They had a rough first quarter, with films bad (Bullet to the Head), allegedly halfway decent (Jack the Giant Slayer) and unexpectedly great (Beautiful Creatures) bombing pretty hard.

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Their audience, the new middle class of the Industrial Age, wanted pretty pictures, full of lovely landscapes, beautiful women with flowing tresses, lavish interiors.

FORBES: Eminent Victorians

She was born in 1972, and, you know, she is a pretty, you know, she's very beautiful, and she is a fairly easygoing gal.

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If you remember our review of the HTC Droid DNA, Verizon's version of the Butterfly, we were pretty happy to find that the phone was not only beautiful to behold visually, it was actually quite easy to grip without experiencing feelings of awkwardness.

ENGADGET: ZTE Grand S hands-on (video) Mobile

It was a beautiful evening under a tent on the South Lawn of the White House, and we got to hear some pretty great Bhangra as well.

WHITEHOUSE: Town Hall with Students in Mumbai