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619 Great Celebrity Conservationists
In addition to being one of Hollywood's top actors, Leonardo DiCaprio is also a dedicated conservationist. After the mega-blockbuster, Titanic, was released in the late 1990s, Leonardo and his family started the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation -...
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86Mona Lisa (Leonardo da Vinci): Painting Parodies
During his lifetime, Leonardo da Vinci produced 13,000 pages of notes and drawings in his journals and a dozen paintings. Leonardo's two most famous works are The Last Supper, the most-reproduced religious painting in the world, and Mona Lisa (La Gioconda / La Joconde / Portrait of Lisa Gherardini, wife of Francesco del Giocondo), the most parodied painting in the world. Read about the parodies of Mona Lisa in this article.
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70Top 5 Best Actors
First things first, this list is not a compilation of my favorite celebrities. While these actors are quite "famous" I am simply judging this list based on their skills in their craft. Too often, actors are judged by how famous they are, and sadly...
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6150 Movies You Must Watch Before You Die (not in any particular order.)
Movies You Just Must Watch. It's a list of movies that are great, actually they're exceptional!
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68Cartoons: from Leonardo da Vinci Till Modernity
First cartoons (caricatures) appeared on Leonardo da Vinci paintings! Apparently, this issue might shock lots of people, who got used to cartoons popularity only in the 20th century, the period of cartoon movies’ appearance. However, this is...
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77Patronage for young artists: Should we do more to support emerging talents?
With government funding for artistic studies facing demand from an ever increasing number of developing artists, it may be time to start looking further afield for financial support for talented students as they further their arts studies. I am...
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67The life of Leonardo da Vinci
Like every good story there is a beginning a midway and an ending. In our journey on all things Leonardo da Vinci begins in our lord’s year 1452. Young Leonardo is believed to be the son of an illegitimate relationship between a notary public Ser...
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60The Search for the Long Lost Da Vinci
The long search for Leonardo Da Vinci’s lost masterpiece may finally be coming to an end. A new camera is being developed that can take pictures through a 5-inch thick wall. This wall that researchers believe the Da Vinci is behind is located in...
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64J. Edgar (2011)
I have to admit I never cared to know much more than I thought I already knew about J. Edgar Hoover. I knew that he was responsible for making the FBI a valued institution, that he irked several presidents (and their staff) because the bureau was...
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61One Titanic misstep
3-D is all the rage among filmmakers these days. Everything under the sun is coming out in 3-D. It's too bad that the films that really should have been made 3-D (Inception, anyone?) weren't made that way, but I think that Hollywood should keep it's...
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