Venezuela

Yomileini Santana, Daniela Gomez,  Carolina Paulino,

Rosenery Chicaiza

Venezuela is having a big crisis now more than ever that the president turned into a dictator. As you may know, dictators doesn’t bring anything good. In the streets, people are killing one each other. There are already thirteen people died from protests. According to CNN, there was a flight suspended from Canada to Venezuela because of the violent protests.

This is an image of the president of the president of Venezuela.

The actual president of Venezuela is Nicolas Maduro. Nicolas Maduro is a Venezuelan politician who’s been president in Venezuela since 2013. He was born in November 23,1962. There’s many people that want him out of power.  

I could imagine many people leaving from Venezuela to look for a better life for them and their families. We need to spread the word and repost #SOSVenezuela #PrayforVenezuela. It’s time to leave all the rivalries behind and get together for Venezuela. Spread the word!   

St Patrick’s Day

by Keissy B.

St Patrick’s is a very joyful day for the Irish. It celebrates St Patrick. He drove the snakes out of Ireland with his “powers”.  Leprechauns are the main person in Saint Patrick’s Day, leprechauns are a fairy in folklore, and usually takes the form of an old man.  Leprechauns have been linked to the tuatha dè danann of Irish mythology, a race of supernaturally-gifted people in Irish mythology. St Patrick was first celebrated in Boston.  Leprechauns also partake in mischief (mischief means troublemaking). St Patrick  is also about dancing, eating and celebrating their heritage. A lot of people are under the impression that  St Patrick was born in Ireland but he was actually born in England.  St Patrick was a pride and joy to Ireland for what he did.The leprechaun has the magical power to grant 3 wishes in exchange for their release but remember folks its just a myth.

Audrey and Hema Best Dresses

The it girl of the night was Lupita Nyong’o. Nyong’o wore a long and gorgeous blue dress designed by Prada.  Lupita also wore jewelry from Fred Leighton including along a gold and diamond headband.  

Jennifer Lawrence's red dress is simple and gorgeous,

and its also really fashionable.  It is a sleeveless dress which

makes it have a little touch to it. It was design by the

fashion company  Dior . Neil Lane necklace looked

gorgeous and made the dress pop even more, this necklace cost about $2 million.

         

One of the most trending topics of the night were the power couple of the night Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt.  Angelina wore a silver dress with long sleeves from Elie Saab Haute Couture.  In addition she wore her engagement ring and earrings designed by Robert Procop.  While Brad Pitt, very elegant as always, wore a black tuxedo with a bow tie. Brad wore a piece of Jolie’s jewelry line that included a ring that can be seen Pitt’s right hand. Angelina also designed the set of cufflinks Pitt wore at the night, this had been a Christmas present from Jolie to Pitt. 

    

There were a lot of celebrities who wore white tuxedos but the most talked about were Jared Leto and Matthew Mcconaughey.  Jared Leto wore a white tuxedo with a red bow tie designed by Saint Laurent designer Hedi Slimane.  While his dear friend and co-star Matthew Mcconaughey wore a white tuxedo also but with a black bow tie designed by Dolce & Gabbana.

Cell Phone Addiction

             by Hema P.

You know you're attached to your smartphone, but sometimes the addiction doesn't really hit you until you’re left without it . According to webmd.com 70% of teens say they check their smartphones within an hour of getting up . 44% said they would experience "a great deal of anxiety" if they lost their phone even for a minute!

Teens rely on their cell phones to do everything thats probably why there so addicted to it .

They even sleep with their self phones at night which equals to  less sleep , headaches, bad eyesight … etc. I bet they didn’t know that because there so hooked on their phones but yeah cell phone addiction does have some pretty bad effects.

What do you think? How did you addicted to your cellphone? What apps are you always on?

The Oscars, A Night to Remember

                   by Audrey F.              

One of the greatest awards for the Hollywood industry happened yesterday Sunday March 2, 2014 in Los Angeles, California.  The Oscars was hosted by Ellen Degeneres.  Ellen as always got everyone enthusiast and even offered pizza.  Made jokes about Jennifer Lawrence falling and asked celebrities questions.  For example,  Ellen asked Amy Adams if she had gone to college but Adams responded by saying no. Ellen even broke the twitter record and crashed twitter for a moment for most retweeted photo which included Meryl Streep, Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts, Jennifer Lawrence, Bradley Cooper, Lupita Nyong’o, Jared Leto and Kevin Spacey.

Selfie:

The Mexican director of “Gravity,”  Alfonso Cuaron, made history by becoming the first ever Hispanic Director to win an Oscar.  The scientific fiction film starting Sandra Bullock and George Clooney was one of the highlight of the night dominating the Oscars winning 7 awards for best Cinematography, Film Editing, Original Score, Sound Editing, Sound Mixing,  and Visual Effects.

Another highlight of the night was “12 Years of Slave” directed by Steve McQueen who won Best Picture at the Oscars beating recognized films such as “American Hustle” and “Gravity.”  Lupita Nyong’o won best supporting actress for her role in “12 Years of Slave” as Patsey.  The film starting Chiwetel Ejiofor also won Adapted Screenplay.   While “Dallas Buyers Club” won Best Makeup and Hairstyle.  Some of their stars such as Matthew McConaughey won Best Actor while Jared Leto also won Best Supportive Actor.   

“American Hustle” one of the most nominated movies ended up winning nothing.  Amy Adams was nominated for best actress but Cate Blanchett ended up winning  for her role in "Blue Jasmine.”  Jennifer Lawrence was nominated also but Lupita Nyong’o won for Best Supporting Actress.  Also Bradley Cooper was nominated for best supportive actor but Jared Leto won for his role on “Dallas Buyers Club.”  In addition “American Hustle” was nominated for awards such as Best Editing and Original Score which “Gravity” won.

The animated film “Frozen” won 2 Oscar for Best Animated film and Best Original Song.  The movie “Her” won Best Original Screenplay, “Mr. Hublot” won Best Animated Short Film,  “The Great Gatsby” won best production design and costume design, “20 Feet from Stardom” won Best Documentary Feature, “The Lady in Number 6” won Best Documentary Short,  and “The Great Beauty” from Italy won Best Foreign Film.  

Pharrell William performed “Happy” from Despicable Me 2 and got everyone on their feets, he even showed some dance moves along with Amy Adams, Lupita Nyong'o, and Meryl Streep . U2 performed their song “Ordinary Love” from the movie Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom.  Karen O performed “The Moon Song” from the movie Her.  While Idina Menzel sang “Let it Go” from the animated movie Frozen.    There were also memorable performance such as Pink who sang the song from the Wizard of Oz during the tribute.  Finally Bette Midler also performed  a song  tributing famous celebrities who  died last year.

One highlight at the red carpet was Jennifer Lawrence, last year Jennifer fell down while walking up the stairs to receive her Oscar.  This year she fell down again for the 2nd straight time while she was at the red carpet.

Here are some pictures of the stars mostly talked about:

   

Brad Pitt and

Angelina Jolie Jennifer Lawrence   Lupita Nyong’o

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Amy Adams Sandra Bullock         Jared Leto