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Ben Affleck's Wise Words about Grudge-Holding and Success in his 2013 Oscars Speech

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The only moment from the 2013 Oscars which held any kind of truth and beauty in it for me was  Ben Affleck 's Oscar Speech:     *SEE FULL TRANSCRIPT BELOW Great words, great delivery…and in spite of complaining about his marriage to a room full of one billion people, a great guy, too.  B ut how the hell should I know?  I'm not Jennifer Garner. Let's get back to the speech -- It contained many truths worth noting and meditating on…Such as advice that one does not succeed if they hold grudges.  Okay --- Well, from the get-go I can tell you that this is a biggie.  I mean, not holding grudges is hard.   I'm not sure why he felt he needed to share this with us, and I'm fairly certain that someone, somewhere knows precisely why Affleck did include it, but we can all learn from his emotion-soaked reminder that that grudges probably aren't the best way to forge a successful business plan in life.  Always better to hear this from a guy ho...

Juliet

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Sarah Ziff: And her film "Picture Me" about her journey into the fashion industry

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Meet Sarah Ziff, Founder of The Model's Alliance , a modeling advocacy group and the first of it's kind. Below is an intro to Ziff and her then boyfriend's documentary "Picture Me," an eye-opening film about her own personal journey into the high pressured world of fashion and modeling.

The Scared is scared

Love this! Watch!

Paper Man, by Disney (The Red Balloon + Mad Men)

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Very sweet animated short ~ beautifully done: Watch --

A, B, C, D --- Cookie Monster! (A 100% Feel Good moment)

And now, Flash Back Monday : One of the cutest moments ever to come from Sesame Street's Kermit and the little girl who pranks him with her alphabet singing. Watch -- BUT FIRST: ANNA LILY SAID I HAVE TO GIVE HER CREDIT FOR FINDING THIS FOR ME TODAY! THANKS AL! XO

"Mama," by Guillermo del Toro, is nothing short of amazing.

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One of my daughters and I went to see this tonight -- and both give it an enthusiastic thumbs up. Mama is our favorite kind of horror story: The ghost story. Haunting, sad, scary, moving and never quite what one expects. A story as moving as it is unnerving, but one that engaged our imagination and heart from beginning to end. Note, the two child actors in this film deserve oscars for their work. And the this film proves that it is still The Year of The Woman in film for 2012/2013. I should also note that this film is another unintentional commentary on the problem of having too many guns in our midst. Especially guns in the hands of the emotionally overwhelmed and unstable. Something which is going to be even more of an issue in our post Sandy Hook world. Interesting that this film and the trailers of so many other films we saw tonight were all connected to the issue of tragedy at the hands of gun related violence. A sorry commentary on our times, I fear. But...