Word: tragically
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
ABOUT SCHMIDT. About Schmidt, in a bizarrely somber, comedic fashion, is possibly the most depressing film of Jack Nicholson’s long career. His performance as a retired insuranceexecutive is a deeply complex and hilariously tragic portrayal of the most banal aspects of one man’s post-mid-life crisis. Director Alexander Payne, famous for his digressions on suburban angst in films such as Election and Citizen Ruth, keeps the tone light and the characters archetypally and delicously bizarre. About Schmidt screens...
...Living Single.” In addition, she has been involved with much charity work, mainly centered on the Lancelot H. Owens Scholarship Fund, which seeks to offer educational opportunities to underprivileged children. (The charity was named after Latifah’s late brother, who died in a tragic motorcycle accident...
...Duke spokesman Richard Puff says the medical center accepts full responsibility for the "tragic" mistake and has already implemented new safety procedures - including a triple-layer system to check blood type matching - to ensure this kind of error will never happen again. The hospital, which performed its first organ transplant in 1965 and now performs the most lung transplants in the country, says there has never been a donor mix-up at the facility before. According to Puff, the investigation is ongoing, and there is no word when the hospital will release new findings on the cause of the error...
...family...After whipping up a new show every Sunday night for seven years, Ed has formulated some definite theories. Each program must contain 1) something children will like, 2) comedy...His added ingredient is a shrewd combination of news and human interest...Sullivan presented Helen Hayes shortly after the tragic polio death of her 19-year-old daughter; Broadway director Josh Logan, who had suffered a breakdown, spoke feelingly on Ed's show about the problems of mental health. Observes Ed: "It's things like these that people remember about a show, things that touch their emotions. They...
...Christian story, producing tender madonnas or dark scenes of Jesus' torture and death. To David Jaffé, senior curator at the National Gallery, Titian's empathy was his distinctive gift. When he depicts a beautiful woman, he says, "you can feel his real admiration. If he is painting a tragic subject, like a martyrdom, he is sharing the grief." He points to Titian's last picture, the Pietà of 1576: in a shadowy niche Mary struggles to support her son's dead body. Painted during the plague that destroyed a third of Venice's population of around...