Sentences with phrase «despite second billing»

Despite her second billing, Lauren Graham (of the undying WB drama «Gilmore Girls») has a rather small role as school principal and potential love interest, which she pulls off fine.

Not exact matches

Despite some arguments on Wednesday that the upward revision of growth in the second quarter would table the Federal Reserve's plan for another round of quantitative easing, Bill Gross of PIMCO says it will happen regardless.
«Despite the pre-election Bill being split in two, the current Bill, assuming it is passed intact, will still be the second longest Finance Act ever.
Andrew George, the MP for St Ives, an early supporter of changes to the Bill (despite not voting against it at Second Reading), said:
Fresh off winning his second and final term, and 13 days before his inauguration, NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio has his eyes set on Iowa — and the national stage, despite bombing there before.
Cameron defended the plan to include an elected second chamber in the Queen's speech despite the cacophony of calls from his own backbenchers to drop the bill: «I wouldn't for a moment say that this is the most important thing the government is doing.
Myrna Loy portrays Ziegfeld's wife / widow Burke and, despite modest screentime, she claims second billing, the result of playing Powell's wife in the popular Thin Man (and later, its five sequels).
Despite his curious second billing, the entire movie rests on Timberlake's shoulders and they just aren't strong enough to hold it up.
[20] Unfortunately, with the change in the new Congress, the Puppy Uniform Protection and Safety Act died for the second time before passing, despite the encouraging 216 cosponsors in the House and 33 in the Senate [21] Fortunately, the bill was reintroduced to the 113th Congress on February 27, 2013 with 81 cosponsors in the House of Representatives and 11 cosponsors in the Senate.
Ironically the bill has not been making progress in the House because the Tories keep talking to the maximum allowed, despite the other parties» urging that it be passed at second reading and sent to committee.
Despite this, the Government has introduced two Bills which have passed second reading seeking to drastically overhaul BC's civil justice and traffic court system.
The government's plans for no - fault dismissal are still unclear, despite the publication of the full Beecroft report last month, and the debate on the second reading of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill on 11 June.
In 2013, private member's Bill C - 560 proposed to amend the federal Divorce Act to create a rebuttable presumption of ESP, but failed at second reading in the House of Commons, despite polling that suggested the vast majority of Canadians would support such a measure.
However, the bill was defeated on second reading in the House of Commons, despite polling that suggested the vast majority of Canadians would support such a measure.
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