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Apr 30, 2021 · But “The Outside Story” doesn’t make it a grandiose gesture. Instead, the film portrays it as a silent moment on Henry’s part. The camera stays on his face, and his response is simultaneously heartbreaking and uplifting.
Feb 1, 2017 · When Lloyd blasted a Peter Gabriel song in the direction of Diane Court’s window, giving Generation X its version of a Romeo just beyond Juliet’s balcony, Say Anything permanently established the...
- Jen Chaney
- TV Critic
When Lloyd blasted a Peter Gabriel song in the direction of Diane Court’s window, giving Generation X its version of a Romeo just beyond Juliet’s balcony, Say Anything permanently established the...
- The Taj Mahal
- The Hanging Gardens of Babylon
- Richard Wagner’s “Siegfried Idyll”
- Carl Sagan’s Dedication in Cosmos
- The Orlov Diamond
- Edward VIII’s Abdication of The Throne
- Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s “How Do I Love Thee?”
The most iconic grand romantic gesture of all time has a tragic backstory. Arjumand Banu Begum—more commonly known as Mumtaz Mahal—become the third wife of Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in the 17th century. Though he had many wives, he considered Mahal his true love, and she bore him 14 children. Following her death during the birth of their last child...
Mystery surrounds this lost wonder of the ancient world, but according to legend, it was a gift from a king to his queen in the sixth century BCE. Nebuchadnezzar II’s wife Amytis hailed from Media, or the northwestern region of modern Iran. Wanting to please his homesick wife, the Babylonian king commissioned a project that would remind her of the ...
The first six years of German composer Richard Wagner’s relationship to Cosima Liszt were marked by scandal. Both parties were married when they started their affair. Wagner’s first wife, Minna, died in 1866, and Cosima’s first husband, the conductor Hans von Bülow, allowed her to get divorced in 1870 after she had already given birth to three of W...
Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan met at a party at Nora Ephron’s home in the 1970s, but their love blossomed while working on the golden record together. Druyan worked for NASA, and Sagan was helping her select the audio samples that would go on the gold-plated copper records being sent beyond the solar system as part of the Voyager mission. They were str...
Grand romantic gestures aren’t always well-received. Count Grigory Orlov of Russia purchased a roughly 190-carat Indian diamond around 1774 with plans to give it to Catherine the Great. Their romantic affair had fizzled, and the count hoped to win her back with the expensive gift. Catherine rejected him (she was involved with Grigory Potemkin at th...
Edward VIII was willing to change British history to be with the woman he loved. After reigning as King of England for 11 months, the short-lived leader announced he was abdicating the throne in 1936 to marry twice-divorced American socialite Wallis Simpson. The implications of the gesture went far beyond their relationship: His brother Albert fill...
Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning connected over their shared passion for poetry. After reading a poem of hers complimenting his work, Robert reached out to Elizabeth in a letter in 1845. He praised her talent, writing: “I do, as I say, love these books with all my heart—and I love you too.” The pair exchanged over 500 letters before marrying n...
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Feb 12, 2021 · Whether you are writing romance or not, the following secrets can help you craft a scene just as memorable. I’ll use examples from my own books so as not to spoil anyone else’s endings (and because I’m a grand gesture junkie). Grand gestures must be: Sincere. Some people frown on grand gestures because they can seem like manipulation in a ...
Sep 27, 2017 · Romantic gestures are dying a slow death, but they can still serve you well. Here's our guide to non-creepy grand romantic gestures.
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Jan 22, 2019 · Here are a few ways that you can give extra oomph to your grand gesture: Completing the arc. A grand gesture is a great way to show how much a character has developed. It should involve something they would never have done at the beginning of the story.
