67th Academy Awards

“You must learn to lose, child. Some people is born to keep. Some is born to lose. ” This is a quote by mother from Sounder written by William H. Armstrong. This quote also addresses the book Our Town written by Thornton Wilder. Part of life is death and although many people fail to understand the concept, it is true. Everyone has at least one encounter with death during their lifetime that is not their own. In both Sounder and Our Town most of the characters have to experience the feeling of…

What Exactly are Mortgage Overlays? Lender Guidelines Revealed! Lender's Mortgage Overlays in a Nutshell A popular line from the old movie "The Wizard of Oz" involves the character Oz shouting "pay no attention to the man behind the curtain!" The little guy behind-the-scenes was attempting to shield his image as a strong, powerful leader. From this motion picture, scene created the expression "let's draw back the curtains," meaning, "let's see precisely what form of work happens when…

Biographer: Don't Rule Out Harvey Returning to Power. The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved from http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/weinstein-biographer-dont-rule-harvey-returning-power-1049821 THR Staff. (2017, October 18). Harvey Weinstein Timeline: The Awards and the Accusations. The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved from…

Mary Oliver is overwhelmed and in awe with the beauty of nature and conveys this through the passage “Owls” with apprehensive diction and first person perspective making the reader feel like they are right alongside her as she makes observations about the wild owls, their prey, and the peaceful flowers she sees. This apprehension is added to through the reverence Mary seems to have for the owls and the fear conveyed through that reverence in the first three quarters of the passage. In the…

Proud Mary Proud Mary was by far one of the best movies that I have seen this year. The movie is an action packed, kick-butt film in which Taraji P Henson plays the lead character, Mary. NY Times described Taraji as a, “hit woman with a soft spot” and Variety describes her as a, “Haunted assassin who bonds with a kid.” I, however, describe Taraji’s character Mary as simply a resilient and audacious hero. In Proud Mary, Mary was a part of a mafia that she had been affiliated with all her…

According to recorded history and fact, there was never a woman who had the brilliance of Shakespeare during his time. This could be for several reasons; one being that women were not schooled as men were at the time, and another that even though they may have tried to follow the path to brilliance, they were forced into the stereotypical and traditional life of a housewife (at the time). A third is the fact that the frustration of not being able to engage in their genius drove them to madness…

Studies have shown that when two strangers are forced to talk and maintain eye contact, it can make them fall in love. This is what happened between Daniel Bae and Natasha Kingsley in the book The Sun Is Also a Star, by Nicola Yoon. Daniel is a Korean-American poet and Natasha is an undocumented immigrant who is being deported to Jamaica in twelve hours. When they first meet Daniel feels an instant connection, so he tries to convince Natasha that they are in love by following her around New…

“Knox confessed that she was in the house on the night of the murder and that she heard Miss Kercher scream”(Squires 1.) She was tried and acquitted twice, and then there was a movie made about her. Amanda Knox was accused for violently murdering her roommate in Italy in 2007. After years of being tried and acquitted, Amanda was finally released, and is now living freely with no charge. In the 2007 controversial court case of Amanda Knox, the innocent verdict incorrectly acquitted the suspect…

“Such devotion and confidence are rare even among women. There are many who would have searched a year, some who would have waited five years, a few who might have hoped ten years; but for twenty-five years this woman has retained her affection for and her faith in a man she has not seen or heard of in all that time.” This quote from The Wife of His Youth tells the story of a woman by the name of Liza Jane, whose endless love and loyalty for her husband led her on a twenty-five year search. Liza…

more than just young women. In Elizabeth Taylor’s 60 year career, she was able to attract many people’s attention and become an inspiration to a countless number of people through having starred in over 50 films, having been a nominee of five Academy Awards for Best Actress and awarded two, and devoting her time outside of acting to raising awareness for research in AIDS. Taylor was an actress and humanitarian. She was also a daughter, a sister, a wife, and mother. Learning about Elizabeth…