Word: tarte
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Mary McCarthy was beautiful when young and sharply handsome later on. She was the "Dark Lady of American Letters," tart tongued, astringently brilliant, a fierce gossip. Edmund Wilson, to whom she was married for a thoroughly horrible seven years, quoted a man who told her, "You're the only girl I ever knew who had the same kind of brains as a man and yet at the same time was perfectly beautiful...
...that stood between her front and a nationwide television audience was a shell brooch and a touch of cosmetic glue. Said blushing co-presenter David Duchovny: "This is the first time in five years I am sure nobody is looking at me." After Lopez left the stage, unusually tart hostess Rosie O'Donnell snarled, "It's nice to see Jennifer in a classy little understated number like that. And she wonders why people make fun of her body." Who's making...
...canon of classic whodunits, Agatha Christie's Ackroyd holds a revered but controversial place. A unique work (for reasons that can't be revealed without spoiling the fun), its very nature resists adaptation. Alas, A&E--whose mystery series has an uneven track record in capturing the tart Christie flavor--has obliterated Ackroyd's outrageous ingenuity. Though David Suchet, as always, nicely embodies sleuth Hercule Poirot, the movie will disappoint those who've read the book. Those who haven't will wonder what the fuss has always been about. Skip the movie, read the book...