Word: jewel
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...what makes this year different? Nothing really. Hollywood usually requires a major blockbuster drama or historical epic and one art-house gem, jewel, rhinestone or igneous rock to count on a successful awards season. It’s not that these categories aren’t around this year. The problem is that this November-December awards season, the love is spread out. We have two large-scale star-driven historical epics—Oliver Stone’s Alexander and Martin Scorcese’s The Aviator (starring Leonardo DiCaprio as Howard Hughes)—and a handful...
...making such a decision, Corgan follows in the footsteps of a plethora of musicians of different genres, including Jim Morrison, Tupac Shakur, Jewel and, perhaps most notably, John Lennon. His books Spaniard in the Works (1965) and In His Own Write (1967) both included poems, stories and drawings...
...Hanna’s a jewel and we don’t find many like her,” Houghton said...
Arguably the athletic crown jewel of thefacebook.com’s vast social network, Childress ran the infamous “ignore play” on my friendship invitation, leaving it pending in purgatory till this...
...would have thought that Monaco, the crown jewel of the Cote d'Azur, needed polishing? Apparently the land of Monte Carlo and the Grimaldi royal family felt a makeover was in order. To capitalize on the popularity of cruises, the principality, which covers about 1 sq. mi., completed a $200 million 1,155-ft.-long breakwater earlier this summer, doubling the capacity of its harbor. Now large cruise ships can dock there. Three upscale hotels have also undergone renovations this year, a brand-new harbor-front hotel has opened, and by 2006 the tiny country will have 33% more rooms...