Word: mishap
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This low-budget family dramedy, imagines whatever happened to that high school loner who was always up to no good in chemistry class. 21-year-old April Burns (played with unassuming grace by Katie Holmes), armed with the emotional support of her affectionate boyfriend (Derek Luke), embarks on a mishap-filled day of cooking and decoration to prepare her humble New York apartment for a Thanksgiving dinner with her estranged family (headed by Oliver Platt and Patricia Clarkson). Pieces of April showcases homegrown storytelling at its best and marks a strong directorial debut by Peter Hedges (the screenwriter behind About...
Maasdorp unfortunately sustained a sudden shoulder injury soon after and was forced to leave the game. The mishap occurred on a collision with a running Terrier player, but the exact nature and details of the injury are currently unknown...
...into four new RCA TV models, gathers data from government watchdogs like the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, finds events that threaten your neighborhood and displays alerts right on the screen. When something is brewing, whether it's an approaching tsunami or a mishap at a nuclear-power plant, the TV translates government-issued radio codes into text messages, audio alarms and colored warning lights (green, yellow, orange and red). The TVs are available now and range from a 20-in. model for $299 to a 32in. for $849. If they get cheap enough...
Creator Ryan Murphy gave us the WB's teen satire Popular, and Nip/Tuck is best when it indulges its gleeful, dark humor about vanity, self-hatred and the essential meatness of the body--as in the pilot's denouement, involving a lipo mishap and several hams. Other times, it veers into pathos. "For 10 years I've been consumed with transforming other people!" Sean screams at Christian during an argument. "Starting today, I'm transforming myself...
...itinerant traveler and this album is no departure from the range of sound and style which he has fostered in himself. After developing a love for the country-blues of Mississippi John Hurt, Kottke lost much of the hearing in his left ear as a result of a mishap with a firecracker. During a later time in the Naval Reserve, his right ear suffered permanent damage during firing practice. But, despite whatever keenness he lacks physically, the tone he produces with his echo-in-a-hollow-barrel of a voice and warm 12-string and six-string guitar playing soothes...