Word: sorrowful
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...happened to flip over to CBS at a critical juncture and, to my surprise, found myself enraptured. The Soggy Bottom Boys, a fictional band created for the movie "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" were performing the come-from-behind hit of the evening, "I Am A Man (Of Constant Sorrow)", accompanied by Gillian Welch, Allison Krauss and Emmylou Harris. Well, I'll tell you, I just about fell out of my chair when the little Grammy logo popped up - I'd just enjoyed a song, and I was watching the Grammys...
...Negro spiritual is not just a sorrow song but also contains an irrepressible sense of triumph and a belief that in the end, “everything is gonna be alright.” This brings us back to the Harvard campus favorite, “Ride On,” which implicitly taunts the slave-owners who think they will forever be able to exert their control over the slaves, saying, “One of these mornings and it won’t be long; you’re gonna look...
...PACHEN, 69, courageous Tibetan resistance leader who led 600 men in a guerrilla war against the invading Chinese; in Dharamsala, India. Inheriting the leadership role from her father, a former chieftain, Pachen was captured and imprisoned for 21 years after attempting in 1960 to flee to India. Her autobiography, Sorrow Mountain: The Journey of a Tibetan Warrior Nun came out in 2000. RESIGNATION ANNOUNCED. Of WIM DUISENBERG, 66, Dutch first president of the European Central Bank, who will step down in July 2003, three years before the end of his term; in Maastricht. On his appointment, the French government claimed...
...Bronson states in the final room’s wall text. In this exhibition, Bronson creatively weaves though loss, identity and the specter of AIDS to present a work that successfully speaks in a quietly dramatic manner on the human condition. The work leaves a feeling not of sorrow, but of humble gratitude for the gifts of life, art and humanity...
Think, Karan Johar says, of "a Hollywood release starring Sean Connery, Tom Cruise and Leonardo DiCaprio." And then add Audrey Hepburn, Julia Roberts and Kate Hudson. That's what the 29-year-old director aimed for with Kabhie Khushi Kabhie Gham (Sometimes There's Joy, Sometimes Sorrow), which features three generations of India's brightest movie stars in one of Bollywood's most expensive productions ever. In an industry that churns out some 500 films a year, few motion pictures have attracted as much positive prerelease buzz. "This is our Harry Potter," says Amit Khanna, president of the All India...