Word: joyful
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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KATHIE LEE Maybe only Joy [Philbin] could do it. She not only shares chemistry with Regis, but she has history with him. It's such a fine line between how much to kiss his rear end and how much to kick it. When I kick his rear end, people know I love...
...Nawahi's turn. He attacks the melody while caressing his instrument; his solo, like the best improvs, seems both wild and thoughtful. The full band convenes for a last mad-dash chorus, racing to Bennie's steel pulse. Who can hear this music, this musician, without feeling awe and joy...
...spent the month of June in Israel with a group from Harvard Hillel. Israel is so much a home to me that I cried with joy as our plane landed. But the tears came many more times before the flight home, tears instead of frustration and sadness. Not because of the hopelessness of the peace process, which is a legitimately difficult struggle that the country is bravely facing. Years of hatred do not quickly change into an era of love. But many of Israel's problems are completely invalid. Corruption dances through the government in a country theoretically founded...
Clearly, Ellen is a richly gifted comedian. Her timing, pitch and pacing are unimpeachable. Her physical antics are extremely cute. Her infectious sense of random joy never wanes. But she no longer needs to be funny. Her audience already worships her. Fans bake her elaborate cakes. They cheer and laugh and whoop at every bon mot. They cry when asking her questions, and they come to the stage for hugs...
...emotion-cuing score. O.K., but we fell for it--for the deft mood setting and the canny vignettes of young love and adult rancor. Fernan Gomez, nearly 60 years in films, carries himself (and the film) with the dignity of a gifted gentleman who knows how to transmit joy and endure suffering. Butterfly is a savory cocktail with a bitter twist...