Word: masterminding
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...Mistress” as a jangly, banjo-driven, pop trifle. “Tanglewood” isn’t solely a showcase for Berman’s dexterous lyricism: the Jews are a dynamic and cohesive musical unit. The band began as a collaboration between Berman and Pavement mastermind Stephen Malkmus, but this lineup includes such luminaries as bassist Paz Lenchantin (of Zwan and A Perfect Circle fame) and singer-songwriter Will Oldham (a.k.a. Bonnie “Prince” Billy). This motley crew is so fluent in the idiom of country music one would never suspect that...
...Captain Hook and “Family Matters” star Steve Urkel decided to raise a child together? A kid with a love of numbingly-elaborate swordplay, an itch for preschool humor, and a bunch of very irritated classmates. In other words, an evil cinematic mastermind. Director Martin Campbell seems to be the maniacal spawn of this unholy entertainment tryst. Campbell’s “The Legend of Zorro” (a sequel to his 1998 hit “The Mask of Zorro”) has more puerile laughs than it has plot...
...Jaish Mohammed is one of several insurgent groups made up of former soldiers and Ba'ath Party officials. Al-Qaeda's Iraqi arm, led by terrorist mastermind Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, has already denounced the referendum; in a new statement posted on the internet, the group said the vote was bound to be fixed...
Surprisingly, the defendants were allowed to cross-examine and call witnesses, but that did not affect the verdict. Even though the testimony of the prosecution’s witnesses was laughably unreliable, the alleged slave ringleaders were convicted and burned alive at the stake. The white mastermind, Hughson, was hanged. In terms of the fairness of the proceedings, the trials resembled less “Law and Order” than “Judge Judy...
...respected animators, like Andreas Deja (who drew the title characters in Hercules and Who Framed Roger Rabbit) and Eric Goldberg (mastermind of the Genie in Aladdin), resisted making the switch to CG. And Keane, when he sat down at a computer, was soon aware of its downside. "It tempts you with the easy choices. It says, 'You designed half that face. Push this button, we'll duplicate it, and the job's done. You've got symmetry--perfect!' But the key to beauty is strangeness, asymmetry...