Jose Mourinho again indicated that Chelsea will sign a world-class striker in the summer window.
Although the Portuguese denied any deals have been done, despite
speculation about the likes of Wayne Rooney, Diego Costa and Radamel
Falcao, Mourinho says the club know what they want and have been making
moves in that direction.
The Stamford Bridge coach stated that there will be no more business done in this window following the confirmed purchase of Saint-Etienne’s Kurt Zouma.
Mourinho stated they had to act on the 19-year-old
Shakira has finally unveiled the full music video for her collaboration with Rihanna,
"Can't Remember to Forget You". The Joseph Kahn-directed clip gives
glimpses at the two superstars singing while flaunting their enviable
curves in body-baring outfits.
At first, Shakira is featured writhing around and dancing in a bed
placed in a big mansion. She later moves to a striped bed and takes a
dip in a pool before Rihanna enters the house and walks around in
all-black.
Both Shakira and Rihanna smoke some cigars, cozy up to each other and do a steamy, synchronized dance on the walls. The coach of "The Voice" then transforms into a rocker, playing the guitar and the drums.
"Can't Remember to Forget You" was co-produced by John Hill and Kid
Harpoon. "This song 'Can't Remember to Forget You' combines both the
reggae and the rock spirit, that's why I thought Rihanna was perfect.
She was the other half of this," Shakira recently talked about the song
and working with Rihanna on it.
The track will appear in the Latin singer's self-titled new album, "Shakira", which is due out on March 25.
Former Barcelona president Josep Lluis Nunez has been sentenced to two
years and two months in prison for the embezzlement of 13 million euros
in public funds, although the 82-year-old is unlikely to serve any time
behind bars because of his age, according to El Pais.
Nunez was Barca president between 1978 and 2000, overseeing successes
including signing Diego
A Super Bowl ad for Darren Aronofsky's biblical epic "Noah"
has arrived ahead of the big game on February 2. It features footage
from the previously-released sneak peeks and a few new glimpses that
include some angels descending from the sky.
It stars Russell Crowe
as Noah, a man chosen by God for a great task before an apocalyptic
flood destroys the world. He suffers visions of an apocalyptic deluge
and takes measures to protect his family and the innocent from the
coming flood.
"Noah" is set for a March 28 release in the U.S. Nick Nolte, Mark Margolis and Frank Langella are tapped as the Watchers. Other supporting cast members include Anthony Hopkins, Ray Winstone, Jennifer Connelly, Emma Watson, Logan Lerman, and Douglas Booth.
The newly-released spot is just a teaser to build anticipation for a new trailer that is expected to premiere at the Super Bowl XLVIII early next month.
It showcases a lot of freak accidents that ended with people getting
killed. One gruesome incident involves a giant block of ice, another is a
photo shoot gone wrong, and a third incident happens in what looks like a surgery room.
It follows a farmer who chickens out of a gunfight and sees his fickle girlfriend
leaving him for another man. When he meets the wife of a notorious
outlaw who offers to teach him how to shoot, the farmer sees a chance to win back his love but he slowly falls for the woman. Complications ensue when the outlaw returns and reclaims his woman.
Director Seth MacFarlane plays the lead role, Amanda Seyfried portrays his gold-digging girlfriend, Neil Patrick Harris stars as the ladies man, Sarah Silverman becomes the Westward ho, Liam Neeson channels his inner outlaw and Charlize Theron is his wife. The western comedy will open in the U.S. on May 30.
Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho claimed he will be cheering on title rivals
Manchester City when they take on Tottenham at White Hart Lane on
Wednesday as he has his sights set primarily on sealing a top four
finish in the Premier League this season.
Mourinho continues to insist his ambitions for this campaign are not
focused on winning the title but rather on building a side that will be
capable of competing with the best in the competition next season.
Few believe this serial trophy winner has such moderate ambitions for
the final third of the season, but Mourinho has claimed he is hoping
City will claim all three points at Tottenham.
“I prefer them [City] to win because they win and if we win, we open up
gap to Tottenham,” said Mourinho ahead of his side’s home game against
West Ham.
“If we have a gap of 10 to Tottenham, 12 to United, you have a safe
spot in the Champions League. If you can have a safe spot by February
and play the rest of the season without that pressure, it would be
fantastic for us.
“That’s an objective I don’t want to fail. We cannot fail, because as a
club we need that and as a team we need that too, because we want to
play Champions League.
Vin Diesel showed his fans that he is not only rock hard actor but also hard rocking one. On Tuesday, January 28, the "Fast and Furious" star posted a video of him busting moves to Beyonce Knowles' collaboration with husband Jay-Z, "Drunk in Love", as well as Katy Perry's "Dark Horse".
The black and white video started with Diesel adjusting the camera and
him mouthing the lyrics to "Dark Horse" while dancing. He banged his
head and stuck his tongue out before telling fans why he was in such a
good mood.
"Guys, I'm excited, I'm happy," the actor said. "Universal just called
me and said Riddick is number one on the DVD charts. It's a win for all
of us. Really really want to thank you so much ...Of course Universal said they want to develop the next one."
Before he launched the Beyonce song, Diesel asked fans, "Did you guys
see the Grammys last night? I couldn't go, I had to do work." He then
gave away his rendition of the song and even did the "surfboard" dance.
The video ended with the words "All love".
Diesel had previously displayed his love of music in a video posted last September when he did a karaoke to Rihanna's single "Stay".
Jose Mourinho says Chelsea will not win the Premier League title this
season, but insists it will be a very different prospect next year.
In what has become something of a theme for Mourinho since returning to
Stamford Bridge last summer, he claims the “priority” this term is to
work to the required level.
However, the Blues boss believes that once his squad have been with him
for a full year -- and new signings
A new trailer for Disney's "Maleficent" has been released during the live telecast of the 56th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles. It contains some new footage including Angelina Jolie's witch character summoning tree- and grass-like monsters to face off the king's soldiers.
In addition to offering new footage, the trailer features a haunting soundtrack recorded by Lana Del Rey.
Rumor has it, the "Summertime Sadness" hitmaker was handpicked by Jolie
to sing "Once Upon a Time" from the 1959 original "Sleeping Beauty"
film. The film explores the origins
story of the Disney iconic villain from a beautiful, pure-hearted young
woman who turns into a cold-stoned sorceress due to a ruthless betrayal.
Hell bent on revenge, she places a curse upon the king's newborn
daughter.
Helmed by first-timed director Robert Stromberg, the dark fantasy film is slated to hit theaters nationwide on May 30. Elle Fanning stars as Princess Aurora and Brenton Thwaites as her Prince. Other cast members include Sharlto Copley, Juno Temple and Peter Capaldi.
Chelsea midfielder Eden Hazard claimed he wants to compete with Lionel
Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo for the tag of the best player in the world.
Hazard has been in sparkling form for Chelsea this season and he has
set himself some ambitious targets in an interview published in Belgian
newspaper Het Laatste Nieuws.
“Of course I want to be the best in the world,” he said during an
interview that has been translated in several English newspapers.
“Previously I was more worried about the game itself: football was just
a game for me, I wanted to amuse myself and didn’t bother what the
people thought about me.
“Since I’m here at Chelsea, I’ve become more aware of my qualities, I
guess. Before I knew I was a good player, but not one of the better
players in the world.
“Now I realise that I can compete with Messi and Ronaldo in the near
future, if I put in some more effort. I don’t know if I will ever reach
their level. It’ll be hard, they have incredible stats, but I accept the
challenge.”
Queen Latifah will make an appearance at the stage of the upcoming Super Bowl
XLVIII. The host of "The Queen Latifah Show" is slated to sing "America
the Beautiful" during the pre-game show on Sunday, February 2.
The New Jersey-born actress/host will perform at MetLife Stadium in her
home state. This won't be Latifah's first time to sing "America the
Beautiful" at the Super Bowl as she sang the song with Carrie Underwood
Beyonce Knowles and Jay-Z opened the 2014 Grammy Awards,
which is currently being held on Los Angeles' Staples Center. The
couple delivered the first live performance of their new collaboration,
"Drunk in Love".
Beyonce and her husband managed to steal the spotlight with the steamy
performance. The diva, who looked stunning in a sexy one piece, sang the
song on a spinning chair before Jay-Z joined her onstage. The two stars
then danced together and gave each other a big hug before leaving the
stage. The performance marked Bey and
Jay-Z's first time to take the stage at an awards show since 2003, when
they appeared together to sing "Crazy in Love" at the MTV VMAs. Lorde was also among performers who have been enlisted to perform
at the Grammys. Making her Grammy debut, the New Zealand native donned a
sleeveless white top when treating the crowd with a haunting rendition
of her breakthrough single "Royals".
Other artists who have so far taken the stage at the event include Katy Perry who sang her "Dark Horse", Robin Thicke who was joined by Chicago to perform "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?" and "Saturday in the Park" before singing his own hit "Blurred Lines", and Taylor Swift who played her piano as she performed "All Too Well". More A-list musicians will perform later tonight.
Before returning with a new season this spring, "Game of Thrones" will offer a behind-the-scenes sneak peek in "Ice and Fire: A Foreshadowing". HBO has now promoted the 15-minute special with a 30-second preview, in which the stars tease the upcoming season 4.
"Tyrion has never been faced with this much humiliation," Peter Dinklage says of his character as the scene shows Tyrion in chain. Lena Headey gushes, "The stakes are super high," while a glimpse of Cersei passionately lip locking with Jaime is featured.
Maisie Williams who plays Arya claims the Starks are "going back stronger," while her on-screen brother Kit Harington teases that the upcoming installment is by far "the most action-packed season."
For a longer look at the fourth installment of the medieval series, fans
can tune into "Ice and Fire: A Foreshadowing" on Sunday, February 9 at
8:45 P.M. on HBO. It will include a look back at seasons one through
three as well as clips from upcoming episdoes, behind-the-scenes footage
and cast interviews.
The new season of "Game of Thrones"
will premiere April 6, at 9 P.M. It will introduce new faces such as
Red Viper a.k.a. Prince Oberyn (Pedro Pascal), Tycho Nestoris (Mark
Gatiss), Styr of the Thenn (Yuri Kolokolnikov), and Hizdahr zo Loraq
(Joel Fry).
The news: Although the World Cup in Qatar will not
take place until 2022, migrant construction workers have already began
building its infrastructure. Construction can be a dangerous job, but
it’s been so dangerous in Qatar that 185 workers died in 2013 while on
this project.
The Guardian reported that the 2013 death toll is expected to rise
as new cases come to light. They added that this could end up changing
how migrant workers are treated from here on out, putting pressure on
both the country as well as FIFA to force meaningful change.
FIFA President Sepp Blatter addressed in an executive committee
meeting that this issue will not be ignored
Billboard Magazine dubs Jay Z and Beyonce the most powerful couple in music...
Who in the music industry did so better in the last year than this power couple?
Leveraging their star power to release new albums in unprecedented
ways—Jay Z through Samsung and Beyoncé through iTunes—they instantly
changed how the industry and fans thought about interacting with music.
He gave his album away; she charged a premium price for hers. But they
both used the element of surprise to restore the excitement that used to
accompany a new release, before that impact was dulled by the endless
thunder of carefully plotted promotion.
In short, they proved that content truly is king. Or, in this case, king and queen.
Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has potentially reignited an old feud with
Arsene Wenger, accusing the Arsenal boss of “always complaining.”
Wenger stated on Thursday that Juan Mata’s imminent move to Manchester United is “not fair” and amounts to Chelsea “playing with the transfer market.”
Mourinho responded, however, by saying such comments are merely in the
Frenchman’s “nature”, before claiming it is unfair that the Gunners
always receive an easier fixture schedule than his side.
“Wenger complaining is normal because he always does,” Mourinho said.
“It's something that we know.
According to Reddit and Tweaktown,
the Korea Central News Agency said the following during a live news
broadcast, naming 17-year-old Hung Il Gong as the astronaut:
"We are very delighted to announce a successful mission to put a man
on the sun. North Korea has beaten every other country in the world to
the sun. Hung Il Gong is a hero and deserves a hero's welcome when he
returns home later this evening."
Hung took just four hours to get to the Sun and will only take 18 to
return, making this a day trip. When he gets back to North Korea, he
will be greeted by his uncle and supreme leader, Kim Jong-un.
Then Hung will be fed to a pack of starving, rabid dogs while Kim
laughs and claps, before Dennis Rodman slam dunks his decapitated head
through a hoop made of bones.
Sir Alex Ferguson believes there are
still six teams who could win the Premier League and admits he is
enjoying watching football "as a fan".
The former
Manchester United boss, who is still a director at Old Trafford and has
accepted a role as UEFA's coaching ambassador, believes the Red Devils'
neighbours Manchester City currently look best-placed to claim the title
in May, but anticipates a thrilling end to the season.
He said: "This year for the first time
it really looks as if five or six could be involved, so it's a great
Premier League.
A Kangaroo
court in a village in India ordered a 20year old woman (pictured above) to be
gang-raped by 13 men for having a relationship with a man from another village,
Times of India reports.
The woman was locked in a shed and raped overnight by 13 men, 10 of which had
been 'judges' in the kangaroo court which sentenced her in a village near Suri
in west Bengal state, police said.
The woman is currently fighting for her life in hospital while all 13 men have
since been arrested for rape. Among them is the village headman.
The rapists captured by the police.
The woman managed to tell her story
to The Times of India.
'I had an affair with a man. We were
dragged to a gathering where our community headman was present. They told me to
pay 50,000 rupees (£490). When I said I couldn't, they brutalised me.' She told
the paper
Chelsea have announced that they have reached an agreement with FC Basel for Mohamed Salah.
Liverpool have been chasing a deal for the 21-year-old, who can also play in midfield, for several months, but they are set to lose out on the Egypt international.
A statement on the Blues' official website
read: "Chelsea Football Club can confirm an agreement has been reached
with FC Basel for the transfer of their 21-year-old attacking midfielder
Mohamed Salah.
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has admitted he does not expect to make a
major signing in this transfer window, after seemingly ruling out a move
for Schalke midfielder Julian Draxler.
Wenger has been persistently linked with a move for Draxler in recent weeks, with a deal for the 20-year-old Germany attacking starlet reported to be close in the first two weeks of this transfer window.
However, Wenger was firm in his conviction that Draxler will not be
joining Arsenal this month, as the Arsenal boss believes he has the
squad depth required to sustain a challenge in three competitions with
Nicklas Bendtner now fit to return after his ankle injury.
When asked whether there was any chance of Arsenal signing Draxler,
Wenger offered a firm "no", before
This is absolutely mesmerizing: Watch a match head, slowed down to 4,000 frames per second, steadily ignite and begin its (super-slow) burn.
The video was created by UltraSlo,
a production company that wants "our slow-mo footage to encourage
viewers to be aware of the world around them, to enjoy it, protect it
and learn from it."
How did they shoot the video? "There was over 2000 [watts] of light
within 4 inches (10 CM) of the match with mirrors and reflectors too,"
UltraSlo writes in the YouTube description.
"What you see in an instant will take quite a while on screen," UltraSlo founder Alan Teitel says in the video.
We like Gizmodo's colorful description of the burning match head looking like "dying alien worlds," but it's actually a chemical reaction:
"The heat generated from the phosphorus is enough to break down
potassium chlorate, and in the process, it releases oxygen. This oxygen
combines with sulfur, allowing the flame to thrive long enough for us to
light a candle or barbecue."
Manchester United have agreed a fee of 37 million pounds for Chelsea playmaker Juan Mata
The two parties spent Wednesday haggling over the transfer fee, with
United said to have offered 35 million pounds and Chelsea holding out
for 42 million pounds. It is believed a fee of 37 million pounds has now
be
Shakira
has revealed the title of her anticipated new album. The singer talked
about giving perfect title for her upcoming project in a post on her
Facebook page before announcing that her fifth studio effort would
simply be called "Shakira".
"I ask you to ensure that humanity is served by wealth and not ruled
by it,” the letter read. Francis called for “decisions, mechanisms and
processes directed to a better distribution of wealth, the creation of
sources of employment and an integral promotion of the poor which goes
beyond a simple welfare mentality."
If there’s one surefire way to cause a commotion at the WEF, it’s
calling for a redistribution of wealth and a "promotion of the poor" in
front of the richest people on Earth.
Of course, this is familiar territory for Francis. Just last month, the pope tackled
income inequality — or, as he referred to it, one of the "grave
financial and economic crises of our time." And before that,
Manchester United are hopeful of securing a deal for Chelsea's Juan Mata
by this weekend.
United officials have remained in London over the last two days to
conduct negotiations for Mata and one other "European-based central
midfielder" -- believed to be Juventus' Arturo Vidal.
While the second deal is still some way off, and may even be for the
summer, sources have stated that there has been considerable movement in
Mata negotiations and, for the first time, Chelsea are considering a
sale to a domestic rival.
While any such move would involve United breaking their transfer record
-- with figures of around 40 million
UKIP councillor David Silvester recently caused controversy when he said the recent serious floods in the UK were the direct result of the legalisation of gay marriage, resulting in his suspension from the party.
It is easy to assume that his comments are the result or prejudice,
bigotry, idiocy, blind hatred, suppressed yearnings or a failure to
understand weather, logic or the fact that we live in a universe where
the laws of physics aren’t something you can make up to suit your views.
However, it’s important to remember that,
Justin Bieber
reportedly spent the night having fun with his friends, hitting a
nightclub and a strip club in Miami on Monday, January 20. According to
E! News, the 19-year-old star and his entourage arrived at Mansion
nightclub on early Tuesday morning at 2:30 A.M. and ordered plenty of
Red Bull as well as water.
"He was sitting at a table with Khalil, Lil Za, and DJ Mauricio," a
source explained. "They were having a really good time, they were
jumping on the couches. Lil Za took off his shirt and then was asked to
put it
Dasha
Zhukova was photographed to accompany an interview by the Russian
website Buro 24/7. The website said: 'We see this chair purely in an
artistic context.' It later recropped the photos to remove the chair.
Photograph: Oleg Nikishin/Getty Images
In an airy white blouse, art gallery owner Dasha Zhukova poses
serenely on a chair, in a photograph taken for a Russian fashion
website. The only problem: the chair is fashioned from a contorted
lifelike mannequin of a black woman, sparking an internet outcry and allegations of racism.
It
did not help matters that the photograph of Zhukova – a Russian
socialite and the girlfriend of oligarch Roman Abramovich – was
published on Martin Luther King Day, a national holiday in the US.
It seems odd that there's criticism from some quarters over the recent form of Mesut Ozil. Although
the German's performances are always looked at through the prism of the
£42.5 million price tag, it's curious that a minority of Arsenal fans
are openly questioning the talent and ability of the former Real Madrid
man. We live in a world of Pot Noodle opinion. A player can be
the hottest property one month, a failure the next. However, the issue
with Ozil is quite simple: he's a fantastic player who isn't playing as
well as he can. There's not a lot more to it than that. It's not
complicated.There's no doubt he can perform to a higher standard, he
even said so himself ahead of the Fulham game so he's not lacking
self-awareness, but perhaps there's just an element who always like to
complain about something without giving it too much thought.
Jenni Rivera's
daughter, Chiquis, has debuted a song dedicated to her late mother who
died when her plane crashed in Mexico back in 2012. She took to YouTube
to post the song entitled "Paloma Blanca" ("White Dove").
The song comes along with its lyric and an image of Chiquis wearing a
white dress while standing in front of a cloud-filled background. It
features her singing in banda style, which is a brass-based form of traditional Mexican music.
"You don't know how much I miss you... today I miss your laugh/ From a
star you take care of me," she sings at the beginning of the song.
Chiquis, who was reportedly not on good terms with her mom when she
died, also hints at the rocky relationship in the song. "I was probably
wrong, but it was never that bad/ It is out of this world to betray
someone that I love so much," she sings at one point.
The title of Chiquis' song is a nod to "Paloma Negra", a song which her mother dedicated to her during her last concert.
For 15 glorious minutes on Sunday at Stamford Bridge, Manchester United
fans briefly forgot the grim reality of their Premier League fortunes
and made believe that all was right with the world. As their
team attacked the Chelsea defense with the kind of energy and conviction
that reminded them of those heady days of seasons past, the supporters
reverted to their old cocksure, swaggering selves. "Jose
Mourinho, you wanted this job," they chanted at a very grumpy-looking
Chelsea manager who was reported to have coveted the United throne so
fiercely that he blubbered like a baby when David Moyes was crowned instead.
The news: If you've been on Facebook, Twitter or Reddit, chances are pretty high that you've seen this heart-breaking image
of a young Syrian child sleeping between his parents. It's a wrenching
testament to the devastating horrors of war and the pointless death
occuring across Syria in the battle against President Bashar al-Assad's
authoritarian government.
Jose Mourinho has predicted Manchester United will sell Wayne Rooney to
an overseas club this summer -- though David Moyes has refuted his
Chelsea counterpart's claim.
Mourinho, whose Chelsea side take on United at Stamford Bridge on
Sunday, believes the champions will offload the striker abroad at the
end of the season, when he will have just one year remaining on his
contract.
Sherri Shepherd defends herself in the accusation that she is anti-gay. The "The View"
co-host opened up to Alicia Menendez on "Fusion" that her upbringing
made her believe that homosexuality is a sin but she loves gays anyway.
"I think people don't know my heart," she said when asked what the
biggest misconception in her life is. "I think people feel I'm very
judgmental. I think people feel I'm very homophobic. If they knew me,
and knew
In Chelsea’s match with Manchester United this Sunday afternoon,
arguably the most fascinating battleground will be the central midfield
zone.
That is entirely common in matches between two big clubs,
but usually because of the vast quality on display. This weekend’s match
is different, as both teams are weakest in that very position: the
central midfield, the heart of the side.
There are injury
problems: Chelsea may be without Frank Lampard while David Moyes will
probably still be unable to call upon Marouane Fellaini.
Beyond
that pair, Chelsea have depended upon just four central midfielders and
have recently been using centre-back David Luiz in the holding role,
despite Jose Mourinho previously insisting he would not, and have now
re-signed Nemanja Matic -- a player they sold as part of the Luiz deal
in 2011 -- for 21 million pounds.
You probably know 21-year-old Irish actor Jack Gleeson as this guy
But, as it turns out, Game of Throne's King Joffrey in real
life is a deeply introspective, thoughtful, and pleasant person, able to
dissect his own celebrity and Hollywood culture with remarkable
clarity.
During a recent visit to the Oxford Union,
Gleeson launched into an enlightening conversation on what, exactly, it
means to be a celebrity and how it impacts the rest of us.
Gleeson says he was initially ambivalent about whether or not he
could possibly bring to his talk at the Union: "What the hell would I
talk about? ... I haven't tried to foster a universal compassion across
the globe, or
World champions Spain extended their tenure at the top the FIFA World Ranking after finishing at No. 1 for a 28thstraight month.
The top 25 remains unchanged after a lack of action, with Germany still
second and Argentina third. The 2014 World Cup hosts Brazil sit in 10th
place, with England just behind Greece in 13th.
The actor Roger Lloyd-Pack has died, aged 69. He had been suffering from pancreatic cancer.
A fine character actor, on TV and in plays by Alan Bennett and William Shakespeare,
his job in a comedy was often to be the character who pulls the wheels
off the wagon; to undercut whatever point is being made with a line that
takes a step towards joining in, while proving that he has absolutely
no idea what is going on. Not just in the conversation, but in life.
Here’s something like this, from his most celebrated role, as Trigger in Only Fools And Horses:
Or this, as the disgusting, dour farmer Owen in The Vicar of Dibley:
But his fame as Trigger did not precluding him taking dramatic roles; he also appeared in Harry Potter and
It's rare for astronomers to spot a planet in a star cluster. That's
partly why a cluster called Messier 67 is so special: We now know that
it has three planets orbiting stars.
Even more exciting: One
these planets orbits a star called YBP1194 that is so similar to our sun
that scientists call it a "solar twin." The results are described in a study in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics.
A solar twin is similar
to the sun in mass, temperature and chemical abundances. This particular
star is the first solar twin found in a cluster that has a planet,
astronomers say.
For many stars, winning an Oscar isn't just the cherry on top of an
illustrious career — it's the award that cements them in movie history
and gives them complete creative freedom and a guarantee of future financial success.
For others, though, the award seems to have the opposite effect. Here
are six stars we thought would go on to become some of the biggest
names in Hollywood before they had their Oscar moment and faded.
Cuba Gooding, Jr. won the Oscar in 1996 for his breakout role as Rod Tidwell ("Show me the money!") in Jerry Maguire. The next year, he was nominated again for his supporting role in As Good As It Gets. And that's pretty much as good as it got.
Batman's love interest, Bond girl and a femme fatale in LA Confidential (for which she won her award), Kim Basinger was the babe of all babes during the '80s and '90s. But since LA Confidential and
Arsenal's Mesut Ozil is the only current Premier League player to
feature in the UEFA.com team of the year, but Barcelona's Lionel Messi
has not been named in the side.
Messi lost his FIFA Ballon d'Or award to Cristiano Ronaldo on Monday,
and that was followed up by the announcement that he failed to make an XI made up from a poll of UEFA.com readers who were asked to select the best Europe-based players in a 4-4-2 formation.
Paris Saint-Germain striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic has a place in attack
alongside Ronaldo, while Borussia
Michael's estate and Lloyd's of London have settled a lawsuit over a $17.5 million insurance policy.
The two parties announced the settlement on Wednesday, January 15 in
Los Angeles. The insurer previously claimed that they shouldn't have to
pay the policy because they said Jackson or his camp did not reveal the singer's drug use. Jackson's estate then countersued for breach of contract.
"The estate and Lloyd's of London are glad this matter got resolved," Jackson estate's attorney Howard Weitzman said in a statement, as quoted by Los Angeles Times. Details of the settlement were not revealed.
This Iranian man you see above hasn't allegedly had a bath for 60 years.
Daily Mail reports that 80 year old Iranian Amou Haji hasn't washed for
60 years because he believes being clean will
make him sick, and his favourite food is rotten porcupine.
To relax he likes to sit down and have a smoke, from a pipe packed with animal faeces. Mr
Haji says he chose this way of life after going through some
emotional setbacks in his youth and since then - perhaps unsurprisingly -
he has become a bit isolated.
His home is in Dejgah village in the
southern province of Fars in Iran where, once, a group of young men
offered to give him a shower - but luckily he managed to escape.
At
night he either sleeps in a hole in the ground, which is quite like a
grave, or in an open brick shack which concerned locals built for him.
Leave it to Queen Bey to take something as polarizing as feminism and make it — gasp — marketable.
On Monday, Beyoncé wrote an essay on income inequality between men and women. She wrote, "We
need to stop buying into the myth about gender equality. It isn't a
reality yet." The essay was her first feminist move of 2014, and it was
pretty great.
In 2013, though, she was one of several pop stars to turn feminism into
part of a marketing strategy. That may sound sinister, but it's not —
we should be glad she's done it.
2013 was Beyoncé's year. From her Super Bowl performance to the surprise album drop, Bey topped even Hova and has definitively proven that, yes, women can indeed have it all (though it is obviously hard work).
But not only did she outshine everyone else in the game,
she also made it clear that her feminism is a driving force behind her
success and hasn't hidden her life as a woman from the press. Quite the
contrary. She's opened up about her miscarriage, alluded to Jay-Z's former indiscretion,
and spoken openly about her life as a mother. Beyoncé humanized the
female perspective on a world stage, and she made powerful music about
being a fully-realized woman.
She isn't the only one making big waves in pop music with her feminism. Lily Allen and Miley Cyrus
also took to the air waves to spread their viewpoints and messages on
the topic. And the world listened because, increasingly, a feminist
stand from a pop star in the spotlight often elicits major Internet
discussion.
Miley Cyrus took a more sexualized, overt route to express
her brand of feminism — twerking away the naysayers. When asked about
her views on feminism, she told BBC Radio 1's Newsbeat, "I feel like I'm one of the biggest feminists in the world because I tell women to not be scared of anything."
Lily Allen, on the contrary, released a feminist anthem called "Hard Out Here," directly mocking Robin Thicke's
"Blurred Lines" and alluding to Cyrus' in-your-face approach to pop
music. Her anger about the state of the genre (especially its
sexualization of young women) comes across in the song, one line of
which states, "I won't be bragging 'bout my cars or talking 'bout my
chains / Don't need to shake my ass for you 'cause I've got a brain."
Although Casper Smart is wonderful with children, Jennifer Lopez is unsure if she wants to get married again. The singer, who has got divorced three times, talked about her private life at the "American Idol" panel during the Winter TCA press tour on Monday, January 13.
When asked about possible fourth wedding, Lopez admitted that she did
not know if she would marry Smart. "I don't know. We'll see. I don't
know," she answered, as reported by E! News. "I always believe in
A BBC reporter Jon Sopel explains how, during an exclusive BBC interview
with
Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the Prime Minister and Vice
President of the UAE, and
constitutional monarch of Dubai, halted planes in the sky in order for
the
interview to take place.
The roar of aircraft engines was making a lot
of noise and they stopped planes from flying.
Cristiano Ronaldo has won the Ballon d'Or after a stunning year that saw
him net an astonishing 69 goals in 59 games, ending Lionel Messi's
four-year run as the world's best player.
The Real Madrid talisman's achievements saw him surpass Hugo Sanchez in
his club's scoring charts and equal Portugal legend Pauleta at the top
of his country's list with 47 in 109 games.
Fourteen of his goals came in the Champions League as Madrid reached
the semifinals before being beaten by Borussia Dortmund -- and that
total eclipsed the record of 13 achieved in the season before by the
shortlisted Messi.
His 2013 goal tally has overshadowed those of his two Ballon d'Or
rivals, Messi and Franck Ribery, and he is the top scorer in all of
Europe's biggest leagues.
Ronaldo, accompanied by Florentino Perez, Zinedine Zidane, Emilio
Butragueno and Sergio Ramos, flew to
