DANGEROUS SPORTS

DAN OSMAN

Dan Osman (11th February 1963-23th November 1998) has been a extreme sportsman as rock climbing, without rope, or the controlled “fallen down free” (jumping down a precipice for hundreds meters and being stopped at the end by a security rope), with a record of 400 meters. He has lived a bohemian life, has worked from time to time and has lived for months in a little house built on a tree.

He has starred some rock climbing videos and has made this special sport become popular. Born in the Tahoe Lake, California, he started climbing when he was 12. He has had a daughter.

He died the 23th November 1998, when he was 35, when the rope he was using broke while he was jumping a controlled “falling down free” from the Leaning Tower In Yosemite National Park, California.

He has done more than 1000 jumping in his last 10 years. In July 1998 he has designed the tiroline system and has realized jumps of 225, 240, 255, 270, 300, 400 and a final jump of 422m in Yosemite.

Dan Osman

These videos are of Dan Osman doing rock climbing.

Leonardo DiCaprio

We do the biography of Leonardo DiCaprio.
Her real name is Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio, he was born in 11th of November, in 1974 in Hollywood, California in USA.
Her name came from Leonardo DaVinci, when her mother saw one of the painting of DaVinci, Leonardo DiCaprio was in his belly and he gave to him a kick, and her mother decided to put his name for this fact. When he was one year, her parents were divorced. He didn’t receive studies to be an actor. He began her career in 1990, in a serie.

Her first film was Critters 3, in 1991.
In 1992 he did Poison Ivy.
In 1993 he did This Boy’s Life and What’s eating gilbert grape.
In 1995 he did The quick and the dead, the basketball diaries, Total eclipse.
In 1996 he did Romeo + Juliet and Marvin’s room.
In 1997 he did Titanic, the most important film that he did.
In 1998 he did The man in the iron mask and Celebrity.
In 2000 he did The beach.
In 2001 he did Don’s Plum.
In 2002 he did Catch me if you can and Gangs of New York.
In 2004 he did The aviator.
In 2006 he did Blood Diamond and The departed.
In 2007 he did The 11th hour.
And her lasts films are in 2008, Body of Lies and Revolutionary road.

He did some films as the producer, not like actor:
In 2004 he did The assassination of Richard Nixon and The aviator.
In 2007 he did The 11th hour and Gardener of Eden.
In 2008 he did Greensburg.

He did some TV series:
In 1990 he did Parenthood, The New Lassie and Santa Barbara.
In 1991 he did Roseanne.
And in 1991-1992 he did Growing pains.

He won some prizes:
In 1993 he won New Generation Award and Best Supporting Actor.
In 1994 he won Most Promising Actor.
In 1997 he won Best Supporting Actor, Favourite Actor and Best Actor.
In 1998 he won Best Male Perfomance and Favourite Actor.
In 1999 he won Worst Screen Couple.
In 2003 he won Choice Movie Liar.
In 2004 he won Actor of the year.
In 2005 he won Best Perfomance by an Actor in a Motion Picture and Best Male Perfomance.

POP MUSIC

The origins of pop music began in Napoli ( Italy), in 1679. The name comes from popular music, is a music style who like the teenagers.
The pop music has five subkinds:
•Mainstream (commercial pop): Some of the singers of this subkind are Madonna, Britney Spears, Cyndi Lauper, Christina Aguilera, Avril Lavigne and Janet Jackson.
•Independent pop ( Indie and New Pop): They don’t compete with the mainstream. They are of educated character. An example is Cycle.
•Electronic pop: They are electronic instruments and digital sounds. Some examples are Miranda and Belanova.
•Traditional Pop: It is the one that has been generated by the traditional musical structure: voice, bass, battery and guitar.
•Latin Pop: Are the music from Portugal, Spain and American Latin. Some of the singers oh this subkindare Jennifer López, Belinda and Thaila.
•Pop- punk: Is a fusion genre, that combines elements of punk rock and pop music, to varying degrees.
•Pop- rock: Is a mix of pop music and rock music that the songs are formed by a base of guitar.

The recent hits of pop music are:

- Amaia Montero: Quiero ser
-Coldplay: Viva la vida
-Katy Perry: I kissed a girl
-Beyoncé: If I were a boy
-El canto del loco: Peter Pan
-Nena Daconte: Tenía tanto que darte
-Juanes: odio por amor
-LODV: Inmortal
-Leona Lewis: Better in time
-The script: The man that can’t be moved

ELCD

El canto del loco is a Spanish pop rock band. The group was created in 1994 by Dani Martín and Ivan Ganchegui ( who left the group in 2002). Now, El canto del loco members are Dani Martín, David Otero, Chema Ruiz and Carlos Gamón. The former members are Iván Ganchegui and Jandro Velazquez. They have five albums: the first album is El Canto del Loco (2000), the second is A contracorriente (2002), the third is Estados de ánimo (2003), the fourth is Zapatillas (2005) and the last is Personas (2008). Dani Martín is the vocalist, David Otero is the guitarist and the chorus, Chema Ruiz is the bass-player and Carlos Gamón is the drumer. They have won some prizes: of 40 principales, of MTV...

HEY MONDAY


Hey Monday is an American alternative rock band from West Palm Beach, Florida, United Stated. The band consists of Cassadee Pope (lead vocals), Michael "Jersey“ Moriarty (bass guitar), Mike Gentile (lead guitar), Alex Lipshaw (rhythm guitar), Elliot James (drums) and Bobby Nolan (Keyboard). Their albums are: Hold on Tight (2008) Welcome To The New Administration (2008). History: The group started touring on September 22nd, 2008 with The Cab, The Academy Is... We The Kings, A Rocket to the Moon, This Providence and Carolina Liar, to support the release of their debut album. Their 1st single off the album Homecoming”Cassadee also made an appearance in Fall Out Boy's video "America's
Suitehearts". Hey Monday will be supporting Fall Out Boy throughout 2009 on their tour, which takes place in the U.K. and many parts of mainland Europe, as well as Japan, Singapore, Philippines, Australia and New Zealand. Hey Monday will also be performing in the Believers
Never Die (Part Deux) tour through April and May of 2009, touring with Fall Out Boy, Cobra Starship, All Time Low, and Metro Station.The band was recently added to the lineup of the 2009 Bamboozle show in East Rutherford, New Jersey.

Homecoming - Hey Monday

PARAMORE

Paramore is a pop punk band formed primarily in Franklin, Tennessee in 2004, highlighted by the youth of its members. The name was taken from Paramore “Par l´amour” which in for love. The name of the band comes from the surname of the mother of one of the first members of the band. Hayley Williams, Josh farro, Zac Farro, Jeremy Davis are members of the band:
. Hayley Williams: Vocals, piano, guitar.
. Josh Farro: Guitar, vocals.
. Jeremy Davis: Bass.
. Zack Farro: Drums.
. Taylor York: Second guitar live.
Paramore's new song "Decode" is the lead single for the novel-based Twilight film.

Disc albums
-In his first album was in 2005 with "All we know is falling" with the Fueled by Ramen discography.
-In his second album was in 2006 with "The Summer Tic EP" with the Fueled by Ramen discography.
-His third album was going in 2007 with "Riot" with discography Fueled by Ramen and Atlantic Records.
-His fourth album was in 2008 with "Live in the UK 2008!" with the Fueled by Ramen discography.
-In the same year that Paramore released the album "Live in the UK 2008!", also made the soundtrack of twilight, with two songs: "Decode" and "I caught myself”.

New blog

This is our new blog!
We are Cristina, Eva and Mònica. We study in high school Pau Vila, we do third cours of ESO.
Cristina likes dancing, Eva likes play the guitar and Mònica likes do theatre. We are very kinds and we go to class C. At the moment we are in English class. We are fourteen years old. We love go out with our friends.

A kiss!