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She played a lead role in True Blood (2008-14) which was the HBO vampire drama television series of Sookie Stackhouse. For her performance in the same, she conquered the Golden Globe Award for Best Performance in 2009. Her hard work paid off when she got nominated for Primetime Emmy Awards, Golden Globe Award and…

As our society becomes more technologically advanced, many things advance with it. This includes criminal investigations, which can be aided by infrared spectroscopy. IR spectroscopy deals with the infrared region of the electromagnetic spectrum. This region is light with a longer wavelength and lower frequency than visible light. (Wikipedia) IR Spectroscopy is a method to identify substances based on their absorption of infrared wavelengths. It is a study of how the molecules of substances can…

“chick flicks” rely on pre-sold identities where the characters and stories are already known and hence, guarantee a certain level of success. For example, the movie Sex and the City was a success because it was already an internationally well-known HBO TV series. These movies also rarely work alone and incorporate other genres that have a wider appeal. For example, Pitch Perfect (2012) incorporates musical numbers while The Devil Wears Prada (2006) combines “the fish out of water story with…

Sigler is best known for playing the role of Tony Soprano’s daughter in the award-winning HBO drama The Sopranos. Sigler was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis at the age of twenty, and at the time only a few of her trusted colleagues knew about it. About fifteen years later Sigler was ready to come out to the public about her having multiple…

Fahrenheit 451 in in 1953. The main theme was speculated to be censorship and conformity, which Bradbury challenged by declaring that it comments on television taking away interest in books. Despite his dislike in television, Bradbury produced the HBO series Ray Bradbury Theater which portrayed his numerous short stories and ran from 1986 to 1992. It could be argued that Bradbury brought science fiction to a wider audience with his Theater. Bradbury continued to write well into his 80’s with…

Doreen Ketchens is the leader of the group called Doreen's Jazz New Orleans. Their reason for having a band is to spread the culture and the traditional music of New Orleans all over the world. This is what music should be all about. Doreen has a special way to express emotions in her music which touches the hearts of her fans. She is called many things such as "Clarinet Queen", "The female Louis Armstrong", and “Lady Louie”. She has performed with many other jazz players. Ellis Marsalis, Jon…

alter was in control.I was not in class to view the Hilary Stanton documentary due to illness, although I was able tolocate the trailer for the film and witness her behavior as each different alter briefly. After viewing adifferent documentary (1993 HBO) and seeing the behavior of Hilary Stanton as “little…

Rough Draft Negative perceptions of African-Americans are presented on television, movies, and in rap music. Negative stereotypes depicted of black people for entertainment date back to the blackface minstrel shows in mid-19th century. The stereotypes presented on television and film have evolved, most relating or being the stereotypes in the minstrel shows. As well, rap music and the rap music industry emphasizes negative stereotypes of African-Americans. The rap industry and music promote…

One topic that always seems to catch my eye is addiction. According to American Society of Addiction Medicine, Addiction is characterized by inability to consistently abstain, impairment in behavioral control,Addiction craving, diminished recognition of significant problems with one’s behaviors and interpersonal relationships, and a dysfunctional emotional response. Typically, people believe that drug addiction is a choice and that anyone who does it is lacking willpower and is just a typical…

Marriage during the Roman Republic was seldom based upon romance. Contrary to marriages in today’s society, marriage in ancient Rome was a very structured, highly logical arrangement between two families. Legally, as written in Augustan legislation, a Roman woman needed to be, at minimum, twelve years of age in order to get married (Clark, 1981). Most women typically did not get married until they were around twenty years old so that they would be more mature and better able to handle the…