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The 2012 Oscar nominations are announced for the 84th Academy Awards
Jan 24th
The 2012 Oscar nominations for the 84th Academy Awards are announced Tuesday morning with big names like Goerge Clooney, Gary Oldman, Brad Pitt got the nominations for best actor. Meryl Streep, Glenn Close and Michelle Williams also bagged nomination in the best actress category. The Golden Globe winner “The Artist” got 4 oscar nominations in best director, best actor, best supporting actress and in best film categories.
Best Director Nominees
Michel Hazanavicius – The Artist
Martin Scorsese - Hugo
Alexander Payne – The Descendants
Terrence Malick – Tree of Life
Woody Allen – Midnight in Paris More >
Biggest solar storm since 2005 to hit Earth
Jan 24th
The sun is to hit Earth with radiation from the biggest solar storm since 2005 with more to come from the fast-moving eruption. There’s a solar Coronal Mass Ejection travelling towards us at 1,400 miles per second. It will hit Earth around 9am Eastern Time, causing fluctuations on the power grid and disruptions to the Global Positioning System.
The solar flare occurred at about 11 p.m. EST Sunday and will hit Earth with three different effects at three different times. The biggest issue is radiation, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Space Weather Prediction Center in Colorado.
The radiation is mostly a concern for satellite disruptions and astronauts in space. It can cause communication problems for polar-traveling airplanes, said space weather center physicist Doug Biesecker.
Radiation from Sunday’s flare arrived at Earth an hour later and will likely continue through Wednesday. Levels are considered strong but other storms have been more severe. There are two higher levels of radiation on NOAA’s storm scale severe and extreme Biesecker said. Still, this storm is the strongest for radiation since May 2005. More >
A 6.6 magnitude earthquake hit Solomon Islands
Jan 9th
On Monday, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) reports a strong 6.6-magnitude earthquake struck the Santa Cruz Islands, part of the Pacific’s Solomons group of Islands. According to officials there was no threat of a widespread tsunami.
The quake hit at a depth of 38 km at about 3:00 pm some 350 km east of Kirakira, the main city of the Solomons’ major island, Makira.
The Hawaii-based Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said there was “no destructive widespread tsunami threat” based on historical data.
“However, earthquakes of this size sometimes generate local tsunamis that can be destructive along coasts located within a hundred kilometres of the More >
Afghanistan’s child bride tortured by her In-Laws for six months
Jan 5th
Sahar Gul, a 15 year old bride from northeastern Baghlan province was being tortured by her in-laws who are forcing her into prostitution. She was bought to hospital on Wednesday, Dec. 28, 201. Gul’s in-laws kept her in a basement for six months, ripped her fingernails out, tortured her with hot irons and broke her fingers _ all in an attempt to force her into prostitution. Police freed her last week after her uncle called authorities. Horrific images of Sahar, bruised and bloodied, captured on video, transfixed Afghanistan and set off a storm of condemnation. President Hamid Karzai set up a commission to investigate, and More >
Mariah Carey’s Husband Nick Cannon suffering a mild Kidney Failure and Hospitalized
Jan 5th
Nick Cannon, Mariah Carey’s husband is hospitalized for the treatment to a mild kidney failure. Nick Cannon is recovering in an Aspen, Colo., hospital. Mariah Carey tweeted on Wednesday morning “Please pray for Nick as he’s fighting to recover from a mild kidney failure,” along with a photo of her and Cannon in a hospital bed.
Carey and Cannon have been celebrating the holidays in Aspen with their children, Monroe and Moroccan. The singer expanded on her message on her website.
“We’re trying to be as festive as possible under the circumstances but More >
Christopher Hitchens died at the age of 62
Dec 16th
Christopher Hitchens is a British born journalist who settled in United States died on Thursday at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston of pneumonia, a complication of his esophageal cancer.
Christopher Hitchens, the author, essayist and polemicist who waged verbal and occasional physical battle on several causes. In his 2007 book “God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything,” Hitchens took on major religions with his trenchant atheism.
The 2001 attacks on the United States by Islamic fundamentalists in hijacked passenger planes made Hitchens ever more critical of the role of religion in the world, and led him to appreciate the merits of American democracy. “I am More >
America’s War in Iraq came to an end Officially!
Dec 16th
The War in Iraq has officially come to an end, according to the Department of Defense. Secretary of Defense Leona Panetta leads a ceremony in Baghdad marking the formal end of America’s war in Iraq. Almost nine years after the first U.S. tanks crossed the Iraqi border, and approximately eight years and seven months after President George W. Bush declared “Mission More >
Andrew Symonds entered Bigg Boss 5 with Pooja Mishra as his translator!
Dec 8th
Andrew Symonds has entered the Bigg Boss House in Karjat. It is only a month to go for the finale of Bigg Boss 5 and we have the former Aussie cricketer, Andrew Symonds as the new wild card entry. The former Australian all-rounder is famous in India for spat with off-spinner Harbhajan Singh which is termed as the Monkeygate scandal. How does he intend to converse with the contestants, who are allowed to speak only in Hindi?
“I don’t know,” he laughs. Andrew and the viewers of BB5 are unaware that a surprise has been planned for him in the form of a translator. The surprise is non other than loud mouthed Pooja Mishra who has been ejected from the house for pushing co- contestant Siddharth and behaving violently.
“I am taking it as a challenge. It would be great to be in a show like this. To be honest, I have not seen any of the episodes of this season and will be meeting everyone for the first time. I didn’t want to enter with a biased opinion about others,” says Symonds.
The 36-year-old has a plan of action for his stay. More >