Sentences with phrase «gets big break»

Ana Marti, a young journalist sick of detailing debutantes» fashions and high - society scandals, gets her big break when socialite Mariona Sobrerroca is brutally murdered in the exclusive upper part of the city.

More New Releases: «Don't Think Twice,» jealousy and doubt amongst members of a New York City improve group after one of its members gets his big break — and the rest realize that they may not get theirs; «Kicks» one fifteen year old's quest through Oakland to retrieve a stolen pair of Air Jordans; «The Devil's Dolls,» a detective's search for his daughter in a city plagued by an ancient curse; and «The Perfect Weapon,» Steven Seagal as the powerful dictator of a totalitarian state and Johnny Messner as his main hitman / enforcer.

Don't Think Twice (R for profanity and drug use) Ensemble dramedy about the emotional fallout visited upon a fledgling, improv comedy troupe when one of its members (Keegan Michael - Key) gets a big break on a Saturday Night Live - type TV show.

Gemma Arterton stars as Catrin Cole, an underappreciated radio writer who gets her big break on the film after she embellishes the facts of a Dunkirk rescue - gone - awry to her bosses.

It's here that Drew gets his big break and begins the story of the film.

Black Swan Blu - ray with Digital Copy Directed by: Darren Aronofsky Cast: Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis, Vincent Cassel, Barbara Hershey, Winona Ryder Running Time: 1 hr 47 mins Rating: R Due Out: March 29, 2011 PLOT: A ballet dancer (Portman) finally gets a big break with her company doing a production of «Swan Lake,» but a rival (Kunis) may want her -LSB-...]

Instead, after Shante gets her big break by recording a song in one take for a friend (taking on the identity of the UTFO song «Roxanne, Roxanne»), her music arc never takes off.

Finally, he gets his big break and, well, he choked.

Rachel McAdams stars as Becky, a TV show producer who finally gets her big break - the opportunity to resurrect a failing morning show in New York.

PLOT: A ballet dancer (Portman) finally gets a big break with her company doing a production of «Swan Lake,» but a rival (Kunis) may want her top spot.

Murphy finally gets his big break when he is hired by a sultry woman from his past to find her missing son.

Well just this morning I was listen to CBC's Information Morning radio show (Young Halifax filmmaker gets big break with Einstein) according to the filmmaker on the topic of Einstein, in the interview he suggests, this perspective of» working backwards» is how Einstein thought... not bad «likeminded» company to find yourself in!

Jeff found a niche he was passionate about and got his big break from an article highlighting what made him special.

Even with that change, the young and healthy are still paying far more than their cost, and the old and frail are getting a big break.

Work doesn't end once we get our big break; some might say that's when the real work starts.

After landing various small roles, including appearing as a suitcase girl on the game show «Deal or No Deal,» the actress got her big break on «Suits.»

We sat down with co-founder and general manager Noramay Cadena to learn how inventors can get their big break with Make in LA.

The Stars even got the big break.

Business owners» views on tax fairness is also demonstrated in their reactions to certain statements: More than three - quarters (77 %) agree with the statement «Government civil servants get the biggest breaks by far because of their tax - supported pensions.»

Rosset showed some promise in junior categories, but never got a big break in F1 — with two awful seasons for Footwork and Tyrrell, sandwiched by that disastrous Mastercard Lola project in 1997.

These are players who on in the past may have seen North London as the perfect opportunity for getting a big break at such a young age, but now no longer see the club as an exciting prospect.

Thereafter Mr. Wenger got his big break with FC Monaco, that was going through barren spell of its own.

After over a century of games for them in Ligue 2, Imbula got his big break in 2013 when he stepped up a division to join Marseille where he stayed until Porto came calling last summer.

, got his big break when he moved to the Colombian top tier at 20 years old.

He got his big break when joining Ligue 2 side Amiens in 2013 and after a spell in Tunisia joined Maritimo in 2015.

He got his big break — on Broadway, no less — in 1998, when he took over the On Stage and Off column.

The ancestors of this red - eyed tree frog (Agalychnis callidryas) may have gotten their big break thanks to the same mass extinction that wiped out the dinosaurs.

In 2004, she got her big break — a reporting job on ESPN National Hockey Night — and has since become a favorite sideline reporter for college football, the NFL and Major League Baseball.

Successful women are often asked how they made it, got their big break, or reached the top.

Before getting his big break, the Biebs earned thousands of dollars performing on the street.

With the success of MGS1, Kojima was catapulted into superstardom, He got his big break and by 1999 he had already finished the outline to a

While his half - brother, welterweight boxer Dickey Eklund (portrayed by Christian Bale), is still living off his 1978 win against Sugar Ray Leonard and has succumbed to a crack addition, he's determined to help Mickey get his big break in the ring.

In 1994, he got his big break playing My So - Called Life's oblivious heartthrob, Jordan Catalano.

Got his big break in 1980 as an understudy in Arthur Miller's American Clock at the Spoleto Festival in Charleston, S.C..

In 1966, he got his big break, though neither he nor anyone else knew it at the time.

Yet this is far from simple - minded mimicry, as Franco also finds a way inside Tommy's head, a dangerous prospect that could cause insanity within any subject, relating us to what drove him to dump millions of his own money to get his big break in an industry that clearly rejects him.

She co-starred on the short - lived series Shell Game (1987) before getting her big break with the role of K.C., a tough prostitute, on the distinguished drama China Beach in 1988.

Philadelphia native Eve Jihan Jeffers started out as part of a five - girl singing group before getting her big break in the world of rap, when she moved out to L.A. to meet Dr. Dre.

John Boyega, who got his big break in 2015 with Star Wars: The Force Awakens was fitting in his role as a local security guard trying to ease tensions between the citizens and the police.

Robbie got her big break when she starred as Leonardo Dicaprio «s wife in «The Wolf of Wall Street» in 2013.

Russell, incidentally, is played by Julian Dennison, the chubby Kiwi boy who got his big break in Taika Waititi's quirky 2016 comedy Hunt For The Wilderpeople.

Naomi Watts got her big break with David Lynch's «Mulholland Drive.»

Together they will discuss their respective projects and how they got their big break into the music composing industry.

CHEF Writer / Director: Jon Favreau Starring: Jon Favreau, Sofia Vergara, Emjay Anthony, John Leguizamo, Bobby Cannavale, Dustin Hoffman, Scarlett Johansson, Robert Downey Jr., Amy Sedaris Jon Favreau got his big break when he wrote and starred in 1996's indie hit Swingers.

Of course, Newton learned from the best when it comes to female super-teams: she got her big break on Big Little Lies as Abigail, the perpetually pissed - off daughter of Reese Witherspoon's Madeline Martha Mackenzie.

For an actress embarrassed that she got her big break in Grease 2, it must have seemed like an opportunity to demonstrate that she could pull off Sandy and Rizzo at the same time; she's pure lusciousness behind the microphone, sarcastic and world - weary offstage.

Benjamin Wallfisch seemed likely to become a film composer of real note just a few years ago, writing elegant, classically - styled music of sophistication, suggesting he might follow the path of someone like Alexandre Desplat if he got the big breaks.

But way back in 1985, Josh Brolin was just a nobody getting his big break as Brandon «Brand» Walsh in the classic adventure movie The Goonies.

He worked as a security guard and as a counselor to inmates at a juvenile prison in San Francisco before getting his big break with the help of Forest Whitaker.

We follow him (and a cat or two) over the course of a week, as he wanders through the city and then goes on a road trip with businessman Roland Turner (John Goodman) and his driver («TRON: Legacy» «s Garrett Hedlund) to Chicago, where he hopes to finally get his big break.