tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2774056444929358850Thu, 24 Oct 2024 08:50:07 +0000Football NewsBusiness NewsCelebrity NewsWorld NewsTop StoriesMotor Racing NewsGossipMovies NewsScienceNews and Infotainment - whats news in the worldhttp://news-infotainment.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (v4nd3l)Blogger74125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2774056444929358850.post-911238876928669387Mon, 24 Sep 2007 12:32:00 +00002008-12-10T23:10:13.473+07:00Celebrity NewsLOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- Salma Hayek has given birth to a baby girl, Valentina Paloma Pinault, her publicist announced Friday."Mother and child are doing well," publicist Cari Ross said in a statement. No other details were released.The Mexico-born actress, 41, is engaged to businessman Francois-Henri Pinault.Hayek has starred in films such as "Frida," "Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over" and "After http://news-infotainment.blogspot.com/2007/09/its-girl-for-salma-hayek-and-fiance.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (v4nd3l)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2774056444929358850.post-3750711285625573103Mon, 24 Sep 2007 12:10:00 +00002008-12-10T23:10:15.212+07:00Top StoriesWorld NewsYANGON, Myanmar (AP) -- Some 100,000 anti-government protesters led by a phalanx of Buddhist monks marched Monday through Yangon, the largest crowd to demonstrate in Myanmar's biggest city since a 1988 pro-democracy uprising that was brutally crushed by the military.As the march headed toward the Defense Ministry's offices along a straight stretch of road, the back of the crowd could not be seen http://news-infotainment.blogspot.com/2007/09/100000-protest-myanmar-junta.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (v4nd3l)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2774056444929358850.post-5093462744428600256Mon, 24 Sep 2007 12:09:00 +00002007-09-24T19:10:13.577+07:00World NewsPRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) -- A powerful blast ripped through Kosovo's capital early Monday, killing two and injuring 10 others, officials said.The explosion happened around 2:30 a.m. in a shopping mall in the center of Pristina. It was not immediately clear what was the target of the attack.Police spokesman Veton Elshani said most of the victims were injured from a concrete block falling after the http://news-infotainment.blogspot.com/2007/09/2-die-in-kosovo-shopping-mall-blast.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (v4nd3l)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2774056444929358850.post-5604466206405488009Mon, 24 Sep 2007 12:05:00 +00002008-12-10T23:10:22.898+07:00Celebrity NewsPARIS, France (AP) -- Marcel Marceau, who revived the art of mime and brought poetry to silence, has died, his former assistant said Sunday. He was 84.Marceau died Saturday in Paris, French media reported. Former assistant Emmanuel Vacca announced the death on France-Info radio, but gave no details about the cause.Wearing white face paint, soft shoes and a battered hat topped with a red flower, http://news-infotainment.blogspot.com/2007/09/mime-legend-marcel-marceau-dies.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (v4nd3l)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2774056444929358850.post-3813320001468965393Mon, 24 Sep 2007 12:00:00 +00002008-12-10T23:10:23.024+07:00World NewsBy Dean Irvine for CNNLONDON, England (CNN) -- Saber-rattling in the Middle East has been growing, with Israeli air strikes over Syria at the beginning of the month and France's Foreign Minister talking of war with Iran, but behind the scenes there are fears of a new arms race in the region.In a deal announced this week, Saudi Arabia has agreed to buy 72 Eurofighter Typhoon jets from Europe's http://news-infotainment.blogspot.com/2007/09/choose-your-weapon-new-arms-race-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (v4nd3l)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2774056444929358850.post-7893263951452161754Mon, 24 Sep 2007 11:51:00 +00002008-12-10T23:10:23.280+07:00World NewsNEW YORK (AP) -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Tehran is neither building a nuclear bomb nor headed to war with the United States in a television interview Monday.The public-relations push appears aimed at presenting his views directly to a U.S. audience amid rising strains and talk of war between the two nations.Ahmadinejad is to speak and answer questions at a forum at Columbia http://news-infotainment.blogspot.com/2007/09/iran-we-are-not-building-bomb.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (v4nd3l)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2774056444929358850.post-4617704683924487015Tue, 18 Sep 2007 07:13:00 +00002008-12-10T23:10:24.004+07:00Celebrity NewsUS rapper 50 Cent has "temporarily postponed" his European tour, prompting questions over whether he has retired from making music.The star is currently poised to lose a chart battle with rival Kanye West. He vowed to quit if his album, Curtis, was outsold by West's Graduation.West topped the UK charts on Sunday, and he is expected to win the race to number one in the US later this week.A http://news-infotainment.blogspot.com/2007/09/50-cent-postpones-european-tour.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (v4nd3l)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2774056444929358850.post-287939531578494786Tue, 18 Sep 2007 07:08:00 +00002008-12-10T23:10:24.172+07:00GossipWorld NewsThe Minneapolis airport toilet where US senator Larry Craig was arrested for allegedly soliciting gay sex is now attracting tourists, say airport staff."People are taking pictures," Karen Evans, an information officer at Minneapolis-St Paul international airport, told Associated Press.Mr Craig, a Republican from Idaho, pleaded guilty in August to disorderly conduct over the toilet incident.He nowhttp://news-infotainment.blogspot.com/2007/09/larry-craig-toilet-tourist-site.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (v4nd3l)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2774056444929358850.post-1249428269911226853Tue, 18 Sep 2007 06:41:00 +00002008-12-10T23:10:24.358+07:00Football NewsChelsea boss Jose Mourinho says he wants referee's assistant Peter Kirkup to apologise after the official disallowed a strike by Salomon Kalou.TV replays suggested the Ivorian was behind the line of the ball when he sidefooted home in the second half of Saturday's 0-0 draw with Blackburn."I can't understand it. If the linesman wants to explain, then maybe it would be a good thing," said Mourinho.http://news-infotainment.blogspot.com/2007/09/mourinho-wants-officials-apology.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (v4nd3l)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2774056444929358850.post-5490659509143635973Tue, 18 Sep 2007 06:32:00 +00002008-12-10T23:10:24.540+07:00Football NewsBy Mandeep SangheraFormer Chelsea defender Marcel Desailly insists the club's misfiring striker Andriy Shevchenko will come good.Desailly says Chelsea must win the Champions League this season - and the France legend believes Shevchenko will be key to that ambition."Shevchenko is a top player and does not need to prove himself," Desailly told BBC Sport."For the moment, he is not performing. Let'shttp://news-infotainment.blogspot.com/2007/09/shevchenko-given-desailly-backing.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (v4nd3l)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2774056444929358850.post-9218983773422332891Tue, 18 Sep 2007 06:29:00 +00002008-12-10T23:10:24.660+07:00Football NewsRussian billionaire Alisher Usmanov has increased his stake in Arsenal to become the second largest shareholder at the Premier League club.Red and White Holdings Limited, which is co-owned by Usmanov and business partner Farhad Moshiri, now have a 21% of shares.More soon.http://news-infotainment.blogspot.com/2007/09/usmanov-ups-his-stake-in-arsenal.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (v4nd3l)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2774056444929358850.post-2653386893670485035Tue, 18 Sep 2007 06:23:00 +00002008-12-10T23:10:24.811+07:00World NewsSome 200,000 people are being evacuated from Shanghai as a powerful typhoon barrels towards China's east coast.Residents from the city's exposed areas are being moved to temporary shelters before Typhoon Wipha is expected to make landfall on Tuesday evening.Tropical Storm Risk forecasters said Wipha would hit the mainland as a category four storm, packing gusts of up to 155 mph (250 km/h).On http://news-infotainment.blogspot.com/2007/09/shanghai-braced-for-typhoon-wipha.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (v4nd3l)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2774056444929358850.post-5298836886973422131Tue, 18 Sep 2007 05:04:00 +00002008-12-10T23:10:25.025+07:00Movies NewsNEW YORK (AP) -- The title of the new "Indiana Jones" movie, directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Harrison Ford, has been revealed."Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" will be in theaters May 22, 2008.The title of the long-awaited fourth installment of the adventure series was announced by Shia LaBeouf, who co-stars with Ford in the film, at the MTV Video Music Awards in Las http://news-infotainment.blogspot.com/2007/09/title-of-new-indiana-jones-revealed.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (v4nd3l)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2774056444929358850.post-592044679715730157Tue, 18 Sep 2007 04:52:00 +00002008-12-10T23:10:25.507+07:00World News(CNN) -- Tropical Storm Ingrid faded to a tropical depression Saturday, done in by "hostile winds aloft," according to the National Hurricane Center.At 5 p.m. ET, Ingrid's maximum sustained winds remained at 35 mph (55 kph).The system's center was about 425 miles (685 kilometers) east of the Lesser Antilles, headed west at about 12 mph (19 kph), according to the hurricane center.Forecasters said http://news-infotainment.blogspot.com/2007/09/ingrid-fades-to-depression-as-damage.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (v4nd3l)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2774056444929358850.post-293438777314934035Tue, 18 Sep 2007 04:46:00 +00002008-12-10T23:10:25.690+07:00World NewsTEHRAN, Iran (CNN) -- Iran's foreign ministry criticized France on Monday for a blunt warning over the weekend that Europe must prepare for war if Tehran continues to flout international demands to stop producing nuclear fuel."We hope that such statements are superficial and do not reflect France's realistic and strategic points of view," Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad-Ali Hosseini said http://news-infotainment.blogspot.com/2007/09/iran-anger-over-french-war-warning.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (v4nd3l)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2774056444929358850.post-6956094958180550023Sun, 16 Sep 2007 09:35:00 +00002007-09-16T16:37:31.060+07:00World NewsIn speech, president says Iraq still needs ‘enduring relationship’ with U.S.Sept. 13, 2007WASHINGTON - President Bush, defending an unpopular war, ordered gradual reductions in U.S. forces in Iraq on Thursday night and said, “The more successful we are, the more American troops can return home.”Yet, Bush firmly rejected calls to end the war, insisting that Iraq will still need military, economic http://news-infotainment.blogspot.com/2007/09/bush-outlines-gradual-troop-reduction.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (v4nd3l)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2774056444929358850.post-3925421762731591229Sun, 16 Sep 2007 09:30:00 +00002007-09-16T16:33:38.491+07:00World NewsAdministration plays down the negative side of the latest status reportSept. 15, 2007A day after President George W. Bush cited enough progress in Iraq to justify U.S. troop reductions, the White House told Congress on Friday that Iraqi leaders had failed to meet half of their key goals.The administration's acknowledgment of shortfalls in the Iraqi government's performance underscored the http://news-infotainment.blogspot.com/2007/09/white-house-says-iraq-leaders-fail-to.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (v4nd3l)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2774056444929358850.post-4193748505532164833Sun, 16 Sep 2007 09:25:00 +00002007-09-16T16:29:22.713+07:00Football NewsBy ANITA CHANGAssociated Press SportsSept. 15, 2007WUHAN, China (AP) -Set plays have kept the Danish team in contention at the World Cup.Katrine Pedersen and Cathrine Paaske Sorensen scored off free kicks to lead Denmark to a 2-0 win over New Zealand on Saturday in a match between two teams that were at the bottom half of Group D.The victory improved Denmark's chance of reaching the quarterfinalshttp://news-infotainment.blogspot.com/2007/09/denmark-scores-2-goals-on-set-plays-to.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (v4nd3l)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2774056444929358850.post-3201240888077559248Sun, 16 Sep 2007 09:21:00 +00002007-09-16T16:25:13.319+07:00Football NewsBy CHRIS LINESAssociated Press SportsSept. 15, 2007HANGZHOU, China (AP) -Canada improved its chances for a quarterfinal berth by eliminating Ghana from the Women's World Cup with a 4-0 win Saturday, and captain Christine Sinclair broke her nation's World Cup scoring record.Sophie Schmidt and Martina Franko also scored for Canada, while veteran Andrea Neil came on as a late substitute to become http://news-infotainment.blogspot.com/2007/09/canada-strolls-past-ghana-4-0-to-revive.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (v4nd3l)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2774056444929358850.post-1572513489024719127Sun, 16 Sep 2007 09:13:00 +00002007-09-16T16:19:53.242+07:00Football NewsMarta’s 2 goals highlight 4-0 victory vs. China country aimed toward semisSept. 15, 2007WUHAN, China - There’s fast. And then there’s Marta.The FIFA player of the year shimmied a loose ball past a diving goalkeeper and whipped another shot behind two defenders to lead Brazil to a 4-0 win over host China on Saturday in the Women’s World Cup.Brazil established itself as the overwhelming favorite tohttp://news-infotainment.blogspot.com/2007/09/brazil-blazes-to-another-world-cup-win.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (v4nd3l)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2774056444929358850.post-5728610024269004814Sun, 16 Sep 2007 09:05:00 +00002008-12-10T23:10:25.904+07:00Celebrity NewsSinger talks about his recent divorce, and stays humble about his musicBy Miki TurnerEntertainment writerSept. 13, 2007Kenny "Babyface" Edmonds's new album, "Playlist," features eight cover tunes and two new songs, including an homage to the men and women fighting in Iraq.HOLLYWOOD - The moment Kenny “Babyface” Edmonds steps out of his shiny silver Range Rover and strolls into his new studio in http://news-infotainment.blogspot.com/2007/09/babyface-isnt-afraid-to-get-personal.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (v4nd3l)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2774056444929358850.post-7021679722055615963Sun, 16 Sep 2007 08:57:00 +00002008-12-10T23:10:26.204+07:00Celebrity NewsHe took on the role of off-screen big brother to his ‘December Boys’ co-starsBy Miki TurnerEntertainment writerSept. 12, 2007Daniel Radcliffe still has two more "Harry Potter" films to go, but is looking to stretch as an actor in films like his new "December Boys."LOS ANGELES - The elevators at the Four Seasons Hotel can be excruciatingly slow at times, but it’s often well worth the wait because http://news-infotainment.blogspot.com/2007/09/daniel-radcliffe-down-to-earth-megastar.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (v4nd3l)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2774056444929358850.post-2061110437750924058Sun, 16 Sep 2007 08:47:00 +00002008-12-10T23:10:26.414+07:00GossipPlus: More controversy on ‘The View’; the unfunny Steve CarellSept. 14, 2007While her 29-year-old husband, Ashton Kutcher, clearly has no problem with Demi Moore’s over-40 status, the same can’t be said of Hollywood. With only handful of film roles since her big 2003 comeback in “Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle,” Demi recently voiced her concerns about her sagging career, and one publication http://news-infotainment.blogspot.com/2007/09/as-career-sags-demi-moore-battles.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (v4nd3l)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2774056444929358850.post-6947996481922227858Sun, 16 Sep 2007 08:28:00 +00002008-12-10T23:10:26.797+07:00Celebrity NewsPeople's dapper men: David Beckham, Terrence Howard, Johnny DeppSept. 12, 2007NEW YORK - Beyonce Knowles, Jennifer Lopez and Gwen Stefani are among the stylish stars on People magazine’s list of best-dressed women of 2007.Katie Holmes, Penelope Cruz, Jessica Biel, Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore, Reese Witherspoon and Ali Larter are other sharp dressers singled out in the magazine’s “Best & Worst http://news-infotainment.blogspot.com/2007/09/jlo-beyonce-gwen-stefani-are-tops-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (v4nd3l)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2774056444929358850.post-2792541440374116091Sun, 16 Sep 2007 06:14:00 +00002008-12-10T23:10:26.958+07:00Celebrity NewsMSNBCSome are angry at Sarah Silverman, others at media for fat jokesBritney Spears has been roundly criticized for her leadoff performance at the MTV Video Music Awards Sunday night.The Associated Press wrote "She lazily walked through her dance moves with little enthusiasm. It appeared she had forgotten the entire art of lip-synching; and, perhaps most unforgivable given her once taut frame, http://news-infotainment.blogspot.com/2007/09/bomb-or-bum-rap-for-britney-readers.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (v4nd3l)0