Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress

Arguably, Connelly's big breakthrough finally came in the 2000 film Requiem for a Dream. The haunting, experimental film starred Connelly and Jared Leto as drug users on the edge of a breakdown. The film, which was a success with critics (if not at the box office), firmly established Jennifer Connelly as a serious, talented actress. Connelly's star was on the rise, and she next starred in Ron Howard's film A Beautiful Mind (2001). Connelly essayed the role of Alicia Nash, the long-suffering wife of a brilliant mathematic ...

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List of Australians - A-F. Terry Alderman - cricketer Monique Allen - gymnast (won Australian's first gold medal for gymnastics at a Commonwealth Games) Phil Anderson (born 1958) cyclist Darren Bennett - (born 1965) Australian rules football player turned American football star Andrew Bogut - (born 1984) basketball player Allan Border - cricketer Raelene Boyle - athlete Steven Bradbury - (born 1973) short track speed skater and first Winter Olym ...

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After graduating from college, she spent three years in New York trying to make a name for herself as an actress. Like so many other young actors, she worked at several jobs, waiting for an opportunity in show business. One of her jobs was as production assistant in a film company. When the 1993 picture Amongst Friends entered pre-production, she was hired as third assistant director. Soon she was promoted to casting director and to assistant producer, and was finally offered the lead role in the movie. Reviews of her first film performance were positive, which op ...

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Natalie Portman - Education. Natalie always thought that education was extremely important. She reported on a talk show saying "I'd rather be smart than be a movie star" and said her goal was to graduate from college even if it ruins her acting career. Natalie Hershlag graduated Syosset High School in Syosset, New York in June of 1999. After high school she enrolled at Harvard University where she graduated with a ...

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While many actors take on stage names, Natalie's professional last name of "Portman" is in fact her maternal grandmother's maiden name. It is rumored that she first adopted it in case her performance in Léon might discredit her family. Portman is a descendent of Holocaust survivors, though many in her father's family perished. Natalie's paternal family are Israeli descendants of Jewish immigrants from Poland, while her American mother's family is descended from Jewish refugees from Austria and Russia. [1]. When Natalie was thr ...

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Connelly became a star on her next picture, the fantasy Labyrinth (1986). Connelly played Sarah, a teenager who wishes her baby brother into the world of goblins ruled by goblin king Jareth (played by rock superstar David Bowie). Through a series of adventures reminiscent of Alice In Wonderland, The Muppets and Monty Python, Sarah does indeed manage to rescue her brother. A product of the talents of Jim Henson, George Lucas, ex-Monty Python member Terry Jones and designer Brian Froud, the f ...

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Will: "Do you like apples?" Clark: "Yeah?" Will: "Well, I got her number. How do you like them apples?" Sean: "But you've never looked at a woman and been totally vulnerable- known someone that could level you with her eyes. Feeling like God put an angel on Earth just for you. And you wouldn't know how it felt to be her angel. To have the love be there for her forever. Through anything, through cancer. You wouldn't know about sleeping sitting up in a hospital room for two months holding ...

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Cher - Albums. Look at Us (1965) The Wondrous World of Sonny & Cher (1966) In Case You're In Love (1967) Sonny & Cher Live (1971) All I Ever Need Is You (1972) Live In Las Vegas Volume Two (1972) Mama Was a Rock and Roll Singer - Papa Used to Write All Her Songs (1973) All I Really Want to Do (1965) The Sonny Side of Cher (1966) See also:

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Trans Global Airlines has been seen in many other Universal Studios productions, such as the television program Emergency!, when a fictional airline is needed. In this film, flight 2 is a Boeing 707, flying from Chicago to Rome and its registry code is N324F. The real aircraft Boeing 707-349C (msn/ln 19354-503) was delivered to Flying Tiger Line on June 21, 1966. It was leased from Flying Tigers by Universal Studios and after the film (according to an article by Sergio Ortega at airodyssey.net) the real Boeing 707-349C had the followi ...

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She has been in a relationship with Kurt Russell since 1983, and they have a son together, Wyatt Russell, who is now in Vancouver, British Columbia learning and playing hockey. Hawn became a grandmother on 7 January 2004 when her daughter Kate Hudson gave birth to son Ryder Russell Robinson. Her son Oliver Hudson is also an actor, appearing on the short-lived (WB) television series The Mountain (2004–2005). Hawn's father, Edward Rutledge Studlendgehawn, was a descendant of Edward Rutledge, one of the signers of the Dec ...

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There are multiple themes that show through in Good Will Hunting. The themes of self love, expectations of society, and friendship all play a role in helping Will face his past and eventually embrace his future. Many scenes through out the movie show Will contradicting the expectations society has on him. The ever-lasting love Sean, Skylar, and Chuckie have for Will is the only thing that keeps him going, until he finally changes his life around. Another defining theme that makes the film unique is that there is no tangible antagonist ...

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The film reviews from this film are, for the most part, very favorable. Many film critics loved the ideas the film explored, and the majority of them gave it a good review. Out of the people who gave this film a bad review, most gave the reason for its bad language and content. Overall the average rating from one to ten was about a seven. According to the Box Office reports, Good Will Hunting grossed an impressive $225 million internationally. Although the opening weekend did not go particularly well, the film reviews and recep ...

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Released in US: December 5, 1997 Opening Weekend: $1,720,000 Studio: Miramax Total US Gross: $138,433,435 Production Budget: $10,000,000 Rentals: $53,988,000 Worldwide Gross: $225,900,000 ...

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Natalie Portman - Knows what it's like to be black?. Portman, who had recently read some of the works by W.E.B. DuBois, was interviewed for the August 2004 issue of Allure magazine where she was quoted as saying, "Oh my God! I'm not black, but I know what it feels like!" This prompted her to follow up with a apology letter to their editor, reprinted here. The “it” I was referring to when I said, “I know what it feels like,” was not intended to signify that I know “how black people ...

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Although the role of Margo Channing was recognised almost immediately as one of the best in Bette Davis's career, Davis was not the first choice. The Channing character was originally conceived as genteel and knowingly humorous, and Claudette Colbert was signed to play the role, however she severely injured her back and was forced to withdraw before filming began. Among those considered and rejected for the part were Mankiewicz's original choice, Susan Hayward, considered by Zanuck to be "too young", and Marlene Dietrich, considered to be "t ...

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Jolie's inventory of tattoos has become the subject of much media attention, and she frequently adds or even changes existing tattoos. She has said that all the tattoos she possesses have a special meaning. Her tattoos include: the letter H (for her brother James Haven) on the inside of her left wrist. "A prayer for the wild at heart, kept in cages" (Tennessee Williams) on her left forearm. a large prayer for her son Maddox on her left shoulder which covers up the Chinese "death" tattoo. two pointy bla ...

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While they were married, Jolie and Billy Bob Thornton adopted a son from Cambodia, Maddox Chivan Thornton Jolie, who was born on August 5, 2001. After they divorced, Jolie took full custody of Maddox. In Fall 2004, it was reported that Jolie had started proceedings to adopt another child, this time from Russia. However, no adoption ever took place. On March 8th, Jolie took part in a Washington Press club luncheon. [5] It was there that she announced the founding of the National Center for Refugee and Immigrant Children in Washington, ...

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Jolie has been a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations High Commission for Refugees since 2001, and frequently travels to remote countries to draw attention to the plight of people in Third World nations. In 2003, she published Notes from My Travels, a collection of journal entries that chronicled her early work with the U.N.. In a January 2005 interview with Reuters, Jolie criticized fellow actors for not being committed enough in helping others, and stated that she gives one-third of her income to charitable organizations. On October 12, 2005, Jolie was a ...

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The film depicts the pornographic film industry of the late 1970s and early 1980s as seen through the life of a young porn star, Dirk Diggler, played by Mark Wahlberg. It shows how he is discovered by porn director Jack Horner (played by Burt Reynolds, based on the real-life William Margold), enters the business, his rise to stardom, and his eventual downfall, partly due to cocaine-induced paranoia and having become an arrogant "star". It ends with ...

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The title is taken from a disco song of the same name performed by Heatwave released in 1977. The night club scenes were filmed at The Country Club located in Reseda, California. When the character of Buck Swope talks about "the TK-421 special modification" while trying to sell a stereo, it is a reference to the name of the Imperial Stormtrooper with the bad transmitter in Star Wars. Leonardo DiCaprio was Anderson's first choice to play Dirk Diggler but DiCaprio chose instead to star in James Cameron's Titanic. Di ...

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Actresses sometimes play the roles of prepubescent boys, because in some regards a woman has a closer resemblance to a boy than does a man. The role of Peter Pan, for example, is traditionally played by a woman. The tradition of the principal boy in pantomime may be compared. An adult playing a child occurs more in theater than in film. The exception to this is voice actors in animated films, where boys are generally voiced by women, as heard in "The Simpsons". Opera has several 'pants roles' traditionally sung by women, usually mezzo-sopranos. Examples are Hansel in Hansel und Gretel ...

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The film is sparse in action and heavy on dialogue, likely because it is based on a stage play. Almost all of the dialogue comes from the four main characters. The film was billed as a romantic drama and though a success it took many people aback because of its explicit sexual dialogue. Characters frankly and aggressively discuss sex acts with one another; notably the internet-exchange between Dan and Larry (with Dan posing as Anna) contains unu ...

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