Tag: Actress
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#JenniferAniston & #Selma Got Snubbed for an #OscarNomination & Other Thoughts
Selma director, Ava DuVernay, and her lead actor David Oyelowo (who portrayed Martin Luther King, Jr.) got seriously overlooked this morning as the Oscar nominations were announced. Even though Selma received a Best Picture nomination, it failed to get recognized for its directing and acting efforts. Also on the acting front, Jennifer Aniston, Jake Gyllenhaal, and…
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Someone Build a #TimeMachine and Give #LaurenGraham All of the Awards for #GilmoreGirls. #Seriously
2002 was the only year that Lauren Graham was nominated for a Golden Globe. That is a travesty to the acting profession. To this day, her work on both Gilmore Girls and NBC’s Parenthood (which is in its final season,) has pretty much been overlooked by critics. However, audience members, myself included, have certainly known…
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Shakespeare Reworked: “Scotland, PA”-The Modern Macbeth
In honor of Macbeth coming back to Broadway with Alan Cumming at its helm, I’m doing a new section called “Shakespeare Reworked.” Whether it’s an updated, modern version of his work such as the 1996 Romeo + Juliet with the original language in tact, or a modern re-telling such as Scotland, PA or She’s the…