Dagny Taggart, the female protagonist of Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged is on her way to Hollywood. It is difficult to find the real Dagny Taggart though just as everyone will continue to ask who John Galt is.  Angelina Jolie, who rumored to play the role of Dagny in the much-awaited movie based on Ayn Rand’s novel, may act and sound and resurrect that image of Dagny that are only to be found between the pages of a book.

Jolie was once quoted in an interview that Atlas shrugged “is one of those, I think, once-in-a-lifetime films that you feel, ‘If I… Continue reading

Don’t call her Beyonce. She’s Sasha Fierce. That change in name was a forceful subject in the entertainment world.

“Sasha Fierce is the fun, more sensual, more aggressive, more outspoken side and more glamorous side that comes out when I’m working and when I’m on the stage,” the R&B singer reportedly said.

But will it work? Self-bestowed names by celebrities like George (T-Bone) and Jennifer Lopez (Jenny, J.Lo) were followed by fans and the media. So long as the name does not affect Beyonce’s or rather Sasha’s performance as an artist, nicknames will remain irrelevant. Call your woman whatever name you like… Continue reading

When Angelina Jolie isn’t battling bad guys as Lara Croft, she’s helping the world’s 35 million refugees as a United Nations goodwill ambassador.

Jolie got involved in helping refugees in 1998 while reading the script for the recently released movie Beyond Borders, a film about a woman who helps refugees. Jolie said she was so moved by the script that she wanted to travel to Africa’s war-torn Sierra Leone to witness firsthand the refugee crisis there. She called the United Nations and arranged a trip. “I wanted to learn more. I … felt I should be… Continue reading