And I’m going to argue that we change lives precisely because we force open that too-small box that most human beings think they live in.
We’re the bran muffin of journalism.īut you know what? We change lives. We’re seen as being global, fair, insightful, and perhaps a bit too earnest. If you were to come up with a punchline to a joke about the Monitor, that would probably be it. Sometimes, we call things ‘boring’ simply because they lie outside the box we are currently in.” My work in Kenya, for example, was heavily influenced by a Christian Science Monitor article I had forced myself to read 10 years earlier. “Many things that end up” being meaningful, writes social scientist Joseph Grenny, “have come from conference workshops, articles, or online videos that began as a chore and ended with an insight.
"Arrival" director Denis Villeneuve, "Hacksaw Ridge" director Mel Gibson, "La La Land" director Damien Chazelle," "Manchester By The Sea" director Kenneth Lonergan, and "Moonlight" director Barry Jenkins were nominated for the best director prize.Ībout a year ago, I happened upon this statement about the Monitor in the Harvard Business Review – under the charming heading of “do things that don’t interest you”: “Moonlight” actor Mahershala Ali and “Lion” actor Dev Patel received nominations for Best Supporting Actor as well as “Hell or High Water” actor Jeff Bridges, “Manchester by the Sea” actor Lucas Hedges, and “Nocturnal Animals” actor Michael Shannon. Meanwhile, “Fences” actress Viola Davis, “Moonlight” actress Naomie Harris, and “Hidden Figures” actress Octavia Spencer received nominations for Best Supporting Actress in addition to “Lion” actress Nicole Kidman and “Manchester by the Sea” actress Michelle Williams. Actor Denzel Washington received a nod for Best Actor for his work in “Fences.” Also nominated in that category were “Manchester by the Sea” actor Casey Affleck, “Hacksaw Ridge” actor Andrew Garfield, “La La Land” actor Ryan Gosling, and “Captain Fantastic” star Viggo Mortensen. Seven people of color were nominated for acting prizes, but the list of contenders for the best director prize is an all-male one.Īctress Ruth Negga received a nomination for Best Actress for her role in “Loving” and she was joined by “Elle” actress Isabelle Huppert, “Jackie” actress Natalie Portman, “La La Land” actress Emma Stone, and “Florence Foster Jenkins” actress Meryl Streep in the category. This year, multiple actors of color received nominations, though statistics show that Hollywood still has plenty of progress to make when it comes to representing people of color and women in the industry. When his second-in-command Officer Dixon (Sam Rockwell), an immature mother’s boy with a penchant for violence, gets involved, the battle between Mildred and Ebbing’s law enforcement is only exacerbated.The 2017 Oscar nominations show a big step forward after the controversy of the last two Academy Awards when only white actors were nominated. After months have passed without a culprit in her daughter’s murder case, Mildred Hayes (Academy Award winner Frances McDormand) makes a bold move, painting three signs leading into her town with a controversial message directed at William Willoughby (Academy Award nominee Woody Harrelson), the town’s revered chief of police. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri is a darkly comic drama from Academy Award winner Martin McDonagh (IN BRUGES).
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