Word: hiatus
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...that is Jane Fonda. From her Kennedy-level Hollywood lineage to her multiple Madonna-like transformations, the star has dazzled the cinematic, fitness, and activist scenes, staying long enough to ruffle a few feathers or win an Oscar before moving onto a different chapter. After a 15-year film hiatus, a third divorce (from media mogul Ted Turner, who—as Fonda reveals in her book—supplied “terrific fountains-of-Versailles and fireworks sex!”), and a great many hours in therapy, Fonda has returned, resurrected from beyond the public limelight...
MALCOLM IN FRONT Frankie Muniz is on hiatus from acting to pursue race-car driving full time. He'll debut at a Formula BMW race this month. That's one child star who's trying to stay on track...
...events fondly. He recalls that they were fun and—more importantly—loud. “If you’re coming to the show,” he writes in an e-mail, “bring earplugs.”The three-year hiatus is due in large part to the difficulties inherent in finding a location to stage such a festival and in convincing bands to play for reduced fees. Luckily, organizers say that the bands have agreed to play for a cut of the profit made at the door and have received...
...held his own against other contestants who were native speakers. “Now that I’ve been speaking for a year and a half, I feel confident in my Mandarin,” said Miller. The HHKS contest, in Boylston Hall, resumed after a year-long hiatus. The contest featured representatives from campus groups as well as Brown University, Babson College, Bentley College, and Boston College, singing songs in Mandarin and Cantonese. “The Hong Kong associations at all the different colleges are kind of small, so it’s easier...
...Frank Herrmann can be reached at fherrman@fas.harvard.edu. His diary will be on hiatus as he works towards the minors in extended spring training...