tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63032515218718952302024-03-08T07:37:47.843-08:00News UpdateNews Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comBlogger223125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6303251521871895230.post-50772370042546760302012-05-04T21:25:00.001-07:002012-05-04T21:25:42.704-07:00First Look at Chris Meloni as Vampire in 'True Blood' Season 5 Photos First pictures from "True Blood" season 5 have popped out online. One photo gives the first look at Christopher Meloni as the leader of Vampire Authority, while Lucy Griffiths, who will portray Eric's sister Nora, is featured in other two shots. Other photos feature more fresh faces, including Peter Mensah, Jacob Hopkins, Valentina Cervi, Christopher Heyerdahl and Carolyn Hennesy, News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6303251521871895230.post-17534833134323822032012-05-04T13:07:00.001-07:002012-05-04T13:07:36.884-07:003 years after birth of octuplets, Octomom declares bankruptcy, stands on verge of losing home LOS ANGELES (AP) -- From Miracle Mom to Octomom and now, perhaps soon, Homeless Mom, the bizarre life of Nadya Suleman and her 14 children has been a subject that rarely fails to hit a nerve among those who have followed her personal soap opera. With Suleman on the verge of losing her home and declaring bankruptcy this week with total debts as high as $1 million to everyone from her parents to News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6303251521871895230.post-57619437046944878772012-05-04T13:01:00.001-07:002012-05-04T13:01:05.576-07:00Conrad Black released from prison Former Daily Telegraph owner Conrad Black has been released from prison in the US after serving about three years for defrauding investors and obstruction of justice. The 67-year-old Canadian-born British citizen and peer, who famously threw a $42,000 birthday for his wife and is said to have told investors, "I can have a 747 if I want", was released from a low-security federal News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6303251521871895230.post-44496264443413949712012-05-04T06:23:00.001-07:002012-05-04T06:23:32.956-07:00Iran dismisses Western demand to close nuclear bunker Iran said on Friday it will never suspend its uranium enrichment program and sees no reason to close the Fordow underground site, making clear Tehran's red lines in nuclear talks with world powers later this month. Last month a senior U.S. official said the United States and its allies would demand that Iran halt higher-grade enrichment and immediately close the Fordow facility at talks over News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6303251521871895230.post-8036075487853535772012-05-04T06:17:00.001-07:002012-05-04T06:17:57.910-07:00Deadly bomb hits Pakistan market A bomb explosion in a Pakistani market close to the Afghan border has killed 16 people, according to officials, a day after the US released documents seized from Osama bin Laden's compound that criticised Pakistani militants over the killing of civilians. Five of those killed in the blast in the Bajur region were members of the security forces, including one who had received an award for News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6303251521871895230.post-32197335751496835432012-05-04T01:37:00.001-07:002012-05-04T01:37:20.876-07:00'Vampire Diaries' Season 3 Finale Preview: Damon Beaten by Alaric, Elena in Car Crash After the death of one bad guy, "The Vampire Diaries" will end the season with another bloody episode. A preview for the upcoming outing sees Damon being beaten up by Alaric, who wants to find out where Klaus is. The ally-turns-enemy Alaric also meets Jeremy at a bar and says that they need to talk. Stefan and Damon leave Mystic Falls together on a mission, but the former promises News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6303251521871895230.post-59591502630449044842012-05-04T01:31:00.001-07:002012-05-04T01:31:43.526-07:00Top Action Stars Assemble in New 'Expendables 2' Trailer Brand new trailer for "The Expendables 2" has finally been unleashed in full. Making its way out via IGN, the promo video is jam-packed with explosion scenes and dead defying stunts from a host of hunky actors. Introduced by Sylvester Stallone, the intense trailer presents the A-list action stars in various battle scene in both the jungle and the city streets. Stallone's Barney Ross News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6303251521871895230.post-29145713155994735622012-05-03T17:04:00.001-07:002012-05-03T17:04:43.391-07:00Documents show tense al Qaeda-Iran relationshipAl Qaeda's relationship with Iran's government has been fractious at best and openly antagonistic at worst, according to documents confiscated from Osama bin Laden's hideout in Pakistan and made public on Thursday. In the years since the September 11, 2001, attacks on New York and Washington, high-ranking al Qaeda leaders, lower level militants and members of bin Laden's family were held in News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6303251521871895230.post-58270263653248207332012-05-03T16:23:00.001-07:002012-05-03T16:23:46.785-07:00Europe's presidents shun Ukraine over Tymoshenko Nine European leaders are shunning a Central European summit hosted by Ukraine this month, adding to international pressure on the former Soviet republic over its treatment of jailed opposition politician Yulia Tymoshenko. The move, which follows allegations of Tymoshenko's beating in prison, highlights Ukraine's growing isolation and casts doubts on Kiev's plans to improve its image abroad byNews Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6303251521871895230.post-78236695269341654732012-05-03T16:21:00.001-07:002012-05-03T16:21:21.087-07:00Apple plans 'breakthrough product' made from Liquidmetal Liquidmetal is a new alloy, also known as metallic glass, which Apple licensed in 2010. Rumours last month suggested that the next iPhone, expected later this year, would have a Liquidmetal case. Atakan Peker, one of the inventors of the technology, told Business Insider: "I expect Apple to use this technology in a breakthrough product. Such product will likely bring an innovative user News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6303251521871895230.post-69343323322453304472012-05-03T06:04:00.001-07:002012-05-03T06:04:51.563-07:00Spotify iPad app review Like Facebook, Spotify has taken its time to get round to releasing an iPad-specific app. Until yesterday, those who paid the £9.99 Spotify Premium subscription and wanted to use the service on their iPad had to make do with running the iPhone app. The iPhone version ran perfectly well on an iPad so it wasn't the greatest hardship. However, the new app brings graphics that are optimised for News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6303251521871895230.post-51228299258169495192012-05-03T02:56:00.001-07:002012-05-03T02:56:03.082-07:00Samsung to unveil Galaxy SIII The handset will update the market-leading Galaxy SII, and is also expected to be the official phone of the London Olympics. It will be introduced at an event at Earl's Court, starting at 7pm this evening, it is believed. Samsung has emerged as the only Android handset manufacturer capable of seriously challenging Apple. Across a broad range of devices, it already outsells the iPhone maker, News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6303251521871895230.post-80756831698768217102012-05-03T02:50:00.001-07:002012-05-03T02:50:53.444-07:00Ad Featuring Ashton Kutcher as Indian Man Pulled Offline After Racism Outcry Fans would no longer be able to see Ashton Kutcher posing as Bollywood producer Raj in an ad campaign for Popchips. After the online ad was met with heavy racist criticism from Indian-Americans, the potato chip company removed the images and video featuring the 34-year-old actor in "brown face" makeup from its YouTube and Facebook account. Keith Belling, the founder and CEO of News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6303251521871895230.post-50207284843698237242012-05-03T02:46:00.001-07:002012-05-03T02:46:43.814-07:00Justin Bieber Cuddling Selena Gomez Look-Alike in New 'Boyfriend' Video Teaser Before Justin Bieber's music video for his single "Boyfriend" comes out in full on May 3, another new sneak peek for the upcoming clip is released. It previews a scene where the teen singer cozying up to a brunette beauty who bears resemblance to his real-life girlfriend Selena Gomez. "Boyfriend" is taken from Bieber's new studio album "Believe", which is due in News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6303251521871895230.post-48401725446713977422012-05-02T21:16:00.001-07:002012-05-02T21:16:13.586-07:00Report: Lady GaGa Splits From Taylor Kinney to Focus on Tour Lady GaGa might have decided to split from boyfriend Taylor Kinney. Us Weekly has just brought up a report that the "Bad Romance" hitmaker is "on a break" with the Mason Lockwood of "The Vampire Diaries". Taking the blame for the end of the 10-month romance is her Born This Way Ball tour. A friend told the publication, "She will be touring nonstop until next News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6303251521871895230.post-54657515956743411042012-05-02T19:02:00.001-07:002012-05-02T19:02:10.060-07:00Egypt's military backs transition; 11 killed in clashes Egypt's military may hand over power to a civilian authority in the next three weeks should a presidential vote be decided in the first round, a spokesman for the armed forces chief of staff said Wednesday. "General Sami Anan said today during a meeting with political powers and parties that (the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces) looks forward to handing (over) power within the next News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6303251521871895230.post-40683251564921947042012-05-02T18:59:00.001-07:002012-05-02T18:59:14.099-07:00Myanmar's Suu Kyi takes oath of office Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi was sworn in Wednesday as a lawmaker for the first time, a key step in the country's recent shift toward democracy after decades of repressive military rule. Suu Kyi, a pro-democracy campaigner who spent years under house arrest, traveled to the parliament in the capital, Naypyidaw, to take up the seat she won in elections last month. It was a News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6303251521871895230.post-43920467969992775662012-05-02T18:05:00.001-07:002012-05-02T18:05:26.748-07:00Hundreds of Pakistanis Rally on bin Laden Death Anniversary Hundreds of Pakistanis took to the streets Wednesday to mark the first anniversary of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden's death. U.S. special forces killed bin Laden during a covert raid in the garrison Pakistani town of Abbottabad on May 2, 2011.  In the southwestern city of Quetta, members of the pro-Taliban Jammat-e-Ulema Party condemned bin Laden's killing - shouting slogans in News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6303251521871895230.post-33427065763591918822012-05-02T17:58:00.001-07:002012-05-02T17:58:49.256-07:00Chen Guangcheng leaves US embassy in Beijing Chen Guangcheng, the blind Chinese activist who fled a punishing 19-month regime of house arrest and fled to Beijing, has left the US embassy after a six-day stay. The 40-year-old left "of his own volition", the state news agency Xinhua said in a short statement. Chen is being treated in the VIP department on the ninth floor of Chaoyang hospital, on the east side of the city. News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6303251521871895230.post-72791856155063689422012-05-02T17:48:00.001-07:002012-05-02T17:48:52.781-07:00Demi Lovato Close to Join 'X Factor', Miley Cyrus Hasn't Got the Offer Yet More names have been thrown as possible judges of "The X Factor (US)" season 2. After Britney Spears was said to be offered more than $10 million for the gig, Demi Lovato and Miley Cyrus are reportedly being eyed to join Simon Cowell and L.A. Reid on the judging panel. Sources tell The Hollywood Reporter that the "Give Your Heart a Break" crooner has not sealed the deal, News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6303251521871895230.post-63626476677856873632012-05-02T16:31:00.001-07:002012-05-02T16:31:02.533-07:00BlackBerry 10 not compatible with BB7 handsets Thorsten Heins today revealed that BlackBerry 7 handsets would not be getting BlackBerry 10 explaining that the architecture between the two is too different BlackBerry 7 handsets will not be compatible with the new BlackBerry 10 operating system as their differing architecture makes it impossible to place on older devices. Speaking to press CEO Thorsten Heins revealed that in turning thingsNews Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6303251521871895230.post-79793555448327142732012-05-02T16:26:00.001-07:002012-05-02T16:26:56.432-07:00iPhone 4S replaces Galaxy S2 as UK's most popular handset Ahead of tomorrow’s expected Samsung Galaxy S3 launch, the Samsung Galaxy S2 has been dethroned as the UK’s highest selling handset following 11 months atop the UK sales chart. Replaced as the UK’s most popular handset by bitter rival Apple and the iPhone 4S, the Samsung Galaxy S2 slipped to second in terms of UK sales during the past month as consumers hold out for the upcoming Android News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6303251521871895230.post-59212412668201080122012-05-02T05:52:00.001-07:002012-05-02T05:52:56.717-07:00Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 trailer shows gameplay footage With the eagerly awaited and long rumoured Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 release now official, publisher Activision and developer Treyarch have outed the first Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 gameplay trailer. Offering the first insight into the futuristic first-person shooter, the official Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 trailer has been made available on the official Black Ops 2 website which launched News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6303251521871895230.post-21719580693862465662012-05-02T05:48:00.001-07:002012-05-02T05:48:13.955-07:00Nokia 808 PureView gets May release date Yes, we do know that the Nokia 808 PureView picked up an imaging award sometime last week, and today, the Finnish phone manufacturer has announced that the Nokia 808 PureView will be arriving on store shelves sometime this May. We are already into the second day of May, and so all you need to do is brace yourselves if you want to pick up this award winning smartphone that boasts a News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6303251521871895230.post-41499474254485359262012-05-02T05:37:00.001-07:002012-05-02T05:37:34.496-07:00Wed, 02 May 2012 Angry Birds Land theme park opens in Finland Angry Birds has landed in Finland’s Särkänniemi Adventure Park. The themed attraction includes 12 rides, an adventure course and themed restaurants and cafes. Angry Birds characters such as Red Bird and Helmet Pig wander the theme park to greet children and families. Eurogamer reports that Angry Birds Land was designed by staff at Särkänniemi Adventure Park, alongside the Finnish creators of News Updatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10161535362314734609noreply@blogger.com