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21 Nigerian Celebrities You Never Knew Were The Same Age
Age is nothing but a number. That statement has never been truer than in today's article. In our heads, most if not all of us have an idea of what a certain age looks like or should look like. The images that come to mind when I say ages like 22, 46, and 33 are all wildly different.
Jide OkonjoPublished 4 years ago in GeeksSuspicious Ends
“For the sake of their own careers, important stars won’t be villains. The idols that we put up there must do no wrong. If they do, audiences don’t approve of sort of thing”. (1)
Lawrence BenniePublished 4 years ago in GeeksCosplay
One thing I miss greatly is the dress-up parties that we had with our family at functions: Halloween, Birthday and New Year's parties.
Charmaine van der MerwePublished 4 years ago in GeeksFunko Pops
We all have something that we collect, Stamps, Coins, Comic books, Classic cars, trading Cards, Dolls and I’m sure by now you got the point.
Charmaine van der MerwePublished 4 years ago in Geeks“Lotte in Weimar” by Thomas Mann
Thomas Mann’s “Lotte in Weimar” is often considered to be one of his many masterpieces and in my opinion it is Mann’s greatest novel. There are many key factors that one has to concern themselves with when looking at this statement of ‘masterpiece’ though and what makes Thomas Mann’s work a ‘masterpiece’. It is both artistic and well-constructed. It is character-driven and context dependent. But, context dependent as it may be, it is transcendent of its times, moving into our own and into the future with ease of access and applicable to the situations that will always concern humans - love, death, time and influence. When we have a look at this character-driven narrative, at first we believe that it is Lotte herself that is driving this narrative forwards with her focus on her want for her old life, whereas it is actually Goethe who drives the narrative with his aspect of celebrity though he does not appear physically for quite some time in the novel. Lotte is a woman of her time but she is also a woman who requires control of her own future, it is a question of whether she actually gets this because she is famed as the woman who is constantly associated with Goethe. The image of women and womanhood in the novel is a strange one because we have so many varying personalities. First of all, we have the personality of the self-driven woman who is Adele, the new and true-blooded Weimar woman. Then we have the opposing side which is basically Lotte - the woman who wishes herself to be self-driven but constantly finds herself hanging on to her past. There is little for Lotte in her future except returning to this past in order to confront it and the reader will always know that this is something that drives her. Her self-drive does not come from feigning a modernisation of herself as a woman, but rather treating herself as having an individual story in which certain plot points require editing, revisiting, revising and confronting in her autobiography and saga of romance.
Annie KapurPublished 4 years ago in Geeks45 Things You Should Know About Batman Begins (2005)
This movie was released on the 15th June, 2005 and it was the beginning of a new era in comic book movies. It was the start of Nolan's Dark Knight Trilogy where we would see the likes of villains portrayed by the incredible Liam Neeson, the terrifying Cillian Murphy, the Oscar Winning Late Heath Ledger, the chilling Marion Cotillard, the violent Bane of Tom Hardy and the ambiguous villainy of Selina Kyle played by Anne Hathaway. There's so much we have to thank Christopher Nolan for.
Annie KapurPublished 4 years ago in Geeks"Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" by Hunter S Thompson
It has been about ten years since I first read the book “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas” by Hunter S Thompson and when I did read it, I hadn’t actually heard of the film yet. I had only heard of the book because I’d seen the crazy cover in a bookstore and thought it looked fairly interesting. Initially, from the cover, I thought it would be more comedic than psychedelic than it actually was. My first reading experience of it was fairly strange because I’d never really read anything like it before and really, because it was true, that only made it all the more strange as an experience. This book really did manage to change my opinion of the way I looked at journalism. I had never really read any journalism like this before and I had always thought that journalism had to be boring and rigid like something in the Telegraph or the Times. Hunter S Thompson’s Gonzo Journalism made me interested in the way in which I viewed more modern, more exciting journalistic experiences.
Annie KapurPublished 4 years ago in Geeks5 Defining Moments When Just Being Batman Wasn't Enough For The World's Greatest Detective
"Because he's Batman!" How many times have we heard that expression every time Batman's actions need an explanation? Don't get me wrong, I love the Caped Crusader and he is one of my favorite fictional characters of all time, but what I think makes him so special is the fact that he is just a man.
Jonas CasillasPublished 4 years ago in GeeksRest In Peace Dennis O'Neil - The Man That Kept Batman Relevant & The Person Responsible for My Love for Comic Books
Sad news in the comic book world. Dennis “Denny” O’Neil, best known for writing and editing Batman comic books, died on June 11 of natural causes.
Jonas CasillasPublished 4 years ago in GeeksPart I : Childhood Tidbits from Brooklyn Raised Celebrities
Photo by Jessie Pearl Pat Benatar Pat Benatar was born on Jan. 10, 1953 in Brooklyn as Patricia Mae Andrzejewski. Her father worked with sheet metal, and her mom was a beautician who was trained as an opera vocalist. Her parents never pushed their daughter in a musical direction, but when teachers at Daniel Street Elementary School heard her voice, they had Benatar take voice lessons during gym class, according to Sari Rosenberg of Lifetime. She did her first solo at the age of eight, and of course, there was plenty of time to be a cheerleader, enjoy the beach and got to the movies. Benatar eventually went to Lindenhurst High School, and stood out enough in the musical and theater department, that she gained acceptance to the Juilliard School of Music. Remarkably, the 80s icon declined and pursued a degree in health education at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. She lasted a year and married her high school sweetheart, Dennis T. Benatar. He was a soldier, and they moved to Virginia where he was stationed.
Rich MonettiPublished 4 years ago in GeeksMy Review of "The Masked Singer: Season 3"
The Masked Singer: Season 3 started off with some much anticipation. They had just come from probably their best season with season 2. So hopes were high for this season. I'm glad that they recognized the success of their new show and doubled down on the series however it kind of stunted the show. I found that they really milked this season. This was probably the biggest problem that I had with this season.
Brian AnonymousPublished 4 years ago in GeeksJust A Painter
Just a Painter Preface I never asked for any of this, I guess a lot of people say that when they are in trouble. I saw this coming, and I still couldn’t stop it. Do I regret meeting her? Maybe. If I hadn't met her she'd be safe, stress-free. We wouldn't be fighting for our lives. Most say that's what you do when you're in love - you fight for it. I told her time and time again, that it was going to happen and I'm not worth it. Lucky for me, she's stubborn...and I love her so much for that.
Allystra BoudreauPublished 4 years ago in Geeks