Sentences with phrase «talent as a singer»

During the 1970s Paul Williams's talents as a singer, songwriter, composer and actor were in high demand.

Not exact matches

I was as a singer much as I was as an athlete: more enthusiasm than talent.

To cultivate that untapped talent, Singer said, educators have solid evidence of methods that work in STEM education — such as focusing on conceptual learning, problem - solving, and use of representations such as diagrams and evolution trees — but those methods are used in very few undergraduate classrooms where STEM teachers receive their training, Singer said.

Six K - pop stars carried the coffin of SHINee singer Kim Jong Hyun onto a hearse on Thursday, after he died leaving behind a note that spoke of his battle South Korean President Moon Jae - in will unveil an array of TV talent and K - Pop celebrities at events, including a state dinner, in China on Thursday as he

An accomplished singer, dancer and actor, he started his career in the music business before making the transition to acting where he emerged as one of the most promising talents of his generation.

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.

Hursey is also an accomplished singer; her vocal talents can be heard as the lead in the children's musical series Lilly's Light.

Unfortunately for the makes of From Justin to Kelly, musicals aren't successful based on the vocal talents of the stars alone, which is evidenced by the fact that some of the best performers within the genre were never known as the best singers.

9:45 pm — TCM — Stormy Weather In the 1940s, African - American actors were sadly almost always either relegated to servant roles or incidental musical sequences, but MGM did a couple of movies to showcase the prodigious talents of their African - American stars, including this one starring Lena Horne in one of only two starring roles she ever had, as a popular singer being romanced by an up - and - coming dancer (Bill «Bojangles» Robinson).

Daniela Vega is the first openly transgender actress and model in Chile, and her portrayal of Marina Vidal, a trans woman who works as a waitress in Santiago to support her career as a cabaret singer, signals her as a world - class talent.

Shot by Academy Award - winning cinematographer Robert Elswit, who has worked with Anderson ever since Hard Eight, scored by singer - songwriter Michael Penn, edited by the great Dylan Tichenor, who started as an apprentice on Robert Altman's movies and went on to do great films such as Magnolia, There Will Be Blood, Brokeback Mountain and The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, Paul Thomas Anderson's epic drama went on to garner three Academy Award nominations, did reasonably well at the box office by tripling its initial investment and, more importantly, showcased the surprising talent and determination of one of the few brilliant filmmakers of American contemporary cinema.

Playing ineffectual New York talent agent Danny Rose, Allen leads a film that has a little bit of everything: a wronged man, car chase, lounge singers, mobsters, adultery, and Mia Farrow playing against type as a smoking, brash «other woman.»

Tashlin's hand is more evident in his pop - culture lampoons: Lewis as an wild - eyed rock and roll singer with no actual talent beyond energetic shouting and gesticulating, Marilyn Maxwell's Egyptian costume epic transformed into a silly musical with a cheesy nightclub number.

Set in gorgeous 1930s London, it sees downtrodden middle - aged governess Miss Guinevere Pettigrew (Frances McDormand) on the brink of destitution unless she can bag a long - shot job as PA to a dizzy, glamorous young, mink - for - brains nightclub singer Delysia Lafosse (a perfect Amy Adams)-- whose main talent lies between her own satin sheets.

Since his breakthrough as both composer and editor of Bryan Singer's «The Usual Suspects,» John Ottman has had a talent for assembling characters to stylistically diverse ends.

In an almost «Rock of Ages» - style casting fashion, the film has lined up a bunch of talent along with Bartha, like Malin Akerman as Blondie singer Debbie Harry and Alan Rickman as proprietor Hily Kristal, with «The Twilight Saga» actress Ashley Greene playing Kristal's daughter.

Nicole Scherzinger, best known as the lead singer of the Pussycat Dolls, brings her vocal talents to GoldenEye 007 with her new rendition of Tina Turner's original «GoldenEye» theme song.

March 30, 2018 • A singer of ironclad capability, creative drive and irrepressible panache, she has emerged as the breakout new talent in a formidable jazz - vocal tradition.

With a running time extending two hours, one wonders if some of the minor supporting characters couldn't have been excised completely, particularly a romantic subplot involving Lucien and Christa Theret as a provincial singer who actually has talent (instead, a better developed Astrid Whettnall as a sympathetic mistress could have been a better use of screen time).

After considering such directors as Danny Boyle (then hot off of «Trainspotting»), Bryan Singer, Peter Jackson and David Cronenberg (the mind reels as to what the latter might have done at the helm of an «Alien» film), the producers once again elected to go with an up - and - coming talent by selecting French filmmaker Jean - Pierre Jeunet, who had caused an international sensation with his visually stunning fantasies «Delicatessen» (1991) and «City of Lost Children» (1995), to make his first English - language film.

In fact Streep herself, at the age of sixty - six, does a smashing job portraying a rock singer of about fifty - five, exhibiting the talent with her vocal cords that she demonstrated as the witch in Rob Marshall's «Into the Woods.»

The seemingly unlikely incorporation of musical numbers works fabulously; the melodies by A.R. Rahman are haunting and memorable, and they are well - performed (as opposed to «sung,» for the voices are provided by studio singers) by the stars — particularly Khan, whose talent and formidable charisma leaves no doubt as to why he's a Bollywood superstar.

As with every year, we have a wide range of talent from dancers, singers, musicians and even acrobats.

We all know that is not true as there are many people who can sing who never make a recording of any sort, and yet they genuinely have the talent and can truly be called a singer.

Were you familiar with Woody Guthrie's talents as an author and artist as well as a singer / songwriter?

And we love and need feedback, just as the singers, dancers, jugglers — and even that peculiar girl on America's Got Talent who was a super «cuddler» do.

Félix Alberto López Tejada, Best known artistically as Félix LT is a singer - songwriter by nature, a new talent of Urban Genre.

Performances directed by choreographers such as Michael Clark and Sarah Michelson, as well as various musical acts such as the experimental rock band The Red Krayola and soprano singer Alicia Hall Moran, turn the fourth floor space into a theater of expansive talent, blurring the boundaries between context and vocation.

As to the question of whether or not Dylan can or does paint — admittedly and quite possibly an absurd inquiry — there are essentially two points of view: Given his overwhelming presence as a folk - rock singer and songwriter, we might ask: does he really care if his audience takes notice of his talent as a painteAs to the question of whether or not Dylan can or does paint — admittedly and quite possibly an absurd inquiry — there are essentially two points of view: Given his overwhelming presence as a folk - rock singer and songwriter, we might ask: does he really care if his audience takes notice of his talent as a painteas a folk - rock singer and songwriter, we might ask: does he really care if his audience takes notice of his talent as a painteas a painter?

Sterling Talent Solutions» CMO Lisa Singer and Senior Director of Talent Acquisition, Lanny Love along with Danielle Bertini, Product Marketing Manager at iCIMS, a strategic partner of Sterling share their insights, best practices and real life experiences as well as the results from iCIMS «Branding for Better Hires» report.

Mostly, musicians play in bands, orchestras, choirs or even as solo singers depending on their interest and talent.

The sad news of Whitney Houston's death this past Saturday sent shockwaves through the recording industry as well as her worldwide fan base, who adored the singer for her many gifts in acting, modeling and of course her unforgettable and unmatched vocal talents.