Word: mistressing
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...likely that she will be the only one. The machine stakes out the apartment of another potential victim, a gubernatorial candidate's mistress (prettily played by Rachel Ward). That leads to a further excellent passage, for in the course of listening to her bugged conversations and photographing her comings and goings with powerful lenses, Sharky's professionally justified voyeurism turns to romantic longing, not to say obsession, and, eventually, a plot twist that has been good ever since Laura's face was first glimpsed in a misty light...
Dallas (CBS). Will Brave Bobby and Barren Pamela adopt the love child of J.R. and his dead mistress Kristin? Enter the Ewing labyrinth and be hooked or be damned...
...death mask: the character lines have been ironed out, leaving only the dry-ice eyes and the knowing pout. As icons, these four performers would seem perfect for the bittersweet revisionism of this musical drama about a sheet-music salesman (Martin), his frigid wife (Harper), his nice-turned-naughty mistress (Peters) and his slick rival (Walken).But icons do not always make for compelling screen personalities-especially when, as here, more is demanded than just another appropriate face...
...persuaded King Louis XVI to bankrupt his treasury in the rebel cause, was content to remain in Paris, for instance, chasing young ladies and flying kites in thunderstorms. Thomas Jefferson, the greatest propagandist of the age, also sought refuge in Europe, where he lived with his beautiful black mistress and continued his mischief-making for another 43 years. A fascinating, tragic figure, Jefferson became an inspiration to generations of novelists, poets and composers. Sir Walter Scott used him as the hero of Monticello, and after one apparently jolly dinner at Jefferson's Italian villa, Shelley was moved to write...
...time the "damned thing" arrives on Broadway, it is safe to say that it will have met its mistress. "Tough dame, that lovely frog," said Frank Capra, who directed her in It Happened One Night. When she sets her mind to do something, Colbert does it. Period. "I don't have any patience with people who say I can't.' " she says. "You can do anything you want...