nuit Américaine n.— «The name “Day for Night” comes from a beloved François Truffaut film. But it’s the translated, English-language title. The film’s original title, “La Nuit Américaine,” is the French term for a...
Hollywood waistband n.— «The pants are crafted with what is known as a Hollywood waistband, so it conforms to the contour of the back.» —“Oxxford cuts a new cloth” by Wendy Donahue in Chicago News...
hole in the doughnut n.— «Like prospectors in what they hope will be a modern-day California Gold Rush, Hollywood’s studios and TV networks are dabbling in online downloads, mobile phone programming and other new on-demand distribution...
press corpse n.— «The rest of the White House “press corpse” sits back while Scott McClellan is allowed to stonewall with his favorite new phrase, “There is a serious investigation going on so we can’t comment further...
school night n.— «Julia credits Richard for sending the script, which was “intriguing enough for me to stay up late on a school night—it was charming and very funny.”» —“The Great Life” by George...
androg adj.— «I was what you call the “androg look,” half in, half out.…There’s all sorts of genres and subgenres. Like there’s transsexuals, then there’s transvestites who are gay and transvestites who...