![]() ![]() We see them and we see why they become the way they are."Ĭast member Alice Englert signs autographs at the premiere of "Beautiful Creatures" in Hollywood, California February 6, 2013. "It is a prelude to what we see later with the book and the Malkovich version," Australian actor Nicholas Denton, who plays Valmont, told Reuters. Young, poor and traumatised by their past, the kindred spirits are driven apart as they seek a better life for themselves, eventually turning into morally corrupt rivals who use seduction and manipulation to destroy lives around them.Įarlier screen adaptations of the book include Stephen Frears' 1988 film "Dangerous Liaisons" with Glenn Close, John Malkovich and Michelle Pfeiffer and 1999’S "Cruel Intentions" starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Phillippe and Reese Witherspoon. The new TV series sees the passionate love affair of protagonists Marquise de Merteuil and Vicomte de Valmont turn sour in pre-revolutionary Paris. LONDON, Nov 2 (Reuters) - The latest screen adaptation of the 1782 novel "Les Liaisons dangereuses" by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, imagines a backstory to its key characters as they get caught in a game of sex, power and revenge. ![]()
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It’s a strategy that many start-ups use, but one that only pays off in the long-run if one-time buyers become loyal shoppers. ![]() Why did sales start to drop?Īnalysts said that Nasty Gal’s rapid growth was fueled by heavy spending in advertising and marketing. (In a stark example of appearance versus reality, Forbes magazine predicted that its 2015 sales would top $300 million). But it wasn’t long before sales started dropping - to $85 million in 2014, and then $77 million in 2015, according to bankruptcy documents. ![]() ![]() Masters envisioned the work-over 200 short, free verse poems voiced by dead residents of the fictional Spoon River, Illinois-as "a kind of Divine Comedy," representing a full range of humanity from the noble to the foolish, the saints and-in particular-the sinners. This was the beginning of Spoon River Anthology, the book that would make his reputation and become one of the most popular and widely known works in all of American literature" (ANB). ![]() In 1914, Masters, a lawyer by trade, "began a series of poems about his boyhood experiences in western Illinois, published (under the pseudonym Webster Ford) in Reedy's Mirror (St. Small octavo, original black- and gilt-stamped blue cloth, uncut and partially unopened.įirst edition, first issue of Masters’ celebrated poetic examination of virtue and vice in the American heartland, inscribed by the poet, “For E- D- Edgar Lee Masters," a beautiful copy in original bright gilt cloth. 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A girl and her two possible heartthrobs travel across parallel universes to avenge her father’s murder. ![]() ![]() RELATED: Star Wars: Droids' Boba Fett, R2-D2 and C-3PO Go Vintage With New Action Figures Official product specs from Hasbro are below: I could have not sold Lucasfilm and gotten somebody to run the productions, but that isn't retiring." Though Lucas is the creator of the galaxy far, far away, he famously sold the Star Wars franchise to Disney for $4 billion in 2012. "I was 69," Lucas explained. "So the question was am I going to keep doing this for the rest of my life? Do I want to go through this again? Finally, I decided I'd rather raise my daughter and enjoy life for a while. This figure is just one of the many ways we can honor his legacy for years to come and we hope fans cherish it as much as we did!" ![]() "When the opportunity came to design the George Lucas figure, we were especially excited for this project. ![]() "As a lifelong Star Wars fan, I have both the honor and privilege to bring characters from the franchise to life in product form every single day," Hasbro Senior Director of Product Design Vickie Stratford said. ![]() ![]() ![]() That is what makes "Decoded" such an unexpected and welcome gift. As he once rapped with characteristic concision: "I'm not a businessman, I'm a business, man." Though he's released a staggering 11 albums in 14 years, the man behind the business still remains a mystery - often seen, but rarely heard. Under the guise of his invented name, Jay-Z has become less person than persona. He is the self-made man of American myth, remixed with a kick drum and a snare. The general arc of his life's narrative is clear: A child of Brooklyn's Marcy projects transforms himself from aspiring rapper to drug hustler to global superstar to corporate mogul. His most powerful lyrics - and there have been many since his 1996 debut, "Reasonable Doubt" - reveal anxiety, uncertainty and an uncanny awareness of human frailty to go along with the expected bluster and bravado of the rap idiom.ĭespite Jay-Z's willingness to bare his emotions in song, we know precious little about the man himself, Shawn Carter. Unlike the Wu-Tang Clan, for instance, whose arcane allusions, slang neologisms and syncretic philosophies have spawned two books and counting, Jay-Z is decidedly plain spoken and confessional. The name of Jay-Z's first book is "Decoded," a curious title given that among the work of celebrated rappers his lyrics might need perhaps the least decoding. ![]() |