Excerpt:"Aristocratic cool", known as sprezzatura, has existed in Europe for centuries, particularly when relating to frank amorality and love or illicit pleasures behind closed doors; Raphael's "Portrait of Baldassare Castiglione" and Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa" are classic examples of sprezzatura....Sprezzatura means, literally, disdain and detachment. [read post]

Strangelove" (16) "Flight of the Conchords" (4) "Game Change" (2) "Get Smart" (1) "Gran Torino" (10) "Grey Gardens" (13) "I Shouldn't Be Alive" (4) "Limelight" (3) "Meet the Press" (20) "Moby Dick" (5) "My Dinner with Andre" (34) "Mystery Science Theater" (2) "Project Runway" (78) "Romy and Michele's High School Reunion" (3) "Seinfeld" (72) "Sex and the City" (14) "Slacker" (11) "Slumdog Millionaire" (16) "SNL" (60) "Sopranos" (50) "South Park" (71) "Star Trek" (12) "Star Wars" (25) "Survivor" (50)… [read post]

Gambini’s fiancee, Mona Lisa, who is played by Marisa Tomei, is instrumental in helping him with his defense. [read post]

—Humberto Morales Moreno, Universidad Autonoma de Puebla  Author Meets Reader: Carol Steiker & Jordan Steiker, Courting Death: The Supreme Court and Capital PunishmentTue, 6/20: 12:45 PM  - 2:30 PM – Sheraton Maria Isabel Imperio C (2nd Floor) ·         Authors—Carol Steiker, Harvard Law School and Jordan Steiker, University of Texas School of Law   ·        … [read post]