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    Acting School

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    schools/colleges that are able to deliver the absolute best. Schools that will teach them to emote, to dance, to be able adapt to any language and everything else that is the pre-requisite to completely transforming oneself. Schools that will teach its students not to recite lines but to become a malleable mindset, that can assimilate and reflect an entirely different character. 1. The Juilliard School, New York City Julliard's has given Hollywood some of its best performers - Robin Williams, Kevin Spacey, Christopher

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    connection, with each other. But what doesn’t make sense to me is that we are family we should be able to communicate with each other without judging our differences, but that was just my own perspective on what family should be. Anyway, I will do my best to find a way to get to know my cousins once

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    standing role in man in the moon she was nominated for a Young Artist Award. She very quickly became a well known actress. Following her roles in Desperate Choices: To Save My Child (1992) and Jack the Bear (1993), she starred in the comedy-drama Pleasantville (1998), for which she won the Young Hollywood Award for her amazing Performance. Her leading role of Tracy Flick in Election (1999) was nominated for a Golden Globe Award. In the same year she stars in Tracy Flick in the Election she also marries

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    “Show me a great actor and I’ll show you a lousy husband; show me a great actress and you’ve seen the devil.” -W.C. Fields, famous comedian There are quite a few Hollywood lives that support this quote. Cary Grant was married five times, having scandalous affairs between marriages. The iconic Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz, Judy Garland, developed a severe addiction to alcohol and relied on medications to keep herself emotionally stable, eventually dying from an accidental overdose. These

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    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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    Tommy Tune Research Paper

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    Broadway Biography in Song and Dance, in Boston in April 2008 and continuing in various venues from Maryland in January 2009 to California in February 2009. The Tommy Tune Awards, presented annually by Theatre under the Stars (TUTS) honor excellence in high school musical theatre in Houston. The current home of the Tommy Tune Awards is the Hobby Center for the Performing Arts in Houston, Texas and serve as a tribute for Mr. Tune and his achievements while recognizing young performers following in his

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    Benedict Cumberbatch Essay

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    Cumberbatch is a British actor, who has inextricably linked himself with Sherlock Holmes’ name. His filmography contains dozens of curious characters. However, genius and baddies are the most successful stage types of Benedict. Benedict Cumberbatch – the Family and Childhood Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch came to life on 19 July 1976. It happened in the capital of United Kingdom, London. His parents, Timothy Carlton and Wanda Ventham, were famous TV actors. No surprise, the boy went

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    Ridley Scott's Gladiator

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    is a historical drama movie released in 2000 and directed by Ridley Scott. Scott’s prowess as a director has been proved through his Academy award nominations for successful movies such as Alien, Thelma and Louise, and Gladiator. As for Gladiator, he won five Academy Awards for best picture and best actor and later on he was nominated for lifetime achievement award. There are many elements that make Gladiator a spectacular movie to the viewers with breathtaking fight scenes, among which are editing

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    who plays Daniel Plainview. It’s also known for the exquisite cinematography and screenplay. The film features famous actors such as Daniel Day-Lewis, Paul Dano, and Kevin O’Conner. There Will Be Blood has received many awards as well. The Academy Award for Best Actor, Academy Award for Best Cinematography, and the Silver Bear for Best Director are a few of the more prominent awards. I selected this film because it was among the highest rated films on IMBD. Also, I wanted to find and dive into a history/drama

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    Alan Menken, a famous Composer, Actor, and Artist, was born on July 22,1949 in New Rochelle, New York. Alan received a taste of the music life from the start, his mother, Judy Menken, was a young actress/playwright and his father, Norman Menken, DDS, was a piano playing dentist (Biography Comments 1). His whole family loved Broadway musicals and they spent many nights together just listening to his father play piano, Alan once said, “I showed an interest in piano at a very young age, but I hated

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