Oldest Woman in U.S. Dies :(

Mary Josephine Ray of Westmoreland, NH died this past sunday morning in her nursing home at 114 years. 294 days. She was certified as the oldest living person in the United States. Supposedly she was active until two weeks before her death, her granddaughter Katherine says "She just enjoyed life, she never thought of dying at all". "She was planning for her birthday party". Now that she's dead the oldest living person in the United States is now Neva Moris of Ames, Iowa who is 114 years, 216 days. The oldest person in the world is Japan's Kama Chinen at age 114, 301 days.

It's kind of odd because none of them are a year or more older..they are all within months or days of each other.

Pole Dancing Olympians

The strip club Mainstay Pole Dancing is already known for is sensual moves and its highly athletic side..but are they headed to the olympics?

A group of pole dancing advocates are hoping for a 'test' event in 2012 and a more advanced pitch four years after that in the Rio olympics according to The Associated Press. The leader of this Olympic push is KT Coates, a prominent pole dancer and director of Vertical Dance from England. "After a great deal of feedback from the pole-dance community, many of us decided that it's about time pole fitness is recognized as a competitive sport, and what better way for recognition than to be part of the 2012 Olympics held in London," she said in a petition she's preparing for organizers of the London Olympics. At the moment her petition has about 4,000 signatures, she is hoping for another 1,00 or more. Advocated of pole dancing said other even more uncommon sports have gotten the approval of the International Olympic Committee. Tug of War was an early Olympic medal contest.

Pole-dance enthusiasts are hopeful about their chances to go for the gold.

Soooo. who knows whats gonna happen in 2012..

Just so all you horny guys know, Pole fitness is nothing close to the strippers at clubs, by the end of the performance all the girls will have their clothes on.

"Now, when you talk about it you don't hear 'like a stripper' anymore," Traskos said. "You hear things like, 'Oh, my friend takes classes for fitness' or 'Yes, I've seen it on 'Oprah'."

~megan

Sunday News: 82nd Academy Awards

• NEWS JUST IN:

Oscar nominee's have been made and here they are fresh from the newsstand..

Actor in a Leading Role

• Jeff Bridges in “Crazy Heart”
• George Clooney in “Up in the Air”
• Colin Firth in “A Single Man”
• Morgan Freeman in “Invictus”
• Jeremy Renner in “The Hurt Locker”

Actor in a Supporting Role

• Matt Damon in “Invictus”
• Woody Harrelson in “The Messenger”
• Christopher Plummer in “The Last Station”
• Stanley Tucci in “The Lovely Bones”
• Christoph Waltz in “Inglourious Basterds”

Actress in a Leading Role

• Sandra Bullock in “The Blind Side”
• Helen Mirren in “The Last Station”
• Carey Mulligan in “An Education”
• Gabourey Sidibe in “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire”
• Meryl Streep in “Julie & Julia”

Actress in a Supporting Role

• Penélope Cruz in “Nine”
• Vera Farmiga in “Up in the Air”
• Maggie Gyllenhaal in “Crazy Heart”
• Anna Kendrick in “Up in the Air”
• Mo’Nique in “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire”

Animated Feature Film

• “Coraline” Henry Selick
• “Fantastic Mr. Fox” Wes Anderson
• “The Princess and the Frog” John Musker and Ron Clements
• “The Secret of Kells” Tomm Moore
• “Up” Pete Docter

Art Direction

• “Avatar” Art Direction: Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg; Set Decoration: Kim Sinclair
• “The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus” Art Direction: Dave Warren and Anastasia Masaro; Set Decoration: Caroline Smith
• “Nine” Art Direction: John Myhre; Set Decoration: Gordon Sim
• “Sherlock Holmes” Art Direction: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer
• “The Young Victoria” Art Direction: Patrice Vermette; Set Decoration: Maggie Gray

Cinematography

• “Avatar” Mauro Fiore
• “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” Bruno Delbonnel
• “The Hurt Locker” Barry Ackroyd
• “Inglourious Basterds” Robert Richardson
• “The White Ribbon” Christian Berger

Costume Design

• “Bright Star” Janet Patterson
• “Coco before Chanel” Catherine Leterrier
• “The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus” Monique Prudhomme
• “Nine” Colleen Atwood
• “The Young Victoria” Sandy Powell

Directing

• “Avatar” James Cameron
• “The Hurt Locker” Kathryn Bigelow
• “Inglourious Basterds” Quentin Tarantino
• “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” Lee Daniels
• “Up in the Air” Jason Reitman

Documentary (Feature)

• “Burma VJ” Anders Østergaard and Lise Lense-Møller
• “The Cove” Louie Psihoyos and Fisher Stevens
• “Food, Inc.” Robert Kenner and Elise Pearlstein
• “The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers” Judith Ehrlich and Rick Goldsmith
• “Which Way Home” Rebecca Cammisa

Documentary (Short Subject)

• “China’s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province” Jon Alpert and Matthew O’Neill
• “The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner” Daniel Junge and Henry Ansbacher
• “The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant” Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert
• “Music by Prudence” Roger Ross Williams and Elinor Burkett
• “Rabbit à la Berlin” Bartek Konopka and Anna Wydra

Film Editing

• “Avatar” Stephen Rivkin, John Refoua and James Cameron
• “District 9” Julian Clarke
• “The Hurt Locker” Bob Murawski and Chris Innis
• “Inglourious Basterds” Sally Menke
• “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” Joe Klotz

Foreign Language Film

• “Ajami” Israel
• “The Milk of Sorrow (La Teta Asustada)” Peru
• “A Prophet (Un Prophète)” France
• “The Secret in Their Eyes (El Secreto de Sus Ojos)” Argentina
• “The White Ribbon (Das Weisse Band)” Germany

Makeup

• “Il Divo” Aldo Signoretti and Vittorio Sodano
• “Star Trek” Barney Burman, Mindy Hall and Joel Harlow
• “The Young Victoria” Jon Henry Gordon and Jenny Shircore

Music (Original Score)

• “Avatar” James Horner
• “Fantastic Mr. Fox” Alexandre Desplat
• “The Hurt Locker” Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders
• “Sherlock Holmes” Hans Zimmer
• “Up” Michael Giacchino

Music (Original Song)

• “Almost There” from “The Princess and the Frog” Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
• “Down in New Orleans” from “The Princess and the Frog” Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
• “Loin de Paname” from “Paris 36” Music by Reinhardt Wagner Lyric by Frank Thomas
• “Take It All” from “Nine” Music and Lyric by Maury Yeston
• “The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)” from “Crazy Heart” Music and Lyric by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett

Best Picture

• “Avatar” James Cameron and Jon Landau, Producers
• “The Blind Side” Gil Netter, Andrew A. Kosove and Broderick Johnson, Producers
• “District 9” Peter Jackson and Carolynne Cunningham, Producers
• “An Education” Finola Dwyer and Amanda Posey, Producers
• “The Hurt Locker” Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Nicolas Chartier and Greg Shapiro, Producers
• “Inglourious Basterds” Lawrence Bender, Producer
• “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness and Gary Magness, Producers
• “A Serious Man” Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, Producers
• “Up” Jonas Rivera, Producer
• “Up in the Air” Daniel Dubiecki, Ivan Reitman and Jason Reitman, Producers

Short Film (Animated)

• “French Roast” Fabrice O. Joubert
• “Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty” Nicky Phelan and Darragh O’Connell
• “The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte)” Javier Recio Gracia
• “Logorama” Nicolas Schmerkin
• “A Matter of Loaf and Death” Nick Park

Short Film (Live Action)

• “The Door” Juanita Wilson and James Flynn
• “Instead of Abracadabra” Patrik Eklund and Mathias Fjellström
• “Kavi” Gregg Helvey
• “Miracle Fish” Luke Doolan and Drew Bailey
• “The New Tenants” Joachim Back and Tivi Magnusson

Sound Editing

• “Avatar” Christopher Boyes and Gwendolyn Yates Whittle
• “The Hurt Locker” Paul N.J. Ottosson
• “Inglourious Basterds” Wylie Stateman
• “Star Trek” Mark Stoeckinger and Alan Rankin
• “Up” Michael Silvers and Tom Myers

Sound Mixing

• “Avatar” Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson and Tony Johnson
• “The Hurt Locker” Paul N.J. Ottosson and Ray Beckett
• “Inglourious Basterds” Michael Minkler, Tony Lamberti and Mark Ulano
• “Star Trek” Anna Behlmer, Andy Nelson and Peter J. Devlin
• “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers and Geoffrey Patterson

Visual Effects

• “Avatar” Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham and Andrew R. Jones
• “District 9” Dan Kaufman, Peter Muyzers, Robert Habros and Matt Aitken
• “Star Trek” Roger Guyett, Russell Earl, Paul Kavanagh and Burt Dalton

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

• “District 9” Written by Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell
• “An Education” Screenplay by Nick Hornby
• “In the Loop” Screenplay by Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche
• “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” Screenplay by Geoffrey Fletcher
• “Up in the Air” Screenplay by Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner

Writing (Original Screenplay)

• “The Hurt Locker” Written by Mark Boal
• “Inglourious Basterds” Written by Quentin Tarantino
• “The Messenger” Written by Alessandro Camon & Oren Moverman
• “A Serious Man” Written by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
• “Up” Screenplay by Bob Peterson, Pete Docter, Story by Pete Docter, Bob Peterson, Tom McCarthy

• Thank You www.oscars.org

Tsunami's, Earthquakes, and Chile, Oh My...

kso..This past weekend a lot of global chaos was happening pertaining to weather and...natural damage such as earthquakes and tsunamis or just plain old danger warnings of earthquakes and tsunamis. So, Chile suffered an earthquake of around 8.8 or something. (This blog is out of memory..not out of recent news found on articles or podcasts) The thing is the earthquake Chile suffered is a record breaking earthquake..but the damages weren't as high as Haiti and also the deaths were much lower. Also, Hawaii got some major Tsunami warnings..I'm not sure if the tsunami actually happened or if it was just not as big as thought but..it was just like an irregular saturday where most people were like "Whoa!, what the hell is happening?!". Then I would answer, "We're just getting closer to the end of the world". But in reality...the world is not going to end for another million years at the LEAST..sooo, just live life and enjoy it without stressing..deal with what's wrong now and then deal with your troubles tomorrow..

kcool

~megan

Atoms For Peace

Radiohead's main man, Thom Yorke, revealed the name of his new band..Atoms For Peace, and announced a series of U.S. tour dates. The British alternative rock singer first introduced this band late last year. Who will be in it you may ask? Well..this makes it just 5840035840308 times better. It features Flea of the Red Hot Chili Peppers (he went to school with my dad), drummy Joey Waronker of R.E.M. Mauro Refosco of Forro in the Dark, and Radiohead produver Nigel Godrich. But when the band officially debuted in Los Angeled last October, it had no name. Atoms for Peace is a track on Yorke's 2006 solo album, The Eraser. The musician said the band would play eight dates starting in New York on APril 5th before hitting the three-day Coachella musical festival in Indio, California on April 18. Radiohead recently took a break from recording BUT performed a Haiti relief fund-raising concert in Los Angeles.

I don't really know or care if any of you are interested in this topic but I definitely am.

~megan

Johnny Depp Speaks out for Prisoners

If you're one of those super duper obsessed fans of Johnny Depp to the point where I myself actually want to kill you..than you might be somewhat interested in this new news.

Out of all the articles and such on Yahoo and on my itunes podcasts I couldn't find anything that interested me but this. Soo...you know those three kids who were convicted of the gruesome May 1993 killing of three West Memphis, Arkansas, children? Well Johnny Depp is trying to defend the death sentences of one of them and attempting to free the others supposedly. So the main story is that Johnny Depp is raising awareness of an attempt to secure a new trial for these three inmates, who he feels has been wrongly convicted. Depp will be appearing on "48 Hours Mystery" this saturday to make his case. I'd watch it. And if that show or this topic interests you, you should go to Blockbuster..oh wait, never mind BlockBuster sucks and shut down some locations..well go to netflix or some place and get the movie/documentary called "Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hills". If you must know how committed Johnny Depp is to this subject..he took time off promoting his new coming to theaters movie "Alice in Wonderland" to film his episode thing of "48 Hours Mystery".

Music ;D

Since most of the podcasts I am subscribed to on iTunes are about tech stuff; and I don't really enjoy writing about that I just decided to write about a cool music website I am on more than five times a day.

I'm pretty sure everyone knows about it already; www.playlist.com. I have around 5 playlists on my account all consisting of around 200 songs. The maximum amount of songs you can have per playlist is 200, but you can have an unlimited amount of playlists. Mostly every song you search on it should have a match but there are some that don't..sadly. If you wanna check my favorite playlist out that I made its www.playlist.com/playlist/19142930443. So just make a playlist, get your favorite songs, and its also FREE unlike iTunes..but you can't have it in your pocket while running or while your 'listening' to the teacher in your class.

~megan