Major Event/ Sports /Nobel Prizes/Pulitzer Prizes/Academy/ Popular Movies/ Popular Books /Popular Television Shows/ Popular Music/ Grammy Awards/
Major Events of 2011
- Representative Gabriel Gifford Shot
- Civil War in Libya
- Tzunami in Japan
- Demonstrations Break out in Syria
- Osama Bin Laden Killed
- Last Space Shuttle Mission
- Terror in Norway
Sports
NBA: Dallas Maverick v Miami Heat: 4-2
NCAA Football:Alabama Crimson Tide
Heisman Trophy: Robert Griffin III: 1,073
Stanley Cup:Boston Bruins v Vancover Canucks : 4-3
Super Bowl XLV:Pittsburgh Steeler v Green Bay Packers:31-25
World Seris St Louis Cardinals v Texas Rangers 4-3
Popular Music of 2011
1."Rolling in the Deep" ... Adele
2."Party Rock Anthem" ..Lauren Bennet & GoonRock
3."Fireword" ... Katy Perry
4."E.T." ... Katy Perry Featuring Kanye West
5."Give Me Everything" ..Pitbull Featuring Ne-Yo, Afrojack & Nayer
6."Grenade" ... Bruno Mars
7."Forget You" ... Cee Lo Green
8."Super Bass" ... Nicki Minaj
9."Moves Like Jagger" ... Maroon 5 feat. Christina Aguilera
10."Just Can't Get Enough" ... Black Eyed Peas
Popular Movies of 2011
1.Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Par
2. Transformers: Dark of the Moon
3. The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1
4. The Hangover Part II
5.Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
6. Fast Five
7. Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
8. Cars 2
9. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
10. Thor
Fiction
1. "Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins
2. "Inheritance" by Chirstopher Paolini
3. "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins
4. "Catching Fire"Suzanne Collins
5. "Dance with Dragons" by George R.R. Martin
Nonfiction
1. "Steven Jobs" by Walter Isaacson
2. "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand
3. "Killing Lincoln" by Bill O'Reilly
4. "Tina Fey: Bossypants"
by Tina Fey
5 "The 4 hour Body" byTimithy Ferriss
1. Sunday Night Football(NBC)
2.American Idol(FOX)
3. Voice(NBC)
4.Modern Family(ABC)
5. American Idol(FOX)
6. Big Bang Theory(CBC)
7. Two and Half Men(CBS)
8. X-Factor (FOX)
9. Broke Girls(CBS)
10. Grey's Anatomy(ABC)
Nobel Prizes
Chemistry
Dan Shechtman (Israel) for "the discovery of quasicrystals"
Literature
Tomas Tranströmer (Sweden) "because, through his condensed, translucent images, he gives us fresh access to reality."
Peace
Jointly to Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (Liberia), Leymah Gbowee (Liberia), and Tawakkul Karman (Yemen) "for their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women's rights to full participation in peace-building work."
Physiology or Medicine
One-half jointly to Bruce A. Beutler (U.S.) and Jules A. Hoffmann(Luxembourg) "for their discoveries concerning the activation of innate immunity"; and one-half to Ralph M. Steinman (Canada) "for his discovery of the dendritic cell and its role in adaptive immunity"
Physics
One-half to Saul Perlmutter (U.S.) and one-half jointly to Brian P. Schmidt(Australia) and Adam G. Riess (U.S.) for "the discovery of the accelerating expansion of the Universe through observations of distant supernovae"
Academy Awards
Best Picture: "The Kings Speech"
Best Director: Tom Hopper... "The Kings Speech"
Best Actor: Colin Firth... "The Kings Speech"
Best Actress: Natalie Portman... "Black Swan"
Grammy Awards
| Record of the Year: Song of the Year: Album of the Year: Male Vocalist: Female Vocalist: |
""Need You Now" – Lady Antebellum "Need You Now" Dave Haywood, Josh Kear, Charles Kelley & Hillary Scott, songwriters (Lady Antebellum) "Just the Way You Are" – Bruno Mars "Bad Romance" – Lady Gaga |
Tony Awards
Best Play: "War Horse" - Nick Stafford
Best Musical: "The Book of Mormon"
Best Actor in a play: Mark Rylances "Jerusalem"
Best Actress in a play: Frances McDormand... Good People"
Best Actor in a musical: Norbert Leo Butz... "Catch Me If You Can"
Best Actress in a musical: Sutton Foster... "Anything Goes"
Pulitzer Prize
| Drama: Fiction: History: International Reporting: National Reporting: Public Service: |
Bruce Norris ... "Clybourne Park"
Clifffor J Levy and Ellen Barry ... "New York Times" |
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