Hollywood

It was a breezy Sunday in Santa Monica, Hollywood. Lawrence Exeter and his wife were buying clothes for their soon to be son at Goosie Gander Baby Shoppe. “I don’t understand why our son needs to dress like this,” exclaimed Mrs. Exeter as she held up a navy blue button up shirt. “I told you already he needs to follow in my footsteps, the key to success is about how you dress!” replied Lawrence, a very successful businessman. Lawrence grabbed the shirt out of his wife's hands and walked up…

Flores 1 F. Scott Fitzgerald was an very prosperous author. He wrote the classic novel The Great Gatsby, as well as several other books. His life has shared many events with some of his characters, possibly being an influence to his stories. Fitzgerald had many similarities and differences in his life and the life of the character Jay Gatsby. In the novel, Gatsby went into the army during World War I as a lieutenant, as well as Fitzgerald did. Both had dropped out of a prestigious college to…

such as Sessue Hayakawa, Anna May Wong, and Sabu Dastagir were considered pioneers mostly due to their high prominence and popularity as actors in the 20th century. Sessue Hayakawa was the first Japanese actor to star in a leading role in Hollywood cinema and gained notoriety as an early sex symbol. Hayakawa was born June 10th, 1889 in Chiba, Japan and originally aspired to follow his father’s footsteps and become a Naval Officer. However,…

While everyone knows that Hollywood likes to suspend belief for the sake of entertainment, not many people realize how much was truly made up for this series. While I do not assume people equate everyday archaeologists with Indiana Jones, I do not think that people truly know what…

it is imperative to look at this first stage of HRM - getting employers for the company. In film business, one instantly encounters the notion of biased hiring. Equality rights is not something present on a day-to-day basis in hiring practices in Hollywood, with strong influence from gender-related stereotypes (Dessler and Chhinzer; “The Changing Legal Emphasis” 30; Erigha 85-87). Women in the workforce are generally regarded as weaker, less educated, more dramatic and opinionated, less…

Everyone has seen the movies where disobedience is a trait in the main character, yet in the end, the character lucks out and seems to save the day with his disobedience. That is merely fictional, and Hollywood has a great way of betraying disobedience as the next “big thing”. Disobedience is a negative human trait and being disobedient is unruly and unkind. Throughout school, individuals are taught to be obedient to your teachers and higher authorities. The idea of obedience should not change…

The “Teresa DeBrito” chapter from Malcolm Gladwell’s David and Goliath connects the size of classes to learning and the amount of money to raising children. I believe that Gladwell did a great job in this essay and I agree with most of his points. An assumption I had before reading was that children who come from nothing have more drive then kids who are raised surrounded by wealth. The reason for my assumption is that I have heard/seen so many stories of people who’ve started from nothing and…

beautiful and talented actresses. This game pays particularly close attention to the gems and jewels favoured by Hollywood elite, as the value of such has not been lost in translation to the digital realm. There is just enough flaunting of wealth to appear classy, without passing into the territory of being gaudy and ostentatious. Overall, Marilyn’s Diamonds is game that certainly has the Hollywood “star” factor. Glitz, Glamour, and Glory The gameplay here is quite straightforward, as the…

Mass media in modern culture reaches the largest audience, generating the greatest amount of recognized icons that influence the female race . Throughout history woman have held a voice for their position in society, but the roles woman hold that are accepted by popular culture are those that are repressed and build on male dominance. The struggle for woman to break free of gender stereotypes has been an on going battle throughout history. Although progress has been made, it’s still clear that…

It attempts to explore McCarthyism in the 1950’s, the work of The House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) and the effect backlisting had on Hollywood and the entertainment business. During the ‘red scare’ when there was a fear of communism senator Joseph McCarthy produced a series of investigations in an effort to expose communism. Hollywood was subject to these investigations. If anyone is the entertainment industry was found to be so monist or have had any communistic relations or ties…