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May252018 by Paul LinusNo Comments

The First Academy Award Ceremony

Entertainment

Motion pictures – tainted by scandals, demands for censorship, union unrest, and in the midst of a transition to “talkies” – faced a turning point in 1927. It was during that year that producer Louis B. Mayer, director Fred Niblo, and actor Conrad Nagel suggested that an organization be formed to oversee the film industry. Responding to their idea, a group of thirty-two industry elites, including Douglas Fairbanks, Sr., Mary Pickford, Harold Lloyd, Jack L. Warner, Beth Meredyth, and Cecil B. DeMille, met and formed The International Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (International soon being dropped from the title). Academy Award and Oscar History Begins As part of their mission, the newly formed Academy, with Fairbanks as its head, sought to publicize and reward the mo...

May182018 by Paul Linus1 Comment

Celeb Flashback: Gene Tierney – Sultry Star of Stage, Film

Entertainment, Movies

Gene Tierney was raised in a world of wealth and privilege. Her dark eyes and remarkable beauty thrilled and enchanted theater-goers, but she was also a deeply troubled woman who suffered from mental illness for many years. Gene Tierney Studies Acting In 1938, Tierney attended Miss Porter’s School, a college preparatory school in Connecticut. On vacation, she visited the Warner Bros. Studios and was offered a contract, but she was only seventeen and her parent’s turned it down because of the low salary. She decided to study acting at a Greenwich Village acting studio in New York. She appeared on Broadway and received favorable reviews from Variety and The New York Times. Her father started a corporation—Belle-Tier-- solely to support her acting career. Gene Tierney is Offered ...

May142018 by Paul LinusNo Comments

Most Requested All Time Love Songs Include Crazy In Love, What Is Love

Entertainment, Music

The word “love”, “loves” or “loved” appears in 232 of the song titles in the Pop Culture Madness database of most-requested hit singles from 1960 to 2008. This analysis ranks those most-requested love hits, applying current statistics from the Pop Culture Madness online rankings for each year in which those love songs were released. About 13% or 31 of the 232 songs mentioned above made the Pop Culture Madness annual top 10 lists for most-requested singles. These 31 top 10 singles are detailed below. Most Popular Decades For Love Songs The eighties and nineties were decades during which the largest number of popular love hits were released, with 56 most-requested songs from each of those eras. And while many baby boomers still love sixties music, only 38 of the most-requ...

Apr22018 by Paul LinusNo Comments

BBC Alice in Wonderland DVD Review

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Fans of the book who are looking for a treat in watching a version filled with notable British comedians and dramatists will be sorely let down, when watching this mess of a project. If anything, it is has been widely reported that director Jonathan Miller refused to have any of the supporting characters in animal costumes, as it would be silly to have such actors don their respective character's outfits, thus lessening the cachet of his valued telecast. Alas, by doing so, Miller creates a real mess of a narrative for anyone unfamiliar with either the book or Disney's more popular animated classic from 1951. All the actors are dressed in Victorian attire, leading viewers to question exactly who they are and their relationship to Alice. Add to this the fact that in most scenes you...

Mar202018 by Paul Linus2 Comments

Three Best Zombie Movies

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Zombies have had a major resurgence in popular culture in the last decade. The rise of these murderous, brain-eating undead has been based in part on the success of scary movies that feature them, as well as on the numerous zombie survival guides that have been released. What this zombie film guide intends to do is provide a mix of ghoulish modern and classic zombie movies that represent zombies using different styles and storytelling techniques. Night of the Living Dead (1968), Directed by George A. Romero The classic of all classic zombie films, Night of the Living Dead was strongly criticized when it was released for having vulgar, explicit content. In 1999, however, the film was placed on the United States' National Film Registry for its cultural importance. Though it wasn...

Feb212018 by Paul LinusNo Comments

Inside Look at Emo Punk Music

Entertainment, Music

“Emo”…the very word strikes fear into the hearts of parents, passionate rebellion into the hearts of fans and a sour nostalgia into the hearts of those few who were there at the start. However ‘emo’, or emotional punk, is much more than a fleeting teenage fad – and has been so for over 20 years. The Birth of Emo Back in the mid 80s, Washington DC band Rites of Spring cropped up on the local punk scene and began thrilling their audiences with furious and energetic performances. Their hallmark sound fused melodic aspects with the well-established punk formula, creating a platform for emotional expression never before seen within alternative rock music. Emo was born, although it was hardly accepted as a credible sub-genre at the time. Emo in the 1990s Skip to the mid-to-late 9...