Sentences with phrase «grand time acting»

Meanwhile, Washington State was having a grand time acting as if it were an Ivy League team.

Not exact matches

Saturday will be the first time that the Indoor Grand Prix has been staged in Glasgow after events in Birmingham and the meeting acts as the final leg of the new IAAF World Indoor Tour series, which has so far had stops in Karlsruhe, Boston and Stockholm.

«We are not oblivious of what the Saudi Crown prince divulge of recent in an interview with Times magazine, where he claimed that Zaria massacre by the Nigerian Army was part of a grand design by his regime to curb the influence of Iran in Africa; even though the Saudi Authorities we know acted on the behest of its foreign sponsors namely USA, Britain and Israel.

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.

There was a time on TV when the phrase «period piece» conjured images of grand country estates, stiff corsets and even stiffer acting.

I don't mean to sound grand, but it's a very long time since I've had to do that because obviously I'm older and I've been acting for over 40 years.

Though Altman's films compare with Coppola's as chamber music does with grand opera, their work in the 1970s exemplifies what ultimately became the prevailing style of American film direction in that era: maverick resistance to studio - imposed time and budget constraints, insistence on directorial authorship, reliance on location shooting, use of improvisational acting, an emphasis on ensemble playing rather than star performances, Fordian gatherings — weddings, church services, parties, dinners — as exponents of group character (both Altman and Coppola had Catholic upbringings), and a revisionist approach to the mythic archetypes of the Hollywood genre film.

Knowing that magicians often use twins as assistants in their acts, I was second guessing the whole time as to who was good, who was bad, and how all the events would lead up to the grand finale.

«You would find a hundred artists, give them each $ 100 grand worth of studio time and one music video, then you would throw all one hundred acts kind of out there and see which one or two began breaking big.

No holiday parade would be complete without an appearance by Old St. Nick, who has found time in his busy schedule to make a stop in Temecula and act as the grand marshal of the event named in his honor.

(Oh come on, don't act like you haven't spent way too much time at the strip club in Grand Theft Auto 5) I understand the need to set some limits to keep players honed in on the story, but if the opportunity arises, I want to be able to just wander through the amazing world of Westeros and see what kind of exciting side quests I can stumble upon.

The game includes unlockable tracks with a Time Trial mode to practice your lap speed times and a Grand Prix that acts as the main game where you compete in a championship against other AI players.

Over time and space, the works of art will in turn be removed from this densely packed exhibition space to take on different roles in the three acts that will be staged in the grand middle floor gallery of this Moscow aristocratic mansion.

The event will focus on, among other things, the overlooked tradition of visual artists acting as choreographers, which has reached a kind of apex recently, especially with Sarah Michelson winning this year's Whitney Biennial grand prize, the Bucksbaum Award, the first time a choreographer has done so.

I acted as counsel to the grand jury several times.

According to the Times story, shortly before she was hired by the Archdiocese, she was on probation after pleading guilty to grand larceny for fraudulent acts performed while acting as a payroll clerk for a staffing agency.