Sentences with phrase «eccentric aunt»

Grey Gardens, the former home of Jackie O's eccentric aunt and cousin, Big and Little Edie Beale, is perhaps the most peculiar home in East Hampton, adding a slice of strange history to this ritzy Long Island area.

Walking into one of her installations is a bit like visiting the magical home of your favourite eccentric aunt.

When comparing raw data, the pool of indies will include Crazy Uncle Joe, who decided to publish his manifesto to start a revolution, and Eccentric Aunt Gertrude, who thinks her memoirs on the assembly line are exciting.

*** Due to strong language, violence, and sexual situations, this series is not intended for readers under the age of 18 *** Solveig is preparing to make a fresh start on Cat Island in the Bahamas, where her eccentric aunt runs a guest house.

read more Details Reeling from her divorce, Sadie Turner packs up her kids to spend the summer at her eccentric Aunt Dody's lake house.

Sarah travels to Scotland with her eccentric Aunt Edna to scatter her grandmother's ashes.

Set in a fictional town near the Blue Ridge Mountains, Jinx, a former waitress, inherits a store — and more — from her eccentric Aunt Fiona.

Feel that Cool Breeze - Now we're not talking about your eccentric aunt's plastic, large grimy - buttoned oscillating eyesore of a fan.

The East Hampton home known as Grey Gardens, which once belonged to the eccentric aunt and cousin of Jackie Kennedy Onassis, has reportedly gone into contract.

Surrogate mothers, such as Richards the nurse of Dombey and Son or David Copperfield's eccentric Aunt Betsey, serve a worthy and important purpose, nurturing children into adulthood.

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The most prominent characters include Haven Hamilton (Henry Gibson), a socially conservative, arrogant country music star; Linnea Reese (Lily Tomlin), a gospel singer and mother of two deaf children; Del Reese (Ned Beatty), her lawyer husband and Hamilton's legal representative, who works as the local political organizer for the Tea Party - like Hal Philip Walker Presidential campaign; Opal (Geraldine Chaplin), an insufferably garrulous and pretentious BBC Radio reporter on assignment in Nashville, or so she claims; talented but self - involved sex - addict Tom Frank (Keith Carradine), one - third of a moderately successful folk trio who's anxious to launch a solo career; John Triplette (Michael Murphy), the duplicitous campaign consultant who condescendingly tries to secure top Nashville stars to perform at a nationally - syndicated campaign rally; Barbara Jean (Ronee Blakley), the emotionally - fragile, beloved Loretta Lynn - like country star recovering from a burn accident; Barnett (Allen Garfield), Barbara Jean's overwhelmed manager - husband; Mr. Green (Keenan Wynn), whose never - seen ailing wife is on the same hospital ward as Barbara Jean; groupie Martha (Shelley Duvall), Green's niece, ostensibly there to visit her ailing aunt but so personally irresponsible that she instead spends all her time picking up men; Pfc. Glenn Kelly (Scott Glenn), who claims his mother saved Barbara Jean's life but who mostly seems obsessed with the country music star; Sueleen Gay (Gwen Welles), a waitress longing for country music fame, despite her vacuous talent; Bill and Mary (Allan F. Nicholls and Cristina Raines), the other two - thirds of Tom's folk act, whose ambition overrides constant personal rancor; Winifred (Barbara Harris), another would - be singer - songwriter, fleeing to Nashville from her working - class husband, Star (Bert Remsen); Kenny Frasier (David Hayward), a loner who rents a room from Mr. Green and carries around a violin case; Bud Hamilton (Dave Peel), the gentle, loyal son of the abrasive Hamilton; Connie White (Karen Black), a glamorous country star who is a last - minute substitute for Barbara Jean at the Grand Old Opry; Wade Cooley (Robert DoQui), a cook at the airport restaurant where Sueleen works as a waitress and who tries unsuccessfully to convince her that she has no talent; and the eccentric Tricycle Man (Jeff Goldblum), who rides around in a three - wheel motorcycle, occasionally interacting with the other characters, showing off his amateur magic tricks, but who has no dialogue.

Angela Lansbury is delightfully eccentric as overbearing Aunt March, who finally reveals a generous side.

So, when all my critique group members thought it was a good idea to get rid of Mona, I wondered how I would ever introduce the accident that killed Julie's parents, the relationship between Julie and her aunt, and her estranged and eccentric grandmother.

Your eccentric uncle Kevin and wacky aunt Cathy would be proud.