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Saturday, July 18, 2009

Did you know that Sir Georg Solti has won the most Grammy Awards in a lifetime with a total 31?

Did you know that:
Michael Jackson won 8 Grammys in 1983 and Santana tied this Grammy record in 1999.

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U2 has won the most Grammy Awards by a band with a total of 22 Grammy awards.

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Sir Georg Solti has won the most Grammy Awards in a lifetime with 31.


Stevie Wonder has won the most Grammy Awards for a (male solo artist) with 23.


Alison Krauss has won the most Grammy Awards for a (female solo artist) with 20.

Friday, July 17, 2009

Did you know that Eminem is the only artist to win a Grammy Awards and an Oscar?



Did you know that LeAnn Rimes won the Best New Artist award in 1997 and she was only 14-years-old?





Did you know that the only Artist to receive a total of five awards including Best New Artist and Record of the Year was Norah Jones?
Nora Jones


Did you know that know that Sheryl Crow and Christoper Cross was the only Artists to receive 
 Best New Artist and Record of the Year
in the same year.






Did you know that Eminem is the only artist to win a Grammy Awards and an Oscar?
Eminem

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Did you know that Eminem won a Grammy and Oscar for Best Original Song in 2002 for "Lose Yourself" from the movie "8 Mile?





Did you know that Jennifer Lopez was the first female artist to have a No. 1 movie (The Wedding Planner) and album (J.Lo) in the same week in 2001.






Did you know that Sinead O'Connor declined to accept the Grammy award for Best Alternative Music Performance for "I Do No Want What I Haven't Got" in 1990.





Did you know that Marlon Brando in 1972 turned down the Best Actor Oscar for his portrayal of Mafia boss Don Corleone in The Godfather.





Did you know that Milli Vanilli were stripped of the Best New Artist award in 1989 after it was discovered the duo did not sing on its recordings.
The most wins in the Best Rock Duo or Group Performance category goes to:


Did you know that U2 has won a total of five Grammy Awards.

Thursday, July 16, 2009

Did you know that there is a Hollywood, MS?


Did ou know that their are 10 cities in United States name Hollywood?












1. Hollywood, FL
Broward County

2. Hollywood, AL
Jackson County

3. Hollywood, AR
Clark County

4. Hollywood, GA
Habersham County

5. Hollywood, MD
Saint Mary's County

6. Hollywood, MS
Tunica County

7. Hollywood, SC
Charleston County

8. Hollywood, AL
Jefferson County

9. Hollywood, AZ
Graham County

10. Hollywood, CA
Los Angeles County

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Did you know that Dorothy Dandridge was the first Black to receive a Oscar Nomination for Best Actress ?


Did you know that:















Hattie McDaniel, was the first black supporting actress, to win an Oscar for Gone with the Wind in 1940.







Sidney Poitier was the first black actor to win an Oscar for Best Actress for Lilies of the Field in 1963.








Halle Berry was the first Black to receive a Oscar for Best Actress for Monster's Ball in 2001.








Dorothy Dandridge was the first Black to receive a Oscar Nomination for Best Actress for Carmen Jones in 1954.








The First Black Film director Oscar Micheaux, in 1919, wrote, directed, and produced The Homesteader, a feature film.








Gordon Parks was the First black Hollywood director who directed and wrote The Learning Tree for Warner Brothers in 1969.








Nat King Cole, 1956, became the first black television host "The Nat King Cole Show";









Oprah Winfrey became the first black woman television host in 1986, "The Oprah Winfrey Show."








Bill Cosby, was the first black Star of a network television show: in 1965, "I Spy".

Did you know that the first man to die during the construction of the Hoover Dam was the father of the last man to die during the construction?


Did you know that:










*During their marriage, Angelina Jolie and Billy Bob Thornton bought an electric chair for their dining room.










In a lifetime, the average clean-shaven man will spend five months shaving and will remove 28ft of hair.








The first man to die during planning & construction of the Hoover Dam was the father of the last man to die during its construction. December 20, 1922 with J.G. Tierney a Bureau of Reclamation employee who was part of a geological survey and drowned when he fell from a barge. Exactly 13 years later, in 1935, his son Patrick W. Tierney, fell to his death from an intake tower.







The 80/20 Rule means that in anything a few (20 percent) are vital and many(80 percent) are trivial. In Pareto's case it meant 20 percent of the people owned 80 percent of the wealth. In Juran's initial work he identified 20 percent of the defects causing 80 percent of the problems. Project Managers know that 20 percent of the work (the first 10 percent and the last 10 percent) consume 80 percent of your time and resources. You can apply the 80/20 Rule to almost anything, from the science of management to the physical world.20% of the work force does 80% of the work.

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Did you know that In the movie "Scarface" the F-word is said 207 time?


Did you know that:






















Sylvester Stallone wrote the script for Rocky and sold it for a very low price, on the condition that he star in the movie and receive a share of the profits. Rocky went on to win three Oscars, including best picture. It made Stallone's movie career.




In the movie "Scarface" the F-word is said 207 time, which works out to an average of 1.22 per minute.







During the filming of the movie "Scream", director Wes Craven kept telling Drew Barrymore real life stories about animal cruelty in order to keep her looking scared and crying. She is a keen animal lover in real life.









The original "Mad Max" film cost $300,000AUD to produce, and earned $100 Million world wide. This earned it the record in Guinness Book of Records as the highest profit-to-cost ratio of a motion picture, and only lost this record in 2000 to "The Blair Witch Project".




The stunt double for Bernie in the movie "Weekend at Bernie's" suffered a few broken ribs while filming the movie, due to all the pitfalls and stunts of playing a dead man; most notably in the scene involving Bernie being dragged around the surface of the lake, bumping into metal floating obstacles.









Monday, July 13, 2009

Did you know that James Bonard Fowler, a former state trooper was indicted for a murder 40 years later


Did you know that:














1962
James Meredith
Oct. 1
James Meredith becomes the first black student to enroll at the University of Mississippi. Violence and riots surrounding the incident cause President Kennedy to send 5,000 federal troops.
1966 Members of The Black Panthers Party
Oct.
(Oakland, Calif.) The militant Black Panthers are founded by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale


1991
Nov. 22
After two years of debates, vetoes, and threatened vetoes, President Bush reverses himself and signs the Civil Rights Act of 1991, strengthening existing civil rights laws and providing for damages in cases of intentional employment discrimination.







2005
June 21
The ringleader of the Mississippi civil rights murders (see Aug. 4, 1964), Edgar Ray Killen, is convicted of manslaughter on the 41st anniversary of the crimes.







2007

May 10
James Bonard Fowler, a former state trooper, is indicted for the murder of Jimmie Lee Jackson 40 years after Jackson's death. The 1965 killing lead to a series of historic civil rights protests in Selma, Ala.


Did you Know

Did you know that the average human brain contains approximately 86 billion neurons? These remarkable cells form intricate networks, allowing us to think, feel, and experience the world around us. Each neuron communicates with others through electrical impulses, creating a symphony of thoughts, memories, and emotions. So next time you ponder life’s mysteries, remember that your brain is orchestrating a cosmic dance of neurons!