Word: glamourizing
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...sensitive portrayal of characters or its uplifting ending. It is (now prepare yourselves) its authenticity, its un-American-ness. There is no backlighting, no svelte bodies on parade, no '90s-influenced costumes or setting. This by no means implies that the movie does not have its share of glamour; it's just that its style is as dark, European and heavy as Germany in the '30s would have been. Unfortunately, if we follow the inverse proportion of authenticity to box office success, we will realize, of course, that this very merit will condemn The Harmoniststo a life on an obscure...
...international monitors in Kosovo, it was clearly at his orders, a way of saying, notes a diplomat involved, "This is my turf, and I'm boss." He does not flaunt decorative symbols of office or stage showy ceremonies and cares nothing for state protocol. But if he shirks the glamour of power, he still loves delicious moments of control. When foreign diplomats appear at his door, he glows as he picks the chairs on which they will...
Monica may have earned her place on your cover, but what did we do to deserve all the cutesy-poo glamour pics? SHARON SENESE Chicago...
...epiphany. Surprisingly enough, my biased idealization of European culture translates quite nicely into a self-serving comparison between Europe and the Quad. Though initially you may scoff at this unlikely analogy, it is a convenient means to convince myself and others that my life in Currier is second in glamour only to life in the City of Lights. Really, the evidence abounds...
...been a crackhead and a glamour girl," says HALLE BERRY, "but never before both at the same time." Such are the rewards of portraying DOROTHY DANDRIDGE, inset, the ravishing but doomed actress who died of an overdose in 1965 at the age of 41. Berry will play Dandridge, the first black woman nominated for a Best Actress Oscar, in an upcoming HBO film. "I understand the struggle of a black actress wanting to do so much but having so many limitations," she says. Berry won the role, coveted by such stars as Whitney Houston and Janet Jackson, by upping...