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The headline of the article is “Choreographer Gillian Lynne says 'Reality TV is harming the theatre”

The article is from а newspaper under the nameplate the Guardian.

The publication date of the article is March, 24.

The article is written by Vanessa Thorpe.

The article is devoted to Gilian’s view about the fact that culture of instant fame is bad for stage shows.

The main idea of the article is to show the reader the attitude of Gillian Lynne to the TV.

The author tells the reader about Gillians’s life, her career in balet and how it is important for her. Later the author describes Gillian’s fear about the disappearing of her favourite art such as the musical theatre and it could be changed by Reality TV, that’s now everywhere. The author concludes that Gillian Lynne continues to deal with the theatre and she is glad of having such profession.

I found this article very interesting and exciting as I was under the impression of knowing that this woman, at her 87 years old, remains faithful to her business and she tries to fight against our main mind destructor like TV, the Internet and so on. I think we must follow such people’s examples.

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The headline of the article is “South African photographer wins award for portraits of black lesbians”.

The article is from а newspaper under the nameplate the Guardian.

The publication date of the article is March, 21.

The article is written by Mark Brown, arts correspondent.

The article is devoted to Zanele Muholi’awards for her courage and the powerful statements made by her work. The purpose of the author is to give the reader some information on the fact that it doesn’t matter at all what you are painting, for us it’s important to understand the feelings of the painter and read his thoughts.

The author starts by telling the reader that South African photographer Zanele Muholi has spent the last 10 years determinedly creating a visual archive of black lesbian life in South Africa, often in the face of considerable opposition. Then the author describes the mood of people when they have known about Zanele’s award. According to the words of Zalene, it's necessary to mention about the fact that  South Africa was country of huge contrasts for gay people: on the one hand it has been enormously progressive and in 1996 became the first country in the world to constitutionally prohibit discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation; on the other, there is a culture of fear if you are gay and serious hate crime is a huge problem, including "corrective" rape to "straighten out" lesbians. In the last year, four women have been murdered because of their sexuality, including Phumeza Nkolonzi, 22, who was shot dead in front of her grandmother and niece, and Sihle Sikoji, aged 19 when she was stabbed to death. So, in conclusion, Zanele has shown tremendous bravery in the face of criticism and harassment for ground-breaking images which include intimate portraits of gay women in South Africa, where homosexuality is still taboo and lesbians are the target of horrific hate crimes. She has won the award both for her courage and the powerful statements made by her work.

I found this article interesting and exiting at the same time as personally, I am against gay men and gay women, and especially, I’m against to show these relations in the art, cinema and so on and so forth. To my mind, it destroys our minds, our children’s minds and can lead to something awful! I can’t say anything more about this.

Film Review

The movie details the experiences of "Peter Pan" author J.M. Barrie, which lead him to write the children's classic. He got to know four children who have no father. Drawing from his time with the kids, he writes a story about children who don't want to grow up.The film was directed by Marc Forster. he screenplay by David Magee is based on the play The Man Who Was Peter Pan by Allan Knee. The film was nominated for several Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Actor for Depp's portrayal of J. M. Barrie, and won one for Jan A. P. Kaczmarek's musical score.

Finding Neverland is one of the best films I have seen all year. Depp and Winslet are superb and their supporting cast is very strong in particular Julie Christie, Dustin Hoffman and Freddie Highmore. Forster's direction is tight and he maintains a story which had the potential to drag. Depp delivers a performance that is truly believable and he interacts with his co-stars well, in particular, Freddie Highmore who delivers a performance that outshines Depp's. It is a tour de force of acting talent. Clearly Highmore has a great career ahead of him. 9/10 for a superb piece of film-making, made diligently but, unfortunately, up against such strong contention, it had to make do with a disappointing award haul.

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The headline of the article is Rediscovered portrait of early feminist goes under the hammer. 

The article is from а newspaper under the nameplate The Guardian. 

The article is dated the 3d March 2013. T

he author of the article is Vanessa Thrope. 

The article touches upon the topic of picture and its sale. 

The aim of the article is to provide the reader with some information about the portrait of  Lady Anne Clifford which is now to go under the hammer at the prestigious annual fine art fair in Maastricht, where it is expected to sell for around £350,000. 

The author starts by telling the reader about the foundation of this picture. According to the text the rediscovery of this strong and telling portrait, previously thought lost, is a significant addition to the small extant oeuvre of William Larkin and likewise to the iconography of Lady Anne Clifford, who is today revered by feminists as an early exponent of women's rights. The author comes to the conclusion that this piicture must be at its owners.

I found the article very interesting and important as it teaches us not to forget about our ancestors and their life and work.  We must keep their things in touch in spite of offering some worth things.