Friday, February 3, 2012

03 FEB 2012, FRI: Sports & Ent

Sports


NLEX batters Freego, zeroes in on Cup title

Inquirer.net - 
By Jasmine W. Payo MANILA, Philippines—NLEX virtually feasted on a hard-luck Freego Jeans Thursday, roaring to a 75-51 victory at the Ynares Sports Center to move within a win of a second straight PBA D-League championship.

Smells like overkill school spirit: The Ateneo-La Salle musical

Philippine Star - 
Within the first few minutes of Rivalry: Ateneo-La Salle The Musical, I'm writhing in my seat. A group of boys in immaculate blue and white jersey jackets, with a neat serif font branding “Ateneo” are doing synchronized singing across the stage.

All SEAG medalists form elite group; 10 'priorities' bared

Inquirer.net - 
By June Navarro and Marc Anthony Reyes Long jumper Marestella Torres is one of the top athletes in the last Southeast Asian Games.

PH Patriots rip Saigon cagers; Slingers turn back Beermen

Inquirer.net - 
By Jasmine W. Payo MANILA, Philippines—One Philippine squad wiggled out of a tight situation while another faltered in the endgame in the Asean Basketball League on Wednesday night.

No Kidding: Fairy Dust Can Swing Super Bowl

New York Times - 
YOU'VE heard, perhaps, there's a football game Sunday evening? On television from Indianapolis? New York Giants vs. New England Patriots?

WILFREDO VÁZQUEZ JR: IT'S TIME FOR LESS TALK AND MORE ACTION

Boxeo Mundial - 
“What I have heard so far is music to my ears. What they have said has really fired me up. Both sides are bring pride and honor and this is what boxing is all about.

Loyola Meralco XI trips Global

Inquirer.net - 
MANILA, Philippines—Loyola Meralco overcame the absence of its top scorer and nipped Global, 4-3, Wednesday night in the United Football League at the Rizal Memorial Stadium.

Seaoil All-Star highlights NBTC Elite League final

Philippine Star - 
MANILA, Philippines - The Seaoil National Basketball Training Center Elite League closes out its national finals with its first ever Seaoil High School All-Star Game on March 4 at the Ynares Sports Arena in Pasig.

PH Patriots defuse Heat for 3rd win

ABS CBN News - 
By Olmin Leyba, The Philippine Star MANILA, Philippines - The AirAsia Philippine Patriots overcame poor rebounding as they turned back the visiting Saigon Heat, 76-62, last night in the third AirAsia ASEAN Basketball League at the Ynares Sports Arena ...

Heat-76ers Preview

CBSSports.com - 
The Philadelphia 76ers are wondering what it will take to get proper recognition after beating a pair of Eastern Conference heavyweights.

Angelo Dundee, Muhammad Ali's corner man, tribute Jeff Powell

Daily Mail - 
By Jeff Powell It's always in the timing. Angelo Dundee has passed away just days after helping Muhammad Ali celebrate his 70th birthday, At 90, it was time to go.

Good news for potential Manning suitors

ESPN (blog) - 
By Paul Kuharsky INDIANAPOLIS -- For every team that would chase Peyton Manning if he's available, the potential to court him has taken a seriously good turn.

Wonderful World of Wrestling

BusinessWorld Online Edition - 
SKEPTICS have long dismissed professional wrestling (pro wrestling) as fake. But for the millions of fans around the world, pro wrestling is a way of life and a legitimate form of entertainment just like television and movies.

Terry's out! England captain 'to lose armband'... and injury to rule him out ...

Daily Mail - 
By Charles Sale and Matt Lawton John Terry is expected to be stripped of the England captaincy for a second time after the 14-strong FA board held emergency talks on Thursday.

NCAA volley

Tempo - 
Manila, Philippines - University of Perpetual Help System Dalta guns for the first of the two wins needed to secure a title sweep against Letran in the women's division and San Beda in the men's side in today's volleyball finals of the 87th NCAA Season ...

Mayweather to fight Cotto before going to prison

Malaysia Star - 
LAS VEGAS: Unbeaten US boxing star Floyd Mayweather announced on Wednesday that he will fight Puerto Rico's Miguel Cotto on May 5, ending hopes for a showdown with Manny Pacquiao before November.

Queens Park rangers striker Djibril Cisse is target of racial abuse after £4m...

Telegraph.co.uk - 
Djibril Cissé has received the support of Mark Hughes, his manager at Queens Park Rangers, for his decision to expose the racist abuse that he has suffered this week on Twitter.

Jennings making serious run at all-star status

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (blog) - 
By Charles F. Gardner of the Journal Sentinel Troy, Mich. - Do you think Erik Spoelstra will vote for Brandon Jennings when the Miami Heat coach gets his ballot for the all-star reserves?

Entertainment


A Study in 'Black': By-The-Numbers Horror Still Scares

NPR - 
by Bob Mondello And me without my wand: Solicitor Arthur Kipps (Daniel Radcliffe) battles demons within and without when he's sent to assess a ghost-plagued estate in The Woman in Black.

Weather permitting

Pioneer Press - 
Weather permitting, dozens of hot air balloons will take to the sky in Hudson this weekend as part of the city's annual Hot Air Affair.

Nothing to fear but Lear himself

BusinessWorld Online Edition - 
AT OVER three hours, Nonon Padilla's Haring Lear demands much of its audience. Modern buttocks, unaccustomed to sitting still for that long, will fidget in their Monobloc prisons.

Feel the love

BusinessWorld Online Edition - 
SOME PEOPLE say that Valentine's Day is a fabricated holiday, one that isn't even a holiday. They claim it's just a way to sell more things like jewelry, perfume and scented lotions.

Claudia Schiffer explains fashion disaster

Yahoo! Philippines News - 
Claudia Schiffer once got stuck in her house after a dress she'd picked for an event “filled with static electricity”. The German supermodel has discussed how she gets dressed for red carpet events.

Carmina Villaroel: I did not walk out on ad shoot

Inquirer.net - 
Actress-TV host Carmina Villarroel had denied walking out on a TV commercial shoot after supposedly being irked by a co-star. “There's no truth to that,” Carmina told reporters during the press con for her new program, “Showbiz Inside Report,” which ...

Leslie Carter: 5 Things You Don't Know

Us Magazine - 
Thoughts were with the Carter family when the news broke Wednesday that Nick and Aaron Carter's sister, Leslie Carter, had passed away suddenly.

Tom Sherak: Academy Could Decide on Moving Oscars Date by March

TheWrap - 
By Steve Pond The Motion Picture Academy's move to a speedier online voting system next year begs the question: Is it getting ready to move up the Oscar telecast as well?

Bruce Springsteen is set to perform at the Grammy Awards ceremony in Los ...

NME.com - 
Bruce Springsteen's 17th studio album will be titled 'Wrecking Ball' and released on March 5. Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band first played the album's title track live on their 2009 world tour.

Movie review: Chronicle doesn't live up to its trailer (with video)

Vancouver Sun - 
Chronicle Starring: Michael B. Jordan, Michael Kelly and Alex Russell Directed by: Josh Trank 14A: intense violence, sexual content, some profanity Running time: 84 minutes Rating: Two stars In pretend “found footage” documentaries (The Blair Witch ...

Super Bowl Halftime: Madonna Promises 'Greatest Show On Earth'

MTV.com - 
Queen of Pop confirms she will be 'singing three old songs and one new one' during halftime show. By John Mitchell Madonna wowed the crowd with some impromptu moves at a press conference today in Indianapolis, Indiana, readying the world for the ...

Painting Sheds New Light on the 'Mona Lisa'

NPR - 
by NPR Staff Audio for this story from All Things Considered will be available at approx. 7:00 pm ET Conservators at the Museo del Prado in Madrid recently discovered that this copy of the Mona Lisa was painted by a pupil working alongside Leonardo da ...

Kodak gives up Oscars sponsorship to move out of bankruptcy

Herald Sun - 
EASTMAN Kodak Co. wants to end its contract for naming rights to the glamorous Los Angeles theatre that hosts the Academy Awards as it tries to improve its financial position enough to move out of bankruptcy.

Winehouse dad: Our shock at Amy coroner

The Sun - 
By GORDON SMART and ANTHONY FRANCE TRAGIC Amy Winehouse's dad told last night of his shock after learning the coroner at her inquest was not fully qualified.

Timothy Donnelly of Brooklyn wins Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award

New York Daily News (blog) - 
BY EDWARD MULLANY Donnelly, who is also the poetry editor of the Boston Review, was awarded the prize for his second book, “The Cloud Corporation,” which was published by Wave Books in 2010.

TV Fine Tuning column for Monday, Feb. 6

Canada.com - 
By Alex Strachan, Postmedia News February 2, 2012 It takes less than a minute - just 50 seconds - for the smooth, elegant Smash to set its tone.

Interview With Rankin On His New Magazine, The Hunger

Huffington Post - 
Do you find that your appetite for fashion, film, art and music is insatiable? You may have something in common with celebrity photographer John Rankin Waddell, who goes by the moniker Rankin, but that is probably where the similarities end.

Nicki Minaj's Tour Rider: Simple Food Requests

MTV.com (blog) - 
By Miranda Johnson When it comes to Nicki Minaj one could only imagine what her tour rider would consist of… A room filled with Barbies?

Wislawa Szymborska: The Happiness of Wisdom Felt

New Yorker (blog) - 
It was only the other morning that my wife, happening to leaf again through “Here,” the most recent gathering of Wislawa Szymborska's poems, remarked, looking at the cover photograph of the eighty-something-year-old Polish poet, the writer's eyes shut ...

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