Academy Award for Best Actor

of an actor or an actress, you may think of someone who has been in Hollywood for quite some time or Leonardo DiCaprio, who finally won an Oscar after all the films he has starred in. B. Lupita Nyong’o differs from everyone in the acting business. Why? Instead of being given numerous roles and being known for the movies, she is known for her breakthrough. The one film that made her known is 12 years a slave. C. Today…

On screen- sweet Cameron Diaz is type cast as the sweet , funny babe in most of her films, she is always know for her comedic roles, and girl-next door charisma. She was once a model before she had the privilege to become an actress. In 1994, Diaz won her first film role in the blockbuster action-comedy The Mask, starring the comedic Jim Carrey. With no previous acting experience, she had originally auditioned for a supporting character in the film. And ever since her appearance in film most…

Steven Spielberg is known as a well accredited award winning Director, screenwriter and producer. He is known for major motion films such as “Jaws” “The Color Purple” and “Schindlers List”. Making a career out in the media business isn’t the easiest to do. Many people even go to college and major in film, journalism, etc. and never get their big break to share their work on big screens or in magazines or even publish a book. Yet Steven did amazingly well. Spielberg was born December 18th, 1946…

Everybody at some point in their life feels as though they are not ‘free.’ I have chosen to look into the theme of “The self expression of freedom.” This theme links to us as the viewers in the real world as it shows how there is importance with being able to express need for freedom as it is a main aspect of life today, being able to have your own expression of this is vital to one's life in the present day. I have found this theme evident in the films and or novels: The Truman show, Directed…

Alfred Hitchcock’s 1958 film Vertigo is now considered by the American Film Institute to be the best film of all time. With that title comes some flack for “beating” out all of the other films that come out ever. Obviously this title is subjective and doesn’t make the film anymore better or meaningful than it previously was, but the backlash from film critics are kind of ironic being about Vertigo. People are writing article after article and blog post after blog post about how Vertigo doesn’t…

The Hurt Locker showcases the experiences of a United States Army bomb squad stationed in Iraq after US invasion of foreign soil. On the surface, the film is ostensibly a story based on the actual experiences of a journalist embedded with US military forces in Iraq. If audiences choose to dig deeper, there are multiple meanings that can be drawn from the storyline. Its most noticeable theme is established immediately with the film’s opening quotation, “The rush of battle is a potent and often…

In the passage written by Amy Tan the author uses adjectives and feelings to reveal that an embarrassing experience in her youth changed her perspective of her heritage by showing how proud she was of her heritage. One time she was embarrassed, was when her family was licking the ends of their spoons in front of the minister family. She was embarrassed because most families in america have good table manners. Her family did not have the same table manners as the minsters family. The minister…

I like that mention how at times Syncletica probably felt lonely without family or support from others and may have thought about returning home. This isn’t something I’ve ever thought about but it makes a lot of sense. Everyone goes through hard times and, being in the situation that she was in, I’m sure it was no different for Syncletica. I’m sure that religion and the intense devotion she felt for it was a huge part of what pushed her through the hard times and made her stay. I find it really…

Tommy is a 5 years old school aged child who has impetigo. It is a highly contagious disease that could be transmitted to other children. For this reason, it is important that Tommy and his mother receive information regarding the return of school. With the disease process, the concern of spreading the disease must be addressed medically. According to Koning (2015), the most effective interventions for impetigo are based in medicine, It would be okay for Tommy to return to school with…

In Edward Albee’s play, “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf”, we witness an intoxicated and scathing bout of repressed emotions between four unique characters. Albee debuted his play on Broadway in 1962 to much critical acclaim (bio.com). It was later made into a motion picture, which also received many accolades (bio.com). This dramatic piece has endured to this day as a masterful work on the exploration of bitter resentment and emotional violence within a disintegrating marriage. All four…