Apex High School Presents the AHS Strings Booster Concert

Mariane Ghazaleh 
Staff Writer

Apex High Strings is holding a fundraising concert this Friday night. Doors open at 6:30p.m. and the show starts at 7p.m. Come support the Apex High Strings Program with a $5.00 ticket fee. Individual and student led performances of all different genres of music, a bake sale, and a silent auction promises a great night! Your support and generosity are greatly appreciated! See you there! 

Oscar 2014 Nominations

Shauna Hines 
Staff Writer

The Oscars air Sunday, March 2 at 7:00 pm on ABC.  Listed below are a few of the major Oscar categories and their nominations:

• Best Picture
• American Hustle

Charles Roven, Richard Suckle, Megan Ellison, and Jonathan Gordon

• Captain Phillips

Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti and Michael De Luca

• Dallas Buyers Club

Robbie Brenner and Rachel Winter

• Gravity

Alfonso Cuarón and David Heyman

• Her

Megan Ellison, Spike Jonze and Vincent Landay

• Nebraska

Albert Berger and Ron Yerxa

• Philomena

Gabrielle Tana, Steve Coogan and Tracey Seaward

• 12 Years a Slave

Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Steve McQueen and Anthony Katagas

• The Wolf of Wall Street

Martin Scorsese, Leonardo DiCaprio, Joey McFarland and Emma Tillinger Koskoff

·         Actor in a Leading Role

• Christian Bale

American Hustle

• Bruce Dern

Nebraska

• Leonardo DiCaprio

The Wolf of Wall Street

• Chiwetel Ejiofor

12 Years a Slave

• Matthew McConaughey

Dallas Buyers Club

• Actress in a Leading Role
• Amy Adams

American Hustle

• Cate Blanchett

Blue Jasmine

• Sandra Bullock

Gravity

• Judi Dench

Philomena

• Meryl Streep

August: Osage County

• Actor in a Supporting Role
• Bradley Cooper

            American Hustle

• Barkhad Abdi

            Captain Phillips

• Michael Fassbender

12 Years a Slave

• Jonah Hill

The Wolf of Wall Street

• Jared Leto

Dallas Buyers Club

• Actress in a Supporting Role
• Sally Hawkins

Blue Jasmine

• Jennifer Lawrence

American Hustle

• Lupita Nyong'o

12 Years a Slave

• Julia Roberts

August: Osage County

• June Squibb

Nebraska

• Animated Feature Film
• The Croods

Chris Sanders, Kirk DeMicco and Kristine Belson

• Despicable Me 2

Chris Renaud, Pierre Coffin and Chris Meledandri

• Ernest & Celestine

Benjamin Renner and Didier Brunner

• Frozen

Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee and Peter Del Vecho

• The Wind Rises

Hayao Miyazaki and Toshio Suzuki

• Cinematography
• The Grandmaster

Philippe Le Sourd

• Gravity

Emmanuel Lubezki

• Inside Llewyn Davis

Bruno Delbonnel

• Nebraska

Phedon Papamichael

• Prisoners

Roger A. Deakins

• Costume Design
• American Hustle

Michael Wilkinson

• The Grandmaster

William Chang Suk Ping

• The Great Gatsby

Catherine Martin

• The Invisible Woman

Michael O'Connor

• 12 Years a Slave

Patricia Norris

• Directing
• American Hustle

David O. Russell

• Gravity

Alfonso Cuarón

• Nebraska

Alexander Payne

• 12 Years a Slave

Steve McQueen

• The Wolf of Wall Street

Martin Scorsese

• Makeup and Hairstyling
• Dallas Buyers Club

Adruitha Lee and Robin Mathews

• Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa

Stephen Prouty

• The Lone Ranger

Joel Harlow and Gloria Pasqua-Casny

• Music

Original Score

• The Book Thief

John Williams

• Gravity

Steven Price

• Her

William Butler and Owen Pallett

• Philomena

Alexandre Desplat

• Saving Mr. Banks

Thomas Newman

• Music

Original Song

• "Alone Yet Not Alone" from ALONE YET NOT ALONE

Music by Bruce Broughton; Lyric by Dennis Spiegel

• "Happy" from DESPICABLE ME 2

Music and Lyric by Pharrell Williams

• "Let It Go" from FROZEN

Music and Lyric by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez

• "The Moon Song" from HER

Music by Karen O; Lyric by Karen O and Spike Jonze

• "Ordinary Love" from MANDELA: LONG WALK TO FREEDOM

Music by Paul Hewson, Dave Evans, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen; Lyric by Paul Hewson

• Visual Effects
• Gravity

Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, Dave Shirk and Neil Corbould

• The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton and Eric Reynolds

• Iron Man 3

Christopher Townsend, Guy Williams, Erik Nash and Dan Sudick

• The Lone Ranger

Tim Alexander, Gary Brozenich, Edson Williams and John Frazier

• Star Trek Into Darkness

Roger Guyett, Patrick Tubach, Ben Grossmann and Burt Dalton

• Writing

Adapted Screenplay

• Before Midnight

Written by Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke

• Captain Phillips

Screenplay by Billy Ray

• Philomena

Screenplay by Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope

• 12 Years a Slave

Screenplay by John Ridley

• The Wolf of Wall Street

Screenplay by Terence Winter

• Writing

Original Screenplay

• American Hustle

Written by Eric Warren Singer and David O. Russell

• Blue Jasmine

Written by Woody Allen

• Dallas Buyers Club

Written by Craig Borten & Melisa Wallack

• Her

Written by Spike Jonze

• Nebraska

Written by Bob Nelson

Where you can go to these movies…

Beaver Creek Cinema (Apex, NC):

American Hustle

12 Years a Slave

The Wolf of Wall Street

August: Osage County

Frozen

Saving Mr. Banks

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

Redbox:

Captain Phillips

Blue Jasmine

The Croods

Prisoners

Dispicable Me 2

The Great Gatsby

Dallas Buyers Club

Iron Man 3

Star Trek Into Darkness

Before Midnight

The Lone Ranger

Coming Soon to Redbox:

Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa (January 28)

All is Lost (February 11)

Gravity

The Book Thief

Regal Crossroads Stadium (Cary, NC):

Her

Lone Survivor

Park West Village 14 (Morrisvile, NC):

Inside Llewyn Davis

Philomena

Raleigh Grande 16 (Raleigh, NC):

Nebraska

The Invisible Women

Carmike 15 (Raleigh, NC):

Alone Yet Not Alone

Music's Biggest Night is Back

Sarah Kebea

Staff Writer

The 56^th Annual Grammy Awards will air this Sunday, January 26, on CBS at eight p.m.  Performances of the night include Kendrick Lamar with Imagine Dragons, Lorde, Beyoncé, Robin Thicke with Chicago, and Paul McCartney with Ringo Starr.  The complete list of categories and their nominees can be found on the 2014 Grammy’s website, but listed below are some of the most talked about categories for Music’s Biggest Night:  

Record of the Year:

“Get Lucky”-Daft Punk with Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers

“Radioactive”-Imagine Dragons

“Royals”-Lorde

“Locked Out of Heaven”-Bruno Mars

“Blurred Lines”-Robin Thicke featuring T.I. and Pharrell Williams

Album of the Year:

The Blessed Unrest-Sara Bareilles

Random Access Memories-Daft Punk

Good Kid, M.A.A.D. City-Kendrick Lamar

The Heist-Macklemore and Ryan Lewis

Red-Taylor Swift

Song of the Year:

“Just Give Me a Reason”- Jeff Bhasker, Pink and Nate Ruess (PiNK featuring Nate Ruess)

“Locked Out of Heaven”-Philip Lawrence, Ari Levine and Bruno Mars (Bruno Mars)

“Roar”-Lukasz Gottwald, Max Martin, Bonnie McKee, Katy Perry and Henry Walter (Katy Perry)

“Royals”-Joel Little and Ella Yelich a.k.a Lorde (Lorde)

"Same Love"-Ben Haggerty a.k.a. Macklemore, Mary Lambert and Ryan Lewis (Macklemore and Ryan Lewis featuring Mary Lambert)

Best New Artist:

Kacey Musgraves

Ed Sheeran

Macklemore and Ryan Lewis

Kendrick Lamar

James Blake

Best Pop Vocal Album:

Paradise-Lana Del Rey

Pure Heroine-Lorde

Unorthodox Jukebox-Bruno Mars

Blurred Lines-Robin Thicke

The 20/20 Experience: The Complete Experience-Justin Timberlake

Best Alternative Music Album:

The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You-Neko Case

Trouble Will Find Me-The National

Hesitation Marks-Nine Inch Nails

Lonerism-Tame Impala

Modern Vampires of the City-Vampire Weekend

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration:

“Power Trip”-J. Cole featuring Miguel

“Part II (On The Run)”-Jay Z featuring Beyoncé

“Holy Grail”-Jay Z featuring Justin Timberlake

“Now or Never”-Kendrick Lamar featuring Mary J. Blige

“Remember You”-Wiz Khalifa featuring The Weeknd

Best Song Written for Visual Media:

“Atlas” written for The Hunger Games: Catching Fire-Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion and Chris Martin (Coldplay)

“Silver Lining” written for Silver Linings Playbook-Diane Warren (Jessie J)

“Skyfall” written for Skyfall-Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth (Adele)

“We Both Know” written for Safe Haven-Colbie Caillat and Gavin DeGraw (Colbie Caillat featuring Gavin DeGraw)

“Young and Beautiful” written for The Great Gatsby-Lana Del Rey and Rick Nowels (Lana Del Rey)

“You’ve Got Time” written for Orange Is the New Black-Regina Spektor (Regina Spektor)

Best Country Song:

“Begin Again”-Taylor Swift (Taylor Swift)

“Mine Would Be You”-Jessi Alexander, Connie Harrington and Deric Ruttan (Blake Shelton)

“I Drive Your Truck”-Jessi Alexander,, Connie Harrington and Jimmy Yeary (Lee Brice)

“Mama’s Broken Heart”-Brandy Clark, Shane McAnally and Kacey Musgraves (Miranda Lambert)

“Merry Go ‘Round”-Shane McAnally, Kacey Musgraves and Josh Osborne (Kacey Musgraves)