Fictional martial artists

MMA is fast becoming the biggest combat sport in the world and yet it still isn't an Olympic sport which is just bizarre to think about when there are sports like skateboarding and surfing that have just been added to the 220 Olympic games in Tokyo. Does the Olympic committee think that these are bigger and more popular sports than MMA? Or are they just scared of the criticism and backlash that they might receive? One of the main points that people who are against MMA as an Olympic sport say is…

masterminds behind all of it. Without the countless hours of song and music writing, we wouldn’t have music today. Artists seem to be a different breed of people. Artists somehow were given the gift of beautiful voices, along with the ability to write. To artists music is not only something that they enjoy, but it is their life. Chris Tomlin and John Lennon are both very successful artists.…

Introduction When most of us are looking through catalogs or online for the latest in beauty products and cosmetics, the brands Sephora and MAC cosmetics always pop up. Both franchises are extremely popular in North America as well as many other countries all over the world. Although MAC opened over a decade after Sephora, their influences in the beauty industry are incredible as well as incredibly diverse. Their influences may be great with many similarities, but there are also plenty of…

Nila Haran always loves the art of makeup, however, to be a makeup artist wasn’t her dream when she was young. Nila always wanted to be a therapist, but after she started doing makeups for part-time in university, she discovered that makeup is something she’s really good at. People loved her makeup skills and philosophies and her work became more and more popular, that’s why she finally decided to choose to be a full-time makeup artist. “A couple months ago, I was speaking to a client of mine,…

Fredrick Reinhardt was an American abstract artist, writer, critic and educator. He studied art history under Meyer Schapiro at Columbia University, New York (1931–35), and painting with Carl Holty and Francis Criss at the American Artists School (1936–37). He also studied at the National Academy of Design with Karl Anderson in 1936, worked for the Works Progress Administration Federal Art Project (1936–39), and was a member (1937–47) of the American Abstract Artists group. Reinhardt later…

Lime Crime is a very innovative cosmetic company that was started back in 2008. The glamorous founder of the company is Doe Deere. She quickly changed the way that people regard makeup. Most companies insist that makeup is merely a tool to cover up imperfections and look better. However, her idea was that makeup is a form of creative expression and a way to demonstrate an individual's unique personality. Her first edition consisted of her Unicorn line of lipsticks. The bold and vibrant colors in…

Martial art films today are popular, especially in the US. Audiences love the action, and skill, and the grace that all come with the genre. Martial art films seem like just another movie genre for some people. However, martial art films holds an interesting history, going all the way back to China. One can argue that the genre of martial arts films made martial arts and the appreciation of Asian culture more apparent in U.S society. American filmmakers usually casted Asian crew members because…

Is Art the Ultimate Luxury? The British art market is one of the most powerful and influential in the world. It has gone global thanks to its collectors and dealers who have encouraged a steady supply of art into the capital. Nevertheless artists and collectors stand in a nervous balance between commercialism and creation. The rich have had a monopoly on art since the dark ages and without these rich patrons names like Turner and Holbein would be unknown. However some believe these patrons…

solid celebrity following, creating exclusive collections with star 's such as Rihanna, Kelly Osbourne, and Nicki Minaj, to name but a few (Celebrity Endorsement Ads, 2011). The brand gets a tremendous amount of verbal support from expert make up artists. MAC values making high quality, fashion forward items, in which they pride themselves in. Furthermore, MAC has a program set up called the "Back to MAC" where customers are rewarded by the company. The "Back to MAC" works by clients returning…

Throughout history, an emphasis on collective thought over a singular mindset has been viewed negatively by American textbooks written a country where individual success is paramount to almost everything else. The western culture present in every aspect American society dictates that conformity and communal thinking are harmful: although the media may convince the public to try to fit a certain mold, in reality the necessity of being different and achieving individual success is widely known and…