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William Reed Hastings Jr. is profoundly known as an Entrepreneur and Philanthropist, and was born on 8th October 1960. He joined the training for the Marine Corps in the 1981 and then later joined the Peace Corps and according to him, his time spent on the Peace Corps is responsible to modify his spirit of being an entrepreneur. He graduated from Bowdoin College and the joined Stanford University for the completion of his master’s degree the field of Computer Science and completed his masters in

(May 26, 1926 – September 28, 1991) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. He is among the most influential and acclaimed figures in the history of jazz and 20th century music. With his ever-changing directions in music, Davis was at the forefront of a number of major stylistic developments in jazz over his five-decade career.[1] Born and raised in Illinois, Davis began performing in 1940s New York with saxophonist Charlie Parker before recording the Birth of the Cool sessions

American actor pursuing a career in Hollywood then evolved into politics, to become one of the most influential Presidents in U.S. history. He served as the 33rd Governor of California from 1967 to 1975 then the 40th President of the United States from 1981 to 1989, serving two terms. As president he had the goal of achieving "peace through strength" abroad and during his terms as President he is said by ____ to have achieved a renewal of prosperity in the United States. There have been over 125 books

composer, arranger and conductor. The multiple symphonies, ballets and operas that he produced over the years earned him the nickname "Dean of Afro-American Composers." His compositions were performed across the world.Still also wrote for radio and film, and shared his talents further by creating compositions for children in the 1950s. He was awarded honorary degrees from institutions such as Howard University, Oberlin College, the University of Arkansas, Pepperdine University and the University

originated with a modest jar of Skippy Peanut Butter smeared on a neighbor’s window in a tiny Cincinnati suburb? One might not think that such an average boyhood prank could evolve a boy into a man who would become the most financially successful film director in history. Well, that is exactly where Leah Spielberg, Steven Spielberg’s mother, would trace her son’s initial entry into becoming one of our nation’s most creative storytellers. “His badness was so original,” she recalls (Stein 3).

This essay is going to look at the term Bricolage and how it links to postmodernism and the term Retro. ‘Non-moderns use bricolage to fashion new tools from available objects...Consumers fashion new identities from the resources available to them’ (Ratneshwar, 2000:132). Fashion designers find their inspiration from the past and combine styles to create new designs that are seen as different and inventive. However, many people argue that so many designers use materials, looks and styles from the

aristocrat. The story is inspired by the big-game hunting safaris in Africa and South America that were particularly fashionable among wealthy Americans in the 1920s. The story has been adapted numerous times, most notably for the 1932 RKO Pictures film The Most Dangerous Game, starring Joel McCrea and Leslie Banks, and for a 1943 episode of the CBS Radio series Suspense, starring Orson Welles. Synopsis Sanger Rainsford and his friend, Whitney, travel to Rio de Janeiro to hunt the region’s big cat:

Parallels Between Conrad's Heart of Darkness and Coppola's Apocalypse Now      Apocalypse Now is a very vivid and sometimes disturbing film centered on the Vietnam War. Because it was based on Joseph Conrad's novella Heart of Darkness, it is possible to draw some parallels between the two. Both can be interpreted as metaphors for a journey through the inner self, and each has its own singular message to convey. Apocalypse Now very perspicuously depicts the fact that men have hearts of

Stephen Edwin King, the King of Terror, is one of the most well known best selling American authors. King utilizes vivid detail, psychological thrills, fantasy, the supernatural, science fiction, as well as, inspiration for everyday life and his childhood to create novels. Many of these novels became best selling series that captured the hearts of readers; some of which were adapted into movies. Stephen King was born on September 21, 1947 in Portland, Maine to Donald and Nellie King. Early on

acting in various television movies, such as “Wilma”, and made his film debut in the 1981 “Carbon Copy”. A major career break came when he starred as Dr. Phillip Chandler in the television hospital drama “St. Elsewhere” which ran from 1982 to 1988 on NBC. Denzel was one of only a few African American actors to appear on the series for its entire six-year run. He also appeared in several television, film and stage roles such as the films “A Soldier's Story” (1984), “Hard Lessons” (1986) and “Power” (1986)