My ten sources are a combination of articles, blogs, and videos. Since my controversy is centered around a famous actress, many entertainment magazines and online news websites featured it. Finding my sources and the specific details about their websites and authors took a long time, but in the end, I feel as if I have a better understanding of my controversy.
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#1
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Where-
This article is from an American magazine known as Entertainment Weekly. Entertainment
Weekly focuses on news and reviews from popular films, TV shows, music,
Broadway, and books. It it a credible
source because it is published by Time Inc. which is a publishing company in
New York that publishes over 90 magazines including Time, People, and Sports
Illustrated.
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Who- The
author of this article is Adam Markovitz. Adam was an MBA candidate at Standard
Graduate School of Business, which was where he graduated. He is a credible author because he is a
senior writer and editor for TV features at Entertainment Weekly and used to be
a journalist for CNN.
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When-
The article was posted March 25, 2011, which is right in the middle of when the
controversy was occurring.
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What - Adam
wrote an unbiased article where he simply told both sides of the story and used
direct quotes from other articles and interviews. His stakeholders include
Sarah Lane and the choreographer for “Black Swan,” Benjamin Millepied. This
article is important for my project because it includes quotes from Millepied
that I have not seen in any other articles. This article also gives specific
numbers and percentages of who was used for the dancing scenes in the movie
which is a major part of the controversy.
#2
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Where-
This is an article from The Wall Street Journal, which is a well-known,
credible daily newspaper that focus on business. It is also the largest circulated
newspaper in the United States.
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Who- Sarah
Lane is the author of this article. She is a professional ballet dancer who is
a soloist with the American Ballet Theatre. She is the one who was Natalie
Portman’s dance double in the movie, “Black Swan,” and is involved in my
controversy. The Wall Street Journal asked Sarah Lane to write about her
experience with “Black Swan.” Although not a known writer, Sarah Lane is
personally involved in the controversy, so this is definitely a credible article.
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When- This article was published on March
30, 2011, 3 months after the release of the movie. This was also around the
time of The Academy Awards, which is influential towards the controversy.
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What-
This article, or blog, is Sarah Lane’s personal thoughts and issues about her
side of the controversy. She was not trying to cause a conflict, but rather
stick up for herself and all the hard work she put into the movie. She proposed
that she deserved more credit than what was given to her for her role in the
movie due to respect for dance as an art form. Lane’s article is very important
to the controversy because it is a primary source of information.
#3
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Where-
This article and video come from E! Online. E! is an entertainment television
channel that features reality TV and entertainment-related shows. E! Online
stemmed from the TV channel and includes entertainment news stories and live
videos of red carpet events. It is very well known and credible.
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Who- There
are two authors of the article, Ted Casablanca and Alyssa Toomey. There is also
a video of an interview with Natalie Portman. The interviewer was not named. Ted
Casablanca is an entertainment journalist along with a gossip columnist. His E!
Online column was called The Awful Truth, and ran for 16 years. He also has appeared as a commentator on TV
series and currently owns his own art gallery in Palm Springs. He was very easy
to find on the internet because he has his own Wikipedia page. Therefor, he is
a very credible source. Alyssa Toomey is a news reporter and anchor for ABC17
News. She studied Broadcast Journalism at Pepperdine University.
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When-
This article and video were uploaded on April 6, 2011. This is a month after
Sarah Lane spoke out about the issue. This is significant because it shows how
Natalie Portman was trying to stay out of and not engage in the controversy.
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What- The
video is an interview with Natalie Portman. However, Natalie does not contribute
to the controversy. She said making the movie was an amazing experience and she
does not want it to turn ugly. The article includes quotes from Natalie Portman
about how she is avoiding the controversy and focusing more on her baby and new
movie coming out.
#4
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Where-
This article is from Dance Magazine. Dance Magazine is a trade publication made
specifically for people who are interested in dance. It is a credible magazine
published by Macfadden Communications Group.
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Who- The
author of this article is Sarah Lane. Again, she is not a professional writer,
but she is a professional ballerina in The American Ballet Theatre and Natalie
Portman’s dancing double in “Black Swan.”
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When-
This article was posted on February 1, 2014, 3 years after the controversy. Nothing
is going on in the world that would be influential and this article does not directly
affect the controversy.
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What-
This is an autobiography of Sarah Lane. I found it important to my controversy
because it describes Lane’s training and years spent as a ballerina. At the end
she also adds a statement about how professional dancing is different than
Hollywood’s version of dance. This caught my eye because even 3 years after the
controversy, Lane is still bitter towards what happened during the controversy.
#5
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Where-
This article is found in The New York Times. The New York Times is a daily
newspaper published by the New York Times Company. It includes columns about
news, business, sports, art, science, and travel.
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Who-
The author is Julie Bloom. She is currently the Senior Deputy Editor at The New
York Times. She was also named the culture editor of the International New York
Times. She is well educated and graduated from The University of California,
Berkeley.
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When- The
article was published on November 26, 2010, which was about a week before the
release of the movie, “Black Swan.” That means this article was written before
the controversy even started.
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What-
Julie Bloom wrote this article to get people excited to see the new movie
coming out. It is important to my controversy because it describes what
training Natalie Portman went through to prepare for her role as a ballerina in
“Black Swan.”
#6
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Where-
This transcript is found on EOTM! Online. EOTM is a Public Relations and
Communications Firm. Their goal is to expose their clients to the media’s
attention and build strong relationships with their audiences. This is a
legitimate and credible company.
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Who- The
author of this is Natalie Portman because it is her acceptance speech at The Academy
Awards. She is a film actress who was born in Israel and grew up in New York. She
began acting at the age of 11 and during her career, earned a psychology degree
at Harvard.
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When-
The speech was posted on EOTM! Online February 28, 2011, a day after the speech
was made at The Academy Awards. This was a month before the controversy blew
up.
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What-
This is Natalie Portman’s acceptance speech for winning an Oscar for her role
in “Black Swan.” She thanks almost everyone who helped with the movie,
including the costume designers, make-up artist, and her dance trainers.
However, she never mentions Sarah Lane, her dancing double. This is part of
what caused Sarah Lane to speak and spark the controversy.
#7
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Where-
This article is from ABC News, which is a part of the American Broadcasting
Company owned by Disney Media Networks. It is a credible, well known news site.
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Who- Olivia
Katrandjian and Kimberly Launier were the authors of this article. Olivia
Katrandjian graduated from Amherst College and then moved to Bangkok, Thailand
where she traveled and wrote columns for The
Bergen Record. She has also written for The Los Angeles Times, PBS Frontline, ABCNews.com, The
Huffington Post, and The BBC. Kimberly Launier was harder to find
information about. She was a producer for several films and a writer for 25 Years of Sexy: People Magazine's Sexiest
Man Alive! However, I could not find any other information about her
background. There is also a video included of an interview with Sarah Lane.
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When-
The article and video were posted on April 15, 2011, almost a month after Sarah
Lane first spoke out about how she feels about not getting enough credit for
the movie. Nothing else was happening in the world that would be significant
towards this article.
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What-
The video that was included in this article is an interview with Sarah Lane.
She spoke about how her contract said nothing about getting credit for her part
as Natalie’s double. However, she thinks it is disrespectful to her art form
that they are letting people think someone can learn how to become a ballerina
in a year and a half when in reality, it takes more like 22 years, which is how
long Sarah has been dancing for. The article reiterates what was in the
interview.
#8
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Where-
This article is found on IFC.com. IFC stands for Independent Film Channel which
includes comedies, TV series, and films. IFC.com stemmed off of the TV network,
and features news and blogs about music, film, and politics. It is a credible
source.
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Who- The
author of this article is Matt Singer. For five years he was the on-air host of
IFC News and wrote articles for their online website. He is currently managing
editor and film critic for the website ScreenCrush.com.
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When-
The article was published March 29, 2011, right in the middle of when the
controversy became a big deal.
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What-
This source is important because it is a view of the controversy from someone who
was not involved or affected by it. Matt Singer wrote a critique of the movie
three months prior to when the controversy broke out. His opinion is that even
if Sarah Lane did most of the full body shots for the movie, Natalie Portman
did all of the face shots where she emoted and played the role very well. He
believes Natalie Portman deserved the Oscar that she won.
#9
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Where- This video and article are
found on HitFix. HitFix.com is an entertainment news website. It is a credible
source that features news, insider information, and reviews of television, film,
and music.
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Who- This article was written by Gregory
Ellwood. He is an MFA graduate of CalArts and was the co-founder and Editor-In-Chief
of HitFix, Inc. With over a decade of experience in the entertainment industry,
Gregory Ellwood is a very credible author.
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When- The article and video were posted on
March 28, 2011. They was published during the heat of the controversy as an
example of what was edited in the movie and how Portman danced most of the
scenes.
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What- The video included in this article is the
special effects reel for the movie “Black Swan” that submitted to the Academy
of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for Oscar consideration. This is important
to the controversy because the reel does not include replacing Sarah Lane’s
face with Natalie Portman’s. The article incorporates quotes from Darren Aronofsky,
who is the director of the film. He supported Natalie Portman by revealing that
she danced 75% of the dance shots included in the movie.
#10
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Where- This is another article from Dance Magazine. Like I said before,
Dance Magazine is a trade publication made specifically for those who
are interested in dance. All of the articles in this magazine are related to
dance.
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Who- The author of this article is Wendy Perron. Perron is a dancer,
choreographer, teacher, writer, and editor. She is a part of the dance
community and feels the urge to voice her opinions about the “Black Swan”
dance-double controversy.
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When- The article was posted on April 13, 2011, a month after the
controversy arose. There was nothing else happening in the world during that
time which would have affected this article.
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What- Wendy Perron felt the need to speak up for the entire dance
community. Perron has been a dancer her entire life and understands that it takes
more than a year and a half to perfect the art form. She thought it was deceiving
how the editors replaced Sarah Lane’s face with Natalie Portman’s, then took
those edits off of the special effects reel. This is important because it is an
opinion coming from a stakeholder in the dance community.
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