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January 6, 2011

'50 Cent' English Lesson for 'foreigners'... Priceless!

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50 Cent 

  
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is  one of the... 

50 Cent's real name

is Curtis James Jackson III.  

world's most famous and influential rappers. He shot... 

 

He was born in New York in 1975. His mother was murdered when he was eight. He never knew his father. At the age of 12, he started drug dealing and carrying a gun. When he was 14, he competed at boxing in the Junior Olympics. In 1994, he spent six months in prison.

50 Cent started rapping in 1996, after meeting Jam Master Jay of Run-DMC. Jay developed 50 Cent's rapping skills and in 1999, Columbia Records signed him. He recorded a successful single called "How to Rob". Just as his popularity was growing, he was shot nine times outside his home. His record label dropped him and he was unable to find work.

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He moved to Canada and recorded his album 'Guess Who's Back?' In 2002, Eminem heard the album and invited 50 Cent to his home in LA to sign a million-dollar record deal. In 2003, 50 Cent released his smash-hit album 'Get Rich or Die Tryin'. 50 Cent is now an actor and very successful businessman as well as being a rap superstar.
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SYNONYM MATCH

Match the words from the article on the left with their synonyms on the right. Are your answers the same as other students'?
Paragraphs 1 and 2
1. influential a. rose
2 shot b. jail
3. feuding c. selling
4. murdered d. important
5. dealing e. killed
6. prison f. arguing
Paragraphs 3 and 4
7. skills g. let go
8. growing h. contract
9. dropped i. extremely
10. moved j. talent
11 deal k relocated
12 very l increasing

PHRASE MATCH

Match the following phrases from the article:
1. the world's most famous and a. carrying a gun
2 founded his own b. was growing
3. hit the headlines for feuding with c. rapping in 1996
4. he started drug dealing and d. influential rappers
5. he spent six months e. record deal
6. 50 Cent started f. in prison
7. Jay developed 50 Cent's g. successful businessman
8. Just as his popularity h. other rappers
9. sign a million-dollar i. record label
10. 50 Cent is now an actor and very j. rapping skills

LISTENING GAP FILL

50 Cent is one of the world's most ____________________ rappers. He shot to fame ____________________ his albums 'Get Rich or Die Tryin' and 'The Massacre', which sold over 20 million copies. He has also acted in several movies and ___________________ record label. 50 Cent has hit the headlines ____________________ other rappers. ____________________ Curtis James Jackson III. He was born in New York in 1975. His mother _________________ he was eight. He never knew his father. At the age of 12, he started drug __________________ a gun. When he was 14, he competed at boxing in the Junior Olympics. In 1994, he ____________________ prison.
50 Cent started rapping in ____________________ Jam Master Jay of Run-DMC. Jay developed 50 Cent's ____________________ in 1999, Columbia Records signed him. He recorded a successful single called "How to Rob". ____________________ was growing, he was shot nine times outside his home. His record label ________________ was unable to find work.
_________________ and recorded his album 'Guess Who's Back?' In 2002, Eminem heard the __________________ 50 Cent to his home in LA to sign a ____________________ deal. In 2003, 50 Cent released his smash-hit album 'Get Rich or Die Tryin'. 50 Cent is now an actor and very successful businessman ________________ a rap superstar.

CHOOSE THE CORRECT WORD

Delete the wrong word in each of the pairs in italics.
50 Cent is one of the world's most famous and influence / influential rappers. He shot to fame / famous with the release of his albums 'Get Rich or Die Tryin' and 'The Massacre', which sold over 20 million copies. He has also acted on / in several movies and founded his own record label. 50 Cent has hit the headlines for feuding with another / other rappers.
50 Cent's reality / real name is Curtis James Jackson III. He was born in New York in 1975. His mother was murdered when he was eight. He never known / knew his father. At the age of 12, he started drug / drugs dealing and carrying a gun. When he was 14, he competed / completed at boxing in the Junior Olympics. In 1994, he spent six months in prison.
50 Cent started rapping in 1996, after met / meeting Jam Master Jay of Run-DMC. Jay developed 50 Cent's rapping skills and in 1999, Columbia Records signed him. He recorded a successful single called "How to Rob". Just as his popular / popularity was growing, he was shooting / shot nine times outside his home. His record label dropped / drooped him and he was unable to find work. He moved to Canada and recording / recorded his album 'Guess Who's Back?' In 2002, Eminem heard the album and / to invited 50 Cent to his home in LA to sign a million-dollar record deal. In 2003, 50 Cent released his smash-hit album 'Get Rich or Die Tryin'. 50 Cent is know / now an actor and very successful businessman as all / well as being a rap superstar.

SPELLING

The underlined, jumbled words are from the text. Spell them correctly.
Paragraph 1
1. most famous and influential apesrpr
2. the leraese of his albums
3. sold over 20 million osepic
4. hit the edhienals
Paragraph 2
5. His mother was rmurdeed when he was eight
6. he started drug gnieald
7. he oedmptec at boxing
8. he spent six months in oinpsr
Paragraph 3
9. 50 Cent started rnipagp in 1996
10. Columbia Records ngiesd 50 Cent
11. his popularity was nrgogiw
12. he was eaulnb to find work
Paragraph 4
13. odeecrdr his album
14. inivdte 50 Cent to his home
15. sign a million-dollar record leda
16. successful mnsusaibesn

PUT THE TEXT BACK TOGETHER

Number these lines in the correct order.
( ) movies and founded his own record label. 50 Cent has hit the headlines for feuding with other rappers.
( ) 14, he competed at boxing in the Junior Olympics. In 1994, he spent six months in prison.
( ) 50 Cent started rapping in 1996, after meeting Jam Master Jay of Run-DMC. Jay developed 50 Cent's rapping
( 1 ) 50 Cent is one of the world's most famous and influential rappers. He shot to fame with the release of his
( ) called "How to Rob". Just as his popularity was growing, he was shot nine times
( ) and very successful businessman as well as being a rap superstar.
( ) outside his home. His record label dropped him and he was unable to find work.
( ) He moved to Canada and recorded his album 'Guess Who's Back?' In 2002, Eminem heard
( ) the album and invited 50 Cent to his home in LA to sign a million-dollar record
( ) 50 Cent's real name is Curtis James Jackson III. He was born in New York in 1975. His mother was murdered when he was
( ) eight. He never knew his father. At the age of 12, he started drug dealing and carrying a gun. When he was
( )
albums 'Get Rich or Die Tryin' and 'The Massacre', which sold over 20 million copies. He has also acted in several
( )
deal. In 2003, 50 Cent released his smash-hit album 'Get Rich or Die Tryin'. 50 Cent is now an actor
( ) skills and in 1999, Columbia Records signed him. He recorded a successful single

SCRAMBLED SENTENCES

With your partner, put the words back into the correct order.
1. influential the most and rappers world's famous
2. several He also in movies has acted
3. other with feuding for headlines the hit rappers
4. a carrying and dealing drug started he gun
5. in he prison spent In six 1994 months ,
6. Cent's 50 developed Jay skills rapping
7. He called single successful a recorded "How to Rob"
8. was he home his outside times nine shot
9. deal a - record sign million dollar
10. businessman successful very and actor an

50 CENT DISCUSSION

STUDENT A's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)
1. What do you know about 50 Cent?
2. Would you like to meet 50 Cent?
3. What would you like to know about 50 Cent and why?
4. ___________________________________________________
5. ___________________________________________________
6. ___________________________________________________
7. ___________________________________________________
8. ___________________________________________________
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STUDENT B's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)
1. What did you learn from this text about 50 Cent?
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What questions would you like to ask 50 Cent?
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What would his answers be to those questions?
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5. ___________________________________________________
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50 CENT SURVEY

Write five questions about 50 Cent in the table. Do this in pairs/groups. Each student must write the questions on his / her own paper. Without your partner, interview other students. Write down their answers.
STUDENT 1
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STUDENT 2
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STUDENT 3
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Return to your original partner(s) and share and talk about what you found out. Make mini-presentations to other groups on your findings.

WRITING

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HOMEWORK

1. VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Choose several of the words from the text. Use a dictionary or Google's search field (or another search engine) to build up more associations / collocations of each word.
2. INTERNET: Search the Internet and find more information about 50 Cent. Talk about what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson.
3. 50 CENT POSTER: Make a poster showing the different stages of the life of 50 Cent. Show your poster to your classmates in the next lesson. Did you all find out similar things?
4. MAGAZINE ARTICLE: Write a magazine article about 50 Cent. Include an imaginary interview with him. Write about what he does every day and what he thinks about.
Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Give each other feedback on your articles.
5. LETTER: Write a letter to 50 Cent. Ask him three questions about his life. Give him three suggestions on what he should do in his future. Read your letter to your partner(s) in your next lesson. Your "50 Cent expert" partner(s) will try and answer your questions.

ANSWERS

SYNONYM MATCH:
Paragraphs 1 and 2
1. influential a. important
2 shot b. rose
3. feuding c. arguing
4. murdered d. killed
5. dealing e. selling
6. prison f. jail
Paragraphs 3 and 4
7. skills g. talent
8. growing h. increasing
9. dropped i. let go
10. moved j. relocated
11 deal k contract
12 very l extremely
PHRASE MATCH:
1. the world's most famous and a. influential rappers
2 founded his own b. record label
3. hit the headlines for feuding with c. other rappers
4. he started drug dealing and d. carrying a gun
5. he spent six months e. in prison
6. 50 Cent started f. rapping in 1996
7. Jay developed 50 Cent's g. rapping skills
8. Just as his popularity h. was growing
9. sign a million-dollar i. record deal
10. 50 Cent is now an actor and very j. successful businessman
...  to fame with the release of his albums 'Get Rich or Die Tryin' and 'The Massacre', which sold over 20 million copies. He has also acted in several movies and founded his own record label. 50 Cent has hit the headlines for feuding with other rappers.

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i can't believe Jane Aldridge let Nookia use this shot for the print ad

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Jane Aldridge January 6, 11:30 a.m.

(seaofshoes.com)

 

live

 

Eastman Kodak Company (NYSE: EK) announced the speaker lineup for its interactive, in-booth stage K-Zone at the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show (CES). Bringing together the minds and opinions of the people most influential in challenging standards and re-shaping technology, Kodak continues to honor its commitment to innovation and smart technology.

Kodak’s K-Zone will feature compelling discussions from the show floor and streaming live online at ThePulseNetwork.com during the first three days of CES from January 6 through January 8. CES attendees and those tuning in from home will be invited to contribute to the discussions and engage with session panelists on the forefront of the technology revolution.

Mirroring Kodak’s dedication to creating intuitive products and business solutions, K-Zone will feature today’s industry leaders as they discuss emerging technology trends, groundbreaking marketing techniques and what they believe the future holds in store. Panels will explore a new generation of consumer – one affected by an ever-expanding social media landscape – and educate attendees on reaching this consumer. Show visitors and those tuning in remotely will hear from leading women who have successfully impacted the technology industry, as well as teen tech-enthusiasts and early adopters eager to make their mark.

“K-Zone is bringing together a group of iconic individuals who serve as today’s leading voices in technology and represent Kodak’s commitment to the marriage of consumer insights with smart technology innovation,” said Leslie Dance, Director, WW Brand Marketing and Communications Vice President, OCMO, Eastman Kodak Company.

“Through interactive panel discussions surrounding today’s most talked about trends, K-Zone becomes the vehicle through which businesses are able to continue to innovate and evolve, extending beyond the technology itself and into smart solutions tailored to an evolving consumer.”

 

 

- K-Zone commences on January 6 at 11:30 a.m. PST. Panel sessions will be moderated by Leslie Dance and will feature a range of guests, including: * Joseph Jaffe, Chief Interrupter, Powered and author of Flip the Funnel * Scott Kelly, Digital Marketing Manager, Ford * Jared Eng, JustJared.com * Danny Seo, CBS Early Show * Telle Whitney, CEO, Institute for Women in Technology - Jane Aldridge, SeaOfShoes.com

 

http://whatgetsmehot.posterous.com/38765601 Jane Aldridge January 6, 11:30 a.m. (seaofshoes.com) live Eastman Kodak Company (NYSE: EK) announced the speaker lineup for its interactive, in-booth stage K-Zone at the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show (CES). Bringing together the minds and opinions of the people most influent ... Dogmeat

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Bloody Birthday 1981

 

Bloody Birthday (Ed Hunt, 1981)

- I once again caught up with Ed Hunt's excellent 1981 shocker Bloody Birthday this weekend and as this nifty little film has not really been discussed on these forums since the halcyon days of the old Anchor Bay UK Forum's, I felt that now was as good a time as any

For those of you who have yet to see it, the plot of Bloody Birthday begins in 1970 with three babies Debbie, Curtis and Steven being born during a total eclipse. Ten years later and the young trio, who all live in the same small, sleepy American town, are inseparable friends who are rarely, if indeed ever, seen apart. However, the approach of Steven, Curtis and Debbie's tenth birthday coincides with a string of brutal murder's which leave the normally peaceful community shocked, frightened and baffled.

- As it turns out the eclipse on the day of Debbie, Curtis and Steven's birth led to the sun and moon blocking out Saturn, the planet that purportedly governs human emotion. As a result the three children have grown up into cold-blooded, remorseless killers who mercilessly slaughter anyone foolish enough to cross swords with them. Despite their odd behaviour Debbie, Curtis and Steven attract no suspicion due to their tender years and are left free to continue their killing spree. However, things go awry when on of their classmates Timmy and his older teenage sister Joyce see a little too much and finally start to become suspicious of the trio's murderous activities, leading to a terrifying final confrontation as the evil pre-pubescent threesome seek to silence Timmy and Joyce forever.


- While as a general rule of thumb, so-called "killer kid" movies, in my experience at least, tend to be pretty hit and miss, generally provoking either deeply seated chills or unintentional amusement, Bloody Birthday is certainly a superior example of its ilk. Although the film starts out in pretty ponderous fashion, with token distinguished name star Jose Ferrer putting in a brief supporting appearance as the doctor responsible for delivering the three cherubic killers during that fateful solar eclipse, once Hunt's picture hits it stride it really does develop into a class act. Above all Bloody Birthday succeed's in conjuring up an effectively unnerving sense of a previously sleepy, insular and sedate small town being paralysed in the grip of grief and fear as the trio of pre-adolescent culprits scheme and kill with impunity as their tender years and angelic outward demeanour see's them sneak under the radar of suspicion whilst the bodies mount up. As such it really is a testament both to Hunt's direction and to Hunt and co-writer Barry Pearson's surprisingly level-headed script that Bloody Birthday doesn't sacrifice anything in the way of tension or suspense, even though the identities of the killer's are readily established more or less from the films outset.

- Of course it goes without saying that this would all be for nought if Bloody Birthday did not feature memorable child villain's, but fortunately the film delivers more than adequately on this front too. Although the youthful trio of Elizabeth Hoy, Billy Jacoby and Andy Freeman who portray the murderous youngster's Debbie, Curtis and Steven respectively, deliver performance's which fluctuate at times between the coldly diabolical and the merely brattish this is to be expected given their tender years, and the sheer nonchalance with which they set about killing their adult victims, including their own parents and siblings, proves to be genuinely chilling. What is more, Bloody Birthday also provides this deadly, morally ambivalent trio with two sympathetic and likeable foils in the shape of their streetwise classmate Timmy and his wholesome, protective teenage sister Joyce (played by the lovely Lori Lethin) who ultimately find themselves pitted directly against the three seemingly angelic killer's. This eventually culminates in a tense and exciting finale in which an increasingly fearful Timmy and Joyce, having been cornered by the homicidal trio, are forced to use their quick thinking and ingenuity in order to escape with their lives intact. - Following Bloody Birthday the pretty and capable Lethin would go on to appear prominently in both Nicholas Meyer's famed nuclear holocaust themed TV movie The Day After (1983) and the Edwin Brown's backwoods slasher yarn The Prey (1984) (which was actually shot in 1978 but not released until six years later) before settling down into a fairly prolific career as a television character actress making appearance's in numerous high profile American series'. - Elsewhere on the acting front, famed veteran actress Susan Strasberg also puts in a strong cameo appearance as the deadly youngster's unduly stern and prim schoolteacher Miss Davis.


- Although it has a reputation as something of a shocker, Bloody Birthday is actually more restrained than you might imagine in that regard, with Ed Hunt largely avoiding graphic bloodshed, instead preferring to hinge the effectiveness of the films murder set-piece's upon the detached, smirking, ambivalent reactions of the 10 year old murderers to the cold-blooded slayings they are perpetrating. This approach really does work and the intermittent scene's of the youngster's sizing up then matter of factly slaughtering their victims pack a genuine punch. - Hunt doesn't need to throw buckets of gore everywhere, the sight of ten year old children killing with such chilling, detached satisfaction is shocking enough as it is. However, even though Bloody Birthday is far from awash with gore, there is still a playful, almost darkly comic sense of sadistic relish to the violence as the terrible trio utilise baseball bats, hand guns and even a bow and arrow to bring their grown up victims down to size. Meanwhile sleaze hound's and celebrity skin spotter's alike will also no doubt enjoy the scene in which the evil Debbie's precocious older sister Beverly (portrayed by future singer/songwriter and comedienne Julie Brown) performs a raunchy striptease, unaware that the pre-pubescent killer's are illicitly observing her through a secret peephole.


- In conclusion Bloody Birthday, perhaps rather surprisingly, emerges as a genuinely superior example of the killer kid sub genre. Indeed, if we are going to compare like for like then Hunt's film is much closer in terms of quality to the likes of Sean MacGregor's delectably exploitative Devil Times Five (1974), Narciso Ibáñez Serrador's Spanish horror classic Who Can Kill A Child? (aka - Island Of The Damned) (1976) and Robert Voskanian's delightfully creepy and offbeat The Child (1977), than it is to the disposable likes of Fritz Kiersch's muddled Stephen King adaptation Children Of The Corn (1984) and its many interminable sequel's. So while I would not go quite so far as to proclaim Bloody Birthday as some sort of unsung classic, it is certainly an underrated, effective, alternately disturbing and darkly funny early eighties horror film which makes a solid impression thanks to its winning combination of panicked, grieving small town atmosphere, memorably malevolent pre-adolescent killers, vicious set-piece deaths , some well sustained tension and, arguably above all else, an admirable refusal to soft pedal it's depiction of angelic looking ten year olds as cold-blooded, scheming, murdering, amoral psychopath's for reasons of "good taste". Therefore, both the more and the less discerning of horror aficionado's alike owe it to themselves to give Hunt's entertaining effort a second glance.

Recommended.


Bloody Birthday is available on a rather spiffing UK Region 2 DVD from Anchor Bay UK which presents the film itself uncut in an unexceptional yet nevertheless pretty decent 1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen transfer which fluctuates in quality at times, particularly during darker, nighttime sequence's, but on the whole makes for a more than watchable viewing experience. Although there is no mention of it on the packaging, the Anchor Bay UK release also contains a video interview with the films executive Max Rosenberg, who for what it's worth is actually pretty dismissive of the actual film itself. As - I write this the Anchor Bay UK DVD can still easily be picked up online for less than £5 and at that price is frankly impossible to pass up. For the record the Anchor Bay UK DVD is predated by a slightly older US All Region's DVD from VCI which looks to be of very similar specification's and can also still be picked up dirt cheap online. However, some may still find the Anchor Bay UK disc preferable as it include's both Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono and Dolby Digital 5.1 soundtrack options, whereas VCI's release contains only the former.

Bloody Birthday (Anchor Bay UK - UK R2 DVD): amazon.co.uk


http://whatgetsmehot.posterous.com/bloody-birthday-1981 Bloody Birthday (Ed Hunt, 1981) - I once again caught up with Ed Hunt's excellent 1981 shocker Bloody Birthday this weekend and as this nifty little film has not really been discussed on these forums since the halcyon days of the old Anchor Bay UK Forum's, I felt that now was as good a time as any ... Dogmeat

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