Word: conning
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...This decade he did a swell turn, again under a ton of makeup, as a vengeful ex-con in the Robert Rodriguez-Frank Miller Sin City. On his few forays into late-night talk (one visit with David Letterman sticks in my mind), the host would breathe a sigh of relief to find Rourke roguishly charming; the bull hadn't demolished the china. But mostly his rep kept him MIA. When he came up for the role of Randy, he recalled in Venice, Aronofsky told him: "You're a really great actor, and you've just f______ up your career...
...Even knowledgeable people can't really tell you what he's doing." But for investors pocketing windfalls, the lure of easy money outstripped suspicions raised by Madoff's shroud of secrecy. When that shroud was lifted, however, Madoff's investment fund stood revealed as a classic Ponzi scheme: a con game in which the illusion of solvency was created by paying off early investors with capital raised from later entrants. As long as new investment continued to come in the door, the earlier adopters reaped fat rewards; once markets tumbled and investors withdrew, however, the whole thing collapsed like...
...light touch of the vivace con spirito recalls that of Tchaikovsky’s “Swan Lake,” but the orchestra erred on the heavy side, sometimes bogging down the music lines. Overall, Kuerti paced the orchestra well throughout the work for a clean performance...
...Summit stoked the anticipation by doling out trailers, photos and sound-track news to hungry fans via websites like Twilighters.org, BellaAndEdward.com and TwilightMoms.com. In July, the studio brought the cast to Comic-Con in San Diego, where, for once, shrieking fangirls outdid hooting fanboys in the audience - in number, ardor and decibel level. In recent weeks, the studio sent Twilight's 22-year-old British star Robert Pattinson on a tour of appearances at the mall-based clothing store Hot Topic, where he was greeted by Beatlemania-caliber crowds. Pattinson's San Francisco appearance was canceled after a crush...
...managed to learn the answer to each question on the show, delivering the beautiful, exhilarating story of his life. After Jamal and his brother, Salim (Madhur Mittal), watch the murder of their mother by anti-Muslim rioters, they embark on a spectacular adventure through India, encountering gangsters, con men, and tourists while Jamal tries to rescue the love of his life, Latika (Freida Pinto).But what could have been a tragedy about poverty in India becomes instead a tale of triumph over adversity told with infectious joy by director Danny Boyle. Boyle is not exactly in the same realm...