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Preventing Homophobia – One Of The Main Topics At AIDS Conference
On the opening day of the International AIDS conference, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said that discrimination against gay people must be brought to an end and required countries to enlarge AIDS-prevention programmes for the this group. Likewise, Mexican President Felipe Calderon, ex-president of Botswana, Festus Mogae,...

Preventing Homophobia – One Of The Main Topics At AIDS Conference

Cancer Survivors Marched in This Year’s Race for the Cure
Cancer survivors and other participants walked in this year’s Race for the Cure wearing complimentary pink hats and t-shirts. Every year, the National Breast Cancer Recognition program celebrates breast cancer survivors and honours them for their strength and courage. This year, about 14,500 people registered for walking and...

Cancer Survivors Marched in This Year’s Race for the Cure

Woman Attacked by Diving Pelican
Debbie Shoemaker was swimming in the Gulf of Mexico when a pelican appeared all of a sudden and attacked her. Her visits to Treasure Islands became every year’s ritual. She used to visit this place and swim in the Gulf of Mexico, but she never witnessed anything similar to the incident which happened Thursday. The pelican,...

Woman Attacked by Diving Pelican

US Hospitals Are Not Prepared To Deal With a Terrorist Attack
US hospitals are not prepared to deal with a big event, such as a disaster or a terrorist attack, according to findings released Monday from a House oversight committee. The survey included seven major cities and the hospitals were inspected on Tuesday, March 25 at 4:30 p.m., local time.    The 34 hospitals surveyed in New York...

US Hospitals Are Not Prepared To Deal With a Terrorist Attack
 

Global Warming Causes the Disintegration of the Antarctic Ice Shelf
Satellite images show that a large part of the Antarctica's massive Wilkins Ice Shelf, a plate of permanently floating ice, situated on the southwest Antarctic Peninsula, has begun disintegrating under the effects of global warming. The dimension of the shelf was about 160 square miles (415 square kilometers) in...

Global Warming Causes the Disintegration of the Antarctic Ice Shelf
 

The FDA Will Release List of Drugs Every Three Months
The Food and Drug Administration has made a plan to release a list of drugs which are under a safety investigation. Every three months the FDA will post the list on which there will be drug companies, physicians and patients that brought drug and medication complaints to the agency. The FDA won’t describe how serious the complaint lists...

The FDA Will Release List of Drugs Every Three Months

HPV Vaccine Jeopardizes Girls’ Health ?
A vaccine conceived in order to prevent cervical cancer is due to be thoroughly analyzed as a result of thousands of reports which associated it to a variety of health disorders. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Merck & Co. Inc.’s Gardasil has been the topic of over 7,800 “adverse event” complaints...

HPV Vaccine Jeopardizes Girls’ Health ?

GlaxoSmithKline's Prepandrix Vaccine Finally Approved by the EU
GlaxoSmithKline Plc, Europe's largest drugmaker, gained European Union approval for its pre-pandemic flu vaccine, Prepandrix. This vaccine is meant to prevent the deadly H5N1 virus. Prepandrix should be administrated before or in the early stages of a flu pandemic. It determines an immune response to the H5N1 strain of bird...

GlaxoSmithKline's Prepandrix Vaccine Finally Approved by the EU

Heparin-Linked Death Toll Triples to 62
The Food and Drug Administration has announced yesterday that it received 62 reports of deaths during the last 15 months of patients who were treated with the blood-thinner heparin and suffered allergic reactions or low blood pressure. This is more than triple the initial estimate of 19 deaths.The figure includes deaths of patients...

Heparin-Linked Death Toll Triples to 62

Chantix Increases Suicide Risks, FDA Warns
The Food and Drug Administration announced Friday that it is likely that the well-known anti-smoking drug Chantix may be linked to some serious psychiatric problems. The FDA alert comes two weeks after the drug-making company Pfizer added stronger warnings on the drug’s label regarding behavioral changes, mood swings and suicide...

Chantix Increases Suicide Risks, FDA Warns
 

Saint Laurent Auction – The Greatest of All Times
Beneath the cupola of a Parisian palace in the shadow of a worldwide economic crisis, the world's top art buyers gathered on Monday for a historic auction: the sale of 733 pieces of art owned by the late designer Yves Saint Laurent who died last year at 71, valued at as much as $380 million.The proceedings took place under chandeliers...

Saint Laurent Auction – The Greatest of All Times

“Slumdog”, the Great Winner
Over the past decade, the academy has chosen to divide its awards among several big winners, but for "Slumdog Millionaire," the academy was willing to break recent tradition. On Sunday night, there was a general feeling of celebration because the movie turned out to be the big winner at this year's Academy Awards ceremony....

“Slumdog”, the Great Winner

“Slumdog”, the Great Winner
Over the past decade, the academy has chosen to divide its awards among several big winners, but for "Slumdog Millionaire," the academy was willing to break recent tradition. On Sunday night, there was a general feeling of celebration because the movie turned out to be the big winner at this year's Academy Awards ceremony....

“Slumdog”, the Great Winner

Heath Ledger’s Family Attended “The Dark Knight” Premiere
“The Dark Knight”’s Monday night World Premiere in New York gathered the world’s most famous stars who paid tribute to the late Heath Ledger. Kim Ledger, the father of the deceased actor, and his wife, Heath Ledger’s stepmother, Ines, attended the premiere, although they stayed away from the red carpet. The couple entered the...

Heath Ledger’s Family Attended “The Dark Knight” Premiere

The AFI’s Top 10 in 10 Classic Genres
On Tuesday night, the American Film Institute announced the 10 greatest movies in 10 classic American film genres during a three-hour special TV event on the CBS Television Network. The jury, composed of 1,500 film artists, critics and historians declared the following films as the very best in their category: 2001: A Space...

The AFI’s Top 10 in 10 Classic Genres

Robbie Knievel Jumps 24 Delivery Trucks at Kings Island
Robbie “Kaptain” Knievel successfully jumped over 24 delivery trucks Saturday night at the site of one of his father's most famous stunts, the Associated Press reported. It was his longest gap ever – almost 200 feet – at Kings Island amusement park, Manson, Ohio. He made this jump in honor of his father, the legendary stunt man, Evel...

Robbie Knievel Jumps 24 Delivery Trucks at Kings Island

Washington Post Awarded 6 Pulitzer Prizes
The Washington Post won 6 Pulitzer Prizes for journalism in a single year. The prize was seen as a confirmation of the value of artful writing and tenacious working. The newspaper won the prestigious public service award for revealing the true story of the tragic event which happened at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, when...

Washington Post Awarded 6 Pulitzer Prizes

Whoopi Left Out of Oscar’s Memorable Moments
Whoopi Goldberg was very sad and upset because on Sunday night’s Academy Awards broadcast on ABC she was left out of a montage of Oscar’s memorable moments. It is uncertain for now whether this happened unintentional or not, but this fact bothered Whoopi, who was the first woman to solo as Oscar host. When asked by Sherri Shepherd...

Whoopi Left Out of Oscar’s Memorable Moments

Oscars on Sunday - Will It Be a Big Night?
The Oscars have always captured the public’s attention. However, this year’s 80th annual Academy Awards are thought to have low ratings. The reason for this situation is the Writers Guild of America strike and the primary political season which is the most interesting one in a half-century. Even though the strike is over, the...

Oscars on Sunday - Will It Be a Big Night?

Denzel’s “Great Debaters” – Top Winner at NAACP Image Awards
The 39th NAACP Image Awards ceremony was held Thursday night at Shrine Auditorium, honoring the achievements of individuals from various fields such as arts, literature, motion pictures, recording and television. The show was hosted by D. L. Hughley. The great winners of the night were Denzel Washington’s “The Great...

Denzel’s “Great Debaters” – Top Winner at NAACP Image Awards

Housekeeper Caught Reporter Attempting to Trespass Pitt's Home
  A 25-year-old man was arrested Wednesday after having been caught trying to get into the Jolie-Pitt’s Los Angeles house. The housekeeper looking after the couple’s house said a man, blocking the driveway, got out of his car and asked where Brad Pitt’s house is. The housekeeper called the police. According...

Housekeeper Caught Reporter Attempting to Trespass Pitt's Home
 

Enigmatic Serena Williams says she's good to go in Sydney
 Serena Williams arrived in Australia on Thursday vowing to begin her tennis year in style and playing down any talk of the injuries which plagued her in late 2008. The self-absorbed three-time Australian open winner will take her place in the field at next week's Medibank International after weeks of speculation about her fitness -...

Enigmatic Serena Williams says she's good to go in Sydney

Kiefer injury crisis casts pall over Hopman Cup
 German Nicolas Kiefer was rushed to hospital for treatment of an ankle injury suffered as the Slovak Republic backed into a fifth final at the Hopman Cup teams event on Thursday. The 31-year-old fell victim to the worst possible luck as he suffered a freak mishap while leading Slovakia's Domink Hrbaty 3-1. The Europeans,...

Kiefer injury crisis casts pall over Hopman Cup

Djokovic hopes to turn his luck in Sydney
 Only hours after a first-round upset in Brisbane on Tuesday, Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic was set to head to Sydney to tune his tennis at the Medibank International. The world number three was granted a late wildcard into the men's and women's event which starts on Sunday, one week prior to the Open. The Serb crashed...

Djokovic hopes to turn his luck in Sydney

Djokovic demeaned in disaster start to 2009 season
Novak Djokovic's upcoming defence of his Australian Open title was plunged into disarray on Tuesday as the Serb crashed out 6-4, 6-4 in his opening match at the Brisbane International. The world number two was upset in his first match of the season and now has no chance to gain ranking ground this week on Roger Federer, who...

Djokovic demeaned in disaster start to 2009 season

Hewitt hip holds up in Australia loss
 Lleyton Hewitt and partner Casey Dellacqua both made successful injury comebacks at the Hopman Cup on Monday as Australia went down to Germany 2-1 in the eight-nation team event. The Slovak Republic hammered the defending champion and five-time holder the US through singles victories from teenager Dominika Cibulkova and...

Hewitt hip holds up in Australia loss

Hewitt hip holds up in Australia loss to Germany
 Lleyton Hewitt and partner Casey Dellacqua both made a successful injury comeback at the Hopman Cup on Monday as Australia went down to Germany 2-1 at the eight-nation team event. Hewitt made a resounding return after summer hip surgery, winning his singles over Nicolas Kiefer 6-7 (6-8), 6-3, 6-2. Dellacqua, who had to...

Hewitt hip holds up in Australia loss to Germany

Laver to be honoured on 40th anniversary of Grand Slam success
  Legend Rod Laver will be honoured for his part in tennis history next month as the Australian Open brings together the great man and those he defeated on the 40th anniversary of his tennis Grand Slam. It was 1969 when the man they called the Rockhampton Rocket won all four majors in the same calendar year, the last man to achieve...

Laver to be honoured on 40th anniversary of Grand Slam success

Dokic's dream teeters with loss in wild card playoffs
 Jelena Dokic will have to fight to keep her tennis dream alive after losing to a Brisbane teenager Tuesday in the wild card playoffs for next month's Australian Open. Former world number four Dokic lost on the second day of play at Melbourne Park, falling to Monica Wejnert 4-6, 6-3, 6-4. "She's probably the highest...

Dokic's dream teeters with loss in wild card playoffs

Armstrong to race Australia's Tour Down Under
US cyclist Lance Armstrong will make his official comeback to professional road racing in January at the Tour Down Under in Australia, organizers of the Adelaide stage race said Wednesday. Armstrong announced his retirement after winning the Tour de France a record seven times in 2005 but has said he would try for an eighth triumph in...

Armstrong to race Australia's Tour Down Under

Qantas Airplane Rupture In The Fuselage. The Investigation Continues
An exploding cylinder might have made a hole in the fuselage of a Qantas Airways plane while it was flying on Friday, therefore the crew had to make an emergency landing in the Philippines. No passenger was injured.`”We've likely had a cylinder event,'' said today Neville Blyth, senior transport safety inspector at the Australian...

Qantas Airplane Rupture In The Fuselage. The Investigation Continues

Australian Court Bans Japanese Whaling in Antarctic Waters
An Australian court on Tuesday ruled Japanese whaling in the Antarctic illegal but admitted it had no power to stop it. The Federal Court, in a hearing brought by the Humane Society International, declared the Japanese in contravention of Australian environment protection legislation because they were killing and injuring minke and...

Australian Court Bans Japanese Whaling in Antarctic Waters
 

US Team Moves Into the Hopman Cup Final
The US tennis player Mardy Fish paved the way for its team to reach the final of the Hopman Cup for the fifth time, as he defeated Australian Peter Luczak 7-6 (7-5), 7-6 (12-10). As he fired 25 aces to save set points, Fish needed six match points to prevail after the he saved three shots of the Australian to send the match into a third...

US Team Moves Into the Hopman Cup Final
 

Bush Announces Plan to Aid Homeowners
US President George W. Bush revealed a plan on Thursday that is aimed to help as much as 1.2 million people that are struggling to pay their home loans, in the context of growing risks to the economy and the fear of average Americans that they might lose their homes in the subprime mortgage meltdown.In its strongest measure taken in the...

Bush Announces Plan to Aid Homeowners
 

South Korea Suffers Its Largest Oil Spill in History
A Hong-Kong registered supertanker collided with a crane- carrying vessel, causing an estimated 66.000 barrels of oil spilt into the Yellow Sea, off the coast of South Korea, on Friday, the maritime ministry has announced.The collision occurred at 7:30 am, when the Hebei Spirit tanker was hit by the unmanned barge carrying a crane, 8...

South Korea Suffers Its Largest Oil Spill in History
 

2010 World Cup organizers: "Plan B is dead"
The critics have been silenced, organizers of the 2010 football World Cup in South Africa said on Wednesday. "Plan B is dead," Danny Jordaan, head of the World Cup local organizing committee told reporters in Johannesburg in a year-end review of preparations for the tournament. Jordaan was referring to speculation earlier...

2010 World Cup organizers: "Plan B is dead"

The 2009 Confederations Cup
In 2010 South Africa hosts the world's premier footballing event, the World Cup, for the first time, yet there are still many who doubt whether South Africa will be ready to host the huge event. Infrastructural problems, an alarmingly high crime rate and delays with the building of stadiums are some of the obstacles that need to be...

The 2009 Confederations Cup

DFB: Germany has no Euro 2012 plans
Germany is not available to host Euro 2012 if Poland and Ukraien are stripped of the event, the German football federation DFB said on Tuesday. "This is not an issue. We respect the hosts and fully support them. There has been no query from UEFA either," DFB general secretary Wolfgang Niersbach told Deutsche Presse-Agentur...

DFB: Germany has no Euro 2012 plans

Big ones gunning for UEFA Cup success
Often described as a cup of losers, this season's UEFA Cup has its fair share of winners when the first round kicks off with first leg matches on Tuesday and Thursday. Dutch club Ajax Amsterdam is one of only a handful of clubs that has won all three European club competition (European Champions' Cup or Champions League, Cup Winners'...

Big ones gunning for UEFA Cup success

Blatter hopes to include Olympic football in calendar
The president of football's governing body, Joseph Blatter, said Thursday that he hoped that the Olympic football tournament would be integrated into the international match calendar. Blatter's call follows problems involving several European clubs, who were reluctant to release their players for the tournament and were told by the...

Blatter hopes to include Olympic football in calendar

Blatter to travel to South Africa to meet Mbeki
FIFA president Joseph Blatter said Thursday he will travel to South Africa in September to meet with President Thabo Mbeki and discuss ongoing preparations for the 2010 World Cup. Blatter told a news conference in Beijing that he would be in South Africa September 15-18, during which time he would have "several meetings" in...

Blatter to travel to South Africa to meet Mbeki

Mrs Lucio's bean soup under threat at Bayern
Not content with installing Buddha statues, creating a library and introducing language lessons and yoga sessions at the training ground, German champions Bayern Munich are now planning to get the players' wives top fit in the kitchen. As part of Bayern's "holistic" approach under new coach Juergen Klinsmann, the wives will...

Mrs Lucio's bean soup under threat at Bayern

Big guns line up in battle for Champions League place
Two recent European champions in Liverpool and Spanish giants Barcelona face tricky opponents as they attempt to negotiate their way safely through the last qualifying stage of the Champions League in first leg matches on Wednesday. Barcelona, who won the title in 2006, come up against Polish champions Wisla Krakow while Liverpool,...

Big guns line up in battle for Champions League place

NFL Star Sean Taylor Dies One Day After Shooting
A leading US National Football League player has died a day after being shot at his home in Miami during an apparent burglary, media reports said Tuesday. Sean Taylor, 24, who played for Washington Redskins, was shot in the leg by an intruder. He was airlifted to Miami's Jackson Memorial Hospital but died Tuesday. The player had...

NFL Star Sean Taylor Dies One Day After Shooting
 

Brazilian comedians give "bad luck presents" to Lewis Hamilton
Brazilian comedians gave symbolic "bad luck presents" to British Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton, who is seeking the world championship title Sunday in Sao Paulo. Hamilton's rival for the title is Brasilian Felipe Massa, so many of his compatriots are hoping for a "miracle" at the season-ender on the Interlagos...

Brazilian comedians give "bad luck presents" to Lewis Hamilton

Nationwide Floods Trap 20,000 in Mexico
According to local officials the toll raises to 16 people assumed dead after being buried under a massive wave of mud and water that swept through a Mexican village on Monday. During this event caused by nature, elsewhere, rescuers elsewhere worked furiously to deliver aid to victims of flooding in Southern Mexico.More than a week after...

Nationwide Floods Trap 20,000 in Mexico
 

Lindsey Van of the US is the first women's ski-jump world champion
Liberec, Czech Republic - Lindsey Van of the United States made ski history on Friday when she won the first world title on offer in women's ski-jumping. Placed fourth after the first round with 89 metres, Van, 24, soared the day's longest jump of 97m in the second round to win with 243.0 points. First-round leader Ulrike Graessler...

Lindsey Van of the US is the first women's ski-jump world champion

Belgian cyclist Nolf dies in his sleep at Tour of Qatar
Hamburg - Belgian cycling talent Frederieck Nolf died in his sleep in Qatar where he was taking place in the Tour of Qatar, his team and race organizers announced on Thursday. He was 21 years old. Belgian legend Eddie Merckx, one of the race organizers, announced the death and said that Thursday's stage was scrapped on order to...

Belgian cyclist Nolf dies in his sleep at Tour of Qatar

Chen lifts to historic lightweight gold for China
Chen Yanying made Olympic weightlifting history on Monday when she became the first woman to win successive gold medals in one event, the lighweight division at the Beijing Games. The world record holder Chen, 29, had 106 kilos in the snatch and and 138kg in the clean and jerk for an Olympic record total of 244kg. Marina Shayinova...

Chen lifts to historic lightweight gold for China

Swimming records tumble as Phelps stays on course - Bindra grabs
Four world records tumbled in a remarkable second day of Olympic swimming Monday as American superstar Michael Phelps' attempt to win an unprecedented eight gold medals stayed on track. In shooting, Abhinav Bindra won India's first ever Olympic gold medal in an individual event, while Japan's women toppled China's top-seeded 2004...

Swimming records tumble as Phelps stays on course - Bindra grabs

British GP remains in F1 - leaves Silverstone for Donington 2010
The British Grand Prix will reaim on the Forula One calendar but moves from Silverstone to Donington Park in 2010, the ruling body FIA announced on Friday. The FIA said in a statement that the decision came after talks on improvement of the Silverstone track were not successful. 'Finally the uncertainty is over. A contract has...

British GP remains in F1 - leaves Silverstone for Donington 2010

US swimmer Dara Torres makes bid for fifth Olympics at age 41
US swimmer Dara Torres' attempt to make it to the Olympic team begins Thursday. If the 41-year-old mother of one succeeds, she will become the first American swimmer to compete in five Olympics. On Thursday, Torres is to swim in the 100-metre freestyle preliminaries and semifinals. Over the weekend, she will compete in the...

US swimmer Dara Torres makes bid for fifth Olympics at age 41

Radcliffe Wins NYC Marathon
Only less than 24 hours since the unfortunate event of the death of Ryan Shay in the Olympic Games trials Marathon on Saturday, another marathon took place, the New York City Marathon, won by Paula Radliffe.The incident has cast a cloud over the Sunday’s marathon due to the fact that the athlete world of long distance running is like a...

Radcliffe Wins NYC Marathon
 

Former HP Chief Executive Battling Breast Cancer
According to recent reports, former Hewlett-Packard Co. Chief Executive Carly Fiorina has been diagnosed with breast cancer. She found out about the disease on February 20, the day before she appeared at a GOP convention in Sacramento.Carly Fiorina underwent surgery at Stanford University Hospital Monday for breast cancer, her chief of...

Former HP Chief Executive Battling Breast Cancer

Relay for Life Bonds People in Their Fight against Cancer
The Relay for Life fund-raising campaign in Patrick County, Virginia was finished late Saturday night. The raised sum is estimated to have reached $75,000. The money will be used in finding an effective cancer treatment. Last year’s record reached $62,000. There were involved more than 500 people, who built 36 teams,...

Relay for Life Bonds People in Their Fight against Cancer

Nurses Walk Out On Their Jobs
As the start of a a two-day strike due to hit in the next couple of days, thousands of registered nurses walked off their jobs at 7 a.m. at 15 Northern California hospitals. Union officials said as many as 5,000 nurses were expected to participate in the strike, which is directed at Bay Area hospitals affiliated with the Sutter...

Nurses Walk Out On Their Jobs
 

Sundance sales lag on economy; Obama inauguration eyed
  Sales and attendances at the Sundance Film Festival have both slipped this year due to the flagging economy, while the overriding interest in the inauguration of Barack Obama as the US president has also diverted attention from the festival, trade paper Variety reported Monday. As of Monday morning, only two major sales has been...

Sundance sales lag on economy; Obama inauguration eyed

Movie Review: “Soul Men”
Soul Men stars Bernie Mac, the comedian who died three months ago. This is the first movie released after his death and presents rather ironical scenes in which Mac goes to the doctor who tells him that it’s nothing wrong with him. In addition, throughout the movie there are a lot of jokes about death. Another character that plays in the...

Movie Review: “Soul Men”

A New “Pirates of the Caribbean” Movie to be Released?
“Pirates of the Caribbean” has come to be a total franchise, through its leading character Jack Sparrow and all his adventures. A movie for children or a movie for adults? It doesn’t matter because Johnny Depp has already conquered everyone through his character and his funny ways to play it.And now…the 45-year-old actor together with...

A New “Pirates of the Caribbean” Movie to be Released?

NY Film Festival Prepares For “The Class”
It has been announced on Tuesday that the New York Film Festival held this fall, in late September, will be opened with the premiere of French director Laurent Cantet's "Entre les Murs" (The Class), winner of this year's top prize at Festival de Cannes.The New York festival, first held in 1963 in New York City, is one of the...

NY Film Festival Prepares For “The Class”

Another Encounter With The “Sex And The City” Addicts?
May 29. Squads of people are blocking the entrance of cinemas. The long-awaited “Sex and the City” movie is being released. July 12. Less than 2 months after the big event, The New York Times informs that HBO is working with Warner Brothers to develop a sequel. Richard Plepler, co-president of the Home Box Office, told the People...

Another Encounter With The “Sex And The City” Addicts?

“The Joker” Might Win Heath Ledger A Posthumous Oscar
Even though he passed away five months ago, the name of Heath Ledger is still on everybody’s lips these days. And not because of the way he died, but because of the way he acted. “The Dark Knight” will debut in theaters in two weeks and film critics can’t get enough praising Ledger’s final performance as The Joker. All the...

“The Joker” Might Win Heath Ledger A Posthumous Oscar

Heath Ledger Receives Tribute in "The Dark Knight"
Heath Ledger died a few months ago, in January, and played the villainous Joker in “The Dark Knight.” The movie will open July1 8 and will represent a tribute brought to Heath, but also to the special-effects technician Conway Wickliffe, according to the Warner Bros. publicity web site. The movie will end with the words "In...

Heath Ledger Receives Tribute in "The Dark Knight"

“Reprise,” A Story of Friendship and Art
Directed by the young Norwegian filmmaker Joachim Trier, “Reprise” tells the story of two young aspiring writers. Philip (Anders Danielsen Lie) and Erik (Espen Klouman-Hoiner) are best friends and aspiring novelists. The first scene is a memorable one, resuming the dream of their life; they both stand on the street in front of a mailbox...

“Reprise,” A Story of Friendship and Art

The Glittering World Premiere of “Sex and the City” in London
A special movie premiere took place at the Odeon Leicester Square in London. The glittering World premiere of “Sex and the City” provided a rare chance to see the movie’s stars in person at a single event. Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon, Kim Cattrall and Kristin Davis, reunited before this event at a benefit for the Point...

The Glittering World Premiere of “Sex and the City” in London

Uma Thurman: A Trial Testimonial on Her Birthday
Today, April 29 is Uma Thurman’s birthday .Today is also the day she and her family have to testify in the trial against her stalker who managed to make the last years an “emotional blackmail” campaign, according to the prosecution. Jack Jordan, a literature graduate from the Chicago University and also a former...

Uma Thurman: A Trial Testimonial on Her Birthday

Clint Eastwood and Woody Allen Lead Cannes Lineup
Movie icon Clint Eastwood and Woody Allen will be among U.S. directors showing their work at this year’s Cannes International Film Festival next month, BBC News reports. The 61st festival runs from 14-25 May in the south of France. Eastwood’s latest directorial outing is a 1920s thriller, called “Challenging,” and it stars...

Clint Eastwood and Woody Allen Lead Cannes Lineup

Uma Thurman’s Challenging New Role
Talented Uma Thurman performed in a variety of movies, ranging from romantic comedies and dramas to action thrillers and science fiction. The actress is best known for her films directed by Quentin Tarantino. As she always liked a challenge, Uma got one with her new movie, “The Life Before Her Eyes,” a dark drama about a mother...

Uma Thurman’s Challenging New Role

“Shine a Light” Premiere With The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones’ Keith Richards, Charlie Watts, Mick Jagger and Ronnie Wood are due to attend the UK premiere of the Oscar-winning Martin Scorsese’s “Shine a Light” based on the 46-year old band’s history. The new documentary film interlinks the band’s history with footage from a 2006 concert in New York. Scorsese admitted...

“Shine a Light” Premiere With The Rolling Stones

George Clooney Takes ‘Leatherheads’ to Kentucky
Maysville is the small Kentucky town where the Hollywood’s most famous bachelor George Clooney, who recently denied the rumors that he was about to make the big step, is going to have the premiere for his new movie “Leatherheads” on April 4. The upcoming film will co-star along Clooney, Renee Zellweger and John Krasinski. The...

George Clooney Takes ‘Leatherheads’ to Kentucky

“Juno” Leads Spirit Awards
Indie movies have their own Oscar and it bears the name of Spirit Awards. This year’s greatest movie based on a budget that hasn’t outstripped the threshold of $20 million was the teen pregnancy comedy – drama “Juno.” The movie earned the best feature title, but also its protagonist Ellen Page and its screenwriter an...

“Juno” Leads Spirit Awards

Eddie Murphy, Lindsay Lohan Razzies Dominators
Just before the Academy Awards, which is the most eagerly awaited cinematographic event, another awarding ceremony took place. But not a star-studded one. This year’s stars of the Golden Raspberry Awards were Lindsay Lohan and Eddie Murphy, both of them being ‘winners’ of the worst actors of 2007. But they haven’t avoided other...

Eddie Murphy, Lindsay Lohan Razzies Dominators

“Vantage Point” Has Too Many Points!
As its title clearly suggests, “Vantage Point” is based on the cinematographic technique  of alternative points of view. Despite that fact that it brought remarkable recognition in “Rashomon,” that combined brilliantly four perspectives on the same event, it fails to earn director Pete Travis’ “Vantage Point” the same success. On...

“Vantage Point” Has Too Many Points!

Angelina Jolie Honored For “A Mighty Heart” Performance
The beautiful Angelina Jolie, accompanied by the equally handsome Brad Pitt, attended Saturday the Santa Barbara International Film Festival, where she won "Performance of the Year" award for her role in “A Mighty Heart”, where she portrayed Marianne Pearl, the wife of the murdered journalist Daniel Pearl. Angelina...

Angelina Jolie Honored For “A Mighty Heart” Performance

Golden Globes Open to All Media
The press conference that is scheduled to take place on Sunday in order to announce the winners of the Golden Globes has been opened to all media, according to the New York Times on Saturday.Since it will clearly have a lot of press coverage, the event hosted by Hollywood's Foreign Press Association in Los Angeles is expected to have...

Golden Globes Open to All Media

Grey's Anatomy Star Ellen Pompeo Gets Married In Secret
The “Grey’s Anatomy” star, Ellen Pompeo, tied the knot on Friday, one day before her 38 years old anniversary, having Mayor Bloomberg as witness at the City Hall, according to her publicist and the mayor’s office. Bloomberg shares the same roots with Pompeo, both of them growing up in the Boston area.She is the third person that got...

Grey's Anatomy Star Ellen Pompeo Gets Married In Secret

Owen Wilson Back In The Industry
After his August suicide attempt, 38-year old Owen Wilson made his first public appearance in Los Angeles, at his new movie premiere The Darjeeling Limited, accompanied by his cast-colleagues, Adrien Brody, Anjelica Huston and Jason Schwartzman and his friend, director Wes Anderson. The latter presented Wilson on the stage as...

Owen Wilson Back In The Industry

Major Information Leaks From Hush-Hush 'Indiana Jones'
The world of information hinders the top-secret projects, as it is the case of the forth part of the legendary movie that has the focus on protagonist Indiana Jones, “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull”. Information leaks about the plot have augmented once again, with computers being stolen from the production offices...

Major Information Leaks From Hush-Hush 'Indiana Jones'
 

Apple’s iPhone OS 3.0 - Predictions
The first thing to remember about Apple’s iPhone 3.0 special event, announced last Thursday and scheduled for Tuesday at 1 p.m. ET (10 a.m PT), is that it has been billed as “an advance preview.” The company is holding the event for journalists at its Cupertino, Calif., headquarters to introduce the third generation of the iPhone...

Apple’s iPhone OS 3.0 - Predictions

Digg Founder: iPhone 3.0 Will Have Copy-Paste Capabilities
Although we are still one day away from Apple’s official announcement on the iPhone 3.0, rumors kept rolling. Digg founder Kevin Rose said during the South by Southwest festival held in Austin, Texas, that he had confirmation of one particular feature in the update, namely the copy-paste ability.According to him, users will be able to...

Digg Founder: iPhone 3.0 Will Have Copy-Paste Capabilities

Apple To Deliver iPhone 3.0 Details Next Tuesday
Apple is planning a launch event for the new iPhone 3.0 software as soon as next week, and has already handed out the invitations. According to the company, the event will take place on Tuesday, and will give attendees a sneak peek at what the new piece of software has to offer. The event is scheduled to take place at Apple’s Town Hall...

Apple To Deliver iPhone 3.0 Details Next Tuesday

Apple To Introduce iPhone Software 3.0 Next Week
A new version of Apple's iPhone software will be previewed at a special event set to be held on Tuesday, March 17 at the Apple Town Hall.The invitation for next week's even, which comes just over a year after the company released the original SDK at the iPhone 2.0 software event, was sent out to journalists today. While few details are...

Apple To Introduce iPhone Software 3.0 Next Week

Cisco Unveils Cisco Industry Solutions Partner Network
Cisco Systems has unveiled yesterday through a press event from Dublin, Ireland, its new Cisco Industry Solutions Partner Network, which represents a platform aiming to introduce the certified Cisco partners to an amount of pre-defined solutions combining the Cisco technology and the applications created by Cisco’s ISV partners....

Cisco Unveils Cisco Industry Solutions Partner Network
 

Wear Blue, Encourage Colon Cancer Screening!
Why is it important to get screening tests for colon cancer? Regularly screening for colorectal cancer can detect the condition at an early and thus more treatable stage and it can also prevent cancer from developing by removing precancerous polyps before they become cancerous. Studies have shown that a colonoscopy is 90 percent...

Wear Blue, Encourage Colon Cancer Screening!

No release to environment after plutonium accident in IAEA lab
No radioactivity was released outside the International Atomic Energy Agency's laboratory after a small plutonium container burst in early August, the IAEA reported Friday, citing independent analysis. On August 3, less than one gram of plutonium spilled in the Agency's laboratory in Seibersdorf, around 35 kilometres south-east of...

No release to environment after plutonium accident in IAEA lab

Early detection is key to prevention of cervical cancer
Women should have regular checks for cervical cancer, according to experts. An annual check is advisable because a change in cells can be recognized and treated even before any cancer develops, said Christian Albring of the Munich-based professional association of gynaecologists. In Germany, women born after April 1, 1987, who...

Early detection is key to prevention of cervical cancer

Psychedelic Mushrooms Do Magic For Health
Just as the benefits of marijuana are taken into consideration these days, a study published online this week in the Journal of Psychopharmacology points to the medical use of “magic” mushrooms. Researchers at the Johns Hopkins University in Maryland discovered that the feelings of well-being and optimism brought by...

Psychedelic Mushrooms Do Magic For Health

Unintentional Daytime Dozing Signals Stroke Risk in Seniors
A new research study states that there might be a link between regular unintentional daytime dozing and the risk of stroke in seniors. The study looked at 2,153 adults with an average age of 73. The researchers asked the subjects involved in the two-year study to say how often they nod off during daytime activities such...

Unintentional Daytime Dozing Signals Stroke Risk in Seniors

Viagra Might Cause Hearing Problems
After a remote number of patients developed a sudden hearing loss, both with and without vestibular symptoms, the FDA has approved label revisions for PDE5 inhibitors. The FDA said it found 29 reports of sudden hearing loss, sometimes temporary, associated with the erectile dysfunction agents after scouring the Adverse Event...

Viagra Might Cause Hearing Problems

Stress Study Sheds Some Light
According to US scientists in brain chemistry, a new factor has been pinpointed which may explain why some people cope better than others in the face of adversity. They found a key pathway in mice differs in those who cope well with stress, and those who do not. The findings, published in Cell, could lead to new treatments...

Stress Study Sheds Some Light

Terry Fox Continues Cancer Fight Post Mortem
Canada shelters on Sunday beginning 10 a.m. more than 900 runs in the memory of Terry Fox’s battle against cancer and his belief that it can be cured, one day to become history. Since 1981 when the first Terry Fox Run was held, more and more participants have joined the Canadian yearly event to help to raise funds for research...

Terry Fox Continues Cancer Fight Post Mortem

Cell Phone, No Immediate Danger
According to recent six year technological research conducted by English researchers to find out weather the cell phone use is harmful or not. The result was a reassuring one, no health problems being linked to the use of the phone. The research was done on a 10-year interval and could reveal no relation between mobile phone and...

Cell Phone, No Immediate Danger
 

Small Estonian town welcomes big boys of Sumo
The north Estonian town of Rakvere is an unlikely venue for a world championship of any sort, let alone the exotic rituals of Japanese Sumo wrestling. Yet thanks to the feats of a local boy made good, Rakvere (population 17,000) will host the 16th Sumo world championships on Saturday and Sunday. Around 400 competitors from 32...

Small Estonian town welcomes big boys of Sumo

Third successive gold for Slovakia's Hochschorner brothers
Twin brothers Pavol and Peter Hochschorner of Slovakia claimed their third successive Olympic gold medal in the men's canoe C2 doubles event Friday, beating the Czech Republic into second place. The Hochschorners won with a time of 190.82 seconds while Czechs Jaroslav Volf and Ondrej Stepanek got silver with a time 2.07 seconds slower...

Third successive gold for Slovakia's Hochschorner brothers

Swimming hat-trick for US as Phelps wins sixth gold
American swimmers scored a hat-trick of victories and set three world records at the Beijing Olympics on Friday as superstar Michael Phelps took his tally of gold medals to six. Germany's Britta Steffen broke the US domination with a remarkable comeback in the women's 100 metres freestyle to give her country its first Olympic swimming...

Swimming hat-trick for US as Phelps wins sixth gold

Tanimoto wins gold for Japan in women's 63kg judo
Ayumi Tanimoto of Japan successfully defended her Olympic title Tuesday when she beat France's Lucie Decosse in the final of the women's 63-kilo judo event at the Beijing University of Science and Technology Gymnasium. Tanimoto secured Olympic gold by ippon with 3 minutes 34 seconds remaining. In the first bronze medal match,...

Tanimoto wins gold for Japan in women's 63kg judo

Quintavalle takes judo gold for in women's 57kg category
Guilia Quintavalle secured Italy's first judo medal of the Olympic Games Monday when she took gold in the final of the women's 57-kilogram category event Monday at the Beijing University of Science and Technology Gymnasium. Quintavalle defeated Deborah Gravenstijn of the Netherlands, who won bronze four years ago in Athens, by yuko in...

Quintavalle takes judo gold for in women's 57kg category

Olympic Flame to Be Lit in Greece
According to the announcement by the International Olympic Committee on Sunday, the lighting of the Olympic flame is set to take place in the Greek sanctuary of Olympia, but not all could go well and as planned, since protesters angered by China's crackdown in Tibet might disrupt the high-profile event.In order to keep that from...

Olympic Flame to Be Lit in Greece

US Sprinter Maurice Greene Retires
The US sprinter Maurice Greene, who had won two Olympic gold medals, as well as several other titles, and who is the former holder in the 100-meter dash, announced that he will retire from track and field.According to CNN International, the 33-year- old sprinter said that the cause of his retirement are the difficulties that he had due...

US Sprinter Maurice Greene Retires

Bode Miller Wins 30th World Cup Title; Breaks Record
Bode Miller took the World Cup super- combined title in the event of the season that took place on Sunday in France, as he further increased his overall lead in the cup points race.With this victory, Miller's lead in the overall standings jumped to 122 points more than the second- place, which is held by Benjamin Raich of Austria.The...

Bode Miller Wins 30th World Cup Title; Breaks Record

Third World Cup Win For Grange
Jean-Baptiste Grange of France put in a scintillating second run to win the men's slalom in Wengen Saturday and register his third World Cup win of the season. Grange, who also claimed victory in Friday's super-combined event at the Swiss venue, clocked a combined total of 1 minute 34.81 seconds for his two runs. Sweden's Jens...

Third World Cup Win For Grange

Marion Jones Sentenced to Six Months in Jail
Olympic three-time gold medalist Marion Jones on Friday was sentenced to spend six months in jail for lying about using steroids and a check-fraud scam, media reports said. Jones, the first woman to claim five medals in an Olympics, could have faced up to 10 years in jail for the offences, and even under a plea deal faced up to 37...

Marion Jones Sentenced to Six Months in Jail

Powell Starts, But Gay Finishes It
After the start things looked really good for Asafa Powell, the world record-holder. The Jamaican reacted fourth at the sound of the gun and managed to gain a slight advantage over his main rivals, American Tyson Gay and Derrick Atkins of The Bahamas, at the 50-metre mark and looked on his way to win the world 100m title.But the day...

Powell Starts, But Gay Finishes It
 

South African economy in "serious danger"
Johannesburg - South African President Kgalema Motlanthe warned Friday that the global financial crisis posed a serious threat to jobs in Africa's largest economy, where manufacturing and mining have shed thousands of jobs in recent months. Delivering the president's annual State of the Nation speech at the opening of parliament in...

South African economy in "serious danger"

South Africa not to tighten border controls, minister says
South African Home Affairs Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula said Tuesday that the country is not going to tighten border controls despite many illegal immigrants entering the country. "Economic migrants will always find a way of moving into areas where they shouldn't be," she told reporters in Johannesburg, according to the...

South Africa not to tighten border controls, minister says

Kgalema Motlanthe: South Africa's caretaker president-elect
Kgalema Motlanthe, who was elected South Africa's third post-democracy president Thursday, is a self-effacing, former anti-apartheid activist with a reputation for making peace within the ruling African National Congress (ANC). Motlanthe, 58, replaces Thabo Mbeki, who stepped down four days before the end of his second five-year term...

Kgalema Motlanthe: South Africa's caretaker president-elect

Kgalema Motlanthe sworn in as South Africa president
African National Congress (ANC) deputy leader Kgalema Motlanthe was sworn in as South Africa's caretaker president Thursday after being elected in a landslide vote in the National Assembly in Cape Town. Motlanthe easily defeated Joe Seremane, candidate of the official opposition Democratic Alliance, 269 votes to 50 votes out of 360...

Kgalema Motlanthe sworn in as South Africa president

Mbeki's deputy Mlambo-Ngcuka resigns, ANC endorses Motlanthe
South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) party deputy leader Kgalema Motlanthe will be the party's candidate to replace President Thabo Mbeki until elections next year, the ANC confirmed Tuesday. "It has been confirmed that Kgalema (Motlanthe) is the candidate for president," party spokesman Ishmael Mnisi...

Mbeki's deputy Mlambo-Ngcuka resigns, ANC endorses Motlanthe

Zuma tips his ANC party deputy Kgalema Motlanthe for acting president
South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) leader Jacob Zuma on Monday tipped ANC deputy president Kgalema Motlanthe to become acting president after Thabo Mbeki tendered his resignation on Sunday. "I am convinced, if given that responsibility, he would be equal to the task," Zuma told a press conference in...

Zuma tips his ANC party deputy Kgalema Motlanthe for acting president

Zuma tips his ANC deputy Motlanthe for acting president
South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) leader Jacob Zuma on Monday tipped ANC deputy president Kgalema Motlanthe to become acting president after Thabo Mbeki tendered his resignation on Sunday. "I am convinced, if given that responsibility, he would be equal to the task," Zuma told a press conference in...

Zuma tips his ANC deputy Motlanthe for acting president

Thousands rally around Zuma ahead of key corruption case ruling
South Africa's ruling African National Congress leader Jacob Zuma was due to hear Friday whether his attempt to have the corruption charges that threaten to mar his path to the presidency quashed has been successful. Pietermaritzburg High Court is due to rule on an application by Zuma to have his case for alleged corruption, fraud and...

Thousands rally around Zuma ahead of key corruption case ruling

90th Birthday Of Nelson Mandela
Former South African President Nelson Mandela, symbol of the anti-apartheid movement, is celebrating his 90th birthday. He planned to spend his birthday on Friday quietly with his family. However, according to BBC, celebrations in Qunu, his homeland village located in the southeast of the country, have increased rapidly. In the honor of...

90th Birthday Of Nelson Mandela

Good news for South Africa as Durban stadium ahead of schedule
Construction on Durban's King Senzangakhona Stadium, which will host a 2010 World Cup semi-final, is running ahead of schedule, the city planner for Durban's World Cup projects has said. 'We are eight weeks ahead of schedule, the stadium is 65-per-cent complete,' said Julie-May Ellingson, who is also responsible for the building...

Good news for South Africa as Durban stadium ahead of schedule

Zimbabweans removed from South Africa embassy attacked
More than 350 people who were removed last week from the South African embassy in the Zimbabwean capital Harare after seeking sanctuary there from political violence were attacked early Monday at the government camp, where they had been relocated. About 20 men in military fatigues and balaclavas carrying shotguns burst in on the...

Zimbabweans removed from South Africa embassy attacked

Ethiopia Enters Third Millennium
 September 11th is a day of celebration for the people of Ethiopia as they cheer the coming of the third millennium. The explanation for this lies in the history of the Western calendar system. When Europe converted to the Gregorian calendar in 1582, Ethiopians stuck with the Julian calendar, which they had been using happily for...

Ethiopia Enters Third Millennium

Traffic accident claims 3 dozen lives in Kampala
"We are trying to determine the cause of the accident," spokesman Maj. Felix Kulayigye said after a truck transporting more than 100 soldiers and their families crashed. The accident took place on Monday in the eastern part of Uganda, Kampala, after the truck hit the concrete side railing. The cause of the event is...

Traffic accident claims 3 dozen lives in Kampala
 

Lights Out in Florida
Millions of people were left without power on Tuesday, due to an unexplained equipment failure, devastating traffic in intersections and leaving some trapped in elevators.The massive blackout affected at least two million people, as the incident, which occurred at about 1:09 pm, caused the customer demand for electricity to exceed...

Lights Out in Florida

Chrysler Wants To Double International Sales
The loss-making US automotive concern Chrysler announced Sunday at the annual Detroit motor show that it was setting itself the goal of doubling international sales in less than five years. Speaking at the event, Chrysler head Robert Nardelli said there was still room for global growth in the car manufacturing industry. In 2007,...

Chrysler Wants To Double International Sales

General Motors Demonstrates Advanced HCCI Engine
After recently posting the first profitable quarter in some time, mainly due to its overseas operations, General Motor says it will reduce the fuel consumption of its gasoline engines by making them run more like diesel engines. GM is the first company to demonstrate the technology in running concept cars, at the company's proving...

General Motors Demonstrates Advanced HCCI Engine
 

Sharapova remains sidelined
Moscow - Former world number one Maria Sharapova remains sidelined in the wake of shoulder surgery last year, the Sport Express paper said on Wednesday. The report said that the Russian tennis player has cancelled her appearance at next week's indoor tournament in Paris and will also miss the following week's event in...

Sharapova remains sidelined

Williams sisters lift third Melbourne title
    Melbourne, Australia - Serena Williams set the stage on Friday for what she hopes is a multiple-title performance at the Australian Open as she and sister Venus won the women's doubles crown.    The Americans defeated Slovakia's Daniela Hantuchova and Ai Sugiyama of Japan 6-3, 6-3 for their eight major trophy together. It took...

Williams sisters lift third Melbourne title

Djokovic unruffled despite Brisbane shock loss
Novak Djokovic's upcoming defence of his Australian Open title was plunged into chaos on Tuesday as the Serb crashed out 6-4, 6-4 in his opening match at the Brisbane International. The world number two was upset in his first match of the season and now has no chance this week of gaining ranking ground on Roger Federer competing in...

Djokovic unruffled despite Brisbane shock loss

Federer cuts down on clay in 2009
 Roger Federer will play only two tune-up events on clay in 2009, ahead of the only Grand Slam he has never won, the French Open. The former world number one Federer said on his website that he will play at the Madrid and Rome 1000 Series (formerly Masters Series) events ahead of the May 24 French Open start in Paris. Switzerland's...

Federer cuts down on clay in 2009

Jankovic leads "egalitarian phase" in women's tennis
Venus Williams' title at the WTA Championships on Sunday marked the end of a turbulent year in women's tennis which saw six changes at the number one position after Justine Henin's retirement. The Belgian Henin was tipped to dominate 2008 after an amazing unbeaten second half of 2007, but her win streak came to an end at the...

Jankovic leads "egalitarian phase" in women's tennis

Nalbandian's win postpones Shanghai spot for Del Potro
David Nalbandian defeated compatriot Juan Del Potro for the second week in a row, earning a 6-4, 6-0 victory in the third round of the Paris Masters on Thursday. Nalbandian's victory over his 20-year-old rival also mathematically delayed Del Potro's chance of formally clinching a place in the Masters Cup. Del Potro has been nursing...

Nalbandian's win postpones Shanghai spot for Del Potro

Suffering Safin drops retirement hint after Paris loss
  Three-time Paris Masters champion Marat Safin floated the possibility of retirement after a 6-0, 7-6 (7-4) first- round disappointment on Monday at the hands of Juan Monaco But the 28-year-old Russian's immediate hope of just seeing the back of another so-so ATP season may have been stronger than any desire to actually chuck in his...

Suffering Safin drops retirement hint after Paris loss

Nalbandian nails comeback to open Madrid title defence with a win
Holder David Nalbandian had to fight past stubborn opponent Tomas Berdych at the Madrid Masters on Wednesday while American qualifier Robby Ginepri stunned fifth seed Nikolay Davydenko. Argentine seventh seed Nalbandian was playing his first match since lifting the Stockholm title at the weekend in a rampaging start to an indoor...

Nalbandian nails comeback to open Madrid title defence with a win

Federer to end "exile" with return in Madrid
Roger Federer will end his short break from tennis after three weeks after confirming after he will be a starter in the Madrid Masters which begins Sunday. The Swiss, who has spent the past days in Dubai, confirmed through his management that he would show up in the Spanish capital. His manager had made a preliminary hotel booking...

Federer to end "exile" with return in Madrid

Bosses confident tennis can ride out world economic crisis
As he cracked a ceremonial cask of sake to officially open the Japan Open this week, local AIG company boss Robert Clyde admitted he was relieved to get his mind temporarily off the current world financial crisis. "Believe me, it's a lot more enjoyable to focus on tennis right now," said the president and chief executive...

Bosses confident tennis can ride out world economic crisis

Officials go under cover to catch up rain-hit Japan Open
Officials took cover indoors as rain from an approaching typhoon dampened the Japan Open for a second day on Tuesday, with teenaged tennis hero Kei Nishikori securing an opening win under the roof. The 18-year-old, who claimed his nation's first ATP title in 16 years when he won Delray Beach in February, took two hours to overcome...

Officials go under cover to catch up rain-hit Japan Open

Djokovic charges ahead to run down German in Bangkok
Top seed Novak Djokovic crushed Germany's Simon Stadler 6-1, 6-3 on Thursday in a runaway start as top seed at the Thailand Open. The Serbian world number three champion wasted little time in revving up his game, taking the first set in just 22 minutes over the world number 141. Djokovic was broken in the second game of the second...

Djokovic charges ahead to run down German in Bangkok

Nieminen welcomes Djokovic junior to ATP with crushing win
Match-tough Finn Jarkko Nieminen schooled the kid brother of Novak Djokovic 6-2, 6-0 in 46 minutes on Thursday in a harsh welcome to the teenager at the Thailand Open. The 17-year-old Djokovic Jr, gained entry as a wild card thanks to the pull of his elder brother, the top seed playing the event for only the second time, It was the...

Nieminen welcomes Djokovic junior to ATP with crushing win

Nieminen welcomes Djokovic junior to ATP with crushing winBy Bill Scott
Match-tough Finn Jarkko Nieminen schooled the kid brother of Novak Djokovic 6-2, 6-0 in 46 minutes on Thursday in a harsh welcome to the teenager at the Thailand Open. The 17-year-old Djokovic Jr, gained entry as a wild card thanks to the pull of his elder brother, the top seed playing the event for only the second time, It was the...

Nieminen welcomes Djokovic junior to ATP with crushing winBy Bill Scott

Tiring Pennetta pounds through over stricken Bali opponent
Third seeded Italian Flavia Pennetta shook off her own jet-lag to reach the quarter-finals of the Commonwealth Bank Classic on Thursday despite a distracting injury timeout from flagging opponent Anastasia Rodionova. US Open quarter-finalist Pennetta was fuming as the 77th-ranked Russian took a 4-0 lead in the second set, then began...

Tiring Pennetta pounds through over stricken Bali opponent

Federer, Nadal reign at Wimbledon with runaway quarter-final wins
Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal comfortably mowed down quarter-final opposition in dominating style on Wednesday as the pair of powerhouse players edged closer to their third potential final at the Wimbledon Championships. Federer, aiming for a sixth straight title at the All England Club after holding off Nadal for the last two...

Federer, Nadal reign at Wimbledon with runaway quarter-final wins

Safin, Fish Defeated in Miami
Mardy Fish, the American tennis player that stunned first ranked Federer last week, was eliminated on Thursday, in the first round of the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami.After managing to defeat No. 1 Federer, Fish has played in the finals in Indian Wells, but was defeated by Novak Djokovic, the winner of the Australian Open. At this Masters...

Safin, Fish Defeated in Miami

Davenport Wins Against Govortsova in Memphis
Lindsay Davenport managed to beat Olga Govortsova in straight sets on Saturday in the final of the Regions Morgan Keegan Championship in Memphis, as the former world number one has won the 55th singles title of her career.Since her returning on the court after giving birth to her son in last September, the player has recovered extremely...

Davenport Wins Against Govortsova in Memphis

Sharapova Claims Third Grand Slam Title
Russia’s Maria Sharapova claimed her third grand slam title Saturday, winning the Australian Open for the first time.She defeated Ana Ivanovic 7-5, 6-3 in just over one and a half hour. The 20-year-old Russian entered the tournament as fifth seed, but during her ascension she outclassed top-ranked players like Lindsay Davenport, Elena...

Sharapova Claims Third Grand Slam Title

Sharapova Cruises Into Aussie Open Final
Maria Sharapova continues her race for the Australian Open title with a crushing victory over Jelena Jankovic in the tournament’s semifinals. After outclassing Justine Henin in the quarterfinals and ending her 32-match winning streak, Sharapova had to face another top-ranked opponent. But Thursday’s match was easier than...

Sharapova Cruises Into Aussie Open Final

US Team Wins Opening Hopman Cup Game
The Hopman Cup took off on Saturday with the US team’s 2-0 victory over India, despite the absence of Serena WilliamsWilliams, the defending Australian Open winner and a champion at the eight-nation mixed team event in 2003 with partner James Blake, announced that she would not be able to arrive at the place until as soon as Sunday, due...

US Team Wins Opening Hopman Cup Game

Serena Williams Might Not Attend Hopman Cup Due to Unknown Illness
As the eight-nation Hopman Cup will begin on Saturday, the US team is due to start off the wrong foot since Serene Williams confirmed on Wednesday that she will not be able to attend to the first day of competition due to an unspecified illness.Williams, who is the seventh-ranked American, has been suffering of fitness problems in the...

Serena Williams Might Not Attend Hopman Cup Due to Unknown Illness

Everything Sharapova Touches in Singapore Turns Into Money
Prior to Maria Sharapova’s exhibition this weekend in Singapore, the organizers have auctioned the hotel toilet seat that would be used by the Russian trendsetter."Since there's an interest for products that Sharapova will use during her stay here, we want to do this tastefully," organizer Jerry Goh told Singapore's New Paper...

Everything Sharapova Touches in Singapore Turns Into Money

Bryan Brothers End Davis Cup Drought
The US broke a 12-year drought with a Davis Cup title win on Saturday as the Bryan brothers completed a 3-0 sweep of Russia in the final. Bob and Mike Bryan won their 13th career match against just one loss in the competition, with a 7-6 (7-4), 6-4, 6-2 defeat of Nikolay Davydenko and Igor Andreev. "It's difficult to...

Bryan Brothers End Davis Cup Drought

Roger Federer Wins His Second Masters Cup Trophy
Roger Federer has won his second straight trophy at the Masters Cup, as he defeated David Ferrer 6-2, 6-3, 6-2, on Sunday.The victory brought the Swiss player his 53rd title of his controversial career and the eighth title of this season, including three of the four Grand Slams, bringing him eight million dollars.The player that started...

Roger Federer Wins His Second Masters Cup Trophy

Federer And Henin Top Seeds at Us Open
World’s top tennis players, Swiss Roger Federer and Belgian Justine Henin were named as the top seeds for the U.S. Open on Monday. The tournament is set to begin in New York next week.Federer, who just won his 50th career title at the Cincinnati Open, is looking forward to winning his fourth consecutive title at Flushing Meadows, while...

Federer And Henin Top Seeds at Us Open
 

In Vitro Fertilization Increases; More and More Women Apply for It
Since the first test tube baby, more and more women desire to have children by IVF. In 1987 the science evolved so much that it could help in the birth of Louise Joy Brown. Robert Edwards and Patrick Steptoe from Cambridge University helped in delivering baby Louise, who is now 30, on July 25, 1987, by Caesarean. The event served as hope...

In Vitro Fertilization Increases; More and More Women Apply for It

Lesbian Sues Doctors Who Refused to Artificially Inseminate Her
The California Supreme Court prepares to decree that physicians have no constitutional right to refuse medical care to gay people, as violation of religious beliefs has nothing to do with their profession. The Court’s initiative came on Wednesday, as a consequence of a prior event. Some doctors refused to provide artificial...

Lesbian Sues Doctors Who Refused to Artificially Inseminate Her

American ERs Scanty in Case of Terrorist Attack
Almost seven years after the September 11 terrorist attacks, U.S. emergency rooms are allegedly not prepared to deal with a dire situation like a suicidal bomb, as a report from the House of Representatives Oversight and Government Reform Committee brings out. The survey included seven major cities (New York, Los Angeles, Washington,...

American ERs Scanty in Case of Terrorist Attack

Massive Bird Flu Drill Being Held In Indonesia
A three-day simulation is being held in Indonesia, the country with the world's highest human death toll from bird flu. The purpose of this drill is to test people’s ability to deal with a pandemic triggered by the virus and to inform them on how they should handle things if their poultry gets infested. The event is taking...

Massive Bird Flu Drill Being Held In Indonesia

Bisphenol A - A Troubling Issue for Many
The issue of the effects that consuming foods and beverages packaged in polycarbonate containers made from the chemical bisphenol A has upon one’s health has long been debated in the media. BPA is most often found in the composition of baby bottles and water bottles, but many other edible products are packaged in containers of this...

Bisphenol A - A Troubling Issue for Many

Donated Organs Spread Cancer to Four
Organs donated by a 15-year-old teen have led to the death of two people due to a undiagnosed cancer. Alex Koehne died a year ago from what was thought to be bacterial meningitis, which does not preclude organ transplantation after death. His parents agreed to give away their son's organs to save the lives of others, but instead they...

Donated Organs Spread Cancer to Four

A-list Stars Trying to Avoid Hepatitis A
A bunch of A-list stars might have got hepatitis A, after a bartender at actor Ashton Kutcher’s 30th birthday party was found to have this highly infectious disease. Unfortunately for them, hepatitis A is not something we can’t escape just like that, because you’re a Hollywood star and everyone saw you in many popular movies....

A-list Stars Trying to Avoid Hepatitis A

20-year-old Student Dies of MRSA Pneumonia
He initially thought it was flu; unfortunately, just a few days later he was dead. The young man who die was a student at the Western Washington University and what he believed to be flu proved to be in fact MRSA pneumonia, which is a rare drug-resistant infection. According to University officials, Chris Feden, 20 years old,...

20-year-old Student Dies of MRSA Pneumonia

Autistic Child Found Dead After Missing from Care Center
A little boy that had been missing from a care center was found on Sunday in a rural creek. Despite the fact that he was rushed to the Intensive Care Unit of CMC-University, he was pronounced dead. The child was 10 years old and he suffered from autism. According to the Cabarrus County Sheriff’s Office, he had run away from the...

Autistic Child Found Dead After Missing from Care  Center

Vitamin D Deficiency Linked To Heart Problems
According to health authorities, lack of vitamin D has been blamed for everything from weakened bones to rickets, but now a study has revealed it increases the risk of a heart attack. The research, conducted in the United States, could have major implications for Scotland – a country keen to shake off its "sick man of...

Vitamin D Deficiency Linked To Heart Problems

Camera to Help Us Remind Things
Experts believe that a wearable digital camera may hold the key to helping people who have memory problems. Sensecam, produced by Microsoft, takes photos of daily events every 30 seconds so they can be played back later at high-speed to jog memory. Trials showed it helped people recall the event and emotions related to it....

Camera to Help Us Remind Things

Stressful Jobs Result in Health Risks
According to recent Canadian n research, a stressful workplace can be found fatal particularly to middle-aged workers who have already suffered a heart attack. The study, published in today's edition of the Journal of the American Medical Association, found that workers who go back to a chronically stressful job after an initial...

Stressful Jobs Result in Health Risks

Artificial Antioxidants Do Not Curb Heart Risk
A new American study has concluded that antioxidants do not lower the risk of experiencing a cardiovascular event in older women. Nancy R. Cook, Sc.D., of Brigham & Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, and her team of scientists have given either antioxidants or placebo to more than 8,000 women with an increased risk...

Artificial Antioxidants Do Not Curb Heart Risk
 

Everyone Can Now Find Out What You Were Up to While Navigating the Internet
Legacy Locker, probably the most morbid online venture, has been launched. The service will automatically put your online affairs in order when you finally, and inevitably, kick the bucket. How beautiful is that?Due to the fact that for many of us, the internet is quickly becoming a comprehensive digital archive of our lives, housing our...

Everyone Can Now Find Out What You Were Up to While Navigating the Internet

Mail Blackout Affects Gmail Users
A blackout hit Gmail from Google on Tuesday. The business of the e-mail service and its consumer users were all affected by the unhappy event. The popular e-mail service collapsed and went offline at 9:30 GMT and regained status after almost four hours. Statistics show that this has been the longest time for a Google downtime.According...

Mail Blackout Affects Gmail Users

Twitter - A Possible Weapon for Terrorists
A report by the Federation of American Scientists, conducted by the 304th Military Intelligence Battalion, showed the potential mobile device and service threats that terrorists may use to coordinate future attacks. One of them is Twitter, the social network and microblogging site, which occupied two pages in the report. Twitter has...

Twitter - A Possible Weapon for Terrorists

AOL Gets Sphere Source
On Tuesday AOL agreed to buy search software maker Sphere Source, for an undisclosed sum. Sphere Source has raised in its three years of activity about $4 million in venture funding from companies such as Hearst Publishing, Trident Capital, True Ventures and also from About.com founder, Scott Kurnit. Since its launch, it has gone through...

AOL Gets Sphere Source

Second Life Experienced by Congress Members
On Tuesday a congressional hearing on the ever-growing popularity of Second Life and similar virtual worlds took place. It seemed to be a very popular event, as the hearing was attended by academics, business leaders, reporters and tech whizzes. Second Life founder, Philip Rosedale, was present as well. Among the TV monitors...

Second Life Experienced by Congress Members

Comcast Promises Improved Internet
Comcast Corp. promised yesterday that it would not discriminate against specific Internet traffic. With more than 24 million subscribers, the company is the largest cable TV and Internet provider in the U.S. The announcement comes after criticism received by the company last year on the alleged blocking of a software program utilized...

Comcast Promises Improved Internet

Live Events Service Being Added by Microsoft to Windows Live
Microsoft Corp. has recently announced a new service to its Windows Live services suite. Live Events will be an event planning service, which will offer even more than the other existing online invitation services currently offer. However, what will be similar to those services is that Microsoft Live’s Live Events service will offer...

Live Events Service Being Added by Microsoft to Windows Live

New Malicious Worm Attacks the Skype Users
If you are a Skype fan, pay attention! A new malicious worm targeting Skype and ultimately your computer and the data within has started to quickly spread all over the Internet. So, it is the security researchers’ job to warn us about the event; next it is only about us to try preventing the problems the worm could bring. The...

New Malicious Worm Attacks the Skype Users

Facebook's Source Code Leaking Out on the Internet
During this weekend anyone could have read the source code of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg’s highly popular social networking platform, as a blog called Facebook secrets (http://facebooksecrets.blogspot.com/) has published it. After several news web sites have been alerted by this strange fact, a spokesperson for Facebook has...

Facebook's Source Code Leaking Out on the Internet

Where Is the Love?
So where is the love, meaning that traditional relationship between two partners involving flowers, a chocolate box for time to time, good night kisses and long walks in the sunset’s obscure light? Well, it seems that this “kind” of love doesn’t exist anymore. Man has managed to conquer time and space via the interrelated network...

Where Is the Love?
 

Dakar Rally Cancelled Over Security Concerns
The 30th Dakar Rally, which was to have started Saturday in Lisbon, has been cancelled because of security fears, the Amaury Sports Organization (ASO) said in a statement released in the Portuguese capital. "Based on the current international political tension and the murder of four French tourists last December 24 linked to...

Dakar Rally Cancelled Over Security Concerns

World Rally Champion Colin McRae Dies in Helicopter Crash
The World Rally champion from 1995 Colin McRae has just been announced of having died in a helicopter crash. The crash that has taken the 39-year-old legendary car pilot’s life has taken place yesterday, the 15th of September; the Squirrel helicopter that Colin McRae has been driving has crashed and burst into flames near the...

World Rally Champion Colin McRae Dies in Helicopter Crash

NASCAR Postpones Michigan Race
A steady Sunday rain over Brooklyn, Mich., forced NASCAR to postpone for noon ET Monday the Nextel Cup 3M Performance 400 scheduled for 3 p.m. ET Sunday at Michigan International Speedway.The weather forecast for today is, however, not significantly better than it was at the hour set for yesterday’s event. ESPN2 will broadcast the race....

NASCAR Postpones Michigan Race

Montoya Has a Shot at NASCAR History
Juan Pablo Montoya's NASCAR run for the rookie of the year award has been a success so far.The Columbian emerged victorious on the road from the Busch Series in Mexico City. He also won the Nextel Cup race on the road course at Infineon, finished second at the Brickyard 400, fifth at Atlanta and eighth at Texas.So far, he recorded a...

Montoya Has a Shot at NASCAR History

Hamilton Dominates the Hungarian Grand Prix
McLaren's Lewis Hamilton started the Hungarian Grand Prix from the pole position and led the race till the finish. With this win he increased his championship lead over his team mate Fernando Alonso to seven points. He finished 0.7 seconds ahead of Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen and Germany’s Nick Heidfeld finished third for BMW Sauber.The...

Hamilton Dominates the Hungarian Grand Prix

Alonso Wins in Chaotic European Grand Prix
The start of this year’s Nurburgring European Grand Prix was one of the most astonishing seen in years after the heavy rain soaked the circuit and forced an early red flag.Hamilton, who started 10th after a brutal smash in qualifying on Saturday, reached the fourth position after a few corners due to a great display of maneuvering on the...

Alonso Wins in Chaotic European Grand Prix
 

Bonds Fails to Close In on Aaron, Selig Attends
Barry Bonds failed to make himself a fabulous present for his 43rd birthday as he didn’t manage to close in on Hank Aaron’s home run record in the game lost 7-5 by his San Francisco Giants on Tuesday against the Atlanta Braves the in 13 innings at AT&T Park.The San Francisco slugger had a single and struck out on two occasions in the...

Bonds Fails to Close In on Aaron, Selig Attends

MLB Doesn’t Plan on Celebrating Bonds’ Record Break
According to MLB commissioner Bud Selig, the league doesn’t intend to organize a celebration of the upcoming event which will see San Francisco’s slugger Barry Bonds break Hank Aaron’s career homer runs all-time record."That's up to San Francisco," Selig told reporters.Bonds began the first game of the three-game series against...

MLB Doesn’t Plan on Celebrating Bonds’ Record Break
 

Eos Airlines Files For Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
In the latest airline industry event caused by the US credit crunch the Eos Airlines announced this weekend that it has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and said that it would totally stop operations on Sunday or as late as Monday.The all business class transatlantic airline is the fourth carrier in the United States to go out...

Eos Airlines Files For Chapter 11 Bankruptcy

Nokia Raises Targets for 2008
During its annual investor event today, Nokia has announced its forecasts for the next year, as well as its targets, while senior company executives talked about the company’s plans to move into the Internet services.The world's biggest maker of mobile phones rose 78 percent during the current year until Monday, when it fell 4.8 percent...

Nokia Raises Targets for 2008

Vivendi and Activision Merge For $18.9 Billion
The French media concern announced on Sunday that it has reached a deal regarding merging with the US game producer Activision that is worth 18.9 billion dollars, according to a Vivendi spokesman.Vivendi Games, Vivendi's interactive entertainment business that includes Blizzard Entertainment's World of Warcraft, the world's first place...

Vivendi and Activision Merge For $18.9 Billion

The International Symposium for Personal Spaceflight
What’s up next in the spaceflight industry? We will all probably find out thanks to this year’s International Symposium for Personal Spaceflight that is to take place in Las Cruces, between the 24th and the 25th of October 2007. The leading companies and figures from the space industry will be there! The event has been announced...

The International Symposium for Personal Spaceflight

Boeing Unveils 787 Dreamliner
Boeing unveiled the 787 Dreamliner, its newest long-distance, fuel-efficient and carbon-composite jet. The event took place the company's Everett, Washington plant, in front of 15,000 employees and customers and with 25,000 others watching remotely from a football stadium in down town Seattle.Boeing already has $110 billion worth of...

Boeing Unveils 787 Dreamliner
 

Obama to Meet Irish Leaders and Single Out the Importance of Peace
President Barack Obama is expected to meet on St. Patrick’s Day with Irish political leaders bent on preserving peace notwithstanding dissidents’ violent acts in Northern Ireland.Barack Obama intends to meet with Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen in the Oval Office on Tuesday and subsequently see Northern Ireland’s First Minister Peter...

Obama to Meet Irish Leaders and Single Out the Importance of Peace

Sri Lanka remembers 40,000 who perished in 2004 tsunami
Sri Lanka held remembrance ceremonies in various parts of the island nation to mark the fourth anniversary of the devastating tsunami on Boxing Day, 2004, that claimed over 40,000 lives and displaced more than half a million people..    An island-wide two-minute silence was observed Friday morning as friends and relatives of those...

Sri Lanka remembers 40,000 who perished in 2004 tsunami

Big ones gunning for UEFA Cup successBy DB Peters
Often described as a cup of losers, this season's UEFA Cup has its fair share of winners in Thursday's first-round first-leg matches. Dutch club Ajax Amsterdam is one of only a handful of clubs that has won all three European club competition (European Champions' Cup or Champions League, Cup Winners' Cup and UEFA Cup). After being...

Big ones gunning for UEFA Cup successBy DB Peters

Tiring Pennetta pounds through over stricken Bali opponent
Third-seeded Italian Flavia Pennetta shook off her own jet-lag to reach the quarter-finals of the Commonwealth Bank Classic on Thursday despite a distracting injury timeout from opponent Anastasia Rodionova. US Open quarter-finalist Pennetta was fuming as the 77th-ranked Russian took a 4-0 lead in the second set, then began feeling...

Tiring Pennetta pounds through over stricken Bali opponent

Dibaba's historic distance double - no luck for Jamaica
Tirunish Dibaba of Ethiopa completed the first Olympic women's long distance gold medal double on Friday with an emphatic 5,000 metres triumph at the Beijing Games. Dibaba, 22, ran away from her rivals on the last lap to win a slow-paced race a week after she dominated the 10,000m gold with the second best time in event...

Dibaba's historic distance double - no luck for Jamaica

Federer out to repair season, finds Ginepri waiting
Roger Federer will begin resuscitating his summer after last week's Canadian crash out, as the opening day of the Cincinnati Masters was hit by a pair of late injury defections on Monday. The Swiss superstar learned the name of his opening opponent in Tuesday's second round, as US player Robby Ginepri overcame Swedish veteran...

Federer out to repair season, finds Ginepri waiting

Tropical Storm Dolly is Being Monitored While Heading For Gulf Of Mexico
Tropical Storm Dolly formed in the Caribbean is approaching Yucatan Peninsula and maybe it will head toward southern Texas. Local emergency management officials are monitoring it but aren’t excessively alarmed, saying the tropical storm doesn’t pose a threat yet to the upper Texas Gulf Coast. The emergency management coordinator for the...

Tropical Storm Dolly is Being Monitored While Heading For Gulf Of Mexico

Lambeth Conference Gathers Bishops
Anglican bishops from all over the world were gathering in Canterbury for the opening of the Lambeth Conference on Wednesday, with the once-in-a-decade meeting appointed to be eclipsed by discussions regarding the position of women and homosexuals. The 650 bishops will have three days dedicated to prayer and contemplation led by...

Lambeth Conference Gathers Bishops

Young Catholic Pilgrims Gather At World Youth Day
World Youth Day began Tuesday, with tens of thousands of young Catholics from all around the world. 100,000 individuals waited for a Mass opening the event which is considered by the Roman Catholic Church the biggest gathering of young people in the world.The official start of the 6-day-festival was at midnight when a huge countdown...

Young Catholic Pilgrims Gather At World Youth Day

Venus in orbit after fifth Wimbledon title
Venus Williams may be heading into tennis orbit after winning her fifth Wimbledon title.    'It puts you in the stratosphere, to be honest, just because of what this tournament means,' said the American who came third time lucky against her younger sister Serena in the weekend title match at the All England club.    'If I'd had...

Venus in orbit after fifth Wimbledon title

Sick Woman Dies in the Hospital, Being Ignored
A woman suffering from a psychiatric disease died on the floor, inside Kings County Hospital Center in Brooklyn, on June 19. A video tape that recorded the tragic event was handed over to the attorneys of the New York Civil Liberties Union.          The death of Esman Green, 49, was graphically revealed yesterday when the...

Sick Woman Dies in the Hospital, Being Ignored

North Korea Blows Up Nuclear Plant Tower
In an attempt to prove its commitment to halt its nuclear weapons program, North Korea destroyed a water cooling tower that was part of its Yongbyon nuclear plant where it processed weapon-grade plutonium. The move comes a day after Kim Jong II’s regime submitted a detailed inventory of nuclear plants and materials, which was...

North Korea Blows Up Nuclear Plant Tower

8 People Killed and 25 Wounded After a Suicide Attack in Pakistan
A Pakistani military bus transporting medical corps staff to work in the city of Rawalpindi was attacked by a suicide bomber Monday, at 7.30 AM, outside the gate of the army's National Logistics Cell on a road connecting the Royal Artillery Bazar to the General Headquarters in the nearby garrison city. Some media reports said...

8 People Killed and 25 Wounded After a Suicide Attack in Pakistan

Red Moon Tonight
Look to the sky tonight as you will witness a rare and amazing astrological event. According to the Shanghai Observatory, on the 28 of August we should be able to see a full lunar eclipse. This is not just any lunar eclipse, for tonight the moon will turn bright red as the earth and sun align on either side. It is the...

Red Moon Tonight

Cunard line expects huge demand for Queen Elizabeth 2 tickets
 ­ The ocean liner Queen Elizabeth 2 is due to be decommissioned from service in 2008.  The vessel's owner, Cunard Lines, says it expects demand to be high for tickets on the ship's last scheduled voyage before it leaves for Dubai where it will converted into a floating hotel and museum. "Many fans will take the opportunity to...

Cunard line expects huge demand for Queen Elizabeth 2 tickets
 

Seventh Potter Book Set to Break Previous Sales Records
The seventh and final instalment in J.K. Rowling's best-selling series "Harry Potter" is set to previous sales records, according to its British publisher, Bloomsbury Publishing PLC. "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" will be published on July 21 and amazon.co.uk has taken more than 1.4m pre-orders.The record...

Seventh Potter Book Set to Break Previous Sales Records

J.K. Rowling Coming to U.S. in October
J.K. Rowling is reportedly coming to the United States in October for the "J.K. Rowling Book Tour," which will include four events in Los Angeles, New Orleans and New York City (two events), of which three will only be open to schoolchildren. The New York's Carnegie Hall event will be open to fans of all ages. Rowling is set to...

J.K. Rowling Coming to U.S. in October
 

Pre-Sells for T-Mobile Reach 1.5 Million
T-Mobile, the nation’s fourth-largest wireless network operator, announced that its android, G1, has been pre-ordered by 1.5 million people. The phone is officially launched on October 22 and it seems like the best bet against Apple’s iPhone. HTC, the Taiwanese firm that is manufacturing the G1, was projecting that it would sell...

Pre-Sells for T-Mobile Reach 1.5 Million

Samsung’s New Omnia Smartphone
On Monday, South Korea-based Samsung Group released a new touch-screen smartphone. Also today, Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference begins and the event is very likely to bring the new 3G version of the iPhone; this is most definitely not a coincidence.Samsung's Omnia was designed for easy Internet browsing; it features a wide screen...

Samsung’s New Omnia Smartphone

Missing Phones Report Leads to Mexican Official Dismissal
This week, the New Orleans summit was attended by the leaders of Mexico, the United States and Canada. Participants witnessed an event that could hardly be more inappropriate for such an official, diplomatic and high class gathering. While a meeting was in progress, a Mexican press attaché, Rafael Quintero Curiel, picked up several...

Missing Phones Report Leads to Mexican Official Dismissal

Apple Announces iPhone SDK Launch on March 6
Apple has announced that it will release the iPhone SDK on March 6. Apple originally announced the iPhone SDK for February, but it looks like they couldn't release it this month. Yesterday's announcement came just a day after the company has announced a new firmware version for the iPhone, version 1.1.4.The Software Developers Kit will...

Apple Announces iPhone SDK Launch on March 6

Sony Ericsson Denies Rumors about PSP Phone
The US Patent & Trademark Office turns out to be a resourceful fountain of information for those patient enough to sift through the amount of data available publicly. Recently, some inquisitive eyes have spotted a patent application filed by Sony Ericsson- the joint venture of Swedish telecom giant Ericsson and Japanese electronics...

Sony Ericsson Denies Rumors about PSP Phone
 

Obama Won; and So Did NBC with “SNL”
The eve of the election brought the highest ratings on Monday during the two-hour special edition of Saturday Night Live Presidential Bash 2008. According to Nielsen estimations, NBC won most viewers with ages between 18 and 49. Excluding the Olympics, the network won the first place in ratings on the night before the elections.14.4...

Obama Won; and So Did NBC with “SNL”

American Idol Beyond the Stage: Kristy Lee Cook Engaged
Personal life continues to follow a silent road beyond the stage. Far from the sparkling light of reflectors, in the sauna of her Idol apartment, Kristy Lee Cook's boyfriend gave her an engagement ring, a little present to make her remember her first elimination round as a finalist which was a lucky one. Reporters found out details about...

American Idol Beyond the Stage: Kristy Lee Cook Engaged

Miley Cyrus And Billy Ray ready For CMT
The music industry has a new favorite, young Miley Cyrus. She’s popular among preteens, teens and parents, and she’s also becoming one of the paps’ favorites. Miley has earned huge success with the “Hannah Montana” show, her 3-D movie and performed impeccably at her sold-out concert-tour. Besides all these accomplishments, Miley...

Miley Cyrus And Billy Ray ready For CMT

Rosie O’Donnell Back To TV, On MSNBC
It looks like 9 p.m. enlarges its offers, besides Fox News’ Hannity & Colmes and CNN’s Larry King, as MSNBC has plans to replace its currently low-rated Live with Dan Abrams with a new show that would bring Rosie O'Donnell back to TV, as the New York Times reported. After her sudden leave from The View on ABC six months...

Rosie O’Donnell Back To TV, On MSNBC

Singer Osmond Feeling Fine After Live Faint
During the last gig of the fifth-season live Dancing With The Stars, Marie Osmond delivered a double breath-taking performance. Her samba dancing was enchanting, as we were expecting, but she did do something unexpected. While waiting for the jury’s feedback, she collapsed, her fall was blocked by her partner Jonathan Roberts and...

Singer Osmond Feeling Fine After Live Faint

Ryan Seacrest Makes Perfect Host For Emmy Awards
This year’s Emmy Awards ceremony will have Ryan Seacrest, the universal television host, including "American Idol," proving his entertainer skills.A last moment’s pick, Seacrest, 32, is "a consummate host of major live broadcast events and a proven talent who always makes it look easy, which makes him the perfect choice...

Ryan Seacrest Makes Perfect Host For Emmy Awards

Diana Documentary Sparks Controversy
Princess Diana still sparks controversy, years after her tragic death. A new Diana-related row emerged between the royal family and Channel 4, which indends to broadcast a documentary titled Diana: The Witness In The Tunnel, incorporating graphic photos of her dying minutes."If it were your or my mother dying in that tunnel would we...

Diana Documentary Sparks Controversy
 

FIFA: clubs must release under-23 players for Olympics
Under-23 players must be released for the Beijing Olympics, world football supremo Joseph Blatter said in a statement issued on Wednesday. 'The release of players below the age of 23 has always been mandatory for all clubs. The same principle shall apply for Beijing 2008,' the FIFA boss Blatter said in a statement. The statement...

FIFA: clubs must release under-23 players for Olympics

Sweden and Norway to bid for Euro 2016
Sweden and Norway plan a joint bid to host the Euro 2016 football tournament, a leading Swedish football official said on Tuesday. Sune Hellstromer, general secretary of the Swedish football federation SFF, told Stockholm radio station SR that the necessary documents would likely be sent to the ruling body UEFA in autumn....

Sweden and Norway to bid for Euro 2016

Lazio Fan Killed By a Police Officer in Italy
A Lazio fan was accidentally killed by a policeman while he was heading to a Serie A game in Milan, on Sunday morning, according to outraged Italian media. Gabriele Sandri, who was 26 years old, has died at a motorway rest station as a cause of a warning shot of a police officer who was trying to stop a clash between the fans of Lazio...

Lazio Fan Killed By a Police Officer in Italy

Poulsen’s Mischief Unleashes Mayhem In Denmark
An uncontrolled gesture of midfielder Christian Poulsen unleashed the fury of Danish spectators, who stormed on the pitch, hunting the referee during a Euro 2008 qualifying game. Saturday was scheduled to take place another battle from the Danish-Swede war on the football field, the 99th to be precise. The load was even higher...

Poulsen’s Mischief Unleashes Mayhem In Denmark

Bradley Pick His Players for the Gold Cup
United States coach Bob Bradley named his roster for June's Gold Cup on Thursday calling up 12 foreign-based players into his 23-man squad.The latest winners of the Gold Cup will play a friendly match against China in San Jose on June 2 before their first group B match against Guatemala in Carson, California five days later.U.S. will...

Bradley Pick His Players for the Gold Cup
 

John Lennon’s Music Goes Digital on iTunes
After a trademark dispute between Apple Inc. and the Beatles’ company, Apple Corps. Ltd., the American Apple has just announced that John Lennon’s music will finally go digital! The American company has announced that sixteen of the late singer and songwriter’s songs will be heading for Apple’s iTunes online store, so that the old or...

John Lennon’s Music Goes Digital on iTunes

New iMac, iLife Announced by Apple
Apple announced a revamping of its iMac desktop line Tuesday, bringing an end to Apple’s 17-inch iMac offerings. The new iMacs come with a new aluminum-and-glass design and 20- and 24-inch LCD display configurations.The processors will range from Intel Core 2 Duo 2GHz to 2.8GHz in a custom order model. The machines will ship with a...

New iMac, iLife Announced by Apple

Apple’s WWDC Apparently Stuffed with New MacBooks Pro
With World Wide Developers’ Conference just around the corner, analysts have already begun speculating on what this important event will bring for Apple’s shaken up stocks.PiperJaffray analyst Gene Munster, cited by Appleinsider.com, said on Wednesday that an official launch of the craved iPhone is out of the question, since WWDC is...

Apple’s WWDC Apparently Stuffed with New MacBooks Pro
 

Chris Brown and Rihanna Are Not Recording Any Duet
Everybody seems to be focused on whether Chris Brown and Rihanna truly recorded a duet and, thus, reports confirming or rejecting the claim are flowing on cyber space.Yesterday, CNN confirmed the fact that the two stars had recorded a song together by citing an unnamed source. On the other hand, People magazine reported online that the...

Chris Brown and Rihanna Are Not Recording Any Duet

Chris Brown Removes Himself From Kids’ Choice Awards Ballot
Amid the legal trouble stemming from his alleged assault against girlfriend Rihanna in early February, R&B singer Chris Brown withdrew himself from the list of nominees for Nickelodeon’s Kids’ Choice Awards. Brown was nominated for Favorite Male Singer and Favorite Song.Though defended by the likes of P. Diddy, Akon and Kanye West,...

Chris Brown Removes Himself From Kids’ Choice Awards Ballot

Chris Brown Remains in the Run for Kids’ Choice Awards
R&B star Chris Brown may have lost support deals for Wrigley’s chewing gum and the Milk Moustache campaign after being arrested in the alleged attack on his fellow singer girlfriend Rihanna, but children’s network Nickelodeon is right behind him.In spite of the fact that the violent incident in which Chris Brown was involved stirred...

Chris Brown Remains in the Run for Kids’ Choice Awards

Michael Jackson Planning a $400 Million Comeback?
While in London on Thursday, Michael Jackson announced he will perform his first set of shows in over 10 years. The King of Pop held a massive press conference in London in front of more than 300 journalists, who had been marshaled to capture the event, (he was an hour and a half late; no word on the excuse) in which he confirmed the...

Michael Jackson Planning a $400 Million Comeback?

Britney Spears Ready To Kick Off Tour
From costumes to stage sets, to dancing routines everything is ready for the pop singer's most important event in her career over the past five years, the Britney Spears Circus Tour, which is mere hours from its kickoff in New Orleans. "You can expect spectacular-ness," her manager Larry Rudolph said on Ryan Seacrest's KIIS-FM...

Britney Spears Ready To Kick Off Tour

Miley Cyrus Puts the Past behind Her, Promotes Her New Album
Three months after the Vanity Fair photo session, which left a bad taste in her mouth, the teen superstar Miley Cyrus prepares to promote her first full-lenght album under her own name, entitled “Breakout.” But it looks like the Vanity Fair photo showing her bare shoulder, which was seen by some as a “naughty” one, continues to...

Miley Cyrus Puts the Past behind Her, Promotes Her New Album

Jessica Simpson’s First Country Concert Brought Her Boos
Jessica Simpson’s new country girl image was not as successful as she thought it might be. As the singer opened for Sara Evans at the 15th Annual Country Thunder USA Festival in Randall, Wis. on Saturday, numerous spectators started booing her. Jessica Simpson, who is seeing Wisconsin native Tony Romo, was jeered when she made her...

Jessica Simpson’s First Country Concert Brought Her Boos

Brenda Walsh Is Back In 90210
It had been rumored that Shannen Doherty was involved in serious negotiations to play in the approaching spin-off of "Beverly Hills 90210," reprising her role as Brenda Walsh. The rumors then said she already joined the new 90210 cast, getting ready to star several episodes of the series’ follow-up. The one...

Brenda Walsh Is Back In 90210

Bon Jovi Sang “Nothin’ but the Hits” in Central Park
Just as he promised, Jon Bon Jovi sang “nothin’ but the hits, baby, nothin’ but the hits” under the clear evening sky in the heart of Central Park. The free concert was a delight for tens of thousands of fans who sang along with the lyrics. Many of them had come from around the country six hours before the event. There were an estimated...

Bon Jovi Sang “Nothin’ but the Hits” in Central Park

France’s First Lady Carla Bruni Releases Her Third Album
France’s First Lady is releasing her third studio album, titled “Comme si de rien n’etait” (“As If Nothing Had Happened”), showing the world that the man that she loves is more powerful than hard drugs. Carla Bruni confessed that the source of inspiration for her lyrics was her love for her spouse, President Nicolas Sarkozy. The...

France’s First Lady Carla Bruni Releases Her Third Album

The MTV Music Awards to Be Held in Los Angeles
The MTV Video Music Awards will be getting its old home. The biggest music awards ceremony of the fall would return to Los Angeles on September 7, for the first time in a decade, the lifestyle cable network announced on Monday. Since 1998, when Los Angeles last hosted the event, the MTV Video Music Awards have been held in New...

The MTV Music Awards to Be Held in Los Angeles

The Woodstock Museum Tells the Story of the 60s
The Woodstock Museum continues the tradition of the Woodstock Festival, which represented the counterculture of the late 1960s – early 1970s and the “hippie era.” Joni Mitchell’s song “Woodstock” commemorates the event held at Max Yasgur’s 600 acre dairy farm in the rural town of Bethel, New York from August 15 to August 18, 1969.The...

The Woodstock Museum Tells the Story of the 60s

The Neville Brothers Return to New Orleans, the Capital of Jazz
The four Neville Brothers will come back to the capital of jazz, where thousands of fans are anxious to see them again at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. This will be their first public appearance here after a long absence since Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast in August 2005.Art, the oldest member, also called Poppa...

The Neville Brothers Return to New Orleans, the Capital of Jazz

Kanye West and Fiancée Alexis Phifer Split
Kanye West is back on the market, as he and his fiancée Alexis Phifer have reportedly split. The breakup, attributed to the rapper’s busy schedule, as he preps for his upcoming Glow in the Dark tour, was confirmed when designer Alexis Phifer, Kanye West’s fiancée of 18 months, confirmed that the pair’s engagement is off. “It's...

Kanye West and Fiancée Alexis Phifer Split

Prince to Come at the Coachella Festival in California
Prince will join the Coachella Valley Music and Arts festival, a rock event staged in the California desert which runs April 25-27. Other music stars who will take part in the event include Kraftwerk, Portishead, the Verve, Aphex Twin, My Morning Jacket, Spiritualized, the Breeders and Serj Tankian. The Purple One will play a full...

Prince to Come at the Coachella Festival in California

Rocker Pete Doherty In Jail
The next 14 weeks won’t be so bright for Pete Doherty! As his record label announced, the British rock star was jailed on Tuesday for the next fourteen weeks. A west London court sentenced the Babyshambles frontman for breaching the terms of his probation. The recent court decision makes it impossible for him to perform at the...

Rocker Pete Doherty In Jail

George Michael’s First U.S. Tour in 17 Years
After 17 years, George Michael is going to tour again in the U.S. and Canada. This event follows the Wham! star’s hit European tour from last year. His last U.S. tour, “Cover to Cover,” took place in 1991. Although in the last ten years his popularity has diminished in the United States, his album “Patience” placed at No. 12 in...

George Michael’s First U.S. Tour in 17 Years

King of Tejano Music May Not Survive
Tejano singer Emilio Navaira may not survive after the car accident he had last week in Bellaire, west of Houston, doctor Alex Valadka informed at the Memorial Hermann hospital, Reuters reports. Emilio Navaira and his staff were returning home on Sunday, in San Antonio, after playing in southeast Houston. The bus also had six bad...

King of Tejano Music May Not Survive

Three-Day Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival Due in August
San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park will host the Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival on five stages, which is going to last three days, August 22-24. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, producers announced Monday that more than 60 bands and performers have signed for the event. Among the artists set for San Francisco’s music...

Three-Day Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival Due in August

Mick Jagger - Saved by the Storm
The Rolling Stones’ leader, Mick Jagger, was almost killed 40 years ago if it weren’t for the bad weather that stopped the killers. According to a new BBC documentary, the members of the Hells Angels gang organized a naval assault on Jagger’s holiday home in the Hamptons, near New York city. However, due to the storm, the boat that...

Mick Jagger - Saved by the Storm

Timberlake to Induct Madonna into Hall of Fame
Justin Timberlake is going to induct Madonna into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The event will take place on March 10 at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in Manhattan. According to The Associated Press Timberlake has been working with the singer on her upcoming album that is supposed to be released this year. Madonna Louise Ciccone...

Timberlake to Induct Madonna into Hall of Fame

Music Is At Home Everywhere: NY Philharmonic To Perform in North Korea
The New York Philharmonic arrived in North Korea on Monday, marking the first visit of American musicians to communist North Korea, a country which was included by President George W. Bush in the “axis of evil,” due to its nuclear weapons program. The 130 philharmonic members travelled by a chartered Boeing 747, which landed at...

Music Is At Home Everywhere: NY Philharmonic To Perform in North Korea

Radiohead and Jack Johnson Headlining All Points West
Radiohead and Jack Johnson will be the headlines of the inaugural All Points West Music&Arts festival, Reuters informs. The festival will be held August 8-10, in Liberty State Park, in Jersey City. The festival will last three days, with Radiohead performing the first two nights and Johnson the third. Singer/songwriter...

Radiohead and Jack Johnson Headlining All Points West

Super Bowl Boosts Music Online Sales
The Super Bowl is possibly the best known advertising show broadcasted on television, but it’s not only advertisers who increase their profits after the big game. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, who performed four of their best-known songs during the game, benefited a lot from the event. With more than 97 million viewers...

Super Bowl Boosts Music Online Sales

Bono Raises $42 Million for People Suffering from AIDS
This year, Valentine’s Day brought some hope to people that really need it; in fact, Bono’s charity auction that took place on Valentine’s night will bring $42 million to some people that really know what to do with this huge amount of money. Bono’s charity auction brought together a significant number of stars and celebrities,...

Bono Raises $42 Million for People Suffering from AIDS

Oasis Frontman Marries His Long-Time Girlfriend
Oasis singer Liam Gallagher and former All Saints member Nicole Appleton decided to tie the knot on Valentine’s Day. The couple secretly married in London on February 14, after a relationship of eight years. They have a seven-year-old son, Gene, who  attended the ceremony. Liam’s brother and Oasis guitarist Noel did not...

Oasis Frontman Marries His Long-Time Girlfriend

Britney Gives Dance Classes to Kids; Plans for a New World Tour
It seems like Britney is planning to start it all over again. She has been recently seen at Millennium Dance Complex in Los Angeles, where she is reportedly preparing for a new world tour. Sources close to the pop star told the New York Post that “Britney will be leaving the country in the next few weeks, after training in...

Britney Gives Dance Classes to Kids; Plans for a New World Tour

R. Kelly Shows Up In Court And Is Scolded
R. Kelly cannot complain of lack of luck. On the contrary, actually, as in the case of child pornography in which he is allegedly involved, he was forgiven of having his bond revoked after he missed the Wednesday hearing. Cook County Judge Vincent Gaughan scolded the R&B singer, but he allowed him to leave and deliver his...

R. Kelly Shows Up In Court And Is Scolded

Led Zeppelin Together After 30 Years
After almost 30 years of absence from the stage the legendary British hard-rock band Led Zeppelin had its first major live performance, as the three surviving members and Jason Bonham, the replacement drummer for his late father, gathered together on London’s O2 Arena.The band sang their most loved songs, including Dazed And Confused,...

Led Zeppelin Together After 30 Years

John Reilly A.k.a. Dewey Cox Is Touring US
Actor John C. Reilly is facing another challenge, a prolongation of his role in the mock biopic “Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story” in real-life. He will incarnate the rock icon in a 7-city US tour and perform live. The “Cox Across America Tour” was presented by Columbia Pictures on Monday, being part of the promoting campaign for the movie...

John Reilly A.k.a. Dewey Cox Is Touring US

Usher Becomes a Father
Tameka Foster, R&B singer Usher’s wife, gave birth to a baby boy at 9:30 pm on Monday, at the Atlanta hospital, his publicist confirmed on Tuesday.The baby is healthy and it weights seven pounds and nine ounces and is expected to head home with his parents on Wednesday, according to the People magazine.This is the Grammy winning...

Usher Becomes a Father

Led Zeppelin Reunion Gig Postponed
Extremely bad news to those over-the-head fans of legendary rock band Led Zeppelin that made excruciating efforts to attend the one-off concert of the rockers. Guitarist Jimmy Page has broken his finger and won’t be able to perform during the next three weeks. The gig of the reunited band was scheduled to take place on November...

Led Zeppelin Reunion Gig Postponed

Led Zeppelin Will Sell Online
Led Zeppelin are as fashionable as the online era, now that they have announced that starting with November 13, their albums would be available digitally. The date is a double release for the band, apart from the revealed surprise, they are launching a double-CD compilation that reunites their best songs under the title “Mothership”.“We...

Led Zeppelin Will Sell Online

Ladies And Gentlemen, Led Zeppelin!
November, 26, 2007 promises to be a day of legend, now that those from Led Zeppelin announced to re-unite for the O2 Arena in London gig. Their one-off performance will represent probably the gist of the charity concert to pay tribute to Ahmet Ertegun, the one that founded Atlantic Records and had been a music mentor for the band....

Ladies And Gentlemen, Led Zeppelin!

Paisley and Strait top the CMA’s
Brad Paisley and George Strait lead the nominations for the 41st annual Country Music Association Awards, with five nominations each. Both musicians are up for Entertainer of the Year, Male Vocalist, Album of the Year and Single of the Year. Paisley is also nominated for Video of the Year, while Strait is in contention for Musical...

Paisley and Strait top the CMA’s

Catch Me If You Can
I’ve had enough with this broad. I mean... Does she really have to always be in the center of attention??? Can’t she just give up...? Well you know...I mean, she does so many things just so people notice her, for what? First the DUI high speed race down to Las Vegas with a police escort…maybe someone should have told her about...

Catch Me If You Can

Justin Timberlake and Beyonce MTV’s Favorites
The nominees for this yea MTV Video Music Awards have been announced and pop stars Justin Timberlake and Beyonce are topping the list with seven nominations each, followed by rapper Kanye West and Rihanna who both got five nods. The nominations were revealed during a special broadcast of Total Request Live Tuesday.British neo-soul singer...

Justin Timberlake and Beyonce MTV’s Favorites

The Police Start Off Reunion Tour
Iconic ‘80s rock band The Police have began their much-anticipated reunion, with a concert in Vancouver on Monday night. The Police fans in Vancouver were treated to a special preview show at the city's GM Place, where the 4,000 people in the audience were all members of the club. Sting (birth name Gordon Sumner), drummer...

The Police Start Off Reunion Tour

Incubus Makes Surprise Appearance At Weenie Roast
Incubus made fans feel like it was Christmas when the rock band played a surprise concert at this year’s KROQ-FM Weenie Roast y Fiesta in Irvine, California, managing to completely steal the show. 2/5 of the rock band Incubus from Southern California stole the show at Saturday’s KROQ-FM Weenie Roast y Fiesta, when they...

Incubus Makes Surprise Appearance At Weenie Roast

Madonna Calls Out “Hey You”
Madonna has written a new song especially for the July 7 Live Earth musical event; available for free, the first million downloads will result in a donation to a climate protection group. Live Earth organizers announced Thursday that Madonna has written a new song for the Live Earth concerts that will take place around the world on...

Madonna Calls Out “Hey You”
 

Japanese euphoric as cherry blossoms bloom
Tokyo - They are as soft as silk, no larger than half a thumb, and conquer Japanese hearts every spring: cherry blossoms, known in Japan as "sakura." Anticipation starts building across the country in February. When the first buds open in the south-west, national euphoria breaks out. Newspapers follow the north-easterly...

Japanese euphoric as cherry blossoms bloom

Tokyo ready to stage 2016 Olympics as world's most compact venue
   Tokyo - Tokyo may be one of the world's greatest metropolises but Japan Olympic Committee (JOC) members said Friday that the city intends presenting itself as the world's most compact stage in its effort to host the 2016 Olympics. As the IOC emphasizes legacy, Tokyo says it will limit the use of taxpayers money by recycling...

Tokyo ready to stage 2016 Olympics as world's most compact venue

China appeals for calm ahead of Tibet anniversaries
   Beijing - Chinese officials have appealed for calm ahead of several sensitive anniversaries in Tibetan areas and claimed that life has returned to "normal" after violent protests by Tibetans in March, state media said Wednesday.    "Everything is back on track," the official Xinhua news agency quoted Nyima...

China appeals for calm ahead of Tibet anniversaries

Mitsubishi withdraws from Dakar Rally over global economic crisis
Tokyo - Mitsubishi announced Wednesday that it is quitting the Dakar Rally due to the global economic crisis. "The sudden deterioration of the global economy made it necessary for the company to focus its resources more tightly, leading to today's announcement," said the carmaker in a statement. Mitsubishi quit the Dakar,...

Mitsubishi withdraws from Dakar Rally over global economic crisis

Hallelujah as Christians celebrate in Taliban stronghold
 Around 78 families coming to the lone church in Wana, the main town of the tribal district of Islamic militancy dominated South Waziristan, expect their day-long Christmas celebrations on Thursday to take place in an atmosphere of peace and good will. "We have no fears. We are going to sing our traditional Christmas songs, cut a...

Hallelujah as Christians celebrate in Taliban stronghold

Hallelujah as Christians celebrate in Taliban
 Around 78 families coming to the lone church in Wana, the main town of the tribal district of Islamic militancy dominated South Waziristan, expect their day-long Christmas celebrations on Thursday to take place in an atmosphere of peace and good will. "We have no fears. We are going to sing our traditional Christmas songs, cut a...

Hallelujah as Christians celebrate in Taliban

Subaru quits rally world championship as well
Subaru on Tuesday quit the world rally championships (WRC) just 24 hours after fellow-Japanese company Suzuki, like them citing the global economic crisis. Subaru won three straight world rally constructors titles 1995-1997 and three drivers titles from Britons Colin McRae (1995) and Richard Burns (2001) as well as Petter Solberg of...

Subaru quits rally world championship as well

ASEAN charter for forming new EU-style bloc comes into force
South-East Asian foreign ministers Monday formalized a charter that transforms the 41-year-old bloc of half a billion people into a a more united community.    The charter sets out rules of membership, transforms the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) into a legal entity and proposes a single free trade area by...

ASEAN charter for forming new EU-style bloc comes into force

Iran protests against Sarkozy remarks
Iran warned Paris of "unsuitable consequences" in a formal protest against remarks by French President Nicolas Sarkozy critical of his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the official IRNA news agency reported Thursday. The Iranian foreign ministry summoned Bernard Poletti, French Ambassador to Tehran on Wednesday,...

Iran protests against Sarkozy remarks

Foreign ministers to usher in new chapter for ASEAN
Foreign ministers of 10 nations will meet in Jakarta next week to celebrate the new charter of the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN), the regional grouping said Tuesday. The event at the ASEAN Secretariat in Jakarta on December 15 will mark the effective date of the regional bloc's guiding constitution, the Secretariat...

Foreign ministers to usher in new chapter for ASEAN

Rice asks India to show restraint over Mumbai attacks
 US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice called upon India Thursday to show restraint following last week's terrorist attacks, which New Delhi claims were carried out by some "elements" in Pakistan, while putting pressure on Islamabad to assist in the investigation. "It is extremely important if something like that has...

Rice asks India to show restraint over Mumbai attacks

Local legend puts Jesus' tomb in Japan
A blue-and-white signpost on a snowy village street points the way. After a long journey, the "Tomb of Jesus" is close by. But this is not the Middle East, but Shingo, a small village in Aomori prefecture, northern Japan. The 3,000-inhabitant village, about seven hours by road north of Tokyo, attracts visitors not only with...

Local legend puts Jesus' tomb in Japan

Feuding Bangladeshi leaders exchange first greetings in 18 years
 Former Bangladeshi prime ministers and arch political rivals Sheikh Hasina and Khaleda Zia exchanged greetings Friday at a reception to honour the country's military. It was their first face-to-face meeting in 18 years. Private television channels aired live footage of the two meeting at the Armed Forces Day reception in Senakunja in...

Feuding Bangladeshi leaders exchange first greetings in 18 years

Taiwan's former vice president to attend Asia-Pacific forum
Taiwan's former vice president Lien Chan Monday headed to Peru for the November 22 leaders' summit of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum, becoming the highest-ranking envoy from the island to attend the annual event. Leading a 13-member delegation of foreign and economic affairs experts and officials, Lien was to stop...

Taiwan's former vice president to attend Asia-Pacific forum

Pakistani officials: US air raid kills 12 near Afghan border
An airstrike by a US drone aircraft killed 12 people Friday in Pakistan's North Waziristan tribal district, a known hub of al-Qaeda and Taliban militants, Pakistani officials said. The pre-dawn attack in north-western Pakistan targeted a militant hideout in Waladeen, a remote village some 75 kilometres west of Miranshah, the...

Pakistani officials: US air raid kills 12 near Afghan border

Simon survives as pressure shifts to Federer
 Gilles Simon put himself into position for a possible spot in the semi-finals of the Masters Cup with a Friday victory, but will have to await the fate of Roger Federer. The French debutant pounded alternate Radek Stepanek 6-1, 6-4 in 65 minutes, breaking three times and never in danger against the Czech who filled in at the last...

Simon survives as pressure shifts to Federer

Bjorkman looks to the next phase of life after retiring from tennis
Sweden's Jonas Bjorkman marked the end of his career at age 36 as he and partner Kevin Ullyett bowed out in doubles at the Masters Cup to Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski of Poland 6-2, 1-6, 10-6 on Friday. The round-robin loss put and end to the career of Bjorkman, winner of all four Grand Slams - with four different partners...

Bjorkman looks to the next phase of life after retiring from tennis

ATP official defends schedule after Roddick protest
 ATP executive candidate Brad Drewitt on Thursday defended the decision to increase the 2009 player workload in exchange for more prize money after Andy Roddick charged that an over-heated schedule is leading to injuries on court. Roddick withdrew with some frustration on Wednesday after rolling his ankle in training and handing a...

ATP official defends schedule after Roddick protest

Unbeaten Murray clinches Shanghai semi-final
Andy Murray rolled into the semi-finals in his debut week at the Masters Cup, defeating Frenchman Gilles Simon 6-4, 6-2 in a Red group showdown on Wednesday. The Scot polished his record to a perfect 2-0 as he beat the last player to enter the eight-man field. Simon gained a place at the last minute when world number one Rafael Nadal...

Unbeaten Murray clinches Shanghai semi-final

Ankle injury forces Roddick from Masters Cup
Andy Roddick withdrew from the Masters Cup shortly before his match on Wednesday, citing a right ankle injury he suffered during training the day before. The American, who lost his opening match to Andy Murray, will be replaced in the Red group by Czech Radek Stepanek. The American dropped his bombshell a few hours before he was...

Ankle injury forces Roddick from Masters Cup

Simon stuns Federer in Shanghai start
Title holder Roger Federer fell to a 4-6, 6-4, 6- 3 defeat in his opening Red group match at the Masters Cup on Monday as Gilles Simon turned the tables for victory. It was the second straight year that the Swiss got off to a surprisingly poor start at the season-ending event he has won four of the last five years. The victory in...

Simon stuns Federer in Shanghai start

Syria hopes Obama would change US foreign policy
Syria hopes that the new US president would change the US foreign policy, said Syrian Minister of Information said on Wednesday. "We hope that the US drop its policies of wars and boycott and would adopt diplomacy and dialogue," reported the Syrian news agency SANA quoting Hohsen Belal. Belal added that he would wish for...

Syria hopes Obama would change US foreign policy

Democrats Abroad get ready to party in Asia
Democrats Abroad members will be gathering in special venues throughout Asia, from a secret "watering hole" in alcohol-free Kabul to a popular barbecue house in Bangkok, to watch the US election results on Wednesday, Asia time. If pre-election interest is anything to go by, the turnout to watch the televised results...

Democrats Abroad get ready to party in Asia

Taiwan to send former vice president to APEC forum
Taiwan announced Wednesday it will send former vice president Lien Chan to the November 22 leaders' summit of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum. The announcement was seen as a breakthrough in the island's relations with China, which for years has opposed allowing any prominent Taiwan leader to attend the event,...

Taiwan to send former vice president to APEC forum

Shock and outrage in the region after US raid in Syria
It is an open guess whether the truth will come to light beyond a shadow of doubt as to whom the US soldiers killed in their raid on a remote village in Dayr As Zawr. Were they really only construction workers and children, as official Syrian media say, or were they possibly self-appointed Islamic "holy warriors" on their...

Shock and outrage in the region after US raid in Syria

Abbas says he will not quit when his term ends
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will not quit his post when his term officially ends on January 9, the Ramallah- based al-Ayyam daily reported Monday. The daily quoted Abbas as telling newspaper columnists at his office Sunday night that since the Palestinian election law states that presidential and legislative elections should...

Abbas says he will not quit when his term ends

Mountain war tests US troops in
Less than six hours after a helicopter drops a combined US and Afghan army patrol by the mountain border with Pakistan, Islamic insurgents surround and pound the unit into disarray. The surprise attack from forested slopes around the troops' positions lasts 20 minutes, during which they are pinned down and barely able to hit back,...

Mountain war tests US troops in

Toyota's home delight as Glock tops F1 practice in Japan
 Timo Glock of Germany led the way for home team Toyota in Friday's free practice for the Japanese Formula One Grand Prix. Glock clocked 1 minute 18.383 seconds in the day's second session on the 4.563-kilometres course at the foot of Mount Fuji. The Singapore GP winner Fernando Alonso came second in a Renault in 1:18.424, followed...

Toyota's home delight as Glock tops F1 practice in Japan

Suicide bomber kills 27, injures 94 in Sri Lanka
A suicide bomber killed least 27 people, including an opposition politician and former military officer who spearheaded military operations against Tamil rebels, and injured 94 others in north-central Sri Lanka Monday, police said. Retired Major General Janaka Perera was taking part in the opening of a political office of his party -...

Suicide bomber kills 27, injures 94 in Sri Lanka

6.3-magnitude earthquake strikes off East Timor
An undersea earthquake registering 6.3 on the Richter scale struck early Tuesday evening off East Timor, but there were no reports of injury or damage, Indonesian seismological officials said. The quake struck at 6:15 pm Jakarta time (1115 GMT), about 163 kilometres south-east of Dili, the capital of East Timor, according to...

6.3-magnitude earthquake strikes off East Timor

Philippines, Australia sign on to tsunami alert system
The Philippines and Australia signed agreements to receive tsunami warning information from the Comprehensive Nuclear- Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) on Friday. These countries can now use CTBTO data from the organization's 232 seismic monitoring stations that were set up all over the globe to detect nuclear weapons...

Philippines, Australia sign on to tsunami alert system

Taiwan runner has both legs amputated after France ultra-marathon
Taiwan's leading female ultra-marathon runner has had to have both legs amputated after blisters on her foot developed into an infection, press reports said Tuesday. Chiu Shu-jung, 51, remains in a coma in a French hospital following the amputation of her left leg on August 31 and of her right leg on September 1, the China Times daily...

Taiwan runner has both legs amputated after France ultra-marathon

Russia secures third synchronized swimming gold in a row
Russia's synchronized swimming team collected their third Olympic gold medal in succession Saturday at a sold-out National Aquatics Centre in Beijing. Anastasia Ermakova and Anastasia Davidova, winners of the duet gold three days ago, led their team to victory with a total of 99.500 points. European champion Spain took silver with...

Russia secures third synchronized swimming gold in a row

CAS turns down protests over Danish sailing victory
The ad hoc division of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Beijing turned down Saturday protests by Spain and Italy over the decision to award the 49er category sailing gold medal to Jonas Warrer and Martin Ibsen. The Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) and the Spanish Olympic Committee (COE) took the move after having two...

CAS turns down protests over Danish sailing victory

Third time lucky for Opalev, gold for Wallace
Russia's Maxim Opalev finally made it to the top of the Olympic medal podium Saturday when he won the men's C1 500- metre canoe race at the third attempt. Meanwhile in the K1 500m, Ken Wallace of Australia took gold in the men's event while Inna Osypenko-Radomska of Ukraine prevailed in the women's race. Spain's Saul Craviotto and...

Third time lucky for Opalev, gold for Wallace

Dibaba completes historic distance double - Maggi jumps to gold
Tirunish Dibaba of Ethiopa completed the first Olympic women's long distance gold medal double on Friday with an emphatic 5,000 metres triumph. Dibaba, 22, ran away from her rivals on the last lap to win the slow-paced race in 15 minutes 41.40 seconds. Victory came a week after she won the 10,000m gold. As in the 10,000m, Elvan...

Dibaba completes historic distance double - Maggi jumps to gold

Dibaba completes historic distance double - Maggi
Tirunish Dibaba of Ethiopa completed the first Olympic women's long distance gold medal double on Friday with an emphatic 5,000 metres triumph. Dibaba, 22, ran away from her rivals on the last lap to win the slow-paced race in 15 minutes 41.40 seconds. Victory came a week after she won the 10,000m gold. As in the 10,000m, Elvan...

Dibaba completes historic distance double - Maggi

Britain in Olympic feel-good factor as London 2012 looms
Britain aimed Friday to improve even further its sensational medal haul at the Beijing Olympics in the presence of Prime Minister Gordon Brown and amid hopes that the good results will last beyond the 2012 Games in London. Brown on Friday watched the fencing portion of the women's modern pentathlon after which Heather Fell was placed...

Britain in Olympic feel-good factor as London 2012 looms

One man missing, 49 injured as storm hits Hong Kong
One man was missing and 49 people were injured when tropical storm Nuri hit Hong Kong Friday. Nuri, which had left seven dead in the Philippines, had weakened and been downgraded into a severe tropical storm by the time it reached Hong Kong in the late afternoon. However, it still managed to bring Hong Kong to a standstill. The...

One man missing, 49 injured as storm hits Hong Kong

Yin gets China's first sailing gold, joy for Ashley
Yin Jian of China won the women's RS:X windsurfing event in Qingdao Wednesday to give China its first ever Olympic sailing gold while New Zealand's Tom Ashley won the men's RSX event. Yin, the 29-year-old silver medallist from Athens four years ago, kept her nerve to finish with 39 points from the 11 races and claim a one-point...

Yin gets China's first sailing gold, joy for Ashley

China takes three more gold - Yang medal for quake victims
Chen Yibing and He Kexin continued China's strong showing in the gymnastics disciplines with victories in the men's rings and women's uneven bars Monday while Poland's Leszek Blanik took gold in the men's vault. China also took gold in the women's trampoline when He Wenna finished ahead of Canada's Karen Cockburn and Jekaterina Chilko...

China takes three more gold - Yang medal for quake victims

Victory for British men and Holland's Vos
Great Britain continued its powerful showing on the cycling track Monday, taking Olympic gold in the men's team pursuit event while Marianne Vos of the Netherlands won the women's cycling points race. The British team of Ed Clancy, Paul Manning, Thomas Geraint and the men's individual pursuit champion Bradley Wiggins defeated Denmark...

Victory for British men and Holland's Vos

Chen beats Yang to take men's rings gold
Chen Yibing of China beat compatriot and newly- crowned all-around Olympic champion Yang Wei to take gold in the men's rings gymnastics event Monday at the National indoor stadium. World champion Chen proved too strong in his speciality discipline, securing gold with a total of 16.6000 for his routine. Yang had to be satisfied with...

Chen beats Yang to take men's rings gold

Ayvazian wins 50m prone rifle to deny Emmons second shooting gold
Ukraine's Artur Ayvazian took gold in the men's 50-metre prone rifle Friday to deny defending Olympic champion Matthew Emmons of the United States a second successive winner's medal in the event. Ayvazian secured the win with a total of 702.7 points, one point clear of Emmons with Warren Potent of Australia third on 700.5 points.

Ayvazian wins 50m prone rifle to deny Emmons second shooting gold

Bernard is sprint king, Liu and Australia break records
Host China got a first swim gold at the Beijing Olympics from Liu Zige with a world record 100 metres butterfly performance on Thursday while Alain Bernard gave France its first- ever gold in the showpiece 100m freestyle sprint. The Australian women's 4x200m relay team smashed the world record to take the gold and Japan's Kosuke...

Bernard is sprint king, Liu and Australia break records

Olympic canoeing/kayak finals moved to Friday after thunderstorm
A thunderstorm on Thursday forced Olympics organizers to halt the canoeing and kayaking slalom races and move them to Friday. Thursday's events fell victim to the adverse weather after just one race, the first men's C2 semi-final won by Germans Felix Michel and Sebastian Piersig. The other semi and the final, as well the...

Olympic canoeing/kayak finals moved to Friday after thunderstorm

Dalai Lama calls for talks with China, hints at retirement
The Dalai Lama warned Wednesday against isolating China and said instead Beijing should be nudged by dialogue to accept democracy and freedom. China was the world's most populous country and wanted to be part of the international community, the Tibetan spiritual leader told journalists during a 12-day private visit in which he also...

Dalai Lama calls for talks with China, hints at retirement

Arrest warrants issued for deposed Thai premier
Thailand's Supreme Court issued arrest warrants Monday for former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra and his wife after they fled to England rather than face court cases in Thailand. The Supreme Court for political office holders ordered the warrants and seized 13 million baht (389,222 dollars) in bail deposited by the billionaire...

Arrest warrants issued for deposed Thai premier

Deposed premier flees Thailand, opts to live in London
Deposed prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra on Monday said he and his family would live in England to escape persecution by his political enemies in Thailand. "I have decided to live in England," Thaksin said in a hand-written statement he sent to Thai television stations. He will presumably seek political asylum. ...

Deposed premier flees Thailand, opts to live in London

Lin and Hup add synchro dining platform gold to world title
China remained on course a sweep of Olympic diving gold medals when Lin Yue and Huo Liang were unstoppable in the men's 10 metres platform synchronized event at the Beijing Games. The world champions Lin and Huo claimed the gold with 468.18 points, with Patrick Hausding and Sascha Klein on silver with 450.42 points and Russians Gleb...

Lin and Hup add synchro dining platform gold to world title
 

Environmentalist DiCaprio to receive Cinema for Peace award
Berlin - Hollywood actor Leonardo DiCaprio was to receive Monday the Cinema for Peace award for his efforts in promoting peace and tolerance in the international movie business. One of Hollywood's most prominent activists in the fight against global climate change, 34-year-old DiCaprio is to receive the award at a gala ceremony in...

Environmentalist DiCaprio to receive Cinema for Peace award

"Desperate Housewife" Nicollette Sheridan to grace Vienna Opera Ball
Vienna - Actress Nicollette Sheridan, one of the stars in the US TV series Desperate Housewives, will add sparkle to this year's Vienna Opera Ball as guest of Richard Lugner, the Austrian socialite announced Wednesday. In order to promote his Vienna shopping centre, Lugner traditionally pays a celebrity to accompany him to Austria's...

"Desperate Housewife" Nicollette Sheridan to grace Vienna Opera Ball

Ruben Studdard Gets Married
The winner of the second season of the “American Idol” show, Ruben Studdard, got married with Surata Zuri McCants. The wedding was held in a suburb of Birmingham, Alabama, at a Canterbury United Methodist Church. One of the Birmingham News reporters was present at the event. The ceremony, which took place on Saturday, lasted...

Ruben Studdard Gets Married

Tony Soprano's Wardrobe Helps Wounded Soldiers
Twenty-five outfits worn by James Gandolfini, best known for his portrayal of the HBO series “The Sopranos,” have been sold at auction on Wednesday. The collection displayed at the event includes not only the actor’s personal costumes, but also outfits belonging to other lead characters in the well-known TV series....

Tony Soprano's Wardrobe Helps Wounded Soldiers

MTV Movie Awards
MTV went on with its annual movie awards at the Universal Studios lot on Sunday, just a few hours after a huge fire devastated chunks of Hollywood history nearby, Reuters reports. The host of the 17th annual MTV Movie Awards was Mike Myers. “Transformers” is the winner of best movie at the 2008 MTV Movie Awards, and director...

MTV Movie Awards

Cannes Film Festival Hits 61
The Cannes film festival will roll out the red carpet Wednesday, with “Dirty Harry” and “Indiana Jones” leading this year’s line-up. Clint Eastwood, turning 78 this month, makes a new try for Cannes’ Palme d'Or for best film with a drama set in the 1920s starring Angelina Jolie. Also on the famed red carpet, but out of the...

Cannes Film Festival Hits 61

Kellie Pickler, Taylor Swift Big Winners At The CMT Awards
This year’s CMT Awards hosts were father and daughter Miley and Billy Ray Cyrus. But this was essential information before the ceremony, after it we focus on something else. That’s right, we want to know the big winners of the Country Music Television Awards! Kellie Pickler was Monday night’s queen, winning three trophies at the...

Kellie Pickler, Taylor Swift Big Winners At The CMT Awards

Joel & Benji Madden Open Clothing Store
The Madden brothers are very busy boys, actually. Besides spending time with his fiancée, Nicole Richie and daughter, Harlow (that would be Joel Madden, of course) and partying with Paris Hilton (we’re making reference to Benji), the two opened a store. The official opening of the DCMA Collective on Melrose took place on Friday...

Joel & Benji Madden Open Clothing Store

Angelina Avoids Meeting Jennifer; Jennifer Plans Pregnancy
The much-waited for first encounter between Angelina Jolie and Jennifer Aniston has been postponed, Now Magazine reports. They were expected to meet at the pre-Oscar party on Saturday at the Warner’s Night Before Party at the Beverly Hills Hotel. The two actresses have never met face to face since Jennifer and Brad broke up...

Angelina Avoids Meeting Jennifer; Jennifer Plans Pregnancy

Rare Pennies Raised $10.7 Million At Action
Take good care of your change, it might pay off in a couple of centuries! A collection of 301 rare pennies earned its owner the incredible sum of $10.7 million at an auction this week-end. Walter Husak was still flabbergasted at the end of the event that took place at the Long Beach Convention Center, calling the total...

Rare Pennies Raised $10.7 Million At Action

Valentine’s Charity Auction For Africa’s Sake
On Valentine’s Day is not all about romantic love, but also about love for our peers. U2 frontman Bono and artist Damien Hirst bet on this idea and succeed to raise a “preposterous” 8-figure sum to alleviate AIDS condition in Africa. The charity auction organized by Bono, Hirst, Sotheby’s and Manhattan's Gagosian Gallery was held...

Valentine’s Charity Auction For Africa’s Sake

Winehouse Receives Visa, Remains To The Satellite Plan
Sometimes dreams come true too late. The United States Embassy granted Amy Winehouse the coveted visa, however the British artist sticks to the initial back-up plan and will sing via satellite at the Grammy Awards ceremony on Sunday. Due to the late positive answer, Winehouse is unable to leave in time for Los Angeles, even...

Winehouse Receives Visa, Remains To The Satellite Plan

UN Sheltered Madonna & Gucci Charity Bash
Setting: The lawns of the United Nations in New York. Time: Wednesday night, just after celebrities were wiping their eyes after the cancellation of the Vanity Fair Oscar Party. Host: Madonna. Sponsor: Gucci. Goal: Raising money for children in Malawi. Story: In order to raise funds for UNICEF and her own charity organization,...

UN Sheltered Madonna & Gucci Charity Bash

Paris Hilton Honored At Harvard
The 26-year-old heiress Paris Hilton was honored yesterday at Harvard, one of the most prestigious universities in the world. The event overwhelmed even the most notorious heiress in the world. Paris couldn’t contain herself from saying “Harvard is hot!” when she was handed over the Harvard Lampoon Humor Magazine's Woman of the Year...

Paris Hilton Honored At Harvard

Bonnaroo 2008 Lineup Includes Metallica, Pearl Jam, Kanye West
Music lovers will be able to indulge themselves at the annual Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival this year, as the list of more 100 acts includes great names such as Metallica, Pearl Jam or Kanye West.     The seventh edition of the festival will take place from June 12 to 15 at the famous 700-acre farm Manchester, Tennessee. The...

Bonnaroo 2008 Lineup Includes Metallica, Pearl Jam, Kanye West

No Vanity Fair Oscar Party This Year
What’s better than winning an Oscar? Winning an Oscar and then attending a fancy party along with other Hollywood A-listers.  This year the most glamorous party – the exclusive Vanity Fair party - was canceled, due to the ongoing writers’ strike. Even though there have been hints that the parties are coming closer to striking...

No Vanity Fair Oscar Party This Year

Writers' Strike May Finally End After Promising Talks
Television and movie writers are deliberating whether to put an end to the strike or not. Their strike has entered the fourth month and has led to the cancellation of important award shows like the Golden Globes, or to the postponement of studio blockbusters, according to the New York Times. Additionally, many people have lost their...

Writers' Strike May Finally End After Promising Talks

Red For Life
Ladies in red joined at the New York’s fashion district on Friday to raise awareness upon an extremely serious matter: the greatest threat for American women is heart disease. The First Lady Laura Bush explained the theme of the event by saying “Nothing draws attention like a little red dress.” Thus the red dress became the...

Red For Life

Hollywood Directors Reach Deal With Producers; Hope to End Writer's Strike
Eleven weeks after the screenwriter’s strike began, the Hollywood directors reached an agreement over the payment for the next three years with the main producer's organization on Thursday, in an attempt that is hoped to put pressure on the Writers Guild of America (WGA) in order to end the strike that has stopped the film and TV...

Hollywood Directors Reach Deal With Producers; Hope to End Writer's Strike

OscarsThreatened by Ongoing Writers Strike
With the ongoing screenwriters strike causing the cancellation of the Golden Globes ceremony, industry reports Thursday said the Oscar show could be next. The Oscar show is set for February 24, with nominations scheduled on January 22. According to The Hollywood Reporter preparations for the biggest night in the Hollywood calendar...

OscarsThreatened by Ongoing Writers Strike

Golden Globes Awards Become a Press Conference as Writers Go Back to Work
The Los Angeles Times reported that the Writers Guild of America and the United Artists have reached an agreement that allows screenwriters to finally begin working for the studio that is leaded by Tom Cruise, while in the same time NBC television announced it has cancelled the coverage of the Golden Globe Awards ceremony, which was...

Golden Globes Awards Become a Press Conference as Writers Go Back to Work

American Idol Winners Won Again, At AMA
The 35th edition of American Music Awards had in the center of the prize-attention two American Idol stars. Former competitors in the popular show Carrie Underwood and Chris Daughtry won a hat-trick of awards each, leading in the top winning artist of the Los Angeles’ Nokia Theater event. Underwood, who has very recently won...

American Idol Winners Won Again, At AMA

Jon Steward To Host Academy Awards The Second Time
The February, 24 Hollywood’s night will be lightened up by satirist Jon Steward, as The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences announced this morning. Steward will return for the second time to present the 80th edition of the most expected movie event of the year. Jon Steward received mixed reviews after the 2006 Oscar...

Jon Steward To Host Academy Awards The Second Time

Rio's Live Earth Concert Back On, Judge Says
A Brazilian judge revoked an earlier ruling which was blocking the Rio de Janeiro leg of the Live Earth global series of concerts. The judge overturned her injunction after organizers secured approval from Rio's police department and addressed security concerns for the event. "I overturn the prior opinion (and therefore) authorize...

Rio's Live Earth Concert Back On, Judge Says

Pirates Plunder World Box Office
“Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End” nabbed some serious booty in just six days and shattered box office world records. The numbers say it all: • $153 million since opening last Thursday night = fifth biggest opening ever; biggest Memorial Day holiday weekend gross; • $404 million worldwide in...

Pirates Plunder World Box Office

Sharon Stone Raises $7 million At Cannes Benefit
Sharon Stone is not in Cannes only for the sun and fun. The actress hosted a glamorous AIDS benefit soiree that raised some $ 7 million. Sharon Stone is at the Cannes Film Festival in France but it’s not all fun and play as the beautiful actress helped raise an impressive sum of money for the American Foundation for AIDS...

Sharon Stone Raises $7 million At Cannes Benefit

Rothko Painting Makes Auction History
US abstract artist Mark Rothko has set a new record, posthumously, as one of his paintings became the most expensive contemporary work ever to be sold at auction. Last night saw a momentous event as Sotheby’s auction house in New York sold a canvas painted by the Latvian-born Mark Rothko for an astounding $72.84 million. The...

Rothko Painting Makes Auction History
 

Discovery Crew Makes Final Preparations for Docking With The ISS
After a successful launch on Sunday, Discovery went through some new challenges as it began its journey to the International Space Station. The launch went on without any incidents, and the first ground assessment said the space shuttle had no debris to worry about on its way to the ISS. However, just a few hours later, NASA TV reported...

Discovery Crew Makes Final Preparations for Docking With The ISS

Global Warming Experts and Skeptics Meet In Parallel Conventions
As the world prepares for more bad news on global warming, and over 2,000 scientists prepare to attend the Copenhagen gathering where they will present their findings, another event taking place in New York warns about global warming nonsense.While news of global warming have gotten worse every year, and countries all over the world are...

Global Warming Experts and Skeptics Meet In Parallel Conventions