Angelina Jolie

The movie “Girl, Interrupted” is based on patients admitted into a mental institution, all for various amounts of time and is set in the 1960’s. The first person who will be discussed is the patient Susanna Kaysen and her eighteen-month stay. The second main character that will be discussed in this paper is Lisa Rowe. This paper will also pertain to various other patients who the author of this paper deemed important to the abnormal psychology class and its lessons. Starting with the main…

deal. Fame isn’t all negative in the article “A Nasty Faustian Bargain” it states how fame has style, glamour, money, and attention (Morrow). Again as stated in the above paragraph the fame can give them power in a good way like Miley Cyrus or Angelina Jolie (they aren’t the only ones), Miley Cyrus has an organization called The Happy Hippie Foundation which fights against the homeless youth and the LGBT community. Miley Cyrus is not famous for her organization but her fame has helped the…

Girl, Interrupted is a 1999 film starring Winona Ryder and Angelina Jolie about a women’s 18-month stay in a mental institution. The film takes place in the late 1960’s and focuses around a main character by the name of Susanna Kaysen. The following summary was written with help from the American Mental Health Foundation website and Wikipedia. In the beginning of the film we learn that Susanna Kaysen had overdosed by taking an entire bottle of aspirin followed by a bottle of vodka. Despite many…

Specific Purpose: To inform my classmates and professor about a popular tourist attraction, Madame Tussauds. 1. Introduction A. Attention Getter: Imagine! Getting your picture taken standing next to your favorite celebrity such as, Johnny Depp, Angelina Jolie, Jimmy Fallon, or Eli Manning. B. Credibility Statement: While living in London, I had my picture Take of me standing next to Queen Elizabeth and Michael Jackson, to name a few. C. Audience Relevance Statement: I have always loved site…

Everyday when we turn on the television it is full of shows, movies and sports. They are full of a variety of actors and athletes. Do you ever wonder why they get paid so much? If so you are probably like me and want to know why. Some of the reasons they are paid so are because they are the best at what they do, actors and athletes are in the public eye at all times, become spokespeople for brands, and risk their career playing or performing in sports. When you watch a movie in the movie…

after their service. Families were lucky enough to even see their loved one’s face again. As the movie industry has grown, movie directors have created hundreds of war movies in an attempt to show a new aspect about the war. Unbroken, directed by Angelina Jolie, made its debut in December of 2014. Unbroken’s purpose is to tell the true story of a man that finds some source of unbreakable courage to survive life-threatening situations. Louie Zamperini, a former Olympian runner, finds himself…

The entertainment field is a very personality based field, one of the pros of working in this field is become famous and well know in a country or even across the globe. People who watch what you are in know you from who you are and how you are presented to the public. I consider myself to be a very outgoing guy who loves to receive attention. Therefore I think this field is perfect for me. I have been doing plays, acts, skits and hosts in my childhood days, I have no stage fright and I use…

Water Project, which has been able to provide cleaner and safer water to the people of Haiti by providing training, expertise, and financial support for water project construction through their staff. Celebrities like Petra Nemcova, Sean Penn, Angelina Jolie, and Brad Pitt have also extended their assistance by opening up schools, managing a camp of over 50,000 people, and donating money to…

If you take a moment to look around at billboards, magazines, and your favorite films, you may notice something about the bodies in view. You may notice the races of the bodies, and that most of those bodies are white. The obvious and blatant forms of whitewashing have permeated society so much so that many people no longer even notice that almost every character on their favorite television show--minus that one background role with minimal speaking lines--is white. This is not just a temporary…

Mirror, Mirror on the wall, who is the fairest of them all! When we think about standards of beauty we think about celebrities and beauty queens. But what does it take to be beautiful like them? In the article U.S. Trends in Feminine Beauty and Overadaptation author Allan Mazur states that “Men place more importance on the physical attractiveness of women.” Because of this the average women today is affected by media to conform their physical beauty to portray the standards of beauty in…