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The 73rd Academy Awards were to take place on March 25, 2001. It had been more than a month since the BAFTA had been aired, and the most heated race of the year was the category of Best Actor. Usually, the precursor awards are a good indicator as to who is most likely to win, but the awards till now have been very divisive. The Golden Globes gave out two awards, one to Troy Armitage for Drama, and one to George Clooney for Comedy. The problem here was that George Clooney wasn’t even nominated for the…- 930.1 K • Ongoing
- I ended up spending more than three hours at Carla’s new place. She was brutally honest about her past and didn’t mince any words around topics that adults usually censor in the presence of children, which I appreciated a lot. Some part of me was angry at her for destroying the picture-perfect image I had of my bio-dad in my head, but seeing her face when she narrated the story, I could tell that she was telling the truth. I had never even considered why she was the way she was. I guess it was…
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- Trigger Warning: Brief mentions of depression, toxic relationships, self-harm, addiction, and abuse. Read at your own risk if you are easily triggered.Carla Armitage, née Wallace, felt cheated. Everything good in her life had been taken away from her. Her chance at a good job, her husband, money, luxury, and most importantly, her freedom.It all started seventeen years ago. Frank Armitage was her secret boyfriend and ethics professor. She never expected to get pregnant with his child during her final year.…
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- I felt deeply ashamed of myself that two kids had to tell me that I needed to improve my behavior. I hadn’t even realized that I was being so snappy recently, or that everyone was treating me like a glass cannon. When they said that she would take all my anger for everyone else, I couldn’t help but feel devastated and overcome with grief. That, when mixed with everything going on in my life, I couldn’t control my emotions.I felt blessed to have friends like Emma and Jamie who didn’t say anything to…
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- Everything felt numb to me. I didn’t know why this was happening all over again. I had thought that that woman was behind me. Heck, I had almost forgotten that there was a time when I used to call someone else ‘Mum’ who wasn’t named Kathy.In the meanwhile, the media were having a field day, with every news channel across the UK showing the same damning interview all the time.“I’m here with Carla Armitage, the biological mother of one Troy Armitage,” a female reporter said. “We all know Troy…
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- The word of mouth for was extremely strong. Not to mention, Troy’s Golden Globe win and the subsequent interviews put him in a lot of positive limelight. People loved him. Despite being a small-budget R-rated British indie film, it received a very strong opening because of the involvement of a movie giant like Universal.The film had already grossed $52m in the UK by the time Troy won his Golden Globe, which was a marketing point used by Universal to attract American audiences. Combined with Troy’s…
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- As I walked down the red carpet, the flashes from different cameras almost blinded me. I was wearing a white coat over a black shirt, black pants, and a black tie with a white checkered pattern on it. The only piece of a different color was my pocket square, which was maroon. Overall, I loved my getup because it was a little unique from what everyone else was wearing. Just as at Cannes, I had received sponsorship from many luxury brands but had settled on Gucci this time. My hair was spiked up perfectly,…
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- Most people didn’t care about a number on some obscure site like Rotten Tomatoes back in 2000 when the reviews were directly read in the newspapers. And almost all the reviews were glowing with high praise.‘Lovers of the book will find most of their favorite moments beautifully realized, perhaps even bigger and more wondrous than they imagined them.’–Eric Harrison, Houston Chronicle‘Two and a half hours of pure, uninterrupted enchantment.’–Rex Reed, Observer‘ makes a satisfactory and…
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- “Ladies and gentlemen, today we are live from the red carpet of the premiere of . My name is Kristie Douglas and we are waiting for the cast of the film to arrive,” a brunette middle-aged woman wearing a champagne-colored dress spoke on a mic.In the background, hordes of fans were shouting and waving their hands frantically, trying to get into the frame of the camera, but most were unsuccessful in that endeavor.“Let’s talk to a few of the fans of the books to see their reactions,” Kristie said…
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- After my failed attempt at getting Spielberg to change the climax of the film, days went on normally. Or as normally as they could go on a film set. Steven had taken it upon himself to praise me to heaven and back whenever I would do a good scene. One thing I noticed was that all that praise was solely focused on me alone. He never went out of his way to praise the adults as much as me, even if they had given master performances, which led me to believe that I received praise only because of my age.It was…
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