Word: joel
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...what constitutes normal? In the past, Hollywood has dealt with devastation in different ways. Screwball comedies and lavish MGM musicals entertained destitute Depression-era audiences, and World War II brought a slew of patriotic and nationalistic films. Diversion was the key. As socially minded protagonist John Sullivan (Joel McCrea) realizes in Preston Sturges’ classic satire Sullivan’s Travels (1941), there wasn’t any shame in choosing to direct a silly film (Ants In Your Pants—the sequel) as opposed to a more somber choice (O Brother, Where Art Thou?...
...there were tacky parties. We would rifle our mothers' closets trying to find some weird, mismatched outfit to wear. But our moms were never trashy enough to produce anything as outlandish as the so-called haute fashion of this enlightened age. Thanks, Joel, for saying what we old broads think. PEGGY PONDER-PERRON San Antonio, Texas...
Tucker has also mounted groundbreaking shows that have put Houston on the map as a city where interesting things can get their start. A good deal of what we know about Josef Sudek, the lyrical Czech master, or Joel Sternfeld, the indispensable guide to the American scene in all its lustrous oddity, or Brassai, the celebrated chronicler of Paris at night, we know because of exhibitions that Tucker organized. "What I've always loved to do is to look at what hasn't already been hammered out," she says. "In art history all the major figures have been researched...
...Joel Stein...
...after they started dating, the two moved in together. Over the years they pursued their careers - Stig is a musician and sound technician; Malene a preschool teacher - lived in a series of rented homes in Elsinore, a city 50 km from Copenhagen, and had three children: Aske, now 11; Joel, 9 and daughter Signe, 6. What they never did was get married. "We considered marriage when we had our first child, mainly because it would give Stig a stronger position [on custody rights] in case we split up," says Malene. But they quickly decided to leave things as they were...