Bøger af Brian Lindsay

'Stay Healthy, Be Happy, Live Longer' addresses the reality that tens of millions of ordinary people are allowing heart disease, and other related conditions such as obesity, diabetes and blood pressure, to creep up on them and impact their lives detrimentally. Not because they don't know how to keep them at bay -we all know that already-, but because they cannot sustain the rigorous day-to-day lifestyle changes recommended by the medical profession and indeed, with the best of intentions, by most of the other books on the subject. It faces squarely the reality that old habits can be deep-rooted and new lifestyle changes difficult to make permanent. Uniquely it gently motivates the reader to make whatever degree of change they are able to habitualize. It provides the readers with a clear understanding of the benefits to be gained from making the changes, and a practical methodology of change that can ebb and flow in harmony with the readers' own natural tendencies and preferences.

Studios have been gaming the Oscar nominations for years - it's time the Academy took action! "Category fraud", Guy Lodge wrote in Variety, is "the practice of campaigning a leading performance in a supporting category (or, more rarely, vice versa) to increase an actor's chances of a nomination or win - and, in some cases, to avoid competition."There have been instances of category fraud ever since the Academy introduced the Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress categories in 1936 to honour the work of character actors and featured players without them having to compete at the Oscars with famous movie stars.In recent years, however, as awards season campaigns have become a ruthless and expensive business, category fraud has become more common and egregious. With publicists taking any opportunity to secure nominations for their famous clients, many lesser-known performers are missing out on well-deserved recognition at the Oscars. Supporting performers are being pushed aside by famous stars in co-lead roles, backed by powerful studios and well-funded 'for your consideration' campaigns. When studios first began promoting established stars in co-lead roles for the supporting categories in the 1950s, influential figures in the Screen Actors Guild protested and the Academy was forced to change its rules. Once the controversy subsided, however, the reform was repealed. Half a century later the practice is back: bigger and uglier than ever.Category Fraud charts the controversial history of this betrayal of the original reason for the introduction of the supporting categories and argues that it's once again time the Academy took action.

FILM AWARDS: A REFERENCE GUIDE TO US & UK FILM AWARDS is the first reference book to approach the annual awards season category by category. Unlike other books and websites, FILM AWARDS places each Oscar winner in the context of all the winners and nominees in that particular category at the major awards ceremonies - the Academy Awards, the Golden Globes, the BAFTAs and the major critics' groups. See which groups nominated Quentin Tarantino for his influential direction of 'Pulp Fiction', who he was up against, which accolades he won, and to whom he lost - all at a glance, from a quick-reference table on a single page.And to better understand why each awards season race unfolded as it did, FILM AWARDS quotes from leading film critics in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia. David Lynch's 'Blue Velvet' is now considered a masterpiece, but was overlooked for a Best Picture Oscar nomination in 1986 because at the time is was considered "startling [and] powerfully imaginative" but also "one of the sickest films ever made". Only FILM AWARDS so thoroughly reveals the critical opinion of the day about the major awards contenders.Covering Best Picture, Director, Actor, Actress, Supporting Actor and Supporting Actress, if you are a movie fan and love the annual film awards season, FILM AWARDS is the book to have beside you when exploring the history of the Academy Awards.

FILM AWARDS: A REFERENCE GUIDE TO US & UK FILM AWARDS is the first reference book to approach the annual awards season category by category. Unlike other books and websites, FILM AWARDS places each Oscar winner in the context of all the winners and nominees in that particular category at the major awards ceremonies - the Academy Awards, the Golden Globes, the BAFTAs and the major critics' groups. See which groups nominated Bette Davis for her legendary performance in 'All About Eve', who she was up against, which accolades she won, and to whom she lost - all at a glance, from a quick-reference table on a single page.And to better understand why each awards season race unfolded as it did, FILM AWARDS quotes from leading film critics in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia. Alfred Hitchcock's 'Vertigo' is now considered a masterpiece, but was overlooked for a Best Picture Oscar nomination in 1958 because at the time is was considered "clever [but] devilishly far-fetched", "too long and too slow" and merely "a psychological murder mystery". Only FILM AWARDS so thoroughly reveals the critical opinion of the day about the major awards contenders.Covering Best Picture, Director, Actor, Actress, Supporting Actor and Supporting Actress, if you are a movie fan and love the annual film awards season, FILM AWARDS is the book to have beside you when exploring the history of the Academy Awards.

FILM AWARDS: A REFERENCE GUIDE TO US & UK FILM AWARDS is the first reference book to approach the annual awards season category by category. Unlike other books and websites, FILM AWARDS places each Oscar winner in the context of all the winners and nominees in that particular category at the major awards ceremonies - the Academy Awards, the Golden Globes, the BAFTAs and the major critics' groups. See which groups nominated Marlon Brando for his legendary performance in 'The Godfather', who he was up against, which accolades he won, and to whom he lost - all at a glance, from a quick-reference table on a single page.And to better understand why each awards season race unfolded as it did, FILM AWARDS quotes from leading film critics in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia. Stanley Kubrick's '2001: A Space Odyssey' is now considered a masterpiece, but was overlooked for a Best Picture Oscar nomination in 1968 because at the time is was considered "a very complicated, languid film ... somewhere between hypnotic and immensely boring" and "a major achievement [but] not a cinematic landmark". Only FILM AWARDS so thoroughly reveals the critical opinion of the day about the major awards contenders.Covering Best Picture, Director, Actress, Actor, Supporting Actress and Supporting Actor, if you are a movie fan and love the annual film awards season, FILM AWARDS is the book to have beside you when exploring the history of the Academy Awards.

FILM AWARDS: A REFERENCE GUIDE TO US & UK FILM AWARDS is the first reference book to approach the annual awards season category by category. Unlike other books and websites, FILM AWARDS places each Oscar winner in the context of all the winners and nominees in that particular category at the major awards ceremonies - the Academy Awards, the Golden Globes, the BAFTAs and the major critics' groups. See which groups nominated Leonardo DiCaprio for his performance in 'The Revenant', who he was up against, which accolades he won, and to whom he lost - all at a glance, from a quick-reference table on a single page. And to better understand why each awards season race unfolded as it did, FILM AWARDS quotes from leading film critics in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia. David Lynch's 'Mulholland Dr.' is now considered a masterpiece, but was overlooked for a Best Picture Oscar nomination in 2001 after critical opinion was divided between "extraordinary" and "fascinating" on one hand and "a load of moronic and incoherent garbage" on the other. Only FILM AWARDS so thoroughly reveals the critical opinion of the day about the major awards contenders. Covering Best Picture, Director, Actress, Actor, Supporting Actress and Supporting Actor, if you are a movie fan and love the annual film awards season, FILM AWARDS is the book to have beside you when exploring the history of the Academy Awards.