Sentences with phrase «as grand master»

As the grand master of European Baroque painting Peter Paul Rubens — who was born in Siegen — set the artistic and European standards by which the prize awardees have been judged since 1957/58.

«Emily Giffin ranks as a grand master....

Long hailed as the grand master of adventure fiction, Clive Cussler has continued to astound with the intricate plotting and astonishing set pieces of his novels.

Mary Higgins Clark was chosen by Mystery Writers of America as Grand Master of the 2000 Edgar Awards.

Without pretension he assumes his place as a grand master of American philosophy, citing opinions he developed fifty years ago, giving a personal history of his career, his friends and his controversies, but never losing the thread of his abstract argument.

In addition to the eight playable characters, there are four non-playable characters known as Grand Masters which are faced with boss fights.

Not exact matches

Scientists wanted to know whether physical and intellectual skills worked differently as people got older — so they studied chess grand masters.

A Google artificial intelligence program defeated a Chinese grand master at the ancient board game Go on Tuesday, a major feather in the cap for the firm's AI ambitions as it looks to woo Beijing to gain re-entry into the country.

So in the case of Cohen, he would be credited as the master creator, and his disciple - robot merely carrying out his grand vision.

In her current role as Sommelier - Cellar Master, Sarah delivers the restaurant's Grand Award - winning wine experience to guests on a nightly basis — offering over 2,900 selections and over 15,000 bottles.

Enjoy live culinary demonstrations including Jenn - Air Master Class Series; tastings from world - class wineries; the LEXUS Grand Tasting; book signings; mixology seminars; activations from returning sponsors including The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, Delta Airlines and JENN - AIR; as well as new partners, such as Chase Sapphire Preferred, a premier travel and dining rewards card from Chase, acting as the presenting sponsor of this year's kickoff event, Ultimate Bites of L.A. on Thursday, August 21, 2014.

As with years past, the famed Grand Tasting Event (this year presented by Kia K900) turned the San Diego's Embarcadero Marina Park North into an epicurean epicenter where the city's preeminent chefs and other distinguished culinary masters from around the nation converged with an international showcase of the world's premiere wine, beer and spirits purveyors to showcase tasty new food and drink trends and innovative techniques.

Rory McIlroy will probably have to wait another year for a go at the career grand slam, as a case of the lefts on Saturday at Augusta knocked the four - time major winner out of his marquee duel with Jordan Spieth — and possibly out of contention for the 2016 Masters.

While no one lost his life, or even (one hopes) his water, some of the pros at the grand opening had a tough time retaining their dignity as they struggled to master an unfamiliar skill.

He later went on to race in the British Touring Car Championship and sports car championships, as well as Grand Prix Masters.

Kathy is a co-founder of Babywearing International of Grand Rapids, MI and serves currently as the Director of Education and a Master Babywearing Educator for the group.

The master plan is about to go to the Town Board for action, as Grand Island deals with the rapid increase in small farms and increasing number of small commercial neighborhoods.

From Doo Wop to Hip Hop, Classic Rock, Swing, Funk, Soul, Pop and Latin, you'll hear from such Bronxites as Dion, Steven Tyler, Bobby Darin, Nitty, The Chiffons, Anthrax, Irene Cara, Grand Master Flash, Ace Frehley, Kurtis Blow, Prince Royce and Jennifer Lopez.

But as a side project a number of us [including Feng - hsiung Hsu and Thomas Anantharaman] did develop the machine that became known as Deep Thought, which became the first program to defeat a grand master, a professional level player in a tournament.

I'm sure the master bedroom will be just as grand!

At the film festival: Bruce LaBruce's subversive masterpiece, Gerontophilia, a lovely rom - com in which everybody fucks one another across all age and gender borders — desire shall bind us together; Juno Mak's Rigor Mortis, a touching albeit grim look at loss and damnation in the form of a Chinese hopping - vampire movie, with many a nod to the subgenre's clichés and conventions; Jealousy, Philippe Garrel's latest tale of love ground down by the mill of daily life, raw and naked even by his ascetic standards; Hayao Miyazaki's troublesome The Wind Rises, which frames the story of a fighter - plane designer as a grand romance of struggle and failure, with animation's supreme living master contemplating the price mankind can sometimes pay in the name of one dreamer's self - fulfillment, and the willful blindness and egocentricity it takes to realize one's vision; and finally to Yorgos Lanthimos's Necktie and Athina Rachel Tsangari's 24 Frames Per Century, their contributions to the Venice 70: Future Reloaded omnibus, not to mention the untitled pieces by Jean - Marie Straub, Monte Hellman, Amit Dutta, and Haile Gerima.

Director Fritz Lang, once the master of grand expressionist scenes, tones down his style as he works on a diminished budget, instead playing up the mundane visual quality of family homes, anonymous apartments and hotel rooms, and generic city streets.

Alongside plenty of balance tweaks for all available characters, the Street Fighter V Arcade Edition update will include some new Training Mode options as well as the ability to change FighterID and Home Flag, the Grand Master Rank and more.

On his first Weibo postings, Tony indicated that currently, in addition to being busy with the filming of The Grand Master, he has also been working on a commercial — in his posting, he uploaded a picture of himself with cinematographer Xia Yong Kang as well as other crew members.

The third movie in this franchise begins with the tortoise kung fu master, Grand Master Oogway (Randall Duk Kim, John Wick, 2014), being ambushed in an after - life setting known as the «spirit realm.&master, Grand Master Oogway (Randall Duk Kim, John Wick, 2014), being ambushed in an after - life setting known as the «spirit realm.&Master Oogway (Randall Duk Kim, John Wick, 2014), being ambushed in an after - life setting known as the «spirit realm.»

She turned down the role of Ip Man's wife in «The Grand Master», as the part wasn't tailor - made for her, to play the lead in this film.

According to Sammo Hung who worked on rival Yip Man film Ip Man 2, legendary martial arts choreographer Lau Kar - Leung («Drunken Master 2») is connected with «The Grand Master», though it's unclear in what capacity as Yuen Woo - Ping («Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon») and his stunt team are also working on the film.

(FALSE, but admitted he would be interested) «The Lady From Shanghai» is shelved once again as WKW decides to make «The Grand Master» instead.

As the martial arts choreographer for Wong Kar Wai's «The Grand Master», what do you think of Ip Man trend?

First, the appearance of Zhang Zhiyi made me doubt the value of this production Second, I hope this is not anything similar to Wong's last film My blueberry night, which is boring as hell and his worst film so far (unless The Grand Master takes the title) Third, I hope Wong Kar Wai brings out the best in Song Hye Kyo.

«The Grand Master», which stars Tony Leung as Ip Man, will detail the challenge matches between the different kung fu styles in 1960s Hong Kong.

For her first advancement in China with the movie, «The Grand Master», «Hallyu Queen» Song Hye Kyo (28) is living life like a high school senior as she takes the most excellent measure in preparing for this project.

«The Grand Master» stars Tony Leung as Wing Chun grandmaster Yip Man, and also features Chang Chen and Zhang Ziyi.

While the film definitely has its moments, along with a few standout cameos (Neil Patrick Harris returns as himself and Christopher Meloni plays a local KKK Grand Master), it's too hit - and - miss to truly enjoy.

Kino's licensing deal with MGM (the current MGM entity, which is largely made up of United Artists productions; the grand old MGM studio library belongs to Warner) gives them access to the new high - definition masters from a portion of the catalog as well as access to elements to create new HD masters, plus access to select supplements from previous disc releases.

Our featured student this week — Vanessa Hernandez, College Success Arizona Scholar, who received her Bachelor's Degrees in Political Science and Justice Studies from Arizona State University, and her Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Grand Canyon University, and is now working as an Admissions Counselor at Grand Canyon University (GCU).

Walter Mosley was chosen as the 2016 Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America.

As a recognized Grand Master by the Science Fiction Writers of America, he belongs to an elite group of (currently) twenty - five that includes the likes of Heinlein, Asimov, and Bradbury.

But, as you may not know, we don't have a grand master plan here beyond making the books as good as we can make them.

ThrillerFest VI took place at New York City's Grand Hyatt Hotel between July 6th and 9th, but those few days were nothing compared to the year - long preparation for the event, as well as the far reaching results of throwing authors, agents, editors, publishers, and all - around master craftsmen in the same venue for four days.

ThrillerFest VI took place at New York City's Grand Hyatt Hotel between July 6th and 9th, but those few days were nothing compared to the year - long preparation for the event, as well as the far reaching results of throwing authors, agents, editors, publishers, and all - around master craftsmen in the same venue for four... [Read more...]

Two of the strongest points in the book have to be the depiction of the savant mastery of criminal enterprise that is the Kingpin, and the tough as nails tactical grand master and ultra spy that is Nick Fury.

I wonder how she'd respond if that author knew that Lawrence Block — «recognized as a Mystery Writers of America Grand Master and the recipient of a host of other literary awards» as per Kirkus Review — went indie — and is loving it?

He was recently chosen as the 2016 Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America.

He edited Requiem: New Collected Works by Robert A. Heinlein and Tributes to the Grand Master (1991) as Yoji Kondo.

Author Walter Mosley has been chosen as the 2016 Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America, and will receive the award at the 70th annual Edgar Awards Banquet in New York City on April 28, 2016.

Obedience Grand Master (OMG) OTCH Reckless Abandon Vd Rod's OGM owned by Andrea B. Highland of Keymar, MD From a young age, Reckless not only excelled on Andrea's farm as a gung - ho, clever worker, she wanted to try everything, Andrea said.

The bedroom is so called because of its blue and white Chinese vases and it is charming and cosy although not as grand as the master bedroom in the Residenza.

Centrally located in Poipu, adjacent to the Grand Hyatt Resort & Spa as well as Shipwreck's beach, the Poipu Sands Resort is located within the heart of Poipu Kai, where easy walking paths link the master resort community to Brennecke's and Poipu Beach.

Following eviction from the Holy Land, the Grand Master acquired Rhodes as a base until the Ottomans drove them out.