The Grammy Awards

By

Isabella Kerba

           Today Sunday January, 26, 2014 is a very exciting day for musical artists and their fans. Today is the 56th annual Grammy Awards. Something unusual this year is that there is a mix of new artists such as Lorde and Kendrick Lamar and old artists such as Led Zeppelin and Paul McCartney. Jay Z leads the list of nominees with nine nominations, and Kendrick Lamar, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Justin Timberlake and Pharrell Williams are not far behind with seven each. Stars like Bonnie Raitt and Lorde have already started celebrating because they got nominated in major categories. There are also some familiar faces, like Katy Perry, Pink, Justin Timberlake and Taylor Swift all hoping to win a gramophone trophy. Who will walk away as a winner on Sunday? Spotify made its own predictions based on song and album streams and came up with "Radioactive," Imagine Dragons for Record of the Year but New Zealand songstress Lorde had a really big hit with "Royals" last year and is in a good position to win. Spotify predicts "The Heist," Macklemore & Ryan Lewis as winner of Album of the Year even though Daft Punk’s "Random Access Memories" made a hit in 2013 and has a shot at winning this award. Spotify predicts that Best New Artist will also go to Macklemore & Ryan Lewis. Song of the year goes to the actual songwriters, while record of the year rewards go to the singer. This year both “Just Give Me a Reason" and "Same Love” have an equal chance of winning Song of the Year. No matter who wins on Sunday, it’s a big honor even to be nominated for the Grammys. The Grammys are not just about the prizes. It is also fun watching the celebrities in their fashionable outfits on the red carpet and the performances are also a big part. A performance to look forward is a duet between Beyonce and Jay Z and another performance starring Madonna. There's really no way to tell who will take home awards until the winners are announced today. It's all up to the Recording Academy's voters, but it is fun to make some guesses. Who do you think will win the gramophone trophies?

Entering 2014 with........Movies!? By Anisha Saboo

           Movie Directors have been up to their fingertips in business this year!! Last year, Disney's new movie, Frozen, and The Hunger Games, Catching Fire made thanksgiving history in the movie hall of fame, Frozen crew making $93,000,000 and the Hunger Games, Catching Fire making $110,000,000. But that was last year. This year, some of the coming PG movies are The LEGO Movie coming out on February 7, The Nut Job coming out on January 17, The Muppet's Most Wanted coming out on March 21, and Mr. Peabody and Sherman coming out on March 7. The LEGO Movie is about an ordinary Lego man who thinks life is awesome, but then suddenly he is chosen to save the world, when there is nothing he knows he can do. The LEGO Movie is directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller. The Nut Job is about a Naughty squirrel, who is not an ordinary color, but after being forced out of his town, he must find a way to win back his 'almost extinct' favorite food----- nuts. The squirrel and his gang must break in and sacrifice their lives, to get those needed nuts. The Nut Job is directed by Peter Lepeniotis. Disney's Muppet's most wanted is a terrific sequel to all of the other Muppet's movies. Muppet's most wanted is about The Muppet's on a grand tour wrapped into an European jewel-heist caper headed by a Kermit The Frog look-alike and his dastardly sidekick. The Muppet's Most Wanted is directed by James Bobin. Walking in dinosaurs is a movie about the creatures that first lived on Earth, you have to imagine you are in the life and era of Dinosaurs, and about how a young dinosaur discovers how to lead in his own way, and learned to have faith in himself. Walking with Dinosaurs was directed by Barry Cook and Neil Nightingale. 

Do you want to watch or have watched any of these movies?? If so, Which one?? Do you think you are going to, or did you enjoy this movie??   

Click here to watch the official trailer Frozen.

Click Here to watch the official trailer of The Nut Job.

Click here to watch the official trailer of The LEGO Movie.