Sentences with phrase «lives of housekeepers»

The stars of the drama - about the lives of housekeepers in the 1960s deep south - won Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress and Best Cast at the event at the Shrine Exposition Center in Los Angeles.

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Arguably Adam Sandler's best dramatic performance (though «Punch - Drunk Love» may have the advantage), this look at a well - off family's life through the eyes of the daughter of the Mexican housekeeper who works for them is one of the unrecognized great movies of the 2000s.

In the right destination, it's more than possible to live in a charming villa with a gorgeous ocean view, buy a week's supply of fresh produce from the local farmer's market for $ 5 or $ 10, hire a housekeeper or gardener, and live a high - quality life on a budget of $ 2,000 a month or less.

Lord Carlile also spoke to a woman named only as «Pauline» who had been the adoptive daughter of the Bell family's housekeeper and had lived within the palace itself, but was never interviewed by the original investigation.

I sat down at the computer again to try to find a few words to say how I find God in this daily place and in this work, how I only learned to pray when I began to pray with my hands and my attention on purpose and how most of prayer to me now is listening and abiding, how I believe it would be nice to have a lovely housekeeper and a clean house and to create amazing soaring art with all of the white space of an uncluttered life and glorious heights of transcendent spirituality, I guess, but I need the God who sits in the mud and in the cold wind, in the laundry pile and in the city park, who embodies grief and joy, wisdom and patience, loneliness as companionship, renewal with simplicity and a good deep breath, and who even now shows up in the unlikeliest and homeliest of lives too, as a sacrament of and blessing for the ordinary things.

In addition to the cash and housing, Eliot agreed to pay for a host of Silda's living expenses, including health care and medical insurance, an accountant, housekeeper and part - time assistant.

Something as simple as help with the grocery bill, supplements, a yoga membership, lymphatic massages, food preparation or even a housekeeper can make a world of difference to someone going through what could be the most trying time of their life.

Now I have to consider child care arrangements, how to actually get myself ready and out of the house in the minute window between bedtime and taxi time and, further on, how and when to introduce a new someone to the main (and infinitely less glamorous) role in your life as parent, housekeeper and general dogsbody.

Profoundly affected by the death of his father, loved by a housekeeper he takes for granted and occasionally exploits sexually, he forms a close relationship with a seaside landlady with whom he eventually lives incognito in Chelsea, where he dies.

Here's the official synopsis: «Mary Poppins Returns stars Emily Blunt as the practically - perfect nanny with unique magical skills who can turn any task into an unforgettable, fantastic adventure; Lin - Manuel Miranda as her friend Jack, an optimistic street lamplighter who helps bring light — and life — to the streets of London; Ben Whishaw as Michael Banks; Emily Mortimer as Jane Banks; and Julie Walters as the Banks» housekeeper Ellen; with Colin Firth as Fidelity Fiduciary Bank's William Weatherall Wilkins; and Meryl Streep as Mary's eccentric cousin, Topsy.

Oscar - winning actress Emma Thompson has joined the cast of Disney's live - action Beauty and the Beast and will play Mrs Potts, the housekeeper who was...

Profoundly affected by the death of his father and loved by his housekeeper, whom he takes for granted and occasionally exploits sexually, Turner forms a close relationship with a seaside landlady with whom he eventually lives incognito with in Chelsea, where he dies.

Directed by Bill Condon («Gods and Monsters,» «Twilight»), the adaptation of Mitch Cullin's novel «A Slight Trick of the Mind» finds an elderly Sherlock Holmes living in a remote seaside farmhouse, tending his bees with only the company of his housekeeper and her young son, Roger.

Leigh, meanwhile, explores Turner's life unburdened by any sense of purpose other than an intense, contagious fascination with this man, his work and, increasingly, the inevitable, slow, irresistible trudge towards death.We observe Turner's fondness for his elderly father; his sexual relationship with his meek housekeeper (Dorothy Atkinson); his rejection of his children and their mother; his arms - length acceptance by the lions of the Royal Academy; his late - life relationship with a Margate widow (Marion Bailey); and the mockery of the crowd when his work turns experimental.

Turner prefers to live the life of a bohemian bachelor, sexually exploiting his housekeeper, Hannah (Dorothy Atkinson) and then becoming obsessed with his Margate seaside landlady Mrs Booth (Marion Bailey) for whom he conceives a great, uxorious love.

Cake tells the story of the acerbic Claire Bennett who has managed to alienate everyone from her life, with the exception of her loyal housekeeper.

The Second Mother, from Brazil, stars Regina Casé as Val, a longtime live - in nanny / housekeeper in São Paulo who cares for a family and raises their son Fabhino as if he were her own, at the expense of her relationship with her own daughter, Jéssica.

When a brusque, reclusive fishmonger living a hardscrabble existence in the wilds of Nova Scotia employs Maud as his live - in housekeeper, the two social misfits find unexpected love and a lifetime partnership.

Bonnie Balke's ruminations on being a steelworker; her song about a veteran teacher who's hopelessly out of touch with the current state of education; and her star turn as a housekeeper who swears her daughter won't spend her life scrubbing floors are simply transcendent.

Unmarried and refuting his fatherhood of two children, Turner lived away from public attention and closely with two confidants, his father William (stage veteran Paul Jesson) and his longtime housekeeper Hannah Danby (frequent Leigh collaborator Dorothy Atkinson).

Written and directed by Anna Muylaert, The Second Mother follows Val, a live - in housekeeper who is like a mother to the son of the family she works for, but has been estranged from her own daughter for years.

The role of a Northern Ireland immigrant living in 1840s Toronto, who's accused and convicted of murdering both her housekeeper and master of the house, is drenched in mystery — to the point where even Gadon wasn't sure of her innocence.

The movie takes place in Houston, where Aurora lives with her loyal housekeeper Rosie (Marion Ross) and grapples unsuccessfully with the debris of her attempts to raise her late daughter's children.

The movie chronicles the life of British painter J.M.W. Turner during his exploits with a barrage of different women including his housekeeper, ex-wife, and his landlady.

We are introduced to Jupiter Jones (Mila Kunis) the daughter of Russian immigrant housekeepers living in a futuristic Chicago, where she works with her mother and aunts as housekeepers.

Acclaimed Brazilian actress Regina Case stars as Val, a working class live - in housekeeper / nanny to a wealthy family in Sao Paulo, where she has become like a member of -LSB-...]

Acclaimed Brazilian actress Regina Case stars as Val, a working class live - in housekeeper / nanny to a wealthy family in Sao Paulo, where she has become like a member of the family and second mother to the family's son Fabinho (Michel Joelsas) whom she has practically raised.

Sherlock's days of sleuthing are behind him, as he now lives in a sleepy Sussex village with his housekeeper and son, an amateur detective in his own right.

Paired with: Gods and Monsters (1998)- James Whale (Ian McKellan), esteemed director of Frankenstein and many others, is living a wealthy genteel retirement in California tended to by his faithful housekeeper Hanna (Lynn Redgrave).

Moore received a supporting actress nomination for Douglas Sirk's Imitation of Life, playing the housekeeper whose daughter passes for white, in the racially themed film that was based on the Fannie Hurst novel.

Nominated for best actress were Annette Bening as a 1930s London stage diva in Being Julia; Catalina Sandino Moreno as a Colombian woman who takes on a perilous job as a drug mule in Maria Full of Grace; Imelda Staunton as a housekeeper who moonlights as an abortion practitioner in 1950s Britain in Vera Drake; Hilary Swank as a boxer whose life turns tragic in Million Dollar Baby; and Kate Winslet as a woman who has erased memories of her ex-boyfriend in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.

Opening July 1, the AWFJ Movie of the Week is The Second Mother, Brazilian writer / director Anna Muylaert's tale of a household thrown into upheaval by the sudden arrival of the live - in housekeeper's estranged daughter Read on...

The lives of the various characters, like the daughter adopted out of Romania who saw her parents shot by soldiers before her as they tried to flee the Nazis or the young survivor of a raid on a Jewish home who was only saved when the housekeeper took him in and raised him as a Christian, are so interwoven with the struggle to remain true to their Hasidic beliefs while living in a world that is trying to move forward following the Holocaust.

Instead, he took excellent care of me himself and provided me with a series of governesses and housekeepers — money was not an object with him where my upbringing was concerned, although we lived simply enough from day to day.

For example, AIG differentiates the risks of secondary homes based on whether they insure your primary residence, if a full - time housekeeper lives in the home, if a caretaker lives on the grounds of the estate or if a maintenance company checks on the home.

She also left $ 26 million and the right to live in her mansion rent - free to care for the dogs to seven of her personal assistants, including bodyguards and housekeepers.

Meticulous housekeepers and folks with little or no time for grooming will be happier with dogs that don't accessorize the living room with dog - hair dust bunnies a couple of times a year.

Viman Villa 2 is serviced by a full time, live - in staff consisting of one cook and one housekeeper.

The full - time staff consists of three housekeepers, a live - in caretaker, a personal chef and chef's assitant, who will ensure that you have a truly relaxing vacation.

Part of the exclusive Samsara Estate, the villa is staffed by a live - in chef and housekeeper, as well as concierge and security teams.

Villa Danny services and facilities includes: â $ cents A full compliment of staff (1 cook, 3 butlers / maids, 1 gardener / housekeeper, 1 driver) plus 24 hour security â $ cents American breakfasts are included, and the cook will shop for guests at local market rates and prepare other required meals â $ cents Car and driver available for rental â $ cents Fresh daily fruit and flowers â $ cents Garden candlelit dinner service â $ cents Air conditioning in the main lounge area and all 4 bedrooms â $ cents Open living area / balcony with impressive sea views â $ cents Quality Balinese decorations, such as intricately carved wooded swing doors throughout â $ cents Western standard kitchen â $ cents Baby sitting service can be arranged â $ cents A full range of cultural, shopping, sporting and recreational tours (pick up from your door) can be arranged â $ cents IDD telephones, lap top hook up and fast Internet connection available â $ cents Marble floors throughout.

Consider how a full - time chef, a 24/7 concierge, and a housekeeper can bring the idea of luxury to life.

- Living area with comfortable TV, satellite TV, DVD player, and CD player - Free WIFI access - Fully equipped kitchen with fridge, stove, crockery, etc. - Outdoor of the villa features pool, bale or gazebo, poolside sun loungers and parking Services: - First morning breakfast ingredient - WiFi - Welcome drink and fruit basket on arrival - Free mineral water - Complimentary tea and coffee - Cook on request - Housekeeper - Daily maid service (for 8 hours)- Daily cleaning service - Pool attendant - Villa manager - Villa supervisor Extra Services / additional charges: - Villa pre-stocking - Activities and excursions - Event fee - After hours staff service

A variety of rooms, suites and villas are available, but many are designed with families in mind, complete with bedrooms for both kids and adults, comfortable family rooms furnished with bespoke traditional - inspired luxury furniture and fabrics, and complete with a live - in housekeeper to take... MORE care of your every need.

In order to cater guest needs and meeting the highest standard of luxury, Villa Dadi has facilitated with: On - site manager or personal butler, Private swimming pool facing to rice fields & gardens, Private kitchen and chef, Housekeeper, 24 hours security, Laundry and dry cleaning service, Expansive Dining & Living area, Private Jacuzzi, Private massage, Personal IDD telephoned, fax & internet facilities, Fully set - up study room, with satellite / Cable TV, CD / VCD / DVD player, Private tours & car rental.

She'll play a housekeeper or a maid quite frequently, or a waitress or a nurse, and kind of have to build a life around this very limited fringe character that exists to move the story along.

With life insurance, the death benefit could cover the costs of a funeral and enough to hire a nanny, pay for a housekeeper, or help cover school tuition.

Alternatively if they feel the need to leave work and now take up the role of housekeeper and caregiver, life insurance can provide the financial security to do so.

HOMEWATCH CAREGIVERS, Salt Lake City, UT (5/2008 to Present) Private Housekeeper • Determine the daily needs of the household and make lists to ensure that they are taken care of • Clean surfaces in living areas, halls, bedrooms and kitchens by sweeping and cleaning • Wash bathrooms and ensure that they are disinfected on a regular basis • Replenish supplies such as toilet paper, soap and towels in bathrooms and powder rooms • Perform laundry duties by carefully separating colored clothes from white ones and ensuring that they are washed and dried separately • Ascertain that clothes and linen are properly ironed and hung / placed in dedicated closets • Develop menus according to household members» specific tastes and nutritional needs and ensure that food items are cooked accordingly • Dust and polish furniture and fixtures on a regular basis and change light bulbs as required • Clean rugs by vacuuming or washing them and ensure that they are properly dried before reinstalling them • Run errands such as grocery shopping and bills payment • Supervise and train other housekeeping staff to ensure delivery of exceptional services

THE PRIVATEERS, Salt Lake City, UT (1/2000 to 5/2008) Housekeeper • Swept and mopped surfaces in bedrooms, living rooms and halls • Washed and disinfected bathrooms and powder rooms • Replenished supplies such as soap, shampoo, toilet paper and towels in bathrooms • Made beds and changed linen on a regular basis • Dusted and polished brass and silver fixtures and ensured that all wood furniture is cleaned properly with revitalizers • Washed windows and dusted blinds along with ensuring that drapes are vacuumed or washed properly • Assisted in the kitchen by chopping vegetables and meats as part of food preparation duties • Answered telephones and took messages and served refreshments to guests