Entertainment Weekly has just released an article granting us what we have been wishing for: more about the new Aladdin movie! Originally, Aladdin was an animated film from Disney, based on the Arabic folktale of the same name from the Arabic book One Thousand and One Nights (a.k.a Arabian Nights). One Thousand and One Nights is a compilation of several Arabian folktales. The 1992 Disney adaptation was a huge hit, and director Guy Ritchie is hoping to do the same for the live-action edition! He’s hit a few roadblocks on the way to achieving his wish though. The Entertainment Weekly article revealed the behind-the-scenes struggles director Guy Ritchie had …
There is something magical and pure about children’s picture books. Even more than any other books, they teach and bring joy. Furthermore, for younger generations to grow up loving books and being introduced to the wonders of creativity and imagination is a fantastic thing! To all the children’s authors today, I thank you for your work! But today specifically, we honor one particular author and artist who we have sadly lost, children’s author and illustrator John Burningham. Image Via Telegraph Media Group According to his official website, johnburningham.com, Burningham studied illustration and graphic design at the Central School of Art, graduating …
Everybody is different, and all of this is pretty fair and understandable for the most part.
But then there’s popular French novelist and television writer Yann Moix, who has a preference toward younger women. About twenty-five years younger to be exact!
While speaking to French magazine Marie Claire, Moix expressed that he…
We all know that one person who claims they’re the next J. K. Rowling or Stephen King, but when you read any of their work, you’re… pretty convinced they’re delusional. Image via HCT Today You may think they will never have a shot at having their work recognized: wrong! Believe it or not, there’s a couple of contests that they could win! But only if they’re bad enough! The Alfred Joyce Kilmer Memorial Bad Poetry Contest Image via Bwog This first competition may pose a challenge for many to enter, since its only meant for students …
With stress at an all time high, it can be an internal battle to make the time for reading a good book, and at this time of year many of us struggle to push ourselves to sit down and focus on reading. While it would be easy to just put the books down and wait for the stress to subside, there are ways to…
