Monday, February 20, 2012

20 FEB 2012, MON: Sports & Ent

Sports


Air21 Express end losing slump with morale-boosting victory over Barako Bull ...

Inquirer.net - 
By Calvin Cordova There won't be another winless conference for the Air21 Express as they started their 37th PBA Commissioner's Cup campaign with a morale-boosting 97-88 win over the Barako Bull Energy last night at the Ynares Center in Antipolo City.

PAL INTERCLUB TERRIFIC TOMMY

Tempo - 
By REY BANCOD DAVAO CITY, Philippines - Canlubang captured its sixth Philippine Airlines Interclub seniors golf championship in dramatic fashion Sunday, rallying from 12 points down to win by three at the Apo Golf and Country Club.

Knicks' Jeremy Lin asks for privacy for family in Taiwan

Washington Post - 
NEW YORK - Jeremy Lin is trying to shield his family in Taiwan from Linsanity. Lin requested Sunday that the media there respect the privacy of his relatives, who he said are being “bombarded” since his emergence as an NBA star.

But who will coach Ateneo?

Tempo - 
By WAYLON GALVEZ Manila, Philippines - With Norman Black set to step down as coach of Ateneo after the 75th Season of the UAAP, there's a possibility that he will take over Talk 'N Text while coach Chot Reyes moves over to the Smart-Gilas Pilipinas 2 ...

Central Luzon athletic meet starts today

Philippine Star - 
Zambales Governor Jun Ebdane prepares to raise the CLRAA flag to signal the star of the one week athletic activity partiipated by 18 contingents from Central Luzon.

Patriots cruise to fifth straight win

Inquirer.net - 
BANGKOK - With import Nakeia Miller and guard Al Vergara coming up big in the stretch, the AirAsia-Philippine Patriots overcame a slow start to get back at defending champion Chang-Thailand Slammers, 81-72, Saturday night and solidify their hold of the ...

NU Bulldogs topple Tigers, reach final

Philippine Star - 
By Olmin Leyba (The Philippine Star) Updated February 20, 2012 12:00 AM 0 MANILA, Philippines - Top seed National University unloaded a five-hit, six-run spree in the fifth inning to run away with a 7-2 win over No.

PAF Phoenix back on track in UFL football

ABS CBN News - 
By Joey Villar, The Philippine Star MANILA, Philippines - Defending champion Air Force Phoenix went on a goal-scoring spree in the second half as it downed Nomads Auction Manila, 3-0, to jump back into title contention in the First Division of the ...

Chisora released as Haye brawl shames heavyweights

ABS CBN News - 
MUNICH - Heavyweight boxer Dereck Chisora was released without charge on Sunday after an astonishing press conference brawl with bitter British rival David Haye, who he threatened to shoot.

Golf: Bill Haas plays Houdini again with magical birdie, wins at Riviera in ...

San Jose Mercury News - 
AP Bill Haas knows anything is possible. Remember, this is the guy who only five months ago saved par with his ball partially submerged in a lake and won the FedEx Cup.

GenSan hosts 7th BIMP-EAGA friendship games in December

Minda News - 
By Bong S. Sarmiento | Monday| February 20, 2012 | Filed under: Top Stories GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/19 Feb) - The “Tuna Capital of the Philippines” will host the 7 th friendship games among member-countries of the East ASEAN Growth Area (EAGA) ...

SMBeermen, Patriots crush rivals

Manila Standard Today - 
JAKARTA—The San Miguel Beermen inflicted Indonesia Warriors their third straight loss at home, pulling off a 77-win in the ASEAN Basketball League Saturday night at the Mahaka Square here.

Don't Cry For Me, Argentina

Manila Bulletin - 
By AMBASSADOR JOSE A. ZAIDE MANILA, Philippines - P-Noy concerned over loss of privacy of Grace Lee's mom - News item. The last person you want to upset is your mom-in-law.

Petron topples B-Meg; Express snap long skid

Inquirer.net - 
By June Navarro MANILA, Philippines—A steady force for Petron Blaze, Nick Fazekas finally got the needed shot in the arm from his teammates.

Brook Lopez returns as Nets fall to Bucks

Newsday - 
Nets Newsday > Sports > Basketball > Nets Brook Lopez returns as Nets fall to Bucks Published: February 19, 2012 9:51 PM By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWARK, NJ - Ersan Ilyasova had career highs of 29 points and 25 rebounds, and the Milwaukee Bucks snapped ...

Messi sparkles in Barca's demolition of Valencia

IBNLive.com - 
AP Madrid: Lionel Messi's sublime chip capped a four-goal performance as the three-time Ballon d'Or winner moved past the 40-goal mark for a third straight season in mesmerizing fashion to lead Barcelona's 5-1 thrashing of Valencia on Sunday.

Federer beats Del Potro to capture second title in Rotterdam

Xinhua - 
THE HAGUE, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- Roger Federer grabbed his second title at the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament in Rotterdam after beating Juan Martin Del Potro 6-1, 6-4 in the final on Sunday in Rotterdam.

Ten Days in the Life of Milos

Toronto Star (blog) - 
Such is the life of a professional tennis player, one in which over the course of slightly more than a week the 21-year-old from Thornhill has competed for his country, suffered an apparently serious knee injury that made him unable to play for his ...

Arce declares he's ready for Donaire bout

Cebu Daily News - 
By Marc Anthony Reyes MANILA, Philippines—Mexican ring warrior Jorge Arce stopped Venezuelan Lorenzo Parra in the fifth round of their super bantamweight nontitle bout Saturday and wasted no time in calling out Nonito Donaire to sign the contract for ...

NBA : Spurs top Clippers to win 10 in a row

Taipei Times - 
The San Antonio Spurs' Gary Neal takes a three-pointer with 25 seconds left in overtime against the Los Angeles Clippers in Los Angeles on Saturday.

Entertainment


Whitney is buried with father

Herald Scotland - 
Whitney Houston was laid to rest next to her father yesterday as questions continued about the cause of her death. In a ceremony attended by close family only, the singer was buried in a plot at Fairview Cemetery in Westfield, near her hometown of ...

Man loses P120-M lotto win claim

Journal Online - 
THE Court of Appeals has denied the petition lodged by a coco lumber agent seeking to collect P120.16 million from the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office which he allegedly won in a lotto draw.

Cristalle Henares speaks up on mom's 'involvement' with Azkals striker

Manila Bulletin - 
By JULIEN MERCED C. MATABUENA Just a few days before heading to Splitsville, Dr. Vicki Belo and Hayden Kho were seen attending events around the Metro together MANILA, Philippines - Cristalle Henares, the daughter of Dr.

Sexy Talk with Cesar Montano

Philippine Star - 
To usher back the action genre, Cesar Montano said that he prepared himself thoroughly before he started shooting Hitman which he himself produced and stars in (released by Viva Films nationwide starting on Wednesday, Feb. 22).

The Firm 10 years later

Philippine Star - 
Back in the early '90s, a small-city trial lawyer hit pay dirt when his sophomore effort as a novelist topped the bestseller charts and was turned into a movie starring no less than the hottest Hollywood movie star at the time, Tom Cruise.

Film review: The Descendants - imperfect paradise

The Express Tribune - 
By T Pasha Trouble will follow you even if you live in paradise. Such is the central idea behind George Clooney's Oscar-nominated movie, The Descendants.

Column: Ali frozen by Parkinson's, but tributes in Vegas show he's still The ...

Washington Post - 
LAS VEGAS - They gathered in the bowels of the arena where most of the great fights of the last two decades have taken place, old men now all sharing one shining moment from years gone by.

Report: Murdered 13-year-old 'possesses' saleslady in Bacolod

GMA News - 
A 24-year-old saleslady at a department store in Bacolod City claims to have been possessed by the ghost of a 13-year-old girl who was brutally killed in 2003, a Bacolod-based news site reported over the weekend.

'Safe House,' 'Vow' dominate holiday weekend

Chicago Sun-Times - 
By DAVID GERMAIN AP Movie Writer February 19, 2012 9:00PM In this film image released by Columbia Pictures, a scene is shown from "Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance," in theaters Friday, Feb. 17, 2012.

Berlin film fest crowns Italian prison docu-drama

ABC Online - 
Caesar Must Die, a docu-drama in which murderers and mafiosi act out a Shakespearean tragedy in a high security Italian jail, won the Golden Bear award for best picture at the Berlin Film Festival at the weekend.

Cannon hospitalized for blood clots, heart issues

New York Daily News - 
By Cristina Everett / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Despite a full recovery from a frightening kidney failure scare early this year, Nick Cannon's health continues to worsen.

Actress Dame Judi Dench is Going Blind

Opposing Views - 
Judi Dench's eyesight is getting so bad that at age 77 she is unable to read her scripts. She told The Daily Mirror that she has macular degeneration which is a big fancy word that means your eyes are losing their sight and you can go blind.

New York Fashion Week showed polished men, well-dressed ladies

Los Angeles Times - 
Los Angeles Times Fashion Critic Booth Moore and menswear writer Adam Tschorn returned from New York Fashion Week impressed by some changes they saw in the collections presented for fall-winter 2012.

'The Help' wins big at Image Awards; Houston remembered

GMA News - 
LOS ANGELES - "The Help," which chronicled the experiences of black maids in the 1960s, and the comedy "Jumping the Broom" were honored at the NAACP Image Awards on Friday, and the life and career of Whitney Houston was celebrated with rousing gospel ...

Ahead of the curve: Weekly pop culture calendar

CNN (blog) - 
Paul Rudd and Jennifer Aniston are back in theaters with a new comedy this week. The two co-star in "Wanderlust," in which they play a Manhattan couple who pack up for a new, less expensive home and wind up in a hippie community where free love rules.

Fur knickers, snobbery and why British fashion is giving itself a bad name

Daily Mail - 
By Liz Jones FROM LONDON FASHION WEEK Could London finally be where it's at? Are we swinging again? All the signs are here this season.

Chaplin birthplace remains a mystery

Sky News Australia - 
Chaplin birthplace remains a mystery Updated: 23:45, Saturday February 18, 2012 They foiled plots and cracked codes, but Britain's top spies couldn't solve the mystery of Charlie Chaplin's birthplace.

Living Under a Rock

Daily Mail - Charleston (blog) - 
The Grammys were almost a week ago. By now most people are over the fact that Adele stole the spotlight from Bruno Mars. Not me. I've been This year's Grammys were important to me for several reasons.

Robert Pattinson: Good boy gone bad

The Express Tribune - 
Pattinson says his role as 19th century reality TV star in Bel Ami reminded him of today's reality stars. By AFP Robert Pattinson is playing the role of a shallow social climber in his new film Bel Ami.

AVRIL IS WITH YOU

New Straits Times - 
Canadian singer-songwriter Avril Ramona Lavigne performing at a concert in Kuala Lumpur last night. More than 10000 people turned up at Stadium Merdeka to hear Lavigne perform 17 songs from her albums Let Go, Under My Skin, The Best Damn Thing and, ...

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