81st Annual Academy Awards!! (by Lorena)

On Sunday, February 22nd 2009, the Oscars (the 81st Annual Academy Awards) took place, in the Kodak Theatre, in Los Angeles. As every year, since the past 81 years, actors, directors, writers, producers, etc received a prize (which is a golden human shaped statue "Oscar") for acting/directing/producing/etc a film that was out in 2008 (the Oscars are given out in categories such as best music, visual effects, film editing, directing, etc).
I like to watch this show because I love to see those handsome actors walking through the red carpet, and actresses modeling cute dresses. I also like to remember all those people that died in 2008, maybe I don't know most of them, but the ones I do are going to stay in my heart and mind forever, for performing such good characters in movies; for example Heath Ledger!
Another thing I like about Oscars is that you can remind yourself of all those movies you saw, but also get and idea of the ones you haven't seen yet.
The only thing I hate in Oscars especially in this year's is that: according to who does the actors/directors etc receive the Oscar? I hate that a movie that I thought was good (like The Curious Case of Benjamin Button)receives a few Oscars or not at all (e.g. Australia) and another one receives a lot (like Slumdog Millionaire (which I haven't seen yet and is probably great)) but maybe one of those Oscars that the film received, was deserved by another one.
I don't think it's quite fair that only one actor/actress between 5 others receive the Oscar, while all/most of them made a great performance and deserve a prize each.
To see more about the 81st Annual Academy Awards go to:
http://www.oscars.com/

Are the Oscars interesting or not?

The Oscars are presented anually to recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry, including directors, actors, writers, usw. In the film industry the Oscars arent just a celebration, where the people should look perfect but they are where they job is being judge. The Oscars are something big, they nominate their job, but they also reward it.

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Journey's End (by Lorena)

Journey's End is a play that was written by R. C. Sherriff in 1928, based in the problems and situations that people lived during World War I.
The setting is located in the trenches (excavations in the earth, where people used to hide from their enemies and sometimes build a room (dugout) where they slept underground)of St. Quentin, France (in 1918.)
The author somehow wrote this book to express his own experiences in this important war. He lets the reader know how difficult it was to live in those conditions, without even knowing if the following day you'd be alive.
Throughout the play,you can notice that not everything you expect is exactly how you wanted or thought it was; for example in Journey's End it talks about heroes and role models to people that when they get to know them better, get a totally different impression.
Characters:
* Colonel
* Captain Hardy
* Captain Stanhope
* Second Lieutenant Hibbert
* Second Lieutenant Trotter
* Second Lieutenant Raleigh
* Lieut. Osborne
* Sergeant Major
* Private Mason
* German Soldier

For more information about Journey's End or R.C. Sherriff, visit: http://www.bookrags.com/wiki/Journey%27s_End
http://www.bookrags.com/biography/robert-cedric-sherriff-dlb3/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journey%27s_End
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._C._Sherriff