Brit & Ryan: Part Deux

After Britney was all showered, Ryan did call back as promised, but was unable to get her back on the phone. Instead, it was just Alli and Sam fighting for air time. Alli explained that Brit's "kids just got here so she's busy with all that."Once Sam gained control of the phone, he revealed their day's agenda: "We're going to go get Starbucks and McDonalds." How novel.We're just hoping that between a hardy Mickey D's breakfast and Halloween house-party hopping, someone will slip the boys some kind of vitamins—cookies and fried chicken don't count.Source: eonline....

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Djokovic loses, Nadal advances

Paris: Novak Djokovic was ousted from the Paris Masters on Wednesday, losing to French veteran Fabrice Santoro 6-3, 6-2 in the second round.The U.S. Open finalist, who had two wisdom teeth pulled after the Madrid Masters earlier this month, said he was not fully fit because he was still taking medication."I wasn't moving well," the third-ranked Serb said. "Santoro took over the control. I was having all the unforced errors and making free points for him. Unfortunately I couldn't give my 100 percent - not even 30 percent."Djokovic, who returned to training Monday, lost to David Nalbandian in the Madrid Masters semifinals on Oct. 20.Rafael Nadal...

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Good news for Britney

Good news for Britney Spears.Her new album - her first in four years - has been given the stamp of approval by US critics as it goes on sale there on Wednesday.They say she's returned with a vengeance.Spears' private life has been in turmoil following a divorce, stints in rehab, and the loss of custody of her children.She's released Blackout two weeks ahead of schedule to counter online pirates.Source: tvnz.co...

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America advises India on piracy fight

Stronger enforcement of copyright laws and educating audiences are a must if Bollywood wants to reduce millions of dollars in losses incurred every year because of piracy, says a top Hollywood official. Hawkers selling cheap pirated CDs and DVDs on busy Indian streets find easy patrons among many cost-conscious consumers who pay less than $1 (NZ$1.30) for a disc instead of going to a multiplex with tickets priced at about $3 (NZ$3.92). Industry estimates say this means more than $400 million (NZ$522 million) in revenue loss for India's entertainment industry. Bollywood, the world's largest film industry by ticket sales, is worth about 85 billion rupees (NZ$2.7 billion) and is forecast to more than double to 175 billion rupees (NZ$5.8 billion) by 2011. "The industry needs strong...

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Airport deal with Canadian fund off

Any deal between Auckland International Airport and the Canadian Pension fund is off.Chairman John Maasland has announced a majority of Airport directors do not believe pursuing the proposal is in the best interests of the shareholders or the company.The deal involved the creation of a new airport company, with the Canadian fund owing between 39-49%.Maasland says the debt financing proposed by the Canadian outfit meant an unacceptable increase in risk and reduced financial flexibility.Just one director, Michael Smith, disagrees with that assessment.Source: tvnz.co...

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Women-only subway cars in Seoul soon

The subway corporations serving South Korea's capital will introduce women-only cars next year to make rides more comfortable and free of groping male hands, a subway official said. "Sexual crimes happen frequently when the cars are packed and people are pressed against each other," the subway official said. Nearly half the crimes reported on the city's eight subway lines are sexual in nature, with many taking place on two lines that serve university and office districts, lawmaker Lee Jai-chang said in parliament on Monday. The Seoul subway network moves 6.1 million people a day and, as in Tokyo, uniformed attendants are on hand at rush hour pushing passengers into packed carriages. Several Tokyo train lines have tried women-only carriages to prevent groping. SOurce: tvnz....

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Doherty in limelight at MTV Europe

LONDON (Reuters) - All eyes at this year's MTV Europe Music Awards in Munich will be on U.S. star Justin Timberlake, who dominated the show in 2006, and singer Pete Doherty's performance on Thursday night.One of pop music's biggest events outside the United States will see Timberlake, who leads the field with four nominations, take on a heavyweight chasing pack who all have three after an online poll of music fans.They are Amy Winehouse, Avril Lavigne, Beyonce, Fall Out Boy, Linkin Park, My Chemical Romance, Nelly Furtado and Rihanna.Timberlake was named best male and best pop act in Copenhagen last year and hosted the ceremony.This year, he...

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Liverpool probe how Riise's pay details hit Web

LONDON, Oct 31 (Reuters) - Liverpool have launched an investigation after the pay details of Norwegian defender John Arne Riise appeared on the Internet.Photographs of a wages slip showing his monthly salary of 139,634 pounds ($289,400) were sent to email addresses around the Web and were shown on Internet forums."We are taking it very seriously and we are investigating," said a club spokesman.The payslip also revealed the player's home address and national insurance number.A Merseyside Police spokesman said the force had yet to receive a complaint about the matter.Source: football.uk.reuters....

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England to bid for 2018 World Cup finals

LONDON, Oct 31 (Reuters) - England will bid to host the 2018 World Cup finals, the Football Association confirmed on Wednesday.England failed in their attempt to stage the 2006 tournament but are bidding again after world governing body FIFA announced on Monday it was ending its continental rotation policy."I'm delighted to announce our intention to bid to host the World Cup in 2018," FA chairman Geoff Thompson said."This follows FIFA's announcement on Monday that the previous rotation policy will be discontinued, and the positive comments made by FIFA President Sepp Blatter."The tremendous support from Prime Minister Gordon Brown and his government...

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Kidman wears see-through dress

The Aussie actress was wearing a short dress, which was almost completely transparent.Nicole Kidman shocked on-lookers with her see-through dress when she arrived at the ARIA awards in Sydney.The Aussie actress was wearing a short dress, which was almost completely transparent and clearly showed her black thong and bra set underneath. Kidman spent a full five minutes posing for photographs and signing autographs without realising that the noisy reception at Sydney’s Acer Arena was because of her dress.After realising the fashion faux pas at the awards, Kidman and Urban fell down in fits of giggles. The Others star had joined her hubby at the...

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Priyanka Chopra turns superwoman

Boom Crash Bang! Make way people here comes the superwoman.Virgin Comics has created a new superhero character after Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra. The publication will bring out comic books, animation and games with the new toon character.Priyanka said it was a 'dream come true' for her as the actress loves cartoons and animations.The superhero will be an adopted girl who discovers that she is the latest in the line of princesses with great mystical powers and a sworn duty to take down evil wherever it lurks.The so-far untitled story is expected to have a 2008 launch, which will be further taken into animation games and even a theatrical...

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Tickets demand crashes computers

BEIJING: Ticket sales for the Beijing Olympics have been suspended after overwhelming demand crashed the computer ticketing system, the organizers of next summer's Games said Wednesday.After the tickets went on sale in China on a first-come, first-served basis Tuesday, the overload forced organizers to put a note on the online ticketing Web site saying the system was busy.The telephone ticket hot line rang busy all day."Demand was much higher than the ticket center estimated and flaws existed in preparation work that caused inconveniences for applicants," the Beijing Olympics organizing committee, or BOCOG, said in a statement.It said the organizers had decided to "temporarily halt domestic ticket sales to improve the technical plan and will announce new ticketing information on Nov. 5."Calls...

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Saudi King with the British Queen

Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah, who is on a state visit to Britain, met Queen Elizabeth after his first day in London.The King received a lavish welcome from the Queen.The King's visit also sparked protests from human rights activists against Saudi Arabia's human rights record.What was even more significant was the King's comments a day before the visit.In an interview to BBC, the King said Saudi Arabia passed on to Britain information that might have helped avert the July 2005 bombings that killed 52 people.Abdullah accused London of failing to do enough to combat terrorism. "We have sent information to Great Britain before the terrorist attacks...

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Attention, please!

We've heard that recently Shiney Ahuja was pretty offended when co-actor Preity Zinta was called on stage at a rock concert held in Shillong on Saturday.The stars had turned up to watch international rock band, Mr Big, perform live. Thousands of fans of Eric Martin, lead vocalist of the band were present at the event. Indian Idol-3 finalist Amit Paul, Mizoram-based rock band and winners of the Great Indian Rock 2006 also participated in the showAccording to an industry source, the actress is currently shooting for her film Har Pal in Shillong had gone to attend the rock concert along with her boyfriend Ness Wadia and the team of Har Pal. “When...

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Halle felt like a coward when she was a girl...

Oscar winner Halle Berry has opened up about her troubled childhood and said she had to endure watching her father beat her sister and mother.The actress says she is guilty she couldn't do anything to stop that, mirror.co.uk reports.She said: “It was the worst year of my life. The hard part for me was that he never abused me. I felt like a coward because I didn’t do anything and couldn't do anything.”Berry grew up in Cleveland with her mother and father until her parents divorced when she was four. But her father moved back when she was 10 because her mother thought she needed a father figure.Source: mumbaimirror....

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Designer says Jennifer Lopez is pregnant

NEW YORK - Roberto Cavalli has confirmed, perhaps inadvertently, that Jennifer Lopez is pregnant.Asked what types of clothing he designs for celebrities, the fashion designer told People magazine: "Well Jennifer Lopez, at this moment, she requests something very special because she is waiting for the baby.""It is so complicated because every week she is getting bigger," Cavalli said in a story posted Tuesday on the magazine's Web site.Cavalli, known for his attention-getting designs, created free-flowing outfits for Lopez, who has been on tour with her husband, Marc Anthony.His comment came after weeks of speculation, tabloid baby-bump pictures...

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Vitamin D may not reduce cancer deaths

WASHINGTON - A large new study found no sign that vitamin D lowers the overall risk of dying from cancer, injecting a note of caution to the latest vitamin craze. The exception: People with more vitamin D in their blood did have a significantly lower risk of death from colorectal cancer, supporting earlier findings. Getting enough of the so-called sunshine vitamin — the skin makes it from ultraviolet rays — is vital for strong bones. But vitamin D has made headlines in recent years because of research saying it may be a powerful cancer fighter, sparking a push for people to get more than currently recommended amounts, either through diet or sun exposure.The first-of-a-kind government study released Tuesday shows the issue is far from settled.National Cancer Institute researchers analyzed vitamin...

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Scientists note brain's reaction to fear

WASHINGTON - Science is getting a grip on people's fears. As Americans revel in all things scary on Halloween, scientists say they now know better what's going on inside our brains when a spook jumps out and scares us. Knowing how fear rules the brain should lead to treatments for a major medical problem: When irrational fears go haywire."We're making a lot of progress," said University of Michigan psychology professor Stephen Maren. "We're taking all of what we learned from the basic studies of animals and bringing that into the clinical practices that help people. Things are starting to come together in a very important way."About 40 million...

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Google stock barrels through $700

SAN FRANCISCO - Google Inc.'s stock price barreled through $700 for the first time Wednesday, propelled by a belief that the Internet search leader will become even more profitable as it plants its products and services in new markets.The Mountain View-based company's shares traded as high as $704.79 in morning trading before falling back to $703.87, up $9.10 for the session. It took less than a month for the stock to leap from $600 to $700, building upon a fervor that has lifted Google's market value by more than 30 percent since mid-September.During that 6 1/2-week stretch, Google has created an additional $53 billion in shareholder wealth....

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Spears granted three visits per week

In addition, the judge ordered that Spears’ house must be childproofed for the visits.Britney Spears has not regained custody of her kids, but has been granted three visits a week with her sons, which includes two monitored visits and one overnight visit.Commissioner Scott Gordon court ordered the ‘Toxic’ singer to work out a holiday schedule with ex-husband Kevin Federline.In addition, the judge ordered that Spears’ house must be childproofed for the visits.In his order, the judge wrote that, when Britney has the kids, "the environment at the house ranged from chaotic to almost sombre with little communication at all."The ruling also requires...

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Spice Girls to strip for photo shoot

The fab five are in top-level talks with lingerie giant Victoria's Secret to pose in the brand's lingerie prior to a performance at a star-studded fashion event next month.The Spice Girls are set to spice up their reunion tour with their sexiest photo shoot ever.The fab five are in top-level talks with lingerie giant Victoria's Secret to pose in the brand's lingerie prior to a performance at a star-studded fashion event next month.Terrified by the risqué assignment, the girls are stepping up their exercise and gym routines to get in shape."The girls are working out like crazy to ensure there's no need for any airbrushing afterwards,” the Mirror...

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Beyonce’s concert axed in Turkey

Pop superstar Beyonce Knowles has pulled out of a concert in Turkey, over fears for her safety.The Irreplaceable hitmaker cancelled a performance at Istanbul soccer club Fenerbahce after 12 soldiers were killed in a Kurdish rebel attack. A club statement read: “We share our nation’s grief. We are cancelling our 100th anniversary concert.”Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com...

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Kelly Brook’s ‘heated’ sex life!

“The key to a good sex life is fantastic lighting,” says KellyKelly Brook says fighting with fiancé Billy Zane boosts their sex life.The sexy star keeps the passion alive with the Titanic actor by arguing with him as much as possible and keeping the lights dimmed in their bedroom.Kelly said, “Couples should fight a lot. Even if you do agree, pretend you don’t. I’m a brat for the sake of causing trouble, but tongue-in-cheek and with a twinkle in my eye. It’s about mentally stimulating each other as much as it is about the physical and emotional side. The key to a good sex life is fantastic lighting! When you redecorate make sure everything’s on...

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Justin upsets fans

The singer, in Brisbane, snubbed fans waiting outside a restaurant despite promising them autographs.Justin Timberlake has upset his Australian fans with his diva-like behaviour.The SexyBack singer, who performed two concerts in Brisbane snubbed fans waiting outside a restaurant despite promising them autographs.Timberlake, 26, told admirers who had spotted him in the waterfront eatery he would sign autographs after lunch, but later made a hasty exit from the restaurant without returning to see the fans.He also reportedly failed to leave a tip despite being given a free $140 meal. The singer, whose behaviour was described as ‘surly’, also insulted...

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I never really went to school:

All of 23, actor Isha Sharwani is an established contemporary Indian dancer since the age of 8. Nimisha Tiwari gets curious about her brush with BollywoodThis PYT never had an inkling that Bollywood would come calling during her chanced visit to the city of dreams — Mumbai in the year 2005. Isha visited Mumbai with her mother dancer Daksha Seth, for chalking out a dance performance details. As luck would have it, filmmaker Subhash Ghai spotted Isha and was quiet taken in by her Aishwarya Rai like looks. Then, Ghai had required someone with talented dancing skills to perform in his movie Kisna.He offered her a main role in the film opposite Vivek...

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"Shoot, please," Bips asks Ronaldo

Unfazed by the thought, that her friendship with the Manchester United heartthrob might just set tongues wagging once again, the actress candidly admits that she’s been in touch with Ronaldo ever since they met in Lisbon.Bipasha Basu and John Abraham may have put an end to all rumours and speculation surrounding their couple status. But that is no dampener between the growing friendship between soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo and Bollywood’s sexy lady.Also never mind the fact that Ronaldo has a steady girlfriend Gemma Atkinson back home.Unfazed by the thought, that her friendship with the Manchester United heartthrob might just set tongues wagging...

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The Indian chess team suffered a major setback as they were relegated to the silver medal in Classical Chess at the second Asian Indoor Games here. The Indians, who had made a clean sweep of all three gold medals in Rapid chess last week, were also pushed out the race for individual medals in the men's section. The Indian chess team lost a crucial fourth round clash to China, as a result of which they were trying only to catch up. They beat Qatar 3-1 but were held to a 2-2 draw by Vietnam. India finished their six rounds with four wins, a draw and a loss, while China had five wins and a draw against Vietnam. Vietnam took the bronze with three wins, two draws and a loss. India beat Jordan, the Philippines and Indonesia 3.5-0.5 in the first three matches for a great start, but then suffered...

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Llodra was approached to throw match

Wimbledon doubles champion Michael Llodra is the latest player to reveal he had been approached about throwing an ATP Tour match. Frenchman Arnaud Clement, Llodra's partner at Wimbledon, had said Monday he had been approached, while Andy Murray has said "everyone knows" match fixing goes on. "I was in my hotel room and somebody called to ask me not to try too hard the next day," Llodra said in a news conference at the Paris Masters. "That was four years ago. I said 'no' and hung up," he was quoted as saying in the official ATP website. Llodra added that he may have been "one of the first players to have been approached", but with these stories only coming to light now it is hard to be sure how long this has been going on. "We have the feeling that a lot of people have been approached," added...

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Reliance Retail plans to increase workforce to one million

NEW DELHI: Notwithstanding the unabated protests against its stores in some parts of the country, Reliance Retail is planning to increase its workforce to one million within the next four years. "We will be having a million people working for us within the next four years. What took Wal-Mart to achieve in 30 years, Mukesh Ambani plans to do that in four years," Susan Bloch, chief culture officer of Reliance Retail Ltd., said at the Fortune Global Forum here. Reliance Retail, which has earmarked an investment of $5 to 6 billion, launched its first fruit and vegetable stores called Reliance Fresh in November last year. Since then, the company has opened 300 stores in 30 cities. In August it opened its first hypermart -- a mega store spread over 165,000 sq ft -- in Ahmedabad. It has plans to...

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Indian-American gets grant for stem cells study

NEW YORK: An Indian-American scientist has received a $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) in the US to study plant stem cells. G Venugopala Reddy, an assistant professor of plant cell biology at the University of California in Riverside, will investigate, over four years, how plant stem cells maintain their identity and how they eventually get specialised into different cell types. "We will also do a pioneering comparative study of plants versus animals at the genome level," Reddy said. The study will be relevant to human health. The 37-year-old scientist from Tata Institute of Fundamental Research in Mumbai received the grant, amid stiff competition, from the NSF which is an independent agency that funds basic research in science and engineering for promoting human...

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Olympic ticket sales crash system

Residents queue up to buy tickets for the 2008 Olympics at a branch of Bank of China in Fuyang, China, Tuesday.BEIJING, China (AP) -- Ticket sales for the Beijing Olympics were suspended after overwhelming demand crashed the computer ticketing system, the organizers of next summer's games said Wednesday.After tickets went on sale in China on a first-come, first-served basis Tuesday, the overload forced organizers to put a note on the online ticketing Web site saying the system was busy.The telephone ticket hot line was busy all day."Demand was much higher than the ticket center estimated, and flaws existed in preparation work that caused...

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Davenport cruises to win in Quebec

QUEBEC, Canada (AP) -- Former world No. 1 Lindsay Davenport continued her comeback with a 6-3 6-3 victory over seventh seed Angelique Kerber in the first round of the Bell Challenge on Tuesday.Davenport, playing in her third tournament since giving birth in June, had little trouble in dispatching the 19-year-old German in the first meeting between the two players.The 31-year-old American plays Canadian Aleksandra Wozniak in the second round.Davenport, who won her first tournament back in Bali and reached the semifinals in Beijing, accepted a wild card for her first appearance in the event.Wozniak is one of only two Canadians to pass the first...

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Brazil to host 2014 World Cup

ZURICH, Switzerland -- Brazil has been awarded the 2014 World Cup finals, FIFA president Sepp Blatter announced Tuesday.Blatter said Brazil now has "not only the right, but the responsibility to organize FIFA's World Cup 2014."Blatter then handed the World Cup trophy to Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who flew in for the announcement."Soccer is not only a sport for us," Lula said. "It's more than that: Soccer for us is a passion, a national passion."He promised Brazil "will now, with great pride, do its homework." And, he added, "if everything works out well, we will win once again a World Cup."Brazil was the only candidate to...

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Mosley plays down Hamilton success

LONDON, England -- Motor sport boss Max Mosley has played down the effect that British driver Lewis Hamilton had on Formula One in his debut season this year.The 22-year-old, the sport's first black driver, went into the final race in Brazil seeking to become the youngest world champion but missed out to Kimi Raikkonen by one point after a gearbox failure hampered his efforts.He filled headlines all year due to his unexpected on-track success and the off-circuit controversies which enveloped his team McLaren, giving F1 a new superstar following the retirement of Michael Schumacher.Hamilton has become such a high-profile name that he has decided...

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Murdered reggae legend mourned

Reggae legend Lucky Dube was remembered Wednesday as a music icon whose death last week in a carjacking robbed South Africa of one of its brightest stars.About a thousand people packed a memorial service for Dube held at Johannesburg's Bassline Jazz Club. Another thousand watched the service on large screens outside."It's a sad moment in my life," said one fan outside the music venue. "To many people, he inspired and uplifted their lives."Dube, 43, was killed during a carjacking last Thursday as he dropped his children off at a relative's house.He was one of South Africa's most famous musicians and had toured extensively around the world during...

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Union: Members can honor picket lines if writers strike

A powerful Hollywood Teamsters branch has told its 4,500 members they can honor picket lines if TV and film writers strike this week.Teamsters Local 399 advised its members in a Web posting late Monday that as a union, it has a legal obligation to honor its contracts with producers.But the local, which represents truck drivers, casting directors and location managers, said the clause does not apply to individuals, who are protected by federal law from employee retribution should they decide to honor picket lines."As for me as an individual, I will not cross any picket line whether it is sanctioned or not because I firmly believe that Teamsters do not cross picket lines," union local secretary-treasurer Leo Reed wrote on the Web site.Negotiators for the 12,000-member Writers Guild of America...

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Oil prices fall ahead of U.S. fed decision

Oil prices dropped below US$90 a barrel Wednesday in Asia ahead of the U.S. central bank's impending decision on its key interest rate.Light, sweet crude for December delivery fell 68 cents to US$89.70 a barrel in Asian electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange by midmorning in Singapore.The Nymex crude contract fell US$3.15 to settle at US$90.38 a barrel Tuesday, partly due to a research report from influential trading house Goldman Sachs advising clients to sell oil futures to lock in profits."The general expectation is that the Federal Reserve will cut the interest rate, and there may have been some precautionary profit taking...

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Japan interest rate unchanged

The Bank of Japan kept its benchmark interest rate steady at 0.5 percent Wednesday as uncertainty in the global economy and financial markets continues to cloud the outlook for Japan.The decision at the one-day policy meeting was widely expected after BOJ officials warned of downside risk to the U.S. economy and volatility in global markets.The bank is scheduled to release its semiannual economic outlook report later in the day.BOJ Governor Toshihiko Fukui is also slated to hold a news conference.Analysts said the bank will lower its forecast for real economic growth this fiscal year because of expected weak growth in the fiscal third quarter and continued weakness in prices due to sluggish wages.Fukui reiterated earlier this month the BOJ's stance that interest rates will be adjusted "gradually"...

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Master blaster goes poetic

A festival organised by Raj Thakre in Mumbai's Shivaji Park on Tuesday saw prominent Marathi personalities from all walks of life gather together to celebrate Marathi literature and films.The star atraction though was Sachin Tendulkar who innaugrated the function and recited one of his father's poems.Sachin's father Professor Ramesh Tendulkar was a professor of Marathi and a noted Marathi poet.Other personalities like Ashutosh Gowariker, Sonali Bendre, the actor Sachin and editors of a number of leading Marathi dailies were present.Source: ndtv....

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Bell Challenge: Davenport ousts Kerber

Lindsay Davenport posted another win in her comeback by accounting for seventh-seeded Angelique Kerber of Germany 6-3, 6-3 in the Bell Challenge first round on Tuesday.Davenport, the three-time Grand Slam winner who gave birth to her first child in June, improved to 9-1 since returning to the WTA Tour in September.She won her first tournament back in Bali, reached the semifinals in Beijing, and accepted a wild card for her first appearance in the Tier III event in Quebec City.Davenport, who'd never met Kerber before, will also play Canadian Aleksandra Wozniak for the first time in the second round.Olga Poutchkova would be happy if history repeats...

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Shoaib joggles to get on track

He is fast, he is furious and undoubtedly the bad boy of international cricket for last many years.When Shoaib Akhtar lands in India next week, he will be making one of the most awaited comebacks in the game. And, hopefully, this time around, he wouldn't fly out of the country without playing a single match, just like he did in the Champions Trophy last year.Shoaib Akhtar's first and till date, the last Test match on the Indian soil at Kolkata in 1999 was full of twists and turns.The Rawalpindi Express was also making his Test debut versus India in this match. He made it a memorable one by first removing Rahul Dravid for a duck and then cleaning...

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Junta's good deed ahead of UN visit

Myanmar's military government has freed seven members of Aung San Suu Kyi's pro-democracy party who were held for more than a month following the junta's deadly crackdown, the party said on Wednesday.The releases on Tuesday night came ahead of a visit by UN special envoy Ibrahim Gambari to seek reconciliation between the junta and democratic forces since month's demonstrations led by Buddhist monks, the biggest protests in the Southeast Asian nation in nearly two decades.The seven had been detained at the infamous Insein Prison in Yangon, said Nyan Win, spokesman for Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy party.They included party spokesman...

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