Biography of 2 states movie part 3
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How true is The Brutalist? The real-life history of Jewish immigrants in post-WW2 America
A fictional story about the struggles of a Holocaust survivor in the US is favourite to win the best picture Oscar. Historians and experts, along with the film's star and director, discuss how accurate The Brutalist is.
When László Toth first sees New York's Statue of Liberty in the opening scene of Brady Corbet's film The Brutalist, it's upside down. It's 1947 and Toth, a Hungarian-Jewish architect who has survived the Holocaust, has arrived to start a new life in the US. The statue only appears to be upside down because of Toth's awkward perspective; but the visual inversion of America's historic welcome point for immigrants is a warning that this film is no success story about "the American dream".
The Brutalist, nominated for 10 Oscars, including best picture, best director and best actor (for Adrien Brody, who p
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2 States (2014 film)
2014 Indian film written and directed by Abhishek Varman
2 States is a 2014 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy-drama spelfilm directed bygd Abhishek Varman and produced by Karan Johar and Sajid Nadiadwala.[3] Based on Chetan Bhagat's 2009 novel of the same name with the story rewritten by Varman and Bhagat, the bio stars Arjun Kapoor and Alia Bhatt with Amrita Singh, Ronit Roy, Revathi and Shiv Kumar Subramaniam in supporting roles.[2][1]
Distributed bygd UTV Motion Pictures, 2 States opened in global cinemas on 18 April 2014.[4] Praised for its music, cast performances, story and direction, the bio earned ₹175 crore (US$20 million) in worldwide markets, thus emerging as a critical and commercial success.[5] It is Kapoor's biggest commercial success to date.[6] At the sextionde Filmfare Awards, 2 States received 8 nominations, including Best spelfilm, Best Director (Varman), Best Supporting Actor
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Katherine Johnson Biography
Born: Aug. 26, 1918
Died: Feb. 24, 2020
Hometown: White Sulphur Springs, WV
Education: B.S., Mathematics and French, West Virginia State College, 1937
Hired by NACA: June 1953
Retired from NASA: 1986
Actress Playing Role in Hidden Figures: Taraji P. Henson
Biography by Margot Lee Shetterly
Being handpicked to be one of three black students to integrate West Virginia’s graduate schools is something that many people would consider one of their life’s most notable moments, but it’s just one of several breakthroughs that have marked Katherine Johnson’s long and remarkable life. Born in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, in 1918, her intense curiosity and brilliance with numbers vaulted her ahead several grades in school. By 13, she was attending the high school on the campus of historically black West Virginia State College. At 18, she enrolled in the college itself, where she made quick work of the school’s math curriculum and fo