Word: understatedness
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1997’s Whatever and Ever Amen still had much of the same angry-white boy rock and piano-boogie with songs like “One Angry Dwarf and Two Hundred Solemn Faces” and “Song for the Dumped.” But on...
Similarly, in the understated Baines (Saturdays, 9 p.m. E.T., starts Sept. 22), Senator Elliott Baines (James Cromwell) loses an election; his existence as the ultimate alpha male over, he must search his soul and remake his life, largely by reconnecting with his three grown daughters. (Al Gore, are your ears...
Watching his understated performance as a waiter in Big Night prompted actress and producer Salma Hayek to cast Anthony in her forthcoming Showtime production of Julia Alvarez's In the Time of the Butterflies. He plays the small but pivotal role of Lio, a political activist in the Dominican Republic...
To this tradition, De Castro brings a sound that fluidly, intelligently and winningly blends disparate genres--samba, bossa nova, drum 'n' bass, hip-hop and soul--into futuristic music that echoes the past. On his debut album, Samba Raro (released last year on the Trama label), De Castro's lyrics...
Perhaps, in retrospect, Immelt should have dressed a little snazzier for his coming-out party last November. Despite the fact that he and his boss both showed up wearing the same casual outfit--slacks, sports jacket and blue open-collared shirt--Immelt isn't a Welch clone. Where Welch is...