Archive for January 2011
Flood Waters in Australia may be the most costly Natural disaster ever
Floods that overwhelm Australia’s northeast and engulfed a major city could be the country’s most costly natural disaster ever, the government said Monday. The price tag from the adamant floods was already at $5 billion before muddy brown waters flooded Brisbane. Flooding new areas in the south Monday, where water drain into the streets of…
Read MoreDelay’s again in Spider-Man Musical
The ill fated Spider Man Musical once again will delay the opening of the show which was originally scheduled to be in February due to changes in the ending of the shows production. The producer Michael Cohl promised this would be the final postponement and the show will open in Mach but says he wants…
Read MoreUS banns Catcher in the Rye book sequel
Catcher in the Rye was published in 1951 written by JD Salinger, according to reports the US has banned a book billed as the sequel from being released in the US . Publishers Weekly said , A lengthy copyright dispute over the book has reached a settlement between Swedish author Fredrik Colting and Salinger’s estate…
Read MoreGilles Simon will play Ernests Gulbis on Friday for a place in the final of the Sydney International
Gilles Simon is regaining confidence after a knee injury, will play Ernests Gulbis on Friday for a place in the final of the Sydney International. Simon, who was hindered by a enduring right knee injury for the first half of last year, wore down Ukraine’s Alexandr Dolgopolov in Thursday’s quarter-finals to set up a last-four…
Read MoreAustralia faces billions in damage and years of rebuilding from the floods
Flood water in Australia’s third largest city crest below feared fatal levels on Thursday but Brisbane and other devastated regions faced years of rebuilding and even the threat of fresh floods in the weeks ahead. The capital of Queensland state looked a muddy lake, with an entire waterfront cafe among the debris washing down the…
Read MoreAirports closings in UK cost 24 m
The severe cold weather in December that closed the Heathrow airport and others temporary has put a costly price tag for the disruption caused by snow . Heathrow airport loss was 19 m out of the 24 m. Colin Matthew , the BAA’s chief executive, apologized for the disruption that the bad weather caused and…
Read MoreProducers of The Kennedy Family looking for new channel
The producers of The Kennedy Family are looking for another channel to air it after the History channel said it would not air a the controversial miniseries. The Showtime pay cable network has been approached to air the eight part series, a spokesman said on Saturday. Eight years ago, Showtime aired a movie about President…
Read MoreOscar success in sight for The Social Network Movie
After receiving four awards from the National Society of Film Critics in the US ,The Social Network seems destine for an Oscar nomination which will be announced on January 25. The movie which is about how the popular internet site called Facebook came about and its rise to success with its young founder Mark Zuckerberg.…
Read MoreTwitter subpoenaed by US government
The social networking site Twitter has been subpoenaed by the government in an effort to obtain personal details of people connected to Wikileaks including user names, connection records,telephone numbers and payment details. The Twitter executives are in a very difficult position as their forte with Twitter is to promote a forum for free expression ,and…
Read MoreTierney attended performance of Spider Man
The $65 million Broadway musical “Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark” officially opens on February 7, at the Foxwoods Theatre in Times Square and has been plagued by money woes, cancellations, technical glitches and injuries to three actors and last month, lead an actress to bow out. Tierney come back to the theater for the first…
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