Last April vacation‚ my father took me on a trip to Israel to visit his friend. He said it would probably be the last time we could spend extended time together‚ just the two of us‚ seeing that college was only one year away. But to me‚ after a long cold New England winter‚ I was looking forward to kicking back at the Mediterranean Sea beach in Tel Aviv. But after I arrived in Israel‚ a series of events made this trip literally no day at the beach. Being a country constantly under attack‚ Israel
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Hollywood is a part of American culture therefore I believe that Hollywood indeed is very important in today’s pop culture. Many children‚ teens‚ and young adults in today’s society keep up to date with what is going on in Hollywood; when the next movie is coming out‚ what new songs are being played‚ etc. People even keep up to date with celebrities. Social media makes it possible to keep a look out on what our favorite celebrities are up to. Reality shows have also used Hollywood’s film industry
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I had been promised that‚ if I chose to take APALI‚ I would be in for a life-changing experience. Through being active in student leadership at De Anza College‚ I had come across many APALI alumni who all had nothing but good to say about the program. Though most identified as API‚ there were several‚ non- API’s who told me that the things that they learned in APALI transcended race. Skeptical‚ yet curious‚ I decided to enroll my last quarter at De Anza. The first day‚ though fun‚ did little to
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"Walter’s Thing: The NAACP’s Hollywood Bureau of 1946--A Cautionary Tale" The author primary argument/thesis was the NAACP Hollywood Bureau in 1942 led by Executive director Walter White. During World War II the goal of the organization corresponded with the war aims of the allies. In 2003 the NAACP opened a new Hollywood bureau. Both Bureau’s continuing endeavors to affect film and television and equal opportunity for the minority. Although both organizations share the same common goal‚ these
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A Place I Would Like to Visit “Hollywood” There are a lot of wonderful places I wish to visit. One of the places where I would like to visit is Hollywood. I always wanted to see how the films are made‚ meet famous actors and actresses and just have a good time. Hollywood is famous for making films there. I like to watch movies and I spend a great amount of my free time watching new and also old films‚ especially the Hollywood films. While watching the films I like‚ I always want to know
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German-Americans are major influence on movies in Hollywood throughout the years and still until this day. According to Peter Kramar‚ author of Hollywood in Germany by the “1940’s 10‚000 to 15‚000 Germans had migrated to Southern California”. 30‚000 intellectuals and radicals were exiled from Europe after the rise of Hitler. 80% of these people were Jewish. Many fled from Europe to the United States specifically Hollywood. Many of people had musical‚ theater and film talents. The first wave of émigrés
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Why did we lose the space shuttles? On January 28‚ 1986‚ the Challenger space shuttle was lost during a terrible explosion. This tragedy killed seven members who were on board and had such an impact on NASA‚ that they suspended shuttle flights for two years. But why did the shuttle suffer this devastating explosion? The Challenger suffered several launch delays six days prior to liftoff. NASA officials overruled concerns that the engineers had‚ and ordered a liftoff at 11:38 a.m. “I found out
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The Classical Hollywood Cinema era took place after the silent cinema era. This was roughly between the late 1920s and 1960s. The start of this “Golden Age of Hollywood‚” began with the film‚ The Jazz Singer‚ which was released in 1927. It was the first movie to have used synchronized voices as a vitaphone talkie. This was how they brought sound into the films. Unfortunately‚ the vitaphone ended up putting the silent film actors out of work‚ eventually putting an end to the silent cinema era
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The space shuttle‚ Columbia launched on January 16th‚ 2003. On February 1st of the same year‚ the shuttle fell back to Earth at an alarming rate with technical malfunctions. Eventually‚ the space shuttle blew up and unfortunately killed all of the astronauts on board. It was later found that this piece of foam broke off of the external tank during the initial takeoff. As a result‚ gas slowly penetrated the space shuttle. As the space shuttle made its approach‚ readings were lost and eventually communication
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Case Study- How Hollywood portrays Arabs An Overview of the portrayal Introduction Hollywood has for several decades‚ set an agenda as well played a propagandist role in showcasing the Arab world and the Middle East in general. This depiction has been greatly impacted by several major political events from the last few decades to a century. Political events such as the creation of the State of Israel‚ the revolution of the Islamic State of Iran‚ and the tragic events of September 11
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