In Casey Affleck’s acceptance speech for Best Actor at the 89th Academy Awards‚ Casey Affleck thanked his children for ignoring all the “noise” that comes with being famous. Some of Affleck’s critics believe the “ noise” he refers to are two counts of sexual assault charges pressed on him by two female coworkers. In 2010‚ while working under Affleck on the film I’m Still Here‚ one female worker claimed Affleck crawled into bed with her while she was asleep‚ and the other accused Affleck of attempting
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are a few scenes in the play‚ shown in the essay film that connect to present day and could get us to think about the whole idea of war. The one scene that is directly comparable to the present day is the scene where Mother Courage‚ played by Meryl Streep‚ is talking to the cook and the chaplain about why their king will never be defeated. She feels that the king will not lose in the war because he is in it to make a profit and if he wasn’t it in to make a
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Juliet Mengaziol 410 Paper #3 (Outline) Micah Ling INTRODUCTION: Doubt can be an embodying and overbaring emotion when it adulterates and infects one’s confidence. In John Patrick Shanley’s play “Doubt: A Parable”‚ a small misunderstanding between staff members spreads a plague of doubt at such a malicious pace that everyone ends up questioning the truth of the matter: Did Father Flynn really made advances towards student Donald Miller? An initial suspicion originating from princip
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catch the culprit. Dahl’s book is only about 80 pages long‚ written at a 3rd or 4th grade reading level‚ suffice to say Anderson had a bit of work to do in order to stretch it into an 87 minute movie. Anderson introduces Mr. and Mrs. Fox (Meryl Streep)‚ in the act of raiding a chicken farm. After Mr. Fox accidentally triggers a trap Mrs. Fox alerts him that she is pregnant and pleads with him to find a new‚ safer job. Two years later‚ which is twelve fox years‚ the foxes are living in a hole
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indicate the social norm and common public opinion in a culture as a whole. For example: countless pop cultural interpretations of United State’s current President‚ Donald Trump—often negative—never fail to receive a massive amount of attention. Meryl Streep‚ one of Hollywood’s most influential actors criticized Trump for mocking a physically disabled reporter in her Golden Globes speech. (Brown) The statistic shows about 20 million people watched the show live‚ (Staff‚ Variety) but it is certainly
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From the start of filming industry to present day‚ Ageism‚ or known as age inequality‚ has been roaming around. Women especially were discriminated more than men in the film industry. Out of the 127 nominees for the 2015 Oscars‚ only 25 were female (Walker). The rate of age inequality is still increasing‚ it’s time to step up. "Ageism is prevalent in our industry and it’s like a silent killer‚ like cancer‚ and it gets worse every year."(Richman). Women over 30s or 40s are usually the target of age
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Understanding patient safety is a necessary and crucial segment of quality nursing care. According to Maslow (1954)‚ “patient safety forms the foundation of healthcare delivery just as biological‚ physiological‚ and safety needs form the foundation of Maslow’s hierarchy.” Be that as it may‚ the health care system is inclined to mistakes‚ and can be damaging to safe patient care. Lessening one of the country’s driving reasons for death and damage‚ medical errors‚ will require thorough changes all
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someone you would like to work with one day? It’s probably a long list‚ but who are the top people? Yeah‚ super long list. But for sure‚ Meryl Streep hands down. Cate Blanchette absolutely. The list is so long. A lot of women stand out for me for some reason. Not only are those two women such strong actors‚ but they have such a broad range to them. Especially Meryl Streep. She does comedy so well and she does drama so well. But I also like Cate Blanchette--she played Bob Dylan.I’m trying to think of a
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Until she learned Meryl Streep and Julianne Moore would be her co-stars. "From the moment they said these are the other women‚ I didn’t even think twice‚" says Kidman. "This opportunity rarely comes along. It’s unheard of‚ to be honest." Movies with three major roles for women are rare indeed. Even more rare: The Hours‚ which opens Dec. 27‚ also features such acclaimed actresses as Toni Collette‚ Allison Janney‚ Miranda Richardson and Claire Danes in supporting roles. Kidman‚ Streep and Moore are the
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Fame is the state of being known or recognized by many people because of your achievements and skills. Fame-iness written by Megan Daum‚ described the formation from early celebrities to present days celebrities. The author is basically telling us (the reader) that to be a celebrity in the 60’s you would be well known worldwide and to be a celebrity in our present days you could and can do or be anything as long as you have enough audience entertain and likes what you are producing. Daum gives
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