Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor

Can you imagine being a star in an abundance of movies, receiving several awards, learning additional languages, and being named best dressed all in one lifetime? Audrey Hepburn was very well-known in the acting world, in addition, she was also a young philanthropist who loved helping and giving to people. Furthermore, she set the bar quite high with her sense of style. An acting career, many accomplishments, and an amazing family allowed Audrey Hepburn to be quite successful. Despite Audrey’s…

and X-Men: Apocalypse, now in production, is to be released in 2016. My favorite movie of the franchise thus far is X-Men: First Class. X-Men: First Class has been, in my opinion, the most successful movie in the franchise due to the choice of actors selected to star in the movie, the amazing story plot, and the phenomenal special effects and music that were used in the movie. To this day, there have been many reviews written on the movie, but I was highly impressed with Kofi Outlaw’s review…

about me. Let’s discuss the subject of the new National Portrait Gallery photography show, ‘Audrey Hepburn: Portraits of an Icon’. Born in Belgium in 1929, Hepburn’s early life as a ballet dancer and chorus girl led to her exceptional career as an Academy Award-winning film star. The photographic portraits on display document the many roles she played onscreen - in Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Sabrina, My Fair Lady, etc - and offscreen - fashion icon, humanitarian worker, and an exquisite beauty. …

other. I’ve known my best friend Brittany since the 4th grade but we didn’t become friends immediately. Our first interaction was actually an argument over something I said about her hair. The following year at our 5th grade graduation, we found out that our moms were friends from college. When they began hanging out again, we were around each other more. Eventually we let the situation die and we became friends. Fast forward to now, Brittany is one of the two people I call a best friend.…

Change of perspective In the novel, Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen we come across as a well told story where the characters are well drawn and supported. By observing the different encounters between Darcy and Elizabeth, we come to learn that she forms a prejudice against Mr. Darcy. Throughout the novel we see how these prejudices she has are ironic and even sometimes wrong and how he over comes his pride. In my essay I would like to look at three instances where we see how his actions are…

What do Jaws, Jurassic Park and E.T all have in common? They were all directed by someone who arguably deserves the title, ‘living legend’. The first person to direct a movie that had a revenue of over $100 million, the same person who invented the modern blockbuster with the iconic movie ‘Jaws’. Steven Spielberg is the living legend in question. December 18th, 1946. This fateful day was the fateful day that Steven Allen Spielberg began to grace us all with his presence. Born in Cincinnati,…

“fairytale princess”. Since her death in 1982 she still has her effect on the world today from her films and by the family she left here on Earth. She was born into a successful family in philadelphia, she was a very shy girl but she became an actor. At the age of 23 she went to hollywood and made 11 films in 3 ½ years. She modeled to pay for her acting but her film career only lasted 5 years. In 1956 she met Prince Rainier iii of Monaco, they got married right away on April 18, 1956. She…

The Screwball Comedy The man Godfrey is a comedy film made in 1936, directed by La Cava, starring William Powell and Carole Lombard. The movie won Six Academy Awards nominations including Gregory La Ca as the best director. As a memorable and valuable film, it was selected by the united state's library of Congress for preservation in the US national registry. The film utilizes the genre -screwball- to build on its plot. Keywords; screwball, the man Godfrey Screwball comedy Screwball appeared in…

“Forget it, Jake, it’s Chinatown” (Film “Chinatown”, Roman Polanski) The brilliant film “Chinatown” has longstanding entered the lists of the greatest films of the twentieth century. This statement applies, of course, to the lists compiled by the American film critics. It is considered that the film is made in the style of Noir, but, first of all, it felt not Noir but outstanding so-called Hollywood style. At least I feel the author’s handwriting Roman Polanski - Polanski, whom we know from his…

causes. She has been leading actress of many Hollywood hits - Tomb Raider, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Wanted, Salt and Maleficent to name a few. She has been awarded Academy Award, Golden Globe Award, Screen Actors Guild Award and many other awards for her smashing performances in these movies. She has also been a recipient of Citizen of the World Award, Global Humanitarian…