March 27, News Article

http://shine.yahoo.com/beauty/miss-universe-canada-disqualifies-transsexual-contestant-she-born-192000420.html

I read an article about how Miss Universe Canada officials have just banned a 23 year old transsexual because she wasn't born a woman. Jenna Talackova was 1 out of 65 different woman chosen, and the contest is owned by Donald Trump. Talackova isn't giving up though. She's calling it a human rights issue and has many supporters by her side. She stated "All I can say is that they disqualified me because I'm not 'natural born. "[That] doesn't make sense because since I was conscious, I always felt this way." So far, over 21,000 people have signed a petition demanding she be aloud to compete. I feel that even though they shouldn't have had that be a rule to begin with, Talackova should respect that that was their rule from the start and she probably knew that going into the competition.

March 26, News Article: Hunger Games

http://movies.yahoo.com/news/box-office-shocker-hunger-games-third-best-opening-154614434.html

Hunger Games beats Twilight! I read about how The Hunger Games makes history by opening up with $155 million at the domestic box office. Similar to the Twilight sequence, The Hunger Games is going to have three more movies and split the last book up into two movies. Unlike Twilight though, The Hunger Games attracted both a male and female audience. Even though it was PG 13, I think it was still good. I thought it wouldn't have certain gory details that the books were said to have, but the movie satisfied me. They used really good actors and I liked that it kept me entertained the whole time. I already can't wait for the next movies to come out!