Sentences with phrase «for drama of it»

He spent some years traveling and pursuing his interest in play writing, seeing if he could transfer his flair for the drama of the consultation room to the theatrical stage.

I'm at that age that I just don't have the patience for the drama of my youth.

From the Resort 2018 collection, the Keresan top exemplifies coveted label Johanna Ortiz's penchant for the drama of statement sleeves.

Can not wait for the drama of the player transfer to start.

2012 was no different, and it was France who exacted revenge for the drama of Beijing, where Jason Lezak came from behind in the dying meters to hold

You may, on occasion, get potently thwacked by a lick of habanero, but it makes the next lick so much sweeter for drama of it all.

In this retreat to interiority, nature becomes the impersonal stage for the drama of personal existence.

The world becomes the impersonal stage for the drama of human life, if not an object to be exploited for man's benefit.

But science would find little support in certain other philosophies, such as an extreme existentialism which deprecates man's reason and looks on the impersonal aspects of the universe as a meaningless stage for the drama of personal existence.

Greenlaw employs throughout her talent for fascinating nautical description and her eye for the dramas of small - town life as she tells a story that is both hilarious and moving.

With fascinating nautical descriptions and her eye for the dramas of small - town life, Greenlaw does for lobstering what her first book, The Hungry Ocean, did for swordfishing.

In «Whatever Guy» (2009) Eisenman reflects an attitude of a generation: casual dismissal as a protection or coping mechanism for the dramas of modern life.

Not exact matches

The service is also getting ready to debut multiple original shows developed specifically for CBS All Access, including a spin - off of the hit drama The Good Wife and the first new Star Trek series in more than a decade, called Star Trek: Discovery, which is expected to premiere in 2017.

This is unlikely to be the end of the drama for the bitcoin owners.

Befitting a campaign in which the leading candidate is known for a TV show that blurred the lines between reality and scripted TV drama, there are any number of sub-texts and counter-narratives in Trump's attack on Kelly.

In 2015, Spacey won the Golden Globe Award for Best Drama Actor for his portrayal of Underwood.

It's long been the case that advertisers paid up to two to three times more for a top - rated sports event compared to a top - rated drama or sitcom, and sports value as real - time programming and its finite availability have only caused its status to grow, says Michael Neale, a managing partner for investment at Mediacom, a global media agency that co-ordinates and purchases advertising space on behalf of marketers.

But just because the Peacock Network is preempting many of its daytime and primetime shows (see: This Is Us) for the next two weeks, there will be no shortage of drama.

It's been a busy week for health care news between some high - profile setbacks for certain major cancer drug makers, high - profile victories for others, the confirmation of a new FDA chief, health care merger drama, and a slew of public health reports about the opioid epidemic, hepatitis C, and U.S. life expectancy.

For a company like Musk's SpaceX, or any other tech company, if you want to get that team - collaboration vibe that's virtually drama - free and running on all cylinders, it's important to have people on the team who understand each other's style of communicating and collaborating, as well as their own.

If you treat your drama - free stars the way many of us treated Petty — expecting them to be there performing fantastically whenever you happen to remember to tune in — you may be in for a rude awakening.

Five of the 14 series that were nominated for best drama or comedy went to Netflix shows, including Stranger Things, The Crown, House of Cards, Master of None, and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.

Soaps were long the drama of choice for stay - at - home moms.

The vote followed a long day of drama and discord on Capitol Hill that highlighted fraying Democratic unity and featured an uneasy alliance between President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner, enemies in past budget battles but on the same side this time in pushing for passage.

The final act of the deregulation drama is set to play out between now and 2017, the deadline Ottawa has set for the Canadian Wheat Board (or its assets) to be privatized.

Story Pirates Founded in 2003 by a group of Northwestern grads, this New York City — and Los Angeles — based nonprofit provides after - school writing and drama programs to underserved schools and produces stage shows for the public.

While I'll leave it to the pundits to unpack the ramifications of the current drama, there is one largely overlooked element of the story that I'd like to flag for your watercooler conversations: Comey learned of his dismissal while visiting with FBI agents in Los Angeles, the purpose of which was to prepare for a diversity recruiting event later that evening.

The Netflix political drama House of Cards earned an Emmy nomination for best drama series Thursday, marking the first time a program that aired online rather than over traditional television received a nomination.

OK, prepare to suspend your disbelief: The mystery - adventure drama is based loosely on Washington Irving's 1820 short story The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and follows the character of Ichabod Crane, who has woken up after sleeping for 250 years and is now partnered with police Lt. Abbie Mills in modern day Sleepy Hollow, N.Y..

Asked about the trend of media companies becoming less inclined to license TV shows to Netflix — for example, Hulu won exclusive rights to NBC's «This Is Us» — Sarandos called out as an example teen drama «Riverdale» on The CW, which saw its ratings for season two increase 400 % versus the first season.

Usually, if someone told me they were in the mood for thrills, spills, and a whole lot of drama, I would suggest they visit their local multiplex (or fire up their Netflix account) and enjoy the latest Hollywood blockbuster.

A united House Republican leadership surrendered crisply and cleanly on legislation to extend expiring payroll tax cuts for 160 million Americans, skipping most if not all of the self - defeating drama that accompanied their far noisier retreat on the issue late last year.

Most every row of program suggestions (even generic - seeming categories like «Comedies» and «Dramas») is tailored for each subscriber, Yellin says.

For instance, the average Netflix subscriber might never guess that its dark superhero drama «Jessica Jones» might strike similar chords as the zany hijinks of «Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.»

But A24, a small independent studio founded in 2012, won the most prestigious award of the night with its best picture Oscar for «Moonlight,» a drama about a gay black youth coming to terms with his sexuality in an impoverished Miami neighborhood.

That year Vanguard, the low - drama, low - cost index shop headquartered outside Philadelphia in Malvern, Pa., was in the process of sucking up some $ 80 billion in new assets — the most of any fund company for a second straight year.

So Porter, a little - known White House aide who has avoided getting caught up in any of the West Wing drama that has plagued the administration for the better part of seven months, serves to review everything before it makes it to the president's desk.

The half - hour presentation, which took place at Paramount's offices in New York City's Times Square, also teased footage for its sci - fi movie «Arrival» (opening November 11), starring Amy Adams; Robert Zemeckis» WWII drama «Allied» (November 23), starring Brad Pitt and Marion Cotillard; the ensemble comedy «Office Christmas Party» (December 9), starring Jennifer Aniston, Jason Bateman, T.J. Miller, and Kate McKinnon; the adaptation of «Ghost in the Shell» (March 2017), starring Scarlett Johansson; and «xXx: The Return of Xander Cage» (January 2017), starring Vin Diesel.

Netflix did win big at this year's Golden Globe Awards with Kevin Spacey taking home an award for best performance in a TV drama for his role on House of Cards.

Meanwhile on the TV side, the site TorrentFreak found that for the third year running, HBO's Game of Thrones is the most pirated program of 2014 with more than 8 million downloads from BitTorrent, followed by AMC's The Walking Dead (4.2 million), and CBS's The Big Bang Theory (3.6 million), the consistently most watched cable drama and network comedy.

The drama around this document — titled «Amoris Laetitia,» Latin for «The Joy of Love» — has been building for more than two years, ever since Pope Francis first announced he would call Catholic bishops together to examine modern family crises around the world.

Then she went to the Yale School of Drama for her M.F.A and was a shining acting star even then playing roles in Shakespeare plays to musicals.

Amazon's «Transparent», a comedy - drama series about a transgender father, won the award for the Best TV Series — Musical or Comedy, the first time the e-commerce giant's in - house studio had competed and won against the big guns of Hollywood since its creation in 2010.

Markle is best known for her role in the legal drama «Suits,» but she has also acted in a long list of shows like «CSI: NY» and «Castle,» as well as films including «Get Him To The Greek.»

Meanwhile, Netflix also chipped away at the dominance of the Hollywood establishment as Kevin Spacey walked away with the award for best performance in a TV drama for his role as the scheming Francis Underwood in the political series «House of Cards».

Playwright Lynn Nottage joins Lunch Break's Tanya Rivero to discuss the inspiration for her work and the honor of being the first woman to receive two Pulitzer prizes for Drama.

Because of the drama in Saudi Arabia and further extended production cuts planned by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), Morgan Stanley just raised its forecast for the price of oil, estimating WTI to average $ 58 a barrel in the second quarter of 2018.

Of course, it's a heck of a lot easier for a brand to «react» to a mistake when it's not actually that serious, so the impetus to at least consider fabricating a little drama is understandablOf course, it's a heck of a lot easier for a brand to «react» to a mistake when it's not actually that serious, so the impetus to at least consider fabricating a little drama is understandablof a lot easier for a brand to «react» to a mistake when it's not actually that serious, so the impetus to at least consider fabricating a little drama is understandable.

For example, iQiyi bought the exclusive rights to stream Korean drama Descendants of the Sun in China in 2016, which later brought more than 1 billion views to iQiyi.

So with the drama of negotiations behind us, here are a couple other parts of Friday's agreement that matter for climate and clean energy.