Arielle Cunningham Professor Coleman College Writing 2B 18 February 2013 The Man He Really Is In the film Million Dollar Baby‚ Frankie Dunn is a trainer in California who refrains from building close bonds with others. The main source of that comes from his daughter. Though his daughter never makes an appearance in the film‚ their relationship affects the relationships he shares with those around him. He wishes to be close with her‚ but because of the distance between them‚ it causes him to
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outline” for your life and from your basic outline and mold‚ you make something of that. Just to prove my point‚ look at various celebrities who have gone from “rags to riches”: Stephen King‚ Sarah Jessica Parker‚ William Shatner‚ Oprah Winfrey‚ Hilary Swank‚ J.K. Rowling‚ Jim Carrey‚ Tom Cruise‚ Demi Moore‚ Shania Twain‚ Sean Combs‚ Jewel‚ and Leighton Meester. But‚ I digress. My main point is that each journey of life has meaning‚ and each journey or path‚ I believe‚ is sometimes more important
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Freedom Writers Director: Richard LaGravenese Brief outline of story: The storyline of the movie takes place between 1992-1995. Beginning with scenes from the 1992 Los Angeles Riots. Hilary Swank plays the role of Erin Gruwell‚ a new‚ excited schoolteacher who leaves the safety of her hometown‚ Newport Beach‚ to teach at Woodrow Wilson High School in Long Beach‚ a formerly high achieving school which has recently had an integration program put in place. Her enthusiasm is quickly challenged
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nominated for an Oscar carries it’s own prestige. Every year‚ actors‚ film crews and fans alike anticipate nominations and winners for each category. A curious trend continues to arise with the annual Oscar nominees and winners. Not since 2004’s Hilary Swank in Million Dollar Baby‚ has a film featuring a strong lead female character won their Oscar nomination. In fact‚ of the eight nominees for Best Picture every year‚ 3 films – at most – featuring strong female leads are nominated. The use of female
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Rough Draft Why it is Important to Further a person education and build a career to make a better life. There are some people‚ who make it in life without a valuable education‚ but it is much more important to have an education and further it for a person’s career and he or she’s life in general. This is stated because it is harder to build a career without an education than it is with one. Doing without an education can be one of the biggest challenges in a persons life and may turn out to truly
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If this had been the case‚ Brandon would! have never been in the bar trying to get out of town and thus would have never met John Lotter‚ his eventual assailant. INSIGHTS What a powerful role for Hilary Swank to pull off. From what I understand from documentaries and other information related to Brandon Teena‚ this movie was profoundly similar to the circumstances that took place. I have a few qualms however regarding the actions of Brandon Teena
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in MS. Retrieved from http://www.msc.co.uk/index.cfm/fuseaction/show/pageid/398 Multiple Sclerosis Trust PubMed Health. (2012).Multiple Sclerosis. Retrieved from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0001747 Schoenstadt‚ A Swank MS Foundation. (2009). About the Swank Low-fat For the Treatment of MS. Retrieved from http://www.swankmsdiet.charityfinders.org/About%20The%20Diet Letter to the Editor:
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Politics‚ Where We Stand.” Women’s Voices Feminist Visions‚ Classical and Contemporary Readings. 6th Ed. Ed. Susan M. Shaw and Janet Lee. New York: McGraw-Hill Education‚ 2015‚ 37-39. Print. Iron Jawed Angels. Dir. Katja Von Garnier. Perf. Hilary Swank‚ Frances O’Connor‚ Julia Ormond‚ Patrick Dempsey. HBO Video‚ 2004. DVD. Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony. Dir. Ken Burns. Perf. PBS‚ 1999. Film. Shaw‚ Susan M.‚ and Janet Lee. Women’s Voices
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Top Philippines Designers Pitoy Moreno - Jose "Pitoy" Moreno is the best-known Filipino fashion designer. Moreno is internationally recognized as the "Fashion Czar of Asia".[citation needed] A former student at the University of the Philippines‚ where he joined the Upsilon Sigma Phi fraternity‚ Moreno is one of the earliest advocates of the Maria Clara gown. Moreno was the president of the Philippine Couture Association‚ the very first association of fashion designers in Manila‚ Philippines.
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Iron Jawed Angels Have you ever wondered what being a woman of the 19th century was really like? Hillary Swank portrays it beautifully in this drama/romance that should be added to our High School library for all young women to see. Swank portrays a young defiant‚ Alice Paul‚ a political activist in Iron Jawed Angels‚ in which the director‚ Katja von Garni re-creates the history of the beginning of an end to women’s suffrage. The heart warming‚ true story of Alice Paul and Lucy Barnes is riveting
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