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America The Beautiful (2007 Film)
''America the Beautiful'' is a 2007 American documentary film about self-image in the United States directed by Darryl Roberts Darryl Bevon Roberts (born 26 September 1983 in Saint Joseph, Trinidad and Tobago, Saint Joseph) is a Trinidad and Tobago, Trinidadian association football, footballer who last played for Kaya F.C.–Iloilo, Kaya F.C–Iloilo and for the Trinid .... The film had a limited release on August 1, 2008. External links * * Hollywood Reporter: Independent picks up 'America'Q&A with Darryl Roberts, filmmaker, about "America the Beautiful"'America the Beautiful': A Problem of Self-Image 2007 films American documentary films 2007 documentary films Body image in popular culture 2000s English-language films 2000s American films {{2000s-US-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darryl Roberts (director)
Darryl Bevon Roberts (born 26 September 1983, in Saint Joseph) is a Trinidadian footballer who last played for Kaya F.C–Iloilo and for the Trinidad and Tobago national team. Club career Youth and amateur In Trinidad and Tobago, he attended El Dorado Junior Secondary school however than transferred to Fatima College (Secondary School) in 1998. He represented both schools at age divisional levels and Fatima College at the Intercol competition and North Zone league. Roberts attended Liberty University. In his first year, he was named Soccer America and College Soccer News Freshman All-American, was on the NSCAA South Atlantic All-Region second team honours, and was also named Big South Freshman of the Year and to the Big South All-Conference first team. In his sophomore year he earned Big South all-conference second team honours and was a VaSID All-State second team selection, was named to the Trinidad and Tobago national football team in spring of 2003, becoming the fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris Hilton
Paris Whitney Hilton (born February 17, 1981) is an American media personality, businesswoman, socialite, model, and entertainer. Born in New York City, and raised there and in Beverly Hills, California, she is a great-granddaughter of Conrad Hilton, the founder of Hilton Hotels. Hilton first attracted tabloid attention in the late 1990s, when she became a fixture in NYC's social scene, and ventured into modeling at age 19, signing with Donald Trump's agency Trump Model Management. After David LaChapelle photographed her and sister Nicky for the September 2000 issue of '' Vanity Fair'', Hilton was proclaimed "New York's leading It Girl" in 2001. The reality television series ''The Simple Life'' (2003–2007), in which she starred with her friend Nicole Richie, and a leaked 2001 sex tape with her then-boyfriend Rick Salomon, later released as '' 1 Night in Paris'' (2004), catapulted her into global fame. Hilton published her debut book, ''Confessions of an Heiress'' (2004), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Kiedis
Anthony Kiedis ( ; born November 1, 1962) is an American singer and songwriter. He is a founding member and lead vocalist of the rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers. Kiedis and his fellow band members were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2012. Kiedis spent his youth in Grand Rapids, Michigan, with his mother, and then moved shortly before his twelfth birthday to live with his father in Hollywood. While attending Fairfax High School, Kiedis befriended students Flea and Hillel Slovak, who were members of a band called Anthym. After high school, Kiedis began taking classes at UCLA but dropped out in his sophomore year. When Kiedis received an offer to be the opening act for a local band, he enlisted Flea, Slovak, and drummer Jack Irons. After a show under the name Tony Flow and the Miraculously Majestic Masters of Mayhem, the band progressed and the line-up eventually became the Red Hot Chili Peppers. He has recorded thirteen studio albums with the Red Hot Chili Pepp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jessica Simpson
Jessica Ann Simpson (born July 10, 1980) is an American singer, actress, entrepreneur and philanthropist. After performing in church choirs as a child, Simpson signed with Columbia Records in 1997, aged seventeen. Her debut studio album, '' Sweet Kisses'' (1999), sold two million copies in the United States and saw the commercial success of the single "I Wanna Love You Forever". Simpson adopted a more mature image for her second studio album, '' Irresistible'' (2001), and its title track became her second top 20 entry on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, while the album was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). ''In This Skin'' (2003), Simpson's third studio album, sold three million copies in the United States. Jessica’s memoir, Open Book, debuted at #1 on three categories of the New York Times bestseller list, and became an instant global bestseller, receiving many accolades including the Time’s“100 must-read books of 2020.” The book is sol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Short
Martin Hayter Short (born March 26, 1950) is a Canadian-American actor, comedian, and writer. He has received various awards including two Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Tony Award. In 2019 Short became an Officer of the Order of Canada. He is known for his work on the television programs '' SCTV'' and ''Saturday Night Live''. Short created the characters Jiminy Glick and Ed Grimley. He also acted in the sitcom ''Mulaney'' (2014–2015), the variety series ''Maya & Marty'' (2016), and '' The Morning Show'' (2019). He has also had an active career on stage, starring in Broadway productions including Neil Simon's musicals ''The Goodbye Girl'' (1993) and '' Little Me'' (1998–1999). The latter earned him a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical and the former a nomination in the same category. He has starred in comedy films such as ''Three Amigos'' (1986), ''Innerspace'' (1987), ''Three Fugitives'' (1989), ''Captain Ron'' (1992), '' Clifford'' (1994), ''Mars Attacks!'' (1996), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eve Ensler
V, formerly Eve Ensler (; born May 25, 1953), is an American playwright, performer, feminist, and activist. V is best known for her play ''The Vagina Monologues''."Politics, Power and Passion" ''The New York Times Magazine'', December 2, 2011. Please see the fifth segment by Eve Ensler. In 2006 Charles Isherwood of '''' called ''The Vagina Monologues'' "probably the most important piece of political theater of the last decade." In 2011, V was awarded the |
Documentary Film
A documentary film or documentary is a non-fictional film, motion-picture intended to "document reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction, education or maintaining a Recorded history, historical record". Bill Nichols (film critic), Bill Nichols has characterized the documentary in terms of "a filmmaking practice, a cinematic tradition, and mode of audience reception [that remains] a practice without clear boundaries". Early documentary films, originally called "actuality films", lasted one minute or less. Over time, documentaries have evolved to become longer in length, and to include more categories. Some examples are Educational film, educational, observational and docufiction. Documentaries are very Informational listening, informative, and are often used within schools as a resource to teach various principles. Documentary filmmakers have a responsibility to be truthful to their vision of the world without intentionally misrepresenting a topic. Social media platfor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territories, nine Minor Outlying Islands, and 326 Indian reservations. The United States is also in free association with three Pacific Island sovereign states: the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau. It is the world's third-largest country by both land and total area. It shares land borders with Canada to its north and with Mexico to its south and has maritime borders with the Bahamas, Cuba, Russia, and other nations. With a population of over 333 million, it is the most populous country in the Americas and the third most populous in the world. The national capital of the United States is Washington, D.C. and its most populous city and principal financial center is New York City. Paleo-Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007 Films
The following is an overview of events in 2007 in film, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths. The highest-grossing film of the year was '' Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End'', which was just ahead of '' Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix''. 2007 is often considered one of the greatest years for film in the 21st century. This would also be the last year in which no films grossed at least $1 billion at the box office until 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic prevented multiple theatrically released films. Evaluation of the year Many have considered 2007 to be the greatest year for film in the 21st century and one of the greatest of all time. In his article from April 18, 2017, which highlighted the best movies of 2007, critic Mark Allison of ''Den of Geek'' said, "2007 must surely be remembered as one of the finest years in English-language film-making, quite possibly the best of this century s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Documentary Films
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams Soccer * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007 Documentary Films
7 (seven) is the natural number following 6 and preceding 8. It is the only prime number preceding a cube. As an early prime number in the series of positive integers, the number seven has greatly symbolic associations in religion, mythology, superstition and philosophy. The seven Classical planets resulted in seven being the number of days in a week. It is often considered lucky in Western culture and is often seen as highly symbolic. Unlike Western culture, in Vietnamese culture, the number seven is sometimes considered unlucky. It is the first natural number whose pronunciation contains more than one syllable. Evolution of the Arabic digit In the beginning, Indians wrote 7 more or less in one stroke as a curve that looks like an uppercase vertically inverted. The western Ghubar Arabs' main contribution was to make the longer line diagonal rather than straight, though they showed some tendencies to making the digit more rectilinear. The eastern Arabs developed the digit f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Body Image In Popular Culture
Body may refer to: In science * Physical body, an object in physics that represents a large amount, has mass or takes up space * Body (biology), the physical material of an organism * Body plan, the physical features shared by a group of animals * Human body, the entire structure of a human organism ** Dead body, cadaver, or corpse, a dead human body * (living) matter, see: Mind–body problem, the relationship between mind and matter in philosophy * Aggregates within living matter, such as inclusion bodies In arts and entertainment In film and television * ''Body'' (2015 Polish film), a 2015 Polish film * ''Body'' (2015 American film), a 2015 American film * "Body" (''Wonder Showzen'' episode), a 2006 episode of American sketch comedy television series ''Wonder Showzen'' * "Body", an episode of the Adult Swim television series, '' Off the Air'' In literature and publishing * body text, the text forming the main content of any printed matter * body (typography), the si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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