Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Blog 10

http://tvwatch.people.com/2008/12/16/lo-bosworth-on-heidis-decision-to-wed-she-was-drunk/
Lo Bosworth on Heidi’s Decision to Wed: ‘She Was Drunk!’
written by: John M. Heller

On this week's past episode of the hills, it featured the infamous Heidi and Spencer's wedding. These two eloped in cabo San Lucas. At first it shows the two on a romantic dinner, and having a lot to drink. Then spencer asked heidi if she wanted to get married, and she said yes. so then that night/the next day they got married. Lo, who used to be a good friend of Heidi's says that she was clearly drunk on this night and spencer knew it and used it against her. She also says that she learned of their marriage through the internet just like everyone else. Lo also states that she thinks this marriage will last 'forever and ever.' probably sarcastically!

Blog 9

http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20246554,00.html
INSIDE STORY: How a Gift Allegedly Triggered Jennifer Hudson Murders
written by: Jeff Truesdell

After Jennifer Hudson's mother, brother, and nephew were murdered a couple weeks ago, the police have worked non stop trying to solve this case. They have predicted that a man killed the three victims because he was jealous of a gift. the gift was sent to the sister on her birthday, and then her ex came over and saw the gift. Authorities say that he was jealous and then the next day came back while the sister was gone to work. He came into the house and shot her mother in the living room , and then her brother while he was still sleeping in the bedroom. Then he proceeded to take the little child into his stolen white truck. Then shot the kid. Investigators found the child dead in the back seat of the truck three days later. They think the child was killed the same day as the others, but arent positive. The man who caused these crimes has been held in jail until trial. He has not yet confessed to these crimes.

Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Blog 8

Grey’s Anatomy">T.R. Knight Asks to Leave Grey’s Anatomy

http://tvwatch.people.com/2008/12/09/tr-knight-asks-to-leave-greys-anatomy/

its official, T.R Knight is leaving grey's anatomy! after many years on this show, he has decided to call it quits. This isnt the first controversy for the show, last year that had a problem with the actor who played Burke. T.R knight feels liek its time to move on from the show and start on other projects. There have been previous reports saying that T.R Knight has not been showing up for table reads since the first episode. T.R Knight has not responded, but its very likely this is why he will be quitting. Many sources say that he has missed out and has been a very big drama queen on the sets. Poor guy, this was a really good show and started up his career. I wonder what he will do now, because not a lot of people know about him! will this be his first and last major project? who knows! maybe he will become like the next major movie star!

Sunday, December 7, 2008

BloG 7

O.J Simpson Sentenced to 17 1/2 Years
written by: Stephen M. Silverman
http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20244552,00.html

After many years, and many trials O.J Simpson has been sentenced to 17 1/2 years in jail. He has been accused of armed robbery and kidnapping. In 2007 there was an incident in a hotel room where Simpson stole memorabilia from sports dealers which he claimed were his. I think that its good for O.J to go to jail so he doesnt cause anymore problems with families. Just liek the one involved in this case. The father of the boy says that nothing can change that their son is gone, but at lease this 'monster' is behind bars. While in the courtroom the judge stated that she was not sentencing him for any of his previous run ins with the law besides for what hes on trial for now. Even though this case was about O.J Simpson, he didnt have to testify. Neither did his c0-defendant and golfing buddy C.J Stewert. O.J Simpson's lawyer argued that the investigators in this case targeted Simpson and that there was no criminal intent. Well there is nothing they can do now O.J is already on his way to jail!

Sunday, November 30, 2008

BloG 6

twilight
written by: Stephenie Meyer

I never thought i'd say this, but i think i joined the twilight craze. After seeing the movie 3 times over break i decided to start reading the book. So far i have read the first couple chapters, and im already in love with it! The story starts off when Bella leaves living in Arizona with her mom in order to go live in Forks, Washington with her father. Her mom remarried a baseball player who travles a lot, so she moved so her mom could be with her new husband. Bella isnt very comftorble with her dad at first, and things are a little awkward. For her homecomming gift her dad bought her a faded red truck. On her first day of school, Bella was really nervous. She was used to a large school, and now shes in a somewhat small school. She makes some new friends, but is really dazzled my the Cullen family, especially Edward. She has had some encounters with him in one class, and its the begging of all the drama and love they will share.

Sunday, November 23, 2008

BloG 5

Meet Fred - YouTube's Newest Star
http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20242072,00.html
written by: Marisa Laudadio

Even though youtube always has popular videos, none are as popular as Lucas's. He speeds up his voice and pretends hes a 6 year old boy. So far he has had 2 seasons and is now on his 3rd. Since he has become so popular, he has made a guest appearance on icarley and flies to LA to tlak with people for future projects that he will be in. He says he bases this off of his little brothers and sisters because he knows that they can be funny. His dad is in jail, and his mom is an alcoholic. Every week, this boy films, edits, and stars in these videos. Thats alot for a boy who is just 15 years old. Wouldn't that be cool if this guy becomes relaly famous? now his popular series is featured on youtubes live video event every saturday. He also says that he looks up to famous comedians like Jim Carry, and wanted to be a famous actor or comedian someday but though it would be hard because he lives in Nabraska. Well little does he know that he might be the next big comedian just like his idols!

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

BloG 4

Britney Spears Calls Her Life Worse Than a Jail Sentence
http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20241112,00.html
written by: Monique Jessen

Finally Britney Spears has taken control of her life. After having a public meltdown earlier this year and loosing custody of her children, she is starting to jump start her career, and take care of herself. She says that this is worse than Jail time because in jail you know when your going to be released, and this you dont know when its going to stop. She has good, and bad days but she is trying the best to be healthy. She recently recorded a documentary that shares her struggle to the public. The camera crew followed her around for 3 months, recording her with her children, her family, and her daily struggles and rewards. Britney chose to make this documentry because she started to feel like she wasnt beeing seen in a good way and had bad press. She is currently promoting her new album circus, and personally i really hope she makes the best comeback ever! she deserves it! and shes tried so hard for what she should earn!

Monday, November 17, 2008

BloG 3

Reese Witherspoon: How Ryan and I share custody over the holidays
http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20240817,00.html
written by: Eunice Oh

Good for Reese WItherspoon for stepping up to the plate and being mature. After her and her husbands divorce that was finalized in June, Reese really has to try to keep her children happy and loving life. Divorce is tough on everyone, and Reese and her ex-husband have had 'a lot of communication' to help their children. Her new Christmas movie that is coming out is about a person who lacks family skills. She also says that it was difficult the first time she had her child, because the first time she held her, it was the first time she had ever held a baby. And about marrige, she said she had an idea about what marrige was. But later on found out that its not always what it seems. Love comes in all diferent ways, she states. And when asked if she was going to get married again she responded" i dont know..i dont think about it much."

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

BloG 2

Jennifer Aniston Breaks Silence About Brad & Angelina
http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20239594,00.html
written by: Michael Y. Park

Finally Jennifer Aniston came out and talked to the new issue of vogue about brad pitt and angelina jolie. Its been about 5 years since the split of america's favorite couple. Brad and Jen were married for a couple of years before magazines started rumors about a fling between pitt and jolie..which ended up to be true. They worked on the movie Mr and Mrs Smith together and thats when the flames started to light. Aniston says in her interview that "Jolie couldn't wait to get to work each day." she calles that "uncool." She also states that angelina needs to learn how to me more discrete with these romances. Even though now brad is a father to 6 children...3 adpoted and 3 biological..jennifer hasn't been out of the dating scene for very long either. She is now dating musician John Mayer. She says that at first he was immature but he has matured more since they started dating. All summer she has been seen at his shows, and more recently she has been seen out to romantic dinners with him! Good for Jen to be back out dating and proving to Brad that she has moved on and meet someone who is worthy of her time.

Sunday, November 9, 2008

BloG 1

Beyonce: i want to play wonder woman
http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20239146,00.html

Beyonce knowles has expressed her dream of playing wonder woman. The selfish actress thinks she should play the part because she's black. I understand that it would be cool for there to be a black wonderwoman, just like now we are going to have a black president! But i dont think Beyonce would be the right choice. Beyonce is very full of herself and only thinks about herself. Wonder woman is a superhero, who isnt selfish and is willing to give anything up to help the community. I do not think beyonce is like that at all. This also ties in with what we are doing in class. i would not classify Beyonce as a superhero. She doesnt share the qualities superhero's should have. Wonder woman is a powerful character who has helped out the community and is a legend.

Sunday, October 26, 2008

OUTSIDE READING NUMBER 8

Kim Kardashian Celebrates 28th Birthday - in a hospital gown
written by: Eunice Oh
http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20234788,00.html

What a great girlfriend Kim Kardashian is to her NFL boyfriend Reggie Bush. While playing one of his games, he injured his left knee and had to get emergency surgury. For kim's birthday they were planning on taking a trip to London, but had to cancel it due to the surgury. Kim is staying with Reggie in the hospital and even wears a hospital gown! Kim says that once she saw Reggie limp off the feild she was very sad and that her 'heart droped'. She also says in her blog post that Reggie is pretty bumbed about this but she says as long as hes okay she is. Reggie will be recovering quickly and hopefully be on the field soon!

Hero's in a box: Superheros

My focus for the Heo's in a box is superheros. Superheros have extraordinary abilities and powers. They have strong moral codes and motivations. There are many different sorts of superheros with many different powers. Even though superheros do not exist in real life, they exist through comic books, tv shows, movies, books, video games, radio, and animation. Superman was the first superhero, and was the bigging of the superhero phenomenon. Usually there is a villain that collides with the superhero, causing rage to get to the goal.




this is the trailer for Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer. The four good superheros must figure out what is happening around the world and stop it. When they discover that it is a silver surfer who is riding around the world wrecking havoc, they have to destroy the silver surfer and confront the return of their enemy, Dr. Doom. This clip shows that the superheros have to save the earth and defeat their villain.


If I could be a Super Hero
By: Steve Lazarowitz

I don't think I could be Superman
I'm sort of scared of heights
I'd sort of like to be Spiderman
But I'm afraid of spider bites

I suppose I could be Wolverine
But I'm afraid people would stare
I'd consider being the Incredible Hulk
But radition's bad for your hair

The fantastic four, now there's a thought
But I'm not sure that's for me
Ben's too ugly, Johnny too hot
And Sue I just can't see

Maybe though I could be Reed
And lead the other three
Well maybe Reed's a bit of a stretch
I can barely take care of me

Captain America, him perhaps
I love his mighty shield
But I fear I'm not brave enough
When things get rough, I yield

If I could be a superhero
I would wonder which I'd be
Or maybe it's time I tried to find
The hero inside me

this is a poem about being a superhero. The author is going through a list of popular superheros, but feels like he isn't good enough to be one.




this song is called superhero song written by Drake Bell. He sings about saving a girl and being the superhero. He talks about the fight between him and the 'villain' and who is going to win the girl.



this is a video clip from the movie The Incredibles. Mr incredible has super strength, but his villain has no superpowers. He uses machines instead. He tries to beat Mr incredible up, and doesn't succeed in the end.

Conclusion:

After studying superheros i realized most superheros use their powers to do good. But with the good comes the bad. There is almost always a villain to interfere with what the superhero is doing. They always go through some sort of a struggle before achieving what they want. superhero's are very strong minded and contagious and are willing to do almost anything to save the world and keep it peaceful.

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

OUTSIDE READING NUMBER 7

Lindsay Lohan Sued by Passengers in DUI chase
http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20234935,00.html
written by: Mike Fleeman


Lindsay Lohan has done it again. After her down spiral last year, including a DUI chase, she has now been sued. Lindsay has been going through a lot of changes in the past months, she has turned lesbian, and had two DUI charges, and now has been sued twice. The men in the car thought Lindsay was psycho and wild and out of control. Even though no one was physically hurt, the men discribe this as a very tramatic ride. They said that they kept telling Lohan to slow down, otherwise they would get killed but instead of slowing down or stopping Lindsay responded with abusive cursing and mean language. Another thing she said was that she was a celebrity and she could do whatever she wants. Lindsay's attorny said that this case is absured and that the men had the times of their lives with lohan and that they were playing with the radio and hoping in and out of the car.

Monday, October 20, 2008

HERO in a BOX notes

  • superhero's are fictional characters who have unique physical powers to help the public.
  • superherodb.com
  • extraordinary powers and abilities
  • strong moral code
  • motivations
  • superhero's have secret identities to protect their friends and family from being targets from the enemys
  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_WcfbaY8o4

SUPERHERO

Your results:
You are Spider-Man
























Spider-Man
90%
Green Lantern
90%
Wonder Woman
85%
Supergirl
80%
The Flash
80%
Superman
60%
Robin
60%
Iron Man
60%
Hulk
50%
Batman
35%
Catwoman
25%
You are intelligent, witty,
a bit geeky and have great
power and responsibility.


Click here to take the Superhero Personality Test

Sunday, October 19, 2008

OUTSIDE READING NUMBER 6

Jury Considers Britney's Case
http://www.okmagazine.com/news/view/9705

i think this is the last thing poor Britney needs. In the past year she has been through a lot. She divorced her husband, her sister got pregnant, she lost custody of her two children, and she has been in the hospital twice for being insane. Also her trying to have a comeback at the VMA awards tanked, she made a pretty good one again this year. Even though she didn't perform she did win 3 awards, the first ones ever. Now after she is finally overcomming her horrible year, she is blasted with the possibility of jail time. I think that she doesn't deserve it. They are calling her out for having an out of state lisense. This is just a small problem and she shouldn't get a big punishment for it.

OUTSIDE READING NUMBER 5

tempted - an it girl novel
written by: Cecily Von Ziegesar

Overall this was a great book. It was a very good read and always kept me wondering what's next? The return of Jenny and the fall of Tinsley was jsut what this book needed, Drama! The two "it girls" on campus got stuck in a car ride together for 6 hours going to save their best friend, Callie, who was at a horrible rehab center. She asked her mom for a large check so she could pay off the lady from the miller farm and get jenny off the hook for the fire. Her mom though it was to pay a drug dealer, so she told Callie she was sending her to a spa when it really was a rehab facility. Even though Jenny and Tinsley didnt save Callie in time, the one person Callie never thought she would talk to again showed up and rescued her from death, Easy. Easy scouped her up and brought her back on a small, warm plane. As soon as they landed Dean Marymount was there to tell Easy it was his last time and he alread had a warning about leaving campus, so he is going to get expelled. Even though Callie and Easy both thought they could re try their relationship, Easy being expelled wont help.

Sunday, October 12, 2008

OUTSIDE READING NUMBER 4

Tempted - an it girl novel
Written by: Cecily Von Ziegesar

In this chapter its the Halloween ball. Jenny decides to dress up as Cleopatra. Knowing that each year tinsley has won best costume, she doesn't think she's going to win. Brett warned her that all this was is a popularity contest and so Jenny knew she wouldn't win. As soon as Jenny walked down the stairs to the ball, all eyes were on her. She was the most beautiful girl ever. Her hair curled into a messy updo, a gold and sapphire hairpeice, and her lips covered in deep read lipstick. Her skin was lightly brushed with gold shimmer which made her skin glow against the one white silk strap of her gown. She felt like a sun-kissed Egyptian. Before she knew it she was crowned with the best costume. Tinsley on the other hand was very upset. After winning all the years, including freshman year, she was pretty pissed. A mysterious masked boy came up to jenny and had a conversation with him. She had no idea if he was a junior, senior, freshman, or what. The one this she did know was that he was attractive, because only the cute boys were this bold. They had a nice long conversation and when it was time for jenny to go, the mysterios boy told her that he would tell her tomorrow who he was.

Tuesday, October 7, 2008

OUTSIDE READING NUMBER 3

lucky - and it girl novel
written by: Cecily Von Ziegesar

I read the last chapter of this book. Its when Jenny ( the main character) gets expelled from Waverly. Tinsley and Callie and the rest of the popular clique blamed the whole fire on Jenny. At the meeting Dean Marymount decides that jenny will have to leave Waverly immediately and go pack her bags. While in her room packing up the last of her belongings, Easy stops by to say hes sorry. Its the first time they have spoken to each other since he started dating Callie again. Jenny holds back the tears until everything is packed. She then walks down the long driveway to the waiting cab. As she looks back at Waverly and says her goodbyes, Dean Marymount runs to catch up to her. He tells her that the owner of the barn insists that a cow started the fire and no one should be punished. As soon as jenny hears the news she heads back up to her dorm and unpacks all her belongings. Tinsley and Callie hear about the news and Tinsley immediately tries to find another way to kick Jenny out, but Callie has other plans. She ditches Tinsley and wants to go apologize to Jenny.

Sunday, October 5, 2008

OUTSIDE READING NUMBER 2

Angelina: "We're going to have more kids"
written by: Valerie Nome
http://www.okmagazine.com/news/view/9421

Dear Brad and Angelina,

I am writing to you on behalf of your article in ok! magazine saying you guys are going to have more children. I understand that it must be great being a parent. Also its very cool that you guys have adopted kids as well as a few of your own. The world today is quickly becoming over populated. With you guys having 6 kids now and wanting to have more, will impact the world. Also having children can be difficult. It can impact your health greatly. You can catch illnesses from the kids as well as be sleep deprived. Having kids wake up in the middle of the night, having different sleeping scedules, ect. can be hard on yourselfs. Another reason not to have more kids is so one of them never feels left out. Sharing your time between 6 or more kids can be difficult. One might feel the others are getting more attention and that is hard on a child.

Tuesday, September 30, 2008

OUTSIDE READING NUMBER 1

Lawyers: Insurer won't pay $10 Million to Heath Ledger's daughter.
written by Mary Green
http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20229810,00.html

After Heath Ledger's death in February 2008 from an accidental drug overdose there has been an investigation and court battle for heath's 3 year old daughter, Matilda. Heath wrote his will before his daughter was born and left all inheritances to his family. A life insurance company wants to give Matilda 10 million dollars. Another insurance company wants to investigate the death to see if it was a suicide or accidental death. If it is proven that his death is a suicide they wont give Matilda the 10 million dollar check. One of the lawyers says that there is no proof that it was a suicide so this investigation might not continue. They are trying to keep this investigation private for the matter. Even though Matilda is left with no inheritance, heath's family will donate the whole estate to Matilda.

Sunday, September 21, 2008

COMPARISON

One thing that Codi and Hallie have is that they are sisters. They have been very close since they were very young. They have a father, Homero, and their mother, Alice, died from child birth after Hallie was born. Even though they are sisters, they both have very different qualities. Codi is very cautious while Hallie is very adventurous. Hallie went to Nicaragua to go help them out with their crops even though its tough times there. Codi went back to Grace, Arizona to teach, but she also learns a lot about herself along the way. Also Hallie is very confident. Codi on the other hand is more secretive and lost. She doesn't remember a lot from her past. She doesn't feel like she really belongs anywhere in the world, especially Grace. Hallie is confident and feels like she belongs wherever she is in the world. Both of the girls are very helpful. Hallie goes to Nicaragua to help out the people down there with the crops. Codi goes back to help Grace because they didn’t have a teacher so she goes back to teach. While teaching she finds out the river has a ph almost like acid. Her and the bitch and stitch club make peacocks and sell them for money so they can fix the river. They both are also very caring. Codi cares very much about the kids she’s teaching. She even got her contract renewed to be a teacher again the next year. She is helping to try to get the river back to normal. Hallie helps the people and feels bad when the three innocent girls got killed. Codi and Hallie may have their different traits but they also have some in common.

BOOK I HAVE READ

Lucky - Cecily Von Ziegesar

This book is about a girl, jenny, and her experiences at her boarding school, Waverly Academy. Jenny tries so hard to be apart of the popular group of kids at school. She is very popular with he guys because she is very pretty, but the most popular girls on campus, Tinsley and Callie, doesn't care for her at all. One night at a party the barn burns down. This is big news on campus. When Dean Marymound announces that someone will be accountable for the fire, everyone starts freaking out. Callie is scared that her and her boyfriend will get kicked out because they were in the barn, Jullian is scared because his silver lighter was found at the scene, and Tinsley knows that she will be blamed because she was the one who organized the party. Tinsley, being the mastermind se is, thought of a way out of being blamed for the fire...blaming Jenny. I really enjoyed reading this book and i have also read the whole series, but this book is by far my favorite. The author of this book has a wonderful writing style that makes you feel like your right there in all the action.

Thursday, September 11, 2008

OUTGOING

The adjective that most describes me is outgoing. I'm not afraid to go up to new people and start a conversation with them. I love to meet new people and make new friends. One time in one of my classes i didn't have any friends so i started a conversation with a girl and we later became really good friends. Being outgoing has made me a lot of friends. At parties i love getting everyone off their feet and go onto the dance floor and get the party started. Even when I'm in a different country its nice to be outgoing because you talk about the differences and similarities with someone and learn lots of new things weather its home, school or what they like to do for fun. Thats why i am outgoing.