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...project is the brainchild of Kirshner’s wife, co-master Jayne Loader—“mastermind of the moody lights,” as Kirshner calls her—who saw the lights featured in an article on experimental designers in the New York Times. The lights, popular in Manhattan bars and discos, appealed to Kirshner and Loader in large part due to their sturdy nature...
...said that the rink was the brainchild of the hotel’s owner, Richard Friedman...
...immune system, there's no strong evidence that these changes are significant in the development of cancer. But as a treatment adjunct, psycho- oncology is creeping into the mainstream. Self-help groups for cancer patients at all stages of the disease are common in Australia. But SEGT, the brainchild of American psychiatrist Irvin Yalom, differs from standard group therapy in several ways. Most importantly, a psychiatrist or psychologist leads the 90-min. sessions, working from the original premise of SEGT: that serious illness offers a chance for personal growth. "Much of life involves periods in which people drift somewhat aimlessly...
Stage Beauty feels like the brainchild of a producer attempting to capitalize on the commercial success of Shakespeare in Love. But, in addition to the significant absence of Gwyneth Paltrow’s come-hither androgynous sultriness and sans Tom Stoppard’s once-over on the screenplay, Stage Beauty is a raucous, vulgar mess. Between two rather abrupt (and unsatisfying) oral sex scenes, cliché moments of Maria finding her on-stage presence (again with the doe eyes) and its hamfisted themes of gender identity, the filmmakers abandoned any attempt to make a coherent and entertaining film?...
While working on a film adaptation of J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye, the screenplay for Damon and Affleck’s alleged brainchild, Good Will Hunting, plummets from the ceiling or perhaps from the heavens. The resultant scenario finds the two reacting in unexpected ways to the discovery, amidst “cameos” by Gwyneth Paltrow and J.D. Salinger and a screwy, violent climax. Humorous references to the duo’s headline-grabbing history pepper the play and provide rich comic fodder...