Sentences with phrase «palace intrigue»

But there's more to the story than mere palace intrigue.

Having said that, there's also been much more public exposure of palace intrigue in this White House than you normally see.

The revelation that Prince Bader is the purchaser, according to documents reviewed by The New York Times, links one of the most captivating mysteries of the art world with palace intrigues in Saudi Arabia that are shaking the region.

Critic Consensus: Sharper and wittier than your average period piece, The Lion in Winter is a tale of palace intrigue bolstered by fantastic performances from Peter O'Toole, Katharine Hepburn, and Anthony Hopkins in his big - screen debut.

However the movie is marred by a distance that Benoît Jacquot, who co-wrote the movie with Gilles Taurand, creates in showing palace intrigue and gossip on the eve of the Revolution, all from the point of view of the queen's reader.

The State Department's statement on the matter is riddled with curious detail for those who appreciate palace intrigue, Rachel King notes.

This isn't just the usual palace intrigue or Kremlinology, although there is a little of that whenever the Murdochs are involved.

Regardless, given Haberman's countless scoops in the last year alone, it will surely become a must - read following some of her revelations about hour - by - hour palace intrigue and Trump's life in the White House.

Those types of moves shouldn't impact the market «as long as that's contained and the results of this is just palace intrigue.»

Such is the veracity of this Administration, who now wants to go after journalists who publish even palace intrigue.

They're hoping for victories next November to keep them in power, and dismiss talk of Democratic reunification as just more of the same palace intrigue.

Don't worry, the latest movie from Marvel Entertainment isn't exactly political, although it does involve palace intrigue.

Amid palace intrigue and attempted assassinations, the young queen is forced to become a cunning strategist while weighing the counsel of her mysterious advisors,...

Amidst palace intrigue and attempted assassinations, the young Queen is forced to become a cunning strategist while weighing the counsel of her mysterious advisors,...

Released: February 16 Cast: Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Jordan, Lupita Nyong «o, Danai Gurira Director: Ryan Coogler (Creed) Why it's great: Coogler's deft balancing of a high - tech spy gadgetry, ceremonial palace intrigue, fantasy action mayhem, and subversive political critique is unparalleled in the larger Marvel Cinematic Universe that Black Panther springs from.

Trump withdrawing from the Paris climate accords was pretty much a two - day story in the United States, and then it was back to the Trump palace intrigues.

Critics Consensus: Sharper and wittier than your average period piece, The Lion in Winter is a tale of palace intrigue bolstered by fantastic performances from Peter O'Toole, Katharine Hepburn, and Anthony Hopkins in his big - screen debut.

Real leaks — as opposed to gossip regarding the palace intrigue in his «nutjob» Administration — have been few (5), and four of those have come from Failing POTUS himself.

Cuomo added he wouldn't comment on the «palace intrigue» of why Bratton was leaving the city's employ for the private sector at this time.

His critics are on the margins of the broader opinion of the state, Cuomo says, and adds many often pay more attention to the palace intrigue of the Albany bubble and not the larger picture.

He also tried to contrast the palace intrigue of the comptroller choice with the «public vote» yesterday that sent Craig Johnson to Albany to fill a State Senate vacancy.

Environmental Protection Agency chief and climate skeptic Scott Pruitt, who just months ago was widely rumored to be under consideration for a shift to the completely different role of attorney general, has seen his palace intrigue problems mount as more reports of wasteful behavior emerge.

Palace intrigue, bodice - ripping, and revolutionary thinkers: A Royal Affair certainly sounds like a pulse - racer.

The Dumas story is a classic sepa rated - at - birth yarn, and the twist is engagingly laid out through the interweaving of palace intrigues and romantic mismatches.

The Dumas story is a classic separated - at - birth yarn, and the twist is engagingly laid out through the interweaving of palace intrigues and romantic mismatches.

«Ran» is a heroic saga of human destiny, a war movie with some of the greatest battle scenes in the history of the cinema, a costume drama of the utmost magnificence — and a crackling good samurai movie chock full of swordplay and palace intrigue.

Directed by Paul W.S. Anderson (Death Race, the Resident Evil series), this version of the Musketeers story can't decide if it wants to be an old - fashioned tale of swashbuckling adventure and palace intrigue or a cheeky, effects - heavy rethink of some iconic characters a la the Guy Ritchie - directed Sherlock Holmes.

Directed by Kenneth Branagh, who's never managed a film this big before and acquits himself well, Thor divides its time between Earth and Asgard, the realm of the gods and a hotbed of palace intrigue.

The two scenes together help to flesh out who T'Challa is as a person, as well as the long history of palace intrigue that has plagued the Wakandan royal halls.

The lyrics thrust listeners into comic book politics and palace intrigues; they also point, unmistakably, to age - old African diasporic dreams and 21st Century politics.

I didn't anticipate how wild the palace intrigue would be, how much chaos Trump would sow, or how reflexively he'd use Twitter and public remarks to turn problems into crises.

Adventure, palace intrigue and a budding romance pepper her tale.

With unforgettably vivid characters, mesmerizing language and page - turning suspense, Circe is a triumph of storytelling, an intoxicating epic of family rivalry, palace intrigue, love and loss, as well as a celebration of indomitable female strength in a man's world.

Catherine of Valois, her mother Isabeau, and writer Christine were wonderful characters to tell this story of kings, conflict, betrayals and palace intrigue.

Environmental Protection Agency chief and climate skeptic Scott Pruitt, who just months ago was widely rumored to be under consideration for a shift to the completely different role of attorney general, has seen his palace intrigue problems mount as more reports of wasteful behavior emerge.