Which actress has the most Oscar nominations?

The Academy Awards, better known as Oscars, are awards by AMPAS (the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences) for the professional achievements in the film industry, including directors, actors and writers.

The first Academy Awards were presented on May 1929, and the 82nd Academy Awards ceremony for the best films in 2009, was on March 7 2010.

These are categories for nominations and awards: the best actor in a leading role, the best actor in a supporting role, the bets actress in a leading role, the best actress in a supporting role, best art direction, best cinematography, best director, best picture, Best Writing – Adapted Screenplay, Best Writing – Original Screenplay, Best Original Song, Best Sound Editing, Best Sound Mixing and others.

The actress with the most nominations for Oscar is talented Meryl Streep. She has received 16 nominations! The first Oscar she won at 1979 for the Kramer vs. Kramer for the best supporting actress. She also won the Oscar for the best actress in Sophie’s choice.

Meryl Streep was born on June 22, 1949 in New Jersey, United States. She works in theater, television and film and it is widely regarded as one of the most talented and respected movie actors.

Here is the list of the films for which Meryl Streep was nominated for:

The Deer Hunter (1978)

Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)

The French Lieutenant’s Woman (1981)

Sophie’s Choice (1982)

Silk wood (1983)

Out of Africa (1985)

Ironweed (1987)

A Cry in the Dark (1988)

Postcards from the Edge (1990)

The Bridges of Madison County (1995)

One True Thing (1998)

Music of the Heart (1999)

Adaptation (2002)

The Devil Wears Prada (2006)

Doubt (2008)

Julie & Julia (2009)

Who recorded werewolves of London?

“Werewolves of London” is a rock song. It is composed by LeRoy Marinell, Waddy Wachtel, and Warren Zevon. Performed by Zevon, it is recorded 1977 and included on his album Excitable Boy, released in 1978. The length of this song is 3:27.

The song scored the 21st place at the American Top 40 charts and remained on it for 6 weeks. This was the best success by Warren Zevon.

People remember this song for its refrain featuring “ah-ooo!!”, and the lyrics “I saw a werewolf drinking a piña colada at Trader Vic’s, his hair was perfect!”

Some interesting information about this song: Jesse Ventura played the song at his inauguration party. In the film The color of money (1986), this song is played in background. Frontier League baseball team was named after song the London Werewolves.

Where can I send a letter to Oprah Winfrey?

Oprah Winfrey is today one of the most famous television hosts. She is also an actress and a producer. Her talk shows are awarded many times and are the highest rated talk program ever. She was born at January 29, 1954 and she had a very difficult childhood. Despite all this, she succeeded and became one of the most rich and popular woman in the world.

The most famous Oprah talk show started on January 2, 1984, it was named AM Chicago and soon became very popular and renamed at The Oprah Winfrey show. It begins to broadcast nationally September 8, 1986. This show is extended until 2011 season at the time it will have 25 years in air.

Oprah has big number of fans and many of them want to get in touch with her. If you want to send letter to Oprah, you have two ways. One is to send a letter to next address:

Fan Mail Address:

Oprah Winfrey
Harpo Studios, Inc.
1058 West Washington Blvd.
Chicago, IL 60607
USA

Or you can send her an e-mail. The easiest way to do this is to visit her website: http://www.oprah.com/index.html

Which American President Is On The Dime ?

Coin worth 0.1 dollar or ten cents in United States is called the dime. Its diameter is 17.99 mm, which makes it the smallest coin in US. It is also the thinnest of all with thickness of 1.35 mm. It is written as 10¢ or $0.10.

Design of all United States coins includes an image of an important person.  The person whose left-facing profile is on the dime is 32^nd United States president Franklin Delano Roosevelt. He was the only four term president of US.

This coin was minted in 1946, the year after Roosevelt’s death. The designer is John Ray Sinnock. It replaced the dime with Liberty head on it.

Biography Of Francisco Baltazar

Francisco Baltazar (April 2, 1788 – February 20, 1862) was Filipino highly appreciated orator and poet. He is known also as Francisco Balagtas and is considered as “Filipinos William  Shakespeare”.

Balagtas learned to write poetry from José de la Cruz (Huseng Sisiw), one of the most famous poets of Tondo.

In 1835, Balagtas moved to Pandacan, where he met Maria Asuncion Rivera, and fell in love with her. One of her suitors, wealthy Mariano Capule ordered Francisco jailed. While Francisco was in jail Capule and Asuncion got married.

Maria Asuncion was the muse for his work. While in prison, Francisco wrote his greatest masterpiece, Florante at Laura.

He wrote his poems in Tagalog, during an age when Filipino writing was predominantly written in Spanish.

He was released from prison in 1838 and found himself in Bataan. He met Juana Tiambeng, courted and married her in July 22,1842. They had 11 offspring.