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...Sometimes? All times. Sidney is orally assaulted by virtually every character in the film: J.J., his secretary, his sister, her boyfriend, her boyfriend's manager, another columnist, the columnist's wife, two of his clients, a cigarette girl and a fat cop. I can't think of another character in cinema history who gets harangued by so many or with such good reason. Yet Sidney is a resilient cuss; he can repackage any insult to suit the next guy in line. When a columnist in a night club spumes to Sidney that he and J.J. have "the scruples...
...vulnerable, always looking as if she's just been slapped or thinks she's about to be. When she questions Sidney's "friendship" with J.J. - "Who could love a man who makes you jump through burning hoops like a trained poodle?" - she might be speaking to herself. And her boyfriend is just too square to compute as a 50s jazz musician. (What's he got that she wants? Sidney's answer: "Integrity. Acute. Like indigestion...
Although chances are high you’ve never heard of Tullycraft, the Seattle-based foursome is one of the most popular twee bands around; formed in 1994, they made their name in the underground college scene with a hit called “Pop Songs Your New Boyfriend Is Too Stupid To Know About.” Tullycraft’s songs feature steady drum beats, smooth guitar riffs, and the unorthodox voice of lead singer Sean Tollefson (who sounds not unlike the Violent Femme’s Gordon Gano), and back-up vocals on the best songs...
...trial and was convicted. At the sentencing (he got 18 months), his attorney declared, "Mr. Cahn has unfortunately run into the ill-will of a well-known and perhaps notorious columnist and radio broadcaster." He might have said what Lehman writes of Dallas in the novelette: that Susie's boyfriend "made the mistake of crossing J.J. Hunsecker against the lights...
...Shadow was tempered by two events that occurred soon after its release. Within the space of a few weeks, Lord checked into rehab for alcoholism and discovered that she was pregnant. Although Lord says she was very much in love with the baby’s father, long-time boyfriend Kevin Patey of the Raging Teens, the pregnancy was not planned. As for her heavy drinking, she says the habit arose as a mechanism to cope with the stress and exhaustion that accompany constant touring. “Instead of addressing that I needed a break, a rest...