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When considering the greatest performers in history, renowned artists and groups such as Michael Jackson, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, and Louis Armstrong. When looking at present day, examining the greatest performers tends to be more difficult. We can define a performer, simply, as “a person who entertains an audience.” (source3) With this, anyone could be a performer, however when defining what makes a performer one of the best performers there is, the criteria becomes far more complex.…

official website (http://www.joshuabell.com/home), “he is one of the most celebrated violinists of his era, and his restless curiosity, passion, and multi-faceted musical interests are almost unparalleled in the world of classical music.” Based on his awards, tours, and album, I can tell that he is a renowned violinist. Gene Weingarten asked Joshua Bell to perform in a subway station for a social experiment. There were five musical works mentioned in the article. The article mentioned…

Forrest Gump: Book vs. Movie Written in 1986 by Winston Groom, Forrest Gump was made into a movie in 1994 and actually won an Academy Award, which is cool. Both the book and its film have the title character in it, is a man who goes through many obstacles and a number of signifigant historical events around the world. Although both works explore the character of Forrest Gump and his lifelong journeys, the original book has many different things that go on in it. The film portrays Forrest Gump as…

heart. Hepburn is one of the most influential people from the last 1000 years because of her talent, her contribution to charity, and her elegance. Besides Audreys beautiful face, she was very talented in the work she played in. Hepburn won over 30 awards and got over 25 nominations. She also was named #3 on the "American Flim Institute's 50 greatest screen legends". Some of the movies she's known for starring in are Breakfast at Tiffany's, Roman Holiday, and Sabrina. Her work has overall been…

“I’ll never let go.” These words came from award winning actress, Kate Winslet, in the film, Titanic. In this film, Kate plays the dynamic character of Rose. Rose shows emotions of happiness, sadness, boldness, vulnerability, and nervousness, which all came together to make Rose’s character a vibrant and essential part of the film. Based on Rose’s choices and how she used her body and voice, she created a vulnerable, impetuous character. According to, dictionary.com, to be impetuous is to act…

Prom Night in Mississippi Reflection Prom Night in Mississippi is a documentary film about Academy Award-winning actor, Morgan Freeman who offers to pay for the senior prom at Charleston High School in Mississippi under the condition that, prom had to be racially integrated. In this film, we view the struggles that are faced and overcome to have a successful integrated prom in 2008. My personal views, emotional connection, previous thoughts, reaction, and what I learned from watching this…

My favorite actress, Alicia Vikander, is a Swedish actress who was nominated for the 2016 Academy Award. She is one of the new rising stars in Hollywood. Because of her outstanding performance in the latest film, The Danish Girl, Alicia is getting more and more recognition and finally won her first nomination for the best supporting role, even though she had to go up against many big stars like Kate Winslate, Rachel McAdams and Roony Mara. Although . I really admire her because of her touching…

the life of Forrest Gump from Alabama, who is unintelligent and naive, but he is a nice guy and very athletic, who witnesses some events of the 20th century in the United States. Through the movie’s entirety, outstanding performances from various award winning actors give this film’s involved and interesting plot a sense of realism that is far superior to that of other dramatic movies. Although many people think that the movie Forrest Gump may only contains romance, comedy and drama as genre,…

instrumentation used in her version. Nina Simone was born February 21, 1933; she died just two months after her 70th birthday on April 21, 2003; she sang the rhythm and blues between the years of 1954, and 2003. She was even nominated for an Oscar Award (nin). British songwriters Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse wrote…

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…