Word: banter
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...truckload of money. Instead, I got just some grainy DVDs of Jackman hosting the Tony Awards. I was starting to wonder if I was really hired by the Oscars when I found out I wasn't. It turns out the Academy hires pros like Bruce Vilanch for the presenter banter but lets the host pick his own team. This makes sense when the host is a comedian with a staff of writers. It makes less sense when the host is known for being PEOPLE's Sexiest Man Alive. What I've learned from late-night Cinemax is that sexy people...
While some undergraduates turned to alcohol as a way to dull the intensity of Harvard’s climate, Clarel preferred to organize group outings into Boston, experimenting with new cultures and new cuisines. In fact, he loved nothing more than lively conversation around a dinner table: the cheerful banter of friends, punctuated with moments of deep insight. This, too, was the music he enjoyed...
...retrospective of Schrader’s life at the Harvard Film Archive (HFA). “I mean, a lot of scripts come to me in dreams. It’s the only time a good script came to me in a dream.”Such lighthearted banter is unexpected from a man who’s built a career writing gritty films like “Raging Bull” and directing urban classics like “American Gigolo.” Schrader was present at two of the six HFA screenings and also reached...
Bored by the bland pop and inane banter blaring from your wireless? It may be time to dump your old FM set and pick up an Internet radio. These audio gadgets look like regular radio receivers but can tune into the 10,000-plus stations around the world that stream music, news and chat over the Web. All you need is broadband and a WiFi router, and you can listen to anything from Malian blues to Tongan talk shows. Not sure which Internet radio to get? Here's some sound advice on three of the best...
While South Korean officials are quick to boast about the country's Internet prowess, they are also increasingly on edge about the downside of online banter, specifically online rumor mongering, which they fear is getting out of hand on the peninsula and only last year drove a South Korean celebrity to commit suicide. The Internet also helped to draw tens of thousands of citizens onto the streets of Seoul during last summer's anti-U.S. beef and Free Trade Agreement protests...