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    pieces of music. He was born on February 8, 1932 in Floral Park, New York. A few important works of his, are the soundtracks for Harry Potter, E.T.- The Extra Terrestrial, Star Wars, Jurassic Park and Jaws. So far, he has educed a plethora of awards for his works. He has gained five Oscars, four Golden Globes, seven BAFTAs and twenty-one Grammys. With forty-eight nominations for the Oscars, he is runner-up Walt Disney as the most nominated person incessantly. He was awarded a multitude of gold

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    lloyd and distributed by universal pictures in partnership with tom hanks,rita playton and littlestar. It earned 6.8 million on a 52 million budget. Meryl streep’s was 59 years old when they made the movie she’s won 2 two oscars and countless other awards. The movie is a musical and the songs are from ABBA it come out on broadway october,18,2001 at the winter garden theatre after premiering in london at the prince edward theatre.it was on March 23, 1999 that the musical mama mia met its first and most

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    Two very talented comedians in their own right but have you ever wondered how did they become the stars that they are and how different were their paths in getting there? Who are their targeted audience and why? The obvious similarities between Mo’Nique and Fey is that they are both women and both are comedians but the similarities stop there. Mo’Nique was brought up in a two parent household however her family struggled with addictions and abuse. Fey also was brought up in a two parent household

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    let’s face it, discrimination isn’t over, and it never will be. Women have been belittled in almost every industry in comparison to males. The numbers are there, and there is no argument against it, women have made and do make less. Quite frankly, it’s ridiculous that in this day and age that we have advanced to, we still see women as less superior and deserving of less pay. the average wage for women is seventy-seven cents to the dollar that a man makes for the exact same job. To add salt to the

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    Review of American Beauty The 1999 Academy Award winning movie American Beauty has many major plots and shows the reality of American life. This movie uses symbolism to get ideas across in many different situations and it shows the actuality of life, it is not always what it looks like on the outside. Lester and Carolyn Burnham seem like they have a perfect marriage and a perfect family life while in turn they are having a lot of marriage problems. Lester is going through a midlife crisis;

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    With the cartoons he made, awards he won, and the creation of the theme parks, Disney changed the minds of several to live younger and with a smile. The Disney name is constantly remembered as the cartoon Mickey Mouse. Walt Disney created and brought more than just one cartoon to life though. According to http://www.britannica.com/ his first cartoon was

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    Police v. Guns on the Streets My research paper is that people should focus on the streets that are mainly weapons, kids carrying toy guns replica from a real gun will be mistakenly the targets getting killed by police officer 's. People have not realized that guns are the major causes of death. Against fellow police officers. it has showed that since the shooting of Oscar Grant and Michael Brownl increase the killings of police officers shot by a real or a toy replica gun. Police are basically putting

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    Music is an identifying characteristic of film and television; everyone who has been exposed to popular culture knows the theme for Star Wars and The Simpsons, even if they have never seen the movie or show. Disney movies are no exception, and this is largely due to the genius creative mind of Alan Menken. Menken is best known for composing the scores for some of the most beloved Disney classics, including Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid, Hercules, Pocahontas, and Tangled. He also

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    The novel “Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet,” is a unique story. In the story, we learn about Henry on two fronts of his life, the younger, twelve year old Henry during 1942, as well as forty year old Henry in 1986. The story is about a love that surpasses time and distance. We follow Henry and his life as young Chinese-American boy attending a mainly white school on a scholarship. As a young boy, Henry feels out of place since he barely speaks with his own parents, due to the fact that his

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    and thanks you for giving us such an awesome film to review in our class. To begin with, the movie’s screenplay fantastically dramatized the movie itself. In fact, the film’s screenplay managed to obtain a nomination for the Writers Guild of America Award in the “Best Adapted Screenplay” category. One reason why it kept me entertained consists in every line of dialogue incorporating a staggering amount of character into it, that it feels as if they recorded them in the exact moment the characters exclaimed

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