Academy Award for Best Original Song

I 'm Still Pissed Off About the Oscars A funny thing happened on the way to the Academy Awards, A.K.A. the Oscars, in 2007. After early screenings with journalists and one at the Cannes festival, DreamGirls was widely deemed an Oscar frontrunner. It went on to be ranked 4th on the American Film Institute 's Best of 2006 list and won 3 out of 5 Golden Globes, including Best Picture-Comedy or Musical, Best Supporting Actor (Murphy) and Best Supporting Actress (Hudson). It also received nods and trophies from the Screen Actors Guild, the Producers and Directors Guild of America, the Broadcast Film Critics Association (Critic 's Choice Award), the NAACP, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts and the International Press Academy (Satellite…

This article, written by Margaret Lazarus basically discusses her views on a popular movie at this time, The Lion King. She begins by talking about how excited she and her sons are to see the newly released box-office record breaking Walt Disney movie. Shortly after, she jumps right into discussing how stereotypical and prejudiced the movie is. She claims that it is stereotypical and prejudiced against African Americans, gays, and even the ghettos of current society. She points out that the…

Into the Wild Essay Despite the fact that chris left society, it is reasonable to he was influenced by people who in the wild with only cloths and story because he was influenced to go in the wild to find adventure and himself Many people doesn’t know what reason did Chris go in wild people there are many reason why chris left society and travel through US. He was so influenced by the people who in the wild alone and survive or tell a story in the wild. Chris is person will follow his dream…

Have you ever wondered how hard it was to be in a gang? S.E Hinton’s The Outsiders tells a story about a 14-year -old boy who learns how to stick together with the ones he loves even in very tough times in life. The book starts with Ponyboy getting jumped by Socs, a rival gang, while walking home from the movies. Ponyboy describes how this gang likes to get drunk and jump the greasers, their gang, for fun. The themes of change, family, and fitting in are shown through hard changes with his best…

Lovesport by Tony Padilla, A Play For The Modern Age On March 26th 2017, I attended the Palm Springs Woman’s Club’s Pearl McManus Theatre and watched the show Lovesport. The play takes place in the present, 2017, in Josh and Marty’s house which is near San Francisco. One night after a party, Josh and Marty invite Gary and Ben over and they all hang out and talk. During this time, Ben and Josh talk to one another about how they feel about their relationships with his boyfriend or husband and…

Describe an activity that you find boring in your life (e.g., taking out the trash). I find cleaning the car extremely boring which in fact, just thinking about it puts me in a bad mood. Don’t get me wrong - I love having a clean car, but when it comes to me cleaning it, I rather pay someone else to get the job done. I honestly don’t know why I find it boring but it’s just one of those things I cannot find the passion to do. Especially, here in Florida where we have this bipolar weather I rather…

The Academy Awards or most commonly known as the Oscars, is considered to be the most prestigious award giving body in the world of movies. It was first presented in 1929, making it the oldest entertainment awards ceremony and last February 26th of 2017, the 89th Academy Awards ceremony was held at the Dolby Theater and it is hosted by Jimmy Kimmel. It was televised not just throughout the US, but to more than 200 countries all over the world. The twenty-four artistic and technical awards are…

Jennifer Vo Thelma and Louise is a story about two women who decide to go on a trip, but it does not go as planned. The premise is a classic adventure story about friends who plan a great adventure; however, they hit bumps in the road, but the problems they endure help them define themselves. In the three act breakdown, act I is the planning of the trip to taking off on the trip, act II is the runaway from all their troubles, which leads to act III Thelma and Louise tries to escape and their…

the Flies, William Golding leaves an impression on his readers. Overall, William Golding provides a satisfying conclusion to his novel The Lord of the Flies because though the main conflict is solved at the end, the other conflicts that appeared throughout the book are never resolved. In the final chapter of The Lord of the Flies, the stranded schoolboys are found and rescued by a Naval Officer. In hindsight, this should have made for a happy ending. In reality, however, the boys still…

As times change, values and ideas often change as they are invariably shaped by their context. However, some remain constant throughout time and are universal. The 1592 Shakespearean drama Richard III and Al Pacino 's 1995 docu-drama Looking for Richard [LFR] were written four hundred years apart yet both texts address perpetual values and ideas that are common to both eras. Through a simultaneous study of both texts, the responder is able to understand the influence of context on aspects of the…