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Do Wrestlers and Celebrities Lie About Their Height?
Based on what I've seen in the wrestling industry, it appears many of the wrestlers have lied about their height. This seems particularly true regarding wrestlers that have ever been associated with the WWE. It seems as though this is also true in Hollywood, where actors such as Arnold Schwarzenegger are criticized for lying about height and packing their shoes to raise height in a false way.
My dad enjoyed lifting weights his whole life and was even a Mr. Michigan bodybuilder. As you can imagine, my dad lifted weights in a lot of different gyms. Every once in a while my dad said professional wrestlers would come into the gyms. My dad always told me Hulk Hogan was about 6'3" tall. I didn't want to believe my dad, because I was a big fan of Hulk Hogan.
As a kid, I had a wrestling card that said Hulk Hogan stood 6'8" tall. And in the movie Rocky III, Hulk Hogan played the role of a character named Thunder Lips. The announcer introduced Thunder Lips by telling the audience he stood "Nearly seven feet." 6'8" tall was close enough to 7' to keep me happy. Plus, Hulk Hogan really was far taller than Sylvester Stallone. But, as a kid, I didn't know Stallone stood only 5'8" tall in real life.
A later wrestling card of Hollywood Hulk Hogan listed his height as 6'7" tall. I mentioned this to my dad and he said he didn't care what that card said, he had seen Hulk Hogan in the gym before and he knew the guy was about 6'3" tall. My dad stood 6'2" tall and he said Hulk Hogan was only a little taller than him.
Here is where things get interesting. Troy Aikman is a former NFL Quarterback; we know he stands 6'4" tall. When you see Troy Aikman next to Hulk Hogan in commercials for Rent-a-Center, you can clearly see Troy Aikman is about one inch taller than Hulk Hogan. After all those years, I finally saw proof my dad was right! This also shows the Internet Movie Database is not a reliable source, because it currently lists Hulk Hogan's height as 6'4.5" tall while Troy Aikman is listed as only 6'4" tall.
I later saw Hulk Hogan as a guest on Larry King, and I was surprised to see this issued discussed. Hulk Hogan told Larry King that at one point he did stand 6'7" tall, but currently stands 6'4" tall. Hogan said the reason why he lost height is because of several surgeries to his body, including two discs removed from his spine.
In theory, Hogan's excuse for losing height seems valid to me. I have a cousin and a friend who both lost two inches from their height because of motorcycle accidents where two spinal discs were removed. But my dad told me Hulk Hogan was 6'3" in the 90's, before these surgeries occurred and before these wrestling cards were printed. Also, the Rent-a-Center commercials show Hulk Hogan appears to be shorter than the 6'4" Troy Aikman.
Hulk Hogan is not alone when it comes to lying about heights. Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson is a wrestler whose height was listed as 6'5." This seemed reasonable, since Dwayne Johnson played football for the University of Miami in college, where his height was listed as 6'5." But when Hulk Hogan wrestled The Rock, we clearly saw Hogan was noticeably taller. Of all the universities participating in football, one of the worst known for violating rules and being penalized for it is the University of Miami. In other words, it wouldn't be surprising if Dwayne Johnson lied about his height in college. If you look at the Internet Movie Database, Dwayne Johnson's height is listed at 6'4" right now (looks like someone may have lied to try and cheat someone else out of a college scholarship).
Recently, I received several emails from TNA wrestling. I was invited backstage to meet some of the wrestlers. Hulk Hogan wasn't there, so I can't verify his height relative to mine. However, I can tell you there definitely are some problems with the way several professional wrestlers claim to be certain heights.
Based on my observations, it appears the height of a wrestler is dependant on which large organization the wrestler first billed his height. For example, Rob Van Dam is currently listed as 6' 0" tall, which I believe is accurate. This is probably because RVD was originally billed as 6' 0" tall. But Jeff Jarrett is currently billed as 6'1" tall by TNA, which is definitely wrong! At best, Jeff Jarrett is 5'10" tall, as the Internet Movie Database currently lists him at.
I believe this may have to do with the fact that the WWF originally said Jeff Jarrett was 6'1" tall. From that point on, Jeff Jarrett was obligated to bill himself as 6'1" tall. This form of exaggeration was something the WWF could get away with because they did it with all athletes. The Ultimate Warrior was billed as 6'4" tall, but really was only 6'1" tall (even though the Internet Movie Database says he is 6'3" tall). Hulk Hogan was billed as 6'8" tall, but was obviously shorter. Andre the Giant was bill as 7'4" tall, but really stood only 6'10" tall.
Once these wrestlers switch from one organization to another, those lies come back to haunt them. I want to show you a couple pictures which prove my point. I stand just under 6'3" tall with my shoes on, so keep that in mind.
In this picture with Rob Van Dam in the middle, I'm on the left – a TNA Elite guest! My mother is on the right, since she was one of the people I brought with me. As you can tell, RVD really is 6'0" tall, just as he claims to be. My mom is 5'4" tall and RVD towers above her. By the way, Rob Van Dam is an EXCELLENT human being and a nice guy. I truly hope he didn't lose his tooth, as it appeared he did in this week's episode of Impact Wrestling.
In this picture with Jeff Jarrett in the middle, the picture is a little blurry but you can clearly tell Jeff Jarrett is a little shorter than RVD. This is ironic, because Jeff Jarrett's height on TNA is billed as 6'1" tall – one inch taller than Rob Van Dam! Jeff Jarrett was very nice to my family; he is a great guy. I think the lesson to be learned is that Jeff Jarrett is a phenomenal person as long as you don't get on his bad side the way Kurt Angle has. This is why I'm convinced Jeff Jarrett and his lovely wife, Karen, must be telling the truth about all the bad things Kurt Angle has done.
Abyss is one of my favorite wrestlers of all time. He is billed as 6'8" tall. I believe he may in fact be this tall. In fact, Abyss is so tall I was not able to get a picture with him because nobody I brought with me had the intelligence to take a picture vertically instead of horizontally. Here is a picture I took of my 5'4" mom next to Abyss. Notice how Abyss is leaning down over my mom (reducing his height by about three inches), yet he is still well over a foot taller than her.
For the record, I'm very sorry RVD kicked out all four of Abyss' teeth. When this picture was taken, Abyss had all of his teeth! Also, Abyss is a great guy and is very polite. My family and friends enjoyed spending time with him.
There were several other wrestlers I got to spend time with, but I was not able to get a picture with them. I can tell you AJ Styles bills his height as 5'10" tall, but is probably not that tall. Eric Young bills his height as 5'11" tall, but he wasn't close to that tall. Generation Me – a tag team made up of Jeremy Buck and Max Buck – bill their heights as 5'10" tall. Those guys were the shortest ones in the room; they were only slightly taller than my mom! I believe both members of Generation Me are probably 5'7" tall.
With this in mind, there's no doubt some of the wrestlers in the wrestling industry do not honestly reveal their height to the public. Some wrestlers, such as RVD and Jay Lethal, tell the truth about their height. Other wrestlers, such as Jeff Jarrett exaggerate slightly. Other wrestlers such as Andre the Giant and Eric Young exaggerate quite a bit.
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Dream Match: Kurt Angle vs RVD!
I'm watching Impact Wrestling on Spike TV right now. The announcers just said there would be a Dream Match pitting Kurt Angle vs Rob Van Dam! This match is going to be AWESOME! So far we have already seen the episode is excellent, which Mr. Anderson dressed as Sting -- wearing his outfit, hair style and makeup from the 80's. Mr. Anderson called out a surprise guest, Disco Inferno!
I also love the way Velvet Sky and ODB now have a battle going. Eric Bischoff and Hulk Hogan will be doing some interesting things tonight, too. It appears they are bringing in some new elements to what is going on. Also, Gunner and Eric Young will apparently be having a "Finger Poke of Doom" match. Eric Young came up with this idea while Gunner was in the bathroom.
UPDATE: The winner of the Dream Match was Kurt Angle. This was an amazing match with absolutely no outside interference. This match also had some blood in it because it was very physical. As you probably know, The Monster Abyss lost all four of his lower teeth when RVD kicked him in the face. This week, it appeared RVD lost a tooth. This was fairly gross because referee Earl Hebner saw the tooth and brushed it out of the ring while RVD was bleeding all over. I feel bad for RVD and Abyss because I met both of them in Port Huron, MI. Both of these men are nice guys in real life.
We also have a new TV champion! Eric Young was able to beat Gunner in this Finger Poke of Doom match. But this Finger Poke of Doom match was very different than the famous match between Hulk Hogan and Kevin Nash. This time Eric Young volunteered to be the loser of the match, but he then put Gunner into a small package and got a quick three-count for the win! AWESOME!
Randy Savage is DEAD! - He was Killed in a Car Wreck!
Legendary wrestler Randy "Macho Man" Savage is dead at the age of 58! Sadly, he was killed in a car accident in Seminole, Florida. I learned Randy was with his wife when this wreck happened. Thankfuly, Randy's wife was not killed; she suffered only minor injuries from the accident.
According to Lanny Poffo, Randy's brother, Savage suffered from a heart attack while driving. This caused Randy to lose control of the 2009 Jeep Wrangler he was driving. The Florida Highway Patrol has reported the vehicle veered across a concrete median through oncoming traffic and collided head-on with a tree. Afterwards, Randy Savage was taken to Largo Medical Center where he died from crash-related injuries.
This brings up the controversial subject of whether or not steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs may have been what caused the heart attack. Obviously, Randy Savage was in excellent physical health, with a physique far more impressive than most people in their 20's or 30's. This may have been too much of a burden for his 58-year-old body to handle.
Randy Savage is yet another wrestler to die at a relatively young age. Miss Elizabeth and Sensational Queen Sherri worked with Randy Savage as his manager. Both of these women passed away as a result of drug overdose.
Miss Elizabeth was the real-life wife of Randy Savage at one point in time. After her death, forensics revealed that Miss Elizabeth had been mixing pills of hydrocodone, Alprazolam (Xanax), and anabolic steroids (testosterone and saizen) with vodka. It remains to be seen if any information will be revealed regarding the cause of the heart attack experienced by Randy Savage.
Of the 51 participants in Wrestlemania VII, 14 of them are now dead! If you compare this to the sport of football, all of the starters in the 1991 Superbowl are still alive. And only two of the 44 boxers who held a championship belt that year have passed away. Obviously, it is very controversial that 27% of the participants in Wrestlemania VII have now passed away. Take a look at this data that strongly suggests steroids and other drugs have been involved in the cause of death:
I was very disappointed when I heard about the death of Randy Savage. The Macho Man Randy Savage is one of my all-time favorite wrestlers. My thoughts and prayers are with the family members and friends of Randy Savage. I pray for mercy and grace from God to to help you through this difficult time. If you would like to share thoughts, prayers, or memories, please do so.
Here are videos showing some of the best matches Randy Savage was a part of:
Randy Savage vs Ric Flair – Part 1 by sterling1983. For the record, Mr. Perfect Curt Hennig is also involved in this match. Curt Hennig also died of a drug overdose. Curt's father specifically says that steroids were involved with his death at such a young age.
Randy Savage vs Ric Flair – Part 2 by sterling1983.
Randy Savage, Ric Flair and Mr. Perfect interview after Wrestlemania VIII by alexshirli.
Randy Savage vs Ricky "the Dragon" Steamboat – Part 1 by akim93. This is considered one of the greatest matches in wrestling history. Wrestlemania III was promoted strictly for its World Title match between Hulk Hogan and Andre the Giant. But when Wrestlemania III was over, we saw that Randy Savage had proven Intercontinental matches between high-speed smaller men were just as exciting as matches between large men.
Randy Savage vs. Ricky Steamboat, WM3, Part 1. by akim93 Randy Savage vs Ricky "the Dragon" Steamboat – part 2 by akim93.
Randy Savage vs. Ricky Steamboat, WM3, Part 2. by akim93
Randy Savage vs The Ultimate Warrior – Part 1 by M-Gonjol. At Wrestlemania VII we saw Randy Savage and The Sensational Queen Sherri wrestle The Ultimate Warrior. This career-ending match had a lot of twists and turns. The gods of The Ultimate Warrior appeared to let him down at one point. The lovely Miss Elizabeth bought a ticket to watch her man.
WWE-WrestleMania VII - Macho Man vs Ultimate... by M-Gronjol Randy Savage vs The Ultimate Warrior - Part 2 by M-Gonjol.
WWE-WrestleMania VII - Macho Man vs Ultimate... by M-Gronjol
Randy Savage vs Hulk Hogan - Part 1 by TheRkojames. At Wrestlemania IV Macho Man Randy Savage was the winner of the tournament that gave him the World Wrestling Federation Heavyweight Champions. But Savage never beat Hulk Hogan in order to get that title. Wrestlemani V gave us an opportunity to see these two Megapowers collide after their implosion based on the love of Mizz Elizabeth.
Randy Savage vs Hulk Hogan – Part 2 by TheRkojames.
Randy Savage vs Hulk Hogan Part 3 – The Ending by Charbyno57.
Hulk Hogan is a Big Wrestler in a Little World
Today I learned that Hulk Hogan is currently involved in the filming of a TruTV reality show involving the world of wrestling. This may sound like a normal thing for Hulk Hogan, but it is actually very unusual because it involves a niche market – a market focused on "little people." When contacted, Hulk Hogan's spokesman said that this reality show would be just like any other reality TV show, except it would be on a "smaller scale." Did you catch the sarcastic joke there?
What really has me excited is that the spokesman of Hulk Hogan also pointed out that the Hulkster feels better than he has in 15 years. This is believable because Hulk Hogan has experienced awful health problems with his back over the last 15 years. Only recently did Hulk Hogan recover from major back surgery that fixed the injuries and pain in his back, neck, and knee. Over the last two weeks of TNA Impact, Hulk Hogan has played more of a physical role issuing pain to other wrestlers. During those last two weeks, the number of Followers Hulk Hogan has on Twitter has grown by 30,000!
This clearly shows there are plenty of wrestling fans out there who want to see Hulk Hogan wrestling in the ring again. It's nice that Hulk Hogan is involved in the "plot" of TNA as a promoter, but there is no doubt that what fans really want to see is Hulk Hogan in the wrestling ring. When Hulk Hogan joined TNA and appeared in early 2010, TNA saw its highest ratings ever because everyone thought they would see Hulk Hogan wrestle. Instead, we learned Hogan wasn't going to be a wrestler; he would simply be a manager (partly because of injuries to his back). This was a big disappointment to many people, including me.
But two weeks ago on TNA Impact we saw Hulk Hogan come out wearing a brace for his neck and back. Hulk Hogan made it seem like he was injured when he was talking with Mr. Anderson. Hulk Hogan didn't like it that Mr. Anderson was not willing to enter the wrestling ring. Hulk Hogan then poked Mr. Anderson in the eyes and threw him in the ring, closing the doors of the steel cage behind him! This one little action by Hulk Hogan caused everyone watching to get excited, just like the good ole' days when Hulkamania was runnin' wild!
Let's hope Hulk Hogan enters the wrestling ring again!
Sacred Heart of McMahon Nepotism
Vince McMahon and his entire family are 100% liars, cheaters, thieves, and hypocrites. The same can be said about the board members of Sacred Heart University. I'm not just referring to "entertainment" forms of wrestling; I'm also talking about real life. I'm going to talk about several subjects that really anger me, since I play fairly by the rules but often seem to come up short in the game of life.
Recently I was watching some old wrestling matches on YouTube and I saw something that absolutely amazed me. I saw that Vince McMahon was being given an honorary doctorate degree. This really upset me because student loans placed me over $30,000 in debt while investing in my bachelor's degree. I have no idea how much it would cost me to invest in a doctorate degree. I also spent a countless amount of time studying in order to graduate at the top of my class. But Mr. Vince McMahon gets a doctorate degree given to him for free, without investing any time other than showing up at the graduation ceremony!
I decided to do some research to see what college was offering this doctorate degree to Vince McMahon and what their motive might be for doing so. The name of the college giving this doctorate degree to Mr. McMahon is Sacred Heart University. I wanted to see why Sacred Heart University was willing to give Mr. McMahon a doctorate degree, even though no other college in the world was willing to do such a thing.
It didn't take me long to find out why Mr. McMahon was being given a degree that he didn't earn. I found out that Mrs. Linda McMahon, the wife if Vince, is a board member of Sacred Heart University. This type of environment is the perfect type of place for nepotism to rear its ugly head. For those of you that don't know, nepotism is a form of bias and favoritism shown to a family member.
This means the reason why Vincent McMahon was not being offered a free doctorate degree by any other college on the entire planet is because Mrs. Linda McMahon is not a board member of those other schools. However, I think it's pretty safe to say that if Linda McMahon were a board member of any other college, she would make sure that her hubby—Vince—got some form of degree that he didn't earn, and therefore did not deserve to receive.
This type of immoral behavior is no surprise coming from the McMahon family. We saw a perfect example of this when Linda McMahon was running for governor of Connecticut. Linda repeatedly dodged questions about whether or not people employed as wrestlers for the WWE organization she owns are being given steroids. Linda McMahon looked like an acrobat the way she tried to dodge answering that question.
For example, when Linda McMahon was asked if her WWE wrestlers were being given steroids and using them, she repeatedly said "The health of our athletes is carefully monitored."
Well, in the world of business and realism that statement is interpreted as "Yeah, we pay our doctors to 'prescribe' steroids to our employees; that way, we can get away with doing it legally. And if the blood-level measurements of our athletes start to exceed what we believe are safe, we stop giving them steroids for a while."
The problem for Mrs. McMahon is that everyone else in the sports world and the world of moral ethics believes that what she and her husband are doing is unethical and puts the lives of the wrestlers at risks (something the selfish McMahon family is known for doing, as proven by the deaths of various wrestlers).
This problem upsets me even more when you think about the fact that Vince McMahon was recently on the cover of Muscle & Fitness Magazine because he looks so good, even though he is in his 60's. If Vince McMahon had accomplished this achievement in a fair way, it might have been an inspiration to readers of the magazine. Sadly, Vince McMahon is definitely not someone readers of any fitness magazine would want to pattern their life after. Vince McMahon ended up with a muscular physique thanks to taking illegal steroids – something he has admitted to doing in a court of law.
What's even worse is that Shane McMahon, the son of Vince and Linda, is also a user of steroids. What father in the world would actually be proud of his son being a steroid user? One minute Vince McMahon and his wife Linda are telling kids in Connecticut and across the world "Not to take steroids," while the next minute Vince and Shane are injecting each other with illegal steroids. The only good thing is that Linda McMahon was not elected as governor of Connecticut.
Sadly, Vince McMahon's whole reason for telling people not to take steroids is because he also markets nutritional supplements. Forms of protein, vitamins, and other supplements are the real reason why McMahon tells people to do things honestly. In reality, Vince McMahon wants you to buy his products in order to help him gain money. McMahon and his son will still take those illegal steroids in order to be better than you.
The difference is that McMahon employs doctors and can constantly monitor his health levels in safer ways that normal people can't. But McMahon isn't "normal," he is "special," since he takes steroids – cheating at the game of life, yet being rewarded for breaking the rules.
During his commencement speech at Sacred Heart University, Vince McMahon told the hard-working high-paying graduates "It's important in life that you're not afraid to fail. If you are not afraid to fail then you will be successful in life."
The actions of Vince McMahon and Shane McMahon prove that they certainly weren't afraid of taking illegal steroids. And the actions of Linda McMahon certainly proved she wasn't afraid to lie about whether or not her family and her employees are given steroids. The message Dr. Vince McMahon is sending to graduates is that if you play by immoral rules like that, you will succeed in life.
The really sad thing is that Vince McMahon is correct. Hard-working people in today's society put themselves hundreds-of-thousands of dollars in debt with student loans, only to find out that they can't find a decent-paying job. This is something I personally experienced in life. What's worse is that so many people play by the rules and do things fairly, yet end up as losers in the game of life.
The real losers of this situation are the students of Sacred Heart University. Due to the fact that they allowed Vince McMahon to receive a doctorate degree he didn't earn and didn't deserve, it means Sacred Heart University has lost accreditation. Sacred Heart University students have board members that illegally provide employees and family members with steroids and give undeserving family members degrees they didn't earn.
Any student considering Sacred Heart University should definitely not attend that school. If you have not yet wasted money on Sacred Heart University, you should be thankful you still have the ability to avoid that bias-filled college. It's the former graduates who paid money and worked hard for degrees that truly suffer thanks to Linda McMahon and Vince McMahon. It is these hard-working graduates that now possess degrees with less value thanks to the McMahon family.
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Hulk Hogan is Still Holding The Torch
Ever since 1987 there has been something in the professional wrestling industry known as "The Torch." This mythical Torch officially came into existence at Wrestlemania 3 shortly before Hulk Hogan defeated Andre the Giant. But I personally believe Hulk Hogan unofficially held this Torch before Wrestlemania 3. Hulk Hogan possessed what The Torch represents several years before the concept of the Torch was officially labeled.
The way Hulk Hogan tells the story, he and Andre the Giant were in the locker room getting ready for Wrestlemania 3. At this point, Andre specifically told him "I am passing the torch to you tonight." In other words, Andre the Giant was telling Hulk Hogan the responsibility of being the leader of the wrestling industry would be his from that point on. This is when the concept of The Torch officially was labeled and considered a valuable asset as a concept, particularly by Vince McMahon. Mr. McMahon apparently appreciated and placed great value on that concept, since he has tried to replicate the process (albeit unsuccessfully) several times since then.
We all know that at Wrestlemania 3 Hulk Hogan defeated Andre the Giant and took the wrestling industry to new heights that it had never seen before, setting worldwide attendance records in the process. Hulk Hogan essentially took that Torch and raised it to new heights it had never reached when being held by Andre the Giant or anyone else. The entire wrestling industry gained popularity with Hulk Hogan as the main attraction. Hulkamania was running wild, carrying that Torch throughout the 80's and early 90's!
But in case people didn't notice, Hulk Hogan was actually leading the wrestling industry all over the world prior to joining the WWF. And it was in 1984 (three years before Wrestlemania 3) when Hulkamania was born after Hulk Hogan defeated The Iron Sheik. It was actually rather arrogant of Andre the Giant to say he was passing The Torch to Hulk Hogan at Wrestlemania 3, especially when you consider it was Hulk Hogan that was invited to be in Rocky 3 as Thunderlips in 1982. Hulk Hogan was travelling from America to Japan and all over the world as the biggest star ever seen in the wrestling industry. I believe that although the concept of "The Torch" was not officially labeled yet, Hulk Hogan was in fact the industry leader prior to Wrestlemania 3.
At Wrestlemania 6 we saw that Vince McMahon wanted Hulk Hogan to "pass the torch" to The Ultimate Warrior. This ended up being a failure that would repeat itself several times. Vince McMahon told Hulk Hogan to lose the match, and Hulk Hogan did his job by doing so. At Wrestlemania 6 Hulk Hogan showed sportsmanship by handing his Heavyweight Championship belt to The Ultimate Warrior. Hulk Hogan was then branded as "Immortal" (something that would later haunt Vince McMahon and help TNA Wrestling).
As Hulk Hogan returned to the locker room we saw the disappointed fans cared more about Hulk Hogan leaving the arena than they did cheering for The Ultimate Warrior in the ring. It was no surprise that The Ultimate Warrior only held the WWF Championship for a short time before he lost popularity with the fans. At that point you could say The Ultimate Warrior dropped The Torch.
McMahon thought that it was simple to "pass the torch," as Andre the Giant said. But in reality, Andre the Giant didn't pass The Torch to anyone. In reality, Hulk Hogan had taken The Torch in order to take the wrestling industry with him to new heights never seen before.
Unfortunately for the wrestling industry, nobody else was available to pick up The Torch after it was dropped by The Ultimate Warrior. The business side of the wrestling industry significantly damaged the relationship between Hulk Hogan and Vince McMahon in real life. Hulk Hogan had made it clear that he was not ready to pass The Torch to anyone yet. Yet Vince McMahon selfishly wanted to make sure he had someone else in place leading the industry.
Hulk Hogan was not willing to work in the wrestling industry if his talents and skills were not being fully taken advantage of. This is when Hogan started working on TV shows and movies as a full-time job. Consequently, the ratings of the entire wrestling industry dropped to its lowest point in a very long time.
But in the early 90's Hulk Hogan realized it was time for him to return to the world of professional wrestling. The TV show Thunder in Paradise had a nice run and Hulk Hogan made several movies. But he realized it was time to return to the wrestling ring. Hulk Hogan then got a nice offer from Eric Bischoff working for billionaire Ted Turner and the new World Championship Wrestling organization known as WCW. The offer was too good for Hulk Hogan to refuse.
When Hulk Hogan made his return to the wrestling world as a member of WCW the fans went crazy with excitement! We finally got to see legendary matches that we had always wanted to see. Thanks to Eric Bischoff and Ted Turner it was now possible to see "The Hulkster" Hulk Hogan versus "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair. And it was now possible to see Hollywood Hogan versus "The Icon" Sting! The ratings of World Championship Wrestling shot through the roof and it was clear that Hulk Hogan was once again carrying The Torch as the industry leader of professional wrestling.
It was in WCW where Hulk Hogan did something unprecedented to take the entire industry to new heights never before seen. This is considered the second Golden-Era of professional wrestling in the eyes of many people, since the overwhelming majority of industry talent was in the WCW. While in the WCW Hulk Hogan said he started to realize that people showed a lack of interest in his character, perhaps because they knew what to expect after seeing the same thing for such a long time. He and Eric Bischoff decided it was time to do something never before thought possible – turn Hulk Hogan into a villain! This is when the real American hero known as Hulk Hogan became the selfish Hollywood Hogan.
When Hollywood Hulk Hogan came into existence it nearly put the WWF out of business. At one point Vince McMahon told the Hart family there was a danger of bankruptcy. New technology such as satellite broadcasting made it possible for people to watch WCW on TNT in markets that previously were not possible with cable TV. All of this was a benefit to WCW thanks to Hulk Hogan.
DirecTV said they constantly had people subscribing saying the reason they wanted to subscribe was so they could watch Hollywood Hulk Hogan. Nobody could believe Hulk Hogan was a bad-guy, and everyone wanted to see it for themselves! But Hollywood Hogan was the guy everyone loved to hate, which is why they watched every week. Obviously Hollywood Hogan had taken The Torch, raising it and the entire industry to new levels of success never before seen.
At the end of the 90's Hulk Hogan decided he wanted to leave the industry for a while. Hulk Hogan is a believer in Andre the Giant's concept of "passing the torch," so he agreed to lose to Bill Goldberg in order to make him the industry leader. Goldberg was a wrester whose energy was very similar to The Ultimate Warrior. Goldberg was even able to use a brainbuster finishing move on the 500 pound villain known as The Giant! This meant he put a 500 pound man over his head in a suplex style move and held him there before dropping him to the ground!
Of all the people that ever held a chance of successfully taking The Torch from Hulk Hogan, Bill Goldberg really was the most qualified. Unfortunately, we never got to see how things played out. Bill Goldberg was rebranded as "Goldberg," which caused him to lose popularity. Goldberg was now seen as a gold iceberg rather than a tough person with a temper in the eyes of many people. Without Hulk Hogan WCW lost its popularity and was eventually purchased by the WWE. Vince McMahon's poor management completely destroyed the character known as Goldberg, motivating Bill Goldberg to leave the wrestling industry.
When it became clear to Vince McMahon that none of the characters in the WWE had the ability to take the industry to new levels on their own, he decided that it would be best to bring Hulk Hogan back for Wrestlemania 18. McMahon wanted Hulk Hogan to pass The Torch to The Rock in the main event. Hulk Hogan agreed to do so, but it was at this point in time when we saw that Hulkamania would truly NEVER DIE!
Vince McMahon brought Hulk Hogan to the WWE as a villain shortly before Wrestlemania 18. Hulk Hogan was playing the role of Hollywood Hogan. Nevertheless the fans were glad to see the Hulkster again! Fans continuously rooted for the Hulk, even though he was being portrayed as the bad guy! This is something I had never seen before!
At Wrestlemania 18 we saw The Rock beat Hulk Hogan, essentially passing The Torch from Hulk Hogan to The Rock in the eyes of Vince McMahon. But at this point we saw that The Rock held The Torch for less than one second before dropping The Torch and being completely burned by it!
The moment the referee reached the count of three, the fans (including me) were in disbelief. Even though Hogan was the bad guy, we still wanted our Hulkster to win! All of the fans in the arena started "BOO-ing" The Rock! Dwayne Johnson was in disbelief when this happened!
Hulk Hogan realized that Vince McMahon had once again selected the wrong person to try and be the leader of the wrestling industry. On the Larry King show, Hulk Hogan referred to that incident as a "disaster." I personally believe this event put an end to the wrestling career of Dwayne Johnson, because after this incident he left the wrestling industry.
This confirms once again that McMahon did not select the right individual to receive The Torch from Hulk Hogan. Dwayne Johnson did not show the loyalty McMahon expected. Vince McMahon has said many times over the years that he wants his employees to concentrate on wrestling as their primary career. Dwayne Johnson left the WWE for years in order to concentrate on his acting career rather than wrestling. It kind of makes you wonder what would have happened if the fans would have cheered for The Rock instead of booing him. Maybe we wouldn't have seen all those bad movies Dwayne Johnson was in.
The next person Vince McMahon wanted Hulk Hogan to try passing The Torch to was Brock Lesnar. Once again Hulk Hogan was asked to lose the match in order to try passing The Torch, this time to a young athlete qualified in amateur wrestling and mixed martial arts. Brock Lesnar was never capable of having The Torch successfully passed to him. Lesnar simply didn't care enough about his career in the professional wrestling industry to remain a part of it.
Brock Lesnar's overall charisma was not right; he didn't have the fascinating resources needed to portray himself as the leader of the professional wrestling industry. Brock Lesnar didn't look like an Ultimate Warrior, sound like a Macho Man, or charm ladies like a Nature Boy. Lesnar looked like a baby-faced 17-year-old trapped in a body filled with steroids. Consequently, Lesnar left the WWE in order to concentrate on mixed martial arts.
2011 is the year we currently live in. Hulk Hogan has now officially become an Immortal in TNA Wrestling. The instant Hulk Hogan joined TNA the weekly ratings saw their highest levels ever! This continues to happen each time stories continue to unfold and plots reveal themselves.
It was The Nature Boy, Ric Flair, who said "To be the man, you've got to beat the man." Up to this point, we haven't seen anyone take The Torch away from Hulk Hogan. With that in mind, Hulk Hogan is still the one carrying The Torch that lights up the wrestling industry. The question I want answered is whether or not anyone will ever take The Torch from Hulk Hogan? If so, who will it be?
Sting is currently the most exciting active wrestler in the industry. The WWE recently did everything possible to try and get Sting to sign a contract with them in order to be in the main event at Wrestlemania. Thankfully, Sting listened to the fans and decided to remain with TNA. I was very pleased when I saw "The Icon," Sting, had made his return to TNA two weeks ago! The fans ERUPTED with CHEERS!
I believe there is an excellent chance Sting will lead the industry as its biggest attraction for quite a while. I don't know if it's possible to just "pass the torch" to a young wrestler and expect him to lead the industry to new levels. In today's environment it may be necessary to allow experienced wrestlers to lead the industry as long as they can remain active wrestlers. TNA saw its highest ratings of 2011 when Sting returned two weeks ago. With that in mind, I think Sting will remain Heavyweight Champion for quite a while!
But we saw at Wrestlemania 18 that Hulkamania will never die and will always remain the top force in the history of the wrestling industry!
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O'Gara recalled to Ireland side
10:50 am on 24 February 2011
Ireland have recalled veteran first five Ronan O'Gara for this weekend's Six Nations rugby match with Scotland as they seek to bounce back from the disappointment of defeat to France.
The 33 year old O'Gara, play his 106th test after reclaiming his starting place from Jonathan Sexton.
O'Gara has already made two appearances from the bench in this year's tournament, coming on to kick the match-winning drop goal against Italy earlier this month before playing in the 25-22 defeat by France.

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Hemangioblastoma survivor grateful for neurosurgeon's expertise
BY Meagan Raeke
When the headache started, Tabatha Conway recognized it immediately. Although it had been 20 years since she first felt that headache, she knew what it meant: her brain tumor was back.
"It's a very specific headache," Tabatha says. "It feels like blood pulsating towards the back of my head." It's a fitting description, because the tumor, called hemangioblastoma, grows from blood vessel cells in the brain.
A stubborn brain tumor
Tabatha's headaches first began when she was 15 years old. They came and went every few months for four years. Over time, the headaches became more severe, sometimes causing Tabatha to vomit. One day, she woke up and couldn't walk. Tabatha's mother took her to the hospital, where she was diagnosed with a brain tumor in the posterior fossa region, near her cerebellum (the brain's balance center).
Tabatha had surgery and learned the tumor was a grade I hemangioblastoma, a rare, benign brain tumor. She didn't have any other symptoms or problems until the headache returned 20 years later.
Tabatha's second brain surgery was in 2005, but this time, the tumor grew back faster. It returned in 2013, then again and again.
"The time between surgeries became shorter and shorter, and the tumor was getting bigger and bigger," Tabatha says. "I lived in fear. I kept up a cheerful countenance, but I was scared all the time. Every time the doctor said he got all of it, it would come back."
Preparing for the worst
As Tabatha's doctor explained, parts of the tumor were too small to see, and those parts kept getting left behind and growing back. Tabatha's surgeon was worried about damaging her cerebellum and leaving her severely disabled.
"I was preparing myself to hear that they couldn't do anything else," Tabatha says. "I was telling myself, 'It could have been all over when you were 19. At least you got some good years.'"
When the tumor returned in late 2016, Tabatha's surgeon said there was only one thing left he could do: send her to MD Anderson.
Image-guided brain surgery for hemangioblastoma
At MD Anderson Brain and Spine Center, Tabatha met neurosurgeon Sujit Prabhu, M.D., who had extensive experience removing difficult tumors in the posterior fossa region.
This time, Tabatha's tumor was growing so big and fast that she temporarily lost the ability to swallow just before surgery. During the 16-hour operation, Dr. Prabhu used image-guided navigation to visualize the tumor and ensure he removed it all.
After the surgery, she felt very hopeful. "Dr. Prabhu said the surgery was successful. He also said it was very, very hard," recalls Tabatha, who was in surgery from 8 a.m. to midnight. "I feel very grateful that his team didn't leave; they stayed until they got all of the tumor."
Finally living tumor-free
One year later, Tabatha's tumor hasn't returned, but she's still dealing with side effects of the brain surgery. Tabatha completed several months of physical, occupational and speech therapy after surgery.
She still uses a walker for long distances about 25% of the time, and when she gets really excited, she struggles to find the words to express herself. She also still has some double vision. "But I'm glad the tumor is gone," Tabatha says. "I'm very, very grateful."
Tabatha returned to work as a social worker for the state of Texas in summer 2017. She's looking forward to the day she can start driving again, and move out of her parents' house and back into her own home.
Advice to brain tumor patients
"It's not over until it's truly over. Look at me – I'm a testament to that," Tabatha tells other patients. "Keep your spirits up. Get the best doctor that you can. I feel like Dr. Prabhu was a godsend. He really knew what he was doing. His team wouldn't let me be defeated by this brain tumor."
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Noela Hjorth (5 December 1940 – 17 February 2016) was an Australian artist and builder of houses, known as living sculptures. Her work reveals a fascination with the female form and its spiritual manifestations, exploring the mythology of ancient civilisation, Western approaches to nature enshrined in Celtic and Druid traditions, and the mysticism of Eastern religion.

Biography
Noela Hjorth, printmaker, painter and sculptor, was born and studied in Melbourne, and trained at Chelsea Art School in London. Along with key printmakers such as Noel Counihan, she left a legacy as an important printmaker who helped to establish the print workshops at the Meat Market in the 1970s and 80s.

While her earlier works were characterised by female iconography, her later work deployed discarded materials into ecological social sculptures. Her later work had a strong environmental message about the role of ecology and obsolescence and took the form of social habitual structures she called living sculptures.

In Australia, her works can be found National Gallery, Canberra, in all State and many regional galleries. She has had 30 one-person exhibitions throughout Australia and overseas and has been included in numerous international group exhibitions including the Whitechapel Gallery and Victoria and Albert Museum (both in London, UK).

Noela Hjorth has been cited in numerous reviews and within significant collective works on art and artists such as Pat Gilmour's Lasting Impressions (Australian National Gallery, 1988), Alan McCulloch's Encyclopedia of Australian Art, (Hutchinson Group, 1992). Two monographs on her life and work have been published: the first by Vicki Pauli and Judith Rodriguez, Noela Hjorth (Granrott Press, 1984); and the second, a substantial book of 191 pages illustrated largely in color, Noela Hjorth: Journey of a Fire Goddess (Craftsman House, 1989). During her career, the role of books as art played an ongoing role in her practice and she made numerous limited edition print art books such as Flights of Fantasy and Trees of Wisdom.

From the 1980s, her work took on a strong focus in combining art with anthropology. She traveled frequently to many countries such as Indonesia and India to document rituals and ceremonies. In Australia, she was more interested in connecting with indigenous people than competing in the white art world. She frequently went to Arnhem Land and Kakadu National Park to watch ceremonies and visit cave paintings. She had an insatiable appetite for cross-cultural collaboration.

The 1990s saw her shift her focus away from conventional art contexts and she began to exhibit in cathedrals. 1994 was her most prolific year in that decade with exhibitions including retrospective works and recent sculptures at St Peter's Cathedral in conjunction with the Adelaide Festival, with subsequent exhibitions at the Greenaway Art Gallery, Kent Town, South Australia and the Melbourne Contemporary Art Gallery, Victoria. These exhibitions were not without controversy, especially as much of Hjorth's repurposed iconography such as seedpods looked unmistakably like vaginas. As Adelaide art critic Samela Harris noted, 'Adelaide's Establishment was scandalised. "Nudes in unholy row", huffed the headlines. "Women's genitalia in a church", hissed indignant city matrons.'

From the turn of the 21st century, Hjorth's work took on a more majestic dimension in terms of scale. Having spent much of the 1990s sculpting with recycled and obsolescent materials like foundry moulds for sand casting, Hjorth brought her passions—art, anthropology (material cultures) and architecture—together by building houses she called 'living sculptures'. Deploying entirely recycled materials, these living sculptures were often mistaken by experts as heritage. Her last 'living sculpture', completed in 2011 in Semaphore, was dedicated to the living memory of her son, chess champion and mathematician, the late Professor Greg Hjorth. The house won a local government Heritage Award in Urban Design and Character for a New Development.

Family and personal life
In Melbourne 1962, Noela married Bob Hjorth and their son Greg Hjorth was born in 1963.  After moving to London, their daughter Larissa was born in 1971. After her first marriage ended, Noela met and married John Olsen and moved to Clarendon, South Australia. Noela stayed on at Clarendon after her second marriage ended. She then reconnected with Graham Webb, who had been an early boyfriend, and spent over 20 years together (Graham died in November 2015). They lived in Adelaide, South Australia.

Select works
 Mother and Son, 1960, Woodcut, 25 x 15 cm.
 Marooned People, 1967, Oil on board, 100 x 76 cm.
 Image 1, 1978, Lithograph, 155 x 105 cm.
 The Barong and Fire Signs, 1985, Pen and ink on paper, 81 x 64 cm.
 Spiral Dancing and Mythological Figures, 1986, Mixed media on paper, 173 x 123 cm.
 Black and White Mandala, 1987, Collage and assemblage on canvas, 155 x 266 cm.
 The Return of Sophia – Kali's Alter- St Peters Cathedral, 1994, Mixed media installation.
 Sophia and the 7 Serpents – The Church of St John the Evangelist, 1998, Mixed media installation.
 Sophia's Underground Carnival – Brougham Place Uniting Church, 2000, Mixed media installation.

Select exhibitions
solo:
 Hawthorn City Art Gallery, Melbourne, AUS (1980)
 Wagga Wagga City Art Gallery, Wagga Wagga, AUS (1981)
group:
 Victorian Printmaking Travelling Exhibition (All States of Australia 1981)
 Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK.
Contemporary South Australian Painting, Art Gallery of SA, AUS (1988)
 Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK (1992).

Select collections
 National Gallery of Australia
 Art Gallery of New South Wales
 Art Gallery of South Australia
 National Gallery of Victoria
 Art Gallery of Western Australia
 Queensland Art Gallery
 Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
 Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery
 Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery
 Wagga Wagga City Gallery
 Araluen Art Centre
 Swan Hill Regional Gallery
 Christensen Foundation

References

Further reading
 Pauli, Vicki & Rodriguez, Judith (1984). Noela Hjorth (Monograph). Granrott Press, Australia
 Gilmour, Pat (1988). Lasting Impressions. National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia
 Hjorth, Noela (1989) Noela Hjorth: [https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/17520763 Journey of a Fire Goddess] (Monograph). Craftsman House, Australia.
 McCullough, Alan (Revised and updated by Susan McCullough 1994). The Encyclopedia of Australian Art. Allen & Unwin, Australia
 Hjorth, Noela (2005). Sophia's Sacred Cycle. Granrott Press, Australia

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1940 births
Australian women painters
20th-century Australian painters
Australian printmakers
2016 deaths
Women printmakers
Australian women sculptors
20th-century Australian sculptors
21st-century Australian painters
21st-century Australian sculptors
Artists from Melbourne
Alumni of Chelsea College of Arts
20th-century printmakers
20th-century Australian women artists
21st-century Australian women artists

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"If you know you are on the right track, if you have this inner knowledge, then nobody can turn you off... no matter what they say." states Barbara McClintock the Nobel Prize-winning geneticist known for her discoveries with regulation of genetic expression. This should be a mantra to build self-confidence for girls and women who are interested in science.
Without female scientists, we would be missing out on many important discoveries that sustainably influence our life. However, a recent study by the Women in Global Science and Technology initiative, figured out that "women remain severely under-represented in engineering, physics and computer science with a share of less than 30 % in most countries". In an effort to change this and to raise awareness of this issue, UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, declared February 11 the International Day of Women and Girls in Science.
The world of science can look back on many important women who deeply influenced and spurred key developments with their thoughts, ideas and experiments.
In ancient times it was common for women to contribute to the development of scientific knowledge. They worked as midwives and healers in early civilizations and passed on medical know-how from generation to generation. In ancient Greece, the study of philosophy was open to women. In the first and second century AD, women were also involved in the study of alchemy. Women even studied in the Middle Ages, primarily as nuns in convents.
It was when the first universities were established in the 11th century that science transformed into a male domain. For the most part, women were excluded from attending universities. It was centuries before Elena Piscopia became the first woman to receive a doctorate in 1678. More than 50 years later, Laura Bassi was the second woman ever to obtain a doctorate, after which she became the first female chair of a university science department. These two women's careers were an exception however. Until the early 20th century, very few women had to opportunity to freely pursue an education. Back then, women were often prevented from publishing results in scientific journals, or contributions to the work of male colleagues were simply not mentioned. Female scientists received no funding and were denied the space to work, not to mention the fact that the door to most scientific organizations was shut. In the face of such obstacles, these pioneering female scientists had one thing in common: a fearless passion to exploit their potential.
Although it may appear that the field of science is open to anyone today, regardless of gender, the fact is, the so-called STEM disciplines - science, technology, engineering, and mathematics - remain primarily a male playground.
To improve the gender balance in science, UNESCO initiated the "International Day of Women and Girls in Science". Irina Bokova, UNESCO's General Director, pointed out in a message: "The world needs science and science needs women". We must face the challenges of our planet and human living - sustainability, climate change and poverty are topics of utmost importance. As Ms. Bokova adds: "Humanity cannot afford to ignore half of its creative genius".
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I had a voucher for a trampoline party and he seemed very keen on this idea, we then visited the place and it's was too far of a drive for anyone who would be coming. So we put a line through that one and looked at option 2.
Option 2 was a soft play party bus that would sit out the front of our house. Soft play and kids parties go hand in hand and it was a reasonable price too, £145 for 2 hours with food for 16 kids. I tried calling I sent emails and I was just ignored so they lost a customer because I needed to book something and I'd been chasing them for at least a month.
Option 3 was a simple at home party, bouncy castle in the garden with hot dogs chips and burgers. He could invite his whole class if he wanted but then the bouncy castle's were booked and I don't think I'd have enough cups for tea for the parents. Apprently that is a thing now too parents stay at parties?! Does this happen at yours or is it just my son's school's parents?
So what have we gone for? Bowling. Yep he wants a bowling party which is in just over 2 weeks, we booked it and paid for a set number of kids and handed the invites out. So far only 3 can come as my son's birthday clashes with the second bank holiday everyone has plan's. We couldn't have any other dates as it was booked up the week before. As a mum I feel awful not because we will lose money but because my son has already got upset that his cousin and 2 best friends can't come. It's like his 3rd birthday all over again. I just don't know what else to do but keep my fingers crossed that the others can come. I hate seeing my kids upset but apart from inviting random kids from the park to the party I feel I'm fighting a losing battle.


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FDA Advises Testing for Zika Virus in All Donated Blood and Blood Components in U.S.
Revised guidance issued as virus threat grows
As a further safety measure against the emerging Zika virus outbreak, the FDA has issued revised guidance recommending universal testing of donated whole blood and blood components for Zika virus in the United States and its territories.
"There is still much uncertainty regarding the nature and extent of Zika virus transmission," said Peter Marks, MD, PhD, director of the FDA's Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research. "At this time, the recommendation for testing the entire blood supply will help ensure that safe blood is available for all individuals who might need transfusion."
The FDA first issued guidance in February recommending that only areas with active Zika virus transmission screen donated whole blood and blood components for Zika virus; use pathogen-reduction devices; or halt blood collection and obtain whole blood and blood components from areas of the U.S. without active virus transmission. All areas with active transmission in the U.S. are currently in compliance with this guidance.
The revised guidance recommends that all states and U.S. territories screen individual units of donated whole blood and blood components with a blood-screening test authorized for use by the FDA under an investigational new drug application or with a licensed test when available. Alternatively, an FDA-approved pathogen-reduction device may be used for plasma and certain platelet products.
The FDA updated its guidance after considering the available scientific evidence, consulting with other public health agencies, and taking into consideration the potential serious health consequences of Zika virus infection to pregnant women and children born to women exposed to Zika virus during pregnancy. Testing of donated blood is already under way in Florida and Puerto Rico, as well as in other areas, and it has shown to be beneficial in identifying donations infected with Zika virus, according to the agency. Expanded testing will be in effect until the risk of transfusion transmission of Zika virus is reduced.
Zika virus is transmitted primarily by the Aedes mosquito. Zika virus can also be spread by sexual contact. Although four out of five people infected with the virus never develop symptoms, when symptoms do occur they may include fever, arthralgia, maculopapular rash, and conjunctivitis. In addition, Zika virus infection during pregnancy can cause serious birth defects and is associated with other adverse pregnancy outcomes.
"As new scientific and epidemiological information regarding Zika virus has become available, it's clear that additional precautionary measures are necessary," said Luciana Borio, MD, the FDA's acting chief scientist. "We are issuing revised guidance for immediate implementation in order to help maintain the safety of the U.S. blood supply."
The first local or non–travel-related transmission of Zika virus in the U.S. by mosquitoes was reported in Puerto Rico in December 2015; soon thereafter, local transmission was reported in American Samoa and the U.S. Virgin Islands. In July 2016, the first cases of local or non–travel-related transmission of Zika virus in the continental U.S. were reported in Miami–Dade County, Florida.
In addition to protecting the nation's blood supply, the FDA says it is working to protect the safety of the nation's supply of human cells, tissues, and cellular and tissue-based products. The agency also supports the development and availability of diagnostic tests that may be useful for identifying the presence of or prior exposure to the Zika virus; works with commercial and government developers to advance the development of investigational vaccines and therapeutics; and monitors for fraudulent products and false product claims related to the Zika virus.
Source: FDA; August 26, 2016.
FDA Issues Recommendations to Reduce Risk for Zika Virus Blood Transmission in U.S. February 17, 2016
FDA Approves First Zika Screening Test for Blood Donations October 6, 2017
FDA Issues New Guideline to Reduce Risk of Zika Virus Transmission by Human Cell and Tissue Products March 2, 2016
Zika Mystery: Utah Caregiver Contracts Virus From Patient July 19, 2016
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Megyn Kelly: Julie Banderas Is a 'Saucy Vixen'
By Chris Rovzar
"I'm a big fan of my friend Julie Banderas, who is about to give birth. She's a hot mama. She's a beautiful woman. She's got the Latina thing going on — a saucy vixen." — Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly on the Howard Stern show today, after Stern begged her to pick which of her many attractive female co-workers she thought was the hottest.


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Oscar-winning movies are, without question some of the best movies available.
So if you're craving a marathon film binge of quality films or you've only got time to watch one good movie, this guide has you covered.
Inside I'm rounding up 35 Best Motion Picture Academy Award winners available to stream on Netflix right now.
And the Oscar goes to…!
How to watch these movies on Netflix
Before we dive right in, it's worth knowing that Netflix doesn't have every movie available in every country. It varies from region to region.
These days, other services like Disney Plus and HBO Max are direct Netflix competitors, who are removing their productions for their streaming services exclusively.
From now on, it's going to be hard to find certain movies on Netflix, at least if you live in a country with several streaming options.
For this reason, to watch most of these movies, you'll need a VPN app to unblock the different Netflix catalogues. You don't need a new Netflix account though, your regular login details work just fine.
There are lots of VPN apps to choose from but my recommendation is ExpressVPN, which is the best VPN in the market. I've been using it for the past 2 years to enjoy more content from my Netflix subscription.
If you like to shop around (who doesn't!), then it's worth checking NordVPN and Surfshark. Both are great options as well with similar features and prices.
Which of the three you end up choosing is entirely up to you!
Gone with the Wind (1939)
Drama, History, Romance – 238 min.
Available in Italy and Switzerland
Recommended VPN location: Italy (ExpressVPN, NordVPN, Surfshark)
It's one of the biggest movies of all time based on the immortal novel of the same name by Margaret Mitchell.
Gone with the Wind is an epic romance film directed by Victor Flemming and starring Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, and Olivia de Havilland.
The story is set in the American South with the historical frame of the American Civil War and the Reconstruction era following the turbulent romance between Scarlett O'Hara (Leigh) and Rhett Butler (Gable).
West Side Story (1961)
Crime, Drama, Musical – 153 min.
Available only in the UK
Recommended VPN: ExpressVPN, NordVPN, Surfshark
An adaptation of the 1957 Broadway musical of the same name, inspired by Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet.
Two youngsters belonging to rival gangs from New York City fall in love defying everything.
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Adventure, Biography, Drama – 228 min.
Available in Germany, Greece, Israel, Portugal, and Sweden
Recommended VPN Locations: Germany, Portugal (ExpressVPN, NordVPN, Surfshark), Israel (ExpressVPN)
A British epic historical drama film based on the life of T. E. Lawrence interpreted by Peter O'Toole and Alec Guinness playing Prince Faisal.
Set during WWI, the story is based on true events depicting Lawrence's experiences in the Ottoman Empire's provinces of Hejaz and Greater Syria and how he successfully united and led the diverse Arab tribes to fight the Turks.
Biography, Drama, History – 120 min.
Available in Portugal, South Korea, Spain, and Turkey
Recommended VPN locations: Portugal and Spain (ExpressVPN, NordVPN, Surfshark)
A British biographical drama film based on Robert Bolt's 1960 play of the same name and adapted for cinema by himself.
The story is based on the life of Sir Thomas More, who stood up to King Henry VIII when the King rejected the Roman Catholic Church to get the divorce and remarry.
Crime, Drama – 175 min.
Available in Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Italy, Malaysia, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Singapore, Slovakia, Thailand, and Turkey
Recommended VPN Locations: Belgium, Canada, Italy, Netherlands, Poland (ExpressVPN, NordVPN, Surfshark), Singapore (NordVPN, Surfshark)
Based on Mario Puzo's bestselling novel, who also co-wrote the screenplay with director Francis Ford Coppola, The Godfather is the trilogy's first instalment.
The film has an ensemble cast composed of Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Richard Castellano, Robert Duvall, Sterling Hayden, John Marley, Richard Conte, and Diane Keaton.
The story follows the patriarch of an organized crime dynasty who is ageing and looking for his successor in his reluctant son.
Available in Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Czech Republic, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Italy, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Singapore, Slovakia, Thailand, and Turkey
The sequel to The Godfather also directed by Francis Ford Coppola and co-written with Mario Puzo.
The film works as a sequel and prequel showing two different timelines. In the present, it follows Michael Corleone as the new Don, and the prequel covers his father's life from his Sicilian childhood till founding his family business in New York.
Drama, Sport – 120 min.
Available in Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, and Mexico
Recommended VPN Location: Canada (ExpressVPN, NordVPN, Surfshark)
The film that launched Sylvester Stallone into stardom, Rocky was also written by Stallone.
Rocky Balboa is an uneducated, good working-class Italian-American boxer who works as a debt collector for a loan shark in Philadelphia. When he gets a chance at the world heavyweight championship, his life changes forever.
Kramer vs Kramer (1979)
Drama – 105 min.
Available in Hong Kong, India, Netherlands, Russia, and South Korea
Recommended VPN Locations: Netherlands (ExpressVPN, NordVPN, Surfshark) India (NordVPN)
An American legal drama based on Avery Corman's 1977 novel of the same name and directed by Robert Benton.
The film follows a couple's divorce, Ted (Dustin Hoffman) and Joanna (Meryl Streep) Kramer, and the impact this has on their 8-year-old son.
Gandhi (1982)
Available in Australia, Belgium, Germany, Netherlands, South Korea, Sweden, Switzerland
Recommended VPN locations: Australia (ExpressVPN), Belgium, Germany, Netherlands (ExpressVPN, NordVPN, Surfshark)
Directed by Lord Richard Attenborough (A Chorus Line, Chaplin) and starred by Ben Kingsley, the film tells the life of the lawyer Mahatma Gandhi who becomes the leader of the Indian revolts against the British rule practising his philosophy of nonviolent protests.
Biography, Drama, Romance – 161 min.
Available in Belgium, Brazil, Portugal, South Africa, and Spain
Recommended VPN locations: Belgium, Portugal and Spain (ExpressVPN, NordVPN, Surfshark)
An American epic romantic drama film directed by Sydney Pollack and starring Meryl Streep and Robert Redford, based on Isak Dinesen's memoirs (the pseudonym of Danish author Karen Blixen).
Set in colonial Kenya in the first half of the 20th Century, a Danish baroness and plantation owner (Streep) live a passionate love affair with a big-game hunter (Redford).
Platoon (1986)
Drama, War – 120 min.
Available only in the US
Perhaps the most emblematic film directed and written by Oliver Stone with an ensemble cast starring Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe, Charlie Sheen, Keith David, Kevin Dillon, John C. McGinley, Forest Whitaker, and Johnny Depp.
Chris Taylor (Charlie Sheen) is a U.S. Army volunteer who arrives in South Vietnam and is assigned to an infantry platoon of the 25th Infantry Division near the Cambodian border.
There, he will find himself caught in an inner war between two sergeants who fight each other to impose their will.
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Crime, Drama, Thriller – 118 min.
Available only in Canada
Based on Thomas Harris's best-seller and directed by Jonathan Demme, the film brought Sir Anthony Hopkins into the spotlight who plays Hannibal Lecter.
Clarice Starling (Jodie Foster) is a young FBI cadet who is assigned to interview an incarcerated and manipulative cannibal killer, Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins), to capture another serial killer.
Unforgiven (1992)
Drama, Western – 130 min.
Available in India, Israel, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Switzerland
Recommended VPN locations: India (NordVPN), Israel (ExpressVPN), Italy, Japan (ExpressVPN, NordVPN, Surfshark)
An American revisionist Western film produced and directed by Clint Eastwood, who also plays the leading character.
William Munny (Eastwood) is an old retired gunslinger who reluctantly accepts the last job with the help of his old partner Ned Logan (Morgan Freeman).
Schindler's List (1993)
Available only in the Netherlands
An Epic historical drama directed and produced by Steven Spielberg and totally shot in black and white.
Based on the 1982 non-fiction novel Schindler's Ark by Australian novelist Thomas Keneally, the film follows Oskar Schindler, a German industrialist who becomes concerned about his Jewish workforce after seeing the Nazi persecution.
Along with his wife, Emilie Schindler, he saved more than a thousand mostly Polish-Jewish refugees from the Holocaust by employing them in his factories during World War II. The film stars Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, and Ben Kingsley.
Drama, Romance – 142 min.
Available in selected countries
Recommended VPN Locations: Canada, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain (ExpressVPN, NordVPN, Surfshark), India (NordVPN), Israel (ExpressVPN)
Tom Hanks is Forrest Gump, a man with an IQ below 75 but a big heart, who has witnessed the major historical events of his time, such as Kennedy's presidency, the Vietnam War, Watergate and his only goal is reuniting with Jenny, his sweetheart from childhood.
Robin Wright, Gary Sinise, Mykelti Williamson and Sally Field complete the cast.
Available in Canada, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand
Recommended VPN locations: Canada (ExpressVPN, NordVPN, Surfshark) Singapore (NordVPN, Surfshark)
An epic historical fiction war film directed and co-produced by Mel Gibson, who also portrays William Wallace, a late-13th-century Scottish warrior.
The film follows Wallace's life and also how he leads his countrymen in a rebellion against the tyrannical King Edward I of England.
American Beauty (1999)
Available in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, France, Hong Kong, India, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, Malaysia, Mexico, Singapore, South Korea, Switzerland, Thailand, and the UK
Recommended VPN locations: France, Italy, Japan, the UK (ExpressVPN, NordVPN, Surfshark), India (NordVPN), Singapore (Surfshark)
An American black comedy-drama film written by Alan Ball and directed by Sam Mendes. The film is the debut of Mendes as a film director and made him win the Academy Award as Best Director.
Lester Burnham (Kevin Spacey) is a magazine executive trapped in an unhappy marriage with his neurotic and materialist wife Carolyn (Annette Benning). His frustrations gain another level when he has a mid-life crisis after becoming infatuated with his teen daughter's best friend.
Action, Adventure, Drama – 155 min.
Available in Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Germany, Greece, Italy, Mexico, Portugal, Switzerland, Turkey
Recommended VPN locations: Belgium, Canada, Germany, Italy, Portugal (ExpressVPN, NordVPN, Surfshark)
An epic historical drama film directed by Ridley Scott and with Russel Crowe and Joaquin Phoenix in the leading roles.
Maximus (Crowe) a former Roman General plans his revenge against the Emperor (Phoenix), who killed his family and made him a slave.
A Beautiful Mind (2001)
Biography, Drama – 135 min.
Available in Greece, India, Japan, Spain, Switzerland, the UK
Recommended VPN Locations: India (NordVPN), Japan, Spain, the UK (ExpressVPN, NordVPN, Surfshark)
Based on the American mathematician John Nash's life, a Nobel Laureate in Economics and Abel Prize winner, the film was directed by Ron Howard with Russel Crowe, Jennifer Connelly, and Ed Harris in the leading roles.
The film follows Nash after accepting secret work in cryptology while dealing with paranoid schizophrenia and enduring delusional episodes.
Available in Italy, Portugal, Sweden, Turkey
Recommended VPN Locations: Italy, Portugal (ExpressVPN, NordVPN, Surfshark)
The final instalment to the epic trilogy based on the immortal book saga by J.R.R, Tolkien and directed by Peter Jackson.
A big battle led by Gandalf and Aragorn against Sauron is taking place to distract him from Sam and Frodo while they're taking the ring to Mount Doom.
Million Dollar Baby (2004)
Available in Australia, India, South Korea
Recommended VPN Locations: Australia (ExpressVPN), India (NordVPN)
Directed and starring Clint Eastwood with Hilary Swank in the leading role, Million Dollar Baby tells the story of a woman determined to become a professional boxer.
The Departed (2006)
Crime, Drama Thriller – 151 min.
Available in Australia, Canada, Germany, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Portugal, South Korea, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, the US
Recommended VPN locations: Australia, Israel (ExpressVPN), Canada, Germany, Italy, Japan, Portugal, the US (ExpressVPN, NordVPN, Surfshark), India (NordVPN)
Directed by Martin Scorsese and written by William Monahan, The Departed is a remake of the 2002 Hong Kong film Infernal Affairs and also loosely based on the real-life Boston Winter Hill Gang.
An undercover cop, Billy Costigan Jr. (Leonardo Dicaprio) and a mole in the police, Colin Sullivan (Matt Damon), try to identify each other while they infiltrate an Irish gang in South Boston. The cast is completed by Jack Nicholson, Mark Wahlberg, Martin Sheen, Vera Farmiga, and Alec Baldwin.
Available in Canada, Czech Republic, Greece, Hungary, India, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, South Korea, the UK
Recommended VPN Locations: Canada, Italy, Japan, Poland, Portugal, the UK (ExpressVPN, NordVPN, Surfshark), India (NordVPN)
Written and directed by Ethan and Joel Coen (Fargo), the film is set in 1980 in Texas, where hitman Anton Chigurh (Javier Bardem) is arrested and he commits a series of crimes to gain his freedom unleashing a wave of violence and chaos.
Tommy Lee Jones, Josh Brolin, and Woody Harrelson complete the cast.
Available in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Mexico, Romania, Slovakia
Recommended VPN Locations: Brazil (NordVPN)
The film is a British drama directed by Danny Boyle (Trainspotting, 28 Days Later) loosely based on the novel Q & A (2005) by Indian author Vikas Swarup.
It tells the story of 18-year-old Jamal Malik from the Juhu slums of Mumbai, who is accused of cheating in the Indian version of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?".
Drama, Thriller, War – 131 min.
Available in Italy, Sweden, the UK
Recommended VPN Locations: Italy, the UK (ExpressVPN, NordVPN, Surfshark)
An American war thriller film directed by Kathryn Bigelow (Strange Days), starring Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty, Christian Camargo, Ralph Fiennes, David Morse, and Guy Pearce.
The film follows an Iraq War Explosive Ordnance Disposal team, who is the target of a group of insurgents. The story heavily deals with the psychological reactions to the stress of combat and the consequences of it.
The King's Speech (2010)
Available in Italy, Japan, Turkey, and the UK
Recommended VPN locations: Italy, Japan, the UK (ExpressVPN, NordVPN, Surfshark)
This historical drama follows the story of King George VI (Colin Firth), his wife Elizabeth (Helena Bonham Carter), and the speech therapist Lionel Logue (Geoffrey Rush), who helped him to overcome his stammer.
The Artist (2011)
Comedy, Drama, Romance – 100 min.
Available in Hungary, Poland, Romania, the US
Recommended VPN Locations: Poland, the US (ExpressVPN, NordVPN, Surfshark)
The Artist pays tribute to the silent films era, totally shot in black and white as a silent film.
The film is set in Hollywood between 1927 and 1932 and follows the relationship between a rising young actress and an older silent film star when silent films were being replaced by talkies.
Biography, Drama, Thriller – 120 min.
Available in Australia, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, France, Hungary, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland
Recommended VPN locations: Australia (ExpressVPN), Belgium, Canada, France, Poland, Portugal, Spain (ExpressVPN, NordVPN, Surfshark)
Directed and starred by Ben Affleck with Bryan Cranston and John Goodman completing the cast, Argo is set in 1979 during the US hostage crisis in Tehran, Iran.
Tony Mendez (Affleck) is a CIA agent who goes undercover as a sci-fi movie producer looking for a location to shoot a movie to rescue six Americans that are held as hostages in the US Embassy in Tehran during the crisis perpetrated by the Muslim Student Followers of the Imam's Line.
Available in the Czech Republic, Hong Kong, Hungary, Japan, Romania, Slovakia, the UK
Recommended VPN Location: the UK (ExpressVPN, NordVPN, Surfshark)
The film is an adaptation of the 1853 slave memoir Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup, who was a New York State-born free African-American man kidnapped in Washington, D.C. and sold into slavery.
The direction of the movie was in charge of Steve McQueen and Chiwetel Ejiofor is the leading role of Solomon, while Michael Fassbender, Benedict Cumberbatch, Paul Dano, Paul Giamatti, Lupita Nyong'o, Sarah Paulson, Brad Pitt, and Alfre Woodard conform the supporting cast.
Birdman (2014)
Comedy, Drama – 119 min.
Available in France, Italy, South Africa, South Korea
Recommended VPN Locations: France, Italy (ExpressVPN, NordVPN, Surfshark)
Directed and co-written by Alejandro G. Iñárritu, the film follows Riggan Thompson (Michael Keaton), a washed-up superhero actor who attempts to get a new direction on his career by writing, directing and starring in a Broadway production.
Edward Norton, Naomi Watts, and Emma Stone complete the cast in supporting roles.
Biography, Crime, Drama – 129 min.
Available in Australia, Hong Kong, Italy, Japan, the US
Recommended VPN Locations: Australia (ExpressVPN), Italy, Japan, the US (ExpressVPN, NordVPN, Surfshark)
Based on the true story of how the Boston Globe uncover a scandal of child abuse in the local Catholic Archdiocese and how the entire Catholic Church covered up these instances of abuse.
The film stars Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Liev Schreiber, and Stanley Tucci.
Available in Australia, Japan, South Korea, the US
Recommended VPN Locations: Australia (ExpressVPN), the US (ExpressVPN, NordVPN, Surfshark)
Covering three time periods in the life of black-American Chiron, young adolescence, mid-teen and young adult, the films follows the struggles of identity and sexuality of a young boy growing up in a crime and drug-infested neighbourhood in Miami.
Biography, Comedy, Drama – 130 min.
Available in Australia, Hungary, Spain, Sweden, Turkey
Recommended VPN locations: Australia (ExpressVPN), Spain (ExpressVPN, NordVPN, Surfshark)
Set in 1962, Green Book is inspired by the true events that took place in the tour through the Deep South by African American classical and jazz pianist Don Shirley (Mahershala Ali) and Italian American bouncer Frank "Tony Lip" Vallelonga (Viggo Mortensen), who served as Shirley's driver and bodyguard.
Comedy, Drama, Thriller – 132 min.
Available in Argentina, Colombia, Mexico, Japan, Thailand
Recommended VPN locations: Japan (ExpressVPN, NordVPN, Surfshark)
The first foreign movie to win both awards for Best Picture and Best Picture in Foreign Language. Parasite is a Korean film directed and written by Bong Joon Ho (The Host, Okja).
The story deals with the huge social gap between classes in Korean society.
The Kim clan, composed of both parents and a son and a daughter, live in a basement, and they're always looking for a way to survive mostly cheating around.
When they get the chance to enter the life of the wealthy Park family, a symbiotic and sick relationship of lies and deceit will develop, leading the characters to an unexpected fate.
Awards season is here, and probably you want to watch some great award-winning movies from previous years.
Netflix has a good selection of Academy Award Best Picture-winning movies, but they're hard to find globally. Most of them are scattered around the world and available in only a few countries.
The solution to access these movies is a VPN like ExpressVPN that will allow you to access different Netflix regions and enjoy its catalogues.
After exhaustive research, we collected this list with all the Oscar movies we found on Netflix.
Subscribe to ExpressVPN and start enjoying Netflix worldwide from your regular account and start watching the finest movies Hollywood has been producing in the past decades.
What's your favorite movie on the list? I would love to know, so drop me a comment below.
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