Two powerful movies from 2005 illustrate the importance of faith and virtue in leading a good life. One, Mother Teresa, tells the life story of one of the world’s best-known and most admired women, and “End of the Spear” is the story of five American missionaries to the Waodani Indians of the Ecuadorian jungles. …
There is a long history of movies that hit the silver screen diving into television sets in the forms of TV shows. Some were met with huge success and longevity, but the majority of them were virtual train wrecks. On the surface it seems like a logically brilliant idea: take a film that audiences …
1. Fruit In Your Looms Someone once said something along the lines that, Monty Python is to “funny” what chartered accountants are to “boring.” Who are we to disagree? 2. Python’s Give Live Birth The legend of Monty Python emerged nobly from the dusty corridors of Oxford and Cambridge universities. All of the British …
Thievery is alive and well in Hollywood. The glamorization of crime invariably tickles the curiosity of the public. Criminals have been portrayed as exciting, daring and cunning tantamount to hero status. They are the risk takers who should not be completely judged upon their criminal expression but rather looked at as individuals with some …
2006’s Superman Returns, from director Bryan Singer, is the fifth movie to tell the story of a simple young boy from another planet who falls to earth and grows up to be the Man of Steel, helping people and averting disasters that would end the world. Here is a quick look at the first …
Today click-and-download technology presents a greater threat to the music recording industry than all other past music-delivery technologies combined. Music piracy exists in 3 different planes: – Illegally mass-manufactured pirate music CDs – Illegal copies of legitimately purchased music CDs – Illegally downloaded digital copies of recorded music A research study on the economic …
Being a fan of any celebrity, particularly musicians, you may come to a point in your life where you want to have them autograph a CD, poster, or photo. Many fans collect autographs to display proudly in a showroom and many people collect autographs as a way to earn a profit by selling them …
Everybody knows the woman called Oprah. She is in the Forbes list of 100 richest and most powerful celebrities in the world. Aside from being a talk show host, magazine publisher, and producer – she is also known as a philanthropist and a global media leader. Oprah Winfrey is one of the most well-known …
Off Broadway shows refer to offbeat and experimental theatrical shows (musicals, stage shows and plays) in theaters, which are not in Broadway theatrical territory. The classification of a theatre as off-Broadway is determined by the contract terms and conditions lay down by the Actors Equity guild. Usually the off-Broadway theater has a capacity of …
Painting is the art of applying pigments to a surface whether it is on paper, canvas, a wall or any other medium, to create an image with lines and colors. The image can represent real objects found around us or imaginary ones. It may also be an arrangement of abstract forms. The art of …