Word: avuncularly
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...pictured above is not a moody, gaunt rock star. He is an avuncular, moonfaced country star with a rather inspired makeup job. But in the tradition of actual moody, gaunt rock stars like David Bowie, GARTH BROOKS has assumed an alter ego named Chris Gaines. Brooks will play Gaines in The Lamb, a film to be released next year. To create buzz for the movie, Brooks will release an album of greatest hits from Gaines' 15-year career. In fact, all the songs on the album are new. "We wrote songs to sound like they came from different periods," explains...
...spirit of avuncular guidance that has descended on this campus, I offer my counsel--not on how to get the most out of pre-frosh weekend, but rather how to suck the marrow out of high school's final days. When you go back home, take time to appreciate...
David Kleiler, the director of the event, leads an amazing life. The avuncular character has been passionate about film for decades. In addition to this weekend's festival, he coordinates monthly Local Sightings events, floating showcases of the underground film scene in the area. He assists filmmakers in all stages of the creative process, from screenwriting to production to marketing. He even plans to spend a day persuading potential investors in Providence that film is their best bet. In his own words, "I love film. You go through life, you gotta have something you feel that obsessive-compulsive about...
...truth about Disney, who was described by an observant writer as "a tall, somber man who appeared to be under the lash of some private demon," is slightly less benign and a lot more interesting. Uncle Walt actually didn't have an avuncular bone in his body. Though he could manage a sort of gruff amiability with strangers, his was, in fact, a withdrawn, suspicious and, above all, controlling nature. And with good--or anyway explicable--reason...
...stage at Madison Square Garden later this month, Daltrey, 54, will perform not with his longtime bandmates but with the quaintly impoverished Cratchit family. Why would a rock star who once typified disaffected youth take on such a role? "It interested me because it involved children," says the newly avuncular Daltrey. The man who once defiantly sang, "I hope I die before I get old," can now be caught warmly warbling, "God bless us, every...