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The most World Cup-crazy countries
Last weekend, Spain won the 2010 World Cup. For the month leading up to the final, Googlers joined the world in cheering for their favorite teams. Around our campus, games were watched on computer screens and on cafe video screens. Code went unwritten. Emails went unanswered. Throughout the world, real life also slowed during World [...]
Extra-time Iniesta secures World Cup for Spain
Andres Iniesta secured the World Cup for Spain for the first time in their history by scoring the only goal of an enthralling final against the Netherlands four minutes from the end of extra-time on Sunday. Just as it seemed a third World Cup final was destined to be settled by a penalty shoot-out, the [...]
Website posts recording of racist Gibson rant
LOS ANGELES (AP): Mel Gibson is heard using a racial epithet and calling his ex-girlfriend a “whore” in a recording released by a celebrity news website Friday. The two-minute recording posted by RadarOnline.com includes segments in which a voice sounding distinctively like the Academy Award-winner is heard telling his then-girlfriend, Oksana Grigorieva, that she is [...]
Celine Dion says her expected twins are boys
NEW YORK (AP): Celine Dion says the twins she’s expecting are boys. The superstar singer revealed the sex of the babies in a brief statement Friday on her website. Dion already has a son, Rene Charles, with her husband and manager, Rene Angelil. The 42-year-old singer had undergone several rounds of in-vitro fertilization to become [...]
Web Broadcast of Lohan Hearing Draws 2.3 Million Viewers
On Tuesday, Judge Marsha Revel sentenced Lindsey Lohan to 90 days in jail. Today we’re learning that TMZ.com’s live broadcast of the hearing attracted record viewer numbers — 2.3 million viewers to be exact, most of whom stuck around for 16.3 minutes. A live audience of 2.3 million viewers is practically unheard of on the [...]
LG Plans to Launch Android Tablet
According to WSJ report LG electronics has revealed its plan to launch LG Android tablet which will hit the markets by the end of this year. As analysts reports tell us that the computer market will shift to portable tablet computers in next few years so obviously all big technology giant companies will take part to compete by bringing [...]
US Box Office: ‘Twilight’ falls sharply but makes it to US$161mil
LOS ANGELES: “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse” is waning at the box office but still has gotten off to a blockbuster start with $161 million in its first five days, according to studio estimates Sunday. The third chapter in Summit Entertainment’s vampire romance fell off sharply after debuting last Wednesday with $68.5 million. That was the [...]
‘Twilight’ madness in LA, fans gather for premiere
A mini-tent city has bloomed outside the Nokia Theatre in downtown Los Angeles to see an “Eclipse.” Hundreds of fans are awaiting Thursday night’s red-carpet premiere of “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse,” the third installment of the vampire movie series. The movie opens in theaters June 30. Scripts are in the works for more “Twilight” movies. [...]
AP timeline details Michael Jackson’s last day
LOS ANGELES (AP): A year ago, the world watched as Michael Jackson balanced on the edge of a precipice. Behind the once-proclaimed King of Pop was a bleak stretch of pain and artistic decline. Ahead lay a series of 50 London concerts – a high-rolling bid to reassert his musical brilliance and re-establish control of [...]
Hrithik Roshan Banks On Kites
Bollywood heart-throb Hrithik Roshan, off cinema screens for the past two years, has high hopes for his new film Kites which also carries weighty industry expectations after a poor start to 2010. Roshan, 36, has not been seen in a starring role since 2008, when he appeared alongside the former Miss World and model Aishwarya [...]
