Word: limelighted
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...since You Are Not Alone, in 1995. He has allowed surgeons to ravage his face until he resembles Peter Pan less than the Phantom of the Opera. He is now famous primarily for being notorious. Jackson is not the only celebrity who has been hypnotized by the limelight, who pampered his quirks instead of developing his work, who remained addicted to the high life long after the big money ebbed. (Prosecutors, angling for access to his financial statements, assert that he is near bankruptcy.) But it can be said that Jackson has pursued his dreams--like creating his own theme...
...soothingly repetitive acoustic guitar licks and his wispy vocals affirm the record’s Iron & Wine identity. Woman King is laced with elegant subtlety, clever word play, powerful emotion and all the other goodies that pulled Beam so quickly from his basement recording studio into the indie limelight. The solidly composed title track, “Woman King,” abounds with precise rhythms and haunting poetry. In the singular lament, “My Lady’s House,” Beam taps into emotional wavelengths à la Nick Drake (one of his self-confessed...
...groups, but also to make their presence felt in today’s predominantly male-led campus groups. Hopefully, we won’t have to wait for a provocative, off-the-cuff remark by a university president to bring issues facing undergraduate women leaders into the limelight...
...film version of the Philip Barry comedy she had performed in on Broadway. Cannily, she let her character be pushed around--literally, by Cary Grant--while radiating a patrician glow even Cate Blanchett couldn't match. James Stewart is the working-class fella who briefly obscures the Grant-Hepburn limelight, and George Cukor directs with his usual quiet mastery. Those lusciously long takes remind viewers that star quality, not editing, is the essence of classic Hollywood cinema. The DVD has some cool extras, including Hepburn's 1993 documentary self-portrait All About Me and a fine study of the Cukor...
...screen and far from the limelight, Pinkett-Smith and her husband have quietly established The Will and Jada Pinkett-Smith Family Foundation, which serves at-risk and underprivileged American and South African families...