Jose Mourinho set to sign new Chelsea contract

Jose Mourinho has told the Daily Telegraph he would not hesitate to commit his long-term future to Chelsea were he offered a new contract.

Mourinho returned to Stamford Bridge in June 2013 on a four-year deal and led the club to third in the 2013-14 campaign.

The Blues have made a strong start to the new season, sitting unbeaten at the top of the table after seven games, and former Real Madrid boss Mourinho has said he sees his long-term future in West London.

"I [would] sign tomorrow," he said. "That's what I want. I want to stay in Chelsea and English football because I think I won the right. Unfortunately, Chelsea's not my club. I depend on the club and I depend on the results."

"Last year, I was feeling that we could [win the league] but we were not ready to cope with that pressure," he said. "We couldn't cope with certain moments of the game.

"This season we improve footballistically, with Diego and [Cesc] Fabregas, no doubt. We were lucky to have in the market available for us exactly the style of player we need. But what people maybe don't realise is that the maturity of our team changed a lot.

"I think Man City have everything. I think they have lots of talent and lots of physicality. They have more options than everyone else. They have 'replicas' for every position [but] they don't have young players in the development phase.

"You tell me -- if we keep this team, and they keep that team: in five years' time who is going to be better? I say immediately -- us, because in five years I'm going to have [Eden] Hazard, Oscar, Willian, [Cesar] Azpilicueta, [Kurt] Zouma, in the best moment of their careers, and the fantastic players I have now at 28, 29. A fantastic team with lots of solutions."

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Colombia DJ with black tattooed eyeballs, piercings and horn implants

Meet the terrifying Devil Man of Colombia who proudly sports black tattooed eyeballs, multiple horn implants and more piercings than a sewing machine convention on steroids.

Caim Mortis is one guy who won't need to get dressed up to go trick or treating this Halloween - but whether you'd want him banging on your front door asking for sweets is another matter entirely.

 The 42-year-old has spent 11 years modifying his body including having his eyeballs tattooed completely black, horn-like dermal implants put into his forehead and forearms and a horn piercing.

As a result of his menacing body overhaul Caim's devout Catholic family rejected him and he moved from Colombia to Mexico where people are more accepting.

Caim said: 'When people first see me their normal reaction is to be shocked or amazed.

'The first thing they ask me is "does it hurt?" or "who did this to you?"

'One of the key motivations for my own body modifications has been to be unique and different compared to others in the world.

'Body modification culture has been around for ages, it is not just a fashion or a temporary fad although people presume it is.'

Like Caim, lots of people want to stand out from the crowd, and he helps them in his jobs as a tattoo artists and body painter.

Fittingly, he is launching his new career as a DJ this Halloween and is touring with another DJ, Gisella, who will play the part of an 'Angel' to his devil on stage.

Caim said: 'I have always been heavily into music, especially Latin styles, EDM and world fusion and I have been training as a DJ for many months.

'I am excited to bring this unique concept and theme and people will definitely enjoy our show.'

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Arsenal 2-2 Hull- Danny Welbeck to the rescue

Danny Welbeck netted a stoppage-time equaliser as injury-hit Arsenal fought back to draw 2-2 against Hull at Emirates Stadium.

The Gunners, with a makeshift defence and missing Mesut Ozil because of a knee injury, had taken an early lead through Alexis Sanchez.

However, Hull hit back with a controversial equaliser from Mohamed Diame, as Arsenal claimed a foul in the build-up, and then took the lead right after the start of the second half through Abel Hernandez, who had only been playing after an injury to Nikica Jelavic in the warm-up.

Arsenal, who lost Jack Wilshere to what could prove to be another ankle problem, pressed to get back into the match, but looked to have been frustrated before Welbeck slotted home in the first of six minutes of added time, and almost snatched it at the death through Kieran Gibbs, who was denied by stand-in Hull goalkeeper Eldin Jakupovic.

The hosts had little option but to move Nacho Monreal into an emergency centre-half and give Hector Bellerin his Premier League debut at right-back, such is the selection problems for manager Arsene Wenger.

It was, though, a bright start by the Gunners.

Welbeck collected a ball up to the edge of the Hull penalty area and held off James Chester before rifling in an angled drive, which Steve Harper beat away and then was quick to block the follow-up from Sanchez.

Even better was to come from the Hull goalkeeper, though, as Harper acrobatically tipped over a curling 20-yard effort from Santi Cazorla at full stretch with one hand.

However, he could do little to prevent Arsenal sweeping into the lead on 13 minutes with finish of the highest quality from Sanchez.

The Chile forward, signed from Barcelona for B£30million in the summer, collected the ball on the right, and darted into the Hull penalty area before cutting back in side to drill a low shot across the goalkeeper into the far corner.

After Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain's shot was blocked by Curtis Davies as the Arsenal players appealed for handball, Hull were level on 17 minutes.

Diame, one of several signings by Steve Bruce during the summer transfer window, picked the ball up some 25 yards out and barged past Monreal.

Mathieu Flamini then looked to have been pulled back by the midfielder, but referee Roger East allowed play to continue, with Diame clipping the ball over Wojciech Szczesny - much to the dismay of the Arsenal players and bench.

Arsenal looked to regain the initiative, having been in complete control before the controversial equaliser.

Hull dropped plenty of men behind the ball and proved difficult to break down in the final third.

There was a delay just before half-time when Harper needed treatment after collecting a pass-back and looked to have injured his shoulder or neck. Veteran Swiss keeper Jakupovic came on.

Hull snatched the lead right at the start of the second half.

Tom Huddlestone got clear on the right and floated a ball into the Arsenal penalty area, where Hernandez easily got in front of Per Mertesacker to power a header past Szczesny.

Once again Hull sat back, inviting Arsenal pressure, but the hosts continued to lack any spark in the final third.

With 26 minutes left, Hernandez was replaced by Gaston Ramirez, while Arsenal sent on Aaron Ramsey, out for several weeks with a hamstring injury.

Wilshere then hobbled off after looking to have jarred his ankle in a tackle with Ramirez, which earned him a yellow card. Costa Rica forward Joel Campbell came on.

Hull defender Michael Dawson went down in a heap at an Arsenal corner, but was able to continue only to then be forced off after blocking a goal-bound effort from Sanchez, who then saw a looping header tipped over by Jakupovic.

Just after the fourth official showed six minutes of added time, the Chile international skipped to the edge of the Hull area before slipping in Welbeck, who guided the ball into the far corner to equalise.

Arsenal poured forwards in search of a dramatic winner, with Jakupovic spilling a low shot from Cazorla and then blocked Gibb's late run at the far post as Hull held out.

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Game of Thrones' Season 5: Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje to Play Original Character

 "Game of Thrones" is adding another cast member for upcoming season 5. According to a scoop from The Hollywood Reporter, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje ("Lost", "Thor: The Dark World") has been tapped to portray a new character named Malko.

Details of his role are still kept under wraps. It is not originated from George R.R. Martin's books but is specially created for the TV show. Rumor suggests it may be based on a character named Moqorro from the books. He's a red priest who serves the Lord of Light.

"Game of Thrones" season 5 is currently in production for a 2015 premiere. The show has been filming at the historic Alcazar Palace in Seville since last week and will next move to Osuna. Jonathan Pryce, Alexander Siddig, and Nell Tiger Free join the cast to play the High Sparrow, Doran Martell and Myrcella Baratheon respectively.

"Making the first season, we set a rule: No prophecies, dreams, or flashbacks," one of the producers recently said. "We already failed the first two, and this season we broke the third. So yes, this season will finally have flashbacks."

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Louis van Gaal believes Manchester United players understand his approach

Louis van Gaal believes Manchester United's players are finally starting to understand his philosophy and now have confidence in him.

At the start of his reign, former Netherlands coach Van Gaal asked to be judged after three months and, 90 days after arriving at Old Trafford, his side sit fourth in the Premier League.

However, he admitted that United needed to play better for the full 90 minutes after struggling in the final half an hour of their last three matches and is looking for them to defend better.

He told a news conference: "I think they do understand the philosophy -- but they have to perform that philosophy.

"We have to see if it is going at a higher level because I think we need more balance in the team... not only spectacular attacking football but shape as a team and that you can defend more easily and kill the game better.

"That is also a part of the philosophy but that is also because I am always choosing more creative attacking football players, so we are looking for that balance and we shall see if the time I have had was long enough.

"I have confidence in myself and in my players and I think that is very important, but much [more] important is that the players have confidence in the manager and his staff because I am not doing that alone, I am doing that with the staff."

Van Gaal said he believed United could have done better so far, adding: "When you see [the 2-1 win against] Everton, the last 30 minutes of [the 5-3 defeat to] Leicester, the last 30 minutes of [the 2-1 victory over] West Ham... the last 30 minutes. When you see the first 60 minutes, it is fantastic.

"You can say: 'OK, you are not fit enough,' but that I don't believe so it is other questions so that we are looking for.

"We are looking for that in training sessions but also evaluation sessions and images, and I hope we shall improve."

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Ebola Racism exist in US

The American public's reaction to the Ebola virus outbreak that's killed over 4,000 people has moved from concern to outright xenophobia exist

Call it "Ebola racism." With the death of Liberian Thomas E.Duncan at a Dallas hospital last week and news that two nurses who treated him have contracted the deadly illness, increasingly paranoid Americans are treating immigrants and visitors from Ebola-ravaged countries like Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone like lepers.
In Washington, D.C., the Washington Post reports that public anxiety over Ebola has taken a toll on immigrants from Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea. More than 161,000 African immigrants live in the Washington region, including around 10,000 from Sierra Leone and 6,000 from Liberia, the Census Bureau reported this month.

"People, once they know you are Liberian — people assume you have the virus in your body, which is not the case," Alphonso Toweh, a man from Monrovia, told the Washington Post. He experienced this paranoia firsthand: 

Alphonso Toweh was riding a bus when a man sitting next to him politely asked where he was from.

"Liberia," said Toweh, a writer from Monrovia who is visiting the Washington area, home to the nation's second-largest population of African immigrants.

"At that point, the man went far from me," he said. "He did not want to come close to me. People, once they know you are Liberian — people assume you have the virus in your body, which is not the case."

Toweh isn't the only person from Washington D.C.'s burgeoning West African population who faces irrational discrimination from Americans. Toweh said some African immigrants he knows were asked to leave work out of fear they'd transmit the virus. 

In Pennsylvania, a 16-year-old high school soccer player from West Africa, Ibrahim Toumkara, was tormented with chants of "Ebola" by opposing players during a game.

"There were tears coming down his eyes," Edward Bachert, a Lehigh County police officer and Toumkara's legal guardian, told WPVI. "He was visibly shaken by this; that it got to that level on the field." The taunting  eventually led to a fight and the resignations of two rival coaches six days later. 

Furthermore, Navarro College in Corsicana has officially refused to accept international students from "countries with confirmed Ebola cases." 

Nigerian-American academic Idris Ayodeji Bello, 33, was alarmed when his colleague's brother-in-law was rejected on the basis of this policy, receiving a letter Bello that was then posted to Twitter:

 

Of course, it's not just in the U.S.: A tasteless entry in a "car costume" event by ENSOC, the Engineering Society of the University of Canterbury, mocked Ebola victims by decking out a student in head-to-toe blackface.

While 65% of Americans are concerned about a possible outbreak, they're expressing that concern in questionable and tasteless ways. Africa can beat Ebola though. Nigeria and Senegal have all but eradicated the spread of the virus in their borders. But that's not necessarily what you hear due to the media's crooked portrayal of Ebola. If the world is to overcome the Ebola crisis, it'll need less "us versus them" and more compassion, research and understanding.

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Kim Kardashian on '2 Broke Girls' unveiled

Kim Kardashian will visit "2 Broke Girls" when the show returns with its fourth season later this month. The "Keeping Up with the Kardashians" star is set to make appearance in the season premiere and now sneak peeks at her guest stint have landed online.

In one of the photos, Kardashian in a white dress is seen stopping by Max and Caroline's cupcake shop and the two roommates/business partners are in awe of the celebrity visitor. The wife of Kanye West poses with lead stars Beth Behrs and Kat Dennings in the other image, which is a behind-the-scenes picture.

In the episode, a producer of "Keeping Up with the Kardashians" asks Max and Caroline for permission to film the show at the window of their cupcake shop. "They need a big bump, and providence sort of smiles on them when they find out that 'Keeping Up with the Kardashians' is doing a segment in Williamsburg, and that they may make an appearance at their shop," executive producer Michael Patrick King previously said.

He added, "The girls know what that kind of exposure would mean to them. And it turns out there is a bit of a cherry on the ice cream, or the cupcake, because Kim does appear at their window."

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