A former Minneapolis police officer was arrested and charged with murder after an unarmed black man died in custody. Derek Chauvin, who is white, was featured on Monday kneeling on the neck of 46-year-old George Floyd. He and three other officers were released. Looting and arson days in the city of Minnesota have turned into […]

via Ex-officer charged with murder in Minneapolis — Archyde

I read Virginia Woolf’s “A Room of One’s Own” (which I will from now on acronym as “ARoOO”…you know like a wo(o)lf-ish howl) one Christmas break while home from college. I was lying in the reading nest that my sister and I had made, and was feeling toasty through and through with Earl Grey tea. […]

via Why Virginia Woolf’s “A Room of One’s Own” Is Still Relevant — Reflecting You, Reflecting Me

I have spent the last couple of days working on the graduation video– or, at least, the “celebration” video, since technically we’re not supposed to call it a graduation (or use Pomp and Circumstance) if it’s not high school. One way or another, though, I’ve been working on it. The final project is going to […]

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Angelina Jolie has been a force on the big screen and on the red carpet since the ’80s! From her edgy black hair in 1996’s ‘Foxfire,’ to her bright yellow ball gown at the Cannes Film Festival in 2007, Angelina’s beauty and fashion evolution is unmatched!

via Angelina Jolie Then & Now: From ‘Tomb Raider’ To ‘Maleficent’ & Beyond — Hollywood Life

Robert Pattinson is hyping “Tenet” as a film “so insane it becomes almost frightening.”

via Christopher Nolan Broke Tradition on ‘Tenet’ by Not Showing Cast the Films That Inspired It — IndieWire

Before the rose was there, the garden was full of moss. I started as a seed under it, waiting for the right time to sprout. Clover waited, and waited, and tended the garden, and didn’t listen to anyone who said she should give up. Moss, my other mother, she waited too. But Clover was the […]

via The Power of Whimsy and Magic in Queer Stories — The Afictionado

No, I did not at any time in my journalism career interview Tom Cruise. Never had the opportunity to chat with or even glance in person at the powerful and popular mega-star/Scientology advocate/Oprah couch-jumper. I did on multiple occasions, however, review Cruise films in print. In Yuma, it was “Top Gun,” “The Color of Money” […]

via The Tom Cruise File: Maturing on Screen from ‘Risky Business’ to ‘Mission: Impossible’ — thewomanwhoshotsamcooke

Brute Force (1947) Before he became the Birdman of Alcatraz, Burt Lancaster played a convict who’s fresh out of a long stretch in the hole. He only has three things on his mind: his wife’s operation (she refuses medical help unless he’s by her side); revenge on the guy who sent him into solitary confinement;…

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James Cameron and his team are getting back to work on his Avatar sequels in New Zealand after behind shut down for a few months due to the coronavirus outbreak. Now that they are back in production, producer Jon Landau is talking about the upcoming sequel and what we can expect from it. During a […]

via AVATAR 2 Producer Shares Some New Story Details — Entertainment Updates

Artistic expression can come in many forms; whether it be through writing, painting, acting, photography or other forms. For Jackie Chang, senior in communication, he expresses himself through the art of filmmaking. “I like to write story, I like to express myself through story,” Chang said. “…With movies, you can visualize the idea (and) the story in your mind. […]

via Communication student shares stories through film — The Collegio