Word: glitzier
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...Whether Once won the Oscar or not, the record label was prepared to get a significant sales bump from the telecast. Hansard and Irglova's stripped-down, honest performance stood in stark contrast to the glitzier production numbers of the other nominees. When Irglova had the unprecedented experience of getting a second shot at an Oscar acceptance speech after the orchestra played her offstage, she expressed something rare in Hollywood - sincere gratitude. "This is such a big deal," said Irglova, the only woman in the Kodak Theater who appeared to have gotten ready without the help of a staff...
...From the lack of paparazzi to the crowds of rowdy Ph.D.s at the best tables to the fact that the women in attendance ate carbohydrates, almost nothing about the SciTech Oscars resembles its glitzier counterpart held later this month at the Kodak Theater. No one asked the guy who designed the mysterious-sounding Brugmatic MPST Densitometer who he is wearing. No one speculated if the woman who helped the film industry convert from silver-based to cyan dye analog soundtracks is finally over her ex. No one thanked his agent - although the computer science department at MIT did get name...
It’s a not exactly a new kind of video for T.I., but it is a better one, glitzier and funnier than the clips for his previous hits “Rubber Band Man” and “Bring ‘Em Out.” Handheld cameras and dour-faced club jumpers have been replaced by white suits and rims that glint in the L.A. sunlight. As is appropriate for a video that is selling a movie, there’s a lot of interesting and un-explained stuff going on: T.I. plays...
This low turnout can be attributed to a number of factors, but the bottom line is that in the public eye, national politics trumps local politics. Politics in Washington D.C. is glitzier, more exciting and is covered more extensively by the media than politics in any state or city, and there is no reason to think that this will change anytime soon...
...workers were left without a place to stay. Many volunteers, including Lieb and Kadakia, received hotel accommodations for the week of the convention. Lieb stayed at the Hotel Pennsylvania, directly across the street from the Garden. Others, such as Annie M. Lewis ’07, found themselves in glitzier digs—the Waldorf-Astoria...