Though I can’t use them as much anymore, I am highly specialized in the skills of teaching and education, both in a school setting and sports setting. I have been able to maintain strong organizational and leadership skills in working with different companies and people, creating a new path forward for my life, and in setting up my own business. I am a very driven individual who wants to be the best at whatever I’m pursuing. From winning valedictorian to winning around 20 baseball championships as a coach to having the best end-of-year student progress reports for my class in the entire district, I want to excel at everything I do. My willpower, competitiveness, and mindset that everything is able to be figured out would be some of my greatest strengths.
I have a bone to pick and people are not going to like it.
There is a Dr by the name of Nicholas Groth. He writes books on the psychology of rapists, more often specifically child rapists.
I've been looking for information on him for a decent chunk of time. I can't find a picture of him, I can't find who he is married too, nothing. Now the picture isn't important but the fact that he's supposedly been alive since 1937 would make him 86. And not one photo. Which I personally find suspicious. What's more, not only can I not find a picture of him, but his study on child predators has this weird problem as seen below.
So a few things about this piece lacking context. I've studied psychology for around 12-14 years now. Off and on. Partly out of general interest and partly to take some of my own power back.
And the above things here bother me.
Suppose for a second that the first part of the line, "They see the boy as a projected representation of themselves". Ok. So let's assume that for a moment. This would imply, that rather than abusing the child, that the predator is abusing themselves. However, he goes on to state that "-and therefore find themselves more comfortable (especially sexually) in the company of children..." Which would imply they view themselves as a child. These two things are mutually exclusive in most cases because in order to view someone as you while viewing yourself as them, takes a really stupid level of disassociation. Or being extremely autistic.
The fact that Groth here obfuscates the possibility that there are predators that are gay. And the manner in which he does this is by more or less saying that, "...molesters see themselves in their victims, but would not be attracted to adult males."
So full stop. Is Dr. Groth gay? Why would I ask this question. Well the obvious point here would be a conflict of interest in these studies in regards to sexuality of child molesters. But there's more contradiction here. And this is a clear thing that is not compatible when you are correct in your usage of language.
"See yourself in their victims" and "See the boy as a projected representation" are not the same thing. The may sound the same. But a person doing a research paper as a Dr. does not make this mistake.
When you see yourself IN the victim it implies that you see similarities between you and the victim.
However, when you see yourself projected as a representation, you are more or less seeing yourself AS the victim you intend to abuse.
No matter how subtle this difference is there IS one and it's not semantic. It's a meaningful difference. So the reason I call this out is because his research is a bit all over the place when it comes to the sexuality of predators. Reason being. He makes the claim that, "These men are heterosexual in their everyday lives, but assault kids as a form to take power." And while one part of that is true, there's more to it.
If you view yourself as a child or find yourself (more comfortable with kids sexually) psychologically speaking, if it's a man who targets only little boys, what does that imply? Well if we are answering honestly it could be a number of things. The man could be a bisexual but was never fully comfortable with sex as an adult, and thus forth upon having access to children, decided to live out the desires he had.
Also another interesting piece of information. Predators are often victims themselves. Sometimes they grow and aversion to the sex that victimized them, sometimes they don't. And when it's person of the same sex that does it to you. What tends to happen is that you run from it. Sometimes a lot harder than if it was someone of the opposite sex. Thing is if you look into it closely, one of the things that you find is that gay men who stay closeted for a very long time will do their best to come across as straight. Some men even have wives and kids along the way while not being sexually into women in that way. Why? Because they force themselves to be "Straight".
One of the largest reasons why this is a phenomenon is because they are trying to deny feeling that made them feel powerless. Which is to say, they as themselves when they got stunted mentally, emotionally, etc is a closer version of the real them. And YES it's horrific. To be attracted to kids in that way. However, after looking at all this research and not being able to find a shred of decent info on this Dr. I'm having doubts about the findings. Mostly because they are contrary to those I've found, and those of several of my friends in the field. Not everything is wrong mind you. However, there seems to be a number of things that don't properly add up.
And before anyone gets the idea that I'm calling all LGBT people or otherwise, all "Predators", I am not. However, As I've stated before. when a male predator goes out of his way to target only little boys, that in and of itself is a homosexual act. The man may well be a bisexual. But the age of the person involved does not change the sex they are. However, yes there are cases where there are predators that target both boys and girls. And if they view themselves as a child, they "as that child" are a bisexual. Even though they are also a predator.
And look. Anyone can be a predator no matter their orientation. But understand me when I say this. This researcher seems to be a fucking phantom. And given the subject matter they have produced, I don't like that. Several conclusions seemed rushed and don't fully add up.
The reality is boys and girls are more likely to be molested/raped by heterosexual males than by anyone within the LGBTQIA community.
What do predatory heterosexual males GAIN from convincing the American public illegitimately that the LGBTQIA community is to be feared as the main sexual predators of children???
Parents will be MORE LIKELY to PLACE BLAME UPON & ATTACK innocent members of the LGBTQIA community while predatory heterosexual males making up the predatory majority FALL UNDER THE PARENTS' RADAR.
STOP the homophobic hating, START educating the public about actual statistical facts.
"…There are several myths that we work to dismantle for our audiences so that they can be aware of the real risks and can better protect the children in their lives.
Science and case management experience has shown us that MOST CHILD MOLESTERS ARE HETEROSEXUAL. Abuse is about power and control and is not anchored by sexual orientation. Dr. Gene Abel, a researcher in the field of sexual violence for over twenty-five years, wrote an article for the average parent in Redbook magazine to take the knowledge he gained in doing over 100 scientific articles to provide specific warning signs for parents and caregivers. In this article, he explicitly states that most cases of boys being molested are attributed to heterosexuals.
'…[M]ost men who molest little boys are not gay. Only 21 percent of the child molesters we studied who assault little boys were exclusively homosexual. Nearly 80 percent of the men who molested little boys were heterosexual or bisexual and most of these men were married and had children of their own.'
Dr. A. Nicholas Groth, researcher on adult male offenders and author of 'Men Who Rape: Psychology of the Offender', states that it is a myth that adult males who molest boys are homosexual. He provides several clinical examples to back up his finding including the connection that molesters see themselves in their victims, but would not be attracted to adult males.
'…They see the boy as a projected representation of themselves. They feel themselves to be more child than adult – more boys than men – and therefore find themselves more comfortable (especially sexually) in the company of children….' (Groth, 1982)
Medical data backs up this psychological observation. In a 1994 study, researchers reviewed 352 medical charts, representing all of the children seen in the emergency room or child abuse clinic of a Denver children’s hospital as a result of being sexually abused. In looking at charts for a one year period (from July 1, 1991 to June 30, 1992), the researchers found that the molester was a gay or lesbian adult in fewer than 1 percent of cases (2 of 269) in which the adult molester could be identified. (Jenny, Roesler, and Poyer, 1994).
Thankfully, most Americans have heard that message loud and clear. In a 1999 random digit dialing phone survey, the belief that most gay men are likely to molest or abuse children was endorsed by only 19 percent of heterosexual men and 10 percent of heterosexual women (Herek, G.M., 2002).
It is our goal to provide quality prevention education that is backed up by science and clinical experience to the families and organizations that we serve. We do help caregivers understand the difference between sexual orientation and sexual abuse so that they can keep their children safe. The prevention focus is on behavior and not relationship. The question has changed from 'do you know this person?' to 'how does this person make you feel?' Knowing that most child molesters are heterosexual in their consensual sexual activities, we take the focus off of orientation and put the focus where it belongs, ON THE BEHAVIOR." (uppercase mine)
“Ford v Ferrari”
“The Irishman”
“Jojo Rabbit”
“Joker”
“Little Women”
“Marriage Story”
“1917”
“Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”
“Parasite”
Lead Actor:
Antonio Banderas “Pain and Glory”
Leonardo DiCaprio “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”
Adam Driver “Marriage Story”
Joaquin Phoenix “Joker”
Jonathan Pryce “The Two Popes”
Tom Hanks, “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood”
Anthony Hopkins, “The Two Popes”
Al Pacino, “The Irishman”
Joe Pesci, “The Irishman”
Brad Pitt, “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”
Martin Scorsese, “The Irishman”
Todd Phillips, “Joker”
Sam Mendes, “1917”
Quentin Tarantino, “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”
Bong Joon Ho, “Parasite”
Animated Feature:
“How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World” Dean DeBlois
“I Lost My Body” Jeremy Clapin
“Klaus” Sergio Pablos
“Missing Link” Chris Butler
“Toy Story 4” Josh Cooley
Animated Short:
“Dcera,” Daria Kashcheeva
“Hair Love,” Matthew A. Cherry
“Kitbull,” Rosana Sullivan
“Memorable,” Bruno Collet
“Sister,” Siqi Song
Adapted Screenplay:
“The Irishman,” Steven Zaillian
“Jojo Rabbit,” Taika Waititi
“Joker,” Todd Phillips, Scott Silver
“Little Women,” Greta Gerwig
“The Two Popes,” Anthony McCarten
Original Screenplay:
“Knives Out,” Rian Johnson
“Marriage Story,” Noah Baumbach
“1917,” Sam Mendes and Krysty Wilson-Cairns
“Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” Quentin Tarantino
“Parasite,” Bong Joon-ho, Jin Won Han
Cinematography:
“The Irishman,” Rodrigo Prieto
“Joker,” Lawrence Sher
“The Lighthouse,” Jarin Blaschke
“1917,” Roger Deakins
“Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” Robert Richardson
Best Documentary Feature:
“American Factory,” Julia Rieichert, Steven Bognar
“The Cave,” Feras Fayyad
“The Edge of Democracy,” Petra Costa
“For Sama,” Waad Al-Kateab, Edward Watts
“Honeyland,” Tamara Kotevska, Ljubo Stefanov
Best Documentary Short Subject:
“In the Absence,” Yi Seung-Jun and Gary Byung-Seok Kam
“Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone,” Carol Dysinger
“Life Overtakes Me,” Kristine Samuelson and John Haptas
“St. Louis Superman,” Smriti Mundhra and Sami Khan
“Walk Run Cha-Cha,” Laura Nix
Best Live Action Short Film:
“Brotherhood,” Meryam Joobeur
“Nefta Football Club,” Yves Piat
“The Neighbors’ Window,” Marshall Curry
“Saria,” Bryan Buckley
“A Sister,” Delphine Girard
Best International Feature Film:
“Corpus Christi,” Jan Komasa
“Honeyland,” Tamara Kotevska, Ljubo Stefanov
“Les Miserables,” Ladj Ly
“Pain and Glory,” Pedro Almodovar
“Parasite,” Bong Joon Ho
Film Editing:
“Ford v Ferrari,” Michael McCusker, Andrew Buckland
“The Irishman,” Thelma Schoonmaker
“Jojo Rabbit,” Tom Eagles
“Joker,” Jeff Groth
“Parasite,” Jinmo Yang
Sound Editing:
“Ford v Ferrari,” Don Sylvester
“Joker,” Alan Robert Murray
“1917,” Oliver Tarney, Rachel Tate
“Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” Wylie Stateman
“Star Wars: The Rise of SkyWalker,” Matthew Wood, David Acord
Sound Mixing:
“Ad Astra”
“Ford v Ferrari”
“Joker”
“1917”
“Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”
Production Design:
“The Irishman,” Bob Shaw and Regina Graves
“Jojo Rabbit,” Ra Vincent and Nora Sopkova
“1917,” Dennis Gassner and Lee Sandales
“Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” Barbara Ling and Nancy Haigh
“Parasite,” Lee Ha-Jun and Cho Won Woo, Han Ga Ram, and Cho Hee
Original Score:
“Joker,” Hildur Guðnadóttir
“Little Women,” Alexandre Desplat
“Marriage Story,” Randy Newman
“1917,” Thomas Newman
“Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker,” John Williams*“The King,” Nicholas Britell
Original Song:
“I Can’t Let You Throw Yourself Away,” “Toy Story 4”
“I’m Gonna Love Me Again,” “Rocketman”
“I’m Standing With You,” “Breakthrough”
“Into the Unknown,” “Frozen 2”
“Stand Up,” “Harriet”
Makeup and Hair:
“Bombshell”
“Joker”
“Judy”
“Maleficent: Mistress of Evil”
“1917”
Costume Design:
”The Irishman,” Sandy Powell, Christopher Peterson
“Jojo Rabbit,” Mayes C. Rubeo
“Joker,” Mark Bridges
“Little Women,” Jacqueline Durran
“Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” Arianne Phillips
Visual Effects:
“Avengers Endgame”
“The Irishman”
“1917”
“The Lion King”
“Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker”
Jennifer Kent’s 2014 directorial debut, The Babadook, grappled with the difficulty of confronting interior demons. The horror depicted in The Nightingale is that of colonial violence’s endlessness, a war for power designed to go on forever. Within The Nightingale’s landscape, rape is depicted as a tool used to oppress, an assertion of dominance over the collective bodies of women—especially those who are already marginalized and thus easier to control and disappear if necessary. But despite its brutality, The Nightingale is conservative in its depiction of bodies, with tight shots that keep the focus on emotion and the intent in the eyes. The Nightingale has been erroneously referred to as a rape-revenge story, but unlike the male directors who populate that genre, Kent depicts rape with no eroticism at all. These are violent expressions of power and domination, not passionate acts, and the film has a deep understanding of this fact.
Rape-revenge films historically obscure the emotional and psychological effects of rape on its victims, instead creating simple narratives wherein unspeakable violence (rape) is later repaid with violence that is more culturally acceptable (murder). Rape and murder often go hand in hand in discussions of crime, suggesting that there is a universal understanding that one is just as bad as the other. But that’s never been the case: We live in a culture that refuses to peel back the complexities of rape while simultaneously having an unsettling fascination with murder, one that has led to a certain numbness to the act itself. No one is immune to rape, and no one wants to believe that they are capable of committing such a crime. We now know more—and talk more—than we ever have about rape and the culture that has numbed us to it, but a cultural refusal to broach the issue critically remains.
In the Q&A following a screening of The Nightingale at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Kent revealed that she read A. Nicholas Groth’s 1979 book, Men Who Rape: The Psychology of the Offender, while preparing to direct the film, emphasizing a need to understand her own male characters and their impulses. During filming, a psychologist who specializes in sexual violence was on set to support the cast and crew. The director also stressed the importance of taking special care with her performers, noting that even simulated rape can leave emotional scars. “You have to love your actors,” she said. And you could hear it in her voice that she did. “Sam [Claflin] cried after the especially brutal scenes. We made sure that he had the comfort and support he needed.”
By depicting rape as a tool of colonial oppression, The Nightingale perfectly highlights the power structures that created rape culture. Within the story, men are killed—shot point blank, often by other men, with no lingering. The end is abrupt and the pain is quick. But for women, both Black and white, agony is protracted and violation reaches into their very spirits. Men take their time breaking women, and there are systems in place to ensure that pain is drawn out to the very last second. Throughout the entire film, Clare only kills one person. The scene is lengthy in contrast to the other murders in the film. Clare gets one clear chance to mimic the brutality of men, using a knife to repeatedly pierce her victim’s body. Once she’s finished, she loses the stomach for it, abandoning her weapons in an effort to remove herself from the cycle of violence. She knows being violent toward others won’t help her retrieve what’s been stolen from her.
Over a year ago I made a icon and gif hunt blog called modelrps. I haven't been on top of posting and updating it, and decided to get rid of the blog. Instead of deleting all the content I'm just going to pile it into one zip file and post it here!
This pack contains over 95 subfolders of icons and gifs of various models and celebrities. Each person does not have a single zip file, so under the cut you will find info on which celebrities this zip contains and how many icons and gifs there are for them. Also in this pack is the psds I used for the icons and gifs.
The photos and videos used are fairly old, so for some it may be outdated. However, I hope some of you find it helpful! No need to credit me, just like or reblog if using.
Supposedly, 92% of same sex partners abuse their children per this study. There is some concern by the publishers, Hindawi, of the study. (I’ve never heard of them, so can’t comment on the level of quality they normally publish. There is a letter to the editor questioning the study, and the author’s response.
Looking closer at this “study,” it isn’t actually an in-depth study of children living with same-sex partners. It’s a rehash of another on-going study that’s been running since 1995. In that study, there are thousands of subjects involved (though the numbers continue to drop with each round of questioning.)
Now, I found the table on page where the alleged 92% comes from.
Measured at Wave III, Opposite Sex (OS) parent at 58.2% while Same Sex (SS) parent indeed at 92%. Going down you’ll notice the first problem. At the bottom of the table the number of OS parents is over 12,000. The number of SS parents is at, wait for it........ 20. That’s right. This “data” is based off of 20 cases. Now, mind you, the conclusion is derived from an extremely small sample size. Further, the data is taken from 2001-2002. Long before the legalization of same-sex marriages.
Further, is the bias injected by the author (ironically a catholic priest), a member of The Catholic University of America. While this alone doesn’t invalidate the data, combined with the fact that he is using an extremely small sample size constitutes hate speech and academic failure.
This is the perfect example of piss-poor, biased data massaging by a hate-mongering homophobe.
And then there was this...
40% of sexual predators are “fags.”
Try this:
The distinction between a victim's gender and a perpetrator's sexual orientation is important because many child molesters don't really have an adult sexual orientation. They have never developed the capacity for mature sexual relationships with other adults, either men or women. Instead, their sexual attractions focus on children – boys, girls, or children of both sexes.
and here:
Dr. A. Nicholas Groth, researcher on adult male offenders and author of "Men Who Rape: Psychology of the Offender", states that it is a myth that adult males who molest boys are homosexual. He provides several clinical examples to back up his finding including the connection that molesters see themselves in their victims, but would not be attracted to adult males.
"…They see the boy as a projected representation of themselves. They feel themselves to be more child than adult – more boys than men – and therefore find themselves more comfortable (especially sexually) in the company of children...." (Groth, 1982)
Medical data backs up this psychological observation. In a 1994 study, researchers reviewed 352 medical charts, representing all of the children seen in the emergency room or child abuse clinic of a Denver children’s hospital as a result of being sexually abused. In looking at charts for a one year period (from July 1, 1991 to June 30, 1992), the researchers found that the molester was a gay or lesbian adult in fewer than 1 percent of cases (2 of 269) in which the adult molester could be identified. (Jenny, Roesler, and Poyer, 1994).
(emphasis is mine, bold epmhasis in original)
Child sex abuse has nothing to do with sexual orientation.
So this also is a lie.
As well as this...
So, 3% of the population accounts for the vast majority of major health issues. Sourced from the CDC. This is actually extremely hard to track down at the CDC website. While the HIV is probably true, I had to search elsewhere. There does indeed seem to be a disproportionate number of new cases (HBV, syphilis) being men who have sex with men in the UK.
Over half of new anal cancer cases in the UK (1,300) are diagnosed in people over 65. Old age seems to be the more likely cause, though HPV and lifestyle can increase the likelihood.
So, while all of this may be true, it’s actual social value reaches the grand height of 0. Zip, zilch, zero, nada, nothing. It is nothing more than hate speech.
In fact, taking the 3% of the population and the less than 1% of child molesters being gay or lesbian, shows that children are even safer with LGBTQ people/parents than with heterosexual people/parents. And it disproves the supposed “study” by the catholic priest LGBTQ hater.
He’s actually more likely to abuse children than anyone in the LGBTQ community. I suspect his supposed study is actually a smoke screen.
Though I can’t use them as much anymore, I am highly specialized in the skills of teaching and education, both in a school setting and sports setting. I have been able to maintain strong organizational and leadership skills in working with different companies and people, creating a new path forward for my life, and in setting up my own business. I am a very driven individual who wants to be the best at whatever I’m pursuing. From winning valedictorian to winning around 20 baseball championships as a coach to having the best end-of-year student progress reports for my class in the entire district, I want to excel at everything I do. My willpower, competitiveness, and mindset that everything is able to be figured out would be some of my greatest strengths.
CRIMINAL: Netflix anunciou nova série de drama policial com David Tennant e nomes como Hayley Atwell e Nicholas Pinnock no elenco!
A Netflix revelou hoje mais detalhes e o elenco de sua nova série policial intitulada “Criminal”. Ela vai consistir em 12 episódios de 45 minutos, cada um deles em quatro países, equipes e línguas diferentes – Reino Unido, Espanha, França e Alemanha. A história focará em uma sala de interrogatório e no tenso conflito psicológico entre policial e suspeito.
Tendo como showrunners George Kay e Jim Field Smith, e na direção Jimmy Smith, todos os episódios serão filmados no centro de produção da Netflix em Ciudad de la Tele, em Madri.
Cada país contará com três episódios na temporada.
David atuará na produção inglesa, assim como Hayley Atwell, Katherine Kelly Lee Ingleby, Mark Stanley, Rochenda Sandall, Shubha, Saraf, Youssef Kerkour e Clare-Hope Ashitey.
Nos episódios franceses atuarão Margot Bancilhon e Laurent Lucas, nos alemães Eva Meckbach e Sylvester Groth e nos espanhóis Jorge Bosch, José Angel Egido e Nuria Mencia.
A Netflix ainda não anunciou a data de estreia da série.
America’s fertility rate has fallen to its lowest point in history, 1.73 babies per woman, according to data just released by the Centers for Disease Control. The truth is starker still around much of the developed world, as noted by a new Institute for Family Studies report. Across Europe and Asia especially, each year brings more countries hitting their lowest fertility rates in history. In South Korea, for instance, the average woman can now expect to have less than one child.
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In fact, we should care that fertility is falling, for at least three big reasons.
First and foremost, the reality is that fertility rates around the world, and in the United States, are lower than what women themselves say they want. About 40 percent of American women in their 40s report that they would like to have more children than they currently do. This figure is markedly larger than the approximately 20 percent of their peers who say they have more children than they would like. Such numbers are worrying because research tells us that women who “miss” their fertility ideals tend to be less happy than those who make them.
Secondly, low birth rates can also have seismic economic consequences. A growing chorus of economists have begun to argue that slow population growth makes us all poorer. Declines in childbearing often “portend ominous change in economic prospects [for countries]: major increases in public debt burdens, and slower economic growth” because they eventually lead to declines in the number of adults working, absent major immigration, as the political economists Nicholas Eberstadt and Hans Groth have noted.
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Finally, as J.D. Vance wryly observed at The American Conservative’s annual gala in May, “We should care about declining fertility, not just because it’s bad for our economy, but because we think babies are good, and we think babies are good because we’re not sociopaths.” Babies can be transformative for the men and women who have them, and for the families they build and grow.
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For evidence in support of Vance’s view, one need only look to Japan. In the land of the setting sun, long-term low fertility has dealt a devastating blow to kinship ties and family life. Thanks to the very rapid fertility transition in Japan two generations ago, scores of older Japanese men and women face the prospect of lonely lives and lonelier deaths. Japanese retirees with fewer children, not to mention grandchildren, are often unvisited and cut off from the life of the young. As The New York Times reported in a harrowing account of the lonely old in Japan, “The extreme isolation of elderly Japanese is so common that an entire industry has emerged around it, specializing in cleaning out apartments where decomposing remains are found.”
Winners : 92nd Annual Academy Awards Ceremony (2020)
NOTE - The following categories will be omitted from my predictions :
ANIMATED FEATURE
ANIMATED SHORT
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
ORIGINAL SONG
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NOMINATIONS
BEST PICTURE
Ford v Ferrari (dir. James Mangold)
The Irishman (dir. Martin Scorsese)
Jojo Rabbit (dir. Taika Waititi)
Joker (dir. Todd Phillips)
Little Women (dir. Greta Gerwig)
Marriage Story (dir. Noah Baumbach)
1917 (dir. Sam Mendes)
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (dir. Quentin Tarantino)
Parasite (dir. Bong Joon-ho)
thoughts : It was my favorite film of 2019, and my second favorite film of the decade. I am extremely happy to see this juggernaut of a film have such an impressive night.
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LEAD ACTOR
Antonio Banderas (Pain and Glory)
Leonardo DiCaprio (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood)
Adam Driver (Marriage Story)
Joaquin Phoenix (Joker)
Jonathan Pryce (The Two Popes)
thoughts : Phoenix is rapidly becoming the defining actor of our generation, and his take on the Joker character is pitch-perfect considering the long-running success of the comic-based film. A compelling experiment that has resulted in proper success for the man at the center of the beautiful storm.
thoughts : This one shouldn’t have been a surprise, honestly, as Zellweger already pulled off a win at the Golden Globes, so props to her. Sad that my girl Saoise didn’t win though, but I imagine she has years of powerful performances ahead of her.
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SUPPORTING ACTOR
Tom Hanks (A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood)
Anthony Hopkins (The Two Popes)
Al Pacino (The Irishman)
Joe Pesci (The Irishman)
Brad Pitt (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood)
prediction : Brad Pitt (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood)
winner : Brad Pitt (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood)
thoughts : This was a well-deserved win for Brad Pitt, as he brought some of the most natural charisma and on-screen chemistry with Leonardo DiCaprio to the table. He also fit right in with the Spahn Ranch cast, as well as the top-tier production design.
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SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Kathy Bates (Richard Jewell)
Laura Dern (Marriage Story)
Scarlett Johansson (Jojo Rabbit)
Florence Pugh (Little Women)
Margot Robbie (Bombshell)
prediction : Laura Dern (Marriage Story)
winner : Laura Dern (Marriage Story)
thoughts : In Netflix’s tour-de-force of acting, Dern was by far the most engaging and natural performance. She’s an actress with an infinite amount of chops, and most importantly, she looks like she’s having fun nearly every time you see her on-screen these days.
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DIRECTOR
Martin Scorsese (The Irishman)
Todd Phillips (Joker)
Sam Mendes (1917)
Quentin Tarantino (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood)
Bong Joon-ho (Parasite)
thoughts : Another wonderful win for Bong Joon-ho, and a sweep of the major three awards that I thought he’d win. This film really hit me in a major way, and I am happy to see it get all of the recognition that I feel it deserves.
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ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Steven Zaillian (The Irishman)
Taika Waititi (Jojo Rabbit)
Todd Phillips and Scott Silver (Joker)
Greta Gerwig (Little Women)
Anthony McCarten (The Two Popes)
thoughts : Sadly, I’ve been dragging my feet on seeing Jojo Rabbit, but the trailers had me hooked. Waititi is also a master of making absurd premises ridiculously entertaining, so I am not surprised by this win one bit.
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ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Rian Johnson (Knives Out)
Noah Baumbach (Marriage Story)
Sam Mendes and Krysty Wilson-Cairns (1917)
Quentin Tarantino (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood)
Bong Joon-ho and Jin Won Han (Parasite)
prediction : Bong Joon-ho and Jin Won Han (Parasite)
winner : Bong Joon-ho and Jin Won Han (Parasite)
thoughts : I expect Bong Joon-ho to be the bell of the ball, and this (other than Best International Film) seemed like a slam dunk choice.
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CINEMATOGRAPHY
Rodrigo Prieto (The Irishman)
Lawrence Sher (Joker)
Jarin Blaschke (The Lighthouse)
Roger Deakins (1917)
Robert Richardson (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood)
prediction : Roger Deakins (1917)
winner : Roger Deakins (1917)
thoughts : Deakins is a legend, and he pulled off one heck of a magic trick with 1917. Another trophy for a master craftsman.
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BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM
Jan Komasa (Corpus Christi)
Tamara Kotevska and Ljubo Stefanov (Honeyland)
Ladj Ly (Les Miserables)
Pedro Almodovar (Pain and Glory)
Bong Joon-ho (Parasite)
thoughts : No disrespect to anyone on this list, but this was always going to be Bong Joon-ho’s award to lose.
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FILM EDITING
Michael McCusker and Andrew Buckland (Ford v Ferrari)
Thelma Schoonmaker (The Irishman)
Tom Eagles (Jojo Rabbit)
Jeff Groth (Joker)
Jinmo Yang (Parasite)
prediction : Jeff Groth (Joker)
winner : Michael McCusker and Andrew Buckland (Ford v Ferrari)
thoughts : Here’s another film that’s been on my ‘to see’ list for too long. With the technical awards it’s winning, however, I’ll be changing that sooner than later.
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SOUND EDITING
Don Sylvester (Ford v Ferrari)
Alan Robert Murray (Joker)
Oliver Tarney and Rachel Tate (1917)
Wylie Stateman (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood)
Matthew Wood and David Acord (Star Wars : The Rise of Skywalker)
prediction : Oliver Tarney and Rachel Tate (1917)
winner : Don Sylvester (Ford v Ferrari)
thoughts : See the previous statement about the winner.
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SOUND MIXING
Ad Astra
Ford v Ferrari
Joker
1917
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
prediction : 1917
winner : 1917
thoughts : This one feels like padding the stats just a little bit, especially with the wonderful radio/TV mixing for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, but I’m not surprised that 1917 is winning technical awards.
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PRODUCTION DESIGN
Bob Shaw and Regina Graves (The Irishman)
Ra Vincent and Nora Sopkova (Jojo Rabbit)
Dennis Gassner and Lee Sandales (1917)
Barbara Ling and Nancy Haigh (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood)
Lee Ha-Jun and Cho Won Woo, Han Ga Ram, and Cho Hee(Parasite)
prediction : Barbara Ling and Nancy Haigh (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood)
winner : Barbara Ling and Nancy Haigh (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood)
thoughts : With this film being such an immersive experience, I am not surprised that it won a Production Design award. Well-deserved.
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ORIGINAL SCORE
Hildur Guðnadóttir (Joker)
Alexandre Desplat (Little Women)
Randy Newman (Marriage Story)
Thomas Newman (1917)
John Williams (Star Wars : The Rise of Skywalker)
Nicholas Britell (The King)
thoughts : Of all the films nominated (that I saw), this one seemed like a lock for score, as that was one of several elements that pulled you into the engaging darkness of the film.
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MAKEUP AND HAIR
Bombshell
Joker
Judy
Maleficent : Mistress of Evil
1917
prediction : Joker
winner : Bombshell
thoughts : This win makes plenty of sense to me, as the very recognizable actresses throughout the film were properly turned into their real-life counterparts enough to suspend disbelief. The Roger Ailes make-up was pretty spot-on as well.
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COSTUME DESIGN
Sandy Powell and Christopher Peterson (The Irishman)
Mayes C. Rubeo (Jojo Rabbit)
Mark Bridges (Joker)
Jacqueline Durran (Little Women)
Arianne Phillips (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood)
thoughts : I wanted Greta Gerwig to get a couple of additional awards this year for Little Women, but if there was one award they were a lock for, I assumed that it would be costuming.
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VISUAL EFFECTS
Avengers : Endgame
The Irishman
1917
The Lion King
Star Wars : The Rise of Skywalker
prediction : Star Wars : The Rise of Skywalker
winner : 1917
thoughts : In all honesty, this was surprising. No disrespect to 1917, but I figured it’d be the last one to win for Visual Effects simply because most everything was done real-world and captured in camera.
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After a disappointing set of results for my Golden Globes guessing, I’m surprised how well I did with the Academy Awards, as I normally stand opposed to their choices. I don’t know if my taste is shifting, or if Hollywood is shifting, but either way, 2019 was a wonderful year for film, and these results are a satisfying close to it.
Alvin Community College recognized students for making the Fall 2016 Dean’s and Merit Lists during a reception on February 13.
To be eligible for the Dean’s list students must earn at least a 3.5 grade point average for 12 or more credit hours in a semester and no course with a grade lower than a C. To be eligible for the Merit List, a student must have 7 – 11 college-level semester hours during a semester with a minimum 3.5 GPA with no F or incomplete. College-level courses exclude credit-by-exam, nontraditional, transfer, or developmental courses.
The full Dean’s List recipients are: Juan Aguirre, Zachary Aldmon, Hannah Aldridge, Mohammad Alom, Daisy Alvarado, Donald Anderson, Kirsten May Andrade, Johnson Appiah, Jessie Arce, Yesenia Arenas, Rylee Arnold, Jordan Bagwell, Kelsey Barba, Taylor Barrow, Eva Bartley, Cassandra Mae Batang, Jerry Beasley, Alex Begnaud, Emery Bennett, Drew Bennett, Grant Bentley, Scott Berardi, Kane Berger, Alyssa Bergeron, Zachary Bernal, Dustin Bernatovich, Stephen Bishop, Victoria Bitner, Madison Bochard, Paul Boddy, Jared Bolton, Joseph Booth, Braedon Boznango, Natasha Braun, Taylor Broussard, Ruth Brown, Zara Burns, Bridget Byrd, Marc Cardenas, Raya Carr, Luis Carrillo, Dale Carrion, Guadalupe Castaneda, Dalia Castelan, Cayla Caster, Chelsea Catching, Cynthia Cedillo, Toni Chavez, Mica Chenier, Rachel Christodoss, William Clark, William Clifford, Freyja Coe, Nathan Comeaux, Cristian Cornejo, Meagan Crisp, Karlie Crow, Brandon Cuddihy, William Dahlstrom, Kaitlyn Dahlstrom, Cole Dahlstrom, My Dang, Jeffrey Davidson, Adriana Davila, Egla Delrioaguillon, Christopher Detorre, Cody Dewar, Raul Diaz, Nephtali Diaz, Katherine Dillard, Chase Dillman, Michael Dinsdale, Cheyenne Dornelles, Andrew Dotson, Adrienne Dover, Amanda D'Souza, Amber Eastham, Zachary Edwards, Kaitlyn Elder, Esther Erfan, Christopher Erickson, Adam Erlewein, John Evans, Karsten Fagan, Jennifer Fakharizadeh, Yecenia Fernandez, Clinton Fewell, Victoria Flannory, Tristan Flores, Jaecen Foytik, Timothy Franke, Scott Frankovich, Alyssa Frausto, James Freitag, Nathan Fuchs, Mallory Gaddis, JoLee Galetka, Marlena Gana, Soledad Garcia, Ryan Garner, Hector Garza, Brooklyn Garza, Bakari Gayle, Julia Glasgow, Stephen Glasgow, Mallory Glover, Rosemary Gonzalez, Stephan Good, Leslie Gordon, Signe Gostomski, Victor Gostomski, Esther Granados, Laurel Gray, Sophia Graziosi, Isabella Graziosi, Ariana Green, Bobbye Green, Emily Greenough, Evan Griffin, Marissa Grimes, Jonathan Guerrero, Emily Guidry, Brandon Hagood, Kayleigh Hanchey, Liam Haney, Joshua Hargett, Syeda Hasnain, Matthew Hernandez, William Hill, Kathryn Hoelter, Jared Holston, Hunter Honish, Lioubov Hooks, Terri Hubbard, Dayna Hudson, Ahamad Huff, Edgar Ibarra, Sarah Jackson, Leann James, Stuart Johnson, Sally Johnson, Allison Jones, Austin Jordan, Matthew Jrab, Neida Juarez, Cody Karstedt, Sara Khan, Jessica Kuntz, Stephen Labeth, Christian Lagunas, Christopher Lam, Mai Le, Anh Le, Travis Lemoine, Marianel Liga, Claudia Limon, Meiling Lin, Peng Lin, Aaron Linden, Skyler Little, Lisa Lopez, David Lovejoy, Teresa Lozano, Brittany Luke, Timothy Lute, Samantha Maddox, Charles Maldonado, Aaron Kyle Manio, Linda Manyida, Kaitlyn Manzanaris, Claire Marsh, Kara Martin, Jessica Martinez, Victoria Martinez, David Mbange, Wyatt Mccann, Kimberly Mcclain, Kelci McClary-Davis, Byran McDaniels, Elizabeth McDonald, Courtney McGregor, Jeremy McKinney, Alex McLeister, Christopher McQueen, Esteban Medrano, Rylan Meek, Mark Mejia, Gabrielle Melchor, Sarah Melenric, Beatriz Merida, Joshua Miles, Alexander Miller, Mandi Mitchell, Alicia Moreno, Alyssa Morton, Victoria Motes, Megan Myers, Josie Naval, Elizabeth Navarrete, Thanh Nguyen, Tien Nguyen, Kelly Nguyen, Brittany Nguyen, Achim Noack, Leah Noworyta, Tracey Oldham, James Oliver, Luke Olson, Chukwunonso Omeili, Jasmine Onyemachi, Danielle Ortiz, Gabriela Oxford, Amaya Padgett, Jose Padilla, Kayla Palmer, Victoria Palomarez, Neisha Pander, Juan Parkin, Lloyd Pate, Hiral Patel, Mary Patterson, Hailey Paulk, Christopher Perez, Jocelin Perez, Jacob Pitts, Maxx Pizzitola, Blake Powitzky, James Pugh, Jolan Pyland, Daniel Ramirez, Jesse Ramirez, Austin Redwine, Dustin Reeser, Anthony Reid, Steven Reyes, Luis Rodriguez, Jason Rogers, Michael Anthony Rohland, Roy Romano, Linda Rubenak, Amber Rushing, Michael Saladiner, Gabrielle Salinas, Lauren Santos, Laura Schindler, Zachary Schnitzer, Andrew Schueneman, Taylor Sengphanlaya, Savannah Serrato, Michael Shakin, Britney Sharp, Mallory Sherer, Weston Siemens, Noah Sills, Ashley Slaughter, Kirsten Slovak, Marcy Smith, Evetta Soma, Shauna Squyres, William Stanaland, Dorcas Starcke, Joshua Stearns, Austin Stephens, Jeffery Stewart, Richard Stillman, Jared Streeter, Nicolas Sudderth, Brittney Surber, Michael Swope, Sophia Lauren Talavera, Preston Tao, Nathan Tarket, James Thompson, Frances Tibia, Abigail Tiemann, Nicholas Trinh, Christopher Trochesset, Madison Troxlar, Matthew Tucker, Ernest Umandap, Victoria Van, Daniel Varghese, Hope Vavich, Sara Vera, Marisah Villarreal, Melanie Walker, Kaina West, Emily Wheeler, Krista Whitehead, Travis Wiggins, Zayne Willems, Tysheria Williams, Sarah Williams, Lori Williamson, Jordan Wix, Layla Wolken, Sarah Woods, Sara Yan, Katherine Yuchnewicz and Jinle Zhang.
The full Merit List recipients are: Sheila Agim, Emily Aguiar, Christopher Alanis, Edera Alexander, Stacy Allen, Samuel Allison, Leonie Almeida, Kaleb Anderson, Blake Anderson, Kinsey Anderson, Alexia Andrade, Sheikinna Ang, Sunny Angst, Jael Anorga, Maryline Anyaso, Kathy Arenas, Abigail Armesto, Maida Arredondo, Marissa Arredondo, Jose Arreola, Juan Arzate, Denise Aviles, Yessenia Ayala, Madison Ayres, Kendall Baker, David Banda, Rosa Barron, Kenneth Bartholomew, Kamya Bates, Alyssa Battad, Victoria Bedar, Kathryn Bell, Beth Benge, Alokika Bhakta, Kristin Binford, Luke Black, Charlcie Blackmon, Cassidy Bodden, Bailey Bradley, Hannah Bransom, Alisha Brown, Angela Brown, Mary Brown, Breanna Burgess, Kamden Burke, Faith Butts, Brenda Camargo, Justin Campbell, Kirlice Carr-Lett, Sasha Casiano, Vicente Castellanos, Jeffrey Castillo, Korinne Cathey, Wendy Chapin, McKaylee Chapman, Ashlee Chappell, Laura Chebetar, Kelly Childers, Rachel Clark, Lynze Clayton, Ashley Collins, Brandon Conner, Jordyn Cooper, Treicha Coutee, Omar Coward, Derrick Cross, Kimberly Davis, Barrett Day, Paola Viera De Cardona, Lillian Decker, Robynn Demen, Lexie Derrick, Sandra Diaz, Bailey Dishon, Emily Drilling, Alexa Duminski, Natalie Dunlap, Troy Dunnahoe, Ashley Durham, Purelily Ekpo, Allissa Eller, Agustin Encinia, Jason Engelke, Victoria Esparza, Evelyn Espinosa, Annalysa Estrada, Robert Evans, Lela Fagan, Brendon Farmer, Dustin Fehrle, Caleb Fisher, Maricela Flores, Shelby Foland, Christian Fontenot, Paula Ford, Bethany Fortune, Erick Franco-Herrera, Ashley Frazier, Eugena Freeman, Theodore Frick, Jennifer Garay, Marina Garcia, Mirna Garcia, Cindy Garcia, Elijah Garcia, Charles Garza, Brenda Garza, Rose Garza, Eden Garza, Angela Gaytan, Jaina George, Adebisi George, Benjamin Godson, James Goff, Samantha Gomez, Tracy Gonzales, Jose Gonzalez, Xavier Gonzalez, George Gonzalez, Rhonda Gonzalez, Christopher Goodman, Patricia Gordon, Lauren Gormly, Ailia Gould, Carter Goyen, Brittney Green, Christian Greengrass, Adam Groce, Garrett Grothe, Monica Guerra, Jorge Padierna Guerrero, Autumn Guillory, Cody Gutierrez, Nichole Gutierrez, Sarah Gutierrez, Cindy Ha, Adam Haggerty, Patrick Hankamer, Kaitlyn Harbuck, Cierra Harris, Amy Harris, Brandi Hartman, April Hasse, Gabriella Hastings, Erin Haynes, Sarah Hedleston, Mercedes Hendrix, Julia Hensley, San Juanita Hernandez, Jessica Hernandez, Lorena Herrera, Julie Higuera, Jonathan Hirsch, Britney Hoang, Ashley Hoang, Molly Hodge, Shane Hoffower, Desiree Hofstetter, Brianna Holt, Natalie Honore, Katie Huff, Simeen Humayun, Yasmin Imouhdine, Kaden Ingram, Llasmin Interiano, Kimberly Isaacson, Lori Ivy, Candice Jackson, Destiny Johnson, Aaliyah Jones, Darrien Jones, Shawnee Justis, Samuel Kapel, Jane Kasinga, Meredith Kaspar, Taylor Kelley, Brittany Kennedy, Carrie Kidd, Cindy Knight, Rachel Kocurek, Eva Koll, Alison Kozuch, Binumon Chelackal Kunjappan, Kevin Kuriachan, Yva Ladera, Jordan Lake, Macy Langer, Stephanie Leblanc, Salena Leija, Scott Lever, Ariel Lima, Joseph Livingston, Reana Llamas, John Lombardi, Jehu Lopez, Hillary Lopez, Malia Mackenna, Catherine Magnuson, Katie Marabella, Ekaterina Marek, Veronica Mares, Ramiro Martinez, Joshua Mathew, Kaitlin McClurg, Dillon McCoy, Joseph Mcgee, Mackenna Mcintyre, Britni McKimmy, Katelyn McManus, Taylor Meador, Patrick Meador, Shea Mehornay, Ansel Mendoza, Diana Mendoza, Jose Sosa Mendoza, Brianne Menzies, Lauren Merritt, Taylor Messick, Mark Miller, Jessica Miller, Christian Miller, Amber Molidor, Robert Moore, Bridget Moore, Sheryl Moore, Sergio Moreno, Ashley Moss, Mara Mullally, Jose Navarrete, Robert Newman, Anh Nguyen, Svannah Nguyen, Sabrina Nguyen, Ragen Noriega, Ashley Novak, Gwyneth Obediente, Mariely Ocana, Oalyssa Oconer, Shemilore Oguntoye, Toluwani Olabiyi, Nikki Ondrus, Ana Ortiz, Adrian Ortiz, Anndrea Osborne, Angela Otoya, Ngozi Ozumba, Rumaldo Padilla, Jazmin Padilla, Dustin Page, Molly Page, Joshua Palin, Kevin Parker, Arriyon Parker, Rahul Paul, Roberto Pena, Emily Pepper, Brandon Perdue, Veronica Perez, Irving Perez, Heather Person, Eloy Phillips, Michelle Phung, Andrew Pier, Julia Pittman, Heather Porter, Vanessa Putnik, Brooke Quintanilla, Hector Ramirez, Christina Ranieri, James Rannik, Noelle Rebresh, Lindy Reed, Bethany Reed, Hunter Reed, Claretta Remy, Chloe Reyna, Meagan Ripple, Joshua Roberts, Olivia Roberts, Sara Rodrigues, Britney Rodriguez, Jeshua Rodriguez, Stephanie Rodriguez, Cecilia Rodriguez, Courtney Roeckel, Valerie Rogers, Jairo Romero, Raquel Rooney, Parker Roy, Pricilla Ruiz, Janie Salazar, Payton Salge, Brandon Salinas, Brenda Sanchez, Cynthia Sanders, Harrison Sauter, Mackenzie Savage, Taylor Savedra, Anthony Schmaltz, Patrice Scott-Willis, Patrick Thomas Sepnio, Mauro Serna, Akshaya Shankar, Randall Sharp, Steven Shelton, Nolan Sheppard, Christopher Simons, Daryl Smith, Vontavia Smith, John Snider, Thomas Soliz, Noah Sorrels, Victoria Soto, Edward Spiers, Amy Stahl, Brazos Starr, Dustin Stine, Ashley Strain, Jennifer Strain, Gail Stroud, Kayla Sturgill, Joshua Sturm, Hannah Suarez, Richard Suniga, Camille Surima, Blaire Tacquard, Luke Tadlock, Brooke Talbert, Regino Tellez, Avery Thomas, Brieanna Thomas, Twinkle Thomas, Halen Titus, Jolisha Titus, Rafaelle Tkac, Ariana Torrez, Payson Townsend, Kylie Trant, Courtney Trinidad, Elizabeth Tuffin, Gabrielle Vergara, Tarren Vielma, Weston Vincent, Ericka Walker, Kaitlyn Welsh, Felipe Trujillo Wheeler, Taryn Wilcoxson, Kalena Williams, Travis Williams, Simeon Williams, Tessa Williams, Haley Williams, Jessica Willis, David Wilson, Dellaney Wimberly, Timothy Winbush, Jennifer Wood, Timothy Wood, Arielle Woodruff, Kirstyn Woodside, Emily Wyhs, Lauriena Yanes and James Yeamans.