Andrew Bynum (10th) has shown flashes of star power with the Lakers, but he continues to frustrate the franchise.
Earlier this year NASA revealed that for the first time they had captured, via the Kepler space telescope, the early exploding flash of a star as it goes supernova.
Next month Universal plans to release "Flash of Genius," directed by Marc Abraham and starring Greg Kinnear, and "Changeling," directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Angelina Jolie.
There are flashes of movie star gossip, including a story about Donald Sutherland, who refused to walk onto a set until all the fake smoke had been cleared, and then immediately lighted a cigarette and smoked furiously during the take (see "smoke").
The mysterious flashes of the star V838 Monocerotis (V838 Mon) have puzzled astronomers for more than a year.
With plummeting television ratings and a general perception that the league's popularity is still suffering the aftereffects of Michael Jordan's retirement two seasons ago and a labor fight that shut down part of last season, the N.B.A. is banking on the flair and flash of its young stars to boost interest in the postseason.
In his last two seasons, Hill has showed flashes of All-Star form.
Sci-fi buffs will spot borrowings from "Flash Gordon", "Dune", "Star Wars", "Star Trek", "Alien", "Superman", "The Wizard Of Oz", "Barbarella" and Terry Gilliam's "Brazil", among others.
LIKE the flash of a supernova, the star of colonialism in India died in an explosion of internecine violence and bloodletting.
Desserts showed a welcome flash of exuberance, in particular the star dish of the evening, a glossy chocolate sphere, which, anointed with hot chocolate sauce, imploded to reveal its cargo of ice-cream and honeycomb.
