Sentences with phrase «flamboyant former»

Roger Stone, a flamboyant former adviser to President Trump, communicated directly with WikiLeaks despite insisting otherwise, according to messages obtained by The Atlantic's Natasha Bertrand.

Several potential jurors at the federal securities fraud trial of Martin «Pharma Bro» Shkreli were excused after telling the judge they couldn't be impartial toward the flamboyant former pharmaceutical CEO because of his notoriety for raising the cost of a life - saving drug 5,000 percent.

Roger Stone, a flamboyant former adviser to Trump, reportedly communicated directly with Wikileaks despite insisting otherwise.

The same paper also revealed that when Pellegrini was appointed with the Citizens, the board also spoke to flamboyant former Dortmund manager Jurgen Klopp, but decided against him.

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Former Maple Leafs general manager (and current Calgary Flames president of hockey operations) Brian Burke is so firmly against entrusting sports decisions to computers that he's become the Sloan Conference's gadfly, travelling there to denounce it in flamboyant speeches.

Inger interviewed several agents before settling on Hudson, the flamboyant lawyer who, with sprint coach and former U.S. Olympian John Smith, formed HSI, a management company that includes many athletes trained by Smith, among them 100 - meter world - record holder Maurice Greene and 1996 Olympic double bronze medalist Ato Boldon of Trinidad.

The trouble is that the defence is also a crucial part of football and when Chelsea allowed that tough and versatile Ghanaian Michael Essien to move out on loan to Real Madrid where the former, ever contentious and flamboyant Jose Mourinho took him, they were surely running a risk.

A different kind of politician in a very different party, the flamboyant and extrovert Nigel Farage MEP, former leader of UKIP, has written his autobiography Fighting Bull.

In fact, the flamboyant Tory politician was recounting, with some glee, a jibe made by the former chief whip Michael Jopling.

Among the things they learn: their memory loss stems from roofies (the date rape drug), one of them got spontaneously married to stripper / escort Jade (Heather Graham), and their paths came to cross with both flamboyant Chinese gangster Mr. Chow (Ken Jeong) and former champion heavyweight boxer Mike Tyson (playing himself).

Whereas in the former film he plays a flamboyant bon vivant, in 7 Chinese Brothers, from director Bob Byington (Tuna) he portrays Larry, a man overcome by life and depression, undone by his own lethargy.

Hugo Weaving is the one with the secret former marriage and son, Terence Stamp the aging one who tends to be somewhat bitter but can also be the consummate lady, and Guy Pearce is the flamboyant youth.

At one point, both men end up living in a sinister mental hospital presided over by a Chinese heroin syndicate, whose payroll, in turn, also includes a flamboyant, coke - addled corporate executive (Martin Short) and — possibly — an LAPD - employed contract killer (Peter McRobbie) responsible for the death of, among others, the former partner of Doc's main foil: one Detective Christian «Bigfoot» Bjornsen.

Nighy and West are probably the biggest names here, and they're both excellent in parts a long way from their usual type: the former is lovely and delicate as the shy, mild miner finding a new simmering rage at the government's treatment of his colleagues, while West gets to have flamboyant fun as the camp actor, particularly in an impressive dance sequence.

Created by a trio of former Lionhead and MediaTonic developers with the aid of artists at publisher Tequila Works, The Sexy Brutale is an original, flamboyant and finely crafted spin on the murder - mystery genre, whose inspirations range from The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask to London's interactive theatre scene.