Academy Award for Best Actor

On April 25, 1917 a star was born Ella Fitzgerald , She was born in Newport News, VA and raised in New York . Ella and Her Mother Temperance Fitzgerald where homeless for some years before she got her big break, In 1934 . She appeared the Apollo theater in Harlem winning a contest and got discovered by a big artist . http://www.allmusic.com/artist/ella-fitzgerald Years later she was called “The First Lady of Song,”. But growing up in New York, She was inspired by “ Shake hips” Tucker…

Are we born to hate certain cultures or people, or do we learn it from parents, peers, family, media, or society? How do we as a society continue to treat others in this way? The actors cast in the movie played their parts pretty accurately and I can’t help but to wonder, is it because they are just really great actors or because they themselves have experienced any or all of these injustices? The Mexican locksmith who is just trying to make a life for his daughter and wife moved from a bad…

American woman to receive 3 Oscars Nominations. Viola Davis is nominated for “Best Supporting Actress”, “Best Picture”, and “Adapted Screenplay” for her hit movie “Fences” starring Denzel Washington. The film Fences, which was directed by Denzel Washington was adapted from the 1983 play by August Washington, focuses in on the experiences of Troy and Rose Maxon in Pittsburg during the 1950’s. "Thank you to the Academy for recognizing this extraordinary, important film and my work in it," Davis…

Blood Simple is the first movie directed by the Coen brothers. A more contemporary noir, with a knowing awareness of the origins of the genre, blood simple saw film noir get down and dirty again, and not just in the bedroom (Wood. 2014). The use of violence and crime in this neo noir film utterly correlates with the classic noir. Majority of the Coen brother’ films feature a crime that seldom goes right. Blood Simple features a jealous Saloon owner, Marty who hires a divorce detective, Visser to…

Judy Garland (born Frances Ethel Gumm; June 10, 1922 – June 22, 1969) was an American singer, actress, and vaudevillian. She was renowned for her contralto vocals[1][2] and attained international stardom that continued throughout a career spanning more than 40 years as an actress in musical and dramatic roles, as a recording artist, and on concert stages.[1] Garland began performing in vaudeville with her two older sisters and was signed to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer as a teenager. There, she made…

or dance on national television,” -Jane Krakowski. This what Jane said after the fact that she has been in famous movies and hit television shows. Jane has also been in some broadway shows like “Starlight Express”. Jane also got more than one Tony award in her career. Her latest broadway show is “She Loves Me”. This was released in 2016. I believe she still acts to this day. Jane was born on October 11, 1969, in Parsippany, New Jersey. This is where she grew up most of her life. By the time…

Attended The Orange British Academy Film Awards 2009 in London, England on February 8th. [February 2009] Attended the 2007 Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France. [May 2007] He toured Moscow, Russia's overcrowded Butyrka jail to prepare for his new role as a Russian villain in Iron Man 2 (2010). [March 2009] Attended the Sin City premiere in Tokyo, Japan on Sept. 27th. [September 2005] Attended The Wrestler UK VIP Screening in London, England on Jan…

The Piano (1993) by Jane Campion How vulnerable can a woman be when indulging in her passions? In life, as in nature, it is not possible to see beyond the horizon. When, followed by her young daughter Flora, Ada McGrath, a strong-willed and self-sufficient Scottish widow, mute for having willed herself not to speak, arrives in New Zealand as an imported bride for an arranged marriage to a land-grabber named Alisdair Stewart; she certainly could never have imagined what the final outcome would be…

Most of you know her as the star character from the Hunger Games series. Katniss Everdeen aka Jennifer Lawrence. If I had the opportunity to be who ever I wanted for 24 hours I would be Jennifer Lawrence. She is well known for her acting abilities and I would give anything to be as talented her. Out of all the actresses in the world I believe she is the most down to earth carefree celebrity. Anyone who has watched her interviews knows that she is straightforward and does not read from a script.…

Rod Serling’s message to the readers of “The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street” is that fear causes quick, snap judgements that can lead to bad decision-making. This theme begins to appear in the story after a “meteor”, or an alien spaceship, lands near a neighborhood called Maple Street, and intentionally causes a strange power-outage. But when Les Goodman’s car starts suddenly, with him being nowhere near it, the neighbors begin to accuse Les of having something to do with the meteor and the…