Word: blendings
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...three actresses who gave terrific performances in high-earning movies: Pfeiffer, poignant and powerful as the mouse turned tiger (I am Catwoman, hear me roar) in Batman Returns; Meryl Streep, devastatingly funny as a star facing middle age in Death Becomes Her; and Sharon Stone, her sensuality a tantalizing blend of glamour and horror, in Basic Instinct. But Oscar, a gentleman and a liberal, prefers women's roles that are role models. He might feel uneasy citing actresses whose characters tread the minefield that separates traditional femininity and modern feminism. "The general feeling," says director Jon Avnet (Fried Green Tomatoes...
...worst acting moments occur in the flashbacks. Eric's painful love affair with his Shakespeare professor, also played by Robe, clashes stylistically with the hostage crisis. The two plots and comedic styles simply don't blend as well as they must to warrent including both...
READERS ACCUSTOMED TO THE ARTFUL BLEND of whimsy and genteel humor in the New Yorker for 68 years are in for a shock. This week's cover features a painting of a Hasidic man and a black woman engaged in a loving kiss. New Yorker art editor Lee Lorenz and editor Tina Brown, four months on the job since she arrived from sassy Vanity Fair, faced intense opposition to the cover from the magazine's senior staff. Several objected to the painting -- not for its blunt representation of interracial harmony but in the "fear that we were being glib about...
...ingredients of a league champion are in place: A good coach. An all senior starting lineup with a nice blend of passers, scores and defenders. A strong corps of reserves. A bunch of players eager for recognition. The list goes...
...Mardi Gras is symbolic. It shows various ethnic groups can retain their cultural identity and the city can somehow how blend these things together. That's why there's so much good food and good music," Bryan said. "It's unique. It really is unique...