10 Facts you need to know about Film Festival Wednesdays

• “Film Festival Wednesdays” is one of the latest installments to an entertaining Madlab Post series.

• It focuses on news, schedules, special events and fun entertainment from the film festival circuit.

• This will allow you to find out about what is happening at film festivals in or near your area.
  

• Film festival news does not only apply to residents of any given state or country.
  

• The previous point means that you can still check out great independent films while on vacation or visiting friends and relatives as long as there is a film festival event nearby.
  

• No man, woman, teenager or child has a valid excuse for missing out on great independent films now that Film Festival Wednesdays is in effect. You can no longer make an excuse that there is nothing going on in your town anymore.
  

• The information provided will add more organization and reliability to the Madlab Post and help to support other filmmakers and their fascinating works.

• This means that all film festival related news will only be posted on Wednesdays, unless otherwise noted. Special news that is worth mentioning any other time will be the only exception.

• Film Festival Wednesdays was created to provide enough information for movie fans interested in supporting and checking out independent films in the midst of their adventures in the land of many major Hollywood box office hits and even more big budget disappointments.
  

• After receiving some questions and notices from online associates, it is refreshing to know that many people are certainly searching for more independent films to check out.

  If you have any questions or want to know about a film festival or screening in your area, leave a comment below. ALSO, if you have been to a single movie screening or film festival, what was your experience? What films did you watch?

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Happy Birthday to Circle Cinema

Today marks the celebration of Circle Cinema's 4th year in operation. This is great news for independent filmmakers, since this is one of the very few independent movie theaters still in operation throughout the United States. What is especially fascinating is that Circle Cinema opened in the 1920's and have been showing movies since then. Throughout the years, this movie theater has undergone many changes. It continues to show support for independent films and the arts in general.

Oklahoma Moviemakers meet at the movie theater frequently to talk about and further develope locally produced films. The birthday of Circle Cinema is exciting as it introduces new plans to build two additional theaters. This will not only allow the movie theater to show multiple films at once, visitors will have more options to choose from at any given time. In the meantime, Circle cinema will be screening lots of award winning films that may be hard to come by elsewhere. It is a great place to visit if you live in or plan to visit Tulsa. The Circle Cinema schedule for this fall includes many Academy Award Qualifying documentaries. If you have not been to the theater, this is the time to start attending.

http://www.circlecinema.com

Hollywood actress Garcelle Beauvais in Playboy magazine

Garcelle Beauvais is known by many fans for her role as Fancy on The Jamie Foxx Show and a popular role on NYPD Blue. She has also appeared in many films including the Wild Wild West, starring Will Smith. It seems that she has recently added "Playmate" to her resume. The beautiful and talented actress "bared all for Playboy" according to Nudography. She posed in the August 2007 issue of Playboy magazine. If you are just getting this news and interested in the feature, it is not too late to pick up a copy of the magazine. It is only about one month behind.

Posing for Playboy magazine is not something that many fans would expect Garcelle Beauvais to do. In the end, it is her perogative. What concerns me is why she chose to post at this time. The actress is currently pregnant with twins that are due this fall. Nudography quoted Garcelle Beauvais as telling In Touch Weekly Magazine that it was the perfect time to do Playboy. She has concerns about what she will look like after her children are born. This is a major issue that has been an ongoing concern among everyday women who may not have children and mothers alike.

While movie and TV fans may see some female celebrities gain weight during and after pregnancy, many of them lose those pounds. Catherine Zeta Jones, Madonna, Jada Pinkett-Smith and even Garcelle Beauvais have lost weight after pregnancy. Garcelle Beauvais is 40 and still looks great, even after having a son from her previous marriage. Victoria Beckham is not an actress, but is a great example of how celebrities remain attractive to the masses (especially the opposite sex) after having multiple children. These actresses continue to look great, no matter how many kids they have.

Despite this usual trend among celebrity mothers, Garcelle Beauvais is concerned about her outer appearance due to the changes that pregnancy (and possibly aging) brings. This reminds me of the thousands of "regular" women in our society who are worried about their looks. It also brings up some interesting questions about women and physical appearance. How does pregnancy or aging make it a "perfect" time to pose nude for Playboy magazine? Also, why must women do something drastic to remind them of when they used to look good? The sad thing is, posing for a men's magazine makes women feel good about themselves because they have it in their head that "I still have it!" and others will be attracted to them.

This is really sad. There is so much talk in our world about pro-life and how pregnancy is a beautiful experience and lost of other crap that makes women believe that this whole ordeal is natural and will be welcomed by all. However, once women give birth or gain weight or age, there is a shift in what people consider "attractive". Here is something to keep in mind. The human body changes. Men never have these problems. Women are always the ones trying to get more attention and feel attractive. Our society has made it so that older women who may not have perky breasts or are not a size 0 or may have small physical flaws are made to feel inferiror and less of a "good catch".

If our shallow society will allow this to go on, why aren't we putting men on a scale and making them lose weight, develop more muscles and six packs? Actresses like Garcelle Beauvais and women in general do not need a spread in Playboy Magazine to validate their level of beauty. A naked Garcelle Beauvais is seen by many people as "hot" and "sexy" while a slightly older Garcelle Beauvais who may develop stretch marks, sagging, weight gain or other physical changes will not get the same positive reactions from fans. This is completely imbalanced.

What is your position on this subject ?Leave your comments below.

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