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    Bollywood Actors

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    Bollywood Actors with no controversies A Bollywood actor with no controversies is like a lake without water or like a desert without sand‚ more popular they are more the number of controversies some genuine some hyped and some just take air from nowhere. From Shahrukh to Salman or from Katrina to Kareena all have had their share of controversies. Though most of the filmstars like to stay away from it‚ there are a few like Rakhi Sawant and Veena Malik who like to be in the epicenter of controversies

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    Types of Actors

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    3.4 Types of Actors Figure 3.2 Types of Actors and Some Current Actors Who Fit Each Category Impersonators Dustin Hoffman brings Lenny Bruce to life. The performance is so convincing and Lenny so gritty that today’s audiences may think they are seeing Lenny Bruce himself.Photo by Mary Evans/Ronald Grant/courtesy Everett Collection The term impersonator is considered somewhat demeaning in the acting world‚ suggesting that the actor has simply copied the manner‚ dialect‚ and behavior of a character

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    Do professional athletes get paid enough? Yes‚ they do‚ and for many different reasons. Athletes have to deal with large commitments‚ the danger of playing sports‚ and common life expenses. Often‚ professional athletes are offered contracts by a certain team or sponsor. Some of these contracts can be for a long period of time too. Next‚ playing sports has a very large risk for injury. These athletes never know when they will have a career ending injury. Lastly‚ athletes still have to pay for common

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    Should Gay Athletes Participate in Professional Sports? Critical Annotated Bibliography English 112 Moebs April 4th‚ 2014 Borden‚ Sam. (2013 Nov 14) Robbie Rogers Reflects on the Season in the Spotlight as a Gay Athlete. Nytimes.com. 2014 Apr 4. Borden is writing about Robbie Rogers‚ a MLS soccer player who came out in early February and played for the Los Angeles Galaxy this past season. Rogers appeared in games prior to Jason Collins and was coined the first openly gay

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    opinion‚ professional athletes deserve their salaries because of their talent‚ the huge revenue they draw‚ the demands of their job‚ and society’s emphasis on sports and entertainment. Irreplaceable In order to be a professional athlete you have to be “the best of the best” (figuratively). To become “the best of the best” requires hours and hours of practice. These athletes are born with amazing athletic abilities and then must develop and fine tune those abilities to become professional; those

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    Favorite Actor

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    Johnny Depp is an American actor known for his portrayals of unique characters‚ such as Captain Jack Sparrow in “Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl.” Depp wasn’t terribly famous until his role as the suave pirate in 2003. With the film’s success‚ it revealed new doors and nominations for his career. The film also opened a new door for me. Since the film Johnny Depp has become my favorite actor. I admire Depp as an actor because of his talent‚ generosity‚ and devotion. Johnny

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    Actors and Acting

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    The text defines five types of actors: Impersonator‚ Personality‚ Star‚ Wild Card‚ and Character. Come up with examples of each type of actor (in addition to those identified in the text) and explain in detail why you think they fit each particular category. In this chapter‚ I learned that there are five different types of actors; Impersonator‚ Personality‚ Star‚ Wild Card and Character. A great example of impersonator would be Chris Tucker from the movies “Rush Hour”‚ “Friday” and “House Party

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    An Actors Tools

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    Actors utilise many tools in order to successfully convey ideas to an audience. There are many techniques an actor must possess in order to convey their ideas to the audience. These include physicality‚ focus‚ characterisation and improvisation. Actors use these techniques to improve their improvisation skills and improve the quality of their performance. In the workshops conducted during class‚ students focused on improving these techniques in order to maintain a satisfactory performance. Physicality

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    Professional athletes get paid over a million ¬¬dollars each year just to compete and advertise for companies while teachers get paid $40k- $158k per year. Boxer Floyd Mayweather‚ Jr. is the highest paid athlete of 2015-2016 making $150 million yearly with soccer player Cristiano Ronaldo of Spain coming in a close second with a yearly salary of $80 million. Teachers and professors in Luxembourg are paid the highest amount in the world with a starting salary of $79k that can reach over $138k. The

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    Are Professional Athletes being Paid too Much? An Editorial on the Overlooked Salary Difference Matt Crandall SHS Junior Walking through the halls of Sally High one day‚ my ear caught the words of two young individuals debating over an interesting topic. It was a discussion on the large pay difference between what they thought were hard working Americans and jobs of the entertainment market. As I continued to think more in depth about this current discussion that had just been overheard

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