Making an Oscar Statuette

As time flies, the 2010 Oscar has passed nearly a month. When concerning about the star, do you know how to make the star of the stars – “Oscar Statuette” which all stars being eager to win? It takes 15 steps to make the statuette. What the craftsman first do is to pour the heated alloy containing the wax into the mold. Polish with fine sand at the rough part of the seams when the liquid cooling down and then begins to plating. Copper was plated on the first pass, followed by nickel and silver, at last the 24k gold was plated. There are two important steps in the process of producing the statuette. If the temperature is not high enough, the alloys will fade and if it is too high, the face, hands and feet will become deformed. It takes 12 to 14 hours to make a statuette. Here, please follow the video: Making an Oscar Statuette, to learn more.

IMAX – 3D

Though, Avatar was defeated by The Hurt Locker during the 2010 Oscar, it’s unique technology is perfect. When seeing Avatar, we must see the IMAX 3D version. Why? Does the IMAX 3D have some magic power captivating the audience’s eyes? Yeah, let me tell you something.

IMAX is short for Image Maximum. IMAX is kind of screen movie of a Canadian R&D Group. According to the different screen, IMAX film is divided into rectangles, 3D giant screen and spherical giant screen as a total of three kinds. Then, the charm of IMAX lies where it uses a special 70mm, 15-hole film, 10-times the photosensitive area of an ordinary 35mm, 4-hole film which can accommodate more details. The film image was projected onto the big screen by using projectors. As a result, IMAX can show the maximum area is high 21 meters wide and 34 meters. When seeing IMAX 3D film, you should wear a pair of peculiar “toad glasses”-three-dimensional glasses. more »

Outstanding Afrio-American Man – Sidney Poitier

Sidney Poitier was to Hollywood what Jackie Robison was to major league baseball: simply put, the man who broke the color barrier. For 20 years, beginning in the early 1950s, he was the top and virtually sole African-American film star-the first black actor to become a hero to win a prestigious international film award, the first to become the number one box office star in the country, and the first to insist on a film crew that was at least 50 percent African-American.

When he was 16, he arrived in New York City, totally alone, with three dollars in his pocket. In order to escape the cold he lied about his age and joined the army, serving in World War II as a medical assistant. Handsome and athletic, Poitier made his Broadway debut in 1946 in an all-black production of Lysistrata, and moved into films four years later with No Way Out. His impressive turn in 1955’s gritty The Blackboard Jungle brought him closer to stardom, and in 1958 he earned his first Academy Award nomination opposite Tony Curtis in Stanley Kramer’s social drama The Defiant Ones.

Poitier was appointed a Knight Commander of the British Empire in 1974, which entitles him to use the title “Sir”, though he chooses not to do so. He holds a dual diplomatic appointment, serving as the Ambassador to Japan and Ambassador to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization(UNESCO); both posts representing the Commonwealth of the Bahamas. Poitier was often cast in acting roles that dealt with issues of race. More often than not he played the role of a black person who was perfect, in a crusade against the morally corrupt white people.

With his unique career, a career he forged without any precedent or model, Sidney Poitier helped change many stubborn racial attitudes that had persisted in this country for centuries. He has built the bridges and opened the doors for countless artists in succeeding generations. He is an actor who stood for hope, for excellence, and who has given happiness to millions of people around the world.

Paying tribute to Sidney Poitier in 1967, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. said, “He is a man of great depth, a man of great social concern, a man who is dedicated to human rights and freedom. Here is a man who, in the words we so often hear now, is a soul brother.” more »

Samuel L. Jackson

Samuel Jackson is an American film and television actor. Jackson came to fame in the early 1990s, after a series of well-reviewed performances, and has since become a major film star and cultural icon, having appeared in a large numbers of high-grossing films. He has also appeared in over seventy films, including Pulp Fiction, and the Star Wars, prequel trilogy. Jackson’s many roles have made him one of the highest grossing actors at the box office. Jackson has won multiple wards for his film performance and has been portrayed in various forms of media including films, television series, and songs.

Jackson’s early memories remained with him when he entered the historically black Morehouse College in Atlanta and became increasingly involved in the black-power movement. In 1969, his junior year, he protested the absence of blacks on the board of trustees by locking several broad members in a building for two days, and was promptly expelled from the college. That same tear, Jackson watched a performance by the Negro Ensemble Company and gained a new inspiration – acting. more »