Claudette Colbert

surface of Claudette Colbert’s shimmering, clinging wardrobe for the film lies another story entirely. The costumes in Cecil B. Demille’s 1934 version of Cleopatra have influences and symbols rooted in ancient Egypt, but are most heavily influenced by the art deco of the 1930s. This can be seen in many of her dresses throughout the film, especially during her dinner with Marc Antony and her surrender to Octavian and the Roman army. One example of this is in the slinky, gold lamé dress Claudette Colbert

Unraveling Cleopatra "She took a small boat, and one only of her confidants, Apollodorus, the Sicilian, along with her, and in the dusk of the evening landed near the palace. She was at a loss how to get in undiscovered, till she thought of putting herself into the coverlet of a bed and lying at length, whilst Apollodorus tied up the bedding and carried it on his back through the gates to Caesar's apartment. Caesar was first captivated by this proof of Cleopatra's bold wit, and was afterwards

This video was filmed at the U.S. Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen on February 28, 2003, the theme of the night was When Worlds Collide. The speaker during this video was Anthony Griffith. This video was the second most popular video on The Moth’s youtube channel. During his speech, Griffith talks about how he managed to balance his job as a comedian while his two year old daughter was dealing with cancer. He opens with the Charles Dickens quote “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times,”

“I was tired of hoping for justice. When my moment came, I was ready” These are the words of a young, determined girl named Claudette Colvin, who was tired of the injustices in her society, and was ready to make a change. Claudette shared this eager desire to speak out and face injustice along with Juror #8 from 12 Angry Men. Claudette was more mature and open-minded than the rest of her peers who were consumed by superficial fixations, instead of giving their attention to the more influential and

that history can be very interesting in the normal state of mind but being under the influence makes the topic much more intriguing. We are presented with drunken history video capturing three distinct history incidents. The first video presents “Claudette Colvin and Rosa Parks”, second is “John Adams vs. Thomas Jefferson”, and final is “Breaking News: Some Bullshit Happening.” Two of the videos are presented in a unique under the influence presentation explaining historical events. Each video will

In America, Jon Stewart popularized satirical news shows for Generation Y and Millenials, helping bridge the gap between more traditional news outlets like print newspaper and primetime news programming, with a more youthful Comedy Central-produced program that could be accessed on all mediums, including digital and mobile platforms. While in Europe, I was shocked by the amount of young Europeans that new of Jon Stewart and regularly watched his television program online in their home countries.

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Fake News, To Believe or Not to Believe, That is The Question Katie Sicotte s0510778 11/16/2017 Word Count 1094 Extra! Extra! Read all about it! “Iraqi war veteran’s mother dies after being denied entry into the United States due to President Trump’s travel ban!” Is this report fake news? Yes! The Iraqi man’s mother died before Trump ever signed the executive order related to the travel ban. We have become inundated with fake news by many forums. We have comedy shows that produce news parodies

I was born on the thirteenth of May, 2000 at 3:33 a.m. The same day, people were celebrating their own birthdays. On May 13, 2000, many people had to mourn over the deaths of their loved ones. When people are children, they never quite realize that anything other than their birth happened on their birthday. Now that I am becoming a young woman, it is past time to find out what else happened that day through my own research. I had to ask my parents what they remembered about my birthday first. They

Citizens United. In Tribe and Matz’s book, Stephen Colbert from Comedy Central’s The Colbert Report, focuses on the Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission case and found that “...the corporations and unions have a First Amendment right to spend as much money as they choose when advocating the election or defeat of political candidates, so long as they do not coordinate their advertising with the candidate's' campaign" (Tribe and Matz 88). After Colbert did some research, he aired clips showing how