Born and raised in Hutchinson, MN until I was 19. Then moved to the Twin Cities to pursue radio at Brown College in Mendota Heights. I lived in the Twins Cities for two years as I was going to school until I got my first radio job out in the middle of Wisconsin (Toughest years of my life. : P) After about two years of that, I made my way back home, or close to it in Willmar and have been having fun everyday as a part of the Big Country/Q102 Crew.
When I was young, I wanted to be? Didn’t really matter, just as long as it didn’t involve real work. So I guess I succeeded! AWESOME!
Alma Mater? Hutchinson High School and Brown College.
Family? Single…kinda. In a wonderful relationship for over 2 years.
What was you favorite subject in school? Umm…none. Maybe shop class. Stay in school kids!
Favorite CD/Album/Digital Download? Jason Aldean – Wide Open
Favorite Food? Almost anything on the grill…and pizza.
Favorite Movie? Iron Man 1 & 2
Favorite sport to watch? Minnesota Vikings Football! Go Vikes!
Favorite sport to play? Football, baseball, golf (I’m no good, but it’s fun). I like to Waterski, Wakeboard, Snowboard and snowmobile. If it has a motor I’ll probably enjoy it.
Adam Sandler is setting a record of dubious distinction. Sandler is tied to eleven Razzie nominations from the Golden Raspberry Foundation, the group that recognizes the worst accomplishments in film. The foundation cited Sandler's work in three critically-panned movies last year, noting that he more than doubled Eddie Murphy's old record for the most Razzie nominations accrued by a single individual in a single year. The former "Saturday Night Live" player picked up Razzie nods for films he starred in produced and wrote last year - "Jack and Jill," "Just Go With It," and "Bucky Larson: Born To Be A Star." "Jack and Jill" leads the list of nominees with 12 Razzie nods including Worst Picture and Worst Actor and Worst Actress for Sandler. While the Razzie Awards are usually presented the night before the Oscars, the awards presentation date was changed to April 1st this year - April Fool's Day.
The Razzies' Worst Picture category also includes "New Year's Eve"; "Transformers: Dark of the Moon"; and "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1." Sandler's co-nominees in the Worst Actress category include Sarah Palin for the documentary "Sarah Palin: The Undefeated"; Sarah Jessica Parker for "I Don't Know How She Does It" and "New Year's Eve"; and Kristen Stewart for "Breaking Dawn."
Worst Actor nods also went to Russell Brand for "Arthur"; Nicolas Cage for the films "Drive Angry 3-D," "Season of the Witch" and "Trespass; Taylor Lautner for "Abduction" and "Breaking Dawn," and Nick Swardson for "Bucky Larson." Oscar winner Al Pacino, meantime, is nominated for Worst Supporting actor by way of his work in Sandler's "Jack and Jill."
The 2012 Razzie Nominees are as follows:
Worst Picture
Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star
Jack & Jill
New Year's Eve
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1
Worst Actor
Russell Brand, Arthur
Nicolas Cage, Drive Angry 3-D, Season Of The Witch, and Trespass
Taylor Lautner, Abduction and Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part I
Adam Sandler, Jack & Jill and Just Go With It
Nick Swardson, Bucky Larson: Born To Be A Star
Worst Actress
Martin Lawrence (As "Momma"), Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son
Sarah Palin (As "Herself"), Sarah Palin: The Undefeated
Sarah Jessica Parker, I Don't Know How She Does It and New Year's Eve
Adam Sandler (As "Jill"), Jack & Jill
Kristen Stewart, Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part I
Worst Supporting Actress
Katie Holmes, Jack & Jill
Brandon T. Jackson (As "Charmaine"), Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son
Nicole Kidman, Just Go With It
David Spade (As "Monica"), Jack & Jill
The Underwear Model (Aka Rosie Huntington-Whiteley), Transformers: Dark Of The Moon
Worst Supporting Actor
Patrick Dempsey, Transformers: Dark Of The Moon
James Franco, Your Highness
Ken Jeong, Big Momma's #3, Hangover Part 2, Transformers #3 and Zookeeper
Al Pacino (As "Al Pacino"), Jack & Jill
Nick Swardson, Jack & Jill and Just Go With It
Worst Screen Ensemble
The Entire Cast of Bucky Larson: Born To Be A Star
The Entire Cast of Jack & Jill
The Entire Cast of New Year's Eve
The Entire Cast of Transformers: Dark Of The Moon
The Entire Cast of Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part I
Worst Director
Michael Bay, Transformers: Dark Of The Moon
Tom Brady, Bucky Larson: Born To Be A Star
Bill Condon, Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part I
Dennis Dugan, Jack & Jill and Just Go With It
Garry Marshall, New Year's Eve
Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-Off or Sequel
Arthur
Bucky Larson: Born To Be A Star (Rip-Off of Boogie Nights and A Star Is Born)
The Hangover Part 2 (Both a sequel and a remake!)
Jack & Jill (Remake/Rip-Off of Ed Woods' Glen or Glenda)
Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part I
Worst Screen Couple
Nicolas Cage & Anyone Sharing the Screen with Him in Any of His Three 2011 Movie
Shia Lebeouf & The Underwear Model (Aka Rosie Huntington-Whiteley), Transformers #3
Adam Sandler & EITHER Jennifer Aniston OR Brooklyn Decker, Just Go With It
Adam Sandler & EITHER Katies Holmes, Al Pacino OR Adam Sandler, Jack & Jill
Kristen Stewart & EITHER Taylor Lautner OR Robert Pattinson, Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part I
Worst Screenplay
Bucky Larson: Born To Be A Star, Written by Adam Sandler, Allen Covert and Nick Swardson
Jack & Jill, Screenplay by Steve Koren & Adam Sandler, Story by Ben Zook
New Year's Eve, Written by Katherine Fugate
Transformers: Dark Of The Moon, Written by Ehren Kruger
Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part I, Screenplay by Melissa Rosenberg, from the novel by Stephenie Meyer
Silence is golden at this year's Academy Awards. The black-and-white, silent film "The Artist" emerged as the big winner at Sunday night's Oscar ceremony, taking Oscar's most coveted prize for Best Picture. The win makes "The Artist" the first silent film in 80 years to win an Academy Awards. The film's director Michel Hazanavicius also took home an Oscar for Best Director, as did its star Jean Dujardin, who was named Best Actor. Oscar's most nominated performer, Meryl Streep, took home her third Academy Award of her illustrious career for her portrayal of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in "The Iron Lady." Streep, who has been nominated 17 times for an Oscar, won her last golden trophy almost 30 years ago for "Sophie's Choice."
Veteran actor Christopher Plummer also added to the history-making night. At age 82, Plummer became the oldest actor to win an Oscar for his supporting role in "Beginners." It also marked the first Oscar win of Plummer's career. Octavia Spencer extended her long winning streak with the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for "The Help." The Iranian film "A Separation" nabbed the trophy for Best Foreign Language Film, marking the first Oscar win for that country, and hip-hop mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs was the executive producer behind the Best Documentary Feature winner "Undefeated."
Nominated for eleven Oscars Martin Scorsese's "Hugo" emerged with five wins in the technical categories. Billy Crystal logged his ninth turn at hosting the Academy Awards. Crystal cracked jokes about the venue's sudden name change throughout the night. The Kodak company recently won the right to remove its name from the venue for its bankruptcy case. The Hollywood venue is now known as the Hollywood and Highland Center. Crystal referred to it once during the Oscar telecast as "The Chapter 11 Theater." ABC televised the ceremony live on both coasts. The show ran approximately three hours and eight minutes long.
Here is the list of winners for the 84th Annual Academy Awards:
BEST PICTURE:
"The Artist"
ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE:
Jean Dujardin - "The Artist"
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE:
Meryl Streep - "The Iron Lady"
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE:
Christopher Plummer, "Beginners"
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE:
Octavia Spencer, "The Help"
BEST DIRECTOR:
Michel Hazanavicius, "The Artist"
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
"A Separation"
MUSIC (SCORE)
"The Artist" Ludovic Bource
MUSIC (SONG)
"Man or Muppet" from "The Muppets" -- Music and Lyric by Bret McKenzie
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
"Rango"
WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)
"The Descendants"
WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)
"Midnight in Paris"
ART DIRECTION
"Hugo"
CINEMATOGRAPHY
"Hugo"
COSTUME DESIGN
"The Artist"
MAKEUP
"The Iron Lady"
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
"Undefeated"
DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
"Saving Face"
SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)
"The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore"
Taylor Swift and The Civil Wars are the big country winners at the 54th annual Grammy Awards. Taylor captured two categories for her hit "Mean," which she also performed during the ceremony. Taylor shared how meaningful it was to be honored for the track as she picked up her awards during the pre-televised portion of the event.
Swift was also up for Best Country Album with "Speak Now," but the honor went to Lady Antebellum's "Own The Night." New duo The Civil Wars are also a two-time winner. They got the nod for Best Country Duo/Group Performance with the title track to their album "Barton Hollow," which was also named Best Folk Album. Alison Krauss added to her record number of Grammys for a female artist, earning her 27th career Grammy for the album "Paper Airplane."
First time nominee Jason Aldean left empty handed. He was up for three awards, but lost one each to Taylor, The Civil Wars, and Lady Antebellum. But Jason still took part in the event, performing the nominated hit "Don't You Wanna Stay" with Kelly Clarkson during the show. Glen Campbell was featured in a special performance segment honoring him as a Lifetime Achievement Award winner that also featured Blake Shelton and The Band Perry. The 54th annual Grammy Awards were presented in a ceremony in Los Angeles, and aired on CBS Sunday night.
Select winners from the 54th annual Grammy Awards
Record of the Year
"Rolling in the Deep," Adele
Album of the Year
"21," Adele
Song of the Year
"Rolling in the Deep," Adele
Best New Artist
Bon Iver
Best Country Album
"Own The Night," Lady Antebellum
Best Country Solo Performance
"Mean," Taylor Swift
Best Country Duo/Group Performance
"Barton Hollow," The Civil Wars
Best Country Song
"Mean," Taylor Swift
Best Americana Album
"Ramble At The Ryman," Levon Helm
Best Bluegrass Album
"Paper Airplane," Alison Krauss & Union Station
Best Folk Album
"Barton Hollow," The Civil Wars
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
"Paper Airplane," Alison Krauss + Union Station
Neal Cappellino & Mike Shipley, engineers; Brad Blackwood, mastering engineer
