American Beauty was given a big boost by a smart ad campaign from distributor DreamWorks SKG.
Other high-profile stars who have previously shown support for the strike include American Beauty actor Kevin Spacey.
"Members of the Academy vote for what they like, " says Dan Cohen , who co-produced with Bruce Jinks 1999's winner, American Beauty.
For the Oscars he is pushing American Beauty for Best Picture and Topsy-Turvy to net the most awards, including Best Foreign Picture.
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And even in the major awards, in recent years for every cheesy piece of studio fare (A Beautiful Mind, Chicago) there's a corresponding smaller or edgier winner (American Beauty, Million Dollar Baby).
You might even detect a hint of Lester Burnham, the disenchanted, depressed 50-something played by Kevin Spacey in Mendes' "American Beauty, " in the disaffected and mildly disabled Bond played by Daniel Craig this time out.
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"Revolutionary Road, " featuring the heavyweight trio of Winslet, Leonardo DiCaprio and director Sam Mendes ("American Beauty"), picked up just one major nomination -- a best supporting actor nod for Michael Shannon's portrayal of a troubled savant.
The unsolved murder of a lipsticked, pouting six-year-old American beauty princess, JonBenet Ramsey, possibly by a relative, spotlit the connection that exists for many people between displaying children in public and the provocation this affords adults.
Whereas in American Beauty Mendes' theatrical roots helped Kevin Spacey and Annette Benning embody their characters and overcome their star personas, our sympathy with Tom Hanks in Perdition comes only from assosiating him with moral and decent characters.
Who hasn't been ambitious and in search of a mentor like Wall Street's young stockbroker Bud Fox, or frustrated in a dead-end job like American Beauty's suburban ad executive Lester Burnham, or scared of being fired like the desperate real estate salesmen in Glengarry Glen Ross?
Sky, American Express and Dove beauty products are among the brands affected.
It is not surprising to find originality and beauty in the American Renaissance.
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Yet for all the sonorous beauty of much early American writing on the subject, religious liberty too should be seen as something pragmatic a hard-nosed solution to the problem of stitching together a country out of 13 colonies with diverse populations and different religious arrangements.
Beverly Johnson, the first African-American woman to grace the cover of Vogue, appears in the film, as does another black beauty ("one-eighth African-American, " she clarifies in "About Face"): Cleveland, who spoke poignantly about being attacked in the racist South during her early days modeling with the Ebony Fashion Fair.
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While Frank Lucas is living the American Dream -- he marries a beauty queen and brings his momma (Ruby Dee) and his brothers over to share his suburban mansion -- Detective Richie Roberts (Russell Crowe) is studying law.
Boots will be able to sell its products, such as the No7 beauty line, at Walgreens' American stores.
Details such as limestone and oak flooring, carved marble bathtubs, and a private tower with panoramic views punctuate the beauty and meticulous design of this American palace.
Their products were banned from the American market, where their hand-painted beauty could fetch much higher prices than in rural Mexico, where the pots were merely a practicality.
As these refreshing shows reacquaint us with the dignified, sculptural beauty of the finest examples, they may help to reawaken delight in this important period of American design.
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