Showing posts with label Awards. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Awards. Show all posts

Peoples Choice Awards 2011


The winners this year in different categories for Peoples Choice Awards 2011 include:
MOVIE:
  • Favourite Movie: The Twilight Saga: Eclipse,
  • Actor and Actress: Johnny Depp and Kristen Stewart,
  • Action Movie: Iron Man 2,
  • Actor Star: Jackie Chen.
  • Family Movie: Toy Story 3,
  • Comedy Movie: Grown Ups,
  • Comedic Star: Adam Sandler,
  • On Screen Team: Robert pattinson, Kristen stewant, Taylor Lautner (The Twilight Saga: Eclipse),
  • Horror Movie: A Nighmare on Elm Street.
TELIVISION:
  • Favourite Drama: House MD,
  • Drama Actor and Actress: Hugh Laurie Edelstein,
  • Favourite Comedy: Glee,
  • Comedy Actor and Actress: Neil Patrick Harris and Jane Lynch,
  • Competition Show: American Idol,
  • Crime Drama: Lie to me, Crime
  • Fighter: Tim Roth, Lie to Me,
  • Sci-fi/Fantasy Show: Fringe,
  • Talk Show Host: Conan O’ Brien,
  • Obsession: Dexter,
  • Guilty Pleasure: Keeping Up with the Kardashians,
  • Doctor: Gregory House, Hugh Laurie,
  • Family: The Simpsons,
  • Family Movie: Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam,
  • New Drama: Hawaii Five-o,
  • New Comedy: Bleep My Dad Says.
  • Music: Favourite Song and Music Video: Love The way you Lie By Eminem and Katy Perry,
  • Rock Band: Paramore,
  • Pop Artist: Rihanna,
  • Country Artist: Taylor Swift,
  • R&B Artist: Usher,
  • Breakout Artist: Selena Gomez.

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Winners of 53rd Annual Grammy Awards



List and name of Winners of 53rd Annual Grammy Awards:
  • Album of the Year: Arcade Fire – The Suburbs

  • Record of the Year: Lady Antebellum – “Need You Now”

  • Best New Artist: Esperanza Spalding

  • Song of the Year: Lady Antebellum – “Need You Now”

  • Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals: Train – “Hey, Soul Sister (Live)

  • Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals: Herbie Hancock, Pink, India.Arie, Seal, Konono No. 1, Jeff Beck and Oumou Sangare – “Imagine”

  • Best Dance Recording: Rihanna – “Only Girl (In the World)”

  • Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals: The Black Keys – “Tighten Up”

  • Best Hard Rock Performance : Them Crooked Vultures – “New Fang”

  • Best Rock Song: Neil Young – “Angry World”

  • Best Alternative Music Album: The Black Keys – Brothers

  • Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals: Sade – “Soldier of Love”

  • Best Contemporary R&B Album: Usher – Raymond v. Raymond

  • Best Rap/Sung Collaboration: Jay-Z and Alicia Keys – “Empire State of Mind”

  • Best Rap Song: Jay-Z and Alicia Keys – “Empire State of Mind”

  • Best Rap Album: Eminem – Recovery

  • Best Country Collaboration With Vocals: Zac Brown Band and Alan Jackson – “As She’s Walking Away”

  • Best Country Song: Lady Antebellum – “Need You Now”

  • Best Country Album: Lady Antebellum – Need You Now

  • Best Americana Album: Mavis Staples – You Are Not Alone

  • Best Traditional Blues Album: Pinetop Perkins and Willie “Big Eyes” Smith – Joined at the Hip

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    Independence Day Gallantry Awards 2011


    There are no winners of Ashok Chakra and Kirti Chakra, the highest and the second highest peacetime bravery awards, this time around.
    14 security personnel honored with Shaurya Chakra, country’s third highest peacetime bravery award, are:
    • Major Abhishek Chakrabarty - Army Air Defense / 23 Rashtriya Rifles
    • Major Kartik Raja - Regiment of Artillery / 21 Assam Rifles
    • Major Dushyant Singh Shekhawat – 8th Battalion The Dogra Regiment
    • Captain Saurabh Dhamija - 3rd Battalion The Parachute Regiment (Special Forces)
    • Captain Tapas Kumar Deka - 21st Battalion The Parachute Regiment (Special Forces)
    • Lieutenant Abhinav Tripathi - 15th Battalion The Dogra Regiment
    • Havildar Panchu Gopal Roy – Parachute Regiment/31 Rashtriya Rifles
    • Naik Rajesh Kumar - 3rd Battalion The Parachute Regiment (special force)
    • Lance Naik Chandan Singh - 17th Battalion The Kumaon Regiment Rifles
    • Anirudh Yadav – 3 Assam Rifles (Posthumous)
    • Paratrooper Padam Bahadur Poudel – 21st Battalion The Parachute Regiment (special force)
    • Commander Firdaus Darabshas Mogal,(0473-z) (Posthumous) (Navy)
    • Shri Ashish Kumar Tiwary - Constable (General Duty), Central Reserve Police Force (Posthumous) (Ministry of Home Affairs).
    Other Awards: Awards given to Armed forces personnel and members of Paramilitary forces also include:
    • 3 Bar to sena medal (Gallantry)
    • 114 sena Medal (Gallantry)
    • 3 Nao Sena Medal (Gallantry)
    • 3 Vayu Sena Medal (Gallantry).
    Among 930 police personnel decorated with Gallantry and other service medals, CRPF has Bagged the maximum medals.

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    Davis Cup Championship Winner Countries since 1990


    Below is the list of Davis Cup Championship Winner Countries since 1990. In total, 13 nations have been crowned Davis Cup champion ince USA won the inaugural competition in 1900. In 1901 and 1910, finals were not played where as in  1974, South Africa won by walkover.
    YearWinnerWon byAgainstVenue
    2010Serbia3 – 2FranceBelgrade Arena, Belgrade
    2009Spain5 – 0Czech RepPalau Sant Jordi, Barcelona
    2008Spain3 – 1ArgentinaEstadio Islas Malvinas, Mar del Plata
    2007USA4 – 1RussiaMemorial Coliseum, Portland, OR
    2006Russia3 – 2ArgentinaOlympic Stadium, Moscow
    2005Croatia3 – 2Slovak RepSibamac Arena National TC, Bratislava
    2004Spain3 – 2USAEstadio Olimpico De Sevilla, Seville
    2003Australia3 – 1SpainMelbourne Park, Melbourne
    2002Russia3 – 2FrancePalais Omnisports Bercy, Paris
    2001France3 – 2AustraliaMelbourne Park, Melbourne, VIC
    2000Spain3 – 1AustraliaPalau Sant Jordi, Barcelona
    1999Australia3 – 2FranceAcropolis Exhibition Hall, Nice
    1998Sweden4 – 1ItalyForum, Milan
    1997Sweden5 – 0USAScandinavium, Gothenburg
    1996France3 – 2SwedenMassan Hall, Malmo
    1995USA3 – 2RussiaOlympic Stadium, Moscow
    1994Sweden4 – 1RussiaOlympic Stadium, Moscow
    1993Germany4 – 1AustraliaExhibition Hall, Dusseldorf
    1992USA3 – 1SwitzerlandTarrant County Centre, Fort Worth, TX
    1991France3 – 1USAGerland Sports Palace, Lyon
    1990USA3 – 2AustraliaSun Coast Dome, St Petersburg, FL
    1989Germany F.R.3 – 2SwedenSchleyer Halle, Stuttgart
    1988Germany F.R.4 – 1SwedenThe Scandinavium, Gothenburg
    1987Sweden5 – 0IndiaThe Scandinavium, Gothenburg
    1986Australia3 – 2SwedenKooyong, Melbourne, VIC
    1985Sweden3 – 2Germany F.R.Olympia Halle, Munich
    1984Sweden4 – 1USAThe Scandinavium, Gothenburg
    1983Australia3 – 2SwedenKooyong, Melbourne, VIC
    1982USA4 – 1FranceSports Palace, Grenoble
    1981USA3 – 1ArgentinaRiverfront Coliseum, Cincinnati, OH
    1980Czechoslovakia4 – 1ItalySportovni Hall, Prague
    1979USA5 – 0ItalyCivic Auditorium, San Francisco, CA
    1978USA4 – 1Great BritainMission Hills CC, Rancho Mirage, CA
    1977Australia3 – 1ItalyWhite City Stadium, Sydney, NSW
    1976Italy4 – 1ChileEstadio Nacional, Santiago
    1975Sweden3 – 2CzechoslovakiaKungliga Tennishallen, Stockholm
    1974South Africa-IndiaSouth Africa won by walkover
    1973Australia5 – 0USAPublic Auditorium, Cleveland, OH
    1972USA3 – 2RomaniaClub Sportiv Progresul, Bucharest
    1971USA3 – 2RomaniaOlde Providence RC, Charlotte, NC
    1970USA5 – 0Germany F.R.Harold Clark Courts, Cleveland, OH
    1969USA5 – 0RomaniaHarold Clark Courts, Cleveland, OH
    1968USA4 – 1AustraliaMemorial Drive, Adelaide, SA
    1967Australia4 – 1SpainMilton Courts, Brisbane, QLD
    1966Australia4 – 1IndiaKooyong, Melbourne, VIC
    1965Australia4 – 1SpainWhite City Stadium, Sydney, NSW
    1964Australia3 – 2USAHarold Clark Courts, Cleveland, OH
    1963USA3 – 2AustraliaMemorial Drive, Adelaide, SA
    1962Australia5 – 0MexicoMilton Courts, Brisbane, QLD
    1961Australia5 – 0ItalyKooyong, Melbourne, VIC
    1960Australia4 – 1ItalyWhite City Stadium, Sydney, NSW
    1959Australia3 – 2USAWest Side TC, Forest Hills, NY
    1958USA3 – 2AustraliaMilton Courts, Brisbane, QLD
    1957Australia3 – 2USAKooyong, Melbourne, VIC
    1956Australia5 – 0USAMemorial Drive, Adelaide, SA
    1955Australia5 – 0USAWest Side TC, Forest Hills, NY
    1954USA3 – 2AustraliaWhite City Stadium, Sydney, NSW
    1953Australia3 – 2USAKooyong, Melbourne, VIC
    1952Australia4 – 1USAMemorial Drive, Adelaide, SA
    1951Australia3 – 2USAWhite City Stadium, Sydney, NSW
    1950Australia4 – 1USAWest Side TC, Forest Hills, NY
    1949USA4 – 1AustraliaWest Side TC, Forest Hills, NY
    1948USA5 – 0AustraliaWest Side TC, Forest Hills, NY
    1947USA4 – 1AustraliaWest Side TC, Forest Hills, NY
    1946USA5 – 0AustraliaKooyong, Melbourne, VIC
    1939Australia3 – 2USAMerion CC, Haverford, PA
    1938USA3 – 2AustraliaGermantown CC, Philadelphia, PA
    1937USA4 – 1Great BritainAELTC, Wimbledon, London
    1936Great Britain3 – 2AustraliaAELTC, Wimbledon, London
    1935Great Britain5 – 0USAAELTC, Wimbledon, London
    1934Great Britain4 – 1USAAELTC, Wimbledon, London
    1933Great Britain3 – 2FranceRoland Garros, Paris
    1932France3 – 2USARoland Garros, Paris
    1931France3 – 2Great BritainRoland Garros, Paris
    1930France4 – 1USARoland Garros, Paris
    1929France3 – 2USARoland Garros, Paris
    1928France4 – 1USARoland Garros, Paris
    1927France3 – 2USAGermantown CC, Philadelphia, PA
    1926USA4 – 1FranceGermantown CC, Philadelphia, PA
    1925USA5 – 0FranceGermantown CC, Philadelphia, PA
    1924USA5 – 0AustraliaGermantown CC, Philadelphia, PA
    1923USA4 – 1AustraliaWest Side TC, Forest Hills, NY
    1922USA4 – 1AustraliaWest Side TC, 238th Street, NY
    1921USA5 – 0JapanWest Side TC, 238th Street, NY
    1920USA5 – 0AustraliaDomain CC, Auckland
    1919Australia4 – 1Great BritainDouble Bay Grounds, Sydney, NSW
    1914Australia3 – 2USAWest Side TC, Forest Hills, NY
    1913USA3 – 2Great BritainWorple Road, Wimbledon, London
    1912British Isles3 – 2AustralasiaAlbert Ground, Melbourne, VIC
    1911Australasia5 – 0USAHagley Park, Christchurch
    1910Australasia-British IslesFinal not played
    1909Australasia5 – 0USADouble Bay Grounds, Sydney, NSW
    1908Australasia3 – 2USAAlbert Ground, Melbourne, VIC
    1907Australasia3 – 2British IslesWorple Road, Wimbledon, London
    1906British Isles5 – 0USAWorple Road, Wimbledon, London
    1905British Isles5 – 0USAWorple Road, Wimbledon, London
    1904British Isles5 – 0BelgiumWorple Road, Wimbledon, London
    1903British Isles4 – 1USALongwood CC, Boston, MA
    1902USA3 – 2British IslesCrescent AC, Brooklyn, NY
    1901USA-British IslesFinal not played
    1900USA3 – 0British IslesLongwood CC, Boston, MA


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