Sentences with phrase «scandalous stories»

It's not that we avoid the purely scandalous stories here at Legal Blog Watch, but the dictates of good taste and editorial relevance sometimes keep us from mentioning certain stories about lawyers out there in the vastness of the Internet.

So what were the most scandalous stories of 2015?

You guys should pay attention to this, because it's one of the juicier, more scandalous stories to emerge from the game industry since Jack Thompson was disbarred.

Discover the scandalous stories inside the grandest houses of Victorian London, in the new story from Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes

Arcel intriguingly and daringly based the script on the characters» true emotions and motivations in one of the most scandalous stories in Denmark's history.

¬ † Supposedly there is an LA Times curmudgeon who is also known for breaking scandalous stories and keeping moguls nervous — Patrick Goldstein, self - appointed hater of all Oscar bloggers, among other things.

A scandalous story of seduction in Wittenberg was the trigger.

Not exact matches

We must look beyond the scandalous headline or alarming anecdote to see the larger story.

Advent puts the wonderful, absurd and scandalous message of Christmas — that God has moved into the neighborhood — in the context of a larger story that begins not with the gleeful singing of angels but with the groaning of slaves and exiles.

Valencia's marriage to Zoila Meneses (pictured above) is seemingly what makes this story scandalous.

Wenger is the most successful manager in the league currently he may have taken long to achieve what he has achieved, but there is a reason why arsenal kept him as manager for that long besides major clubs in Europe wanted him.So all these stories that jokers circulates that Wenger is a specialist in failure are scandalous, vexatious and frivolous hence should be treated with contempt worse that a spittle in a dump site

Judging from the fact that the story died pretty quickly, I'm assuming that nothing too scandalous showed up, but it's yet another illustration of the old idea that nothing stays secret long on the internet.

I don't actually see how this story is scandalous for anyone other than Labour Party members.

This story was so scandalous and notorious that there are now plans of making a movie out of it, and Kristen Stewart might play Savannah Knoop.

Madonna stars in the riveting true - life story of Eva Peron, who rose above childhood poverty and a scandalous past to achieve unimaginable fortune and fame.

This unique love story, based on a novelette by Denis Diderot and with dialogue written by Jean Cocteau, follows the maneuverings of a society lady as she connives to initiate a scandalous affair between her aristocratic ex-lover and a prostitute.

A number of other major restorations will have their World Premieres at the Festival: Carol Reed's atmospheric Graham Greene adaptation of OUR MAN IN HAVANA (1959), set in Cuba at the start of the Cold War, makes timely viewing as US / Cuba relations thaw; Ken Russell's reworking of D.H. Lawrence scandalous classic WOMEN IN LOVE (1970) stars Oliver Reed, Alan Bates and Glenda Jackson and shows two couple's contrasting searches for love, and was restored by the BFI National Archive working alongside cinematographer Billy Williams; A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS (1966) is directed by Fred Zinnemann from a script by great British screenwriter, Robert Bolt from Bolt's play about Sir Thomas More, a perfect companion piece to Wolf Hall; Henry Fonda stars in the ripe - for - discovery WARLOCK (1959), a seething study of vengeance and repressed sexuality in a Utah mining outpost; and Bryan Forbes» THE RAGING MOON (1971) starring Malcolm McDowell and Nanette Newman in a tender story between two young people in wheelchairs which was ahead of its time in its attempts to change attitudes to disability.

A coming of age story where the lead is technically still a virgin doesn't seem scandalous.

This rueful truth offered from a Boston lawyer to a Boston journalist linger over Spotlight, Thomas McCarthy's hot - button fact - based drama that's ostensibly a lousy - with - heroes story of bringing to light the Catholic Church's scandalous cover - up and protection of child - abusing priests, but more broadly an indictment of so many willing to look the other way.

This unique love story follows the maneuverings of a society lady as she connives to initiate a scandalous affair between her aristocratic ex-lover and a prostitute.

Lastly, Andrea Riseborough will play a TV reporter in pursuit of a story on a male model with a scandalous online side job.

Whether or not you're familiar with the most scandalous aspects of Abramoff's stranger - than - fiction story, the movie thrives less on revelation than on Spacey's tireless energy, and the offbeat, almost winsome charisma he brings to his notorious con man.

Their flirtatious looks in school hallways, clandestine rendezvous in the backseats of cars, and naughty nighttime text messages form the frame on which a second story rests — a story not about a scandalous love affair, but the psychological workings of a woman bent on self - destruction.

After the release of the American Psychological Association's report, along with the advent of scandalous news stories featuring students expelled for infractions like bringing nail clippers to school, more focus was directed at finding alternatives to zero tolerance.

This story of students losing a two weeks of school because they were given the wrong test — reportedly in at least several Seattle schools — is nothing short of scandalous.

When his fictional counterpart writes a few particularly scandalous scenes, and even has his characters discussing the stories of Shariar Mandanipour, the real Mandanipour's delight in his project shines through, even in translation.

Inspired by firsthand accounts of the stories behind a notoriously corrupt adoption agency, the Tennessee Children's Home Society, this riveting novel describes a woman investigating her family's hidden secrets and discovering a community's tragic, scandalous past.

Bloom (Lucky Us) taps the true story of Eleanor Roosevelt's scandalous affair with journalist Lorena Hickok.

Other books to slip in your beach bag include Judy Blume's «Summer Sisters,» a gossipy mediation on female friendship, Patricia Highsmith's sleek thriller «The Talented Mr. Ripley,» Jacqueline Susann's delightfully scandalous «Valley of the Dolls,» and Helen Oyeyemi's collection of short stories, «What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours,» which has something for everyone.

All of the series» previous Shinobi girls return with a host of upgraded moves to master, and new playable characters offer more challenges to conquer, along with a story that's equal parts sexy and shocking, serious and scandalous, busty and bouncy.

All the previous shinobi girls return with a host of upgraded moves to master, and new playable characters offer more challenges to conquer, along with a story that's equal parts sexy and shocking, serious and scandalous, busty and bouncy.

The 2009 calendar is out now, and while the photos of both male and female lawyers are far from scandalous — all are fully - clothed, shown doing benign things like cooking or lifting weights — a story about it in Thursday's Boston Globe has prompted a steady stream of Internet traffic here and on other legal blogs.

NPR — Extra Virginity: The Sublime And Scandalous World Of Olive Oil — Tom Mueller — An extract from his recent book on «olive oil and olive oil fraud, a story of globalization, deception, and crime in the food industry from ancient times to the present, and a powerful indictment of today's lax protections against fake and even toxic food products...»