Profile: Casey Aflleck - 8.º C

Casey Affleck is a fantastic actor and he and his brother are often in the news, but we admire him because he has been involved in animal rights campaigns. In fact, he works with PETA and Farm Sanctuary. That's why he decided to turn vegan in 1995, i. e., he hasn't eaten animal meat for more than 20 years.

Casey was born on 12th August 1975 in Boston, Massachusetts. He was married to Summer Phoenix for ten years (they got divorced in 2016), and they had two sons: Indiana August, 12, and Atticus, 9. His brother, Ben Affleck (who's older than Casey), is also a very famous actor/director. Before becoming an actor, Casey studied Politics, Physics and Astronomy at George Washington University. He started his career when he was younger with smaller roles. His big breaks occurred in Good Will Hunting (1997), in his brother's Gone Baby Gone (2007), in The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (also 2007) - he plays Jesse James -, in Steven Soderbergh's trilogy Ocean's 11/12/13 and now, of course, in Manchester by the Sea (2016).

Today, Casey is very famous, but he's used his fame to help animal organizations, namely PETA. The best thing he does is that he gives the example. Casey is not just a talented actor. He cares about about the world around him.

Profile: Ryan Gosling - 8.º A

Ryan Gosling is a great actor and is quite often in the news these days because of his role in Damien Chazelle's  La La Land, but we admire him because he is involved in several social causes, such as AIDS research, poverty relief and animal issues.

Ryan was born on 12th November 1980 in London, Ontario, Canada. He has got one sister, Mandi. He's married to Eva Mendes, a famous actress, and they have two children: Esmeralda, 2, and Amada, born in 2016. Ryan started his career as an actor in the Disney Channel programme The Mickey Mouse Club (in 1993), as mentioned in the video above. 2012 was a great year for Ryan as he had amazing performances in Nicolas Winding Refn's Drive, in George Clooney's The Ides of March or in the comedy Crazy, Stupid, Love, with Emma Stone, who shares the stage with Ryan in La La Land.

Today, Ryan is very famous, but he's used his fame to help others, not only people but also animals. Ryan Gosling is not just a pretty face. He cares about everyone around him.

Profiles: Little White Lies?

Concluiremos a unidade 4 do manual de Inglês do 8.º ano lendo o perfil de Orlando Bloom, famoso pelos seus desempenhos em The Lord of the Rings e Pirates of the Caribbean. Aproveitando quer a sugestão do manual quer a 20.ª questão do Quiz Cinema, escreveremos em conjunto com as nossas turmas o perfil de dois dos cinco atores nomeados para o Óscar de Melhor Ator, excluindo Denzel Washington, Viggo Mortensen e Andrew Garfield (este último o único que ainda não fez capa da revista Little White Lies). Incluiremos em todos os textos uma "Little White Lie", devidamente assinalada na secção dos comentários!