The Drama department at Ripley Academy consists of Ms Lewis (KS3/4 and KS5). Drama is a strong department and results show at KS3/4 and 5 just how popular and successful the subject is amongst our students.
Drama is taught at KS3 once a week and the students learn a variety of Drama and life skills whilst studying subjects that are both pertinent and enjoyable for them to work on. At KS4 students study specifically a play text and a themed based Unit and attend a live Theatre performance through which they are given the opportunity to really develop their evaluation skills.
At KS5 regular Theatre trips support the academic study of all Units and the students benefit hugely from a wide variety of historical and contemporary plays and performances.
The Performing Arts Studio provides an excellent space for all learning in lessons, performance evenings and exams and the Drama department continues to grow from strength to strength.
KS3 – Teaching and Learning
Throughout KS3 from year 7 – 8 – 9 the students study a variety of topics and respond, develop, shape and evaluate their ideas through individual, pair and group work. The main skill used within drama development is improvisation. There is some script work but in the main improvisation is the key explorative strategy.
Topics at KS3
Buying and selling
Creating a story/tragedy
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KS4 – Teaching and Learning (Edexcel)
Units 1 – Responding to teacher chosen topic – e.g. Homelessness and a variety of stimulus in order to create a piece of performance. The students have to write up an account of the process of creating and performing – 2000 words approx. Overall mark 30%
Unit 2 – Responding to teacher chosen text – e.g. Two by Jim Cartwright and creating performance work and writing up a response to the process in line with the specification.
Unit 1 and 2 marks are split into 40% practical and 60% theory. Overall each Unit is worth 30%
All students must attend a Theatre performance in order to write a Theatre review as part of their GCSE coursework.
Unit 2 exam – Devised unit – Overall mark = 40%
Other topics studied within KS4 are:
Elements of drama
The drama medium
Kitchen sink drama
KS5 - Teaching and Learning A Level Drama and Theatre Studies (Edexcel)
Unit 1 – Responding to Text. Students study two texts – through the performance style of Stanislavski and Bertolt Brecht and write ‘Exploration notes' in response to their study in performance.
Unit 2 – Performance Unit. Students study, learn and then perform a play that is selected by R.Lewis
Unit 3 – Devising Unit. Students are provided with a stimulus and have to create a performance for the public
Unit 4 – Examination Unit. Students sit a 2.5 hour exam on the play text ‘Woyzeck' by Georg Buchnar


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Robert Horton is a Scarecrow board member and a longtime film critic. He will be contributing a series of “critic’s notes” to the Scarecrow blog—a chance to highlight worthy films playing locally and connecting them to the riches of Scarecrow’s collection.
As we head into Oscar weekend, I thought I would pull out an interview I did with Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, who came to Seattle to promote The Lives of Others in February 2007. The film would go on to upset odds-on favorite Pan’s Labyrinth for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar—not a complete shocker, actually, as The Lives of Others is much more a traditional Oscar winner than Guillermo del Toro’s film.
The German director is nominated again in the Foreign Language category for Never Look Away, a very long (I mean 188 minutes’ worth) account of a young man growing out of the Nazi era and trying to be an artist in East Germany (and then, perhaps almost as challengingly, West Germany). The film opens March 8 in Seattle. It is, I am sorry to report, not good.
So, to happier times: A talk about The Lives of Others, a film born of von Donnersmarck’s irritation with the ostalgia craze, Germany’s fond flashback to the GDR. The piece originally ran in the Daily Herald.
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I am a member and co-founder of a French theater company, Les Arts Maniak (French) and I make the musics of our plays.
To make these musics, I mostly use virtual orchestra instruments, rather than my usual instruments.
This play will be first introduced in October 2016 by Les Arts Maniak (French). It's a free adaptation of the 1965 movie "The collector" from William Wyler. The musics presented above are a first glimpse of the original soundtrack that will be played during the show.
The music is somewhat gloomy on purpose, as it is a suspenseful play. Yet, I am trying to keep it melodic, rather than making it simply atmospheric.
In 2010, Les Arts Maniak (French) played this piece based on the 1945 novel "The ghost and Mrs Muir" by R.A. Dick, aka Josephine Leslie, and on the 1947 film from Joseph L. Mankiewicz.
The story: one year after her husband prematurely died, a young widow, Lucy Muir, moves with her maidservant to a charming cottage by the sea. She finds out that the house is haunted by the ghost of its former owner, Captain Daniel Gregg. Unimpressed, the young lady starts an odd relationship with the ghost...
For this rather soulful play, full of humorous dialogues, I composed several themes that punctuate various key moments of the story. I had fun writing sad tunes (Lucy dies), melancholic, light-hearted or quirky tunes (like the western-like one). On top of the musics, I recorded several tracks for sound effects (typewriting machine, car, train, bell...) and voice-overs (dialogues or ghostly laughters).
Flagadelle & Pikaouette is a children's show written in 2010 by David Carruezco.
David asked me to write the musics for his show, from drafts of songs he had thought about. I kept his lyrics and wrote the musics, either with some inspiration from what he had done, or by starting from scratch. I even reused one of the musics I wrote for his show (the song "Vilinpabo") for my Rock Album "Next" (Renegades). Of course, I sing myself the versions presented here, but during the actual show, only the music is played and the actors sing live on stage.
I had the opportunity to see the show, and there were many children in the audience, paying close attention to the magical story of the play. A very nice tale, and I'm very proud to have been musically part of it.
In june 2008, The company introduced its own version of Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw. The company adapted the play by mixing dialogues from the film My Fair Lady by George Cukor and the original book by Shaw, which is not as funny as the motion picture. The play was pretty successful. Many people were baffled by the actors who played their characters with enthusiasm and talent, and were even compared to professionals, although they're merely amateurs, which is a very nice compliment indeed. More than 400 persons came to see the play, making this play their most successful to date!
For this play, I made several musics, including a few ones with lyrics (presented here in their instrumental version). I enjoyed myself a lot composing these tunes. I made all the musics and sound effects for the play.
In May 2007, the company rehearsed an adaptation of the French 17th century play L'avare (The Miser) from Molière and entitled it Le cauchemar d'Harpagon (Harpagon's nightmare). The play was presented at an amateur festival near Paris, France, then was played again in October 2007 in front of students aged 11 to 15, and played once more at another theater amateur festival in a nearby town in November 2007.
The soundtrack included a few famous musics (like the Austin Powers theme for instance), but also these 4 short pieces of music I composed for the play.
The first series of musics I composed for a play was for the adaptation of Agatha Christie's And then there were none by the company.
Somebody said it would be a good idea to have a simple tune, like a childish melody, that would play at various moments of the show. With this idea in mind, I have tried to write an easily rememberable melody, which I then declined in different versions to illustrate the action on stage.
This play has been presented six times at the Saint-Maur theater (in France, near Paris) in May 2006 during a theater amateur contest.


The complexity of human life is in the Irish movie ‘Pilgrim Hill’
IN PRAISE OF PAT MOORE AND ‘PILGRIM HILL’
Last week a friend of mine telephoned me to say that I should see the film “Pilgrim Hill”. I had never heard of it and she explained that some man in Kerry had made the film on a budget of about €4,000 and that the main person who believed in the project was the Parish Priest. I asked about the identity of the priest but she did not know. She said that she wanted me to see the film so that we could discuss it. Immediately, the name Pat Moore came to my mind. I went to see the film.
“Pilgrim Hill” did not get rave reviews but, I think that is due to the crassness of our age. It depicts the rural life of a bachelor farmer on a small holding in Kerry but it could be located anyway in Ireland. It is a moving tribute to the some people who were left behind by the supposedly Celtic Tiger era but who preserved a sense of dignity and decency. The film deals with all the issues of rural life. The main character addresses us and tells us about his loneliness, his mother’s death by suicide when he was 12, and his sense of feeling trapped as he cares for a father who was not very kind to him and who stood in the way of his only sexual relationship. He tells us that he would like to have children but accepts that this is not going to happen.
The imagery of this film conveys the reality of Jimmy’s life—rural hardship as one battles with the elements, the tedium of the daily tasks, the oppression of silence when it is not freely chosen and when it is not peppered with human communion.
There is a real sense of poignancy in the relationship between Jimmy and his 28 cows and three dogs. We watch as Jimmy strokes the cows as they are being milked—and we see that this is his only tactile contact. The small comforts are depicted—a cigarette, a pint in the local pub, the companionship of the dog who is under the kitchen table but mostly we get a picture of Jimmy locked within himself in a world of sparse consolation—that comes chiefly from his animals. In the end, he is deprived of this. I think of Hardy’s phrase: “The President of the Immortals had ended his sport with Tess” at the close of Tess of the d’Urbervilles.
What has all this to do with Pat Moore? His name was listed in the credits. I believe that members of the Association of Catholic Priests should be praised when they achieve something that is valuable. I felt a need to acknowledge Pat’s support of this film which is well worth seeing and I believe that there are other Pat Moores out there who appreciate the complexity of human life.


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Goes by: Racetrack or Race
Reason for Name: The character Racetrack was based off of the historical newsie called "Racetrack Higgins." He was a gambler as Race is in the movie, and would head down to the Sheepshead Bay Racetrack every day after selling his papes; thus the newsies called him Racetrack.
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Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Local (chess related) film
At the local cinema in Elsternwick, director Clayton Jacobson (director of "Kenny") has put together some excellent short films called 8K radius dealing with people who live within an 8 kilometre radius of Elsternwick. Luckily for us chess fans, one of the people he filmed was local young talent Charlotte Dilnutt. I have had the pleasure of working with Charlotte at chess, and count myself a close friend to all the family. Anyway, here's the film, which is beautifully shot. Enjoy!


WOW was this one tough! I had the hardest time picking out a favorite movie. Most of my favorite movies at the moment star Benedict Cumberbatch and I didn’t want to use a movie with him in it to challenge myself further.
But then Tron popped up last minute and saved my behind!
In this scene, Molly (Quorra), reunites John (Sam Flynn) with Sherlock (Kevin Flynn) after years of separation. One night, Kevin left to go to the office for a couple of hours, but he never came back. It was presumed that he was either dead or just didn’t want to be found, so Sam grew up fatherless with his grandparents.
Years pass, and his father’s old business partner Alan Bradley aka Tron (Greg Lestrade in this case) gets a mysterious page from Sam’s father’s old office, uninhabited for years. Sam goes to investigate and finds a machine that transports him onto the computer grid of a computer. There, he is forced to fight over CPUs and programs until Quorra comes to his rescue and reunites him (unknowingly to Sam) to his father who has been hiding from the tyranny of CLU (Moriarty in this case) and the now corrupted Tron all this time.
Everything about this scene was absolutely stunning, but I’ll get into more of why I chose this particular scene in the final part of my post in Part 2!
(I like to think this is how Season 3 would start out. HAHAHA!!!! A girl can dream can’t she?)
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Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Les Miserables Review
Whitney and I saw a touring company production of Les Miserables on Sunday night. Neither of us had seen it (although I vaguely remember a movie version in the 70's but not a musical). We were looking forward to it since we have heard so many good comments and we love musicals.
Unfortunately neither of us cared for it. There was a combination of factors that made it difficult to watch. Our seats were near the back of the theater. That normally isn't a problem, even in a big theater. However the lightning/set designer for the show decided that everything should be in low light to simulate the lighting I guess from the early 1800's. I understand the concept but they really should have sat in the back of the theater and realized that everyone was squinting to try and figure out what they were seeing. I can't tell you the number of times we lost someone in the shadows who was a main character. We could hear them just not know who they were.
Second we weren't prepared for the show to be entirely in song. Not a bad thing, just not what we expected.
None of the actors were outstanding. For a touring company I expected a better. Some of the voices were off. I understand that we were the last show but for the price we paid I expected to be wowed.
We decided that we don't need to see the movie when it comes out in December.


As a student, finding and watching unblocked movies have always been a struggle for most students. Internet is a blessing for modern society.
It empowers people to do all kind of stuff from a computer or smartphone. But it also has its limitations. For example, the admin of an internet network can decide what you can and can not access on their internet network.
This is what is happening with students, as they are barred from accessing any form of entertainment websites from the school WiFi or computer network.
Due to this restriction, students can not watch any form of movies or videos while they are at school. For this very same reason, students from across the world looking for unblocked movie sites where they can watch movies uninterrupted from their school WiFi.
Finding a good unblocked website for movies is a challenge in itself. If you are a student and have found no luck finding a good source of unblocked movies that you could access from your school, then you have come to the right place.
In this article, we will share a long list of some popular movies sites which are unblocked in most school and colleges. These sites are free; most of them requires no registration. So that means you can quickly watch a movie without wasting your time on registration or login.
Free Unblocked Movie Sites to watch Movies Unblocked at School Without Registration
These unblocked movie websites are subjected to your school firewall setting. Few of these sites may or may not work on your school WiFi, and for that reason, we are sharing more than 20 websites for movies at school. So, without further ado, let’s check out unblocked movies websites for school and colleges.
Viewster is a legal movie streaming site which is also very popular among students due to its unblocked nature.
Viewster is also a free movie website where you can watch legal movies for free without registration. It has a movie library which holds almost one thousand movies in various genres. You can find movies from the 1960s to 2019s all at one place.
All the movies come with HD video quality which you can enjoy on any device you like. Apart from movies, Viewster library also holds a good number of Anime series which is beneficial for those looking for unblocked anime sites.
Whether you are a movie fan or looking for anime, Viewster is a perfect website to watch unblocked contents online from your school.
Hotstar is an Indian equivalent of Netflix which is unknown to most people in the west. Because many people do not know it, it makes it an ideal site for those looking for unblocked action at school or other places.
Hotstar is a free-premium service which means most of its online catalog is available for free while few are behind a paywall. The free catalog is good enough for any student to watch couples of films from their school network without getting shut.
Despite being an Indian streaming giant, Hotstar has a sizeable number of Hollywood movies under its belt.
The site is free and requires no registration whatsoever. If you fancy watching some action-packed Indian movies, then Hotstar is by far the best choice if you are in school or not.
Due to licensing agreements, movie catalog for the USA is minimal. To get the full experience, get a good VPN, and connect to a server in India.
Hotstar, due to its limited reach in the USA, it is by far the best bet to watch movies unblocked at school.
3. Sony Crackle
The next website in this list of free unblocked movie sites at school is Sony Crackle. It is a free streaming platform from Sony, which is offering movies and TV series streaming for free.
Here you can watch thousands of high-quality movies and TV shows in all major genres. Being owned by Sony gives it the advantage of being one of the few first sites to stream movies produced by Sony studio.
Along with that, Sony Crackle has a partnership with other major studios like 20th Century Fox, Entertainment One, Entertainment One, Entertainment One, Paramount Pictures, SnagFilms, Warner Bros, and Universal Studios.
All the movies and TV shows on Sony comes with HD or above video quality. Sony Crackle is currently only accessible from the USA and a few other western countries. If you are looking for free movie site with excellent picture quality to watch films at school, you should give Sony Crackle a try.
Archive.org is like an online history book for digital contents. It is a non-profit organization which aims to preserve our current and past internet contents for our future generation.
Its archive consists of movies, videos, music, audio, and snaps of website layout. If you go looking for movies on Archive, you will find hundreds of award-winning films from big production houses and independent creators.
Due to its educational value, Archive website is unblocked in most, school, colleges, universities, and workplaces.
if you are looking for educational movies from award-wining directors and writers to watch at school, then Archive is a good option for you.
5. Unblocked Movies Google Drive/Google Sites
The next unblocked movies download sites is Google Site or Google Drive. Watching or downloading unblocked movies on Google Sites is a new trend among the school goers.
Google Sites use Google Drive to upload movies, and because it is a Google product, it is unblocked in most school. Many people have taken this opportunity to upload movies and letting students watch films and TV series without getting shut by their school firewall. There are currently hundreds of free Google Sites for unblocked films for students.
The followings are the best Google drive unblocked sites for downloading or watching movies for free:
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Google Drive is a good way to escape the restriction put up by school authority and watch unrestricted films for free.
YouTube is a popular video streaming site where anyone can upload their creation and share with the world. Mostly independent creators upload their creations on YouTube, but that didn’t stop movie studios to upload full-length movies on YouTube.
Now, if you search thoroughly, you can find many full-length HD movies on YouTube. We all know YouTube is a free platform where everything you can download or stream for free, and that also includes movies.
If in any case, you didn’t find the film you were looking for, you can rent the movie for a day or two for a small fee.
Because you can search and watch all kind of movies on YouTube, it is among the best free movie website unblocked at school.
Just like with YouTube, Vimeo is also a user-generated video creation platform. Here users can upload, among others, movie trailers and movies. Even though it is similar to YouTube, but it is not as popular as YouTube. This is the reason why many consider Vimeo as among the best websites to watch films at school.
The library of Vimeo is very limited when compared to that of YouTube. But that is not to say that Vimeo is useless. It has many featured length movies, documentaries, and indie collections. It is a great site for those looking for movie streaming from their school.
Popcornflix is another popular free movie streaming platform which has a decent collection of HD movies, and it is growing. Popcornflix is a legal website where no registration is required, and you can watch movies from all popular genres. Add Popcornflix to your bookmark because it is not just a good film website it is also a popular website for free TV series unblocked and anime unblocked.
It is a popular, free and most importantly unblocked website for films and TV series for students.
Just like Hotstar, SonyLIV is another great Indian streaming giant that is mostly unknown in the west. Although SonyLIV is mostly known for hosting regional legal movies, it still has a handful number of Hollywood movies that you can stream unblocked from your school or places. Just like with Hotstar, SonyLIV is unknown to many people in the USA. How are you going to block a site if you don’t know it exists?
SonyLIV is a free-premium service where most movies are available for free while few new films are kept behind a paywall. If you only want to watch a movie at your school, then the free service is good enough. Being an Indian site and unknown to most people outside of India, SonyLIV makes a great website to watch films unblocked for free at school.
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How to Use Unblocked Movie Sites at School?
Is none of the above sites working for you? Are you not able to watch unblocked movies at school using the movie sites mentioned above? We have been getting lots of complaints from readers that most of these sites are not working for them. Here we will show you how you can use these free movie websites to watch films unblocked at school.
1. Install a good VPN add-on extension for your desktop browser.
There are many good VPN service providers out there – both free and paid. We usually recommend paid VPNs, but to watch movies, a good free VPN will do the job just fine. We recommend Windscribe. You can install its Chrome or Firefox browser extension from the official website. It is super easy, just Google it.
2. After installing Windscribe, create a free account. You can use a disposable email address if you don’t want to use your real email.
3. Now click on the Windscribe add-on icon from your browser address bar.
4. Click on the ‘Globe’ icon and select a server location. For best performance, select a US server.
5. After selecting a server, you will see a ‘Connecting‘ animation. Wait till you say it says connected.
6. Now you are all set to bypass your school firewall and watch free movies unblocked. Select any cinema sites unblocked from our list and enjoy watching free films at school.
WIndscribe also has apps for iPhone and Android in case you want to watch movies using your school Wi-Fi.
Finding a good unblocked movie source is not an easy task. The above movie streaming sites are not just unblocked but also free and don’t ask for registration.
That means you can watch a quick movie anytime you have a free period. Depending on your school firewall, you may have to use a VPN to be able to access all the websites.
I hope you found this article helpful and was able to watch free movies unblocked at school. Which site do you use for cinemas at your school? We would love to hear your thoughts and suggestion. .


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If you’ve seen the movie Grease, then you’ll recall the iconic scene of Sandy and her new boyfriend, Danny driving off into the sky to live “happily ever after.” The ending of this movie was represented in a movie poster that you’ll see if you simply google “Grease.”
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At the very end of golden hour, I grabbed my boyfriend, slicked back his hair with some hairspray and headed outside to shoot some photos. I set my camera on a tripod and set my ISO around 800 because golden hour was almost over. I wanted to have a little grain in my photo to create a vintage look.
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When the supernatural horror film, The Exorcist, appeared on the big screen in 1973, people were not only awestruck but physiologically and psychologically terrified at what they witnessed on film. Rumors quickly spread about the effects the horror flick had on people such as fainting and vomiting in the theater.
Today, it’s still considered one of the most iconic supernatural horror films of all time. But how is this one movie so powerful as to be just as prevalent today as it was over 40 years ago? Is it the cool special effects, the frightening face of Regan or is it something much deeper in our Psyche?
An obvious person to ask would be none other than the main character, Regan, played by Linda Blair who has become synonymous with The Exorcist.
The horror movie was a story of a 12-year-old girl named Regan who became possessed by a demon and underwent an intense Exorcism by Catholic priests. The film was based on a true life paranormal story of a young boy in Maryland in 1949 who actually went through several exorcisms because he was thought to be possessed by demons.
William Peter Blatty wrote the original novel and screenplay in which he changed the characters and embellishments to protect the real life person.
“Obviously the Exorcist is a movie that has withstood time and will continue to do so because it is such an amazingly well made project where you have the top people putting together something that allowed them to be the best at what they do with the best special effects. People had never seen anything like that before.” Blair explains talking about the make up artists, sound effects and the motorized life cast used as a Regan replication.
“It was all before CGI (Computer-generated imagery) and that’s what blows people’s minds,” describes Blair.
“It is meant to upset you and you can’t come close to it nowadays. The movie delivers,” she says.
Blair also attributed the intense acting that was required as well. It took about a year and a half to film because of the long rehearsals.
“We rehearsed for almost 6 months before we started filming. It was a long haul,” explains Blair recalling the freezing cold temperatures they also had to endure. Being only 13 years old but groomed in the acting field since the age of 6, Blair didn’t see her role as a religious war at the time despite what fans thought who couldn’t seem to separate Regan from Blair. She looked at the role as a job, another character she would have to play. She recalls asking the director how she would learn to levitate or turn her head completely around in the infamous scene.
“No sweetie, it’s special effects, he said to me,” says Blair, laughing. “A child is very impressionable.”
Amazing special effects ahead of its time and superb acting aside, there are real life aspects of The Exorcist that are still so controversial in regards to spirituality, faith, religion and the after life that exploded as a result of the film.
“It’s about faith,” says Blair.
“They talk about good versus evil on the planet.
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“He (Blatty) put in this information that had never been exposed to the rest of the world about so called exorcisms. It was kept in a closet; it was a deep hidden secret of the Catholic Church.”
Blair went on to star in many television shows and movies, many of them horror related and paranormal related including the popular reality show which Blair hosted, “Scariest Places on Earth” that aired from 2000 to 2006. The show traveled to venues all over the world known for hauntings and evil pasts and different groups of people volunteered to stay the night if they dared.
Today, Blair is fighting a real life good versus evil battle as an animal activist through her Linda Blair Worldheart Foundation, which was born out of both her lifelong love of animals and the need to fight animal cruelty through education, rescue and adoption of dogs.
“I have one of the largest animal rescues in America,” says Blair.
You can see and meet Linda Blair this Friday, October 9 at the Shooting Star Casino Paracon in Minnesota if you’re in the area.
As to why The Exorcist still gives many of us nightmares because we can’t resist watching we may never really pin point that down. There is no question it had an incredible influence in both cinema and the paranormal world. It would depend on the person and perspective. Or maybe the demon made you do it?


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The first Doctor I watched while proudly sitting on the sofa was Tom Baker, the person I consider my first Doctor. A somewhat disheveled man with a questionable taste in scarves (mentioned in the first Capaldi episode with a great throwaway line) and slightly strange eyes. However we had one thing in common, a love of Jelly babies.
The David Tennant to Matt Smith transition was pretty seamless, both younger doctors with similar personalities. So we’ve had close to a decade with similar Doctors, and then Peter Capaldi shows up. He’s a big departure, when he was announced my first thought was “Malcolm Tucker is going to be the Doctor? Should be interesting”.
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Michele and I talked about this last week and we come to The Doctor from very different places. She knows very little of The Doctor before the Christopher Eccleston reboot. Michele wonders not only can Capaldi play The Doctor well, but her expectation is that he plays a good Matt Smith type Doctor. But, I want more than a simple continuation of what’s we’ve had for the last decade, I want to keep looking at the dark side that David Tennant first gave us a glimpse into.
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Will Steven Moffat keep peeling back the curtain and let us see who The Doctor really is?
My geek-dar is hoping so, and if it’s half as good as the War Doctor we are in for a treat.


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|Name||Lyrics By||Music Given By||Singer||Time|
|“Sanu Ek Pal Chain”||Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan||Tanishk Bagchi||Rahat Fateh Ali Khan||3:30 min.|
|“Black”||Indraneel||Amit Trivedi||Sukhwinder Singh||3:40 min.|
|“Nit Khair Manga”||Manoj Muntashir||Tanishk||Rahat Fateh||3:48 min.|
|“Jhuk Na Paunga”||INdraneel||Amit Trivedi||Papon||4:24 min.|
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Prominent director K Raghavendra Rao was honoured with the prestigious Allu Ramalingaiah National Award for his contribution to cinema and Telugu film industry. The award giving ceremony was held later today, i.e. on December 6 at Sathya Sai Nigamagamam in Hyderabad. Chiranjeevi is the chief guest at the event and presented the Award to the noted director K raghavendra Rao. Allu Arjun, Allu Sirish and Paruchuri Venkateswara Rao and some others were present at the event, apart from several other politicians and intellectuals.
K Raghavendra Rao has directed over 100 films in his career spanning more than 40 years. He received several state Nandi Awards. He introduced number of actresses like Ramya Krishna, Radha, Rambha, Ravali and Vijaya Shanthi and some others to film industry. The last film which he had directed was ‘Shirdi Sai’ which was released in 2012. Since then, he had appeared in a TV show ‘Soundarya Lahiri’ which was a tribute to his own career as a director.
Allu Ramalingaiah was a great comedian who acted in over thousand films and his son Allu Aravind is a big producer in Tollywood and Ramalingaiah Kalapeetham award is set up by him as a mark of respect to his father. Allu came to films through acting on stage and this award is awarded to director K Raghavendra Rao.
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In the 1970s, Chicago journalist and artist Anda Korsts helped pioneer video as a radical tool for art and activism. A key figure in the guerrilla television movement, she worked on a series of media exposés as part of the national video collective Top Value Television (TVTV) and founded Videopolis, a Chicago organization that put video in the hands of everyday people. She also produced hundreds of tapes, many in collaboration with makers around the country, including a groundbreaking television series called It's a Living, inspired by Studs Terkel's Working. The event features videos and television clips from across Korsts's career and a discussion of her continuing legacy today.
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So, here’s somebody I’ve never heard of before. IMDb, though, has Darby Stanchfield down as Alaska’s most popular thespian. And Wikipedia tells me that she is “best known for her role as Abby Whelan in the ABC political drama series Scandal.” Darby was actually born on Kodiak Island, off the Alaskan mainland, and also lived on one of the Aleutians. Her father was a commercial fisherman.
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Possibly America’s first pop singing sensation, Rudy Vallee would later notch over 50 acting credits. His career spanned the ’20 to the ‘90s, and included film, TV, and Broadway. He may be best known for How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, with Vallee starring in both the play and the film.
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Another name from a long time ago. Edna Purviance, in fact, goes all the way back to the silent era. She was a favorite of Charlie Chaplin’s, co-starred in many of his films, and was also romantically involved with him. By the way, her hometown of Paradise Valley today claims only 100 people.
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Interesting that our least populous state made it all the way to #45. Native daughter Isabelle Jewell was mostly active in the ‘30s. Her main claims to fame are a starring role in Lost Horizon and a supporting role in GWTW (she was “that white trash, Emily Slattery”).
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A contemporary actress for once, Mandy Moore is probably better known for her singing. Heck, she’s sold over 10 million albums worldwide. She has also, though, compiled 46 acting credits, as well as earning a Golden Globe nomination.
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Wow! January Jones sure is hot. Sounds like she might be a pretty talented actress as well. She’s netted a Golden Globe and one Emmy nomination, all for Mad Men, where she starred for 7 seasons and was Mrs. Don Draper for most of that time. Not too surprisingly, the lovely Miss Jones started out as a model.
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Just to show how out of it I am, I had no idea who Anna Kendrick was. She does look pretty familiar though. Oh, wait a minute, she looks just like my best friend Steve’s wife.
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#40 Delaware – Elizabeth Shue
Elizabeth Shue was a quintessentially 80s thespian. She was in The Karate Kid, Cocktail, and two Back to the Future sequels. She’s also been nominated for an Oscar and a Golden Globe. Elizabeth is a Harvard alum, by the way.
#39 Oregon – Sally Struthers
Hey, it’s Gloria Stivic! Like John Astin at #48, Sally Struthers will forever be associated with one role. Then again, that’s pretty much the fate of anyone who starred in All in the Family. Struthers did, however, get a couple of Emmys out of her stint on what may have been TV’s most influential sitcom.
#38 North Dakota – Ann Sothern
Ann Sothern is not a name that comes up much these days. She did, however, have one Academy Award and three Emmy nominations, with her career extending from the 1920s to the 1980s. Unfortunately, Ann might be best known for being the voice of the car in the rather odd mid-60s TV show My Mother the Car. Ouch!
#7 West Virginia – Don Knotts
Did you realize that Don Knotts earned no less than 5 Emmys? Not too surprisingly, all of those came for his classic comedic role of the bumbling deputy sheriff Barney Fife on The Andy Griffith Show. In later years, he was also known as the landlord on Three’s Company. No Emmys for that role, I’m afraid.
#36 Arkansas – Mary Steenburgen
As of this writing, Mary Steenburgen has exactly 100 credits to her name. She also has an Oscar and a Golden Globe, both for the quirky Melvin and Howard. Off the screen, Ms. Steenburgen was married to Malcom McDowell, is currently married to Ted Danson, and is big friends with fellow Arkansans Bill and Hillary Clinton. By the way, she was discovered by Jack Nicholson while working as a receptionist at Paramount.
#35 Idaho – Lana Turner
Lana Turner was a blonde bombshell who also happened to be a pretty decent actress as well. She’s particularly well-known for the noir classic The Postman Always Rings Twice, where she cemented her reputation as a femme fatale. Turner was known for an especially stormy personal life, being married no less than eight times. Her dating the mobster Johnny Stompanato – and Stompanato’s killing by her Turner’s 14-year-old daughter – was probably one of Hollywood’s top all-time scandals.
#34 North Carolina – Ava Gardner
Hey, my home state! Now, Ava Gardner’s a pretty famous name (and the American Film Institute has her at #25 for the top female actresses of all time – er, excuse me, “screen legends.”). At the same time, though, I was a little surprised that she never won a major award (though she did get nominations for an Oscar and a Golden Globe). That said, she was definitely one of the classic stars of the ‘50s, ’60, and ‘70s – and a real looker. She might be more famous, though, for her tumultuous personal life, including very short marriages to Frank Sinatra, Mickey Rooney, and jazz musician Artie Shaw.
BTW, Gardner grew up dirt-poor in the eastern (flat, very rural, cotton- and tobacco-growing) part of the state. She would later, though, become quite the jet setter, living in Spain and England.
#33 New Mexico – Neil Patrick Harris
One of the first very out gay actors, Neil Patrick Harris is probably best known for the TV shows Doogie Howser, MD and How I Met Your Mother. He’s also made something of a career for himself hosting awards shows, doing the Tonys 4 times, the Emmys twice, and the Oscars once. He actually won several Emmys for those efforts, and also has a Tony for his leading role in Hedwig and the Angry Inch.
#32 Louisiana – Reese Witherspoon
A cute, perky, blue-eyed blonde, Resse Witherspoon is also a pretty decent actress as well. She’s got one Oscar and one Golden Globe to her credit. Both of those were for Walk the Line, the Johnny Cash biopic, where Witherspoon played June Carter Cash. And that was quite the turnabout from Legally Blonde, the light comedy where she first made her name. Oh, that weird first name? It’s her mother’s maiden name.
#31 Alabama – Tallalulah Bankhead
Here’s a tough one to place. First, Ms. Bankhead was mostly known for the stage, and in those days before Tonys and Obies and what-have-you. Second, her rather flamboyant lifestyle (smoking, drinking, bisexuality, taking her clothes off at parties) tended to overshadow her thespian skills. Nonetheless, she was quite the hit on Broadway, in London’s West End, and even in Hollywood. She actually came from a very aristocratic Southern family, counting senators and a speaker of the House of Representatives among her relatives.
#30 Washington – Carol Channing
Carol Channing was a star of stage, screen, and TV, but mostly stage. She’s actually won 4 Tonys, though all but 1 of those were special or lifetime achievement awards. And that last bit’s only fitting – at age 96, she is undoubtedly the grand old dame of the stage. (By the way, she also has a Golden Globe, for the film Thoroughly Modern Millie.)
If you’ve ever seen Carol, you will never forget her. I like this description of her from Life
She looks like an overgrown kewpie. She sings like a moon-mad hillbilly. Her dancing is crazily comic. And behind her saucer eyes is a kind of gentle sweetness that pleads for affection.
Two final things … Though she was born in Seattle, Carol’s family moved to California when she was only 2 weeks old. And I’ll bet you didn’t know that she is half Jewish and one quarter African-American.
#29 Missouri – Kevin Kline
An actor’s actor, Kevin Kline has won 2 Tonys and an Oscar. He also has an Emmy nomination and no less than 5 Golden Globe nods.
Hard to believe, but he made his screen debut in Sophie’s Choice, opposite Best Actress winner Meryl Streep (see below). I think most people will always associate him with The Big Chill though (well, at least people of my generation). What’s really funny about this talented thespian is that his biggest award, his only Oscar, was for A Fish Called Wanda. That said, he always was a wonderful comic actor.
#28 Hawaii – Bette Midler
Better known as a singer, Bette Midler actually started out acting in off-Broadway plays. After becoming a huge singing sensation in the ‘70s, she returned to acting, starring in such box office hits as Down and Out in Beverly Hills, The First Wives Club, and The Stepford Wives. Overall, she’s won 4 Golden Globes, 3 Emmys, and a Tony.
#27 Missouri – Brad Pitt
Pretty boy Brad Pitt has won one Oscar, one Golden Globe, and one Emmy. Interestingly, that Oscar was for production, on 12 Years a Slave. He’s pretty much box-office gold, with credits like Thelma & Louise, Fight Club, and Ocean’s Eleven. Of course, many people know him more for being Mr. Jennifer Aniston and Mr. Angelina Jolie.
#26 Kentucky – George Clooney
Arguably the most handsome actor ever, George Clooney came by his good looks quite naturally. His mom was a beauty queen and his dad was a TV news anchorman and game show host.
Don’t hate him because he’s beautiful though. He’s also quite a decent actor as well, with one Oscar and 3 Golden Globes to his credit. He earned another Oscar for producing 2016’s Best Picture, Argo. He’s atually set an Oscar record for being nominated in the most categories – 6 to be exact. At the same time, let’s not forget his 2 Emmy nominations. Those were for ER, where Clooney made his mark as Dr. Doug Ross.
And, finally, I’ll have you know that Clooney’s also been very busy saving the world. He is a United Nations Messenger for Peace and a member of the Council for Foreign Relations. He’s raised money for Haiti, Darfur, 9/11, and the 2004 tsunami. Time has him down as one the 100 Most Influential People in the World.
#25 Colorado – Douglas Fairbanks
Douglas Fairbanks was one of the big stars of the silent era. Known for swashbuckling action films such as Robin Hood, The Mark of Zorro, and the Thief of Baghdad, he also kept up quite a profile off the screen as well. In particular, he was a founding member of United Artists, helped found the Motion Picture Academy itself, and hosted the very first Academy Awards. He was also married to Mary Pickford, making them Hollywood’s first celebrity couple. He himself was known as the “King of Hollywood.” Given all that, it’s hard to say how good an actor he really was. Like a lot of silent stars, his career faded quickly with the advent of talkies.
#24 Utah – Loretta Young
Loretta Young is not a very familiar name these days. That said, she was a real beauty, was extremely popular, and won one Oscar and 3 Emmys. Those Emmys come from the very popular Loretta Young Show, which ran from 1953 through 1961. Overall, she worked for eight decades, from 1917 to 1989, totaling over 100 credits. By the way, Young lived in Utah only to age 2 before moving to LA.
#23 Georgia – Julia Roberts
Julia Roberts is one of the most successful actresses ever. She has generated $2.7 billion in box office receipts, and set a record with a salary of $25M for Sea Horse Smile. Very much a latter-day America’s sweetheart, she has starred in a number of romantic comedies, such as Pretty Woman, Notting Hill, Runaway Bride, and Mystic Pizza. That said, she also has serious side, with turns in Steel Magnolias, Eat Pray Love, and Erin Brokovich. Overall, she has one Oscar and 3 Golden Globes.
#22 Florida – Faye Dunaway
A high-cheek-boned beauty, Faye Dunaway was also quite a good actress. She’s been in such classics as Bonnie and Clyde, Chinatown, and Network. Altogether, she’s won as Oscar, an Emmy, and 3 Golden Globes.
Dunaway’s hometown of Bascom has just over 100 people. On the Alabama border in the middle of the Panhandle, it is pretty much in the middle of absolute nowhere.
#21 Tennessee – Kathy Bates
Kathy Bates has won an Oscar, 2 Emmys, and 2 Golden Globes. She started out in theatre, starring in plays such as Vanities; Come Back to the 5 and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean; and ‘night Mother. She caught her big break on the silver screen with Misery, based on the book by Stephen King. Lately, she starred in the TV show American Horror Story.
#20 Mississippi – James Earl Jones
James Earl Jones is known primarily for his gravelly basso profundo voice. In addition to being the voice of CNN, he is also the voice of Darth Vader in the Star Wars series and of Mustafa in The Lion King. He’s much more than a pretty voice though, and counts an Oscar, Tony, Golden Globe, and 3 Emmys to his credit.
BTW, Arkabutla is an unincorporated community too small for me to find any population numbers on it. Jones would actually, though, grow up in Michigan.
#19 South Carolina – Viola Davis
Viola Davis has made something of a career of winning major acting awards. These include Oscars, Golden Globes, Emmys, Tonys, and Obies. In fact, Davis was the first African-American to win acting’s Triple Crown. Though born in SC, she actually moved to Rhode Island at the age of 2 months.
#18 Illinois – William Holden
A very popular actor during the ‘50s, ‘60s, and ‘70s, William Holden was best known for his cynical yet ultimately heroic persona. He starred in such classics as The Bridge on the River Kwai, Picnic, The Wild Bunch, and Sunset Boulevard. He won an Oscar for Stalag 17, offering a mere “Thank you” for his acceptance speech. He also won an Emmy, and was rated the 25th best actor of all time by the American Film Institute. By the way, though Holden was a native Illinoisan, he moved to California at age 3.
#17 Iowa – John Wayne
Ah, the Duke himself. As popular and iconic as he was, John Wayne was also something of a caricature. His shtick worked great in Westerns (and his work in movies such as Stagecoach and True Grit is pretty darn good), but every role was pretty much the same. That said, he did work for 6 decades, totaled not quite 180 credits, and won an Oscar and a Golden Globe.
You may already know that “the Duke” was actually born the somewhat-less-than-macho Marion Morrison. I’ll bet you didn’t know, though, that he had a football scholarship at USC (and, yes, he’s another one who moved to the Golden State at an early age).
#16 Michigan – Ellen Burstyn
Like #19 Viola Davis, Ellen Burstyn is another Triple Crown winner. Her totals include two Best Actress Oscars, for The Exorcist and Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore. Overall, she has 155 credits and is still very busy at age 84. Interestingly, Burstyn was actually born Edna Rae Gillooly, and got her start as a Here We Go Dancer on The Jackie Gleason Show.
#15 Kansas – Buster Keaton
Though Buster Keaton dates way back to the silent era, he is nonetheless a very familiar name (as is that trademark deadpan expression of his). As a matter of fact, Roger Ebert once called Keaton “arguably, the greatest actor–director in the history of the movies.” And Orson Welles considered Keaton’s The General the “cinema's highest achievement in comedy.” Finally, I’ll have you know that the American Film Institute voted him the #21 actor of all time.
#14 Minnesota – Judy Garland
C’mon, we’re talking about Dorothy here. She should be #1, right? Hard as it is for me to believe, Judy Garland notched only a Golden Globe and a Tony. That said, she was also something of a nomination queen – I’m talking 2 Oscars, 3 Golden Globes, and 3 Emmys. A pretty serious singer, she also won 2 Grammys as well.
Bet you didn’t know she was born Frances Gumm. And, continuing a theme that’s been pretty much a constant in this post, I’ll have you know that Ms. Garland ditched the Gopher State for the Golden State at age 4.
#13 Texas – Joan Crawford
Mommie Dearest aside, Joan Crawford was actually a pretty decent actress. In addition to an Oscar and a Golden Globe, she also came in as the #10 actress of all time, according to the American Film Institute. Most people remember her for Mildred Pierce, though I always liked Whatever Happened to Baby Jane. ;^) With over 100 credits, her career spanned 6 decades, from the ‘20s (and some silents) to the ‘70s.
BTW, did you know she was born Lucille LaSueur? Wow! You’d think that’d be the name the studios would have given poor little Joanie Crawford instead.
#12 Montana – Gary Cooper
I always thought Gary Copper was a tad wooden, but I may be the only one who does. Most people see him as the classic American hero – a strong, silent type, with a natural, authentic, understated style. Well, he must have been doing something right. I’ve got him down for a 35-year career, 80-some leading roles, and 2 best actor Oscars. And the American Film Institute ranks him #11 in their list of the 50 greatest actors. By the way, Cooper was a real, honest-to-goodness cowboy, working on the family ranch while growing up.
#11 Virginia – Shirley MacLaine
I feel a little sorry for Shirley MacLaine. She’s actually quite talented, and has won an Oscar for Best Actress (and been nominated 6 times), 8 Golden Globes (5 of which were “competitive”), and 1 Emmy. She’s actually been making movies since 1955 – and is still active today.
Unfortunately, she’s mostly known for her wacky New Age beliefs. One of these is that “in a previous life in Atlantis, she was the brother to a 35,000-year-old spirit named Ramtha.” On the other hand, did you know that her real brother is Warren Beatty?
#10 Indiana – James Dean
Are you aware that James Dean died when he was all of 24 years of age? Somehow or other, though, he managed to win 2 Golden Globes and garner 2 Oscar nominations. Hard to believe, but he was in only 8 films. Of course, three of those were East of Eden, Rebel Without a Cause, and Giant. All that said, Humphrey Bogart once summed up Dean’s career well: “Dean died at just the right time. He left behind a legend. If he had lived, he'd never have been able to live up to his publicity.”
#9 Wisconsin – Spencer Tracy
Okay, now we’re getting into true Hollywood royalty. Spencer Tracy won 2 Best Actor Oscars and set a record for nominations with 9 (well, for guys, that is). The AFI ranks him as the #9 actor of all-time.
Tracy was especially admired by his peers, with Bogart, Gable, Cagney, and others considering him the best actor they knew. He was particularly known for his effortless, natural style, and for being the consummate professional. As evidence for that last point, Tracy completed his final film, Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (for which we won his final Oscar), just 17 days before his death. On a more personal side, Tracy will always be associated with Katherine Hepburn (see below), both professionally and romantically.
#8 Ohio – Clark Gable
Darryl V. Zanuck once dismissed Clark Gable by saying that, “His ears are too big and he looks like an ape.” Somehow or other, though, Gable went on to become one of the biggest stars and sex symbols of all time.
IMDb points out that Gable made a specialty of playing a “virile, lovable rogue whose gruff facade only thinly masked a natural charm and goodness.” Could there be a better example of that than his Rhett Butler in GWTW?
Surprisingly, Gable came up a little short in the award department. He won only one Oscar, and was nominated for only two others. The AFI has him ranked #7 all time.
#7 Connecticut – Katherine Hepburn
Dorothy Parker once said of Katherine Hepburn that her acting ran “the gamut of emotions from A to B.” I’ve actually always felt the same. I’m afraid the Great Kate is just not my cup of tea.
That said, she did win a record 4 Best Actress awards, as well as receiving 12 Best Actress nominations, also a record. And, I must admit, the films she got those nominations for – The Philadelphia Story, The African Queen, Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, The Lion in Winter – are certainly some of the best ever made. The AFI has her down as the greatest actress ever.
Perhaps it’s her independent, spirited personality – the very essence of the “modern woman” – that made her so respected, popular, influential … and so ahead of her time.
#6 Massachusetts – Bette Davis
Bette Davis won 2 Best Actress awards, out of 10 nominations overall (and was nominated 5 years in a row – a record). And that’s when specializing in rather challenging, not-so-likeable characters. Her top films include such classics as Jezebel; Dangerous; Of Human Bondage; Now, Voyager; and All About Eve. Over 6 decades, she notched 124 credits. AFI considers her the #2 actress ever.
#5 California – Dustin Hoffman
So, this state was well-nigh impossible. Pretty much half of the greatest actors and actresses of all time were born in the state that also just happens to be the home of Hollywood itself. I’m talking about Gregory Peck, Clint Eastwood, Tom Hanks, Leonardo di Caprio …
Dustin Hoffmann, though, leads the pack with 2 Best Actor Oscars, 7 nominations overall, 6 Golden Globes, 13 Golden Globe nominations, and even 2 Emmys. He’s super versatile, but with a real penchant for antiheroes (“Elaine!!!”). His major movies include The Graduate, Straw Dogs, Midnight Cowboy, Little Big Man, Marathon Man, Rain Man, All the President’s Men, Kramer Vs. Kramer, Lenny, Tootsie, …
#4 Pennsylvania – James Stewart
At this point, we’re pretty much getting into my personal faves. So, if you don’t like my rankings …. well, tough.
James Stewart (I can’t help thinking of him as Jimmy) was a beloved everyman, with an endearing shyness, stutter and drawl, and with plenty of boyish, aw-shucks charm. I mean, how can you not like Jimmy Stewart?
Frank Capra was definitely able to bring that persona out, in such classics as It’s a Wonderful Life and Mr. Smith Goes to Washington. Another favorite director, though, was Alfred Hitchcock, who had him in Rear Window, Vertigo, and several others.
Overall, Stewart netted 2 Oscars out of 5 nominations. He also netted 2 Golden Globes, though his career was a little early to win all of those that he might have.
Did you know that Stewart was a Princeton grad? How about that he was a pilot in WWII and retired as a Brigadier General in the USAF Reserves?
#3 New York – Humphrey Bogart
Bogie! Could there be a more iconic actor than this guy?
I mean, c’mon … Casablanca, The Maltese Falcon, Key Largo, The Big Sleep, High Sierra, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, Dark Passage, The African Queen … Need I say more?
Here are a few things you probably didn’t know about Bogie though:
- He was born on Christmas day
- His father was a heart surgeon and his mother was a well-known graphic artist
- He attended (and was expelled from) tony prep school Phillips Andover
- His trademark lisp came from an incident while he was in the Navy (battle-related in some stories, trying to take in a drunken sailor in others)
- He was a founding member of the Rat Pack
#2 Nebraska – Marlon Brando
Love him or hate him, this guy changed how actors act. His realism was truly ground-breaking, and all serious actors since have labored in his shadow. He also just so happened to be a truly great artist, inhabiting his roles like few others. We’re talking A Streetcar Named Desire, The Godfather, On the Waterfront, The Wild One, even Viva Zapata and Apocalypse Now … And we’re also talking 2 Oscars (and 8 nominations), 4 Golden Globes (and 9 nominations), and even 1 Emmy as well.
Of course, he was also a little crazy. His personal life was more than a little over the top. We’re talking 3 marriages, at least 16 children (fathered in and out of marriages), family scandals, rumors of bisexuality, fistfights, being notoriously difficult to work with, eccentric political stances, reclusiveness (in his later years) …
#1 New Jersey – Meryl Streep
No other actor has become their character quite like Meryl Streep – from Karen Silkwood to Julia Child to Margaret Thatcher to the French Lieutenant’s Woman to Florence Foster Jenkins. Her incredible facility with accents certainly helps, but what it really comes down to is her remarkable work ethic and absolute perfectionism.
As for awards, she’s set a record with 20 Oscar nominations (and 3 wins). Ditto with Golden Globes (30 nominations and 8 awards). She’s even won 2 Emmys, and scored a Tony nomination as well.
And, through it all, she actually seems to be quite a normal, decent person. Bully for you, Meryl!


The Los Cabos International Film Festival Is Coming Up!
Need an excuse to go on a tropical vacation? Next November is Baja California's annual Los Cabos International Film Festival! Since 2012, directors, actors, producers and movie-lovers all over the world have gathered at one of Mexico's premier resort destinations to celebrate and discuss Mexican and North American culture and cinema. Anyone and everyone is welcome to attend!
This year, the festival will take place November 12th to November 16th. Attendees may enjoy national and international premiers, galas, parties, outdoor screenings, and a variety of other entertainment. Québécois filmmaker, Xavier Dolan is confirmed to make an appearance during the Latin American premiere of his film Mommy. Mommy won the Jury Prize of the Cannes Film Festival earlier this year.
As described by the festival's official website, the event is "a meeting dedicated to a shared vision of a multicultural and exciting region…to explore new, risky, pensive and inspirational cinematographic proposals for international audiences."
Accordingly, the festival draws attendees and filmmakers from across Mexico, the United States, and all around the world. The 2012 festival drew over 5,000 attendees, including high-profile celebrities and hundreds of filmmakers and film executives.
Last year's festival brought Gael García Bernal. Bernal began his career as a soap opera heartthrob and has since then starred in numerous award winning films, including Y Tu Mamá También, and Babel. The 2013 festival honored his attendance with a tribute award.
Each year, the film festival incorporates two competitive sections: The Los Cabos Competition and Mexico First. In The Los Cabos Competition, fiction films and documentaries from Mexico, Canada and the United States compete to qualify for a prize.
This year's competition features a range of films, including Tu dors Nicole, a story about friendship and growing up, and Violent, an independent drama carrying heavier themes.
The Mexico First Competition solely considers feature films from Mexico.
Awards are presented as cash prizes, with winning films and filmmakers taking away up to $15,000. The cash award is aimed at supporting producers so that they can continue their work.
Those who wish to attend the festival may purchase one day passes at $70 each. These passes include a ticket for the gala and four complimentary tickets to the festival screenings.
Pricier passes allow guests to enjoy all the festival galas, along with the red carpet and outdoor screenings. Experienced filmmakers and movie-lovers may be interested in the industry badge.
The film festival has partnered with Aeromexico to offer discounted rates for attendees, and the airline is currently offering a 15% off promotional code.
The festival has also collaborated with hotels along the Tourist Corridor, a stretch of development between San Jose del Cabo and Cabo San Lucas. Popular resorts such the Sol Mar and Marina Fiesta are set to offer marked down rates for any and all festival goers.
Whether you consider yourself a movie junkie or not, the Los Cabos Film Festival is a chance to see some of the world's most respected and new films in an unparalleled environment – don't miss out and come see what this beautiful place has to offer!


“Though Petersburg is no stranger to the film industry, a new crew of filmmakers has recently descended on the city – and they are not here to tell the story of the past as is normally the case, but to focus on the future.”
ABCNews – WRIC
“The short film “Petersburg Rising” is just the start of a larger project, which will be a “full-length film” on the city’s school system. It begins in the 1980s and highlights the city’s failing economy. The short then narrows in on the public school system.”
“Petersburg Rising. It’s more than a catchy title. For students, parents, school, and city leaders, it’s what they want the world to know about the positive things going on in the city and the school system.”
“An up-close look at the Petersburg’s school system; coming soon to a theater near you.
Filmmakers have been in the city since the spring filming a documentary called “Petersburg Rising” which looks to highlight Petersburg Public Schools’ efforts to climb back up to state standards.”


Everyone has their favorite movie about love or their favorite action movie or comic book movie franchise. Ha! Just kidding with the last one. The Marvel Cinematic Universe has been kicking DC’s box office butt for years now without breaking a sweat.
As an author, I put together a list of my favorite movies about writing and/or writers. The variety of types of writers in movies surprised me.
Bridget Jones’s Diary
As a New Year’s Resolution, 32-year old Bridget Jones decides to take control of her life, starting by keeping a diary. Things get heated when her boss, Daniel Cleaver, takes an interest in her while at the same time she’s also developing feelings for Mark Darcy, a childhood friend.
After a major car crash, novelist Paul Sheldon is saved by former nurse Annie Wilkes, who is his biggest fan. Annie brings him to her remote cabin to recover, where her obsession takes a shadowy turn when she discovers Paul is killing off her favorite character.
The movie is about The Washington Post’s part in exposing the government’s cover up and the Pentagon Papers.
Set in 1941, a New York playwright, Barton Fink, accepts an offer to write movie scripts in L.A., but he has writer’s block and can’t write the B-movie script he has to do. His neighbor, insurance salesman Charlie Meadows, tries to help, but a bizarre series of events distracts Barton even further from writing.
Julie and Julia
The movie looks at the similarities in the lives of Julie Powell and Julia Childs. Julie Powell goes on a culinary quest to prepare all 524 recipes in Julia Childs’ cookbook, Mastering the Art of French Cooking.
A young English writer, Christian, goes to Paris to follow the Bohemian revolution taking hold of the city’s drug and prostitute infested underworld. He stumbles into the Moulin Rouge, a night club where the rich and poor men come to be entertained by the dancers, but things take a sinister turn for Christian as he starts a love affair with the star courtesan of the club, Satine.
What is your favorite movie about writing or writers?
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THE REGAL FILM SOCIETY
CROWCOMBE VILLAGE CINEMA
The aim of Crowcombe Cinema is to bring you a selection of current films as quickly after release as the film distributors will allow. We also, from time to time, like to show films which, although not on wide release, are worth watching and might be enjoyed by our Crowcombe audience.
Please see the linked page for Crowcombe Cinema
If you know of any local film societies please send me details.


EL BUEN PADRE / THE GOOD FATHER
An old man turns himself over to the police, saying that he has abducted three persons: a judge, a lawyer and a young escort girl who was a witness in the court case of his son, accused of killing his wife. Convinced that the three of them were bribed to convict his son, he assures the police, the three of them will be left to die at a week’s intervals, if the real killers of his daughter-in-law are not detained.
Inspector Indira Ramos and her team will head the investigation into the abductees. They will try to find their whereabouts before the deadline given by the old man and then reopen the case of his daughter-in-law’s murder… and before long they will discover that nothing is as clear at it seemed at the beginning.


Sandra Martin & Isaac Alongi
In their first feature film, Trust Fund, co-producers and husband and wife team, Sandra Martin and Isaac Alongi, felt passionate about filming most of the movie right here in KC. Sandra, a Lee’s Summit native, and Isaac, who grew up in Prairie Village, both believed that KC was perfect for showcasing their first film. In the movie, Kansas City successfully doubles as Chicago and Italy, and, although some areal shots were filmed in Italy, the majority of the movie was filmed in various locations right here. Trust Fund was such a success that it was picked up by AMC Independent and premiered in Kansas City, with a successful run, which they credit to the support of the city.
This visually stunning film led by an incredible cast, takes you on a visionary experience. It explores issues of betrayal, feeling alone, and left with the choice of surrendering your identity to please someone else, or break free to discover who you were truly meant to be.
The couple has been working together for over 15 years, and each have talents that compliment each other. Isaac was the director of photography, while Sandra wrote and directed the film, and they both shared the duties of producing. “It’s not often a husband and wife work so closely together as director and cinematographer, but it worked out really well for us, because we were already on the same page. There were times when things got stressful and intense, so it was nice to be there for each other,” says Alongi.
They are working on their next film, HOW TO PICK YOUR SECOND HUSBAND FIRST. “It’s a romantic comedy that pokes fun about delicate issues every one faces in marriage and no one wants to talk about. The film shows how difficult marriage can be at times, and how we live in a culture of giving up and starting over, which is not always the best answer. Faced with the possibility that the problem, that you assume is the other person, just might follow you to the next relationship,” said Sandra.
Filmmaking is a relatively new endeavor for the couple, but they feel very passionate about what they are doing, and they love working together. “It’s like a hobby to us,” Martin adds, “because we love it!”
“We want to make films that are entertaining, that you can take your whole family to, and not worry that they’ll be awkward moments where you regret bringing the kids to. We want to create movies that give plenty of opportunity for discussion later, that raise questions and don’t give all the answers. Films that are based on subject matters that are common, but not always talked about,” Sandra says.
Today more than ever, our world has become reachable, and movies are such an important medium to do that. Movies are invitations to live with people whose lives you may never even have imagined, to be faced with their choices and enter into unimagined worlds. Films help shape the culture in which we live, and they see it as a huge responsibility and great opportunity.
“Our core beliefs are seen in the stories that we choose to tell, and everything that we do. Knowing that we have the opportunity to influence a generation is exciting. We want to show an audience how hope, love, and our faith in God makes a difference,” Sandra said.
For more about the film Trust Fund and the cast visit trustfundmovie.com.


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