Sentence examples for direct tribute from inspiring English sources

But it might have given McQueen a more direct tribute, and emphasise more clearly his authorial and creative status.

She also paid direct tribute to her father, Roebuck (Pops) Staples, with a rousing charge through the Staple Singers' "Freedom Highway," and then again with their epochal "I'll Take You There".

Now, in a more direct tribute, Mr. Connelly is the executive producer of a forthcoming documentary film, "Sound of Redemption: The Frank Morgan Project," that aims to shed light on Mr. Morgan's resilience as well as his hardship.

TLC sings its direct tribute to Lopes not on "3D" (Arista) but on Ms. Elliott's album, where "Can You Hear Me" envisions Lopes and Aaliyah conversing in the afterlife.

In a direct tribute to the new jack swing of the 1980's, 'N Sync remakes Johnny Kemp's 1988 hit "Just Got Paid" with its original producer, Teddy Riley.

Ms. Estefan's new album, "90 Millas" ("90 Miles"), is named for the distance between Cuba and the United States, and its her latest direct tribute to Cuban music (something she has done occasionally since "Mi Tierra" in 1993).

As well as evoking the sense of space its title invites, the album pays direct tributes to jazz-piano and vibrant blues.

Jane Anderson wrote and directed this tribute in a wonderfully zany, off-center style.

Quentin Tarantino wrote and directed this tribute to two of his favorite genres, Blaxploitation films and spaghetti westerns.

Jack Dee's Lead Balloon was the most direct Curb-tribute act, but Ricky Gervais is the most ardent Shandling/David devotee – and Gervais and Stephen Merchant's Extras proved that A-listers were also willing to parody themselves (although the duo had less luck when they returned to meta-comedy with Life's Too Short, a bit of a one-trick pony for Warwick Davis and the remorseless height gags).

Scott Ellis will direct a musical tribute to Mr. Sondheim, with a cast including Christine Baranski, Polly Bergen, Michael Cerveris, Alan Cumming, Judith Ivey, LaChanze, Cyndi Lauper, Debra Monk, Donna Murphy and Bernadette Peters.