Joie jours awards

JOIE JOURS AWARDS BOOKLET 2015

SPONSORED BY JOY FEELINGS MAGAZINE

WINNERS AND NOMINEES INSIDE!

THE NOMINEES BEST HAIRSTYLE CELEBRITY: 1. EMILY BLUNT; BRAIDED UPDO

2. JENNIFER LOPEZ; PONYTAIL HAIR

3. ZENDAYA: LONG DREDLOCKS

MOST POPULAR OR FAMOUS CELEBRITY 2015: 1. BARACK OBAMA: PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

2. HILLARY CLINTON; ASPIRING PRESIDENT OF THE USA

3. MADDONA; MUSICIAN

BEST SONG OF THE YEAR: 1.BAD ROMANCE BY LADY GAGA

2.LOVE ME HARDER BY ARIANNA GRANDE 3.THE NAME OF JESUS BY SINACHE BEST VIDEO OF THE YEAR: 1. ALL HANDS ON THE DECK BY TINASHE 2. 7/11 BY BEYONCE 3. HAPPY BY PHARELL WILLIAMS BEST FILM OR MOVIE OF THE YEAR: 1.THE FIXER 2. CINDERELLA 2015 3. FIFTY SHADES OF GREY BEST AUTHOR OF THE YEAR:

1. JOYCE WOLAYO; POETRY PASTRIES

2. JOHN GREEN;THE FAULT IN OUR STARS

3. ANTHONY DOERR

MOST POPULARAFRICAN ICON 1. ROBERT MUGABE Robert Gabriel Mugabe born 21 February 1924) is the current President of Zimbabwe, serving since 31 December 1987. As one of the leaders of the rebel groups against white minority rule.

2. NELSON MANDELA

First president and freedom fighter against the apartheid regime in south Africa.18 July 1918 – 5 December 2013)

3. BARACK OBAMA

First black president of the united states of America and with African origins in Kenya.

THE WINNERS Here are the winners of the first ever joy feelings online magazine awards 2015!

BEST HAIRSTYLE CELEBRITY 2015 EMILY BLUNT HER 2015 BRAIDED UPDO GOLDEN GLOBE HAIR IS A REAL HIT AND DESERVES OUR RECOGNITION

Emily Olivia Leah Blunt is a British actress known for her roles in The Young Victoria (2009) and The Devil Wears Prada (2006).

She was born on February 23, 1983, in Roehampton, South West London, England, the second of four children in the family of Janice M. (Dixon), a teacher and former actress, and Oliver Simon Peter Blunt, a barrister. She received a rigorous education at Ibstock Place School, a co-ed private school at Roehampton. However, young Emily Blunt had a stammer, since she was a kid of 8. Her mother took her to relaxation classes, which did not do anything. She

reached a turning point at 12, when a teacher cleverly asked her to play a character with a different voice and said, "I really believe in you". Blunt ended up using a northern accent, and it did the trick, her stammer disappeared.

MOST FAMOUS/POPULAR CELEBRITY 2015 BARACK OBAMA

Barack Hussein Obama II born August 4, 1961 is the 44th and current President of the United States, and the first African American to hold the office. Born in Honolulu, Hawaii, Obama is a graduate of Columbia University and Harvard Law School, where he served as president of the Harvard Law Review. He was a community organizer in Chicago before earning his law degree. He worked as a civil rights attorney and taught constitutional law at the University Of Chicago Law School from 1992 to 2004. He served three terms representing the 13th District in the Illinois Senate from 1997 to 2004, running unsuccessfully for the United States House of Representatives in 2000.

BEST SONG OF THE YEAR 2015 LOVE ME HARDER BY ARIANA GRANDE FEATURING THE WEEKEND "Love Me Harder" is a song recorded by American singer Ariana Grande, released by Republic Records on September 30, 2014 as the third single from her second studio album, My Everything (2014).[1] The song features Canadian recording artist The Weeknd, who co-wrote it with Max Martin, Savan Kotecha, Ahmad Balshe, Peter Svensson, and Ali Payami; the latter two also co-produced it with Carolina Liar drummer Peter Carlsson.

"Love Me Harder" was hailed by critics, praising its mature sound and the pairing

between Grande and The Weeknd. It was called the best song from My Everything by several critics. The song peaked at number 7 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Ariana Grande's fifth overall top 10 single and fourth from My Everything. By becoming her fourth top ten single, Grande has the most top 10 singles in 2014. The song is also The Weeknd's first top 10 single on the chart, as well as his first top 40 hit.

BEST VIDEO OF THE YEAR 2015 HAPPY BY PHARELL WILLIAMS

"Happy" is a song written, produced, and performed by American singer and producer Pharrell Williams from the Despicable Me 2 soundtrack album. It also served as the lead single from Williams' second studio album, Girl (2014). It was first released on November 21, 2013, alongside a long-form music video. The song was reissued on December 16, 2013, by Back Lot Music under exclusive license to Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music.

"Happy" is a midtempo soul song on which Williams's falsetto voice has been compared to Curtis Mayfield by critics. The song has been highly successful, peaking at No. 1 in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, and 19 other

countries. It is the best-selling song of 2014 in the United States with 6.45 million copies sold for the year, as well as in the United Kingdom with 1.5 million copies sold for the year. It reached No. 1 in the UK on a record three separate occasions and became the most downloaded song of all time in the UK in September 2014.[5] It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song.

In the w/e April 11, 2015, it dropped out of the official UK top 75 chart after 70 consecutive weeks. A live rendition of the song won the Grammy Award for Best Pop Solo Performance at the 57th Annual Grammy Awards.

The music video for the song was nominated for Best Male Video and Video of the Year at the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards. It also won the Grammy Award for Best Music Video at the 57th Annual Grammy Awards The song was Billboard 's number-one single for 2014.

Happy was the best-selling song of 2014 with sales of 13.9 million copies worldwide, becoming one of the best-selling singles of all time.

BEST FILM/MOVIE OF THE YEAR 2015 FIFTY SHADES OF GREY

Fifty Shades of Grey is a 2015 BritishAmerican erotic film directed by Sam TaylorJohnson with a screenplay by Kelly Marcel, based on the novel of the same name by British author E. L. James. It stars Dakota Johnson as Anastasia Steele, a college

graduate who begins a sadomasochistic relationship with young business magnate Christian Grey (Jamie Dornan).

The film premiered at the 65th Berlin International Film Festival on February 11, 2015, and had a wide theatrical release on February 13, 2015, by Universal Pictures. It was an immediate box office success, breaking numerous box office records and earning over $568 million worldwide. It is currently the second highest-grossing film of 2015. A sequel is planned for a 2016 release.

However, the sequel will not see Sam TaylorJohnson returning as director.

21-year-old Anastasia "Ana" Steele is a literature student at Washington State University's satellite campus near Vancouver, Washington. When her roommate, Kate Kavanagh, becomes ill and is unable to interview wealthy entrepreneur 27-year-old Christian Grey at his company headquarters in Seattle for the college newspaper, Ana

agrees to go in her place. Christian is interested in her, and soon after visits the hardware store where Ana works. He agrees to Ana's request for a photoshoot to accompany the article.

After the photoshoot, Christian invites Ana to have coffee, but leaves abruptly, confusing her. For her graduation, Christian sends Ana first edition copies of Tess of the d'Urbervilles. Ana celebrates with friends, and, after drinking too much, spontaneously calls Christian. Concerned, he goes to the bar to find Ana, who passes out. She wakes up the next morning in Christian's hotel room and is relieved when he says that they did not become familiar.

Ana and Christian begin seeing each other.

After she signs a non-disclosure agreement that prevents her from revealing anything about their alliance, Christian tells her he only has interrelations involving bondage.

Ana reveals that she is a virgin. While she is considering the agreement and negotiating

her terms, she and Christian begin a procreative relationship that includes some of the objectionable practices Christian desires.

Christian showers Ana with gifts and favors, such as a new car and laptop. After moving to Seattle with Kate, Ana becomes closer to Christian. One night, she accompanies Christian to his parents' house. During dinner, Ana mentions she is leaving the next day to visit her mother in Georgia. Christian is infuriated as Ana had expressed she wants romance rather than a purely generative union. She is shocked when Christian unexpectedly arrives in Georgia while she is visiting her mother. Christian leaves soon after to tend to an emergency in Seattle.

After returning home, Ana continues seeing Christian, who is still interested in further venereal experimentation. Ana initially consents and participates willingly. Christian, however, keeps Ana emotionally distant, upsetting her. While still considering the contract, Ana asks Christian to demonstrate

how he would "punish" her for rule breaking. Christian whips Ana's backside six times with a belt, making her count each time he strikes her. She is upset and finds it far from her romantic expectations. Ana concludes that Christian is wrong for her and that his practices border on being deviant and excessive and leaves.

BEST AUTHOR OF THE YEAR ANTHONY DOERR

Anthony Doerr (born 1973) is an American author of novels and short stories. He gained widespread recognition for his 2014 novel All the Light We Cannot See, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.

Anthony Doerr was born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio. He is the author of the story collections The Shell Collector and Memory Wall, the memoir Four Seasons in Rome, and the novels About Grace and All the Light We Cannot See, which was a finalist for the 2014 National Book Award, the 2015 Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction, and a #1 New York Times bestseller. Doerr’s fiction has won four O. Henry Prizes and has been anthologized in The Best American Short Stories, The Anchor Book of New American Short Stories, and The Scribner Anthology of Contemporary Fiction.

He has won the Barnes & Noble Discover Prize, the Rome Prize, the New York Public Library’s Young Lions Award, a Guggenheim Fellowship, an NEA Fellowship, the National Magazine Award for Fiction, three Pushcart Prizes, two Pacific Northwest Book Awards, three Ohioana Book Awards, the 2010 Story Prize, which is considered the most prestigious prize in the U.S. for a collection of short stories, and the Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award, which is the largest prize in the world for a single short story. In 2007, the British literary magazine Granta placed

Doerr on its list of 21 Best Young American novelists.

Doerr lives in Boise, Idaho with his wife and two sons. Though he is often asked, as far as he knows he is not related to the late writer Harriet Doerr.

MOST POPULAR AFRICAN ICON NELSON MANDELA Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela 18 July 1918 – 5 December 2013) was a South African antiapartheid revolutionary, politician and philanthropist w ho served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999. He was South Africa's first black chief executive, and the first elected in a fully representative democratic election. His government focused on dismantling the legacy of apartheid through tackling

institutionalised racism, poverty and inequali ty, and fostering racialreconciliation.

Politically an African nationalist and democratic socialist, he served as President of the African National Congress (ANC) party from 1991 to 1997.

Internationally, Mandela was Secretary General of the Non-Aligned Movement from 1998 to 1999.

A Xhosa born to the Thembu royal family, Mandela attended Fort Hare University and the University of Witwatersrand, where he studied law. Living in Johannesburg, he became involved in anti-colonial politics,

joining the ANC and becoming a founding member of its Youth League.