Word: goodmans
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...critics but of ad buyers, to whom they try to pre-sell advertising "up front," on the basis of what the networks annually promise will be the greatest season of public entertainment the world has known since the days of Aeschylus, and generally ends up with John Goodman playing a gay guy and trading insults with Orson Bean. Held in tony venues like Radio City Music Hall, the presentations involve elaborate stage presentations, comedy bits and star walk-ons - the aesthetic is somewhere between an awards show and an insurance dealers' regional sales meeting. They're followed by cocktail parties...
Detective Dehling (John Goodman), investigating those deaths, sees Jewel somewhat differently. To him she symbolizes purity, and reminds him of his tragically deceased wife. Why, Jewel even seems to have access to his beloved's linguine recipe. She also has access to the darkest desires of Randy's cousin Carl (a particularly delirious Paul Reiser), an up-and-coming lawyer in need of a dominatrix, a role at which Jewel proves--perhaps not so surprisingly--remarkably adept...
...roll. Purists may shudder, but in New York City, bizarro sushi combinations are as hot as jalapeño peppers (another popular ingredient). "I love sushi," says Beverly Goodman, a Manhattanite dining at the flashy Ruby Foo's, makers of the eel-and-crab roll. "But like all New Yorkers, I get bored easily. I always want to try something...
...complained that the Met show makes it appear that he slavishly copied French originals or took explicit directions from his famous client. But Jackie was plainly nobody's mannequin. She knew what she wanted, and she didn't hesitate to tell Cassini. In collaboration with dressmakers at Bergdorf Goodman, the New York City department store, she even designed her Inaugural ball gown. She had her snarky side too. "I imagine you will want to put some of my dresses in your collection," she once wrote to Cassini. "But I want all mine to be originals and no fat little women...
...Night At McCool’s tells the story of three men whose paths cross when they share stories of their ideal women at McCool’s Bar one night. Randy the barman (Matt Dillon), Carl (Paul Reiser), his lawyer cousin and Dehling (John Goodman), a cop, all find themselves in love with the same woman, Jewel (Liv Tyler). Jewel is a beautiful, money-seeking femme fatale who manipulates each man until she begins to lose control. She eventually meets her match when Mr. Burmeister (Michael Douglas), who may or may not be a hit man, arrives...