Brigitte Bardot

During the 1950’s it became prominent when it was a getaway for movie stars such as Brigitte Bardot and Frank Sinatra, along with Eddie Fisher and Elizabeth Taylor. Throughout that era, Johnny Weissmuller, John Wayne and other Hollywood notables owned numerous resort hotels. According to Miguel, Acapulco was the fashionable place to be as late as the 1980’s and early 1990’s. Although it is still famous and attracts a significant number of international tourists, Acapulco has become a favorite destination for Mexicans; particularly residents of Mexico…

au chocolat. When they finished eating they went to learn about the famous people. The first person they learned about was Coco Chanel. Coco was born in 1883. She was a French fashion designer and businesswoman. She was also the founder and namesake of the Chanel brand. She later died in 1971. The second person they learned about was Thierry Henry. He was a famous soccer player. Thierry was born in 1977 in Ulis, France. He is now age 39. The next famous person they wanted to learn about was…

Oddly enough, Contempt occupied itself with a struggle between a French dramatist, Paul (Michel Piccoli), who apparently learned the way to make money by selling his talents rather to purchase a bed-sitter for his wife, played by the divine Camille (Brigitte Bardot); however, as a result, he loses his initial stature in her eyes. On the one hand, one could argue that Camille long (soft-core) nude scenes are both complicit in, and critical of, her sensual-heavenly prestige. Yet, they say that sex…

and TV shows is one part of the problem to why child beauty pageants should be banned. In 2011, The Learning Channel aired footage of a 3 year-old contestant in “Toddlers and Tiaras” dressed as the prostitute played by Julia Roberts in the 1990 film “Pretty Woman” which was seen as an inappropriate scene by thousands of viewers. On September of 2011 another episode of “Toddlers and Tiaras” aired showing a 5 year-old girl dressed as Dolly Parton with padded bust and buttocks which drew negative…

Play Nice” by Jonathan Turley and “Kindly Inquisitors, Revisited” by Jonathan Rauch have different ways of approaching the subject, both focus on the limitations of our First Amendment right. These papers will be evaluated on how they persuade the reader to agree with their claims using the rhetorical modes of ethos, logos, and pathos. Ethos is utilized in both articles with an overall vested interest, yet Turley and Rauch employ the reference of authority in opposite aspects. On one hand,…

liberation and awakening of the female in French society. Moreau portrayed sex and sexuality very candidly on film before from a uniquely feminine perspective while simultaneously presenting her body in a way that was typically not seen. Nowhere is this more pronounced than in her 1958 film directed by Louis Malle, Les Amants (The Lovers). Jeanne Moreau’s transformation from a female entrapped in domesticated, familial bourgeois life to a more sexually liberated woman, who runs away from her…

Bill Wyman, Charlie Watts, and Ian Stewart (Rolling). When the 1964 British Invasion took place, the boys were advertised as bad boys (Rolling). When they first started making music, they made a sped up version of the Chicago blues. Eventually they ventured off into British rock. Their music mainly talked about lots of taboos (Rolling). In 2002, The Stones released Forty Licks, a greatest hit package including four new songs. Their last big performance was in 2007. Although they have not…

participate in an alternative ceremony of releasing captive animals (Kemmer 22). A Sanskrit term used for animal sacrifice is “bali” which means “tribute, offering, or obligation” while it also refers to the offering of blood of an animal as tribute. Though the government refused to put an end to a historically significant custom of the people, many notable people opposed the festival. Ram Bahadur Bomjan, who is known as the reincarnation of Lord Buddha, and better known as the “Buddha Boy”,…