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The title of the article is "Zach Braff harnesses the power of social media for new film". The article was published on the site euronews on 25 April, 2013. The article is about funding a new film of ‘Scrubs’ star Zach Braff. The suggested title of the film is “Wish I Was Here”.Zack Braff organized crowd funding and has already found almost 20,000 backers pledging financial support.

As the author reports Mr Braff is using the website Kickstarter to launch his independent venture. The site allows users to create a video about their project, accept financial donations and define a target amount. If pledges reach that amount in the one-month period, the project is funded and money is taken from the backers’ bank accounts. Depending on how much money you put in, there often some kind of creative reward.

These reeards are divided according to the summ a person donates. For example, a person who pays $10,000 becomes a cast member and gets the “star treatment”: hair, makeup, wardrobe, and a line specifically written for them. For $2,500 you can be an extra on the set for a day. A $10 contribution will guarantee you the production diary and a weekly circular, including a video message from Mr. Braff himself.

What should be mentioned that the goal of Mr. Braff’s fundraising was set at $2 million and before the end of the first day, he had already received pledges amounting to $1.5 million.

The reporter comes to the conclusion that Zack Braff's smart use of social media is probably the secret of his success; he makes his posts funny and personal and has more than a million followers on Twitter. Though some criticize Braff for being goofy, others may disapprove of his ungrammatical film title, but I think one thing he must surely be congratulated for is his clever use of social media to harness the support of his fans across the world.

Pleasure Reading Virginia Woolf "Mrs. Dalloway" Summary 3

Peter Walsh is walking along the embankment and thinks about his meeting with Clarissa. He noticed changes in her behavior but still he cannot stop loving her. Though now he lives with another woman he is ready to leave her if Clarissa asks him. He recalls a fateful meeting of Clarissa with Richard and how she refused to marry him.

In the park Peter is attracted by a married couple. That is the Warren Smiths. Lucrezia takes her husband to mr. Bradshaw, a doctor. On their way to him Septimus sees a ghost of his friend Evans who died in the war. The doctor offers Septimus to go to hospital but he and Lucrezia are absolutely against it.

Later another doctor examines Septimus. The couple discredits him but he keeps visiting Septimus. For a while the veteran feels better and has lucidity. But the next doctor’s visit makes him commit suicide by jumping out of a window.

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The title of the article is “From Stunt Rider to Bank Robber, via Family Man”. The article was published on the site euronews on 21 March, 2013. The article is about Ryan Gosling’s role in Derek Cianfrance’s new movie, ‘The Place Beyond the Pines’.

According to the article, Gosling starred in the film with his real-life lover, Eva Mendes. Gosling himself plays the part of Luke, a grizzled motorbike stunt-man desperately trying to reconnect with a former lover and their son. His character decides to mix his day-job with a little violent banking-robbing on the side.

The actor laughs that there’s endless amounts of bullets flying around in the film and nobody gets hurt and everything’s fine and there’s no repercussions for anyone’s actions. There are only two shots which are fired and they resonate throughout the whole film.

Further the author reports that the main character, Luck, meets his match when he is put on a collision course with Avery Cross, an ambitious rookie police officer, played by Bradley Cooper. They find many in common and share determination to take care of their respective families.

Ryan Gosling shares his impressions about characters and the film in whole. The author concludes with the information that ‘The Place Beyond the Pines’ is out in cinemas later this month. As for me, I would like to watch this film because it should be interesting to watch ripple effects of crime over a 15 year period. 

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The title of the article is “A world of wonder”. The article was published on the site euronews on 2 April, 2013. The article is about WonderCon, a costume festival. It is an annual San Francisco based comic book, sci-fi and motion picture convention.

According to the reporter, fans of different movies, especially horrors and fantasy, are eager to visit this event. Among the most popular clips is a glimpse of “The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones”, the first screen adaptation of a massively popular book series by author Cassandra Clare. It has been billed as the next “Twilight” but the movie stars are understandably keen to play down any comparisons.

In the article we see Actress Lily Collins’s opinion about these films. She thinks that they cannot be compared as they are entirely different and have totally different alternate universes.

Further the author reports about other film, “Evil Dead”. It is a 1981 low-budget horror movie that became a cult hit and launched director Sam Raimi’s career has been rebooted. Then the author gives the plot of the film and actress Jane Levy’s impressions about acting in it. We also get to know that “Evil Dead” is set for staggered worldwide release across cinemas this week.

According to the text, the next film, which was shown, is “Ghost hunters”. It is the latest scary movie from “Saw” and “Insidious” director James Wan aims for some real-life grounding. Director James Wan states that the film is basically a story based on Ed and Lorraine Warren and one supernatural case that they investigated.

Well, I’d like to visit WonderCon, though I don’t watch horror films, I’d just enjoy well-made costumes and friendly atmosphere. What about new horrors I don’t think that I will watch them as it is not my favourite genre at all.

Pleasure Reading Virginia Woolf "Mrs. Dalloway" Summary 2

Lucrezia is in despair. She doesn’t know how to help her husband. She follows all doctor’s instructions but Septimus continues to see different hallucinations and this scares the woman greatly. She left her motherland and got married to Septimus . It was before the war and now she is alone with her husband in a foreign country.

At the same time mrs. Dalloway comes home and finds an invitation to her husband from Millicent Brunt. Mrs. Brunt’s parties are very famous and Clarissa is offended because she is not invited. What is more, her husband cannot come to have dinner with her and she gets into a bad mood.

Mrs. Dalloway begins to think about her old friend, Sally Seton. When she was young she admired her and felt affection for her. Her first kiss was with Sally, but she had no option to be with her friend.

Peter Walsh disturbs her thoughts. They have not seen each other for five years and for Clarissa his coming is a great surprise. Peter tells about his life and the purpose of his arrival to London. When the talk leads to their past, Peter bursts into tears as he still loves Clarissa. She invites him to her party and he goes away hastily.

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Mrs. Dalloway is preparing to host a party that evening. As the weather is bright she is in good spirits and decides to do some work instead of Lucy, her servant. She goes from one shop to another and meets her childhood friend, Hugh Whitbread, who came to London because of his wife's illness.
Their meeting becomes the first impulse for Clarissa Dalloway to arrive at the idea about her marriage and her youth. She remembers about her other dearest friends: Peter Walsh, and Sally Seton. Peter was her first love, but when he proposed marriage to Clarissa she refused as he was enigmatic and demanding, while her present husband, Richard Dalloway, is a reliable man. Going shopping she cannot stop asking herself whether she has made a right choice when she married Richard. Anger and pain seize her because she regrets for her decision but she refuses to admit it.
Her thoughts are interrupted by the car accident. Another character, Septimus Warren Smith, also pays attention to it. He is a veteran of World War I suffering from deferred traumatic stress. He and his Italian-born wife Lucrezia comes to the park as his doctor said it would be good for Septimus ’s health. Instead of it, his state becomes worse and worse. He mutters under his breath and thinks that everything and everyone poses hazard to his life.