Screen Actors Guild (SAG) 2012 Awards Highlight Video

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The 18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, honoring the best achievements in film and television performances for the year 2011, was presented on January 29, 2012 at the Shrine Exposition Center in Los Angeles, California for the sixteenth consecutive year. It was broadcast simultaneously by TNT and TBS.

SAG Awards 2012 Red Carpet best dress

It was ladies’ night at the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards when the film The Help swept the boards.  The female ensemble cast walked away with three major awards - for leading actress, best supporting actress and ensemble cast.

There wasn’t a dry eye in the house when Viola Davis picked up her award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role for her performance in The Help. The 46-year-old received a standing ovation and her co-stars strong & Jessica Chastain and Octavia Spencer were in tears. Angelina Jolie and Meryl Streep were also misty-eyed.

2012 Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards Highlight Video

18th SAG Awards - Christopher Plummer - Male Actor in a Supporting Role

18th SAG Awards - Octavia Spencer - Female Actor in a Supporting Role

18th SAG Awards - Betty White - Female Actor in a Comedy Series

18th SAG Awards - Alec Baldwin - Male Actor in a Comedy Series

18th SAG Awards - Modern Family - Ensemble in a Comedy Series

18th SAG Awards - Jessica Lange - Female Actor in a Drama Series

18th SAG Awards - Steve Buscemi - Male Actor in a Drama Series

18th SAG Awards - Boardwalk Empire - Ensemble in a Drama Series

18th SAG Awards - Jean Dujardin - Male Actor in a Leading Role

18th SAG Awards - Viola Davis - Female Actor in a Leading Role

18th SAG Awards - The Help - Cast in a Motion Picture

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SAG Awards 2012 Complete Nominees and Winners List

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The 18th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, honoring the best achievements in film and television performances for the year 2011, was presented on January 29, 2012 at the Shrine Exposition Center in Los Angeles, California for the sixteenth consecutive year.

SAG Awards 2012 nominees and winner List

It was broadcast simultaneously by TNT and TBS. The nominees were announced on December 14, 2011 by actresses Regina King and Judy Greer at Los Angeles' Pacific Design Center's Silver Screen Theater.

"The Artist," "Boardwalk Empire," "The Help," Jean Dujardin and Betty White were among the winners at Sunday's 18th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles. The SAG Actor honors were given to both television and film actors. Winners are chosen by their acting peers. Take a look at the complete list of winners below.

18th Annual Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards Full Winner List

Outstanding Performance By A Male Actor In A Supporting Role
Nick Nolte, Warrior
Kenneth Branagh, My Week With Marilyn
Armie Hammer, J. Edgar
Jonah Hill, Moneyball
*WINNER Christopher Plummer, Beginners

Outstanding Performance By A Female Actor In A Supporting Role
*WINNER Octavia Spencer, The Help
Berenice Bejo, The Artist
Jessica Chastain, The Help
Melissa McCarthy, Bridesmaids
Janet McTeer, Albert Nobbs

Outstanding Performance By A Male Actor In A Comedy Series
*WINNER Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
Ty Burrell, Modern Family
Steve Carell, The Office
Jon Cryer, Two and a Half Men
Eric Stonestreet, Modern Family

Outstanding Performance By A Female Actor In A Comedy Series
Julie Bowen, Modern Family
Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie
Tina Fey, 30 Rock
Sofia Vergara, Modern Family
*WINNER Betty White, Hot In Cleveland

Outstanding Performance By An Ensemble In A Comedy Series
30 Rock
The Big Bang Theory
Glee
*WINNER Modern Family
The Office

Outstanding Performance By A Female Actor In A Television Movie Or Miniseries
Diane Lane, Cinema Verite
Maggie Smith, Downton Abbey
Emily Watson, Appropriate Adult
Betty White, The Lost Valentine
*WINNER Kate Winslet, Mildred Pierce

Outstanding Performance By A Male Actor In A Television Movie Or Miniseries
Laurence Fishburne, Thurgood
*WINNER Paul Giamatti, Too Big to Fail
Greg Kinnear, The Kennedys
Guy Pearce, Mildred Pierce
James Woods, Too Big to Fail

Outstanding Performance By A Female Actor In A Drama Series
Kathy Bates, Harry’s Law
Glenn Close, Damages
*WINNER Jessica Lange, American Horror Story
Julianna Margules, The Good Wife
Kyra Sedgwick, The Closer

Outstanding Performance By A Male Actor In A Drama Series
Patrick J. Adams, Suits
*WINNER Steve Buscemi, Boardwalk Empire
Kyle Chandler, Friday Night Lights
Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad
Michael C. Hall, Dexter

Outstanding Performance By An Ensemble In A Drama Series
*WINNER Boardwalk Empire
Breaking Bad
Dexter
Game of Thrones
The Good Wife

Outstanding Performance By A Male Actor In A Leading Role
George Clooney, The Descendants
Demian Bichir, A Better Life
Leonardo DiCaprio, J. Edgar
*WINNER Jean Dujardin, The Artist
Brad Pitt, Moneyball

Outstanding Performance By A Female Actor In A Leading Role
Michelle Williams, My Week With Marilyn
Glenn Close, Albert Nobbs
*WINNER Viola Davis, The Help
Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady
Tilda Swinton, We Need to Talk About Kevin

Outstanding Performance By A Cast In A Motion Picture
Bridesmaids
The Artist
The Descendants
*WINNER The Help
Midnight in Paris

Outstanding Performance By A Stunt Ensemble In A Motion Picture
The Adjustment Bureau
Cowboys & Aliens
*WINNER Harry Potter and the Deahtly Hallows: Part II
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
X-Men: First Class

Outstanding Performance By A Stunt Ensemble In A Television Series
Dexter
*WINNER Game of Thrones
Southland
Spartacus: Gods of the Arena
True Blood

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NRJ Music Awards 2012 Complete Winners List

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The NRJ Music Awards, created in 2000 by the radio station NRJ in partnership with the television network TF1 takes place every year in mid-January at Cannes as the opening of MIDEM (Marché international de l'édition musicale). They give out awards to popular musicians by different categories.
This years ceremony of the 13th NRJ Music Awards was held Saturday night at Cannes. The event was broadcast live on TF1 and hosted by Nikos Aliagas.

2012 NRJ Music Awards Winners List

Francophone revelation of the year:
WINNER: Keen V.
Michael Miro.
Inna Modja.
Merwan Rim.


International Revelation of the year:
WINNER: Adele.
Jessie J.
LMFAO.
Bruno March.


Francophone female artist of the year:
Joyce Jonathan.
Nolwen Leroy.
WINNER: Shy’m.
Elisa Tovati.

Artist francophone male of the year:
Crow.
David Guetta.
Christophe Maé.
WINNER: M. Pokora.

Artist of women international of the year:
Beyoncé.
Katy Perry.
WINNER: Rihanna.
Britney Spears.

Artist male International of the year:
Enrique Iglesias.
WINNER: Mika.
Sean Paul.
Pitbull.

Song international of the year:
WINNER: Adele: “Someone Like You”.
LMFAO: “Party Rock Anthem”.
Bruno March: “The Lazy Song”.
Rihanna (feat.) (Calvin Harris): “We Found Love”.

Group French Duo of the year:
DJ Abdel feat. Soprano.
Elisa Tovati & Tom Dice.
Magic System.
WINNER: Simple Plan feat. Marie-Mai.

Group / Duo of the year International:
Black Eyed Peas.
Coldplay.
David Guetta feat. Usher.
WINNER: LMFAO.

Music Video of the year:
WINNER: LMFAO: “Party Rock Anthem”.
Katy Perry: “Last Friday Night”.
Lady Gaga: “Born this way”.
Mika: “she said”.

NRJ Award of Diamond: Mylène Farmer

NRJ Award of Honor: Justin Bieber

NRJ Award of Honor: Shakira

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Shakira wins Ordre Des Arts Et Des Lettres Award: French knighthood

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Shakira received the medal of “Chevalier De L’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres” from the French Minister of Culture Frédéric Mitterrand. Shakira is in Cannes to open the NRJ Music Awards tonight with her number 1 hit “Je L’Aime A Mourir”. 

She was honored this afternoon by the French Minister of Culture Frédéric Mitterrand who presented Shakira with the medal, which recognizes significant contributions to the arts and literature. Shakira is the first Colombian ever to receive this honor, which has previously been awarded to TS Eliot, George Clooney, and Clint Eastwood.

Shakira commented: “I am so humbled to receive this honor in a country like France that has shared an important cultural legacy with the rest of the world.”

Also honoured was French singer/actress Patricia Kaas, who was made an Officier de l'ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Officer of the Order of the Arts and Letters).  It was announced earlier this month that Shakira would be given the honour for her contribution to music.

The honour came two months after Shakira released a cover of French song Je l'aime à mourir - after previously singing in her native Spanish and English.  Previous recipients of the Chevalier honour include Kylie Minogue, Tim Burton, Vanessa Paradis, Jude Law and George Clooney.

Frédéric Mitterrand, Shakira and Patricia Kass at Chevalier De L’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres Awards

French Culture Minister, Frederic Mitterrand studies Shakira's medal at the presentation.

Shakira poses for a photo with her parents Nidia and William after the ceremony.

Shakira thanks the French government and people for her honour.

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Famous Quotes of Oprah Winfrey

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Oprah Winfrey (born Orpah Gail Winfrey; January 29, 1954) is an American media proprietor, talk show host, actress, producer and philanthropist. Winfrey is best known for her self-titled, multi-award-winning talk show, which has become the highest-rated program of its kind in history and was nationally syndicated from 1986 to 2011.

Winfrey was born into poverty in rural Mississippi to a teenage single mother and later raised in an inner-city Milwaukee neighborhood. She experienced considerable hardship during her childhood, claiming to be raped at age nine and becoming pregnant at 14; her son died in infancy. Sent to live with the man she calls her father, a barber in Tennessee, Winfrey landed a job in radio while still in high school and began co-anchoring the local evening news at the age of 19.

Oprah Wnfrey at Taj Mahal, India

By the mid 1990s, she had reinvented her show with a focus on literature, self-improvement, and spirituality. From 2006 to 2008, her support of Barack Obama, by one estimate, delivered over a million votes in the close 2008 Democratic primary race. Winfrey's company created the Oprah.com website to provide resources and interactive content relating to her shows, magazines, book club, and public charity. Oprah.com averages more than 70 million page views and more than six million users per month, and receives approximately 20,000 e-mails each week. Winfrey currently lives on "The Promised Land", her 42-acre (170,000 m²) estate with ocean and mountain views in Montecito, California. According to Forbes, in September 2010 Winfrey was worth over $2.7 billion.

Oprah Winfrey Famous Quotes

1. "I do not believe in failure. It is not failure if you enjoyed the process."


2. "You know you are on the road to success if you would do your job, and not be paid for it."


3. "What material success does is provide you with the ability to concentrate on other things that really matter. And that is being able to make a difference, not only in your own life, but in other people's lives."


4. "Unless you choose to do great things with it, it makes no difference how much you are rewarded, or how much power you have."


5. "For everyone of us that succeeds, it's because there's somebody there to show you the way out."


6. "Do the one thing you think you cannot do. Fail at it. Try again. Do better the second time. The only people who never tumble are those who never mount the high wire. This is your moment. Own it."


7. "Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another stepping stone to greatness."


8. "Surround yourself with only people who are going to lift you higher."


9. "So go ahead. Fall down. The world looks different from the ground." "I was raised to believe that excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism. And that's how I operate my life."


10. "I still have my feet on the ground, I just wear better shoes."


11. "I'm black, I don't feel burdened by it and I don't think it's a huge responsibility. It's part of who I am. It does not define me."


12. "I have a lot of things to prove to myself. One is that I can live my life fearlessly."


13. "When I look into the future, it's so bright it burns my eyes."


14. "I am a woman in process. I'm just trying like everybody else. I try to take every conflict, every experience, and learn from it. Life is never dull."


15. "What I know is, is that if you do work that you love, and the work fulfills you, the rest will come." 


16. "All of life is energy and we are transmitting it at every moment."


17. "Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough."


18. "Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure."


19. "I believe that every single event in life happens in an opportunity to choose love over fear."


20. "Follow your instincts. That's where true wisdom manifests itself."


21. "We can't become what we need to be by remaining what we are."


22. "What God intended for you goes far beyond anything you can imagine."


23. "When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time."


24. "As you become more clear about who you really are, you'll be better able to decide what is best for you - the first time around."


25. "If you want to accomplish the goals of your life, you have to begin with the spirit."


26. "It isn't until you come to a spiritual understanding of who you are - not necessarily a religious feeling, but deep down, the spirit within - that you can begin to take control."


27. "My philosophy is that not only are you responsible for your life, but doing the best at this moment puts you I the best place for the next moment."


28. "Passion is energy. Feel the power that comes from focusing on what excites you."


29. "Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody's going to know whether you did it or not."


30. "The biggest adventure you can take is to live the life of your dreams."


31. "The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude."


32. "The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate."


33. "The thing you fear most has no power. Your fear of it is what has the power. Facing the truth really will set you free."


34. "The whole point of being alive is to evolve into the complete person you were intended to be."


35. "Turn your wounds into wisdom."


36. "Understand that the right to choose your own path is a sacred privilege. Use it. Dwell in possibility."


37. "Where there is no struggle, there is no strength."


38. "You CAN have it all. You just can't have it all at once."

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lavish life of Kim Dotcom Megaupload founder (with Photos)

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Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom's online profile was larger-than-life, with fast women, faster cars and chartered planes, yet he lived like a virtual recluse in a sprawling, manicured estate on the outskirts of New Zealand's biggest city, Auckland.

Dotcom, also known as Kim Schmitz, faces extradition to the US over charges of masterminding a scheme that made more than US$175 million (S$221 million) by infringing copyrighted content without authorisation on his online file-sharing website.

Neighbours sometimes saw Dotcom on the winding roads in one of his luxury cars, but no one Reuters spoke to had actually met the multi-millionaire, former hacker.

Dotcom, 38, rents what is reportedly New Zealand's most expensive house, built by the founders of Chrisco Christmas hamper fame and worth an estimated NZ$30 million (S$30 million), with a monthly rental put at NZ$30,000-NZ$40,000.

At the nearby Coatseville general store, garage, cafe and gift shop, everyone told the same story - no one has actually met Dotcom, who reportedly stands two metres tall and weighs more than 130 kg.

Nor has anyone met his wife, who is heavily pregnant with twins, or his three children or know where they go to school.

Here's a look, in photos, at the reclusive but lavish life of Kim Dotcom.

THE DOTCOM MANSION: Dotcom rents what is reportedly New Zealand's most expensive house, worth an estimated NZ$30 million (S$30.6 million), with a monthly rental put at NZ$30,000-NZ$40,000.

THE DOTCOM MANSION: The rented 30-acre property was built by the founders of Chrisco Christmas hamper fame.

FAST CARS: Mercedes-Benz cars which were seized by New Zealand police from Dotcom's residence.

FAST CARS: Dotcom had a penchant for personalised licence plates with outrageous names like "GUILTY", "GOD", and "HACKER".

LAVISH PARTIES: A reported US$10 million was spent on a Monaco party, whose revelry was captured in an online video showing topless women and men spraying champagne on board a superyacht.

Kim Dotcom and Janina Youssefian, a German model.

Dotcom reportedly stands two metres tall and weighs more than 130 kg.

kim dotcom and lavishing party.

Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom, right, is shown in custody.

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Tips: How to upload longer videos on Youtube

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YouTube is the the largest online video destination in the world and the third most visited Website overall. In 2007 wit started at six hours, then in 2010 at 24 hours, then 35, then 48, and now...60 hours of video every minute, an increase of more than 30 percent in the last eight months. The platform comprises the largest video-sharing community in the world and includes users, advertisers and over 10,000 partners. Every minute 24 hours of video uploaded to the site. Hundreds of millions of users spanning the globe come to YouTube to discover and shape the world through video.

Youtube longer size video

All users have the ability to upload videos up to 15 minutes in length. You can attain the ability to upload longer length videos if:

• Your account is in good standing, as determined by the YouTube Community Guidelines.
• You verify your account with a mobile phone.
• Your account has no worldwide Content ID blocks on any content

On the upload page, click the link to Increase your limit to be prompted to verify your account. If you do not have the option to verify your account, or if you lose your access to long uploads, the best first step is to check your account for copyright claims and strikes.

 

• Select your country and then enter your mobile number  Click on “Submit”. You’ll receive a verification code on your mobile.

• Enter the verification code

Your youtube account is verified , Now you can upload videos to a maximum of 12 hours in length.

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