Saturday, February 4, 2012

04 FEB 2012, SAT: Sports & Ent

Sports


Azkals eye AFC semis, abandon title bid

Philippine Star - 
By Olmin Leyba (The Philippine Star) Updated February 04, 2012 12:00 AM 0 MANILA, Philippines - Admitting their “crammed” gear-up for the tourney, the Philippine Azkals are hoping for the best but are carrying tempered expectations as they vie in next ...

Skidding Beermen vow win vs Cobras

Philippine Star - 
MANILA, Philippines - San Miguel Beer hopes to draw better production and shooting accuracy from its crew when the Beermen try to get back in the winning groove against a pumped-up Bangkok Cobras today in the third AirAsia ASEAN Basketball League at ...

Manager welcomes probe on boxer's death

PhilBoxing.com - 
By Joaquin Henson MANILA, Philippines - Boxing manager Anson Tiu Co said yesterday he will actively participate in an investigation of the death of his fighter Karlo Maquinto to prevent a recurrence of the ring tragedy if summoned by government probers ...

Padilla: Donaire bout and PhilSPADA Games on

Sun.Star - 
By Nars Padilla INTERNATIONAL Boxing Federation/International Boxing Organization and World Boxing Council/World Boxing Organization title holder Fil-Am Nonito “The Filipino Flash” Donaire Jr.

Coke exec vows to fight for Tigers

ABS CBN News - 
MANILA, Philippines - Coca-Cola executive JB Baylon promised that the Powerade Tigers will stay in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) despite off-court issues.

Roach Views Cotto as Much Tougher Foe Than Tim Bradley

BoxingScene.com - 
By Jhonny Gonzalez The trainer of WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao, Hall-of-Famer Freddie Roach, expects a big pay-per-view buyrate for the May 5th junior middleweight battle between Floyd Mayweather Jr.

John Terry race row timeline

Mirror.co.uk - 
by David Collins, Daily Mirror 4/02/2012 Feb 5, 2010 John Terry is stripped of the captaincy for the first time after allegations of an affair with Wayne Bridge's former girlfriend.

Miami Heat Brace for Hot 76ers Team: Fan Preview

Yahoo! Sports - 
By David King, Yahoo! Contributor Network 1 hour, 45 minutes ago The Miami Heat will try to wipe the nasty taste of defeat off their mouths, when they face the Philadelphia 76ers on Feb. 3. Miami won the first encounter between the two teams in the ...

NBA Trade Rumors: Is Amare Stoudemire on the trading block?

Online Sportsbook Pro - 
Last season the New York Knicks made one of the biggest trades in the history of the storied NBA franchise as they pulled the trigger on a deal that brought superstar Carmelo Anthony to the Big Apple from the Mile High City.

Saturday: Manning vs. Colts 'didn't help' Super Bowl week

NFL News (blog) - 
By NFL.com Staff | As far as Jeff Saturday is concerned, the term “debacle” is as good as any to describe the current state of the Colts, and the he-said, he-said public back-and-forth between QB Peyton Manning and owner Jim Irsay.

Georges St-Pierre answers questions on Nick Diaz, changing weight classes and ...

Yahoo! Sports (blog) - 
By Dave Doyle | Cagewriter - 3 minutes 26 seconds ago (Getty Images)LAS VEGAS -- Georges St-Pierre has been in the cage with some of the world's most fearsome fighters over the years, from Matt Hughes to BJ Penn to a whole host of others.

Bryan Adams Cancels Philippines Gig

Artistdirect.com - 
Adams was scheduled to perform at the Smart Araneta Coliseum in Manila on Feb. 18 following a string of dates in Japan, but he has canceled that Manila gig.

Escueta, Cudiamat to lead badminton hopefuls in invitational tournament

GMA News - 
National team mainstays Joper Escueta and Kevin Cudiamat are expected to lead the more than 1000 players all over the country that will compete in the 2012 Prima Pasta Invitational Badminton Open.

UST Tigress Shock UAAP Champs

Manila Bulletin - 
MANILA, Philippines - University of Santo Tomas surprised reigning UAAP champion Far Eastern University twice, including in their tense knockout match, 48-46, to clinch the last semis berth in the FCBL Dickies Cup Tuesday at the Philippine Buddhacare ...

Lucky 13: Perpetual outlasts Letran in NCAA women's volleyball opener

GMA News - 
Sandra Delos Santos scattered 23 hits to power University of Perpetual Help System DALTA to a hard-earned 25-16, 23-25, 25-27, 25-20, 15-10 win over Letran College in Game One of their best-of-three title series in 87th NCAA women's volleyball ...

Hip to be a Clip: Clippers flying high atop Pacific Division behind All-Stars ...

Washington Post - 
LOS ANGELES - The bad old days are becoming a distant memory for the high-flying Los Angeles Clippers. They lead the Pacific Division, have landed Chris Paul and Blake Griffin as starters on the All-Star team and in the process have stolen, ...

Entertainment


'I can point to lots of scenes where I'm just gone': Daniel Radcliffe admits ...

Daily Mail - 
By Sarah Bull He made a name for himself as the innocent boy wizard in the Harry Potter film franchise. But now Daniel Radcliffe has revealed that he often turned up to work 'still drunk', and can even pinpoint scenes in the movies where he was 'gone'.

App Smart Extra: Super Bowl Apps

New York Times (blog) - 
By BOB TEDESCHI Most football fans will be forced to spend at least part of the weekend away from televised Super Bowl coverage. For those not willing to endure that sort of pain, the NFL this week released three apps to help.

CINEMA: Powerfully human

New Straits Times - 
By BIBI NURSHUHADA RAMLI A FILM about teens getting superpowers after an encounter with a mysterious (possibly extra-terrestrial) force may sound silly at first, but Chronicle digs deeper, beyond just focusing on a setting of teenagers at high school.

New hope for tourism

Asianjournal.com - 
Following the overwhelming support given to the Department of Tourism's new ad campaign “It's More Fun in the Philippines,” yet another accolade has been bestowed upon the country—the confirmation of the Puerto Princesa Underground River (PPUR) in ...

Madonna And Nicki Minaj's Kiss: Where's The 'Luvin'?

MTV.com - 
Video directors Megaforce open up about working with Madge, Nicki and MIA - and why the kiss didn't make the cut. By Jocelyn Vena (@jocelyn1212) , with reporting by Rob Markman After fans heard that Madonna had enlisted Nicki Minaj and MIA for her ...

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.
One big fight

Son says 'Soul Train''s Don Cornelius called him shortly before his death

Chicago Sun-Times - 
Tony Cornelius, the son of “Soul Train” creator Don Cornelius, received an urgent 3 am phone call, shortly before Cornelius apparently fatally shot himself in the head, Tony Cornelius said in media interviews this week.

New 'Hunger Games' trailer shows more of heroine Katniss's struggle

Christian Science Monitor - 
'Hunger Games' debuts a new trailer ahead of the March 23 opening. This Hunger Games trailer includes more of actor Stanley Tucci as an unctuous interviewer, and Lenny Kravitz as stylist Cinna By Molly Driscoll, Contributor / February 3, 2012 Jennifer ...

Robin Gibb announces 'spectacular' recovery from colon cancer

Los Angeles Times (blog) - 
Robin Gibb is back in good health, he said Friday, eager to start gaining some weight and preparing for his classical concert debut coming in April.

'Smash' or crash? Debra Messing lends her voice to new musical drama

msnbc.com - 
By Susan C. Young, TODAY.com contributor The last time TV audiences got a musical earful from Debra Messing, they didn't exactly hear her dulcet tones.

Jean Dujardin sexual movie posters banned by French regulators

Vancouver Sun - 
LOS ANGELES -- Oscar nominee and SAG best actor winner Jean Dujardin is in the midst of a tempest over salacious French posters for a new movie in which he appears.

Distorted Smile: Weegee's Mona Lisa

TIME - 
The following images are Weegee's distorted versions of the painting Mona Lisa (1503-1506, oil on wood, painted by Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci, known as Leonardo da Vinci), late 1950s.

Ashton Kutcher "Just Wants to Move on" from Demi Moore

Us Magazine - 
The night of Jan. 23, Ashton Kutcher wasn't with estranged wife Demi Moore at the Beverly Hills home they once shared. As Moore, 49, collapsed and suffered convulsions after smoking an unnamed substance (according to a frantic 911 call placed by a ...

OFFSTAGE: Crossroads Cuisine: Chocolate Gravy, Veggie Pizza and Pepsi Pork Sliders

CMT.com - 
(CMT Offstage keeps a 24/7 watch on everything that's happening with country music artists behind the scenes and out of the spotlight.

Wislawa Szymborska, a Nobel Prize-winning Polish poet, dies at 88

Washington Post - 
Wislawa Szymborska, a Nobel Prize-winning poet who used the imagery of everyday objects and a mordant style to explore dramatic themes of human experience including love, war and death, died Feb. 1 at her home in Krakow, Poland.

Bar Refaeli reveals a sneak peek of her lingerie line

Telegraph.co.uk - 
Israeli model Bar Refaeli is using social media to preview her forthcoming underwear range, Under.Me. BY Olivia Bergin | 03 February 2012 Forget using an expensive team of press officers, a little self-publicity goes a long way in drumming up some ...

Move aside, Carmen Miranda

The Australian - 
I RATHER hoped for Carmen Miranda but what I get is a lion. A fantasy lion, to be sure, but my vision of me at Rio's Carnival is of a gorgeous and glittering costume topped by an exotic headdress of feathers and fruit.

The band to a legion of trembling lambs

Philippine Star - 
Loud as Lamb: Lamb of God performs on Feb. 18, Saturday, at the World Trade Center, Pasay City. Co-headlining with LoG is The Black Dahlia Murder.

Pacino, Walken and Arkin to star in 'Stand Up Guys'

Yahoo! Philippines News - 
Three Oscar winners, Al Pacino (Scent of a Woman), Christopher Walken (The Deer Hunter) and Alan Arkin (Little Miss Sunshine), will star in Stand Up Guys.

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