Sentences with phrase «star billing»

"Star billing" refers to giving the highest or topmost recognition or importance to a particular person, usually in the context of performance or entertainment. It means treating someone as the main star or giving them special acknowledgement above others. Full definition
After all, he is playing at one of the best clubs in the world with star billing, it has to be good for the ego.
So why give star billing to a theory that is almost 100 years old?
Despite the notion that hiring an architect — even one without star billing — may be too pricey, it needn't be, particularly in a down economy.
She is given star billing but has a scant few scenes in the work.
Despite the notion that hiring an architect — even one without star billing — may be too pricey, it needn't be.
The film stars Bill Murray as President Franklin D. Roosevelt and centers on Roosevelt's affair with his cousin, Daisy, during a weekend...
PRIDE By Gary Murray Starring Bill Nighy, Dominic West and Imelda Staunton Written by Stephen Beresford Directed by Matthew Warchus Running time 120 min...
The film also stars Bill Hader, Viola Davis, William Hurt, Ciaran Hinds, Isabelle Huppert, and Jess Weixler.
The film also stars Bill Nighy as the villain, Socratis Otto (Gone) as his right - hand man, Yvonne Strahovski (Chuck) as «a devoted scientist tricked into working for demons,» and Miranda Otto (The Lord of the Rings) as «the queen of the gargoyles who aims to help Frankenstein.»
The critics have largely been kind, and the admitted fan of Goldie Hawn and distant cousin of star Bill Paxton, whom she has never met, has earned comparisons to Reese Witherspoon.
The film stars Bill Murray as President Franklin D. Roosevelt and centers on a weekend in 1939 which marked the first ever visit to America...
THE SERPENT AND THE RAINBOW (1988) ** 1/2 / **** Image B Sound B + starring Bill Pullman, Cathy Tyson, Zakes Mokae, Paul Winfield screenplay by Richard Maxwell and A.R. Simoun, based on the book by Wade Davis directed by Wes Craven
Ghostbusters features the return of stars Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd and Ernie Hudson making some kind of appearance in the new film.
Also debuting towards the end of the month is Barry, a dark new comedy starring Bill Hader as an assassin grappling with a sudden desire to be a small - town community theater actor.
Directed by Andrés Muschietti and starring Bill Skarsgård as the story's central villain, It hits theaters on Friday, September 8, 2017.
Not only has the production secured an antagonist — in the form of Hemlock Grove star Bill Skarsgard — but it's also lined up its young male lead.
The three ratty structures that get star billing in Martin McDonagh's inky - black comedy «Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,» still display faded fragments of the ad copy that used to greet drivers before the new interstate siphoned off Ebbing's traffic, commerce and much of its purpose.
British movie star Bill Nighy would like to go back in time and convince his younger self not to start smoking.
Robert Englund, receiving star billings for the first time, is delightful in his frequent incarnations as Freddy, delivering his gag lines with relish and making the grisly proceedings funny.
Steven Spielberg serves as director for this family - friendly film, which stars Bill Hader, Rebecca Hall, and Mark Rylance.
Most of these involve Ariel, who gets star billing with his delicate way of speeding through the sky, leaving a trail of afterimages, and channeling natural forces to do Prospera's bidding.
Also stars Bill Cosby and James Earl Jones.
A sensual tankini top takes star billing, with laces center front, lace - up tassels ties in back, and a removable strap for a bare - shoulder look.
They play Neal Gamby (McBride) and Lee Russell (Goggins), two warring vice principals at a suburban high school who set their sights on the top spot when their longtime boss (guest star Bill Murray) steps down.
... You can read Jessie Robertson's review of The Flash midseason premiere «The Trial of the Flash» here, while we also have a trailer and images for the next episode «The Elongated Knight Rises» guest starring Bill Goldberg [see here and here], as well as a synopsis for the thirteenth episode «True Colors», which features Katee Sackhoff's Amunet [read it here]...
*** 1/2 / **** Image A - Sound A Extras B + starring Bill Paxton, Matthew McConaughey, Powers Boothe, Matthew O'Leary screenplay by Brent Hanley directed by Bill Paxton
About a month ago, we reported the news shared by star Bill Moseley (Otis) that filming had officially wrapped on director Rob Zombie Devil's Rejects sequel...
*** 1/2 / **** starring Bill Sage, Ambyr Childers, Julia Garner, Michael Parks screenplay by Nick Damici and Jim Mickle directed by Jim Mickle
Also, they discuss the «Wonder Woman» TV show starring Lynda Carter and «The Incredible Hulk» TV show starring Bill Bixby.
MONTEREY, Calif. — Conceived on a cocktail napkin and seen in winner's circles from Long Beach to Le Mans, Corvette Racing's skull mascot will have star billing at the Monterey Sports Car Championships at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca on Saturday, Oct. 20.
If you're expecting something as memorable as the 1984 original starring Bill Murray, Dan Aykyord, Rick Moranis, Ernie Hudson and the late Harold Ramis, you will probably come away disappointed.
An attorney for three women who accused former Fox News Channel star Bill O'Reilly of sexual harassment said state human rights officials have launched a probe of the network.
Gerard Depardieu gets the most oversold star billing since Marlon Brando was Superman's absentee father.
In the most oversold star billing since Marlon Brando became Superman's absentee father, Depardieu looms over, by my reckoning, less than a minute of screen time.
The show stars Bill Hader as a hitman who, after following his intended target to an acting class, finds himself intrigued and decides to become an actor and change his life.
** / **** starring Bill Nighy, Will Arnett, Zach Galifianakis, Kelli Garner screenplay by The Wibberleys and Ted Elliott & Terry Rossio and Tim Firth directed by Hoyt Yeatman
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Dad's Army stars Bill Nighy, Catherine Zeta Jones, Toby Jones, Tom Courtenay, Blake Harrison, Danny Mays, Bill Paterson, Sarah Lancashire, Alison Steadman, Mark Gatiss, Annette Crosbie, Felicity Montagu, Julia Foster, Holli Dempsey, Oliver Tobias, and Emily Atack.
Directed by Doug Liman of Swingers and The Bourne Identity notoriety and based on the Japanese young adult novel of the same name, it co-stars Emily Blunt, iconic Aliens star Bill Paxton, Lost's Charlotte Riley and Jonas Armstrong of Robin Hood (the BBC TV take) fame.
The ignominious departure of former Fox News star Bill O'Reilly — like the earlier exit of his former boss, Fox chairman Roger Ailes — has focused a lot of attention on the Murdoch media empire.
This week, we cover the film that, well, we have to cover — the 1993 comedy Groundhog Day, starring Bill -LSB-...]
Mae Whitman returns as the voice of Tinker Bell, but she shares star billing with Christina Hendricks, who plays Dust Keeper fairy Zarina — an ambitious, misunderstood little thing who ends up leaving Pixie Hollow with the all - important Blue Pixie Dust needed to make the gold dust that keeps everyone airborne.
Carey has a terrific cast at her disposal (including familiar TV stars Bill Hader, Scott Porter, Rachel Bilson, Andy Samberg, Alia Shawkat, Clark Gregg and Connie Britton), but the heroine is too much of a cliché — the naive nerd — and the jokes are too obvious.
And he is the father of famed action star Bill Killem.
Or would he go it alone and try to build his own media empire, like Glenn Beck or former ESPN star Bill Simmons?
The gathering, which also included a keynote speech by former U.S. Senator and New York Knicks star Bill Bradley, kicked off with a short speech by Booth, DFA's cofounder (with Rex Sinquefeld), about the history of the fund company.
If you had guessed that Wes Anderson's next film would be a Japanese story about stop - motion dogs starring Bill Murray, then, apparently you would have been correct.
Barry stars Bill Hader, who co-created the series, in addition to writing and directing a few of the episodes.
While black players had been prominent in previous NCAA finals — the University of San Francisco's championship teams of 1955 and»56 were led by black stars Bill Russell, K.C. Jones and Hal Perry — they were still considered to be something of an aberration.
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