The reason behind all of the attention is because it is a rematch; this is Ortiz’s showdown fight with Griffin. There is also a welterweight fight between Anthony Johnson and Josh Koscheck, this fight promises to be interesting, lets hope that we are not disappointed.

The UFC 106 event is being held in Las Vegas at the Mandalay Bay Events Center, and gets underway at 10pm ET / 7pm PT. Those who have paid for this pay-per-view event can begin watching coverage at ET / 6pm PT.

For all the weigh-in results, visit www.ufc.com

It has already broken midnight sales records, and is widely expected to beat off Summitts other films The Dark Knight, and Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince. Summitt even re-released the original film ‘Twilight’ last night to cash in, which earned a cool $1.3 million.

The Dark Knight and The Harry Potter film both earned between $23 and $24 million in their midnight screenings, but when a film is selling 10+ tickets a second, you know that it will overtake those numbers anyday!

Source: Examiner

Liverpool are hoping to welcome back Steven Gerrard after a long absence out through injury, England full back Glen Johnson is also expected back, but the formidable Fernando Torres misses out again with a groin injury.

New signing Alberto Aquilani is in contention, but is expected to start from the bench and Liverpool vice captain Jamie Carragher is suspended. If Liverpool lose this fixture, they could find themselves 4 points behind City, with an extra game played.

Manchester City’s squad full of stars has also suffered set backs, with Robinho, Gareth Barry and Craig Bellamy all named in the squad to face the reds, but Robinho is not expected to feature and is doubtful with a niggling ankle injury.

Source: BBC Sport

Marking his return to the octagon ring, for his first fight in a year and a half, Tito Ortiz will battle it out with ex champion Forrest Griffin who battled Ortiz in April 2006 when Ortiz won the match by unanimous decision.

You can watch the live weigh-in at MMAWeekly.com, courtesy of UFC.com, but if you miss it, you can always return here to see the weigh-in, or any of the pre-match press conferences by following the same link as below.

Source: MMAWeekly.com

Centurion, will hosts the second match on Sunday, the game is scheduled to start at 0800 hrs is now were all eyes are focused. Kent spinner James Tredwell, who had been called up replace Graeme Swann, must wait for his debut. Swann will miss Sunday’s game with a side strain.

Stuart Broad is still struggling with a shoulder problem. Tredwell was in England’s one-day squad for their tour of New Zealand, in early 2008 as back up for Swann, but he carried the drinks for the entire series. The 27-year-old will challenge Yorkshire leg-spinner Adil Rashid, who conceded 25 runs, in his only over of South Africa’s record-breaking score, in the second Twenty20 international at Centurion last Sunday.

To read more on this story go to news.bbc.co.uk.

This family feel-good film, reserves all of it’s surprises until the very last moment says khabrein.info, who also state the story as “irresistible”. Yahoo! Movies, have no official rating yet, but Yahoo! Users have given the film an ‘A’ rating with 163 ratings.

Rottentomatoes.com give the film a 70% review, with some comments like “I should hate this movie with every ounce of my being (and that’s alot of ounces). Yet, it has a certain charm that draws you in like the girl next door,” and “Judging by the awful trailers, I did not think in a million years I would see a wonderful true story that perfectly balanced comedy and drama. Bullock was fantastic.” Although there are one or two bad comments “A movie made up almost entirely of turning points and yet curiously devoid of drama or suspense.”

The film stars Quinton Aaron as Michael Oher and Sandra Bullock and Tim McGraw as Leigh Anne and Sean Tuohy, Oher’s adoptive parents. Kathy Bates co-stars as Miss Sue, Oher’s tutor. Make up your own mind by watching the trailer below.

Sources: Rotten Tomatoes, Khabrein.info and Yahoo! Movies

Not only have FIFA turned down the Football Association of Ireland, they have also taken pressure from lawmakers in both countries, FIFA’s announcement said it could not interfere and the referee’s decision to allow the goal to stands.

In the statement FIFA said “The result of the match cannot be changed and the match cannot be replayed. As is clearly mentioned in the Laws of the Game, during matches, decisions are taken by the referee and these decisions are final.” The French captain said after the game that the referee was at fault for not spotting the offense, however he waited until after FIFA’s ruling to acknowledge the possibility of a replay. Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen raised the issue on Thursday with French President Nicolas Sarkozy at a meeting of the 27 EU leaders in Brussels.

Click here to read more on this ruling. Do you think FIFA have made the right ruling? Do you think FIFA would have come to the same decision if the roles were reversed? Let us know your thoughts.

Sergeant Thomas Molnar said, the bus which the teenage singer was not on at the time, overturned as it traveled on a main road in central Virginia. One of the other nine passengers suffered minor injuries. The American singer, songwriter, and actress, is best known for starring as the title character in the Disney Channel series Hannah Montana.

On her website the Hannah Montana star is still expected to perform Sunday in Greensboro, North Carolina. Cyrus, who is the daughter of country singer Billy Ray, began her solo singing career in 2007 with her debut album, Meet Miley Cyrus. Her second album, Breakout, was released on July 22, 2008.

Source news.bbc.co.uk.

Reports suggest that talks between Hoffman and Universal Pictures have collapsed over salary pay and scheduling issues, for the film that will start production next year aiming for a July release.

Barbra Streisand’s Roz Focker is also scheduled to appear in the film as she is in the script, but any involvement is yet to be confirmed. Stiller, Teri Polo, Robert De Niro, Owen Wilson, Jessica Alba are all set to feature in the final release.

Source: Digital Spy

It is not yet known when the documentary-film will be available to watch on the box, but sister channels of the MTV music group, VH1, BET and Palladia also have rights to show the spectacle.

The movie, which turned out to be a box-office blockbuster managed to rake in a gross of over $200 worldwide, with the majority of Europe setting most of the trends.

Source: Reuters

A BBC spokesman said ‘This split allows more time to manage and verify the increased volume of calls that we expect to receive as the show reaches its conclusion,’ The main show will start at 6.40pm, followed by the results show at 9.40pm.

The.BBC bosses insisted the move was not sparked by the scheduling row with their ITV rival, however strictly will go out early on Saturday evening with the results show later that night after The X Factor. The move is likely to boost strictly ratings. A source said the decision was to give viewers more time to vote. He went on to say: “The current 15-minute window doesn’t give enough time for the calls to get through as the contest hots up.”

To read more on this story go to mirror.co.uk. Do you think for a family show the results are on to late for children? Let us know your thoughts

Lily recently claimed that she does not support piracy and illegal downloading by stating that the illegal-acts are damaging the music industry, but then in this interview she said “If someone comes up with a burnt copy of my CD and offers it to you for £4 I haven’t a problem with that as long as the person buying it places some kind of value on my music.”

Although Lily recently hit out about illegal downloading and piracy, by using her blog on her Twitter page, it has since been deleted by the singer, citing she is “passing the baton” to other artists the tackle the issues. All since posts have been removed and deleted.

“I’m proud of the fact that that I’ve been involved with this debate but I’m passing the baton on to other artists. And I’ve shut down the blog, the abuse was getting too much,” she said.

Source: Digital Spy

A criminal gang is believed to have bribed players, coaches, referees and officials to fix over 200 matches and then placed bets on the outcome. The matches are believed to of taken place this year. On Thursday raids were carried out in the United Kingdom, Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

A UEFA statement said: “Of the matches concerned the vast majority are domestic league matches in nine countries, under the jurisdiction of the authorities and national football associations concerned.The small number of matches that do involve European football, 12 UEFA Europa League and 3 UEFA Champions League matches, are all early qualifying round games. More information will be given on which matches are concerned at a later date.”

UEFA’s General Secretary Gianni Infantino, added that any guilty parties would be given the harshest of sanctions. To read more on this story go to goal.com. Do you think UEFA will ever stop match fixing with the amount of money in the game? Let us know your thoughts.

And it now appears, that since the news was announced and it has had time to sink in with people, Oprah’s rivals, admirers and industry analysts are all coming in with their reactions. And it seems to be admiration, mixed with a sense of awe.

Martha Stewart pointed out the fact that Oprah is not retiring completely, and says that she will do another show. Oprah Winfrey’s best friend Gayle King, dismissed any thoughts of risks involved with her doing something new.

The news of Oprah’s decision was so big for fellow chat show host Ellen DeGeneres, who is the cover girl on the December issue of O magazine along with Oprah Winfrey, that she announced it to all her in-studio audience on Thursday.

You can read more on this story here.

The Taiwanese panel confeered over a forum held in Taipei yesterday to discuss sales volumes of Blu-Ray movies in the US, European and Japanese markets, and discovered that consumer sales increased a staggering 183% from Quarter 1 in 2008, to Quarter 1 in 2009, 200% from Quarter 2 2008 to Quarter 2 2009, and again 180% from Quarter 3 2008 to Quarter 3 2009.

Costs are also expected to be reduced on 25gb Blank Blu-Ray media (BD-R), which are now around $5 in America, and by 2012, costs for the BD-R are expected to fall to around $1.50 per media disc.

With Black Friday coming up fast, it is hoping that the US market will purchase more Blu-Ray movies, giving more awareness to the media which will in turn, promote the usage of the new format for it to come common place in homes, along with the new HD technology world that we now live in.

Source: Fudzilla