'Humphrey Bogart' Gunman Steals Chopard Jewels in Paris Heist, €6 million ($8.5 million)
Chopard's shop is located in the upmarket Place Vendome, just steps from the French Justice Ministry
PARIS -- A lone man carrying a gun stole between €6 million ($8.5 million) and €6.5 million worth of jewels Saturday afternoon from the Chopard jewelry store in Place Vendome, police and a police union official said.
The value of the heist was estimated at £10 millionNo one was reported injured in the robbery.
Police said the operation was carried out by one man. Olivier Lebon, an investigations officer with the Alliance police union, said a man in his 50s wearing a suit walked into the boutique in the afternoon, threatened employees with a gun and, minutes later, walked calmly out of the store with his loot.
It wasn't immediately known whether he had an accomplice outside the store or waiting elsewhere.
Numerous jewelers, as well as France's Justice Ministry, are located on the elegant Place Vendome.
The estimated value of the stolen jewels is far below the €80 million in watches and jewels stolen from the Harry Winston shop in Paris in December 2008.
Brüno Lands On Eminem During Awkward MTV Movie Awards Moment
Em seemed displeased at his close view of Bruno's midsection.
While the show has not reached its halfway point, the award for most outrageous presenter at the 2009 MTV Movie Awards surely goes to Sacha Baron Cohen's Brüno, who surprised an unamused Eminem with a front-row seat to his manhood.
When it was his turn to present the Golden Popcorn statue for Best Male Performance, Brüno, the fictional gay Austrian fashion reporter, descended from the rafters dressed as a sort of angel. He lowered himself directly over Em, who had just returned to his seat after performing a medley of two tracks from his new album, Relapse, until his legs were on either side of the rapper's head and his bare buttocks were exposed.
Em then seemed to utter an expletive and request his bodyguards to get Brüno off of him. A minor melee ensued and Brüno dangled above Em, who quickly got out of his seat and left the auditorium as cameras followed his exit.
Somewhere in there, Brüno announced the winner of the Best Male Performance: Zac Efron, for his performance in "High School Musical 3: Senior Year."
Efron had a tough act to follow — "That was weird!," he said — but he was gracious in his thanks for his award.
Source : http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1612970/20090531/story.jhtml
Police to make public photos of wanted men
PETALING JAYA: Time is up for loan sharks high on the wanted list and police will now turn the tables on them by circulating their photos to the public through the media.
The 24-hour deadline given to these savage moneylenders has lapsed.
“Since they did not show up, the police will go after them,” Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Musa Hassan said.
Their photographs will be made available to the press today.
According to Selangor CID chief Datuk Hasnan Hassan, as at noon yesterday, none of the Ah Long had surrendered.
Police have also arrested two more men believed to be involved in the abduction and confinement of three victims at a Seri Kembangan shoplot last week.
Malaysia Crime Prevention Foundation vice-chairman Tan Sri Lee Lam Thye called for the photographs of the brutal Ah Long and their runners to be displayed in public places.
“This is because the public is often not aware of the underhanded tactics some of the Ah Long are capable of,” he said.
“When people know who they really are, they will not dare borrow money from them. This can help reduce the number of intimidation cases involving Ah Long,” he said.
He also urged the courts to impose heavy penalties on merciless loan sharks to serve as a deterrent to others.
Citing the case of the three loan defaulters who were chained and tortured, Lee said this was an example of how the loan sharks were capable of inhuman acts.
He also called on the Government to study the circumstances that drove people to borrow from loan sharks.
“There are so many cases out there where people are desperate for even small amounts of money. They do not know where to turn to for help as financial institutions would not entertain them.
“The Ah Long business is flourishing because transactions can be made almost immediately,” he added.
Lee said it was high time the Finance Ministry carried out a study to find ways to help people who need micro loans to settle medical bills or to pay for their children’s education.
PSP Go revealed in detail—it's real
The PSP Go is real, and Sony itself has described many of the details of the hardware via an early episode of its own digital news show, Qore. We have the details, and some images, of the next step in Sony's move towards a less physical future.
It didn't take long before one of the biggest E3 rumors was confirmed. GamingConsoleNetwork noticed that the PSP Go made an appearance in an early release of the Sony video series Qore. And then it was described in detail. And then shown some more. Soon after that, Eurogamer got ahold of a series of pictures of the hardware, which reveal everything in beautiful detail. The system is real, it is small, and it has no UMD drive.
The video is being pulled from YouTube just as soon as it's being uploaded, but a quick search or two should turn up a copy of the video if you'd like to see the hardware in action. Here's what we know about the hardware so far... it seems like the Mole was right about many of the details.
The hardware will not take the place of the current PSP-3000 on store shelves—they will be sold side-by-side. The PSP Go hardware is significantly lighter, with 43 percent less weight to hold in your hand. The screen is 3.8 inches, the unit will come with 16GB of memory and a memory card slot for expanded storage, and it will feature bluetooth support. The screen slides to reveal the buttons, and the placement of the analog stick does not look comfortable. Hopefully, we'll be able to get our hands on the system at E3 to give you some more details on how comfortable—or not—the system is.
Games were also discussed: Jak and Daxter, and the long-awaited Gran Turismo PSP that was discussed at the launch of the original PSP. A new Metal Gear Solid title was also mentioned.
No price was confirmed, although it was said that we'll be seeing the system released this Fall. This flood of information and images must have taken the wind out of Sony's sails, as the company now has one less big reveal for its E3 press conference.
A portable gaming system with no physical media is big news, although those who upgrade from their existing PSP systems won't be able to play their old games... that's going to put a dent in the system's sales. Nintendo has proven that gamers are willing to upgrade into newer hardware again and again, but cutting off support for old games is an interesting move. Of course, Sony is probably more than happy to re-sell you older content via its online store, just as Nintendo can now sell gamers classic Game Boy Advance content for the DSi; that system likewise removed support for some older physical game media.
There will be more information coming out of E3, that is certain. Until then, we must be content with one of the biggest stories of the show coming to us early.
USM’s blunder irks parents and students
GEORGE TOWN: An online blunder by apex-status Universiti Sains Malaysia in its first direct intake of undergraduates led to some 200 irate parents and applicants causing a ruckus here yesterday.
The error resulted in 4,574 students being wrongly informed that they had obtained places at the university.
Red-faced university officials apologised for their mistake when confronted by hollering parents and applicants, some sobbing.
The university had on Friday mistakenly uploaded the names of 8,173 applicants who had met the minimum criteria, stating they were successful in their application although the list should only contain the names of 3,599 eligible students.
The “successful” 8,173 were told to confirm their places with the university by 5pm yesterday.
Applicants and parents starting arriving at the university at 9am yesterday to confirm their places but were told of the mistake.
Tempers flared as parents, some of whom had travelled from other states for the registration, argued with registrar officers.
Acting vice-chancellor (Academic and International Affairs) Prof Ahmad Shukri Mustapa Kamal apologised for the mistake which he blamed on the university.
“The 8,173 names that appeared on the website on Friday were the shortlisted candidates who had met the minimum criteria out of the 22,000 students who applied to USM,” he said at a press conference yesterday.
“We realised our mistake at about 3pm on Saturday and took two hours to rectify the problem.
“By 5pm, only the successful applicants were notified through the website. We also followed up with SMSes and phone calls,” he added. USM was granted the apex status last September, thus allowing it to select its students directly.
Prof Ahmad said the mistake occurred as the university was in a “haste” to prepare the list of successful applicants for the Higher Education Ministry.
Higher Education Department director-general Datuk Prof Radin Umar Radin Sohadi said students who could not get a place at USM would be placed into the University Admission Unit’s (UPU) main pool for selection into other public universities.
A parent, M.T. Cheah, 56, who came from Taiping, Perak, said he could not believe that a university with an apex status could have committed such a mistake.
“My daughter has no appetite to take her breakfast and dinner. The university gave her hope a day earlier but crushed it the next day,” he said.
Another parent, who only wanted to be known as Lim, said his daughter also found her name among the list of successful applicants on Friday.
“We were so happy but only for a day,” said Lim, 49, when met in Petaling Jaya yesterday.
His daughter clicked her acceptance for the dentistry course and an acknowledgement notice appeared on the website,” said Lim.
But on Saturday, the Tunku Abdul Rahman college student went into the website again and found that her name was no longer on the list.
“Today (Sunday), she received an SMS stating that she did not get a place (in USM).”
Source : http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/6/1/nation/4022056&sec=nation
Hit-and-run driver ends his 193-country footprint dream
KOTA KINABALU: Chinese national Tong Ju’s (pic) dream of leaving his footprints in 193 countries was tragically cut short when he was knocked down by a vehicle in Kg Limbanak near here.
Tong became a hit-and-run victim late Saturday evening while doing what he enjoyed most – jogging.
The 52-year-old, who became the first man to jog three times around China in 1994 and covered all South-East Asian countries since 2007, was found dead by the roadside.
Penampang district police chief Deputy Supt Madang Usat said police were investigating the case as hit and run.
Tong, who had been in Brunei and Sabah since early this year, covered most parts of the state, including climbing Mount Kinabalu, and was planning to leave for Taiwan this week before returning to his hometown Hei Long Jiang in Harbin to celebrate his father’s 82nd birthday.
“This may be my the last time I see my parents as they are elderly. Whether I can be back alive is still a question mark,” he was quoted as saying in a recent interview here when he spoke of his plans to return home and later head for the Philippines and Pacific islands.
Tong had also said that it was his love for running and interest in geography that set him on a jogging mission to spread China’s 5,000-year-old culture and history to the world.
“I want to leave something to the world – my life, my dream, my spirit, my starting and ending point. Life is short, we should do what we want while we are alive,” Tong was quoted as saying.
He leaves behind his parents, a 25-year-old daughter and four brothers.
Local associations were helping the relevant authorities to send Tong’s body back to his homeland.
Hendrawan aims to take Malaysia to greater heights in badminton
FORMER world champion Hen drawan received hundreds of responses from his disappointed fans in Facebook when news broke on his appointment as the singles coach of the Malaysian national team. And even his players could not accept it. The Indonesian tells Starsport’s RAJES PAUL on the difficult decision that he had to take and the new challenges that he is ready to face with the Malaysian team.
AN offer to coach Malaysia is nothing new to me. In fact, it dated back to 2005 during the Thomas Cup qualifying tournament in India.
Then, I was just two years into coaching the Indonesian women’s singles team.
It was Rexy (Mainaky), who approached me first. He asked whether I was interested to coach Malaysia.
That was the start and since then, I have been approached by the Malaysian officials every year until I said yes to them recently.
It took me four years to have the courage to say yes to Malaysia even though I have had offers from Hong Kong, Singapore and Poland.
I could not leave earlier because of my commitment to help the Indonesian team until the Beijing Olympic Games (last August).
I had also started training the men’s singles players in 2007 and my goal was to help Sony (Dwi Kuncoro) and Simon (Santoso) win a medal in Beijing.
My decision to leave did not go down well with the PBSI (All-Indonesia Badminton Federation), my players and the fans.
In my Facebook, fans asked why I was leaving to coach outside Indonesia, especially arch-rivals Malaysia.
The PBSI coaxed me to stay but eventually, they accepted my decision to leave and told me to maintain a good relationship.
Simon was injured during the Korean Open this year and Sony fell to a similar fate during the All-England. I thought that it was the best time to break the news to the players.
I wanted a better future for myself and family. Besides that, I also needed new challenges and the time seemed right to uproot myself from my motherland.
Time, I think, however, will be against me as I prepare the Malaysian team for two major tournaments next year — the Thomas Cup Finals (in Malaysia) and Asian Games (in Guangzhou).
I have won in every Thomas Cup Finals I competed in with Indonesia (1998, 2000, 2002) and I will work hard to help Malaysia win it this time.
I will have about a year to prepare the team and that will be a big challenge to me. But challenges keep me going and I love to set targets.
As a player, targets drove me to succeed. I like to set a high target and go all out to achieve it. And I expect the same from my players.
I have good intentions and I am sincere to serve Malaysian badminton in the best possible way.
To me, having a good relationship with a player is important. But as a coach, I know where to draw a line.
I expect the players to follow the rules I set during training. But off court, I like to treat them just like a dear friend and vice versa.
I hope language will not be a barrier. In Indonesia, I can have a heart-to-heart talk with the players and they can understand what I say. I hope I will be able to put across my thoughts in the best possible way with the Malaysian players.
I admit, though, I had my anxiety after accepting this job. I was worried of the culture in the badminton circle in Malaysia.
I can handle the high expectations and the spotlight on badminton because it is the same in Indonesia. But I need to understand the different culture in Malaysia. I will do my best to adapt to it.
For now, I have not discussed with Malaysia’s coach Rashid (Sidek) or Ganga (Rao, BAM secretary) on who I will be coaching in Malaysia.
I am currently on a one-month break before I report for duty on July 1. But I plan to bring my family for a holiday in Malaysia from June 7-14.
I will pay the players a visit, especially those in the back-up squad. I will also see the BAM and get more details on who I have to work with.
Like Indonesia, Malaysia too are trying to add depth in the singles department. I will try my best to increase the pool of quality men’s singles players in Malaysia.
It appears difficult but nothing is impossible to me.
Source : http://thestar.com.my/sports/story.asp?file=/2009/6/1/sports/4021419&sec=sports
Susan Boyle 'admitted to clinic'
Britain's Got Talent's star Susan Boyle has been admitted to a private London clinic, it is being reported.
The Sun said the Scottish singer has been admitted to the Priory clinic with exhaustion a day after she was runner-up in ITV1 talent show final.
Police were called to a London hotel on Sunday at 1800 BST to doctors assessing a woman under the Mental Health Act, Scotland Yard confirmed.
That woman was taken voluntarily by ambulance to a clinic, they said.
At the request of doctors, police accompanied the ambulance.
The Priory Clinic said: "We can neither confirm nor deny the reports."
Dance group Diversity beat the West Lothian singer to be named the winner of the talent show on Saturday night in a final watched by an audience of 18 million.
On Sunday, it emerged Boyle was taking time off on the advice of a doctor.
Television company talkbackThames released a statement offering her "ongoing support".
The singer became an international singing sensation after first performing "I Dreamed A Dream" in the contest, a song she reprised for the final.
Her performances have attracted millions of hits on video-sharing websites and led to an appearance on the Oprah Winfrey show.
Source : http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8076413.stm
Thailand confirms fourth case of Influenza A/H1N1
BANGKOK, May 31 (Xinhua) -- A Thai man who just returned from the United States has been infected by the Influenza A/H1N1, the fourth case in Thailand, Public Health Minister Witthaya Kaewparadai on Sunday said.
The Health Ministry said on its official website the patient is a 22-year-old Singaporean female who has a travel history to the United States from May 13 to 28. She returned to Singapore from New York via Tokyo on All Nippon Airways NH901 on Friday night, and developed a fever Saturday.
The ministry said that the patient has been admitted to local hospital and her symptoms are mild and she is in stable condition.
Singapore confirmed its first case of Influenza A/H1N1 on Wednesday, and three more cases on Thursday.
The ministry said that the last four patients have relatively mild symptoms and are doing well, and are expected to recover uneventfully.
Chelsea 2 - 1 Everton
Guus Hiddink was handed the FA Cup as a going-away present as Chelsea recovered from conceding the fastest goal in final history to beat Everton 2-1.
The contest was less than half a minute old when Louis Saha found the net for the Merseysiders.
It was to be a high point for Everton though as Didier Drogba levelled before Frank Lampard's 20-yard strike just evaded the despairing dive of Tim Howard 18 minutes from time.
Apart from allowing Ashley Cole to become the first player since the 19th century to collect five winners' medals, the victory, Chelsea's second in three years at the new Wembley, is a reminder of the stability Hiddink has brought to Stamford Bridge since replacing the hapless Luiz Felipe Scolari in February.
And if, as expected, Carlo Ancelotti is confirmed as permanent boss when Hiddink returns to his full-time job with Russia, the Italian has been given a pretty successful man to follow.
After a pair of tepid semi-finals, the Wembley authorities changed the pitch and their groundsman in the hope of getting something better in place for their showpiece occasion. The reward came after exactly 25 seconds.
If there is a more unlucky player in world football at the moment than Saha, he must get some pretty bad fortune.
During a brief period on loan at Newcastle much earlier in his career, Saha was overlooked for one FA Cup final. Of the three he sat out at Manchester United, he was fit for just one - in 2004, but he was ineligible.
In addition to that, a booking during a brief substitute appearance in the World Cup semi-final in Germany three years ago meant he was suspended for France's eventual defeat by Italy.
So there was a fair bit of venom in his left foot when Marouane Fellaini guided Michael Essien's weak clearance into the former Manchester United man's path.
Saha met the ball perfectly, leaving Petr Cech with not a hope of keeping it out.
The Everton supporters, far more noisy than their Chelsea counterparts anyway, erupted in joy, Peter Reid among them, daring to believe this year, as in their last appearance 14 seasons ago, they would leave Wembley as winners.
If there is a downside to scoring quite so early, it is the length of time left to hang on.
Everton did try to keep pushing forward. It was just that they were not allowed to as Chelsea shook off that massive initial disappointment and slowly but purposefully turned the screw.
Tony Hibbert is what is known in the trade as an honest professional. Dedicated to his task, what he lacks in ability, he tries to make up for in effort.
Sometimes though, it is not enough.
Booked after eight minutes for a needless ankle tap on Malouda, he was then repeatedly exposed by the French wide-man, a clear case of Chelsea targeting an individual within opposition ranks.
More than any other player, Malouda has benefited from working with Hiddink and the Dutchman's departure for Moscow will be keenly felt by the former Lyon man, acquired at the not inconsiderable cost of £13.5million by Jose Mourinho.
And, assisted by Cole, the pair caused mayhem down the Everton right virtually at will.
Malouda delivered the cross that invited Drogba's powerful finish for the Chelsea equaliser, Cole had the angled drive that should have put them in front.
Before that Malouda had just fired over and with Lampard's dipping effort virtually skimming the Everton crossbar, it was not really a surprise when David Moyes introduced Lars Jacobsen at the break.
The move worked to the extent Chelsea were forced to go infield to make ground, Nicolas Anelka going mightily close with a deft lob.
However, in stemming such an obvious flow of attacks on their goal, Everton found it easier to relieve the pressure and apply some of their own.
Saha went close with virtually their first decent opening since he scored and spirits started to rise again among the Toffees faithful. How quickly they were crushed.
After collecting Anelka's lay-off, Lampard was assisted by a slight slip as he checked inside Phil Neville - allowing him a couple of extra seconds to get a sight of Everton's goal and he duly drilled home from 20 yards.
Chelsea were twice controversially denied a third, first when referee Howard Webb decided Malouda's effort had not crossed the line after crashing back off the bar when TV replays showed it had, then when the official booked Lampard for diving when Stephen Pienaar had stuck out a leg for him to fall over.
It did not matter. Hiddink richly deserved to wave goodbye with a glint of silverware in his eye.
Boyle 'dreams a dream' in British talent show final
LONDON (AFP) — Scottish singing sensation Susan Boyle belted out the song that brought her worldwide fame when she appeared in the final of Britains got talent Saturday, and anxiously awaited the public verdict.
The 48-year-old spinster repeated her rendition of "I Dreamed A Dream", the song from musical "Les Miserables" which catapulted her into the spotlight when a video of her singing it was posted on YouTube.
It notched up 100 million hits on the video-sharing website, brought her celebrity fans including actress Demi Moore and rock star Jon Bon Jovi, and saw her feted in the media from the US to China, Japan and Australia.
Despite suggestions that she was beginning to crack under the pressure, Boyle appeared calm when she sang live on television show "Britain's Got Talent" on Saturday night and her performance prompted a standing ovation.
One of the judges, former newspaper editor Piers Morgan, said it was the "greatest performance I've seen on the history of Britain's Got Talent -- you should win the competition, I loved it."
Boyle is up against nine other acts to win, including Stavros Flatley, a father-son Greek Cypriot duo with a comedy dance act inspired by Michael Flatley of "Riverdance" fame, but is the runaway favourite.
The results of the public vote will be announced from 9:30pm (2030 GMT).
After singing, Boyle, wearing a grey-blue, long sequinned dress, thanked all her fans.
"I want to thank people for all the support they've given me," she said. Asked if it was worth all the media pressure, she replied emphatically: "Well worth it!... I really feel at home on stage, I'm among friends."
Boyle put in a shaky performance of "Memory" in the show's semi-finals last weekend, singing occasionally out of tune and out of time, and some fans on YouTube have questioned whether she can handle the weight of expectation.
The British media have reported some erratic behaviour in the past week from the church volunteer.
At one point, she lost her temper in the foyer of the London hotel where she is staying and police stationed there intervened.
Morgan said that she even considered quitting at one point, describing her in his blog as a "frightened rabbit in headlights."
But his fellow judge Amanda Holden said after Saturday's performance: "I have never heard such powerful confident vocals..."
In a Daily Mail interview Saturday, Boyle said she had used singing as a way of "boosting my confidence" and insisted she was still enjoying the experience.
"I've found the whole thing quite amazing and overwhelming. The attention's odd and it takes some getting used to, but it's nice," she said.
Despite her newfound fame, she still lives in social housing outside Edinburgh with only her cat, Pebbles, for company.
In a television interview before her performance Saturday, Boyle said it was "the most important night of my life tonight."
But psychologists have raised concerns. Susie Orbach, therapist to the late princess Diana, wrote in the Guardian newspaper that Boyle's reaction to the pressure she was under was "understandable."
"Being adored and projected on to by millions of people is never an easy thing to digest. That kind of exposure is always double-edged," Orbach wrote. "This is still a culture in which we build people up and then we attack them."
Bookmakers William Hill have made Boyle 10/11 favourite to win the competition, which brings with it a cheque for 100,000 pounds (115,000 euros, 160,000 dollars) and the chance to perform for Queen Elizabeth II.
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5 Steps to Finding the Best Torrents
In my previous article about the virus attack or shall I say the torrent attack, I got multiple requests regarding what should be considered to find the best torrents and not being attacked by a virus. I have been through this and ever since I developed a few set of rules for every torrent that I downloaded and I did find the best torrents to download ever since, here are those 5 rules:
1. The most important thing is to check the date when the torrent was added, make sure that the torrent is at least 5 days old, because if it is a virus it may takes up to 3 days for it to be discovered as a virus and cleaned from the system.
2. Read the comments, and do not fall for it if there are as less as 3 comments. Usually if it is a virus, the person who made it can add 3 comments from different accounts just to make people believe in it. People usually tell in comments about the torrent, for example they’ll tell you if it is a virus.
3. uTorrentThe ratio between seeders and leechers is a very important aspect. Make sure that the ratio of seeders to leechers is somewhere around 5 : 4 or something similar to that. In case 1 if there are a lot more seeders than leechers then you can consider yourself to be wasting time to set it to downloading as you would not get any downloading speed, in Case 2 if there are five time more seeders than the leechers, then there is something fishy as hackers know how to easily fake the seeders count, if you’re not very good in mathematical ratios then check the Seeder Leecher Ratio Calculator and enter either the seeder or leecher of a torrent and it will tell you the suitable amount of the other one.
4. Use a good torrent site and always search for the same torrent in all of them as it will help you find the best one, I recommend the torrent sites listed below as they are the most reliable ones, although the first is the most recommended but the rest torrent search engines are not that bad either:
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2. Pirate Bay
3. Mini Nova
5. Download torrents from famous users. Anonymous users usually put torrents of malicious softwares, for example if you want to download latest English movies you should search for the movies by aXXo or KLAXXON. It is best not to download torrents from guest and anonymous users.
I follow these 5 steps and have found the right torrents ever since, and this not only finds the right torrent but also protects you from virus torrents, and trust me you don’t want to be attacked by one!
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Lana Clarkson Killer Phil Spector Sentenced to 19 Years (Photos, Video)
The 2003 shooting death of actress Lana Clarkson in Phil Spector’s Alhambra, California home led to his being charged with murder in the second degree. His first trial ended in a mistrial; his second trial resulted in a conviction of second degree murder on April 13, 2009. He was remanded into custody at that time, while awaiting sentencing - details of crime and photos available here.
Spector was sentenced on May 29, 2009 to 19 years for killing Clarkson. He will be eligible for parole when he is 88 years old. On hand to witness the formal sentencing was Lana Clarkson’s mother Donna Clarkson. She accepted a $17,000 check from Spector’s lawyer to pay for her daughter’s funeral expenses - as mandated by Judge Larry Paul Fidler. Also in the courtroom was aspiring singer and actress Rachelle Short, who has been married to Spector since September 2006.
The 69 year old record producer and songwriter produced and co-wrote the 1965 song You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’ for The Righteous Brothers. It is listed by BMI as the song with the most U.S. air plays in the 20th century.
See photos and courtroom sentencing video below as well as a clip of Lana Clarkson in Barbarian Queen.
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ABC Family will bring the seventh and final season of the Warner Brothers Television series Gilmore Girls to the network.
The network currently runs the series’ first six seasons and will now have cable rights to the complete Gilmore Girls collection.
Gilmore Girls ran on The WB from 2000-2006, with the last season airing on The CW in 2006-2007.
“ABC Family has been a great home to Gilmore Girls, and we are pleased to announce this deal to bring the seventh and concluding season to the network,” said Warner Brothers Domestic Television Distribution President Ken Werner in a statement.
ABC Family will premiere the seventh season in June.
How To Prepare For An Interview
Are you looking for a job? Or you are going to have an interview. If yes then, you have come to the right page.
Firstly Welcome to Hirefire! This page will provide you information on
“How to prepare for job interviews”
Hum! Got a job interview? Good Luck!
To make certain that you pass a job interview and the job become yours, all you need to do is to follow my tricks or tips whatever you call it. Let’s concentrate on attending the interview and getting well prepared, and that should bring you ahead of the other candidates before taking the interview!
Here are the steps for “How to prepare for job interviews”.
1. Your CV shouldn’t be more than 1 Page.
Why? All Employers are interested in your Education and Experience. Mentioning too much information in your resume makes you almost a bluffer.
2. Take 2 to 3 hours to read about the company information and products or services in their websites.
Try to understand about the company’s products and services very well. Any employer will be very happy to hear about their products and services and of course about their company from a third person. Also it makes employer feels like you are very motivated. Once again “Don’t go for an interview without knowing about the company information and products or services.”
3. Print your resume. Also photocopy all your certificates, achieved awards and impressive documents.
Along with these documents take originals documents with you to the interview.
4. Don’t Be LATE for Interview!!!
Being late for an interview is the LAST THING you can do. Always go a couple of hours earlier and spend some time in a café nearby. Don’t knock on their door too early as well. If you reach on time it is a sign of a punctual employee.
5. Don’t take your friends and family with you. You are not going for a PICNIC.
Why? Is your friends and family applying for the job for you? If you take friends and family with you it shows that you are not capable person. It means you always need assistance to do anything.
6. Smart appearance will always show seriousness.
Attending interviews with rocky and disco appearance can create question marks to employers. Even you are very skilful, it doesn’t show seriousness about the jobs. Remember, no employer would like to have an employee who doesn’t show seriousness with the jobs.
7. Now it’s about your skills.
The only person who can help about this is you. I am sure if you have done your related degree, certification, worked in the environment then it shouldn’t be a big deal. If you are not sharp about your skills then forget about this interview. Truth is you won’t be hired. Skill is the crucial point in the job role. Somehow you must brush up on your skills if you think it requires.
8. Don’t get nervous. You must make your eye contact and make yourself look very confident about the position.
Why should you be nervous? They’re not going to laugh at you. Build up the confident and try to be as friendly as possible with an appropriate manner. You’re getting paid for your service and your professional service is very important for employers as well.
9. Don’t praise too much of yourself. Let them realize that how good and cool you are.
“Me this, Me that, everything me me me” is not going to help in a job interview. Let employer ask you the question and find out about you. Please answer only what they require. Too much cooking can spoil the dish.
10. In the interview don’t try to pretend that you know everything. Admit if you don’t know what employer is asking about.
Show them “I can learn, I will research about it”. Ask them if they have any good suggestion about the topic. This shows that you have very good attitude and can fit in the company team.
11. Ask them if they need any more skills in order to be a part of their team, and you are very keen on learning.
12. Finally don’t tell them about that I prepared you for the Interview :-).Going For An Interview: How To Prepare For An Interview
Going For An Interview: Job Interviews: What Sort Of Pay Do You Hope To Receive?
Movie Release 2009
1)Monsters vs Aliens
Monsters vs Aliens
A fun, affectionate pastiche of 1950s sci-fi and monster movies, this 3D animated effort is a little short on spark and depth to make it a classic – but for as long as you’re watching it, you’re guaranteed a good time.
2) Terminator Salvation
Terminator Salvation
It’s spectacular, loud, wild, and has some really intense moments; this future-war tale doesn’t always make sense, but it does deliver the goods as an action epic.
3) Night at the Museum : Battle of the Smithsonian
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
Security guard Larry Daley infiltrates the Smithsonian Institute in order to rescue Jedediah and Octavius, who have been shipped to the museum by mistake.
4) I Love you man
I love you man
Peter Klaven realizes he needs to make male friends quick before it's too late. He is about to be married without a best man!
5) Push
Push
There’s way too much going on here, but this tale of psychics hunting – and battling – other psychics puts enough intrigue on the table to make it a change from the usual.
6) Angles & Demons
Angels and Demons
Sprawling, exciting and ultimately goofy, this thriller of epic distortions will hold your attention while it’s around, even if it does seem like a cross between a movie and a computer adventure game at times.
7) Star Trek
Star Trek
Whoosh! JJ Abrams takes the franchise to a place it hasn’t gone for a long time – a crazy, heady, exciting place – and relaunches it with a bang. Young. We feel … young.
8) X-men Origins : Wolverine
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
Marvel's most famous slasher gets his solo outing at last, and it's got some terrific action scenes - but the movie never really takes off.
9) The Uninvited
The Uninvited
The Uninvited is a 2009 American remake of the 2003 South Korean horror film A Tale of Two Sisters.
10) Paul Blart : Mall Cop
Paul Blart: Mall Cop
Nothing about this film screams “originality”. In fact, it plays out very much like a typical Adam Sandler movie and that should not be surprising since he is one of the producers of Paul Blart: Mall Cop.
11) Passengers
Passengers
After a plane crash, a young therapist, Claire is assigned by her mentor to counsel the flight's five survivors. While Claire is intrigued by Eric, the most secretive of the passengers, the survivors begin to disappear mysteriously, one by one.
12) Soul Men
Soul Men
Popular singing duo back in the days, who went their separate ways and never spoke again reunite for a death of their former band member.
13) Friday the 13th
Friday the 13th
This reboot of the slasher series is put together more slickly than its predecessors, but lacks that “cheap thrill” factor. And besides, the carnage here is uninspired stuff.
14) Fast & Furious
Fast & Furious
Diminishing returns from all the high-octane action here means it's time the franchise takes a long break. Entertaining but not particularly memorable.
15) My Bloody Valentine
My Bloody Valentine
22 people lives were claimed on Valentines day, now 10 years later Tom returns to his hometown. Instead of a homecoming, however, Tom finds himself suspected of committing the murders, and it seems like his old flame is the only one who believes that he is innocent.
16) Confessions of a Shoppaholic
Confessions of a Shopaholic
Rebecca Bloomwood enjoys retail therapy but cannot seem to pay off her high-maintenance addiction. With the piling credit card bills and debt collector Derek Smeath snapping at her heels, Rebecca still tries to achieve her ultimate goal as a journalist at Adelle, the ultimate fashion magazine.
17) Unborn
The Unborn
Right … how wicked would it be of us to wish the title could apply to this disjointed, silly horror flick as well? Not too wicked, for sure.
18) Knowing
Knowing
A somewhat different look at impending Doomsday that doesn’t always make sense, but is constantly riveting – and it has some startling, jaw-dropping disaster sequences to boot.
19) 12 Rounds
12 Rounds
There’s a moment early on in this action flick when you begin to suspect that it’s all too familiar somehow. When the “twist” arrives, then you know for sure that it is.
20) Taken
Taken
No frills, just a whole lot of thrills as an ex-CIA man rips Paris a new one while searching for his kidnapped daughter. Improbable but the action is highly charged, slick and thoroughly satisfying.
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