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Diane Keaton | |
Keaton in 2011 | |
Born | Diane Hall January 5, 1946 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Occupation | Actress, director, producer, writer |
Years active | 1968–present |
Children | Dexter Keaton Duke Keaton |
Diane Keaton | |
Keaton in 2011 | |
Born | Diane Hall January 5, 1946 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Occupation | Actress, director, producer, writer |
Years active | 1968–present |
Children | Dexter Keaton Duke Keaton |
Diane Keaton (born Diane Hall; January 5, 1946) is an American film actress, director, producer, and screenwriter. Keaton began her career on stage, and made her screen debut in 1970. Her first major film role was as Kay Adams-Corleone in The Godfather (1972), but the films that shaped her early career were those with director and co-star Woody Allen, beginning with Play It Again, Sam in 1972. Her next two films with Allen, Sleeper (1973) and Love and Death (1975), established her as a comic actor. Her fourth, Annie Hall (1977), won her the Academy Award for Best Actress.
Keaton subsequently expanded her range to avoid becoming typecast as her Annie Hall persona. She became an accomplished dramatic performer, starring in Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977) and received Academy Award nominations for Reds (1981) and Marvin's Room (1996). Some of her popular later films include Baby Boom (1987), Father of the Bride (1991), The First Wives Club (1996), Something's Gotta Give (2003) and The Family Stone (2005). Keaton's films have earned a cumulative gross of over US$1.1 billion in North America.[1] In addition to acting, she is also a photographer, real estate developer, author, and occasional singer.
Keaton was born as Diane Hall on January 5, 1946 in Los Angeles, California.[2] Her mother, Dorothy Deanne (née Keaton; 1921–2008), was a homemaker and amateur photographer; her father, John Newton Ignatius "Jack" Hall (1922–1990),[3] was a real estate broker and civil engineer.[2][4] Her father, from Nebraska, was Catholic, and her mother, originally from Kansas, came from a Methodist family; Keaton has Irish (from her paternal grandmother), English, German, Scottish, and more distant Austrian, ancestry.[5] Keaton was raised a Free Methodist by her mother.[6] Her mother won the "Mrs. Los Angeles" pageant for homemakers; Keaton has said that the theatricality of the event inspired her first impulse to be an actress, and led to her wanting to work on stage.[7] She has also credited Katharine Hepburn, whom she admires for playing strong and independent women, as one of her inspirations.[8]
Keaton is a 1963[citation needed] graduate of Santa Ana High School in Santa Ana, California. During her time there, she participated in singing and acting clubs at school, and starred as Blanche DuBois in a school production of A Streetcar Named Desire. After graduation, she attended Santa Ana College, and later Orange Coast College as an acting student, but dropped out after a year to pursue an entertainment career in Manhattan.[9] Upon joining the Actors' Equity Association, she changed her surname to Keaton, her mother's maiden name, as there was already an actress registered under the name of Diane Hall.[10] For a brief time, she also moonlighted at nightclubs with a singing act.[11] She would later revisit her nightclub act in Annie Hall (1977) and a cameo in Radio Days (1987).
Keaton began studying acting at the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York City. She initially studied acting under the Meisner technique, an ensemble acting technique first evolved in the 1930s by Sanford Meisner, a New York stage actor/acting coach/director who had been a member of The Group Theater (1931–1940). She has described her acting technique as, "[being] only as good as the person you're acting with ... As opposed to going it on my own and forging my path to create a wonderful performance without the help of anyone. I always need the help of everyone!"[11] According to her Reds co-star Warren Beatty, "She approaches a script sort of like a play in that she has the entire script memorized before you start doing the movie, which I don't know any other actors doing that."[12]
In 1968, Keaton became a member of the "Tribe" and understudy to Sheila in the original Broadway production of Hair.[13] She gained some notoriety for her refusal to disrobe at the end of Act I when the cast performs nude, even though nudity in the production was optional for actors (Those who performed nude received a $50 bonus).[7][14] After acting in Hair for nine months, she auditioned for a part in Woody Allen's production of Play It Again, Sam. After nearly being passed over for being too tall (at 5 ft 8 in./1.73 m she is two inches/5 cm taller than Allen), she won the part.[4]
After being nominated for a Tony Award for Play It Again, Sam, Keaton made her film debut in Lovers and Other Strangers (1970). She followed with guest roles on the television series Love, American Style and Night Gallery, and Mannix. Between films, Keaton appeared in a series of deodorant commercials.
Keaton's breakthrough role came two years later when she was cast as Kay Adams, the girlfriend and eventual wife of Michael Corleone (played by Al Pacino) in Francis Ford Coppola's 1972 film The Godfather. Coppola noted that he first noticed Keaton in Lovers and Other Strangers, and cast her because of her reputation for eccentricity that he wanted her to bring to the role[15] (Keaton claims that at the time she was commonly referred to as "the kooky actress" of the film industry).[7] Her performance in the film was loosely based on her real life experience of making the film, both of which she has described as being "the woman in a world of men".[7] The Godfather was an unparalleled critical and financial success, becoming the highest grossing film of the year and winning the Best Picture Oscar of 1972.
Two years later she reprised her role as Kay Adams in The Godfather Part II. She was initially reluctant, stating that, "At first, I was skeptical about playing Kay again in the Godfather sequel. But when I read the script, the character seemed much more substantial than in the first movie."[9] In Part II her character changed dramatically, becoming more embittered about her husband's activities. Even though Keaton received widespread exposure from the films, her character's importance was minimal. Time wrote that she was "invisible in The Godfather and pallid in The Godfather, Part II."[16]
Keaton's other notable films of the 1970s included many collaborations with Woody Allen. Although by the time they made films together, their romantic involvement had ended, she played many eccentric characters in several of his comic and dramatic films including Sleeper, Love and Death, Interiors, Manhattan, and the film version of Play It Again, Sam, directed by Herbert Ross. Allen has credited Keaton as his muse during his early film career.[17]
In 1977, Keaton starred with Allen in the romantic comedy Annie Hall, one of her most famous roles. Annie Hall was written and directed by Allen and the film was believed to be autobiographical of his relationship with Keaton. Allen based the character of Annie Hall loosely on Keaton ("Annie" is a nickname of hers, and "Hall" is her original surname). Many of Keaton's mannerisms and her self-deprecating sense of humor were added into the role by Allen. (Director Nancy Meyers has claimed "Diane's the most self-deprecating person alive".[18]) Keaton has also said that Allen wrote the character as an "idealized version" of herself.[19] The two starred as a frequently on-again, off-again couple living in New York City. Her acting was later summed up by CNN as "awkward, self-deprecating, speaking in endearing little whirlwinds of semi-logic",[20] and by Allen as a "nervous breakdown in slow motion."[21] The film was both a major financial and critical success, and won the Academy Award for Best Picture. Keaton's performance also won the Academy Award for Best Actress. In 2006, Premiere magazine ranked Keaton in Annie Hall as 60th on its list of the "100 Greatest Performances of All Time," and noted:
It's hard to play ditzy. ... The genius of Annie is that despite her loopy backhand, awful driving, and nervous tics, she's also a complicated, intelligent woman. Keaton brilliantly displays this dichotomy of her character, especially when she yammers away on a first date with Alvy (Woody Allen) while the subtitle reads, 'He probably thinks I'm a yoyo.' Yo-yo? Hardly.[22]
Keaton's eccentric wardrobe in Annie Hall, which consisted mainly of vintage men's clothing, including neckties, vests, baggy pants, and fedora hats, made her an unlikely fashion icon of the late 1970s. A small amount of the clothing seen in the film came from Keaton herself, who was already known for her tomboyish clothing style years before Annie Hall, and Ruth Morley designed the movie's costumes.[23] Soon after the film's release, men's clothing and pantsuits became popular attire for women.[24] She is known to favor men's vintage clothing, and usually appears in public wearing gloves and conservative attire. (A 2005 profile in the San Francisco Chronicle described her as "easy to find. Look for the only woman in sight dressed in a turtleneck on a 90-degree afternoon in Pasadena.[25]) Keaton would later reprise her Annie Hall appearance when she attended the 2003 Academy Awards presentation in a men's tuxedo and a bowler hat.
Her photo by Douglas Kirkland appeared on the cover of the September 26, 1977, issue Time magazine with the story dubbing her "the funniest woman now working in films."[16] Later that year, she departed from her usual lighthearted comic roles when she won the highly coveted lead role in the drama Looking for Mr. Goodbar, based on the novel by Judith Rossner. In the film she played a Catholic schoolteacher for deaf children who lives a double life, spending nights frequenting singles bars and engaging in promiscuous sex. Keaton became interested in the role after seeing it as a "psychological case history."[26] The same issue of Time commended her role choice and criticized the restricted roles available for female actors in American films:
A male actor can fly a plane, fight a war, shoot a badman, pull off a sting, impersonate a big cheese in business or politics. Men are presumed to be interesting. A female can play a wife, play a whore, get pregnant, lose her baby, and, um, let's see ... Women are presumed to be dull. ... Now a determined trend spotter can point to a handful of new films whose makers think that women can bear the dramatic weight of a production alone, or virtually so. Then there is Diane Keaton in Looking for Mr. Goodbar. As Theresa Dunn, Keaton dominates this raunchy, risky, violent dramatization of Judith Rossner's 1975 novel about a schoolteacher who cruises singles bars.[16]
In addition to acting, Keaton has stated that "[I] had a lifelong ambition to be a singer."[27] She had a brief, unrealized career as a recording artist in the 1970s. Her first record was an original cast recording of Hair, in 1971. In 1977, she began recording tracks for a solo album, but the finished record never materialized.[4]
Keaton met with more success in the medium of still photography. Like her character in Annie Hall, Keaton had long relished photography as a favorite hobby, an interest she picked up as a teenager from her mother. While traveling in the late 1970s she began exploring her avocation more seriously. "Rolling Stone had asked me to take photographs for them, and I thought, 'Wait a minute, what I'm really interested in is these lobbies, and these strange ballrooms in these old hotels.' So I began shooting them", she recalled in 2003. "These places were deserted, and I could just sneak in anytime and nobody cared. It was so easy and I could do it myself. It was an adventure for me." Reservations, her collection of photos of hotel interiors, was published in book form in 1980.[28]
In Manhattan in 1979, Keaton and Woody Allen ended their long working relationship, and the film would be their last major collaboration until 1993. In 1978, she became romantically involved with Warren Beatty, and two years later he cast her to play opposite him in Reds. In the film, she played Louise Bryant, a journalist and feminist, who flees from her husband to work with radical journalist John Reed (Beatty), and later enters Russia to locate him as he chronicles the Russian Civil War. The New York Times wrote that Keaton was, "nothing less than splendid as Louise Bryant – beautiful, selfish, funny and driven. It's the best work she has done to date."[29] Keaton received her second Academy Award nomination for the film.
Beatty cast Keaton after seeing her in Annie Hall, as he wanted to bring her natural nervousness and insecure attitude to the role. The production of Reds was delayed several times since its conception in 1977, and Keaton almost left the project when she believed it would never be produced. Filming finally began two years later. In a 2006 Vanity Fair story, Keaton described her role as "the everyman of that piece, as someone who wanted to be extraordinary but was probably more ordinary ... I knew what it felt like to be extremely insecure." Assistant director Simon Relph later stated that Louise Bryant was one of her most difficult roles, and that "[she] almost got broken."[30]
1984 brought The Little Drummer Girl, Keaton's first excursion into the thriller and action genre. The Little Drummer Girl was both a financial and critical failure, with critics claiming that Keaton was miscast for the genre, such as one review from The New Republic claiming that "the title role, the pivotal role, is played by Diane Keaton, and around her the picture collapses in tatters. She is so feeble, so inappropriate."[31] However, that same year she received positive reviews for her performance in Mrs. Soffel, a film based on the true story of a repressed prison warden's wife who falls in love with a convicted murderer and arranges for his escape. Two years later she starred with Jessica Lange and Sissy Spacek in Crimes of the Heart, adapted from Beth Henley's Pulitzer Prize-winning play into a moderately successful screen comedy. In 1987, she starred in Baby Boom, her first of four collaborations with writer-producer Nancy Meyers. In Baby Boom, Keaton starred as a Manhattan career woman who is suddenly forced to care for a toddler. That same year she made a cameo in Allen's film Radio Days as a nightclub singer. 1988's The Good Mother was a misstep for Keaton. The film was a financial disappointment (according to Keaton, the film was "a Big Failure. Like, BIG failure"),[32] and some critics panned her performance, such was one review from The Washington Post: "her acting degenerates into hype – as if she's trying to sell an idea she can't fully believe in."[33]
In 1987, Keaton directed and edited her first feature film, a documentary named Heaven about the possibility of an afterlife. Heaven met with mixed critical reaction, with The New York Times likening it to "a conceit imposed on its subjects."[34] Over the next four years, Keaton went on to direct music videos for artists such as Belinda Carlisle, two television films starring Patricia Arquette, and episodes of the series China Beach and Twin Peaks.
By the 1990s, Keaton had established herself as one of the most popular and versatile actors in Hollywood. She shifted to more mature roles, frequently playing matriarchs of middle-class families. Of her role choices and avoidance of becoming typecast, she said: "Most often a particular role does you some good and Bang! You have loads of offers, all of them for similar roles ... I have tried to break away from the usual roles and have tried my hand at several things."[35]
She began the decade with The Lemon Sisters, a poorly received comedy/drama that she starred in and produced, which was shelved for a year after its completion. In 1991, Keaton starred with Steve Martin in the family comedy Father of the Bride. She was almost not cast in the film, as the commercial failure of The Good Mother had strained her relationship with Walt Disney Pictures, the studio of both films.[32] Father of the Bride was Keaton's first major hit after four years of commercial disappointments.
Keaton reprised her role four years later in the sequel, as a woman who becomes pregnant in middle age at the same time as her daughter. A review of the film for The San Francisco Examiner was one of many in which Keaton once again received comparison to Katharine Hepburn: "No longer relying on that stuttering uncertainty that seeped into all her characterizations of the 1970s, she has somehow become Katharine Hepburn with a deep maternal instinct, that is, she is a fine and intelligent actress who doesn't need to be tough and edgy in order to prove her feminism."[36]
Keaton reprised her role of Kay Adams in 1990's The Godfather Part III. Set 20 years after the end of The Godfather, Part II, Keaton's part had evolved into the estranged ex-wife of Michael Corleone. Criticism of the film and Keaton again centered on her character's unimportance in the film. The Washington Post wrote: "Even though she is authoritative in the role, Keaton suffers tremendously from having no real function except to nag Michael for his past sins."[37] In 1993, Keaton starred in Manhattan Murder Mystery, her first major film role in a Woody Allen film since 1979, having made a cameo in 1987's Radio Days. Her part was originally intended for Mia Farrow, but Farrow dropped out of the project after her split with Allen.[38]
In 1995, Keaton directed Unstrung Heroes, her first theatrically released narrative film. The movie, adapted from Franz Lidz's memoir, starred Nathan Watt as a boy in 1960s whose mother (Andie MacDowell) becomes ill with cancer. As her sickness advances and his inventor father (John Turturro) grows increasingly distant, the boy is sent to live with his two eccentric uncles (Maury Chaykin and Michael Richards). In a geographic switch, Keaton shifted the story's setting from the New York of Lidz's book to the Southern California of her own childhood. Though it played in a relatively limited release and made little impression at the box office, the film and its direction were well-received critically.[39]
Keaton's most successful film of the decade was the 1996 comedy The First Wives Club. She starred with Goldie Hawn and Bette Midler as a trio of "first wives": middle-aged women who had been divorced by their husbands in favor of younger women. Keaton claimed that making the film "saved [her] life."[40] The film was a major success, grossing US$105 million at the North American box office,[41] and it developed a cult following among middle-aged women.[42] Reviews of the film were generally positive for Keaton and her co-stars, and she was even referred to by The San Francisco Chronicle as "probably [one of] the best comic film actresses alive."[43] In 1997, Keaton, along Hawn and Midler, was a recipient of the Women in Film Crystal Award, which honors "outstanding women who, through their endurance and the excellence of their work, have helped to expand the role of women within the entertainment industry".[44]
Also in 1996, Keaton starred as Bessie, a woman with leukemia in Marvin's Room, an adaptation of the play by Scott McPherson. Meryl Streep played her estranged sister Lee, although had initially been considered for the role of Bessie. The film also starred a young Leonardo DiCaprio as Streep's rebellious son. Roger Ebert stated that "Streep and Keaton, in their different styles, find ways to make Lee and Bessie into much more than the expression of their problems."[45] Keaton earned a third Academy Award nomination for the film. Although critically acclaimed, the film was not released on a wide scale, possibly costing Keaton the Oscar. Keaton said that the biggest challenge of the role was understanding the mentality of a person with terminal illness.[7]
In 1999 Keaton narrated the one-hour public-radio documentary, "If I Get Out Alive," the first to focus on the conditions and brutality faced by young people in the adult correctional system. The program, produced by Lichtenstein Creative Media, aired on public radio stations across the country, and was honored with a First Place National Headliner Award and a Casey Medal for Meritorious Journalism.[46]
Keaton's first film of 2000 was Hanging Up with Meg Ryan and Lisa Kudrow. Keaton also directed the film, despite claiming in a 1996 interview that she would never direct herself in a film, saying "as a director, you automatically have different goals. I can't think about directing when I'm acting."[32] The film was a drama about three sisters coping with the senility and eventual death of their elderly father, played by Walter Matthau. Hanging Up rated poorly with critics and grossed a modest US$36 million at the North American box office.[47]
In 2001, Keaton co-starred with Warren Beatty in Town & Country, a critical and financial fiasco. Budgeted at an estimated US$90 million, the film opened to little notice and grossed only US$7 million in its North American theatrical run.[48] Peter Travers of Rolling Stone claimed that Town & Country was "less deserving of a review than it is an obituary....The corpse took with it the reputations of its starry cast, including Warren Beatty and Diane Keaton."[49] Also in 2001, and 2002, Keaton starred in four low-budget television films. She played a fanatical nun in the religious drama Sister Mary Explains It All, an impoverished mother in the drama On Thin Ice, and a bookkeeper in the mob comedy Plan B. In Crossed Over, she played Beverly Lowry, a woman who forms an unusual friendship with the only woman executed while on death row in Texas, Karla Faye Tucker.
Keaton's first major hit since 1996 came in 2003's Something's Gotta Give, directed by Nancy Meyers and co-starring Jack Nicholson. Nicholson and Keaton, aged 66 and 57 respectively, were seen as bold casting choices for leads in a romantic comedy. Twentieth Century Fox, the film's original studio, reportedly declined to produce the film, fearing that the lead characters were too old to be bankable. Keaton commented about the situation in Ladies' Home Journal: "Let's face it, people my age and Jack's age are much deeper, much more soulful, because they've seen a lot of life. They have a great deal of passion and hope—why shouldn't they fall in love? Why shouldn't movies show that?"[50] Keaton played a middle-aged playwright who falls in love with her daughter's much older boyfriend. The film was a major success at the box office, grossing US$125 million in North America.[51] Roger Ebert wrote that "Nicholson and Keaton bring so much experience, knowledge and humor to their characters that the film works in ways the screenplay might not have even hoped for."[52] The following year, Keaton received her fourth Academy Award nomination for her role in the film.
Keaton's only film between the years of 2004 and 2006 was the comedy The Family Stone (2005), starring an ensemble cast that also included Sarah Jessica Parker, Claire Danes, Rachel McAdams, and Craig T. Nelson. In the film, scripted and directed by Thomas Bezucha, Keaton played a breast cancer survivor and matriarch of a big New England family, who reunite at the parents' home for their annual Christmas holidays.[53] The film was released to moderate critical and commercial success,[54] and earned US$92.2 million worldwide.[55] Keaton received her second Satellite Award nomination for her portrayal,[56] on which Peter Travers of Rolling Stone commented, "Keaton, a sorceress at blending humor and heartbreak, honors the film with a grace that makes it stick in the memory."[57]
In 2007, Keaton starred in both Because I Said So and Mama's Boy. In the romantic comedy Because I Said So, directed by Michael Lehmann, Keaton played a long-divorced mother of three daughters, determined to pair off her only single daughter, Milly, played by Mandy Moore.[58] Also starring Stephen Collins and Gabriel Macht, the project opened to overwhelmingly negative reviews by critics, with Wesley Morris of The Boston Globe calling it "a sloppily made bowl of reheated chick-flick cliches," and was ranked among the worst-reviewed films of the year.[59][60][61] The following year, Keaton received her first and only Golden Raspberry Award nomination to date, for the film.[56] In Mama's Boy, director Tim Hamilton's feature film debut, Keaton starred as the mother of a self-absorbed 29-year old (played by Jon Heder) whose world turns upside down when his widowed mother starts dating and considers booting him out of the house. Distributed for a limited release to certain parts of the United States only, the independent comedy garnered largely negative reviews.[62]
In 2008, Keaton starred alongside Dax Shepard and Liv Tyler in Vince Di Meglio's dramedy Smother, playing the overbearing mother of an unemployed therapist, who decides to move in with him and his girlfriend following the split from her husband, played by Ken Howard. As with Mama's Boy, the film received a limited release only, resulting into minor gross of US$1.8 million worldwide.[63] Critical reaction to the film was generally unfavorable,[64] and once again Keaton was dismissed for her role choices, with Sandra Hall of the New York Post writing, "Diane's career is dyin' [...] this time, sadly, she's gone too far. She's turned herself into a mother-in-law joke."[65] Also in 2008, Keaton appeared alongside Katie Holmes and Queen Latifah in the crime-comedy film Mad Money, directed by Callie Khouri. Based on the British television drama Hot Money (2001), the film revolves around three female employees of the Federal Reserve who scheme to steal money that is about to be destroyed.[66] As with Keaton's previous projects, the film bombed at the box offices with a gross total of US$26.4 million,[67] and was universally panned by critics, ranking third in the New York Post 's Top 10 Worst Movies of 2008 overview.[68]
In 2010, Keaton starred alongside Rachel McAdams and Harrison Ford in Roger Michell's comedy Morning Glory, playing the veteran TV host of a fictional morning talk show that desperately needs to boost its lagging ratings. Portraying a narcissistic character that would do anything to please the audience, Keaton described her role as "the kind of woman you love to hate."[69] Inspired by Neil Simon's 1972 Broadway play The Sunshine Boys,[70] the film became a moderate success at the box office for a worldwide total of almost US$59 million.[71] Though some critics found that Keaton was underused in the film,[72] the actress was generally praised for her performance, with James Berardinelli of ReelViews noting that "Diane Keaton is so good at her part that one can see her sliding effortlessly into an anchor's chair on a real morning show."[73]
In fall 2010, Keaton joined the production of the comedy drama Darling Companion by Lawrence Kasdan, which was released in 2012. Co-starring Kevin Kline and Dianne Wiest and set in Telluride, Colorado,[74] the film follows a woman, played by Keaton, whose husband loses her much-beloved dog at a wedding held at their vacation home in the Rocky Mountains, resulting in a search party to find the pet.[75] Kasdan's first film in nine years, the film bombed at the US box office, where it scored about US$790,000 throughout its entire theatrical run.[76] Generally negative with the film, critics dismissed the film as "an overwritten, underplotted vanity project," but applauded Keaton's performance.[77][78] Ty Burr from The Boston Globe felt that the film "would be instantly forgettable if not for Keaton, who imbues [her role] with a sorrow, warmth, wisdom, and rage that feel earned [...] Her performance here is an extension of worn, resilient grace."[78]
Also in 2011, Keaton began production on Justin Zackham's 2013 ensemble comedy The Big Wedding, in which she, along with Robert De Niro, played a long-divorced couple who, for the sake of their adopted son's wedding and his very religious biological mother, pretend they are still married.[79] Upon release, the remake of the original 2006 French film Mon frère se marie received largely negative reviews.[80] In his review for The New York Post, Lou Lumenick stated that "the brutally unfunny, cringe-worthy The Big Wedding provides ample opportunities for Robert De Niro, Diane Keaton, Susan Sarandon and Robin Williams to embarrass themselves."[81]
In 2014, Keaton starred in And So It Goes and Ruth & Alex. In Rob Reiner's romantic dramedy And So It Goes, Keaton portrayed a widowed lounge singer, who finds autumnal love with a bad boy, played by Michael Douglas.[82] The film received largely negative reviews from critics, who felt that "And So It Goes aims for comedy, but with two talented actors stuck in a half-hearted effort from a once-mighty filmmaker, it ends in unintentional tragedy."[83] Keaton co-starred with Morgan Freeman in Richard Loncraine's comedy film Ruth & Alex. Based on the novel Heroic Measures by Jill Ciment, they play a long-married couple who have an eventful weekend after they are forced to contemplate selling their beloved Brooklyn apartment.[84][85] Shot in New York, the film premiered at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival.[86]
In 2014 she became the first woman to receive the Golden Lion Award from the Zurich Film Festival.[87][88]
Keaton has also joined the cast of Finding Dory, the sequel to the 2003 Pixar computer-animated film Finding Nemo, in which she will provide the voice for Dory's mother.[89]
Keaton has had several romantic associations with noted entertainment industry personalities starting with her time with the Broadway production of Play It Again, Sam when she auditioned for director Woody Allen. Their association became personal following a dinner after a late night rehearsal. It was her sense of humor that attracted Allen.[90] They briefly lived together during the Broadway production but by the time of the film release of the same name in 1972 their living arrangements became informal.[91] They worked together on eight films between 1971 and 1993, and Keaton has said that Allen remains one of her closest friends.[19]
She was already dating Warren Beatty from 1979 when they had co-lead roles in the film Reds.[92] Beatty was a regular subject in tabloid magazines and media coverage to which she was included much to her bewilderment. Her avoidance of the spotlight earned her in 1985 from Vanity Fair the attribution as "the most reclusive star since Garbo".[10] This relationship ended, as had with Allen, shortly after Reds wrapped. Troubles with the production are thought to have caused strain on the relationship, including numerous financial and scheduling problems.[30] Keaton remains friends with Beatty.[19]
Keaton also had a relationship with her The Godfather Trilogy costar Al Pacino. Their on-again, off-again relationship ended following the filming of The Godfather Part III. Keaton said of Pacino, "Al was simply the most entertaining man... To me, that's, that is the most beautiful face. I think Warren was gorgeous, very pretty, but Al's face is like whoa. Killer, killer face."[93]
In July 2001, Keaton revealed her thoughts on being older and unmarried: "I don't think that because I'm not married it's made my life any less. That old maid myth is garbage."[94] Keaton has two adopted children, daughter Dexter (adopted 1996) and son Duke (2001). Her father's death made mortality more prevalent for her, and she decided to become a mother at age 50.[40] She later said of having children, "Motherhood has completely changed me. It's just about the most completely humbling experience that I've ever had."[95]
Keaton stated that she produced her 1987 documentary Heaven because, "I was always pretty religious as a kid ... I was primarily interested in religion because I wanted to go to heaven". Nevertheless, she has also stated that she considered herself an agnostic.[96]
Keaton is an opponent of plastic surgery. She told More magazine in 2004, "I'm stuck in this idea that I need to be authentic ... My face needs to look the way I feel."[8] Keaton is also active in campaigns with the Los Angeles Conservancy to save and restore historic buildings, particularly in the Los Angeles area.[11] Among the buildings she has been active in restoring is the Ennis House in the Hollywood Hills designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.[25] Keaton had also been active in the failed campaign to save the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles (a hotel featured in Reservations), the location of Robert Kennedy's assassination in 1968.
Since May 2005, she has been a contributing blogger at The Huffington Post. Since summer 2006, Keaton has been the new face of L'Oréal.[97]
Keaton has served as a producer on films and television series. She produced the Fox series Pasadena, that was canceled after airing only four episodes in 2001 but later completed its run on cable in 2005. In 2003, she produced the Gus Van Sant drama Elephant, about a school shooting. On why she produced the film, she said "It really makes me think about my responsibilities as an adult to try and understand what's going on with young people."[98]
Outside of the film industry, Keaton has continued to pursue her interest in photography. As a collector, she told Vanity Fair in 1987: "I have amassed a huge library of images – kissing scenes from movies, pictures I like. Visual things are really key for me."[96] She has published several more collections of her own photographs, and has also served as an editor for collections of vintage photography. Works she has edited in the last decade include a book of photographs by paparazzo Ron Galella; an anthology of reproductions of clown paintings; and a collection of photos of California's Spanish-Colonial-style houses.
Keaton has also established herself as a real estate developer. She has resold several mansions in Southern California after renovating and redesigning them. One of her clients is Madonna, who purchased a US$6.5 million Beverly Hills mansion from Keaton in 2003.[99] She received the Film Society of Lincoln Center's Gala Tribute in 2007.
Keaton wrote her first memoir, entitled Then Again, for Random House in November 2011.[100] Much of the autobiography relies on her mother Dorothy's private journals, in which she writes at one point: "Diane...is a mystery...At times, she's so basic, at others so wise it frightens me."[101]
In 2012, Keaton's audiobook recording of Joan Didion's Slouching Towards Bethlehem was released at Audible.com.[102] Her performance was nominated for a 2013 Audie Award in the Short Stories/Collections category.
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
1970 | Lovers and Other Strangers | Joan Vecchio | |
1971 | Men of Crisis: The Harvey Wallinger Story | Renata Wallinger | Short film |
1972 | Godfather, TheThe Godfather | Kay Adams | |
1972 | Play It Again, Sam | Linda | |
1973 | Sleeper | Luna Schlosser | |
1974 | Godfather Part II, TheThe Godfather Part II | Kay Adams | |
1975 | Love and Death | Sonja | |
1976 | I Will, I Will... for Now | Katie Bingham | |
1976 | Harry and Walter Go to New York | Lissa Chestnut | |
1977 | Annie Hall | Annie Hall | |
1977 | Looking for Mr. Goodbar | Theresa | |
1978 | Interiors | Renata | |
1979 | Manhattan | Mary | |
1981 | Wizard of Malta, TheThe Wizard of Malta | Narrator | |
1981 | Reds | Louise Bryant | |
1982 | Shoot the Moon | Faith Dunlap | |
1984 | Little Drummer Girl, TheThe Little Drummer Girl | Charlie | |
1984 | Mrs. Soffel | Kate Soffel | |
1986 | Crimes of the Heart | Lenny Magrath | |
1987 | Radio Days | New Years Singer | |
1987 | Baby Boom | J.C. Wiatt | |
1988 | Good Mother, TheThe Good Mother | Anna | |
1989 | Lemon Sisters, TheThe Lemon Sisters | Eloise Hamer | |
1990 | Godfather Part III, TheThe Godfather Part III | Kay Adams Michelson | |
1991 | Father of the Bride | Nina Banks | |
1993 | Manhattan Murder Mystery | Carol Lipton | |
1993 | Look Who's Talking Now | Daphne | Voice |
1995 | Father of the Bride Part II | Nina Banks | |
1996 | First Wives Club, TheThe First Wives Club | Annie Paradis | |
1996 | Marvin's Room | Bessie | |
1997 | Only Thrill, TheThe Only Thrill | Carol Fitzsimmons | |
1999 | Other Sister, TheThe Other Sister | Elizabeth Tate | |
2000 | Hanging Up | Georgia Mozell | |
2001 | Town & Country | Ellie | |
2001 | Plan B | Fran Varecchio | |
2003 | Something's Gotta Give | Erica Barry | |
2005 | Terminal Impact | Narrator | |
2005 | Family Stone, TheThe Family Stone | Sybil Stone | |
2007 | Because I Said So | Daphne Wilder | |
2007 | Mama's Boy | Jan Mannus | |
2008 | Mad Money | Bridget Cardigan | |
2008 | Smother | Marilyn Cooper | |
2010 | Morning Glory | Colleen Peck | |
2012 | Darling Companion | Beth | |
2013 | Big Wedding, TheThe Big Wedding | Ellie Griffin | |
2014 | And So It Goes | Leah | |
2014 | 5 Flights Up | ||
2015 | Let It Snow | Filming | |
2016 | Finding Dory | Jenny[103] | Filming |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
1970 | Love, American Style | Segment: "Love and Pen Pals" | |
1970 | Rod Serling's Night Gallery | Nurse Frances Nevins | 1 episode |
1971 | F.B.I., TheThe F.B.I. | Diane Britt | Episode: "Death Watch" |
1971 | Mannix | Cindy Conrad | Episode: "The Color of Murder" |
1977 | Godfather Saga, TheThe Godfather Saga | Kay Adams Corleone | TV miniseries |
1992 | Running Mates | Aggie Snow | |
1994 | Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight | Amelia Earhart | |
1997 | Northern Lights | Roberta Blumstein | |
2001 | Sister Mary Explains It All | Sister Mary Ignatius | |
2002 | Crossed Over | Beverly Lowry | |
2003 | On Thin Ice | Patsy McCartle | |
2006 | Surrender, Dorothy | Natalie Swallow | |
2011 | Tilda | Tilda Watski |
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1977 | New York Film Critics Circle Award | Best Actress | Looking for Mr. Goodbar | Nominated |
1977 | National Board of Review | Best Supporting Actress | Annie Hall | Won |
1977 | National Society of Film Critics Awards | Best Actress | Annie Hall | Won |
1977 | New York Film Critics Circle Award | Best Actress | Annie Hall | Won |
1978 | Academy Awards | Best Actress in a Leading Role | Annie Hall | Won |
1978 | BAFTA Awards | Best Actress | Annie Hall | Won |
1978 | Golden Globe | Best Motion Picture Actress - Drama | Looking for Mr. Goodbar | Nominated |
1978 | Golden Globe | Best Motion Picture Actress - Musical/Comedy | Annie Hall | Won |
1978 | People's Choice Awards | Favorite Motion Picture Actor | Nominated | |
1978 | Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards | Best Actress | Annie Hall | Won |
1979 | People's Choice Awards | Favorite Motion Picture Actress | Nominated | |
1980 | BAFTA Awards | Best Actress | Manhattan | Nominated |
1981 | New York Film Critics Circle Awards | Best Actress | Reds | Nominated |
1982 | Academy Awards | Best Actress in a Leading Role | Reds | Nominated |
1982 | People's Choice Awards | Favorite Motion Picture Actress | Nominated | |
1982 | National Society of Film Critics Awards | Best Actress | Reds | Nominated |
1982 | Golden Globe | Best Motion Picture Actress - Drama | Reds | Nominated |
1982 | David di Donatello Awards | Best Foreign Actress | Reds | Won |
1983 | National Society of Film Critics Awards | Best Actress | Shoot the Moon | Nominated |
1983 | People's Choice Awards | Favorite Motion Picture Actress | Nominated | |
1983 | Golden Globe | Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama | Shoot the Moon | Nominated |
1983 | BAFTA Awards | Best Actress | Reds | Nominated |
1985 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama | Mrs. Soffel | Nominated |
1988 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical | Baby Boom | Nominated |
1988 | National Society of Film Critics Awards | Best Actress | Baby Boom | Nominated |
1990 | Daytime Emmy | Outstanding Achievement in Directing - Special Class | CBS Schoolbreak Special | Nominated |
1991 | Hasty Pudding Theatricals | Woman of the Year | Won | |
1994 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical | Manhattan Murder Mystery | Nominated |
1995 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actress in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for TV | Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight | Nominated |
1995 | New York Women in Film & Television | Muse Award | Won | |
1995 | Primetime Emmy | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Special | Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight | Nominated |
1995 | Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a TV Movie or Miniseries | Amelia Earhart: The Final Flight | Nominated |
1996 | Golden Apple Awards | Female Star of the Year | Nominated | |
1996 | National Board of Review | Best Acting by an Ensemble | The First Wives Club | Won |
1997 | Academy Awards | Best Actress in a Leading Role | Marvin's Room | Nominated |
1997 | Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role | Marvin's Room | Nominated |
1997 | Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Performance by a Cast | Marvin's Room | Nominated |
1997 | Women in Film Crystal + Lucy Awards | Crystal Award | Won | |
2001 | Santa Barbara International Film Festival | Modern Master Award | Hanging Up | Won |
2003 | National Board of Review | Best Actress | Something's Gotta Give | Won |
2003 | Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards | Best Actress | Something's Gotta Give | Nominated |
2003 | Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards | Best Actress | Something's Gotta Give | Nominated |
2004 | U.S. Comedy Arts Festival | AFI Star Award | Won | |
2004 | Academy Awards | Best Actress in a Leading Role | Something's Gotta Give | Nominated |
2004 | Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role | Something's Gotta Give | Nominated |
2004 | Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards | Best Actress | Something's Gotta Give | Nominated |
2004 | Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards | Critics Choice Award - Best Actress | Something's Gotta Give | Nominated |
2004 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical | Something's Gotta Give | Won |
2004 | Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role | Something's Gotta Give | Nominated |
2004 | Satellite Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical | Something's Gotta Give | Won |
2005 | Satellite Awards | Outstanding Actress in a Supporting Role, Comedy or Musical | The Family Stone | Nominated |
2005 | New York Film Critics Circle Awards | Best Supporting Actress | The Family Stone | Nominated |
2005 | Hollywood Film Festival | Lifetime Achievement Award | Won | |
2007 | Film Society of Lincoln Center | Gala Tribute | Won | |
2008 | Razzie Awards | Worst Actress | Because I Said So | Nominated |
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Final Score: Clemson 58, Miami-Florida 54
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2014–2015 Bachelor of Business Administration Program (BBA)
Program Goals | Admissions & Financial Aid | Program Costs | Financial Aid | Degree Requirements | Project Policies | Graduation Requirements | Project Sequences
Program Chair: Jerry Van Os
Faculty: Richard Chapman, Alison MacKey, Ken Meland, Jerry Van Os, Christine Ye
The Bachelor of Business Administration is a competency-based degree completion program specifically designed for students who have completed an Associate's Degree (A.A. or A.S.), the liberal education requirements at Westminster College, or a Letter of General Education Completion from a regionally accredited college or university. The program is designed to offer flexibility for students and working professionals seeking degree completion. The BBA program is:
- Project-Based: a student completes a total of five project sequences designed and sequenced specifically to measure student learning and accomplishment. Projects are designed to reflect real-world business applications and processes. Each project sequence is designed to be completed within one semester, meaning that that the program can be completed in five semesters (approximately 20 months).
- Low-Residency: a student attends a two-day residency for each of the five project sequences. A student combines his or her professional experience and ability with learning experiences and resources delivered online to master program competencies. Projects are then completed around a student's personal and professional schedule, making degree completion more flexible and convenient.
- Faculty Coached: a student worked directly with a full-time Westminster faculty member on an individual basis to provide for project guidance and feedback. Faculty members evaluate completed student projects to determine if project competencies and student mastery of learning outcomes is sufficiently demonstrated.
Students completing all program and college requirements earn a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) degree from Westminster College.
Program Goals
A student completes the BBA program by demonstrating mastery of the following program goals and related competencies:
- Communication skills: a student effectively communicates business concepts orally and in writing to faculty and business stakeholders.
- Ethical decision making skills: a student understands various ethical perspectives and utilizes ethical and legal frameworks for decision-making.
- Critical thinking skills: a student develops skills to analyze and solve complex managerial problems.
- Leadership and collaboration skills: a student demonstrates how individual and groups contribute to value-added organizational outcomes.
- Strategic perspective: a student demonstrates understanding of the cultural, legal, economic and geo-political forces that impact business strategies within national and international contexts.
- Organizational performance: a student analyzes and uses accounting and financial information to articulate organizational performance for various stakeholders.
- Market execution: a student identifies and understands markets for an organization's goods and services, applies the activities which make up the value chain for those goods and services, and employs appropriate methodologies and techniques for ensuring product/service quality and speed to market.
Admissions and Financial Aid
A student is admitted to the program on a rolling basis, with new cohorts beginning the program in August, January and May of each academic year.
Admission to the Bachelor of Business Administration requires the submission of the following materials to the Office of Admissions for admission evaluation:
- A completed application with a $40 application fee.
- Official transcripts from all colleges and universities attended, providing evidence of an associate's degree (A.A. or A.S.) from a regionally accredited college or university or international college or university. Students with 64 or more credit hours and a Letter of General Education Completion, or equivalent, from a regionally accredited Utah college or university will also be considered.
- Resume detailing academic and work experience. Relevant work experience can be paid employment, volunteer work for non-profit organizations, military service or a combination of the above.
- One reference letter, typed on letterhead from a supervisor, manager, professor, or other professional source in support of the students' ability to be successful in a low-residency, project-based degree completion program.
- Responses to admission essay questions.
In certain cases an interview with an admissions or program representative may be required prior to admissions. When the application materials are complete, the application is reviewed by a committee and admission decisions are reported to the student. The application process can also be completed online by visiting the admissions website.
A student entering the program is given the equivalent of 64 credit hours for an associate's degree (A.A. or A.S).
In certain cases, a student may be allowed entry into the program and to begin working on project sequences even though they have not yet completed their associate degree, provided a plan for associate degree completion is approved by the College as evidenced by enrollment in required online courses, completion of a prior learning assessment portfolio or completion of approved transfer courses. Students will be required to complete remaining associate degree requirements by the time the student has completed the second project sequence (at the end of the second semester). If the student has not completed the associate degree at that point, he or she will be required to finish all remaining associate degree requirements before starting project sequence three.
Program Costs
The cost of the entire program is fixed as long as the student is making academic progress. The tuition price includes all learning resources and feeds. Students with extenuating circumstances can adjust their pace when necessary by communicating with the student support staff. Students who decide to withdraw from the program entirely must notify the student support staff immediately.
Satisfactory Progress Policy
A student is required to maintain satisfactory progress in the program in order to receive Title IV federal financial aid funds. For more information, students should consult the financial aids office.
Financial Aid
A student enrolled in this program is eligible for federal financial aid programs as described in the financial aid section of this catalog. A student is not eligible for institutional aid programs. To be eligible for federal financial aid, a student must maintain enrollment and satisfactory progress as described. A student can also elect to participate in alternative loan programs as long as eligibility requirements are met. Please contact the student support staff for specific information about financial aid.
Degree Requirements
The Projects
The program consists of five project sequences which must be completed at Westminster College. Each of the project sequences consists of several project assignments and an integrative project. The projects are to be completed in the order specified. A student completes all projects to demonstrate mastery of the program learning goals and competencies. Before starting a project sequence, a student meets with his or her Project Coach to assess which learning experiences should be used to help the student complete the projects, given the student's prior life and/or professional experience. The student is given access to a set of rubrics, which explain how the project will be evaluated upon its completion. A student can use this rubric to self-assess the project before submission. When a project sequence is successfully completed, the student can begin the next project sequence.
Faculty Coaching
To help students in the program, full-time faculty members (Coaches) are specifically assigned to assist in learning and in project assessment. Students and faculty interact regularly on an individual basis to facilitate learning and mastery of competencies. Each project sequence has a faculty coach who assists the student in learning experiences and in project completion and evaluation. Each student also has access to student support staff to assist with registration, billing, financial aid, project submission, technology systems, and any other questions about the program. A student is encouraged to utilize these resources whenever needed throughout the duration of the program.
Grading/Assessment Systems
When a student has completed a project, work is submitted to the Faculty Coach for evaluation according to the established project rubrics and learning outcomes. A student is given one of three assessments for each of the competencies related to the project assignment and for the overall project evaluation: Exceeds project competencies, Mastery of project competencies, or Rework Required on project competencies. In all cases, the student is given substantial feedback by the Project Coach on project performance. In the case that an assessment of "Rework Required" is given, the student is allowed to use additional learning resources and value-added coaching feedback in order to resubmit the project assignment for additional evaluation.
For grading equivalency and transcript reporting, an "Exceeds" is equivalent to a letter grade of "A" and "Mastery" is equivalent to a letter grade of "B".
Each project sequence includes a two-day on-campus residency period. The purpose of the residencies includes the following:
- Establish relationships between coaches and students.
- Communicate expectations on project assignments and competencies to be evaluated.
- Facilitate higher levels of performance in competencies that are mapped across project assignments and project sequences.
- Develop community building and networking for students.
Applied Learning Experiences
Applied learning projects are utilized to help the student master the knowledge related to specific competencies and learning goals as they related to specific project assignments. All of the learning resources associated with applied projects can be accessed from the course management website. Learning resources augment a student's knowledge and can be engaged on an as-needed basis by the student. A student is strongly encouraged to consult with his or her Project Coach as they are working on projects to figure out which sets of learning resources are most useful, given the student's background and experience. All learning resources can be accessed by all students, even if a student is completing a later project, in order to revisit and review specific techniques and knowledge.
Program Policies
Academic Progress
A student can complete the requirements of the BBA program within five semesters. A student who, for whatever reason, does not enroll for two consecutive semesters, must request reinstatement in the program, and will be subject to the tuition charges currently in effect. While students may manage their time during the semester to meet their personal and professional commitments, each project sequence must be completed within a semester. If, at the end of the semester, the project sequence is not completed or satisfactory progress requirements are not met, student may jeopardize their financial aid eligibility for subsequent semesters.
Staying in constant contact with the student support staff and project coach helps to avoid potential financial aid and matriculation issues.
Students unable to complete a project sequence within a semester, and therefore require an additional semester to complete the project sequence are charged a $500 continuing registration fee, which is not part of the overall program price. The continuing registration fee allows the student to remain active with full access to faculty coaches and learning resources while continuing to work on the projects. The fee will continue to be charged each semester for the full number of semesters it takes a student to complete a project sequence. In such cases, when the student does complete the project and is ready to move to the next project sequence, he or she will have to wait until the next scheduled residency. Because this well extend the length of time it takes for the student to complete the program, students are strongly encouraged to manage their time effectively to insure that they complete projects within a single semester.
If a student, because of personal and professional life commitments, needs to take a semester off, they can do so by communicating with the student support staff. If students take two full semesters off without communicating with the student support staff, they may be withdrawn from the program and require readmission to be reinstated back into the BBA program.
Academic Suspension
A student who is unable to demonstrate mastery of the competencies of a particular project sequence after two full attempts will be asked to meet with their Project Coach. The Project Coach will work with the student to develop a realistic plan to identify those barriers that inhibit the student's successful performance. This plan will then be engaged and the student will be given one additional attempt at completion. If the student is still unable to complete the project, the student may be suspended from the BBA program.
A student who is suspended from the program may reapply for admission after two semesters. A personal interview will be required before readmission is allowed, and if readmitted, the student will be able to reenter the program at the current year's tuition rate. The student will work with his or her Project Coach to develop a specific progress plan. As long as the student fulfills the terms of the performance plan, the student will be allowed to complete the remaining program requirements.
Academic Standards
Faculty members in the Bill and Vieve Gore School of Business have developed the following academic standards to support the mission and goals of the BBA program. The standards are presented here to help the student understand their responsibilities as a student in the program:
- A student should always be familiar with project requirements and assignment guidelines. The student should take every opportunity to consult with his or her Project Coach and the student support staff to receive clarification when needed.
- Collaboration is encouraged to enhance depth of learning; all submitted work, however, must be the original work of the student.
- A student should always be respectful of faculty, staff, and other students in the program.
- The program is designed to be academically rigorous, intellectually challenging, and real-world application oriented as demonstrated by mastery of competencies and learning outcomes.
- Plagiarism is a serious offense in academic and business settings and a violation of the college's academic policy. A student who violates the academic honesty policy may be suspended from the program.
Graduation Requirements
A candidate for graduation must consult the student support staff at the beginning of project sequence three. The student support staff will assist the student in completing an application for graduation for the next graduation period, depending on the actual date of the application. To be eligible for graduation, a student must satisfy the following conditions:
- Completed an associate's degree (A.A or A.S), or its equivalent from a regionally accredited college or university.
- Completed 124 credit hours.
- Completed each project sequence with a minimum evaluation of "Mastery" on all project assignments.
- Maintain an e-portfolio and receive a minimum evaluation of "Mastery" of all project competencies.
A student should consult with the assigned project coach or the student support staff regarding graduation requirements.
Accelerated Project-Based MBA Program
Students who complete the project-based BBA program are pre-admitted to the project-based Master of Business Administration (MBA) program offered by the Bill and Vieve Gore School of Business. Students can complete the MBA program in five semesters (20 months) and 30 semester credits.


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Whoa! Barbara is lashing out at Selena in a new interview! She's blaming the 'Wizards of Waverly Place' star for all the drama that surrounds their twisted 'love' triangle with Justin Bieber!
Barbara Palvin is not happy with Selena Gomez. In a new interview, the model blames Selena for all the "ridiculous" stories that have been written about her and Justin Bieber.
"You know how the drama started — Selena retweeted the picture," Barbara told Celebuzz on Jan. 12.
Selena, 20, posted a photo of Justin, Lil' Twist and Barbara together with just, "…" on Nov. 8. It was clear that Selena was mad at Justin for hanging with the model.
"I'm okay to talk about it because I know there's nothing. It's ridiculous how this got to the news," Barbara said to the website.
Barbara claims she was just "hanging out" with Justin, 18, during the Victoria's Secret fashion show on Nov. 7.
"That was it . . . that's why it was so weird. [Jelena fans] thought I caused a big drama, their break-up."
"hey everyone. please calm down. he is all yours!!" Barbara wrote on Twitter on Nov. 9, in response to fans getting angry with her.
"I wanted to meet him real bad," Barbara added. "I watched his movie [Justin Bieber: Never Say Never] and I was like, 'He's such a cool kid, I want to meet him.' And then when I did at the [Victoria's Secret] show we met and of course we had a conversation and then I took the picture with him."
Their Lion King Date Revealed
Romance rumors started when Justin was spotted on Nov. 8, catching a showing of The Lion King on Broadway — with Barbara!
"It was my sister's first time in New York and we so wanted to go to Broadway, but there were no more tickets," Barbara explained. "I just came up and was telling him, 'My sister is here, but she's sad because we can't go to Broadway, no more tickets.' And he was like, 'Well, I can get you one.' And his friends came . . . like six people and then me, my sister and agent. So friends."
What About Her Visit To Miami?
Fans were in a frenzy yet again when Barbara posted a picture on Twitter of herself in Miami on Dec. 8, allegedly standing in front of Justin's tour bus. However, Barbara says that was NOT Justin's bus.
"We didn't hang out, that's the funny part," she said.
"It was so funny when I read we were hanging out in Miami and I was also wearing his t-shirt. Dude, that's my t-shirt!" Barbara added.
"And you see the mobile homes in the back [of my Twitter photo] — when you're shooting on location you have mobile homes to do the hair and makeup and dress. And they put everything together like that's Bieber's tour bus, that's Bieber's shirt. I was like, 'No!'"
Jelena Drama Affected Barbara's Relationship With Her BF
"They [the media] gave me a real hard time with this with my boyfriend. They also put him in the press and he's not a celebrity or anything," she said. "Him being back home [in Hungary] with a normal life and everybody is like, 'You're girlfriend is dating Justin.' It's very hard for him. It made me pissed, but there's always a dark side of this business."
Barbara Has A Connection With Scooter Braun
"[Justin and I] don't stay in touch. I more talk with his manager Scooter. His father is Hungarian so there is this Hungarian connection and I talk with him."
Barbara Reached Out To Justin After Paparazzo Was Killed
"When I heard that the paparazzi died in L.A. I called him [Scooter] and I told him to also tell Justin that maybe this is not a good start of the year, but the rest is going to be better. So I'm more in contact with Scooter than with Bieber."
Now that Justin and Selena have broken up, yet again, perhaps Barbara and Justin will finally have a chance at a real romance. What do YOU think, HollywoodLifers?
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"I wanted to meet him real bad,"
Yeah right, she doesn't like him but wants to "meet" some younger guy real bad. Of course they are always going to deny it.
And of course Bieber wants to, and does hang out with another girl, even though supposedly he has a girlfriend.
ANY girlfriend is going to be angry if their supposed boyfriend is hanging out with another girl.
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iHate her..
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Barbara thinks she's in the centre of this when she's clearly not and she's making a big deal out of it. She only added fuel to the fire. They aren't just breaking up because of her, there must have been other problems and issues in their relationship that she just added to it.
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Inside the pools are containers with mollusks.
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One Bowl Banana Bread
Lately I have been running like a chicken with my head chopped off. Pretty visual, I know. So not much has been getting cranked out of my kitchen lately. That needs to change, pronto! In one of my "dash to the grocery store to pick up stuff" moments, I grabbed a bunch of bananas not realizing that there were already a bunch sitting on the kitchen counter. Oops. When life hands you bananas….oh you already know what I'm going to say. Anyway, I decided to make some Banana Bread. This recipe is incredibly easy. One bowl…that's it. Just put all of the ingredients in, give it a good stir to incorporate and then you're off to the races. This bread is a little more dense than recipes where you cream the butter and a lot more banana-y (is that a word) than ones that call for only 2 or 3, but it's still a really great bread and you can't beat the ease. I would offer a pictorial here, but…..why? The end product is far more interesting than a shot of my bowl with the ingredients. Right? Enjoy!
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4 ripe bananas
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- Preheat oven to 350. Butter a loaf pan and set aside.
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Thursday, December 13, 2012
A Norfolk MP is backing a government bill which could give local communities a greater say over large industrial scale wind farms in their area.
South Norfolk MP Richard Bacon has backed an amendment to the Planning Act 2008 proposed by Sedgefield MP Phil Wilson which would enable communities to decide on applications for wind farms of more than 50mws.
Currently, the act states if a proposed wind farm is going to generate more than 50mws it is deemed to be of "national importance" and called in by the secretary of state, but Mr Bacon is seeking to take the decisions away from Whitehall and give them to local communities.
He said: "I am pleased to put my name to this bill, which will give a greater say to local communities over large onshore wind farms.
"The 50mw limit allows planning decisions on large wind farms to be taken in Whitehall on the advice of planning 'quangocrats', which instinctively feels wrong.
"Given that the physical impact of wind turbines is felt by local communities, planning decisions on giant, industrial wind farms should be taken locally".
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That will appeal to Bacon's supporters, who are doubtless mostly anti-turbine. But why only wind? Perhaps he will be seeking a similar amendment to give communities protection from large scale solar farm developments, although I doubt it somehow. Different interests to serve, or a question of timing? I suppose once the current glut has been approved he can safely wade in on solar too, knowing that it won't upset any big landowners locally who just happen to be loyal friends of the Tories.
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The lunatics will rule the asylum! By the way the units you've used (mw) are milliwatts, I think you meant Mw (Megawatts) and to think that science is a national curriculum subject!
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Good news......I think. If this means that communites can say NO, then there'll be no more. As 80% of application comments are against any wind turbine, then this should, hopefully, be their death knell. This will also have the interesting effect of having no impact on the electrical output of the UK, as has been beautifully demonstrated this week, the coldest of the winter and NO wind!!
Thursday, December 13, 2012
So if the majority agrees and maybe has a stake in the venture, the planning authority will have to support the applications. And it is megawatts.
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On Friday March 1, automatic cuts known as the 'sequester' go into effect across the federal budget. Michael Lubell of the American Physical Society discusses what scientific programs will likely be affected, in fields from medical research to renewable energy development.
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Kerrigan, Mark J.P. and Hall, Andrew C. (2008) Regulation of chondrocyte Regulatory Volume Decrease (RVD) by [Ca2+]i and cell shape. Osteoarthritis & Cartilage, 16 (3). pp. 312-322. ISSN 1063-4584
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Objectives : Optimal matrix metabolism by articular chondrocytes is controlled by the 'set-point' volume which is determined mainly by membrane transporters. The signal transduction pathway(s) for the key membrane transporter which responds to cell swelling ('osmolyte channel') and mediates regulatory volume decrease (RVD) is poorly understood, so here the role of Ca2+ and the effects of 2D culture have been clarified. Methods : Changes to the volume and intracellular calcium levels ([Ca2+]i) of freshly isolated and 2D cultured bovine articular chondrocytes subjected to hypotonic challenge using a 43% reduction in medium osmolarity were studied by single-cell fluorescence microscopy. The effects of ethylene glycol tetraacetic acid (EGTA), REV5901 and Gd3+ were studied and the role of Ca2+ influx determined by Mn2+ quench. Results : In freshly isolated cells, 50% of chondrocytes exhibited 'robust RVD' (6[120]). RVD was inhibited by REV 5901 (4 ± 2% responding) (3[23]) and 2 mM EGTA (18 ± 5% responding) (4[166]) whereas Gd3+ had no effect (3[89]). The hypotonic challenge resulted in a Gd3+-insensitive rise in [Ca2+]i that did not correlate with RVD in all cells. Following 2D culture, chondrocytes also demonstrated Gd3+-insensitive RVD, but in contrast, the [Ca2+]i rise was blocked by this agent. Conclusions : The data suggested that in freshly isolated and 2D cultured chondrocytes, the rise in [Ca2+]i occurring during hypotonic challenge could be related to RVD, but only in some cells. However, with 2D culture, the Ca2+ response switched to being Gd3+-sensitive, suggesting that as a result of changes to chondrocyte shape, stretch-activated cation channels although present, do not appear to play a role in volume regulation.
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We are pleased to invite you to the 1st international meeting of friends of push hands (tui shou) and Tai Chi Chuan in Prague.
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The Prague "push-hands" workshop becomes part of chain of meetings which already have a long tradition in West Europe (Hanover, Caledonia, …). The Prague meeting follows the spirit of the aforementioned events. One of the senses of our meeting is to open also eastern part of Europe to this kind of exchange of experience.
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Breaking up with my maternity shirts
(I bet you think you know where I'm going with this, don't you? Let's see if you're right!)
The time had come. I had my second child. Four months had passed and I was still wearing some shirts that I wore in my pregnancy. One reason was because I was dealing with my larger chest, but another reason was because I was trying to hide any extra flab that my belly was hanging onto.
One day I looked in the mirror and realized that these shirts were actually making me look much bigger than I was. The shirts were indeed, dragging me down. The shirts that I wore in my pregnancy and first four months of my baby's life had had their day. They had served their purpose for a season (nicely, I might add) but now, their purpose was over.
While I missed the luxury of the extra room in these shirts to hide some, *ahem* baggage, it was very freeing to get back into my old clothes. Maybe I didn't fit exactly into those original shirts, but I was pretty close and at least I was moving in the right direction!
Some of you are holding onto an exercise schedule (or lack thereof) that served a purpose in a season of life, but now is no longer needed. Season of life changes are necessary and I'm a big proponent of having flexible, adjustable routines so that you maintain your "foot in the door". However sometimes we hold onto those changes too long.
You must constantly evaluate your habits. Circumstances will change year to year (at a minimum) and you should adjust. I'll give you a real life example.
I typically prefer a 4-5 day a week exercise schedule. (That's when my kids are not nursing and are sleeping through the night and don't require as much from me.) However, the first year of my kid's life, it is very difficult for me to keep this schedule. So I give myself "permission" to adjust the routine down to 3 days and if I can add in more, then more power to me. Now. Kids grow up. I get a full night's sleep. My children no longer nurse and need me around the clock. It is my responsibility to reevaulate my routine and make the necessary changes. It may not look EXACTLY what it did before I had the kids, but it can be an improvement from the temporary solution.
Let me give you a few more examples of where this might be applicable:
♦ Finances are rough. You had to chuck your gym membership because it wasn't a necessity. However, 2 years later, you've dug yourself out of the hole and have some extra in the budget. You didn't really find a good solution to not having a gym, so maybe it's time to re-join.
♦ You and your husband have decided to homeschool your kids. You are busy during the day with teaching them and your evenings were filled with extra-curriculars. You stopped exercising (or did it minimally) because you weren't able to fit it in. But now your kids are attending a school. Your schedule has freed up some.
♦ Work has had you working way over 40 hours a week. In order to get it all done, you stop your morning exercise class so you can hit the office early. The work project has now ended but you are finding yourself snoozing through that morning class.
♦ You've been tending to a sick parent. All your spare time was spent driving them to and from doctor's appointments or taking care of their needs. You had no time to spend on exercising, so you gave it up for a bit. Now, your parent is on the road to healing and feeling much better. Instead of getting yourself back into your routine, you are finding yourself filling it with other things.
♦ You've moved. Be it across the county or across the country, moving is a HUGE task! Maybe you had to break up with your old gym and go in search of a new one. Maybe you haven't unpacked your treadmill, weights or exercise DVDs. Make sure that you aren't finding your exercise routine "unsettling" once your family finally GETS settled.
Some of you are stuck in the past. You are still wearing your maternity shirts and your kids are in preschool. Don't be ashamed to make the adjustments for seasons of life, but be sure to adjust back when the time is right!
Oh Rats – you caught me and you'll have to wrestle them away from me girl! lol!!! It's too bad they make maternity clothes so cute these days – they are so tempting to keep wearing lol!!
And Oh – I have so many excuses to not exercise – homeschooling, a broken treadmill, too much rain, too many emails, new house lol!ARGH!
Someday I'm gonna pull it back together – until then these maternity clothes are SO comfy lol!!! (side note – my clothes aren't really maternity – but I always shop for the loosest clothes on the rack – you know that They look maternity at times hehe!
Such a perfectly timed post! The other night I finally bagged up the way-way-to-big clothes I'd purged from my wardrobe a couple months ago. As I was finishing up, I went through everything again and tossed all those things that I've been holding on too. That slightly-to-big to wear in public swimsuit, those v-neck tees so baggy I have to wear a tank underneath or flash the world…
Now all I'm left with are my comfortably fitting clothes and a few favorites that are just a tad snugger than I prefer to wear right now. But I told myself that by tossing ALL the too-big items forces me to keep on the right track. If I'm going to buy myself a new wardrobe, it's going to be in my goal size, not my old size!