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...seat behind the desk of a nightly newscast is the equivalent of a network throne, morning news is more like the couch. But there's money in that couch - more, in fact, than at 6:30 p.m. Despite being a perennial runner-up to NBC's Today show, GMA, under Sawyer, was a huge asset to ABC's bottom line. But the show has struggled recently, allowing CBS's The Early Show to approach it in the ratings. Without Sawyer that struggle gets even harder, and the show may have to reimagine itself as less anchor-driven. "I think what...
...fashionable spas, fusion restaurants and Parisian nightclubs - that it is strange to think that artists once hesitated, out of reverence, to portray the Buddha in corporeal form. In 2nd century India, judging by a 2nd century sandstone carving excavated from Mathura, it was sufficient to simply depict an empty throne - the implication that the Buddha was a spiritual king being very clearly understood by anyone...
...line of thought. When he is cursing Merlyn (Herman Petras) for never teaching him how to handle a woman, he twitches in anger. And when he is telling Davie that he wants to be “the wisest, most heroic, most splendid king who ever sat on any throne,” the audience believes...
What is perhaps most remarkable about Mr. Radio's decision to abdicate the broadcasting throne is the fact that he held onto it for so long - a stretch during which he weathered technological upheaval, receding ratings and splintering musical tastes. Kasem has always transcended industry trends: he created American Top 40 in 1970 when the genre was said to be dying, and embraced corniness as Vietnam-era cynicism peaked. Through 2,000 cartoon episodes, 10,000 commercials and nearly four decades of radio hits, he has maintained his signature earnest style. "I'm Casey Kasem," he crooned July...
...quite live up to the NYAFF blurb: "As big, meaty and satisfying as a flame-roasted leg of wild boar, Warlords is the kind of movie you tear into with relish, wiping its bloody juices off your chin with the back of your hand as you sit on a throne made of the bones of your enemies...