Word: redeemingly
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...helped redeem a country too. Sometimes, in a world shared with Rupert Murdoch, the Crocodile Hunter and the Wiggles, it's hard to be Australian--as if the country is full of curios and barbarians. Kidman is Australia's best evidence of passion and sophistication, though she doesn't see it. "Really?" she says. "Oh, I'd like to think I have a sliver of vulgarity." --By Belinda Luscombe
...latest film mixes the chaos in Paris just before the Nazi occupation with a hearty dash of scandal, intrigue and romance. Although Rappeneau’s recreation of this war-torn era is undeniably excellent, his grasp of plot and characters is tenuous at best and not enough to redeem the film’s many faults. Newcomer Gregori Derangere is the perpetually bemused Frederic, an impoverished writer still in love with his childhood crush. She’s now the popular actress Viviane Denvers (Isabelle Adjani, who looks like she’s been given a severe dose...
...those three people that demanded it, the stars of The Whole Nine Yards reunited for even more even staler neurotic assassin jokes. Although Matthew Perry seems to be attempting to channel Leslie Nielson, he doesn’t do it well-enough to redeem this unfunny farce which quickly looses whatever little affection the cute original deserved...
...backlash against the two singers is already fading, however, and the pair will certainly be given at least a few chances to redeem themselves. A commercial or critical failure used to be the first sign of the apocalypse in a singer or movie star’s career, but these days it is understood that both mortals and the super-famous make mistakes. As a result, fame is no longer just about the quality of a performer’s latest film or album—it’s also about how that product seems to play into...
...other weekly interest started several months ago when Adam Mesh suffered utter humiliation at the hands of his studlier counterpart in the first edition of “Average Joe.” When I heard he returned to redeem himself, naturally I became hooked. Compared to “The Apprentice,” the concept is a little more blatant: A beautiful woman endures several weeks at the hands of a select group of unattractive men who are then removed with great haste upon the introduction of a smaller unit of pedigree gents. Luckily for Adam, this time...