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Author: Inga Hatlapatka Published: February 22nd, 2012
Woody Allen won the Writer’s Guild Award for the original screenplay of his romantic comedy ‘Midnight in Paris’.
Last Sunday, the 19th February, the WGAW (Writing Guild of America, West) and WGAE (Writing Guild of America, East) announced the winners of this year’s Writing Guild Awards. One of the big winners on this evening was Hollywood legend Woody Allen. The price for the best original screenplay goes to his movie ‘Midnight in Paris’.
The romantic comedy was written and directed by Allen and shows the young Hollywood screenwriter Gil (Owen Wilson), who is travelling to the French capital with his financee Inez (Rachel McAdams) to start a new life. After a walk through the ‘City of love’ he gets lost and get catapulted though time into the golden age of the twenties. There he meets the beautiful muse called Adriana, who changeshis view of life.With the Golden Globe Award and four nominations for the Academy Award this year, this movie is anothergreat success for Woody Allen.
Other winners for the WDA’s are inter alia Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash in the category ‘Adapted Screenplay’ for
’The Descendants’, Katie Galloway & Kelly Duane de la Vega for their documentary screenplay of ‘Better this World’ and David Crane and Jeffrey Klarik for their new serie ‘Episodes’.
Sources:
- Allen, W. (Director). (2011). Midnight in Paris [Motion picture]. Spain: Sony Picture Classic.
- HFPA – Awards Search. (n.d.). OFFICIAL WEBSITE of the HFPA and the GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS. Retrieved February 21, 2012, from http://www.goldenglobes.org/browse/film/26339
- Writers Guild Awards 2012: Full list of winners – 02/20/2012 | Entertainment News from OnTheRedCarpet.com. (n.d.). OnTheRedCarpet.com Entertainment News. Retrieved February 21, 2012, from http://www.ontheredcarpet.com/Writers-Guild-Awards–2012:-Full-list-of-winners/8550888
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Author: Jelmer Driessen Published: February 22nd, 2012
While Stieg Larsson, the famous Swedish writer died, his legacy continued and how; after his death his three novels were published but not only that; apart from Swedish film adaptions, David Fincher decided to make an American adaption of the book.
Though in first instance doubted by critics The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo meets the better amount of expectations. While the Swedish director Neils Arden Oplev stated that he does not understand why Fincher would make a remake of his work when they just can see his adaption and would never create a better Lisbeth Salander (the leading female character) than he did; Fincher continued his work.
So why did Fincher decide to make an American adaption? Simple; the American audience are generally not pleased to watch a foreign film with subtitles. That is why Fincher made his adaption because he wants to show the American audience what a great story it is. Not many American directors succeed on making an adaption of a European film but Fincher’s work is beyond decent and pays a lot of respect to the original story. Apart from 5 Oscar nominations, the film already won several awards, which gives quite an insight in the success of the film. Not to forget; the performance of leading actress Rooney Mara is astonishing.
Rooney Mara as Lisbeth Salander
By Jelmer Driessen
David Fincher’s ‘ Dragon Tattoo’ has style to burn, Claudla Pulg, (December 19, 2011), Retrieved from http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/reviews/story/2011-12-19/the-girl-with-the-dragon-tattoo/52083012/1
Dragon Slayer, Ed Symkus, (December 21, 2012) Retrieved from http://www.inlander.com/spokane/article-17334-dragon-slayer.html
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, IMDB under The Amazon company, (January 19, 2012) Retrieved from http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1568346/
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo director lashes out at US remake, Andrew Pulver, (November 9, 2010), retrieved from http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2010/nov/09/girl-dragon-tattoo-american-remake
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Movie Trailer #2 – Official HD 2011, ClevverMovies, (September 22, 2011), Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KBPru-Pu5Q
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Author: Wenjiegu Published: February 22nd, 2012
Instagram
Instagram is a free photo sharing application that allows users to take a photo quickly and easily, apply a digital filter to make the photo look retro, then share the photo a variety of social networking services including Instagram’ own.
Now, there are already over ten million users registered on Insragram. Meanwhile, the users post thousands of their original photos on Instagram. A large number of photos are not professional. Most of users just love taking photos and sharing the daily photos from their lives with other users. That is the reason why Instagram is so popular in the whole world.
As one of the Instagram users, I completely enjoy sharing the photos what I took. If the other users like my photos, they can add me as their friend, thumb up the photo and leave their comments that what they feel when they see the photo. It is very easy to communicate with the other users. A lot of people make friends through Instagram. Meanwhile, you have the right to do the same thing to the others.
Moreover, Instagram can share photos with the famous social network (twitter, facebook, etc.)
In December 2011, Apple Inc. named Instagram “App of the Year” for 2011.
Source: Instagram: What is the history of Instagram? – Quora. (n.d.). Quora. Retrieved February 21, 2012, from http://www.quora.com/Instagram/What-is-the-history-of-Instagram
What Is Instagram?. (n.d.). Business Insider. Retrieved February 21, 2012, from http://www.businessinsider.com/instagram-2010-11
Apple names Instagram top app of the year – The Washington Post. (n.d.). Washington Post: Breaking News, World, US, DC News & Analysis. Retrieved February 21, 2012, from http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/apple-names-instagram-top-app-of-the-year/2011/12/09/gIQAg1VuhO_story.html
Photo source : all from the my own user on Insagram.
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