Sentences with phrase «as smash hits»

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The racy Grand Theft Auto IV isn't the only major game coming out this spring — Capcom's Devil May Cry 4 was released in February; Sony's Gran Turismo 4 Prologue hit shelves in April; and God of War: Chains of Olympus in March, the same month as Nintendo's Super Smash Bros..

Before long, it became a smash hit and launched in the U.S. in 1985 as the Nintendo Entertainment System, or NES.

This year, Dolan can count his music video for Adele's smash hit song «Hello» as another success: It garnered a record 27.7 million views in just 24 hours.

Hurricane Maria smashed into Puerto Rico Wednesday as a Category 4 storm that is the worst to hit the island since a 1928 hurricane that killed 300 people.

Click the audio player for a Q&A with Joanna Brooks from CNN Radio's John Lisk http://podcasts.cnn.net/cnn/services/podcasting/audio/cnnprofiles/cnnprofilesa02-06-2012.mp3 Amid Mitt Romney's presidential bid, the «I'm a Mormon» ad campaign and the smash - hit Broadway musical «Book of Mormon,» this Obama supporter has emerged as a refreshing voice for media, hungry for frank discussion about her faith.

And slowly we eased out line, waiting for the tap that would tell us the sinkers had hit rock so that we would start to reel up again, slowly, almost imperceptibly, until there would be a pluck at the line, and the temptation to stop the bait would be hard to fight down, but it had to be fought so that the pollack would keep coming, would smash fiercely on the bait this time, and the end of the salmon rod would come hard over and into the water as the fish made its first crash dive for the kelp.

I agree Lacazette is the quality striker we crave I hope he can be as momumental as Ian Wright, Henry and hits the ground running stepping up like griezmann did for athletico as he wasnt that profilic for real sociedad but smashed it a AM.

Of course, as a defensive player, you want to hit and smash the man with the football.

Torino: Ballwatching as the man he's literally pushing off and holding and grabbing is smashing one into Skorupski's net (the unluckiest game I've ever watched, no wonder I suppressed memories of this crapshow, so many chances where we hit the post or their young 3rd string GK made an incredible saev)

Zednik, who had scored both Canadiens goals, was cutting to the middle when the 6» 4», 225 - pound McLaren, who in seven NHL seasons had never been suspended for an illegal hit, stuck out his left arm as Zednik was skating by, smashing the Montreal winger in the face.

Kudos to Lefty for going all in — as a booster, if not a financier — on helping the women break the glass ceiling in the chipping contest in which all four players hit flop shots over an eight - foot wall and attempted to smash panes of glass suspended 20 feet in the air.

33 attempts at goal 75 % possession and lose comfortably it can only happen to arsenal it would be funny if not so tragic and I'm for one not buying the reason we lost is because of De Gea it's as much poor finishing as it is great goal keeping more aggression with the chances and you score I don't care who's in goal just smash it doesn't have to look pretty and I don't have to say very much about the defending it's schoolboy stuff all this talk about koscielny (bosscielny) never got that isn't physical enough to be an Adams or Campbell gets muscled off the ball far too often he's a good player don't get me wrong but he ain't world class and definitely isn't a leader I'd replace that whole back line and drop xhaka and ramsey for new signings yeah ramsey set up a nice goal but that kid can not hit water if he fell out of a boat his shooting is awful always sky's them very frustrating player.

She has penned hits and written tunes for some very prominent artists whose styles span country, pop, folk, blues, and jazz, such as Bonnie Raitt, Emmylou Harris, Neil Diamond, Trisha Yearwood, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Bette Midler, Andy Bey, and Ute Lempter, including the Grammy - nominated, ground - breaking smash for Faith Hill's «This Kiss,» (Chapman / Roboff / Lerner).

But it was the new creative industries of Northern Ireland the PM was here to praise, and he didn't even pretend to hide his excitement as he visited Titanic Studios, home to TV smash hit Game of Thrones.

In the end, Downing Street's fears were unrealised as there were no tricky questions about the punk era in the Smash Hits interview.

The evidence has to do with the distribution of craters which should consistently smash into one side preferentially, like rain hitting your windshield as you drive.

As a cardiologist and a strong advocate of plant - based nutrition (it's the only diet ever shown to reverse existing heart artery blockages), I was more than a little excited when a friend called a few weeks ago and asked if I wanted to go to dinner with Brian Wendel, the executive producer of the smash hit Forks Over Knives.

Puma announces Fenty by Rihanna collection launch date Rihanna's footwear styles for Puma have been smash successes, and we'll soon find out if her debut runway collection is as big of a hit.

We had a giant candy bar as favors, and it was a SMASH hit.

Started in London in 1980 on a shoestring, it was the brainchild of Nick Logan, who had previously cut his magazine - teeth as editor of NME and Smash Hits.

Uranus About Blog Drag queen, actor, comedian, recording artist, writer Pandora Boxx is best known as a contestant on the smash hit RuPaul's Drag Race (Season 2 and All Stars S1).

Featuring smash hits from the 1960s such as My Boy Lollipop, which goes to say something about the ethnic differences.

Here is america's ranking of 11 popular dating apps, as measured by applause: it quickly became a smash hit, and recently sold a majority stake to a chinese gaming company.

As the 2010's approached, Washington soon found herself a bonified star, remaining adored and in demand due to performances in high profile features like Django Unchained and her star turn as Olivia Pope in ABC's smash hit ScandaAs the 2010's approached, Washington soon found herself a bonified star, remaining adored and in demand due to performances in high profile features like Django Unchained and her star turn as Olivia Pope in ABC's smash hit Scandaas Olivia Pope in ABC's smash hit Scandal.

She earned critical praise for her role in PRIMARY COLORS, as well as for her work opposite Jim Carrey in the smash hit LIAR LIAR.

«Hoodwinked» wasn't a bad movie, but it wasn't a smash hit, either, and the stash of spoofable fairy tales is now as empty as Old Mother Hubbard's cupboard.

If one were to base one's judgment of David Schwimmer's talent on his low - key performance as the anxious, awkward but lovable paleontologist Ross on NBC's smash hit comedy Friends, one might never suspect that beneath the affable exterior lies a versatile, multi-talented actor and filmmaker.

She also starred as Rose Tyler on the long - running smash hit BBC series DOCTOR WHO.

DeNiro stars as Jackie Burke, an insult comedian who hit it big back in the day with a smash TV sitcom.

2014 marks the ten - year anniversary of the release of Ray, Universal Pictures» Ray Charles biopic that proved to be a smash hit with Oscar, scoring nominations for several top categories including Best Picture and Director, as well as a win for Jamie Foxx's portrayal of the titular music legend.

But as Deadpool points out early the film, the risk paid off and Deadpool was a smash box office hit.

One of the biggest surprise smash - hits of the last decade, the first Deadpool had no real right to be as entertaining and amusing as it was and benefited greatly from an audience across the globe that didn't expect it to be nearly as proficient as it was, so in many ways Deadpool 2 has a lot more weight thrust upon its shoulders in today's climate, with many eager fans awaiting more of Ryan Reynolds playing Ryan Reynolds under the guise of a tight red gimp suit.

A person smashes a car's headlight with a golf club and throws the club at the car as it drives away (we see part of this scene again later in the movie); also, another person kicks and hits the car.

Director Martin Scorsese was voted by the group as Best Director for his smash hit movie The Departed, while Forest Whitaker (The Last King of Scotland) was named Best Actor, and Helen Mirren (The Queen) continued her march to the Oscars as she was named Best Actress as both actors brought characters to real, and even sympathetic, life.

Gene Saks» version of Neil Simon's smash hit but dramatically minor Broadway production is till a play, but Jane Fonda dn Redford are appealing and there's good chemistry between them as the newlyweds.

However, it still delivered Super Mario Maker — a Game of the Year contender — alongside the unique multiplayer hit Splatoon, the underrated Yoshi's Woolly World and JRPG masterpiece Xenoblade Chronicles X. Gloss over the trashy filler and poor sequels (Amiibo Festival, Mario Tennis Ultra Smash, Mario Party 10 and Devil's Third) and Wii U was home to as many top quality exclusives as Xbox One, and more than PS4, in 2015.

Infinity War will pick up from the events of Ryan Coogler's smash hit Black Panther and pits all the heroes of the MCU against Thanos and his forces, including the Black Order, as he aims to reshape reality in his own dark, twisted way.

Audaciously staged as a little - more - than - real - time dramatization of a single night's house party, the air humid with that special, pheromone - drenched mist of booze and sweat and young sex and aspirations towards same, Can't Hardly Wait is a reminder of the pop - cultural moment when Brad and Gwyneth were the hot celebrity couple, Jennifer Love Hewitt was an up - and - comer, nobody had ever heard of Selma Blair or Lauren Ambrose, and the likes of Smash Mouth and Eve 6 were planting hit singles on MTV and the radio.

As the first direct follow - up to Joss Whedon's smash hit «The Avengers,» Black (along with co-writer Drew Pearce) elects to strip Stark down, emotionally and literally, leaving a man bereft of the suit that lends him power and authority.

As Michael Atkinson has written for Criterion, «Without its iconic precedent, there would have been no Humphrey Bogart, no John Garfield, no Robert Mitchum, no Randolph Scott, no Jean - Paul Belmondo (or Breathless or Pierrot le fou), no Jean - Pierre Melville or Alain Delon, no Steve McQueen...» Soon after Pépé, Renoir's antiwar masterpiece Grand Illusion hit, and it was an even bigger smash, cementing Gabin's superstar status; in this and all of his most successful roles (La bête humaine, Le jour se lève), Gabin played some form of working - class social outcast, and he always provided audiences with a strong point of identification.

At Nintendo's conference today, Activision revealed that their smash hit franchise Skylanders will be coming to the Wii U as a launch title...

Still, the Marvel juggernaut was far from the only smash hit to come out last month, as director / star John Krasinski's horror - thriller A Quiet Place struck a chord with audiences.

Jim Carrey reprises his signature roles as Lloyd Christmas in the sequel to the smash hit that took physical comedy and kicked it in the nuts, «Dumb and Dumber To.»

Soon to be a smash hit blockbuster, Justice League will be hitting the big screen as a better than epic movie!

The hot action, combined with some nice mode selections (which were only enhanced over time as downloadable content was released) made the game a smash hit.

The film was originally set for 3rd July 2015 but has been moved back to 1st July 2016, which seems fitting as it is almost exactly 20 years after the original box office smash hit came exploding into theaters.

Though not quite the smash hit of the summer season nor as inexpensive as you might think (it had a substantial $ 75 M budget), Now still easily become Summit's biggest non-Twilight earner and by extension, Lionsgate's top grosser behind The Hunger Games and Fahrenheit 9/11.

Wilson's string of box office successes also include Little Fockers, the third installment of the blockbuster Fockers series, opposite Ben Stiller and Robert De Niro; Marley & Me, with Jennifer Aniston, based on the popular memoir by John Grogan; the Night At The Museum franchise opposite Robin Williams and Ben Stiller; the smash hit comedy Wedding Crashers, opposite Vince Vaughn; the romantic comedy You, Me And Dupree; and as the voice of Lightning McQueen in Disney's Cars and Cars 2.

It marks the third collaboration between Johnson, Peyton, Flynn and Garcia, following the international blockbuster hit San Andreas, Warner Bros.» highest grossing film of 2015, as well as 2012's global smash Journey 2: The Mysterious Island.

A massive hit in China after smashing box office records to become the highest - grossing domestic film of all time, Jiang Wen's action comedy «Let the Bullets Fly» sadly didn't have as much success overseas.