#TheDailySpin: And the hardest word in a game of Hangman is …

By {/%BYLINE%} {%AUTHOR%}Alan Pearcy{/%AUTHOR%} {%TITLE%}#TheDailySpin: And the hardest word in a game of Hangman is …{/%TITLE%} {%ALTERNATIVEURL%}{/%ALTERNATIVEURL%} {%IMAGE%}/Uploads/Public/jazz.jpg{/%IMAGE%} {%ROLE%}87d65c27-6e78-4e5c-b423-78d47d4f2768{/%ROLE%} {%KICKER%}Writing, Editing{/%KICKER%} {%CATEGORIESID%}e8e0f32d-5d24-41be-86cc-a8fd29cc4619, 055d8a23-ee23-4f9c-a2f4-df030843f312, 9b04de1d-f7bc-4de7-842e-c9c833ff24e9, 1fd4d0a9-bbe2-4b5c-af5c-11dce5b9983e, 5b5f5480-7a63-458a-90a4-0b98007ec3f7{/%CATEGORIESID%} {%CAPTION%}Think Roxie Hart or Karl Malone. Plus, apes with iPads, the rich, unethical, the lady Meryl Streep forgot to thank at the Oscars, Spam finds its voice,, more.{/%CAPTION%} {%BODYCOPY%}Considering all of the uncommon letter pairings, tricky vowels, you might be surprised to learn that the hardest word in a round of Hangman is only four letters in length: j-a-z-z. Maybe you’re more of a Words with Friends kind of person. Just don’t exclude you’re animal friends from the mix. As part of Orangutan Outreach, iPads have been donated to zoos in Milwaukee, Florida, Houston,, Atlanta in hopes of discovering new ways to study the animal. And don’t be upset when the apes win. They are considered the smartest of primates. If they were that smart, you’d think those apes would have waited to get the new iPad 3 when it debuts Mar. 7. If you line up for a new iPad with one of America’s 1 percenters, be careful. They may cut in line, grab your new device, or worse. According to a new study, wealthier people are more apt to behave unethically than those of poorer ranks, with greed, self-interest seen as good pursuits. The poor, the affluent,, everyone in the (shrinking) middle were more than happy to see the Dow close above 13,000 on Tuesday for the first time since the financial crisis struck in May 2008. Must be that boost in consumer confidence. Sunday’s Oscars telecast received a boost in viewership, up 4 percent from 2011 with an audience of 39.3 million people. However, it wasn’t enough to outshine this year’s Grammys that pulled in 39.9 million. The Grammys even won on Twitter when compared to the Academy Awards, despite J-Lo’s alleged nip-slip or the wrath of Angie’s right leg. However, one controversy from Hollywood’s biggest night might be Meryl Streep’s Best Actress win for “The Iron Lady”—not because it snubbed Viola Davis’ performance in “The Help,” but because Streep didn’t thank Margaret Thatcher, whom she portrayed on screen. Thatcher might not have received any love, but according to PRNewser, there are at least four reasons PR pros are going to love Facebook Timeline for brands, which rolled out today. Meanwhile, fans of MTV are sure to love its new social sharing tool, “MTV Under the Thumb,” so long as they live outside the U.S. The service that provides access to MTV content on mobile devices is only available in seven European countries for now. Americans can still satiate their musical hunger with a new app called “The Social Radio,” which sort of serves as a radio news bulletin for your social networks interlaced with the music you love. (via UrbanDaddy) SPAM, a brand that generally gets no love, is hoping its first-ever spokesperson might change that, though strictly judging from Sir Can-A-Lot’s name, stature, we find that hard to believe. Even harder to believe are the slogans of a Chinese campaign touting the country’s one-child policy. For example, "If you don't get sterilized, your house will be demolished.” Officials said the phrases, which appeared in Communist Party newspaper People’s Daily, would be reworked. So something like, “If you don’t get sterilized, your house will be moved to a re-education camp.” (Image via, via){/%BODYCOPY%} {%ID%}10966{/%ID%} {%DATAID%}27da1472-1d7f-408c-a756-f2b1f711b321{/%DATAID%} {%CanonicalUrl%}{/%CanonicalUrl%} {%PUBLISHDATE%}3/1/2012 2:46:56 PM{/%PUBLISHDATE%} {%LINK%}https://www.prdaily.com/Main/Articles/10966.aspx{/%LINK%} {%BYLINE%}
March 1, 2012