It was a real-life fairy tale come to life for Lupita Nyong'o, who won Best Actress in a Supporting Role for 12 Years a Slave at the 86th Academy Awards on Sunday night. Lupita earned the accolade for her haunting and captivating portrayal of the female slave Patsey in Steve McQueen's motion picture on slavery …
Congratulations to Amy Poehler on winning her first Golden Globe! Amy, who co-hosted the 71st annual Golden Globes award ceremony with her partner-in-comedic-crime Tina Fey, won Best Actress in a Television Series (Comedy) for her portrayal of Leslie Knope on NBC's Parks & Recreation (which was nominated for Best Television Series (Comedy) for the first time …
Happy Birthday to yours truly! Today, I turned 25. It's official - I have now been living for a quarter of a century (and have been inducted into the quarter-life crisis zone with the other twentysomethings). It's hard to believe I'm this old already! I've been celebrating this birthday milestone throughout this first week of …
Every year on my birthday, I visit Cafe Astrology to see my forecast for the year. I like how these readings are specifically tailored to each birth date of the year. The description of those people born on January 7th are incredibly accurate to my character: "You are a person who marches to the beat …
Said goodbye, turned around, and you were gone, gone, gone... Throughout the year, I've been compiling a page of memories from 2013 - including notable events I experienced, books I read, music I listened to, movies and television shows I watched, etc. - and now it is complete! CHECK IT OUT: Scrapbook 2013. I also …
Friday the 13th is a date known for its unpredictability, and there's no better example than what went down in pop culture this week! At the stroke of midnight on December 13th, Beyoncé reclaimed her throne with a Christmas surprise - a full-length self-titled audio/visual album, made available exclusively on iTunes. Beyoncé is a music …
The world has lost one of its finest leaders. Nelson Mandela, the South African anti-apartheid activist who spent 27 years in imprisonment, led his country to democracy, and served as its first elected black president, passed away at the age of 95 on December 5th. In his long-lived life, the influential human rights advocate was …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moSFlvxnbgk I was inspired to write about Disney's Frozen after reading my friend Megan's blog - where she talks about how she sees Queen Elsa's storyline as an insight into inner struggles, and, even deeper than that, into the realities of mental illness and depression - and I definitely agree with her perspective! Elsa can …
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0KYU2j0TM4 In Susan Cain's TED Talk, she advocates for those people who are often not heard from - the introverts. In a culture where the personality traits of being social and outgoing are prized above all else, it can be difficult, even shameful, to proudly identity oneself as an introvert. But, as Cain passionately argues …
School is officially back in session for students everywhere! As a recent graduate, it feels strange to enter September without having a new semester of classes or Co-op to start. For the first time since marching into Ms. Taylor's Kindergarten class, I don't have a scheduled plan laid out ahead of me. Now, I am …
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