Word: joel
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...cheap way of saying that it doesn’t fit nicely into the categories of Comedy, Tragedy, or History. In the first half of the play, King Leontes (Ricardo Pitts-Wiley) wrongly suspects that his wife Hermione (Paula Langton) is pregnant by his friend King Polixenes of Bohemia (Joel Colodner...
...actors, the Boston Ballet dancers did Shakespeare a disservice; most were rather unassuming as characters. The dancer playing the impish role of Puck, however, shined as a clear exception. Portrayed by Joel Prouty, he was the most vibrant personality on the stage, threading together the story and fixing the audience’s attention on his magical mischievousness...
...weirdest part is that, despite how it sounds, he wasn't at all annoying. Yes, he's a little too happy, but he seems very comfortable and mellow and unguarded and unpretentious. Joel Schumacher, the director of The Number 23, who has known Carrey for more than 20 years and worked with him on Batman Forever, says the actor didn't annoy anyone on the set with his inner being. "I'd rather hear someone spout to me about their spiritual journey than someone complaining that the studio didn't give them a trailer that's big enough," he says...
...going to tell me about the number 23, in which he's been interested for years (his daughter has a '23' tattoo), whether I want to hear them or not. "Blood takes 23 seconds to circulate the body... Jim Carrey plus Virginia Madsen is 23 letters... Jim Carrey plus Joel Schumacher is 23 letters... I was born at 2:30 a.m..." I shall spare you the rest. Especially since I'm not sure how his observation that O.J. Simpson wore No. 32 fits...
...emulate it, as they did Silicon Valley in the 1990s? The simple answer is that they can't. "If you can force the rest of the country to send you money or go to jail, it does wonders for your economy," says northern Virginia writer and noted urban thinker Joel Garreau. Stephen Fuller, who runs the Center for Regional Analysis at George Mason University in Fairfax, puts it more gently: "It's nice to have a rich uncle...