Word: distressingly
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...swashbuckling, scene-stealing cohorts Henry and Mortimar (Thomas Odell ’05 and Neil G. Ellingson ’05). El Gallo and associates stage the rape of Luisa and her rescue by Matt. As planned, when Matt saves his damsel in distress, the two fall more deeply in love, and the fathers find themselves with an opportunity to end their public feuding—for who could hate the father of his sweet daughter’s savior...
Alex & Emma is a test of whether Wilson can move beyond boyfriend status to the altar of the leading man. He plays Alex Sheldon, a novelist dogged by gambling debts and the Cuban thugs who want to collect on them. Wilson, who is required to convey more distress than in previous roles, is in virtually every scene, a fact that caused him some real discomfort. "I usually don't mind watching movies I'm in," he says, "but in this, there's just so much of me I can't take a breather and relax while other people are onscreen...
...past, Hornstine’s defenders have emphasized the distress she has undergone since filing her suit...
...dangerous to confuse an actor with his movie roles. But by all accounts the reel and the real Gregory Peck were close kin. He was a model of probity, a loyal friend to colleagues in distress, a father confessor to the Hollywood community. He chaired the National Society of This, the American Academy of That. He was laden with official honors: Lyndon Johnson gave him the Presidential Medal of Freedom; Richard Nixon put him on his Enemies List. Peck received perhaps his sweetest laurel last week when the reclusive Lee, on hearing of his death, said, "Gregory Peck...
...Heinz Kerry, Hillary Rodham Clinton - even occasionally offering to fetch the coffee. On the way down, she has to be even more careful if she ever hopes to rise again. Even for the strongest of the breed, the best strategy is to feign weakness, to play the damsel in distress. Martha Stewart, that means...