honest with the public the real mark sanford was able to shake the perfection of the past and start building a new story. even if it took him a long walk along the appalachian trail to get there being from philadelphia, i have an inherent distrust of anything that comes from new jersey. although i do acknowledge that the garden state punches way above its weight when it comes to political scandals in 2004, the democratic governor of new jersey, jim agree be stepped into a press room just like this and became an overnight sensation when he admitted to a gay a fair and resigned in the same speech the governor coming out of the closet was genuinely shocking. a career killer at that time. looking back though, i can t help but feel that we were also quick to embrace the headline that we may have forgotten to dig a little deeper because the reason why jim agreement resigned is a lot more complicated than we remember new jersey america s communal jacuzzi or cesspool, depending on wh
insisted on it in all of her hotels and that s why you should come and stay at her hotel. sort of a familiar stick, i know. but it worked for her in the 19 eighties. until it didn t. turns out, despite being a billionaire, despite not only the image of immense wealth, but the actuality of it, leona and her husband had engaged in a number of chiselling text cheats, including, having a whole bunch of renovations done at a vacation home in connecticut her private home it was renovations on that home including by putting it a dance floor, but she built the renovations to the hotel company she had the helmsley hotel company paid to do the renovation on her private home that had for her the double benefit of her not having to pay for those renovations herself and, also, her hotel company got to deduct the payments as a business expense. even though they weren t. it was just stuff she wanted personally. she went to prison. the trial where she got convicted, probably made her even mo
most notable is nomadland, the best picture winner from chloe zhao who recently became only the second woman ever to win the oscar for best director. inspired by the stories injessica bruder s nonfiction source book, nomadland stars frances mcdormand as fern, a recently widowed woman who joins america s nomadic community, discovering a new life on the road. i know you. yeah, hi. dave, right? guess. fern? yes. i have your can opener. having just picked up her third best actress oscar, mcdormand who was also a producer, used the academy award stage to ask viewers to please watch our movie on the largest possible screen . fitting since this western inflected road movie is beautifully lensed byjoshua james richards, packed with lush american vistas that demand to be seen in the cinema. but mcdormand wasn tjust flying the big screen flag for her own movie, calling on film fans to sit shoulder to shoulder in that dark space and watch every film represented here tonight. well, due
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it, leicester city have made history today. we are going to be back at the top of the hour with more news. for now though, cheerio. hello and welcome to the film review with me, mark kermode, rounding up the best movies available for viewing in the home and in cinemas. the big news for film fans is that from monday, uk cinemas will start to reopen and many award winning movies that are ready available on streaming services will be among those first titles welcoming viewers back to the big screen. the way i see it is that the titanic is sinking and economic times are changing. and so my goal is to get the lifeboats out and get as many people into the lifeboats as i can. most notable is nomadland, the best picture winner from chloe zhao who recently became only the second woman ever to win the oscar for best director. inspired by the stories injessica bruder s nonfiction source book, nomadland stars frances mcdormand as fern, a recently widowed woman who joins america s nomadic