Word: impromptu
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...might not be ready for parenthood. By the time a Los Angeles judge temporarily stripped the pop singer of custody of Sean, now 2, and Jayden James, 1, on Monday, Spears had provided dozens more images that suggest she is unable to care for two young children. From her impromptu head-shaving to her trips to rehab to her recent listless shuffle around the MTV Video Music Awards stage, Spears, 26, seems incapable of taking care of herself. Today she and her ex-husband, Kevin Federline, will face a judge to determine the next step in this increasingly ugly custody...
...buyer at Saks Fifth Avenue and Macy's, no doubt looking as chic as she does on this day in her Michon Schur jacket. "I love to dress for work. I love to push the envelope," says Hall, who when Marni began to pique fashion interest had an impromptu try-on clinic of the line with many of the associates. "Just to keep us all continually moving forward," she explains...
...will go to the airport." Within seconds her pink headscarf was swallowed by a sea of uniformed officers. As party leaders swarmed out of their cars to shout slogans they were picked up one by one by apologetic police officers who politely allowed them to finish their impromptu press conferences first. "We were ordered to arrest all the party leaders," admitted one police officer after he helped shove the party's information secretary, Ahsan Iqbal, roughly into a truck. When asked why, he just shrugged...
...post's remote location meant that food supplies flown in by helicopter were sometimes delayed--and when they did come, half the vegetables had already rotted. Even the camp dogs, a white Lab named Musharraf and a mutt called Putin, were getting tired of potatoes. The Afghans held impromptu dance performances when patrols went well and cracked jokes when they didn't. "Even on the worst days, they'd still be smiling," says Rosell. "These guys can handle anything...
Another mystery--whether a new director (David Yates) and scriptwriter (Michael Goldenberg) can build on the intelligent urgency of the past two Potter films--is cleared up in the first few minutes as Harry (Daniel Radcliffe) performs some impromptu magic to save an ugly Muggle. The confrontation is swift, vivid, scary and, to the audience, assuring: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix will be a good one. Perhaps the best in the series, it turns out. The tone and palette are darker, the characters more desperate and more determined. Playtime is over; childhood is a distant memory...