NPR News: Regina King Opens Oscars As Emerald Fennell Wins Best Original Screenplay
Regina King Opens Oscars As Emerald Fennell Wins Best Original Screenplay Los Angeles’ Union Station is the new backdrop for this year’s Academy Awards, as Promising Young Woman writer Emerald Fennell wins Best Original Screenplay. Read more on NPR
NPR News: ‘Ma Rainey’ Hairstylists Are 1st Black Women To Win Makeup, Hairstyling Oscar
‘Ma Rainey’ Hairstylists Are 1st Black Women To Win Makeup, Hairstyling Oscar Hairstylists Mia Neal and Jamika Wilson along with makeup artist Sergio Lopez-Rivera won the Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling for their work on the film Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom. Read more…
NPR News: Oscars 2021: The Complete Winners List
Oscars 2021: The Complete Winners List Find all the 2021 Academy Award winners right here. We’ll be updating the list throughout the night. Read more on NPR
NPR News: 2021 Is Oscar’s Most Diverse Year — And Now We Know Why
2021 Is Oscar’s Most Diverse Year — And Now We Know Why A new study from UCLA shows Hollywood made big progress last year in terms of including women and people of color, both behind and in front of the camera — and that diversity…
NPR News: #NPRPoetry: Natalie Diaz
#NPRPoetry: Natalie Diaz Poet Natalie Diaz — author of Postcolonial Love Poem, which was a finalist for the National Book Award — tells NPR’s Michel Martin about some of the listener-submitted poems that caught her eye. Read more on NPR
Colds, Flus, COVID-19, Oh My: Understanding Different Symptoms
Colds, Flus, COVID-19, Oh My: Understanding Different Symptoms Entering cold and flu season during a global pandemic means a sniffle can earn the side-eye and a cough can send people running. As coronavirus cases continue to rise across the United States, it is important to…
Eyes Are Windows to the Soul. Staring into Souls at the National Portrait Gallery, Canberra
via https://lifeonebigadventure.com/2021/02/03/eyes-are-windows-to-the-soul-staring-into-souls-at-the-national-portrait-gallery-canberra/ This post follows on from a previous post describing the equally fascinating subject matter and photographic skill of the 2020 National Photographic Portrait Prize. Right next door to the dazzling photographic portraits is the Darling Portrait Prize. When too many portraits are never…
Mixing watercolour and Gouache plus other mediums for quick portraits. — My Life as an Artist (2)
About twenty years ago when I was living and working in the Magical Town of Crickadoon, (Crickhowell, Wales), I found myself experiencing a block….it happens…it’s quite normal. The key is to find ways of moving through the block….. The three ways that help…
Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #141: Geometry — P.A. Moed
Geometry is the archetype of the beauty of the world.~Johannes Kepler The world is full of shapes. Circles, squares, ovals, triangles, and even some of your favorites from geometry class like parallelograms. For this week’s Lens-Artists Photo Challenge, we are focusing on geometry—shapes that are…
NPR News: What To Watch For At The Oscars
What To Watch For At The Oscars Tonight’s ceremony closes out the longest and most unconventional awards season in Hollywood history. Several presenters and nominees will appear in person, and there’s even a red carpet of sorts. Read more on NPR
NPR News: Embarrassed By Your Parents? ‘Watercress’ Explores That Universal Kid Experience
Embarrassed By Your Parents? ‘Watercress’ Explores That Universal Kid Experience A little girl is initially ashamed when her immigrant parents stop the car to forage for watercress by the side of the road — until she learns more about her family’s history in China. Read…
NPR News: ‘Curb’ Uses Poetry To Scrub At The Wounds Of Anti-Asian Racism
‘Curb’ Uses Poetry To Scrub At The Wounds Of Anti-Asian Racism Divya Victor’s new book is a compilation of poems, memories, histories and essays, considering domestic terrorism against Asian Americans, in urgent words that spill out on the page like blood. Read more on NPR