Sentences with phrase «as leading performers»

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The proof is in the metrics: According to a study by Workboard, 69 percent of high - performing companies surveyed rated companywide communication of business goals as their leading tool for stacking a team of top performers.

Abel and Jain became the apparent front runners after Munger singled them out as «world - leading» performers in a 2015 letter to Berkshire shareholders.

Cryptocurrency ripple is leading the top digital currencies by market cap as the worst performer as the first quarter comes to a close.

So as we've seen in the downturn in equities in recent weeks, it's been technology, which has been by far the best performer leading up to this correction,» he said.

The Oxford University Contemporary Dance Club (previously know as «The Broad Street Dancers») are Oxford's leading contemporary and jazz performers.

Last season Koke finished as one of La Liga's leading assist - makers and provided 16 assists in all competitions and Simeone may well fear that Atletico Madrid may be set to lose another key performer.

The Brazilian international bagged his 11th Premier League goal of the season to emerge as the star performer for the visitors, while Simon Mignolet deserves credit for his second - half save in particular to deny Matt Phillips to preserve Liverpool's lead as he put in a great performance too.

Wenger will look to re-ignite talks to bring in the box to box performer as he looks to bring in a player who can add some much needed steel to his midfield and may look to come up with an offer that could involve the use of a squad player in a part exchange deal with the likes of Marouane Chamakh & Sebastien Squillaci, both with extensive Ligue 1 experience, leading the list of possible candidates.

The Saints will have a slender lead to protect in the second leg, as Redknapp picked out Virgil van Dijk as one of their star performers after the Dutchman produced a dominant display.

The Welshman has been a key performer for the Swans since their promotion to the Premier League, and even led the side to silverware last season as they won the Capital One Cup.

Craig Gardner, the team's joint - leading scorer in the league and one of the star performers under Alex McLeish this season, is a major doubt with an ankle injury while Alexander Hleb and Sebastian Larsson are both doubts as well after failing to last the fill 90 minutes against Fulham and Aston Villa respectively.

As if the task at hand wasn't daunting enough, Holloway will be without arguably his two most consistent performers this season in Charlie Adam, who pulls all the strings in the heart of the Blackpool midfield, and striker DJ Campbell, Blackpool's leading goalscorer in the Premier League this season with nine goals.

This should help level the playing field, with good performers able to lead the way, acting as exemplars and poor performers motivated to improve.

Since then, he has worked steadily as a leading and supporting actor in a wide variety of Hollywood and international films, gaining a reputation as one of th e most reliably solid performers on either side of the Atlantic.

As the parents, veterans Sam Waterston, Tess Harper and Gail Strickland lead these novice teen actors in setting standards that these young performers will spend the rest of their careers trying to emulate.

A Los Angeles man leads a double life as a rocket engineer by day and a performer of sex magic rituals by night in this drama series set in the 1940s.

Firmly established as a Broadway leading man in the early 1960, Lockhart found that worthwhile opportunities for black performers were severely limited in Hollywood; as a result, he moved to England, where he appeared with regularity in BBC television productions and in such films as A Dandy in Aspic (1966) and Joanna (1968).

Jason Bateman, so strong right now on Netflix's «Ozark», plays another neurotic man - child; Rachel McAdams, as his wife, is a fine dramatic performer with the comic timing of a lead door.

A British - born performer who trained formally as a ballet dancer, Will Kemp gained widespread acclaim for such accomplishments as his lead contribution to Matthew Bourne's production of Swan Lake — with a cast that consisted almost exclusively of men.

As also demonstrated in David Mackenzie's prison drama «Starred Up,» he's a ferocious physical performer, possessed of a hard - bitten masculinity not overly common in his generation of leading men.

It looks like as though this group has the solidarity that would protect them from a breakup, but the success of one of their troupe leads to envy by the others and, given that the winner of an audition by a Saturday Night Live type TV program called «Weekend Live» is the two strongest performer in the Commune, things start to look bleak for the other five.

In a film with two main leads (and little else) the actors have to be captivating as stand - alone performers.

I've seen Jemaine Clement in various supporting roles over the years, but never really latched on to him as a performer (I saw not one episode of his «Flight of the Conchords «-RRB-, but he makes for a very appealing sad sack of a leading man.

However, there are a couple of powerful set pieces, showcasing the leads, and supporting performers Sean Combs and young actor Coronji Calhoun as Comb's father.

A versatile performer whose patrician features and keen intelligence have distinguished him in both leading and supporting roles, Colm Feore spent 13 seasons as a classical actor at the Stratford Festival before embarking on a successful screen career that has encompassed both art films and more populist fare.

Through this ironic casting, La Paura not only draws upon the personal biographies of its two lead performers, but also more importantly undercuts the melodramatic narrative by preventing the audience from completely investing in them as real characters.

Khalid Abdalla as the adult Amir rounds out the leading performers with a subtle strength, but it is truly Mahmidzada as Hassan who steals the attention.

Other pairs of performers — Denzel Washington and Viola Davis for «Fences» and Dev Patel and Nicole Kidman for «Lion» — found themselves on the shortlist, as well as leading actor contenders Meryl Streep for «Florence Foster Jenkins» (Paramount Pictures), Isabelle Huppert for «Elle» (Sony Pictures Classics), Natalie Portman for «Jackie» (Fox Searchlight Pictures), Andrew Garfield for «Hacksaw,» and Viggo Mortensen for «Captain Fantastic» (Bleecker Street).

Similarly, the lead performers who inhabit the characters in their somewhat hermetically sealed environs generally deliver competent performances: In particular Cooke, looking somewhat like a hybrid of Christina Ricci and Chloe Grace Moretz concocted in a Tim Burton lab experiment, fares well shifting gears effectively between the vulnerable, victimized Jane and the menacing, malevolent Evey; Richards gives her otherwise = underdeveloped role real pop, as smartly sex - kittenish as they come; and Harris utterly dominates the proceedings with his intuitive ability to shift Coupland from sympathetic to suspicion on a dime.

The leads have great chemistry, as do the performers, as witnessed in Decider's interview with the pair of them.

Coming off of the mainstream success of his supporting role in the surprise hit, college comedy Neighbors back in 2014, and following his more recent success as the star performer and lead talent on his own original sitcom The Carmichael Show on NBC, Carmichael should be able to hold his own in Transformers 5, provided he continues to bring his aforementioned A-game.

In a World... sees Bell taking the lead as a vocal coach, struggling to prove her talents as a movie trailer voiceover performer to an industry dominated by males, including her discouraging father (Fred Melamed) and cocky rising star Gustav (Ken Marino).

As he has become a leading performer, Jack has become too much of a good thing.

This «Birth» finds Parker as a writer, director and principal performer, the rare, thoughtful drama describing a rebellion led by the man whose name is indelibly carved into U.S. History.

«Chin» is anchored by its two wonderful lead performers, Corey Stoll playing the somewhat dim but well - intentioned pugilist Bud and Billy Crudup, who appears as the quietly menacing gangster.

If there are any laughs at all in Fathers» Day, they appear to be generated just from the improvised riffing between the two lead performers and in nothing else, which begs the question as to what anyone saw in the project that attracted them.

Its raft of great performers, led by Benedict Cumberbatch («The Imitation Game») as surgeon Stephen Strange, are all held captive to the movie's kaleidoscopic visuals, talking a lot and saying very little.

What warmth there is — and it is considerable — radiates from its three lead performers and a script (adapted from Naomi Alderman's 2006 novel) that treats each of the central characters as neither hero nor villain.

But Bent is still the Karl Urban Show, a delightful excuse to showcase just how potent the performer is as a leading man.

It seems that most of the weight of the comedy in the film is thrust upon Owen Wilson and his propensity to ad - lib, and while he has proven himself a master of this in comedies where he isn't the main attraction, when he is a lead performer, his one - note characters come off as difficult to believe.

Even with the talented Benedict Cumberbatch working as the lead and an overqualified cadre of terrific supporting performers behind him, the story is drawn from the same formula we all know and love.

The two lead performers, Salma Hayek and Alfred Molina, are terrific, and I would be surprised if they aren't both nominated for Academy Awards for their respective roles as Frida and Diego.

As the straight - arrow Erwin, who's clearly interested in Nadine but has no idea how to snap her out of her various reveries, Szeto is a delight, as well as a refreshing choice for a romantic lead in a genre that usually relegates Asian performers to sidekick roleAs the straight - arrow Erwin, who's clearly interested in Nadine but has no idea how to snap her out of her various reveries, Szeto is a delight, as well as a refreshing choice for a romantic lead in a genre that usually relegates Asian performers to sidekick roleas well as a refreshing choice for a romantic lead in a genre that usually relegates Asian performers to sidekick roleas a refreshing choice for a romantic lead in a genre that usually relegates Asian performers to sidekick roles.

Creator Henson, serving as producer and lead performer, and screenwriters Jack Burns and Jerry Juhl did not lose sight of their characters» considerable appeal.

What made Diaz exceptional as a comedic lead was her generosity as a performer, not just to the material but to her fellow actors, especially when those other performers were other women.

Ringling Bros. has invested more than $ 400,000 in CircusFit, which aims to draw on the wacky and whimsical appeal of the circus to inspire kids in grades 2 - 5 to lead active lives as modeled by remarkable circus performers.

Add to the mix the impact of alumni like Mikara Solomon, who as principal of Bunche Elementary School in Compton, a very low income community in Los Angeles, led its transformation from one of the district's lowest - ranked schools to one of the best performers, and the long - term impact of TFA alumni on students in low - income communities begins to emerge.

Mutual Funds The Top Mutual Funds Over Five Years: Credit the Bull and the Calendar Domestic stock and sector funds lead the top performers as a bull market and a calendar shift boosted their five - year returns.

Domestic stock and sector funds lead the top performers as a bull market and a calendar shift boosted their five - year returns.

Growth stocks continue to dominate, as they have for most of the past decade, led by strong performers including the much - publicized Internet giants, together with more cyclical semi-conductor companies.