Word: joyful
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...HAMM, 32, after 17 years on the U.S. women's national soccer team, during which time she scored 158 goals--a record for men and women--as her team won two World Cup championships, two Olympic gold medals and legions of young fans; along with teammates Julie Foudy and Joy Fawcett...
...much so, in fact, that the actual 50-year-old standards on the album, like Billy Myles’ jazzy “My Love Is,” fit in very snugly. That track is pure velvet, an upright-bass-supported masterpiece that channels pure melancholy joy. I’m a sucker for good lyrics, and Myles’ words are simple, desperate and content all at the same time. When Golightly croons perfect lines like “My love is a deep blue sea / So deep that I’ll never be free...
Nonetheless, the simpler joy of playing music was apparent from the looks on the Unknowns’ faces this past Friday. They enjoyed an almost Last Waltz-like vibe as the Lizard Lounge was packed with friends both past and present. Warren, at one point, stated that she wanted the band to be thought of as “the band with a heart of gold.” It seems as if a road of possibility stretches ahead for the Great Unknowns...
While Fat Albert follows in the tradition of Cosby’s wholesome comedy and “SNL” is more raucous, Thompson is emphatic that, “Comedy is here to bring joy to the world, whether you want to hear the curse words...
...Great film, but decided to make this movie instead because it was his friend Oliver Stone’s lifelong dream to bring Alexander to the screen. But it is difficult to believe that this film has any personal connection to the director; it simply lacks the sense of joy always beneath the surface of a Scorsese film. I look forward to Scorsese getting the Oscar, even if it is for his weakest film in years, so that he can go back to making films he cares about, not simply churning out Oscar bait...