people than That Dog Can Dance, his spectacularly misjudged Boxing Day canine extravaganza. Food Glorious Food serves Simon Cowell his TV comeuppance| Stuart Heritage 2013-03-01T13:08:05Z In her 18th book, Jewell does little spectacularly but everything well — a pro’s pro. Murderous Husbands, Flapper-Era Gun Molls and Korean Assassins: The Best Winter Thrillers 2019-01-28T05:00:00Z This is a spectacularly important lesson for all of us, because it’s very hard to get by in a culture that minimizes the patient experience and treats pain as if it’s something shameful. Why can’t doctors tell cancer patients the truth? 2013-01-11T20:54:00Z “When I was a kid, I was a leader. My mom said other kids looked up to me,” he says, spectacularly navel-gazing. The Enjoyable Discomfort of Noah Baumbach’s “Greenberg” 2019-11-15T05:00:00Z So are we to assume that we happened to catch Frank during a run of spectacularly bad luck? 'True Detective' Season 2 Finale Recap: In Search of a Better World 2015-08-10T04:00:00Z She “wept more copiously, more spectacularly, than anyone before her or since”— her excess of tears strained the limits of human expression. “Afterlives of the Saints” 2012-06-23T00:00:00Z “Monos,” a spectacularly shot Colombian psychodrama about child soldiers, brought me deep into the jungles of a country I long to revisit. A Pop Culture Shock After the Trip of a Lifetime 2019-02-15T05:00:00Z It will only be a matter of time before you encounter some spectacularly offensive and unsolicited people and materials. The casual racism of our most popular dating apps 2015-09-27T04:00:00Z I think the trailer captured the tone of the book spectacularly. ArtsBeat: L.A. Story: Karolina Waclawiak Talks About Her First Novel 2012-07-25T19:39:15Z I do eat meat or fish if it's been spectacularly prepared, and has died in an accident. The Darkness's Justin Hawkins: 'Contrary to expectations, you'd never catch me dogging' 2012-08-23T19:30:00Z My answer: it's a culturally sophisticated, pulsingly energetic, spectacularly social city with endless surprises and deep potential bubbling just below the scruffy surface. Frugal Traveler Blog: You Will Love Sao Paulo. (Please?) 2012-10-25T03:15:25Z He didn't mention that the ponies were spectacularly useless as they sank into the snow, nor that the sleds continually broke down in the cold and were abandoned. TV review: Posh and Posher: Why Public School Boys Rule Britain and Great White Silence 2011-01-27T07:59:01Z It will still make you cry – a 30-second Tesco advert could do that – but its tone is so spectacularly odd that it feels as if it were made by a confused bot. Can Netflix save us from the Great Romcom Shortage of 2018? I watched 11 films to find out 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z "All kinds of people want to live here because it is a very generous writing community, spectacularly uncompetitive," says Rosalind, a British native and author of 11 novels and poetry and short story collections. Key West: A Writer's Town 2011-04-14T14:50:16.727Z The grand experiment is over, and it failed spectacularly. NBC’s Firing of Megyn Kelly Is as Cynical as Her Hiring Was 2018-10-27T04:00:00Z The marriage at the heart of this story appears to be spectacularly mismatched: Graham is a larger-than-life man of appetites, while Annie, a photographer prone to self-doubt, is more reserved. 15 Books to Watch For in September 2020-08-27T04:00:00Z That point was spectacularly illustrated in 2013, when Edward Snowden walked out of America’s National Security Agency with tens of thousands of pilfered documents, a feat that would have been impossible in the pre-computer age. Lookout 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z The Flash turned chicken prior to their first big battle, one of many running jokey-jokes that made Whedon's version flop so spectacularly. Oh the humanity! "Zack Snyder's Justice League" wasn't necessary, but it brought what Whedon lacked 2021-03-23T04:00:00Z So, why is Madonna’s new album underperforming so spectacularly? Madonna's New Album Is Already A Commercial Flop 2015-03-30T04:00:00Z Not just sound, but movement: spectacularly boisterous dances accompany bone-rattling bass. How to be a Muslim at NYU after 9/11 2017-06-03T04:00:00Z Shopping and art went together especially well in Britain, where commerce took off spectacularly in the 18th century. Bye bye, British high street. Can anything take your place in our art? 2013-01-17T13:43:05Z The performance was fleet and sounded effortless and strange, sometimes exciting music blossoming naturally yet spectacularly. A brilliant start to Esa-Pekka Salonen's L.A. Phil residency 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z He did spectacularly well out of the movie. Sylvester Stallone: the wacky people's champ who battled his own ego 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z “The Invisible Man” is Universal’s latest attempt to remake its classic monster properties, an effort that flailed spectacularly with 2017’s “The Mummy” starring Tom Cruise. Box Office: 'Invisible Man' Emerges With $29 Million Opening Weekend 2020-03-01T05:00:00Z As sarcophagi go, it's a spectacularly well-appointed one. Blur: 21 – review 2012-07-26T14:30:01Z It could not have gone more spectacularly right. 2012 review: it was the best of times. It was the worst of times … 2012-12-29T23:46:00Z Absurdly overpowered firefights blaze up out of nowhere and go spectacularly wrong. In the ‘Barry’ Finale, Hollywood Gets Away with Murder 2023-05-28T04:00:00Z British author Simon Winchester went as far as to call the city “spectacularly ugly” in a travelogue published in 1991. Some South Koreans say 'Avengers: Age of Ultron' shows Seoul's ugly side 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z Unlike many bands of the grunge era that soared quickly but flamed out spectacularly — at times tragically — Low survived the ’90s, touring and recording 13 studio albums. Mimi Parker, Moody Alt-Rock Vocalist, Is Dead at 55 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z At this point in the gambling drama “Uncut Gems,” the Diamond District jeweler is in leagues of debt, and his one final, desperate hope to raise cash — a gem auction — has just failed spectacularly. Adam Sandler Grows Up (Mostly) 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z Wilson’s forceful take on the spectacularly gloomy tune was accompanied only by the Alice in Chains guitarist’s beautifully doleful strumming, the low-key setup lending added poignancy. Heart’s Ann Wilson and Alice in Chains’ Jerry Cantrell honor Chris Cornell at Rock & Roll Hall of Fame ceremony 2018-04-15T04:00:00Z What “Sour Grapes” does succeed in conveying is a detailed, and largely unsympathetic, portrait of the élite stratum of wine collectors that Kurniawan so spectacularly infiltrated. A True-Crime Documentary About the Con That Shook the World of Wine 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z It will be a relief to relax with an account of how, in some hapless organisms, evolution often gets it spectacularly wrong. Summer reading: 'coalition books' 2010-07-16T23:05:00Z ‘It’s great to see Sherlock being recognised so spectacularly at the Emmys,’ said Ben Stephenson, controller of drama comissioning at the BBC. Emmys 2014: The BBC Is The Big Winner As 'Sherlock' Beats 'Breaking Bad' And 'Game Of Thrones' 2014-08-26T04:00:00Z My wife bows her head for inspection, invites me to watch somebody on Instagram who just dyed their own hair successfully, or spectacularly badly. Would you dare to dye your partner's hair? 2020-05-17T04:00:00Z More than the next father with an A-list son going spectacularly off the rails, Martin knows what he's talking about. Martin Sheen: Being a dad 2011-03-25T22:29:56Z Within minutes, the effort backfired spectacularly, as thousands of Twitter users co-opted the #CosbyMeme hashtag to highlight the resurfacing of allegations of past assault against the star. Oscars 2015: And the winner is ... social media, for better and for worse 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z “Bile and dread inched up my throat,” Nick recalls, although Ms. Flynn’s spectacularly sneaky novel does not explain that, not right away. Books of The Times: ‘Gone Girl,’ by Gillian Flynn 2012-05-29T20:37:17Z It was dazzling, over the top and spectacularly hammy. Music Review | Muse: Slaying the Dragon Called Subtlety With Large-Scale Heroics 2010-03-08T06:39:00Z They hit it off spectacularly and spoke for hours until they were told by dining hall staff that they had to leave because it was closing time. A ‘Big Fat Greek Wedding’ Will Have to Wait 2020-05-09T04:00:00Z Weeks later came that first date, where they “hit it off spectacularly,” Ms. O’Conor said. The Smooch That Sealed the Deal 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z The book sparked a huge trend for literary monster mash-ups and sold spectacularly - all of which goes to show what I know. Mashing up children's books with monsters 2010-09-29T15:27:00Z Sam Rockwell, who won best supporting actor for his portrayal of a spectacularly dumb, racist cop in Three Billboards, described himself as a “journeyman actor” and dedicated the award to his “pal, Alan Rickman”. Three Billboards triumphs as Time's Up dominates the 2018 Baftas 2018-02-19T05:00:00Z Drawing on African mythology, James tells a spectacularly violent story about a leopard-man and a gang of unruly companions trying to find a kidnapped boy. Review | Perumal Murugan said his career as a novelist was dead. Lucky for us, he was wrong. 2019-11-25T05:00:00Z And you could say, on the surface that this is an ending that plays out ideally for Team Walt, those who wanted to see him win spectacularly. Breaking Bad Watch: Say Hello to My Little Friend 2013-09-30T04:37:59Z He said it was "full of spectacularly bad writing - about spectacularly good writing." UK literary prize honors art of the hatchet job 2012-01-10T13:08:08Z Most spectacularly, a landscape painted by Gustav Klimt during the first two years of World War I went far above its estimate, stated on request as “in excess of $25 million.” Auctions: Uptown From Wall Street, a Bull Market 2011-11-04T13:00:10Z It’s that egg white that gives the tart, gin-forward Midnight Fizz a spectacularly frothy head; a final splash of soda water makes it even more, well, fizzy. Toast to 2022 With More Than Just Champagne 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z Korbut came out of nowhere during those preliminaries, faltered spectacularly — and tearfully — in the all-around, and made a triumphant comeback in the individual apparatus finals. Michael Phelps, Jordyn Wieber: Redemption! 2012-08-01T11:45:00Z It’s what you do when you think you’re serving your own interests but are actually betraying them—often through significant effort, often in a spectacularly public way. The Year We Played Ourselves 2016-12-05T05:00:00Z This is what Kylie Jenner got so spectacularly wrong that her gaffe ended up illuminating our own questionable rules when it comes to violence against women as entertainment. Perspective | America already binge-watches violence against women. Kylie Jenner just took a selfie while doing it. 2019-06-10T04:00:00Z The past five years or so have seen Negga building spectacularly on the promise of her performance as the pregnant girlfriend of an IRA terrorist in Neil Jordan’s 2004 film Breakfast on Pluto. Ruth Negga: ‘I never fitted anywhere – in life or in Hollywood’ 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z Some, like a chariot carrying the wine god Bacchus, are spectacularly inventive — Bacchus can raise a toast, roll his eyes and even stick out his tongue. Science, Splendor and ‘Dresden Green’ to Impress a Sovereign 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z As he grew older, he learned to fail more spectacularly. My aging parents smuggle medical marijuana 2017-07-08T04:00:00Z From its spectacularly detailed aesthetic to the characters’ march down well-worn personality paths, “Downton Abbey” argues insistently for the status quo. ‘Downton Abbey’ Review: Back to the Past 2019-09-18T04:00:00Z Strangled by a lust to join the upper class she so spectacularly embodies, he accompanies her to the terrace, where she stands so near to him that their endearments amount to French whispering. Elizabeth Taylor Dies at 79: Actress Defined Modern Fame 2011-04-14T08:35:00Z As I explained to Graham, I’d tried surfing a number of times and failed fairly spectacularly. In Boulder, Colo., Back to Nature at Very High Altitudes 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z The “Wired” app achieves a similar result, but more spectacularly by experimenting with new creative technologies in its extra features. Design: On an Innovative Device, Apps Lacking Imagination 2010-11-29T21:18:00Z But as adverts go, it is spectacularly digressive. Sandi Toksvig – Edinburgh festival review 2012-08-27T17:00:15Z Hopper, who gives himself some spectacularly self-indulgent moments, is often riveting, but the movie ultimately belongs to Manz, introduced in Halloween clown-face makeup happily riding in Daddy’s rig. ‘Out of the Blue’: When Dennis Hopper Cast Himself as a Dad 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z For the princely sum of a concert ticket you might witness something spectacularly funny that no grainy clip on YouTube will ever be able to replicate. Stagediving, putting the danger back into live music 2013-07-12T12:00:00Z Season after season, he would flood the runway with some 80 individual models, each wearing ensembles that were sometimes spectacularly appealing and at other times spectacularly not. Perspective | Karl Lagerfeld didn’t have a signature design — but he invented a new kind of designer 2019-02-19T05:00:00Z Perhaps particularly if it pushes those boundaries, since shows with more traditional scores — “The Bridges of Madison County” and “Big Fish” — flopped pretty spectacularly on Broadway last season. Closing of ‘Holler if Ya Hear Me’ Raises Questions 2014-07-15T04:00:00Z With spectacularly bad timing, Stewart quit the show soon after Trump launched his election campaign. ‘Vanguard of opposition’: SNL adds Spicer to satire’s resurgence under Trump 2017-02-11T05:00:00Z They memorialized what the art critic Morgan Falconer neatly characterized as “the spectacularly anonymous confrontation with very particular human beings.” Perspective | Chuck Close’s reputation as an artist is hard to separate from the impediments he faced — and overcame 2021-08-20T04:00:00Z I first encountered Apple via "Cubed," a spectacularly compact, deadpan office comedy presented under the auspices of Above Average, the Internet arm of Lorne Michaels' Broadway Video. Smaller Internet gems reign supreme in the year on TV 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z Accentuated by Michaël Attias’s harsh, percussive score, this is a loud, numbing world, most spectacularly so in a scene in a video arcade populated by toughs, including one who beat up Elvira. Theater Review: ‘In a Year With 13 Moons,’ Directed by Robert Woodruff 2013-05-09T21:08:43Z He began his clinical practice in the Bronx after failing spectacularly at research and being deemed "a menace in the lab." Oliver Sacks' 'On the Move' a memoir of an extraordinary life 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z Zakiya Dalila Harris’s first novel about office politics and race in the New York publishing world is initially satirical and then spectacularly creepy. Review | The 5 best new thrillers and mysteries to read in June 2021-06-02T04:00:00Z For an extremely simple yet spectacularly refreshing salad, grab a melon, a cucumber and a handful of cherry tomatoes. This Vegetarian Menu Brings Home the Best of the Market 2021-07-30T04:00:00Z Which means that New Yorkers are lucky, and that New Yorkers who can score tickets to the festival are spectacularly privileged. The New York Film Festival: Movies for Art’s Sake 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z Our sports prodigies — those phenoms touted to be the next Michael Jordan, Willie Mays, Joe Montana or whoever — often fail, spectacularly. Bryce Harper: Baseball's Next Big Star or Future Flameout? 2011-07-05T05:35:00Z That first episode, taped in late January and broadcast Feb. 5, 1967, wasn’t incendiary, but some that came later were spectacularly so. The Smothers Brothers and the Birth of TV Buzz 2017-01-20T05:00:00Z That is what Vikings were good at, especially good at, spectacularly good at.” Review | The dauntless machismo of the Vikings 2018-07-24T04:00:00Z His first words to her are “Can you imagine?,” and while he’s referring to his own struggles with addiction and illness, his question haunts “Nina,” a sincere and spectacularly misbegotten new biopic. Review: Casting ‘Nina’ Was Controversial, but Is It a Good Movie? 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z But there were ardent fans of that marvelously tasteless tale of a third-rate theater producer and his nebbishy accountant, who scheme to get rich off a spectacularly bad musical called "Springtime for Hitler." Village Theatre's 'Producers' is full of pizazz 2012-05-16T22:01:11Z But there have been grand schemes that went spectacularly wrong. Bungle In The Jungle 2011-07-27T22:00:00Z “It was a vanity video because Michael wanted to be a monster. And everything that came, evolved from that, was spectacularly successful and I was totally surprised.” 'Thriller' was made because Michael Jackson wanted to be a monster 2017-09-04T04:00:00Z Coconut-Buttermilk Pie with Blackberry Caramel Bobby Flay’s spectacularly creamy custard pie is topped with silky blackberry caramel. 10 Stunning Pies (Other than Apple) for the Fourth of July 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z This is no small endeavor—and it’s one that other networks have spectacularly failed at delivering. 'Empire': Inside Fox's Ambitious, Groundbreaking Musical Soap 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z After falling spectacularly from grace, King retreats to a small island where his daughter, Athena, plays Miranda to his Prospero: ward, caretaker, secret sharer. Family Saga. Capitalist Satire. Climate Thriller. Debut Novel. 2022-04-30T04:00:00Z As a reward for his promising talent, he is hazed, manipulated, spectacularly insulted and relentlessly driven by his perfectionist instructor. Miles Teller Looks Beyond ‘Whiplash’ 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z There's a cultivated air of menace here – including knives and other sinister imagery – which seems spectacularly ill-advised, but it's hoped that this is down simply to an urge to shock. This week's new live music 2011-08-26T23:06:11Z The biggest environmental risk from peatlands is if they catch fire, which happened spectacularly in 2015 in Indonesia on land cleared for plantations. Peat moss: Good for plants but bad for the planet? 2017-05-09T04:00:00Z This proved spectacularly ineffective, although, truth be told, most addicts do quit without any form of treatment. Addiction is not a disease: A neuroscientist argues that it’s time to change our minds on the roots of substance abuse 2015-06-27T04:00:00Z That possibility was spectacularly realized last week at the Christie’s online sale, inscribing a new chapter in the annals of frictionless capitalism. Perspective | Beeple’s digital ‘artwork’ sold for more than any painting by Titian or Raphael. But as art, it’s a great big zero. 2021-03-15T04:00:00Z Thick black oil paint splurges spectacularly over the Tate's floor, as the gallery staff look on, bemused. Another Victim of the Gulf Oil Spill: The British Arts? 2010-09-17T22:40:00Z “On Grand Strategy” begins with the Persian king Xerxes ’ invasion of Greece in 480 B.C., an invasion that went spectacularly wrong. ‘On Grand Strategy’ Review: The War Against Decline and Fall 2018-04-16T04:00:00Z An 81-year-old woman who garnered worldwide media attention after she tried – and spectacularly failed – to restore a painting in her local church may face legal charges. Mal fresco! Botched Ecce Homo restoration woman has 'anxiety attack' 2012-08-24T16:40:32Z Restraint and a formal writing style, by a philosophy graduate from Cambridge University, give a tone of melancholy to this spectacularly accomplished, chilly debut collection of short stories about thwarted lives and opportunities missed. Shelf life 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z On the other hand, planes are subject to human and mechanical error, so sometimes they falter spectacularly before an unblinking camera. Flights of Fancy: 10 Great Airplane Movies 2013-08-12T09:45:58Z But what "Hamilton" and "Fun Home" spectacularly demonstrate is that making an investment in extremely talented artists from diverse backgrounds is still the best business plan for simultaneously growing prestige and revenue. Broadway musical 'Hamilton' could teach Oscar a lesson on diversity 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z I one hundred percent believe that there are publicists that have to clean up spectacularly horrific messes on behalf of their clients. Anna Paquin on Bad Behavior and Keeping the Drama Onscreen 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z Drive Like Jehu's O Pencil Sharp manages to be spectacularly punky despite lasting for more than nine minutes. Readers recommend: songs without a chorus – results 2012-11-29T14:00:00Z London Mayor Boris Johnson even visited New York to promote the city where Disney's new 3-D animated version of Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol is spectacularly set. 2009-12-03T18:01:00Z The issue here is that if the 1984 film was the supernatural spectacular, the remake's the movie that spectacularly misunderstands the original's appeal. Our ‘Ghostbusters’ Review: Girls Rule. Women Are Funny. Get Over It. 2016-07-10T04:00:00Z But in the hands of a cocky entrepreneur, it failed in a spectacularly public fashion, leaving said influencers stranded with nothing but some lackluster cheese sandwiches and their cell phones. From extreme catfishing to wine fraud, here are 6 documentaries about con artists 2021-05-09T04:00:00Z All of them sold, with a new auction high for Helen Frankenthaler, whose “Royal Fireworks,” a spectacularly vibrant 1975 abstract, sold to a telephone bidder for $7.9 million, more than double the high estimate. Art Auction or Game Show? Sotheby’s Tries Something New 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z A young lady native to those parts told us the microclimates vary spectacularly. An Unexpected Wine Sanctuary in Baja California 2017-04-25T04:00:00Z Repeating the number, Eusebio nonchalantly threw in three or four remarkably polished tap dance steps for the chorus, causing song and singer to come spectacularly to life. The Sellars method: How a master director coaches singers toward greatness 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z At the other extreme, there are gay clubbers of a quite spectacularly flamboyant stripe, among them a gentleman sporting a feather boa decorated with fairy lights. Scissor Sisters 2010-06-23T20:30:00Z A colleague and I have a little ritual for whenever either of us receives a spectacularly sexist email or reader comment. Perspective | A lot of powerful people seem to have no clue what motherhood means 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z Pete’s attempts at amateur plumbing fail spectacularly during a dinner party held to impress Don; in a quieter moment at the dinner table, he manages to insult Don’s wife. ArtsBeat: 'Mad Men' Watch: Despair and Fisticuffs 2012-04-16T12:01:51Z The melancholy result is that the painter with the spectacularly lulling voice, the hallmark ’fro and the liberating kindness remains a mystery; not the brand that’s made millions but the guy who touched millions. ‘Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed’ Review: No Gloss 2021-08-25T04:00:00Z But the most exciting drag kings are making do, spectacularly. Drag Kings Are Ready to Rule 2021-03-04T05:00:00Z Broadway productions close all the time, some failing more spectacularly than this one. Popcast: Can Hip-Hop Thrive on Broadway? 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z If you want to succeed, you must be willing to fail spectacularly. King of the banana republic 2012-06-03T21:00:00Z Parents must hold children accountable and help them thrive, which is easier said than done; but if they try to re-engineer the fundamentals of their offspring, they will fail spectacularly, sooner or later. Gifted and Talented and Complicated 2018-01-17T05:00:00Z I’ve had so many spectacularly bad Valentine’s Days but this one stands out. It's not me, it's you: six comedians on their best and worst love stories 2018-02-13T05:00:00Z Arena tours involve retinues of 200 "essential" people and spectacularly power-hungry monster lighting rigs. Should I boycott gigs because of their massive carbon footprints? 2012-12-16T00:06:25Z A. Bari is the closest big city, but there is also a place called Lecce, which is spectacularly beautiful: unbelievable architecture, and it’s maybe an hour away, great food, great wine. Q&A: Coppola Talks About His Palazzo Margherita in Bernalda, Italy 2012-03-09T20:24:56Z Each has been married three times and navigated at least one spectacularly public and calamitous divorce. What happened to ‘America’s Mayor’? How Rudy Giuliani became Trump’s attack dog. 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z One of these substitutes was spectacularly convincing: Danny Huston, the director’s son, can effortlessly fall into his father’s hoarse grandeur. How Orson Welles’s “The Other Side of the Wind” Was Rescued from Oblivion 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z Despite the harsh conditions, many prisoners nonetheless prefer the colonies to the pre-trial detention centers, where they are kept in cramped, sometimes spectacularly unhygienic cells and only allowed out for an hour a day. Pussy Riot members face tough life in penal colony 2012-10-14T10:33:10Z It also manages to explain, for those of us who puzzled over her attraction to Sonny Bono — her first husband and onetime singing partner — what this funny, spectacularly talented beauty was even doing with him. Why ‘The Cher Show’ Gets Me, Babe 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z Sometimes it was so spectacularly triumphant that the audience couldn't help applauding prematurely, as at the close of the third movement in the "Pathétique." Superb Tchaikovsky, delivered by the Mariinsky 2011-10-20T17:13:40Z Film, counterintuitively for such an outrageously theatrical work, has an advantage when it comes to meeting the play's spectacularly fiendish demands. 'Macbeth' succeeds in avoiding its onstage curse when it's on-screen 2015-11-28T05:00:00Z Then she says something so spectacularly Caroline Calloway, I think maybe she could be a genius. 'I love fame': how Caroline Calloway survived being cancelled 2020-04-28T04:00:00Z It is so spectacularly inappropriate that watching it is like picking a scab. Netflix, no! What's that penis doing on kids' TV? 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z Titled “The Farmers and the Helicopters,” the video is partly and spectacularly about the Vietnam War. Art Review: Vietnamese Voices Against a Whir of War 2010-08-12T21:59:00Z It’s easy to spot artists when they’re as spectacularly eccentric as Louise Nevelson or Salvador Dalí. | 'The Road to Mecca' : ?Road to Mecca? at American Airlines Theater - Review 2012-01-18T03:01:07Z A little girl in the Philippines is going viral for her spectacularly spooky Halloween costume. Little girl's headless Halloween costume goes viral: 'Best costume I've ever seen' 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z The company went public in 1984, at eight dollars a share, and then things fell apart spectacularly. Remembering Crazy Eddie: His Prices Were Insane 2016-09-17T04:00:00Z “We haven’t found anything spectacularly new,” he said, “but we’ve discovered that a claim by the Iraqi Water Ministry might be more or less correct. That sounds really boring, but I think it’s important.” How to Conduct an Open-Source Investigation, According to the Founder of Bellingcat 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z Another key factor in Showgirls’ cult status was the way it bombed so spectacularly, commercially and critically. The naked truth about Showgirls: the 90s flop is a misunderstood gem 2020-06-08T04:00:00Z I am not going that far, only a few miles up a valley called Grizzly Creek towards the spectacularly jagged Tombstone peaks. The ultimate hike: three tasters of Canada’s Great Trail 2017-07-15T04:00:00Z There are the usual extensive showcases for each of the players individually, but the spectacularly virtuosic leader is always a hypnotic performer, whether on his own or driving the others. Antonio Sanchez: Live in New York 2010-09-23T21:39:00Z The move was derided by at least one observer as spectacularly wrongheaded, but "Marriage Ref" was sampled by an impressive 14.5 million viewers. NBC gives Olympic boost to 2 new comedies 2012-08-07T20:37:12Z He, in turn, partnered her spectacularly, with breathtaking overhead lifts and sudden tosses. Dance Review: Ballet?s Home Away From Home for International Stars in New York 2011-05-24T22:13:23Z As a young girl, she was plucked from obscurity by a creepy older man, Charlie Flaxon, who trained her, married her and then, at the height of her fame, spectacularly attempted to kill her. In 'The Wholehearted,' a female boxer looks for redemption out of the ring 2016-12-06T05:00:00Z For the youngest operagoers, there are brilliant and mythical creatures, playful and humorous action, “magical” entrances and exits, and spectacularly colorful costumes along with the constantly changing music. A priest, a prince and a bird-catcher walk into an opera: ‘Magic Flute’ returns to Seattle 2017-05-04T04:00:00Z Directed by Tony Richardson, the turgid biopic of the Australian bushranger and folk hero tried to do for its titular outlaw what Bonnie & Clyde had done for theirs three years prior, only to fail spectacularly. Rolling back: why we should welcome Mick Jagger's big screen return 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z As his spectacularly indulgent, intermittently brilliant, follow-up, The Last Movie, showed, Hopper made work purely for himself. Dennis Hopper's Lost Album: life both sides of the lens 2014-06-14T04:00:00Z “Who else can do that? And not just get through them: These were three spectacularly conducted operas. In my opinion, he is one of the best Italian conductors living right now.” A Not-Quite-Star Maestro Has a Starry Season at the Met 2022-11-29T05:00:00Z In anticipation of that night of rapture and tedium, Manohla Dargis and A. O. Scott offer their reflections on the deeper meanings of this spectacularly trivial, paradoxically important, endlessly fascinating and often vexing event. Manohla Dargis and A. O. Scott on the Oscars 2012-02-18T02:03:03Z Most of the time, these literary high jinks work to great effect, but when they fail, it is spectacularly. ‘The Cauliflower’: The life of the Hindu mystic Sri Ramakrishna 2016-08-06T04:00:00Z “She triumphed spectacularly, to huge audience acclaim,” The Birmingham Post wrote. Birmingham Symphony Names Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla, Rising Star, as Its Next Conductor 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z On one wall, he carved a spectacularly large and detailed astrological "sphere" with Zodiacal signs. Black arts 2010-04-13T12:15:00Z There's also the Minack theatre, an extraordinary arena carved into the side of a rock face which presents spectacularly tempestuous productions, best viewed at sundown with a thunderstorm brewing over the sea behind. We're all going on a ... 2011-07-30T23:04:12Z Returning repeatedly to the notions of deception, betrayal and performance — the movie’s three philosophical pillars — he coaxes Cornwell through his spectacularly unsettled childhood to his career as a young operative in the British Secret Service. ‘The Pigeon Tunnel’ Review: Thinker, Player, Searcher, Spy 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z E2NY offers free entry to all those who have been let down and, by the evening, the pace spectacularly picks up as Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros hit the main stage. The Secret Garden Party escapes to New York 2011-08-09T13:15:08Z Much of the work in this survey of 33 artists is spectacularly space filling. Fiber Art: Long Way From the Loom 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z The zigzagging road offered glimpses of spectacularly craggy cliffs, small red-roofed villages and the glittering Mediterranean. Traveling solo, but not alone, on Italy’s Amalfi Coast 2017-06-16T04:00:00Z The assassin he hires is an extremely self-aware Walton Goggins, spectacularly out-Gogginsing himself as a man with his own reasons for wanting Santa dead. Fatman: the Mel Gibson Santa action comedy we really don't need right now 2020-11-10T05:00:00Z In his acknowledgments, he notes that Vermont has already had one “minor-league attempt” at a secession movement, about a decade ago, that failed, spectacularly. A Polite Drive for Secession in ‘Radio Free Vermont’ 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z On Wednesday evening, money flowed into art regardless of school or style, as was spectacularly demonstrated by two contrasting world auction records. Auctions: Klimt Painting Sells for $40.4 Million 2011-11-03T13:58:06Z This fervour was reflected in the spectacularly unsubtle Rocky IV, a film that began with an American boxing glove colliding with a Russian boxing glove and exploding. Creed 2: how will a Russia-baiting Rocky sequel play in Trump's America? 2017-07-04T04:00:00Z In the book, we are left with Christopher's list of goals — to attend college and do spectacularly well, live independently, "become a scientist" — and then an affirmation of infinite possibility: Tonys 2015: 'Curious Incident of the Dog' brings 'autistic perspective to life' 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z He adapts a choose-your-own-adventure story by a novelist named Jerome F. Davies, who became convinced that he was trapped in a world of multiple realities, with spectacularly unfortunate results. ‘Black Mirror’ Gives Power to the People 2018-12-28T05:00:00Z His fantasies fail spectacularly, his mother is appalled and, best of all, his girlfriend doesn't even read it. A Russian Novel by Emmanuel Carr?re ? review 2010-10-15T23:15:00Z The book was spectacularly ill timed, although it earned Apian a position as court astronomer to Charles V of the Holy Roman Empire and eventually the title of imperial count palatine. ‘Marks of Genius,’ Works From the Bodleian, at the Morgan 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z Saturday night's main stage entertainment – DJ sets from 2ManyDJs and Faithless – are spectacularly upstaged by the exploding of a pirate ship in the middle of the lake, which was already besieged by a giant octopus. Secret Garden Party – review 2013-07-29T19:04:21Z The Tanks are adapted from the spectacularly vast cylinders that fuelled the former power station, originally designed to hold a million gallons of oil. The Tanks: Art in Action – review 2012-07-21T23:05:29Z According to the Times, the show was selling better following the addition of Sting, though not spectacularly, and would start losing substantial sums again once he departed. Broadway Loses Its Faith in Sting: Singer's 'The Last Ship' to Close Early 2015-01-06T05:00:00Z It can fail spectacularly because it hinges on so many contingencies. Perspective | Alice Neel was the greatest American portraitist of the 20th century. Her work continues to astonish. 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z The extraordinary sound in the Turbine Hall warms these songs through spectacularly. Kraftwerk at Tate Modern, night six: Techno Pop 2013-02-13T12:05:42Z And though we still believe that Lawrence, who turned 25 in Aug., can do no wrong, she isn’t given much opportunity to do anything spectacularly right here. Review: To Shill a Mockingjay - Part 1 2014-11-12T05:00:00Z "Trump last night made another stop on his Orange Collar Comedy Tour, where he held a spectacularly unhinged rally in South Carolina," Meyers said Tuesday night to open his "Closer Look4; segment. " Seth Meyers mocks Trump’s incoherent rally speech: “Your mouth is like a vuvuzela at the Worl... 2018-06-27T04:00:00Z But in the hands of a skilled practitioner of the punning craft – such as Milton Jones, deadpan Canadian Stewart Francis or the evergreen Tim Vine – it yields spectacularly funny results. This week's new live comedy 2013-04-06T05:00:17Z The fireworks were a part that symbolized the whole: turning something into nothing, spectacularly. The Pyro-American in Me 2016-07-03T04:00:00Z Its progenitor is Irvine Sellar, who first made his name as a baron of boutiques in the 1960s rag trade, before moving into property and going spectacularly bust in the early 90s. The Shard: A symbol of towering ambition 2011-01-30T00:05:57Z I don’t think it’s too much of a spoiler to reveal that this show ends — spectacularly and hauntingly — with all of us in the dark. Theater Review: ‘An Octoroon,’ a Slave-Era Tale at Soho Rep 2014-05-05T02:00:01Z Her prospects nosedive when some spectacularly self-destructive behavior following a hookup at the firm’s holiday party costs Florence her job. Review | ‘Who is Maud Dixon?’ In this inventive thriller, you’ll be turning the pages to find out 2021-04-01T04:00:00Z “Yet it is so finely acted and crafted — and is so spectacularly better than the run of its genre — that as a lover of movies one feels practically duty‐bound to sing its praises.” Mike Hodges, Director Acclaimed for ‘Get Carter,’ Dies at 90 2022-12-22T05:00:00Z You went on an online date during the process of writing this book — and it didn’t go too spectacularly. Online dating isn’t killing marriage! 2013-01-12T23:00:00Z In 1999, his long tenure imploded spectacularly in a fit of pique when Dobbs ordered his crew to cut away from then-President Bill Clinton’s speech in Colorado after the Columbine school shooting massacre. Hard-line views made Lou Dobbs a Fox powerhouse. Now he’s shaping Trump’s border policy. 2019-04-26T04:00:00Z Olya is thin and graceful, with long legs that bend spectacularly. A guide to watching the Oscar-nominated animated shorts, from cheeky birds to grisly torture 2022-03-05T05:00:00Z I was a young writer, struggling to master a very demanding form – screenwriting, and he was a revered screenwriter with awards and spectacularly acclaimed movies in his resume. “What we talked about was the work”: The nourishing intimacy of the writer-mentor relationship 2016-06-20T04:00:00Z Unless we are spectacularly dim, it's a holiday after which we can return to our everyday selves, not corrupted, but refreshed and amused. Sex and shopping are no worse than gadgets or guns 2010-05-31T06:00:00Z Not only are rockets packed with explosive fuel, they are also complex machines made up of thousands of moving parts that can fail spectacularly over even a modest hiccup. If planes failed like space shuttles, 272 would crash daily 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z Jason Hayes’s cotton-candy wig for Tracy is a thing of spectacularly silly beauty. Review: ‘The Legend of Georgia McBride,’ From Elvis Impersonator to Drag Queen 2015-09-09T04:00:00Z The son of a Russian émigré businessman and aristocratic Jewish actor, he was packed off to boarding school in Kent at the age of eight, where he was spectacularly miserable. Stephen Poliakoff on Dancing on the Edge: 'I can come across as arrogant' 2013-01-27T18:00:01Z Parton particularly relishes some of the earliest letters, including one written in French which spectacularly broke the usual formula. Army museum displays letters from soldiers' wives and sweethearts 2011-02-09T16:33:58Z Unlike other forms of big-screen derring-do, this one drew them into a spectacularly over-the-top version of one of their own everyday activities. All the road rage: Fast & Furious 6 taps a modern vein 2013-05-20T13:40:02Z In the opening scenes of Black Watch, the characters emerged spectacularly from the innards of a pool table. John Tiffany: from Black Watch to Peter Pan 2010-04-05T20:35:00Z “She is someone that embodies that willingness to just risk it, because she might fail spectacularly,” Schatz said. The radical magic of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: "She embodies that willingness to just risk it" 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z The view is spectacularly moody and lasts less than three minutes. Hong Kong’s urban jungle is real, not a metaphor for concrete and steel 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z Lincoln said that this combination of arrogance and violence was what made vigilantism both spectacularly destructive and insidiously corrosive. When Jim Crow Violence Came to a Small New York Village 2022-05-25T04:00:00Z But then she spectacularly fails to find out either what sodium laureth sulphate is or how it works, only that it doesn't leave a scum like conventional soap does. TV review: Wonderstuff; How Murdoch Ran Britain: Dispatches 2011-07-25T20:10:00Z There can be no quibbling that as a marketing strategy, spectacularizing food works spectacularly. Burger King’s Mac n' Cheetos: a logical step in America's quest for innovation 2016-06-26T04:00:00Z So while the inclusion of four rose-themed songs in this week's playlist may look indulgent, it is actually spectacularly restrained. Readers recommend songs about flowers: The results 2010-06-10T21:30:00Z Liberalism, then, has been spectacularly hypocritical — though Fukuyama, for one, is unimpressed with the charge, arguing that this leftist critique “fails to show how the doctrine is wrong in its essence.” Where Have All the Liberals Gone? 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z Most spectacularly, the Turkish artist Banu Cennetoglu filled the Hall of Sculpture with clusters of the kind of letter-shaped gold foil balloons that you might buy to spell out “congratulations” or “happy birthday.” A Deluge of Art at the Carnegie International 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z “I want to believe that America will reject Donald Trump, that our innate sense of decency will kick in like some sort of moral autopilot, but I have been spectacularly wrong before,” he said. John Oliver tells US voters to get to the polls: 'No outcome is certain' 2016-11-07T05:00:00Z Italians are also spectacularly bad at estimating the number of old people in the country, believing that 48 percent are over 65 years old. Get your facts right: Italy, U.S. come bottom in modern life survey 2014-10-29T04:00:00Z It wasn't just the music that impressed: A series of light projections beamed onto the walls of Buckingham Palace were spectacularly realised. Stars shine on Queen's concert 2012-06-05T03:45:34Z Everyone seemed to agree that he was spectacularly wealthy and successful. A Tale of Racial Passing and the U.S.-Mexico Border 2016-07-20T04:00:00Z With seating for 4,000, the cavernous Met remains a spectacularly misguided setting for songs meant to be heard in a small room. René Pape in a Solo Recital at the Metropolitan Opera House 2014-09-30T04:00:00Z |
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