same year as he graduated from Saint Martins College. The entire collection was bought up and sold in Browns. * 1984: Galliano launched his own label, named after himself. * 1987: Galliano won his first British Designer of the Year award. He won this award three other times in 1994, 1995, and in 1997 when he shared the honor with fellow British designer Alexander McQueen. * Galliano struggled with his financials for years following his graduation in 1984. By 1990 he was broke and had moved
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Shawshank Redemption Paper In society, one of the most popular forms of punishment for deviant individuals who commit criminal acts is to send them to a correctional facility. Although the rest of society has rejected this person as a result of this behavior - in a restricted setting like prison - people begin to adapt to their surroundings. Inevitably, the longer one stays in this setting, the more institutionalized people become. Criminals will soon readily accept their status as a prisoner
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aFILM & TV 1. TV The Princess Frog was the first Disney Film to have a black princess. What is the name of the actress who voiced the main character Tiana? Anika Noni Ross 2. This soundtrack belongs to which film? MIB (alternative question: complete this line from a film’s sound track: “here come the men in black... ANS: GALAXY DEFENDERS!) 3. Who likes Orange Soda? Kel 4. Who played the original Aunt Vivian in the Fresh Prince of Bel-air? Jane Hubert MUSIC 1. This year Beyonce and Jay-Z
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inspiration. She has achieved worldwide fame as a poet, author, actress, historian, civil rights activist, producer and director. She has published ten best selling books and numerous magazine articles, winning both the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award nominations. Maya Angelou has also survived many hardships. She remembers the good times and the bad and writes about them both. Maya Angelou's sad life experiences inspired her to write works of poetry about herself. And today she is one of the most
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Classicism By Lawrence Bradshaw II UNV200 With Andrew McMurray July 27th, 2010 One of my favorite movies of all time (keep in mind that there is a very long list of “my favorite movies”) is“Shawshank Redemption”, primarily for the quote “Andy crawled to freedom through five hundred yards of sh*t, smelling foulness I can't even imagine, or maybe I just don't want to. Five hundred yards: that's the length of five football fields, just shy of half a mile, only to come out clean
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James Cameron’s movie Avatar was a major discussion amongst my friends when it came out. All of them had seen it at midnight opening, while I was stuck home doing errands and work. For weeks they would talk about how amazing the scenery was and how epic the fights were between the Na’vi and humans. I was completely lost during each discussion we had when we hung out at Starbucks or each other’s houses. I hated not knowing what the movie was about and finally I decided to watch it online. Now I know
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Maya Angelou is one of the most famous African-American women figures. As well as an inspiring figure as a poet, Maya is also well known to have been a great actress, educator, historian, author, playwright, director and producer (mayaangelou.com/bio/). At the time of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Maya was also inspired to become involved in the civil rights movement. Mary has many famous works; however she is very well-known for her autobiography: I know why the Caged Bird Sings. In that autobiography
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American premiere at the 2003 Toronto International Film Festival. Though the film failed to entice much of an audience during its theatrical run in India, critics were appreciative and Pankaj Kapoor went on to win a Film fare Award for Best Actor (Critics) and a National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor. While Othello showcased at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival along with a book on the making of Omkara. It was also selected to be screened at the Cairo International Film Festival, where Vishal Bhardwaj
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Spotify first appeared in the United States twelve months ago. A small Swedish import with a ‘freemium’ music streaming model and an interesting group of backers (including ex-Napsterer Sean Parker), Spotify was a highly anticipated new product. Indeed Spotify raised money last week from Goldman Sachs at a cool $3bn valuation – almost as much as the financier Len Blavatnik recently paid for Warner Music Group, the 54 year old label of Led Zeppelin, Eric Clapton, P-Diddy, and Jason Mraz. And yet
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not scholarly for that reason. Skip is also known as being a television producer and documentary filmmaker. He has also been a staff writer at Texas Monthly where he has received awards like the National John Hancock Award for Excellence in Business and Financial Journalism. In 2010, he received the National Magazine Award as well, for “Still Life”. An important figure in
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