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    lawyer prepares to depart, his father is arrested for a hit-and-run death. Hank takes on his father's defense, despite the objections of the resentful old man. Then there is ‘Legally Blonde’ this is about a young women, Elle Woods, played by Reese Witherspoon, who has it all. She wants nothing more than to marry Warner Huntington III, played by Matthew Davis. There is only one thing stopping him from proposing: She is ‘too blonde’. Elle rallies all of her resources and gets into Harvard, determined

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    stereotyped South fixated on the Antebellum Era. The 2002 movie “Sweet Home Alabama” poetries Southerners that are trying to preserve the way of life that existed before the Civil War. The main plot of the movie is that Melanie Carmichael, played by Reese Witherspoon, becomes engaged to the son of the mayor of New York City, but before they can get married she has to go to Alabama to finalize her divorce. During one part of the movie she reveals that her friend Bobby Ray is gay. A little further into the

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    Thomas Lovsey Mrs. Barker ENGL 1100 Nov. 12, 2015 Not as Simple as Black-and-White “Discrimination is behavior, intentional or not, which negatively treats a person or a group of people based on their racial origins” (Randall). It is unclear what the exact cause is for people to be prejudiced towards another group of individuals. Racism could perhaps be triggered by having a fear of people who are different, needing to fit in with others who are of a racist mindset, and/or being ignorant of

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    Tobey Maguire plays David Wagner, a teen addicted to watching reruns on a classic TV show called Pleasantville, and his sister, Jennifer, played by Reese Witherspoon, experience a big twist as they have never seen before. David uses Pleasantville to take his mind off of the “cruel” world he believes he is living in. Their mother then leaves them home alone to head out of town to meet with her young boyfriend. The siblings then fight over who gets to use the television, Jennifer wanting to watch a

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    Beth Wade Discussion Paper T338 2/14/15 School for Scandal Richard Brinsley Sheridan’s play School for Scandal was an interesting play. The play was very easy to follow and read, and the characters, though mostly stock, were likeable for me. I found a copy of the show on IUcat, and that performance really stuck out to me because it modernized the characters from their original rendering. I liked reading this play, but actually seeing it performed helped me understand some of the intent behind the

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    American Psycho stars Christian Bale, William Dafoe, Reese Witherspoon, and Josh Lucas. Patrick Bateman is a very wealthy man who in his own world believes he’s a murderer. He leads his secret life hiding it from the public that he is a serial killer. Throughout the movie Bateman seems to be losing control of his urges and begins to see things that might not be there. The movie ends leaving a doubt in our minds if Bateman was really a serial killer or was all the agony and pain all made up in his

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    After all, that is when most people get creative. So, here are 16 fashion rules worth breaking this summer. Myth 01 Do not mix bright colors Truth be told, mixing unexpected bright colors can make a major style statement. Like, that time when Reese Witherspoon came into spotlight with her Rory Beca dress with a bold color combination of hot pink with red and matching red sandals. Myth 02 Do not mix patterns We all have heard this one way too often. It is nothing more but, just a silly myth. Mixing

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    Gone girl is one of the best movies of 2014. The movie is a drama film that was produced by TSG Entertainment and distributed by 20th Fox Cinema. The film was directed by David Fincher and produced by Arnon Milchan, Reese Witherspoon, Cean Chaffin, and Joshua Donen. The movie is an adaptation of the novel 'Gone Girl ' by Gillian Flynn who doubles up as the screenwriter of the film. The main casts of the movie are Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike, Neil Patrick, and Tyler Perry. The four main cast are

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    ‘’Tomorrows Designs, Classics Today’’ In this Exhibition, I will be looking at Haute Couture Designers Giorgio Armani and Giambattista Valli and their contemporary designs. These designers have shown a lot of passion for their work, building their way up throughout the years and not losing the concepts of their designs being classic and elegant today. What makes a design considered as a classic today is a garment that is one off meaning it 's just been designed to fit the customers needs, therefore

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    A Big Apple native born October 30, 1959, LaGravense grew up in Brooklyn and studied acting at New York University’s experimental theater department at the Tisch School of Arts. As a student, he explored his skills with dialogue and formed a New York based comedy group, for which he also wrote sketches. His sketch material led to an offer by former Saturday Night Live writer Neil Levy, to co-write the script for the 1989 release, Rude Awakening. He wrote (and sold) his first piece of writing for

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