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  • Major Events of 2012

     

    Sports in 2012

    NBA:Miami Heat over Oklahoma City Thunder 4-1
    NCAA Football:Alabama Crimson Tide
    Heisman Trophy: Johnny Manziel
    Stanley Cup:Los Angeles Kings v New Jersey Devils: 4-2
    Super Bowl XLVII:Baltimore Ravens v San Francisco 49ers 34-31

    World Seris San Francisc Giants v Detroit Tigers 4-0

    Popular Music of 2012

    1."Somebody That I Used to Know" ... Gotye
    2."Call Me Maybe" Carly Rae Jepsen
    3."We Are Young" ...Janelle Monae
    4.Payphone" ... Maroon 5 featuring Wiz Khalifa
    5."Lights" ..Ellie Goulding
    6."Glad You Came" ... The Wanted
    7."Stronger (What Doesnt Kill You)" ... Kelley Clarkson
    8."We Found Love" ...Rihanna
    9."The Voice" ... Nicki Minaj
    10."What Makes You Beautiful" ...One Direction

     

    Popular Movies of 2012

    1.The Avengers
    2.The Dark Knight Rises
    3. The Hunger Games
    4. Skyfall
    5The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
    6. The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn- Part 2
    7.The Amazing Spider -Man
    8. Brave
    9. Ted
    10.Madagascar 3: Europes Most Wanted

     

    Most Popular Books of 2012

    Fiction
    1. "Fifty Shades of Grey" by EL James
    2. "Fifty Shades Darker" by EL James
    3. "Fifty Shades Freedr" by EL James
    4. "The Hunger Games "Suzanne Collins
    5. "Catching Fire" by George R.R. Martin

    Nonfiction
    1. "StrenghtFinder 2.0" by Tom Rath
    2. No Easy Day" by Mark Owen
    3. "Killing Kennedy" by Bill O'Reilly
    4. "Killing Lincoln by Bill O'Reilly"
    5 "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand

     

    Most Popular Television Shows

    1. Sunday Night Football(NBC)
    2.American Idol(FOX)
    3. NCIS(CBS)
    4.American Idol(Fox)
    5. Dancing With the Stars(ABC)
    6. NCIS LA(CBS)
    7. Dancing With the Stars(ABC)
    8. Big Bang Theory(CBS)
    9. Broke Girls(NBC)
    10. Two and Half Men(CBS)

    Nobel Prizes

     

    Chemistry

     

    Mo Yan (China) "who with hallucinatory realism merges folk tales, history and the contemporary"

     

    Literature


    Tomas Tranströmer (Sweden) "because, through his condensed, translucent images, he gives us fresh access to reality."

     

    Peace


    The European Union (EU), which for "over six decades contributed to the advancement of peace and reconciliation, democracy and human rights in Europe"

     

    Physiology or Medicine


    OnOne-half jointly to Sir John B. Gurdon (UK) and Shinya Yamanaka (Japan) for "the discovery that mature cells can be reprogrammed to become pluripotent"

    Physics

     

    One-half to David J. Wineland (France) and one-half jointly to David J. Wineland (U.S.) and Adam G. Riess (U.S.) for "ground-breaking experimental methods that enable measuring and manipulation of individual quantum systems"

    Academy Awards

    Best Picture: "The Artist"
    Best Director: Michel Hazanavicius... "The Artist"
    Best Actor: Jean Dujardin... "The Artist"
    Best Actress:Meryl Streep... "The Iron Lady"

    Grammy Awards
    Record of the Year:
    Song of the Year:
    Album of the Year:
    Male Vocalist:
    Female Vocalist:

    "Rolling in the Deep" – Adele
    "Rolling in the Deep" Adele

    Hillary 21 Adele
    "Just the Way You Are" – Bruno Mars
    "Whie Limo" – Foo Fighters

    Tony Awards

    Best Play: "Clybourne Park" - Nick Stafford
    Best Musical: "Once"
    Best Actor in a play: James Corden"One Two Guvnors"
    Best Actress in a play:Nina Arlanda..."Venus in Fur"
    Best Actor in a musical: Steven Kazee... "Once"
    Best Actress in a musical:Audra McDonald... "The Gershwins Porgy and Bess"

     

    Pulitzer Prize

    Drama:
    Fiction:
    History:

    International Reporting:
    National Reporting:
    Public Service:

    Quiara Algria Hudes... "Water by the Spoonful"
    Non Given
    Manning Marable.. "Malcolm X A Life of Reinvention"

     

    Jeffrey Gettleman ... "New York Times"
    David Wood.. "The Huffington Post"
    "The Philadelphia Inquirer"