Word: glittering
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...captured his attention: the despair and shell shock of the Depression in America and the absurd opulence of the country's postwar era both inspired him. In one image, a young couple dances in a "voodoo trance" (ca. 1956); in another, a burlesque showgirl whose glorious body drips with glitter sips water backstage. Weegee's pursuit of regular people in their mundane vulnerability and well-knowns such as glamour model Bettie Page and actress Eva Gabor created a body of work that became emblematic of all New Yorkers, native and transplanted: the average, the wealthy, the hurting, the dead...
...play a waitress in a movie called Tennessee. Were you afraid to act again after Glitter? I was honored Lee Daniels called me. He produced The Woodsman and Monster's Ball. He's a risk taker. Obviously it would be a risk in a lot of people's minds to cast me. But he never saw Glitter...
...finals, which tipped off Thursday night with a 90-80 Dallas Mavericks victory over the Miami Heat, have at last regained some glitter. Tim Duncan of the San Antonio Spurs, winners of three out of the last seven NBA titles, is one of the most seasoned, sound players of all time. But let's face it - with his robotic efficiency and off-court drone, he put us to sleep. The Detroit Pistons, 2004 champs and last year's runners-up, played rough, unselfish basketball, but they are more admired than beloved. And then there were those Los Angeles Lakers, three...
...will be out of moviegoers' habit (X-Men and X2: X-Men United earned a cumulative $700 million at the worldwide box office) rather than any special fizz or glitter in the new episode...
...scale that an unbroken glass-curtain wall would not. Who cares that it tiptoes right up to the edge of gaudy? Given the mediocrity of so much that has been crammed into the Manhattan skyline over the past 25 years, you could do worse than risk a bit of glitter to arrive at real jubilation...