Sentences with phrase «big break came»

The talk - show host's big break came in the form of an internship at WLAC - TV, a CBS affiliate in Nashville.
Jordan's first big break came when he was offered the lead part in Disney's Broadway recreation of Newsies.
His big break came working on the launch of the Facebook Connect platform.
Her big break came in 1973, when curator Marcia Tucker - later, the founder of the New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York - selected several of Kruger's works for the Biennial art exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art.
His first big break came in 1962, when dealer Richard Bellamy, with the support of his backer, collector Robert Scull, invited Poons to show his work at the nascent Green Gallery.
Basquiat's big break came in June 1980, when his work was included in The Times Square Show, a multi-artist exhibition curated by radical New York collective Colab and Fashion Moda, a South Bronx community arts space.
His big break came at the end of the Cultural Revolution, in 1976.
The big break came when he spun off the retail arm of the company into Zozotown and created an online warehouse for young Japanese hipsters to buy clothes from the Harajuku neighborhood of Tokyo — previously, the chic vendors there couldn't get into major department stores, making the cool clothes impossible to snap up.
He elaborated by recalling the company's early days of «guerrilla marketing,» which relied heavily on gaming blogs — but the big break came with a mention by Penny Arcade, which caused a massive spike in the company's traffic: «It was really nothing, nothing, nothing, then bam!
Boots big break came when the shelter had to close for the month of November for some much - needed repairs.
Her big break came last year when her long - time employer offered her a key role in the company's training department in Calgary.
#page # A big break came in June 2012, when the local tea - party council asked Heather and Erin to develop a flyer that it could use to spread the word to tea - party meetings all across the state; the two women turned to Emmett and Jane to help draft it.
The uneducated Oscar follower will think that Michelle Williams big break came in Ang Lee's Brokeback Mountain as Alma, the young wife that discovers her husband's dark secret.
The sadness of this story is that Poulter died before the film was released, and his big break came at the end of his life rather than the beginning.
Gerwig's next big break came when she got cast as the female lead opposite Ben Stiller in Greenberg for director Noah Baumbach.
But the 29 - year - old's big break came in 2013 with the release of Jonathan Glazer's feminist sci - fi odyssey «Under the Skin» starring Scarlett Johansson.
His big break came in the 1999 mystery thriller The Sixth Sense, which cemented Shyamalan as a master of the twist, ironically or not, in pop culture.
THE GUARDIAN — Her big break came as Trudy in Mad Men where she was «silent and professional».
Lacey Chabert got her start in acting before she was out of single digits, but her big break came just after crossing into double - digit territory, when she was cast as Claudia Salinger in FOX's «Party of Five,» giving her a full - time gig for six seasons.
The strikingly - handsome thespian's big break came in 1971 in the acclaimed television movie «Brian's Song» where he played Gayle Sayers opposite James Caan.
Her big break came with the part of Monica the singing waitress in 1989's The Fabulous Baker Boys — a part that was written for her specifically.
His big break came in 1996, when he was cast as Benvolio in ROMEO + JULIET, director Baz Luhrmann's adaptation of Shakespeare's romantic tragedy.
His big break came when director Luis Valdez was casting the Hollywood biopic La Bamba (1987), which focused on early rock»n' roller Ritchie Valens.
The big break came only after investigators realized that many of the afflicted had shopped at a national warehouse grocery store chain.
The first big break came in 1992, when the Supernova Cosmology Project bagged its first distant Type Ia supernova using a new CCD detector on the two - meter (6 1/2 foot) Isaac Newton Telescope at the La Palma Observatory in the Canary Islands.
His big break came when he got to work on a new - product application for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
It felt like LSU was wearing down South Carolina for a while, but the big break came when Shaw threw an interception straight to Greg Reid, after it appeared that Ace Sanders fell down while running his route.
Tilkian's big break came in 1995 when she was offered a position as sous chef at the Zagat - rated Barrington Country Bistro in Barrington, Illinois.
The company's big break came in 1996 when it signed a contract with Harris Teeter, a regional grocery store chain serving North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Georgia, Tennessee, Florida, Maryland, Delaware and Washington, D.C. «When we started our deal with Harris Teeter, we provided them with our signature casseroles, salads, mac and cheese, and coleslaw,» Vice President Sandy Berlin says.
His next big break came, as legend has it, when he spotted a woman at a party wearing a leather dress.
Her big break came after she got fired from the set of a music video.
But the big break came when the same user posted a letter from his lawyer, his first and last name visible for the whole world to see.
Capybara's big break came with Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery, a quirky adventure game that sold for a few dollars on the iPad, in 2011.
Its biggest break came in 2003, when Disney signed Canadian effects whiz Steve (Spaz) Williams, to direct its animated feature The Wild.
Optimizely's biggest break came in 2012, when the Obama campaign rehired Siroker, who helped boost the conversion rate for the president's donation page by 50 percent.
The Minneapolis City Pages suggests Swardson's biggest break came when comedy star Adam Sandler called him out of nowhere.
His biggest break came in 1999 when he was cast as Carlos Nieto, a clueless, self - absorbed paramedic who loved women almost as much as he loved himself.
Their big break comes when Captain Amazing is abducted by the evil Casanova Frankenstein (Geoffrey Rush), and it's up to this motley crew to save Champion City.
Here are eight whose big breaks came through the horror genre.
my biggest break came from a national juried show and landed me two awards.
His biggest break came in 1975, when he had a solo exhibition at the Albright - Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo.
PARINAZ MOGADASSI — When did your first big break come?

Not exact matches

The second biggest contributor in the Dow's record - breaking journey is also a bank, but it doesn't even come close to Goldman Sachs» influence on the market index.
«Here's our level from which we broke, but the key is a big moment coming if you think it's [going] up it's a fair bet.»
One day, she came to me and broke the news — she was experiencing big life changes and on top of all of that, she didn't know if this is what she wanted to do anymore.
Sugar before bed is not only a big no - no in terms of energy and sleeplessness, but it can also mean that the metabolism isn't at its best when it comes to breaking down the fat.
About a year after I started doing this stuff, I broke some big record, a 72 - ounce steak in seven minutes, and after I posted that video I got asked by an eating organization to come down to San Diego in 2008 for something called the Collegiate Nationals, a contest between all the college eaters and university eaters of North America.
Scamming his partners, abusing his employees and allegedly (and illegally) pumping stock he's been given in exchange for promotion, Dykstra comes across as an unstable and broken person, one of the biggest zeroes in a decade full of them.
«Which usually results in a fine, by the way, not this big stormtroopers coming in and breaking down his apartment and breaking down his office.»
For example, John owns a seafood restaurant business in New York and has a big event coming up in a week that can make or break his business.
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