Word: widowing
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MARRIED. CANDICE BERGEN, 54, star of Murphy Brown and widow of director Louis Malle, and MARSHALL ROSE, 63, real estate magnate; in New York City...
...favorite stories involves Gregory Kirchner, a former Army medic and now a retired postal worker in Pennsylvania. He had written me asking for help in locating the widow of a friend, Sergeant Glenn Jones, who died in the Battle of the Bulge. Sergeant Jones' final words were expressions of concern for his wife and the child they were about to have. For more than a half-century, Kirchner had wanted to find Mrs. Jones to share her husband's last words...
...full capacity crowd, which included the widow of Muppet-mastermind Jim Henson, gave an embarrassed-looking Lesser a standing ovation...
Makhmalbaf shared the Jury prize with Sweden's Roy Andersson, whose "Songs from the Second Floor" is a handsomely shot series of tragicomic tableaux and trompes l'oeil. The screenplay award went to Neil LaBute's "Nurse Betty," with Renee Zellweger as a young widow propelled by shock into a soap-opera world...
...live tracks particularly noteworthy is that his Web-only performances represent his best work to date. His live versions improve and deepen his studio originals, bringing new intimacy to his songs. His live take on his song Steal My Kisses has an inviting, front-stoop feel; the acoustic plaint Widow of a Living Man deftly treads the line between pathos and empathy. The songs take a while to download (it took this critic several hours), but they're worth the wait...