"The Muse"'s one-joke monotony is relieved on occasion, usually by unexpected cameos from Brooks' film-world cronies.

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Or the Billboard Hot 100 chart, where one has to try to cram Muse into a rock label in order to find just one representative of rock among the leaders.

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Alt-J and Mumford And Sons are also up for best British group, a shortlist that also takes in stadium rock with Muse, teen pop with One Direction and atmospheric indie with The xx.

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Alex Cavoulacos is a Founder of The Daily Muse, where she crafts plans to conquer the world one feature at a time.

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More than one oil industry veteran snickered that Hicks, Muse, whose main expertise lay in industrial companies, was about to learn an expensive lesson about wildcatting.

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Like Bach's original, Muse is in three movements, with the brief, middle one flitting by like a leaf on the wind.

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More than one oil-industry veteran snickered that Hicks, Muse, whose main expertise lay in industrial companies, was about to learn an expensive lesson about wildcatting.

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I'm one of those guys who's visited by the muse when things are dire.

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The ceremony will be hosted by actor James Corden and will feature performances from Muse, Robbie Williams, Emeli Sande, Mumford and Sons, Ben Howard and One Direction.

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And Mr. Muse takes similar care to stage the scenes involving the chorus of plebeians in such a way as to give each one a welcome touch of individuality.

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