Monday, February 28, 2011

Muammar Gaddafi - Libyan leader

World leaders called on Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi to step down as the country descended further into chaos and neared civil war.

The United Nations has confirmed some 100,000 people have fled from the fighting and uncertainty that has already claimed the lives of more than 1000 people.

Libyan protestors continue to take control of the nation's cities, the latest being Az-Zawiyah just 50km from Tripoli. Gaddafi's 40 year regime seems to control only sections of the capital Tripoli and some bastions in the south.

But there are fears of more conflict if loyalists to the regime mount more action.

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Measles Scare

An American passenger sick with the measles has sparked a health scare for passengers who may have come into contact with her.

The woman travelled from London and passed through four different airports in the United States with the contagious viral disease.

Health officials are contacting "passengers on the plane that were in close enough proximity" particularly children and pregnant women.

Oscars 2011

It's countdown to the greatest movie show of them all as the Academy Awards prepare to celebrate 83 years of show biz today.

As the stars prepare to roll down the red carpet for the best films, performances, costumes and soundtracks of the year, the curtain will also fall on a new Oscar pairing of James Franco and Anne Hathaway.

The two actors will host this year's awards. Not only is it the first time for both of them, but Franco is also in Oscar contention for his role in 127 Hours.

In another first time pairing, this year the Academy Awards will be directed and produced by Bruce Cohen and Don Mischer.

Film and television producer Cohen first "fell in love" with Oscar when he was eight. It's been a long-seated love for Cohen who has gone from watching it on television to starring in it himself when he won best picture Oscar for American Beauty in 1999 and now to producing the show in 2011.

His partner Mischer is an Emmy winner who has a credit list for the production/direction of shows such as the Olympics opening ceremony and the Super Bowl halftime show.

Two and a Half Men Axed

Charlie Sheen's wild ranting on ABC's Good Morning America and NBC's Today Show may have cost him his job.

CBS announced this week they would cancel the hit comedy series “Two and a Half Men” "based on the totality of Charlie Sheen's statements, conduct and condition".

Appearing on TV on Monday Sheen demanded a pay rise from CBS for "what they put me through" and was tired of pretending he wasn't "a total frickin' rock star from Mars".

Wonderlic Test

NFL quarterback Greg McElroy's 48 out of 50 score on the Wonderlic Test is the highest in six years.

Olympics 2012 Logo

Tehran has made a formal complaint to the International Olympic Committee saying the logo for 2012 should be replaced because it spells the word "Zion".

The logo roughly represents the figure 2012 but Iran said it was a veiled pro-Israeli conspiracy and they would boycott the London Games unless it was replaced.

Sydney Sex Club

The Parramatta Council in western Sydney has denied it knew social club Aarows was actually a sex club and is seeking to close it down.

X-Ray Technology

X-ray technology that reveals internal cavities may soon be trialled in Australian airports.

The Federal Parliament is reviewing legislation that would allow specially trained custom officers to use body scanners on suspects.

Christchurch earthquake toll reaches 113

Christchurch's death toll since the earthquake on Tuesday has now reached 113 and is expected to rise further as emergency services continue their search through the rubble of the town.

Ninety percent of the CBD has now been searched but there are also large sections of Christchurch’s suburbs that suffered damage.

Affleck-Damon movie to feature the Yankee's biggest sex story

The New York Yankee's most shocking sex story is set to resurface in Ben Affleck and Matt Damon's movie The Trade.

The film is based on the scandal involving the wife swapping incident between Yankee pitchers Fritz Peterson and Mike Kekich in the 1970s.

Affleck and his brother Casey are rewriting the script and have hired veteran sportswriters to contact Yankees from that era. But apparently Kekich himself won't have bar of it.

A source described Kekich as "panic-stricken" about the movie.

Countdown to space shuttle launch

It's countdown time for space shuttle Discovery's final flight.

After clocking 143 million miles in 27 years of service, Discovery will make her final voyage to the International Space Station.

Carbon Tax Australia

Julia Gillard's carbon strategy could force petrol prices up 6.5c a litre according to the Opposition.

The Coalition launched into a full campaign this week against Gillard's price on greenhouse pollution that she is negotiating in a multi-party climate change committee.

Muammar Gaddafi - Libyan leader

World leaders called on Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi to step down as the country descended further into chaos and neared civil war.

The United Nations has confirmed some 100,000 people have fled from the fighting and uncertainty that has already claimed the lives of more than 1000 people.

Measles Scare

An American passenger sick with the measles has sparked a health scare for passengers who may have come into contact with her.

Oscars 2011

It's countdown to the greatest movie show of them all as the Academy Awards prepare to celebrate 83 years of show biz today.

The two actors will host this year's awards. Not only is it the first time for both of them, but Franco is also in Oscar contention for his role in 127 Hours.

In another first time pairing, this year the Academy Awards will be directed and produced by Bruce Cohen and Don Mischer.

Thursday, February 24, 2011

Buffalo Beast Website

Online news site Buffalo Beast is currently unavailable thanks to an overwhelming number of hits for an audio clip between a prankster and the Governor of Wisconsin.

Ian Murphy, Buffalo Beast editor and journalist, phoned the Governor's office pretending to be the billionaire conservative Republican David Koch.

Umami Burger

Make your what? many readers may well be asking. Well umami is a word describing what is known as the “fifth taste”, a combination of sweet, sour, salty and bitter.

Defence of Marriage Act

In a coup for gay rights advocates the Obama administration announced this week they would not defend the Defense of Marriage Act – a federal law that defines marriage as between a man and a woman.

It’s a turnaround for the Obama administration that has previously defended the law on several occasions and also rare for a President to decide his Justice Department will not defend an existing federal law.

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