Screen Actors Guild

Tom cruise set to receive CinemaCon 2018 award Legendary actor Tom Cruise will be the first actor to receive of the 2018 CinemaCon Pioneer of the Year award. The award has been previously bagged by non actors like Dick Cook, Cecil B. DeMille and Alan Horn. Others are Donna Langley, Tom Sherak, Jack Valenti, and Jack Warner. For Cruise, this adds another feather on his hat. He is famous for stunts in Hollywood movies, as well as his successful acting career that has seen him star in hundreds of blockbuster movies. The award is an initiative of the Will Rogers Motion Picture Pioneers Foundation. It is given to the industry professional who possess the best qualities in leadership, service and philanthropy. Interestingly, Cruise ticks all the three boxes. Firstly, as an award winning actor who has featured in hundreds of films, he was a clear contender given his…

Tom Cruise: Love affairs, Marriages, Hookups and 20 amazing facts about your Favorite actor and producer. Interesting and surprising facts about your beloved Tom Cruise 1. Tom Curise original name is Thomas Cruise Mapother 2. Nominated 3 times in Oscars award. 3. Won 3 Golden Globe Award for his best performance in 2 films “Born on the Fourth of July”, “Jerry Maguire” and best supporting role in “Magnolia” 4. Tom Married 3 times with Mimi Rogers, Nicole Kidman and Kaite Holmes 5. Cruise has…

put on a show and not look nervous, but more goes into acting than the general public may realize. Actors play parts or roles in dramatic productions in motion pictures , on the stage, or on television or radio. “They impersonate, or portray, characters by speech, gesture, song , and dance. There are approximately 56,500 actors working in the United states”.…

The Trade unions and the employees in New Zealand (NZ) have kept expressing their concerns over the secrecy of TPPA negotiations through various protests. On the 25th of March this year, thousands of people around NZ came out to protest against the government’s position over the TPPA. The secret nature of the TPPA was criticised. Moreover, the secrecy was considered as selling out NZ’s sovereignty to the globalization and profit-seeking corporations. Dr Jane Kelsey, a professor at the Auckland…

Throughout history labor unions have been and are debated. The labor unions versus capitalism are a major subject matter that has separated our country into two separate political parties. Whether, unions are practical and mandatory for our economy, or just another conflict added to the list of problems our country already has. Although, the general opinion of part of today’s labor unions have become redundant and can eventually be risky, labor unions of the Glided Age were necessary.…

Although Smith recognized that guilds have the possibility to create political corruption in governments, this was not the case in Venice, as the Venetian government controlled the flow of commissions in the city: "Like virtually every other trade practiced in the city, the arts were protected and controlled by the state" (Brown 41). Since the government held control over the market, they would decide who would receive commissions to suit their own needs. For instance, one of the most frequent…

During the Middle Ages guilds were created to protect the guild members and the consumers. Formed rules and prices for trade so that they performed fair business on all sides. It helped members that were low or middle class to climb to a higher social status. This would allow apprentices who were taught by masters to become masters after going through the ranks. Some families would send their sons at an early age to work as an apprentice so by the time they were adults they would become…

symbol for mistreatment and abuse was not far-fetched for the printing shop workers struggling each day to survive while the masters live in comfort. The workers could not have openly spoken out against the bourgeois masters due to socioeconomic conditions in eighteenth century France. As previously mentioned, the masters provided the apprentices and journeymen with minimal work, food, and sleep. The workers were surviving, but barely. Additionally, the masters, as leaders of the powerful…

Production methods such as silkscreen printing have been revisited and adapted many times since being created. This technique was popularized almost a century ago and since then, has been explored by both designers and artists. Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein both began screen-printing in the 1960s and heavily influenced the popularity of the printing method in both art and design. It has a unique style that also influences modern graphic design. Because designers reflect on the works of…

growing up and in between acting, Lawrence served as an assistant nurse at the children's summer day camp that her mother ran. She's a very sporty person. Growing up, she played basketball, field hockey and softball as a kid. At school, she was voted the "Most Talkative" which makes sense after you watch some of her hilarious interviews.Jennifer Lawrence is a influential advocate of feminism through her charity work, awards, and career as an actress. Jennifer Lawrence impacted feminism through…