Boston Marathon Tragedy

Monday, April 15 Boston suffered a horrible tragedy. The world is getting scarier by the day and we can only hope for things to get better. I would like to send my condolences to the injured people and their families and of course the whole city of Boston.

Scary Movie V Bombs

Scary Movie 5 proved itself to be a franchise that probably wasn’t worth reviving. Funny; A Haunted House was a modest hit and Scary Movie 5 bombs. Seems the Wayans Bros. finally got their revenge against Dimension. Back in 2006, Scary Movie 4 opened to over $40 million. Seven years later, Scary Movie 5 could only lure in $15 million. So why exactly did the film do so bad? Was it the lack of franchise star Anna Faris? Did audiences already get their fill of horror movie spoofing with A Haunted House? Were viewers put off by a marketing campaign built around Charlie Sheen and Lindsay Lohan? Whatever the reason may be, the horrible reviews it got from critics could be a large reason.

McDonald's Apologizes for Unapproved Ad That Mocks Mental Illness PSAs





Last month, Ford made headlines for an allegedly unapproved ad featuring Silvio Berlusconi with a trunk full of gagged, hog tied, and crying women. The ad, found as a poster on the Boston metro, parodied mental health and depression PSAs: "You're not alone. Million of people love the Big Mac," the ad reads, next to the photo of a crying woman and an 800-number that connects to McDonald's corporate office. The McDonald's advertisement in question is part of a larger, unapproved, campaign that pokes fun at stereotypical subway ads. The personal injuries lawyer ad promises to "get you the sausage you deserve." The continuing education spoof reads, "It's never too late for an Angus Bacon Cheese."

Oh, McDonalds.

School shootings

 

 

 

Whenever you hear about school shootings you automatically think it's tragic. Apparently someone brought a rifle to a college nearby to the school in which I attend. I'm pretty sure there could very well be more to the story than I know. Anyways, school safety is always important. Believe it or not one time in elementary school I had a water gun which I was going to bring for recess and nearly got tackled completely on the ground by a teacher. Talk about the embarrassment she and I both had when it was revealed that it was a plastic water gun. Either way guns in school is horrible and has costed the lives of many innocent people. I can only hope these school shootings can only stop from now.

If you have ever known someone or been in a similar situation, sound off in the comments.

Shocking Reality TV Statistics

 



 

When you think of Reality TV, you think of the television genre that many people are guilty of watching at times. But, you would be a little surprised as to how much of an impact reality TV has on the state of California.

 

·         The number of shooting days for reality TV in Los Angeles rose 53% last year, making up about 40% of all on-location production.

·         Of the 240,000 entertainment jobs in Los Angeles, 30,000 are tied to Reality television.

·         Reality television episodes have increased to 57% of all television shows that can be found on your TV screens.

·         In 2000 there was nearly 4 reality television shows, by 2010 there were more than 320 reality shows.

 

To say that Reality television has taken over more than we could imagine would be an understatement. It seems as if it is the top form of getting entertained by television these days.

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10 Year Plan

In the next ten years there is a lot that I would like to accomplish. Of course going to college and getting a great job is at the top of the list. My plan is to go to school and help develop my writing skills to showcase. Something that would interest me is something that I have been doing on and off through high school, acting. It really is something that has been a fun experience for me and something I would love to do more of in the next ten years. Getting and education and continuing to do things I love is pretty much my ten year plan and something that will keep me steady.

Angelina Jolie

 

Angelina Jolie Voight was born on June 4, 1975. Jolie was born and raised in Los Angeles, California as the daughter of actors Jon Voight and Maximilian Schell. Angelina enrolled in Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute after her family moved to New York when she was just six years old. She attended Beverly Hills High School. While she was in her teen years Angelina suffered depression due to feeling isolated from some of her peers at school. She has one brother an actor named James Haven; she is the niece of singer Chip Taylor and goddaughter of actors Jacqueline Bisset and Maximilian Schell. On her father's side, Jolie is of German and Slovak descent, on her mother's side, she is of primarily French Canadian, Dutch, and German ancestry.

Jolie's first movie role was when she was just seven years old in a movie called Lookin’ to Get Out in 1982. In 1999 Jolie starred in her first breakout feature film, ''Girl, Interrupted''. The film garnered universal acclaim from critics and movie fans. Angelina is best known for being one of the highest paid and best female actresses in the acting business today. But, Jolie is also best known for her widely announced relationship with actor Brad Pitt. One of the main reasons why the pair's relationship has been so publicly known is because when the two met on the set of their movie ''Mr. & Ms. Smith'' Brad was married to another actress Jennifer Aniston. Brad and Jennifer divorced not long after making the public question whether Brad and Angelina were having an affair on the set of their movie. Angelina and Brad have been together since and have six children three of which were adopted and three who were their biological children.

 Angelina Jolie won her first and only Academy Award in 2000 for ''Girl, Interrupted''. Angelina has received three Golden Globe awards out of seven nominations. Jolie has won two Screen Actors Guild Awards out of four nominations. Amongst these awards she has also ranked at the top of several year end magazine awards including People, Time, Maxim, and Forbes. She has also been rewarded from numerous organizations due to her humanitarian work.

Jolie has several projects lined up for the future including starring as Maleficent from the ''Sleeping Beauty'' series in a live action version of the film. She is also currently directing a film on War World II with film makers The Coen Brothers named ''Unbroken''.Jolie has also been named the Ambassador of Unicef's organization.

 My opinion on Angelina Jolie's career is that she is a highly accomplished actress who's had many blockbuster starring films. Better than all of that she has done tons of humanitarian work showing what type of person she is personally. Of course the fact that she is a mother of six, which shows how much she loves being a mother. Angelina has been in the news and media for various reasons some good and some bad, but my presumption of her is that she is a hard working woman who shows much perseverance.

 

 

Works Cited: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angelina_Jolie
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001401/
http://www.allmovie.com/artist/p36009