Sentences with phrase «before television screens»

For the rest of us, who are too small or too clumsy or too old to play and have to watch from the stands or before television screens, it is not unlike a Latin high mass performed by professionals for the edification and instruction of those deemed by the Heavenly Commissioner unworthy to participate personally.

Moreover, widespread misunderstandings of such ailments can produce unfortunate consequences — as Tony Soprano discovered shortly before the television screen went blank.

Not exact matches

The brain is very sensitive to light, and too much of it just before bed — from computer screens, televisions or bright reading lights — can trick the brain into thinking it's daytime.

As I read that, it struck me that, years before my Mississippi elementary school was integrated via busing, I'd seen African - American and Latino characters (such as «Gordon» and «Maria») functioning as equal members of a society, on the television screen of my home.

In the case of Musial's retirement there was melancholy only because millions upon millions of baseball fans knew that the slender figure with the weird wiggling stance would never again pop up before their eyes or on their television screens, wearing the two red - birds on his chest and the big No. 6 on his back.

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends no screen time at all — whether it's viewing a television show, a DVD, or something else — before age 2.

Children under 5 years old are exposed to more screens than ever before, including televisions, computers, gaming consoles, smartphones and tablets.

Kelly recommended families avoid television and other screens before bed and get into a routine that includes a bedtime story and other calm activities.

Yim threw his video game controller into his television, breaking the screen, before storming out of the room.

Despite distractions from our television screens and smartphone devices, the United Kingdom is embracing sport more than it ever has before.

This blog is long overdue and should have been written well before the boys from Entourage were gracing our television screens on HBO.

Athletes should try to get 8 - 10 hours of sleep a night and avoid watching television or interacting with a phone or computer screen before bed.

Blue light from televisions, mobile devices, computer screens, etc at least an hour or two before bed.

With the ever - increasing use of visual displays in our daily lives — from the computer screens in our offices and homes to televisions, tablets, and smartphones — we subject our eyes to more taxing visual stimulus than ever before.

The aspiring actor honed his craft at the University of Western Australia before making an impression on television audiences with a role in the popular small - screen drama Sons and Daughters in the mid -»80s.

Ringwald only lasted a season before she was let go, but her television work paved the way for subsequent screen roles.In 1982, Ringwald made an auspicious film debut in Paul Mazursky's acclaimed Tempest, earning a Golden Globe nomination for her portrayal of John Cassavetes» daughter.

The actress also found a great deal of success on the small screen — Ivey starred in television productions of The Long, Hot Summer (1985), Dixie: Changing Habits (1985), We Are the Children (1987), and Decoration Day (1990) before landing several prominent sitcom roles.

WIth subsequent small screen roles in Kingpin and OZ that same year, the up and coming actor would become a familiar face to television viewers before once again returning to the silver screen for supporting roles in Shall We Dance?

David Seltzer was educated at the Northwestern University School for Film and Television before collaborating with another to adapt Nabokov's King, Queen, Knave to the screen in 1972.

Valverde — like Boliveira, a television star before this screen turn — charms me with her metaphorical ways of describing her character.

The feature film reminded many of us that the story had been brought to the screen once before, in a 1979 BBC miniseries aired in this country on Public Television.

The actor would make his on - screen debut in Tomahawk Trail in 1957 before appearing in numerous roles in both film and television in the 1950s and 1960s.

Contrary to the nearly ironclad custom that sees competition entries filtering through to French cinema screens in the months following the festival (with each one, no matter how lukewarm its critical reception may have been, invariably touted by its promotional campaign as «la sensation de Cannes»), Netflix supremo Ted Sarandos brazenly declared his company's impatience with the requisite three years for his productions to make their plodding way from theatrical distribution, to DVD, premium cable and even free - to - air television before being allowed to air on the platform that had funded them in the first place.

WHY: Hollywood hasn't been shy about its love for sequels, reboots and remakes this year, but as far as big screen adaptations of mildly popular television shows go, you could do a lot worse than «The Man from U.N.C.L.E.» In fact, though director Guy Ritchie has admitted that he wasn't overly familiar with the 1960s TV series before signing on to the project, it's the ideal property for a filmmaker like Ritchie to tackle, because it allows him to cherry - pick the show's best bits and put his own spin on the material without worrying about stepping on too many toes.

Hollywood hasn't been shy about its love for sequels, reboots and remakes this summer, but as far as big screen adaptations of mildly popular television shows go, you could do a lot worse than «The Man from U.N.C.L.E.» In fact, though director Guy Ritchie has admitted that he wasn't overly familiar with the 1960s TV series before signing on to the project, it's the ideal property for a filmmaker like Ritchie to tackle, because it allows him to cherry - pick the show's best bits and put his own spin on the material without worrying about stepping on too many toes.

Streep made her professional stage debut in 1971's The Playboy of Seville, before her screen debut in the television movie The Deadliest Season in 1977.

Before Midnight Sony, $ 30.99; Blu - ray, $ 35.99 Available on VOD beginning Oct. 22 Outside of television and action - movie tentpoles, it's rare to see characters age and evolve on - screen the way that Ethan Hawke's Jesse and Julie Delpy's Céline have...

What You Need To Know: Arguably the most famous scientist in the world, Stephen Hawking's story has been brought to the screen before (Benedict Cumberbatch played him in a television film a decade ago), but «The Theory Of Everything» marks the first time the story's made it to the big screen, and has some hefty names behind it: an adaptation of Hawking's ex-wife Jane's memoirs «Travelling To Infinity,» it's backed by «Atonement» producers Working Title and is helmed by Oscar - winning «Man On Wire» and «Shadow Dancer» helmer James Marsh.

Finding its way to the DVD format just a couple of weeks before another haunted house flick (Cold Creek Manor) debuts on the big screen, veteran television director Dan Curtis's horror quickie is one of those comfortable relics that doesn't scare so much as mildly chill, offering countless opportunities to shout at the screen without any sort of discernible payoff — until the end, that is, but even that shocker of a conclusion has been telegraphed since at least the midway point of the first act, muffling its surprise.

Initially released for handheld systems, Shantae and her motley crew of friends and foes have made the leap to our television screens before with ports of both Risky's Revenge and The Pirate's Curse, but the bellydancing babe's latest adventure, Half - Genie Hero, is the first title to be built from the ground up specifically for home consoles and computers.

Under water creatures only ever been seen before lifeless on ice or through television screens.

If you're in the market for something that you can hook up to your television to play on the big screen before taking the same hardware and games on a flight across the country, you don't have a lot of other options out there.

Trivial Pursuit for the Xbox 360 is the quizz game we all know and love, ported to the television screen and controller, and making matters more competitive than ever before.

He had no prior experience whatsoever, but he wound up working on Broadway, television and the big screen before he passed away.

Odita explains his inspiration for this installation comes from that split - second flash of light that fills a television screen just after it's been turned on, but before the image appears.

In «Screenscans Havana 14» 30» (2012) Carlin switches on a handheld scanner before moving it slowly back - and - forth over the charged surface of a television screen.

The resulting forms, with their cold stainless steel and spills of fake blood, call to mind some transitional fantasy tech hybrid between a flat - screen television, a malfunctioning light box and a medical gurney — all devices before which (and on top of) human bodies come to rest, to look, or to die.

Before you make or receive a FaceTime call, it's a good idea to begin AirPlaying your iPhone or iPad's screen to your television via your Apple TV.

The students milled into the hall an hour before Mark Zuckerberg made his appearance on the stage which had two prominent Facebook logos beamed in large screen televisions.