Jessica Lange Andi Armstrong Essay

Simone Biles was born on March 14, 1997 in Ohio. Mrs.Biles aka Simone Biles mother had a drug addiction and could not care for Simone and her sister. Ron and Nellie (simone’s grandparents) took care of SImone Biles and her sister. Soon after that they were adopted my Ron and Nellie. Ron and Nellie are actually the parents of Simone Biles mothers. Biles found her paction for gymnastics

Julie Taymor was born on December 15, 1952 in Newton, Massachusetts. She is the youngest of four sisters. Her father, Melvin Lester Taymor, was a gynecologist. Her mother, Elizabeth Bernstein Taymor, was a teacher in political science. She like international folklore and mythology, and developed a passion for theater. Her early interest in theater helped in her success today. At an early age, Taymor and her sisters would set up shows and plays for her family and friends in their backyard. Then at the age of ten, she studied theater at Boston’s Children’s Theater.

"When I was little I would think of ways to kill my daddy." [P.1], says eleven-year-old Ellen. Thus the young narrator begins her life-story, in the process painting an extraordinary self-portrait. “Ellen Foster” is a powerful story of a young girl growing up in a burdensome world. As one reads this work presented by Kaye Gibbons, a chill runs down their back. Ellen, the main character is faced with a hard life dealing with endless losses, with the deaths of both her parents and her grandmother being included. Why would one get a chill you wonder? This individual has thoughts and feelings that many have never experienced and cannot express. Ellen is merely a child no older then the age of ten but if not knowing this fact,

Jessica Parker never got herself into any sort of trouble as a kid and teenager. She always followed the rules and never did anything crazy. In fact, she once went to a party and demanded her dad to drive her back home due to the amount of alcohol that was being consumed!

On the border between interior and exterior worlds, we find this café, connected to the outside by a revolving glass door on which dancers sometimes smash themselves. In this space, the interior women are blind to their surroundings except when bumping against the furniture. On the other, bodies coming from the outside can see their surroundings and avoid bumping into the furniture but are nonetheless unable to grasp the interiority of the other

The film that I chose to write about is a Paramount Pictures presentation titled Mean Girls, starring Lindsay Lohan and also featuring a handful of Saturday Night Live cast members, including Tina Fey the author of this picture. The reason behind choosing this film is because it has a unique style of introducing characters, transitioning between scenes, and various tools to help spice up the film. Being one of my personal favorites, Mean Girls is a comedy about a home schooled teenage girl who enters high school for the first time. She tries to figure herself out by where she can fit in and who she needs to become friends with.

Lena Horne was born on June 30, 1917 in Brooklyn, New York. Her parents were Teddy and Edna Scottron Horne. After her father left her at the age of two in order to pursue his gambling career; her mother leaving soon after that to pursue her acting career; she went to live with her grandparents. Through her grandparents influence she became involved with organizations like the NAACP, at an early age.

Born and raised in Michigan, Debbie Stabenow has been one of Michigan’s senators for the past 16 years. She has been a helping hand not only for Michigan but for the whole United States, finding ways to create jobs, improve health care and protect the Great Lakes of Michigan. Stabenow’s role in the senate is crucial, being on the Senate Agriculture Committee, fighting for small business’ and manufacturing. Debbie Stabenow is a fighter for what she believes in for Michigan and for America.

2.Her dad, William hershal dover, was born in November. 15, 1928. He also was born in St.louis Missouri. And her mom, Margret dover, was also born in St. Louis Missouri. She was born December. 10, 1926.

Lily Tomlin, better know as Violet Newstead from the movie 9 to 5 really came into the role and performed greatly. Her character, Violet Newstead, was hard-working and had a vision of success. She knew what she wanted and she knew that she deserved it. You could see how much the 3rd Wave Feminism affected her because towards the second half of the movie you saw her become more powerful in her ways. She is more forceful and demanding because she knows that no matter what gender she is, she deserved what she was asking for. She worked hard for that promotion and Mr. Hart gave it to a man just because the job wasn’t fit for a women.

The biggest issue that Hollywood currently is facing is its lack of diversity both in front of and behind the camera. Very few opportunities are offered to minorities in the entertainment industry, so it needs to be celebrated when someone who lacks the same chances as a white male is able to make their voice heard. Director Ava DuVernay is one of those artist who refused to be silenced. Ava is a black female director, screenwriter, film marketer, and film distributer. The majority of her narrative films feature black female characters that are navigating their way through life and learn about themselves as they go along. She began her film career with a music documentary and worked

Her mom's name is Charity and her dad is Adrian Frazier, her mom works for the city of Indianapolis and her dad work in a factory and never obtained his licence and had 2 siblings a 10 year old brother and a 18 year old sister. Her family is very loud, wild, funny, argue occasionally, and noisy, especially since adria has two dogs. Adria traveled to many of places like Florida, North and South Dakota, and more.

This marked the start of her acting career. Over time, Pam starred in movies such as Jackie Brown, The Big Doll House, and Above the Law. She also was in movies such as Ghost in Mars and Bones in the early 2000s. Because of her roles in movies, she was nominated for and won many awards. She was mainly in blaxploitation movies which geared towards black audiences and showcased their stereotypes.

As a child most of us were raised to believe that jail consists of all "bad people". We did not think much about the system that incarcerated people. I think it is fair to say that the United States is filled with "children" who do not know the realities of how society works and treats black people. These people are colorblind. In the film, Ava DuVernay talks about systematic racism and the injustice in prison systems. She addresses the problem of Americas prison growing. DuVernay states, “It’s a long time coming for me, just being really affected by police interactions". She then goes on and talks about her experiences with the prison system and police. She grew up in the atmosphere that prison was always present. As a child she remembers

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