Word: widowed
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...film that results from this tangled plot is uncategorizable. The first half leans towards comic drama when Tommy beds his first customer, a wealthy widow almost twice his age (Mary McCormack). The romance that ensues is the source of some genuinely funny interchanges as Tommy (innocent and sincere to the point of incredulity) gets knocked around by McCormack and her teenage son, both of whom run in faster lanes than he. When the son (Ryan Reynolds ) walks in on a steamy moment, Tommy tries to apologize in a fatherly manner, but finds that the son (a worn veteran of libido...
...Sean ("Puffy") Combs makes music for Saturday nights, Faith Evans, a rising star on Combs' Bad Boy Records, sings songs for rainy Sunday afternoons. Evans, the widow of slain rapper the Notorious B.I.G., mostly steers clear of hip-hop on this album to focus on slow and mid-tempo R.-and-B. balladry. Some of Evans' sad-eyed love songs float away, like evaporated tears. But at her best, on such songs as No Way and Keep the Faith, she leaves us drained but curiously refreshed, as if we've had a good, well-deserved...
...Misanthrope treated its audience to a wonderful production all around. The play recounts the story of Alceste, an avowed misanthrope disgusted with society's hypocrisy. Only love for the widow Celimene keeps Alceste from abandoning society. However, Celimene is also one of the greatest flirts around, and throughout the play, she courts every man she finds, convincing each that she loves only...
...Corn is Green owes most of its success to its altogether excellent cast. Ms. Peabody, a Harvard alumnae and star of stage and screen from the Boston area, has appeared in films such as The Crucible, Amistad, The Proposition and Mermaids and in theater productions including The Widow's Blind Date, Park Your Car in Harvard Yard, and The Primary English Class. Peabody was able to portray Miss Moffat's struggles and hopes with incredible passion and strength, yet managed not to overshadow the freshman cast or dominate the play completely. Her depiction of Miss Moffat was perfect--like most...
Mandela arrived in the U.S. on Wednesday accompanied by his new wife Graca Machel, widow of former Mozambique Prime Minister Samora Machel, and the South African Foreign Minister, Alfred...