Pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao may give away around ten pounds when he enters the ring in “The Event” against Ghana’s tough guy Joshua Clottey at the unbelievable $1.2 billion Dallas Cowboys Stadium on Saturday.
At the official weigh-in which drew a huge crowd of predominantly Pacquiao supporters, the Filipino champion weighed 145 ¾ pounds while Clottey who reportedly had to shed off some excess weight the previous day tipped the scales at the exact welterweight limit of 147.
Clottey said earlier that he was going to have a hearty meal after the weigh in and the consensus is that we will enter the ring at around 160 pounds on fight night although his trainer Lenny De Jesus told us the other day that he wanted to make sure Clottey comes in around 155 so his weight won’t slow him down against the super fast Pacquiao.
Pacquiao’s conditioning expert Alex Ariza said he expects Pacquiao to weight around 150 at fight time which would definitely give Clottey, who can take a big shot, an advantage in weight to go with his slight advantage in height which was evident when the two fighters posted for the media.
Try as they might to provide the customary stare-down, Pacquiao and Clottey couldn’t pull it off and instead smiled at each other further accentuating what Pacquiao has always maintained – there is no need for trash-talk.
Indeed, if there is one added dimension to the Pacquiao legend is that like the late, great Gabriel “Flash” Elorde he earns the respect of his opponents by being a gentleman in and outside the ring.
The two Filipinos featured in the undercard also made weight without trouble.
Featherweight Michael Farenas, a protégé of former two-division world champion Gerry Penalosa came in at 127 1/5 pounds as against the 126 of veteran Joe Morales while bantamweight Eden Sonsona, a protégé of Pacquiao’s former business manager, the late Rod Nazario weighed 119.7 pounds while his opponent, former world champion, veteran Mauricio Pastrana checked in at 119 ½ pounds.
In the WBC lightweight title fight former champion David Diaz from whom Pacquiao won the title with a crushing 9th round tipped the scales at 134 while champion Humberto Sotto was slightly heavier at 134 1/5 pounds.
Diaz believes that Pacquiao faces "a tough fight against Clottey, but its a winnable fight for Pacquiao." WBA super flyweight interim champion Nonito "The Filipino Flash" Donaire says he expects Pacquiao to win by a twelve round decision and the chances of winning by a knockout are about 30 percent.
Diaz, who came back from the loss to Pacquiao on June 28, 2008 to win a majority decision over former WBC and IBF lightweight champion and WBC super featherweight champion Jesus Chavez last September 26 said he is “feeling good and f eels blessed to get another opportunity to fight for the world title. I am getting ready and hope everything will go right.”
He said the almost six months break since the Chavez fight wont affect him since he has been sparring a lot and while its not the same thing Diaz said “I think I’ll be okay.”
Diaz has been training under Mike Garcia and Jim Strickland in Chicago and said although Sotto “is a tough guy but I’ll work that body and try to get inside of him. He’s a real good technician in the way he uses his reach but if you get inside of that and work him I think we’ll be okay.”Diaz recalled how well he was treated when he was Pacquiao’s guest along with Edwin Valero at Pacquiao’s lavish 30th birthday celebration in his hometown of General Santos City in December 2008. He said “they were all very nice and give them my best wishes.”
Source:Ronnie Nathanielsz
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While celebrity gossip tabloids and sites have been abuzz lately with Katie Holmes rumors, having apparently remembered she exists, it's much ado about nothing.
The recent speculation? That Tom Cruise got Katie Holmes pregnant, intensified by new photos of her visiting a doctor's office. But she says she's not expecting baby #2.
"Katie is not pregnant," her rep tells People.
Boo. She is, however, held against her will.
Katie Holmes is not pregnant. For the fourth straight year!
Also fueling the gossip are Katie Holmes pictures showing her wearing what many thought was maternity attire, although she may just be dressing in a frumpy way.
Regardless, she's happy, healthy, not with child and promoting her upcoming films, The Extra Man and The Romantics, while chilling with three-year-old daughter Suri.
"She is magical," Holmes said of her bundle of joy, who turns four this April. "She's growing up really, really fast." Kids tend to - though rarely as cutely as hers!
Source:Free Britney
http://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/2010/03/katie-holmes-pregnant-shockingly-not-the-case/
The ASUS Cine5 PC speaker has been designed for use in smaller rooms with lack of space such as study rooms. It delivers highly vibrant surround sound perfect for personal entertainment and gaming. Also, the speaker is the world’s first PC speaker equipped with the novel “EmbracingSound Theatre HD” technology. Employing this patented technology the speaker produces rich 5-channel output with full HD surround sound. Thereby, the users experience dynamic audio output when they are directly in front of the speaker.
Applied in a first player shooter game, it improves shooting accuracy and extends gaming thrills by providing precise sound location. The Cine5 is capable of up-scaling audio from any down-mixed 2-channel source to 5-channel HD output, making your gaming or movie experience all the more enjoyable.
The Asus Cine5 PC Speaker represents a new-age design with curved shape and black glossy finishing to blend with most computer screens. The all-in-one architecture with an integrated array of speaker drivers not only saves space, it also reduces individual driver load by 50 percent for better sound dispersion and reproduction.
This year's Mix trade show won't be the first time that people hear about Internet Explorer 9 or Windows Phone 7 Series, but it is the event where developers will get enough information to start creating products targeting the new browser and mobile operating system.
The three-day Las Vegas event kicks off on Monday, with Windows Phone executive Joe Belfiore talking about the new phone operating system. On Tuesday, Internet Explorer head Dean Hachamovitch is slated to talk IE 9 and I would not be surprised at all if actual code is offered up this time. Microsoft offered a brief glimpse of IE 9 in November, highlighting its ability to use hardware acceleration for improved text and graphics rendering.
On the phone front, Microsoft has already tipped its hand on the basics of writing software for its new mobile operating system, confirming last week that XNA and Silverlight will be the means of developing software that works on the Windows Phone 7 Series devices that start shipping later this year.
There are more than a dozen sessions on the topic and Microsoft has promised that--although existing Windows Mobile apps won't naturally run on the new phones--Microsoft wants to make it as easy as possible for developers to start writing code for the new operating system.
Although Microsoft hasn't gone into much detail about the tools needed to write Silverlight apps for Windows Phone 7 Series, the company did say at this week's Game Developer Conference in San Francisco that writing XNA games for Windows Phone will require the new version 4.0 of the XNA Game Studio. The company also confirmed that games can be hardware accelerated, connect to Xbox Live and bring in a user's gamertag, achievements and avatar.
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In Remember Me, Robert Pattinson plays Tyler. He's a straight shooter, someone that's confident in his ability to attract the opposite sex.
Considering his appearance, one would assume Pattinson possesses this same trait in real life. But one would be mistaken.
"When it comes to the opposite sex, I'm not as fully confident as [Tyler," the actor tells Parade in its latest issue. "I don't even remember the last time I asked someone out on a date... I'm much more self-conscious and not wanting to fail. So I tend to hold back."
That may have something to do with the fact that he doesn't need to, of course. Rob is dating Kristen Stewart.
As for Robert's ultimate goal? He touched on that, and a few other topics, in the magazine interview:
On his personal ambition: You keep trying to make your name stand for something other than just like meaningless celebrity. It's a difficult battle, but I think people like Johnny Depp have done that. He's not judged by his public image, it's just his acting that counts. To get to that place takes a lot of discipline and a lot of hiding.
On box office pressure: People always used to ask me about typecasting and I never had to really worry about it. You think people will judge you by your work. But the truth is, it's about whether the film you're in makes money or not.
On his past: I got beaten up by a lot of people when I was younger. I was a bit of an idiot, but I always thought the assaults were unprovoked. It was after I first started acting and I liked to behave like an actor, or how I thought an actor was supposed to be, and that apparently provoked a lot of people into hitting me.
Source:Hilton Hater
http://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/2010/03/robert-pattinson-lacks-confidence/
When we last left Bella and Edward, the latter had proposed to his shocked, mortal beloved. The New Moon cliffhanger left viewers in wonderment... unless you've read the book series, that is.
Now, the first trailer for Eclipse has been unveiled, delivering a much-desired first look at what's in store for everyone's favorite supernatural couple.
In the 10-second preview below, Edward warns Bella about the choice she's about to make, while Jacob says he'll always fight for her. It's great stuff.
Eclipse comes out on June 30. But fans can get their Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson fix in many ways until then:
- New Moon arrives on DVD on March 20.
- Stewart is starring in the upcoming The Runaways.
- Pattinson's latest film, Remember Me, hits theaters on Friday.
http://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/2010/03/eclipse-trailer-released-awesome/
Razer has been making some of the coolest gaming peripherals on the market for a long time and the company offered up its first Mac specific gaming mouse back in 2008. Things have been quiet on the Mac gaming front since then. At GDC this week, Razer reaffirmed its commitment to Mac gamers with the announcement that it would increase support for Mac gamers by issuing drivers for all upcoming Razer products for the Mac system. The drivers will be offered for the full line of upcoming StarCraft II items. Razer already has Mac support for some of its gear like the Orochi, Mamba, and Imperator. Source:Shane McGlaun
The music world's answer to Taylor Lautner and Robert Pattinson gave a radio interview with Q102 in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania yesterday.
Justin Bieber met and greeted fans that turned out to see the young star, prior to chatting with deejays about his upcoming album, My World 2.0.
The CD will be released on March 23 and Bieber will support it with his very first headlining tour. In other words: expect to see A LOT of this face over the next few weeks. But that's not a bad thing, is it?
[Photos: Splash News]
Source: Hilton Hater
http://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/2010/03/justin-bieber-gives-radio-interview-looks-cute/
The line of MediaSmart servers from HP were already pretty cool sounding allowing you to archive all your digital media in one place and access it from any PC in the home. HP has announced a new software update that makes the servers even more interesting. The new update now allows MediaServer users to transfer shows form a TiVo HD DVR to the MediaSmart server and back to the TiVo DVR. That is one seriously cool feature and will keep shows you really like form being overwritten or erased as the DVR fills up. The TiVo recordings can be managed while stored on the HP server and the programs can be watched from any Pc on the home network. The software is free and can be accesses from the Windows home Server console of the MediaSmart Server EX90, EX495, and HP Data Vault. Source:Shane McGlaun
Silicon Power has a range of flash drives and other gear and the thing that most of its items have in common is that the flash drives put as much emphasis on looking good as they do performing. The latest drive form the company is the Touch 830. The Touch 830 is very thin at about 3.5mm thick and is clad in stainless steel to give it a "Northern European" flavor according to the maker. The drive has no cap to remove or slide to flick to extend the USB connector and it can be had in up to 16GB capacity. Silicon Power says the drive is RoHS compliant and uses Chip on Board technology for performance. The full dimensions of the flash drive are 35 x 12.3 x 3.5mm and it weighs 4g. It only comes in silver and the price is unknown. Source:Shane McGlaun
This is no fun.
When asked about fellow young hottie Robert Pattinson, Zac Efron didn't attack the Twilight Saga star or begin a feud that would have the Internet buzzing. Instead, he simply showered Robert with praise.
“He’s absolutely amazing,” Efron told Access Hollywood on the red carpet of the Academy Awards. “I think he’s making great choices. I think he’s handling it all really well, but you know, he’s a superstar. He really deserves all this."
Come on, Zac. You can't insult Rob's new hairstyle at least?
Fine. We'll have to start a rivalry between these two studs ourselves. Study each one above and then answer the all-important question:
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Source:Hilton Hater
http://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/2010/03/zac-efron-on-robert-pattinson-hes-amazing/
When most people think of the Academy Awards, Steve 
Steve Jobs has numerous ties to Hollywood. Apple purchased Pixar in 1986, 20 years before it was later sold to Disney, and Jobs served as the animation studio's CEO. Even today, Jobs is involved at Disney as an active shareholder.
However, Jobs's appearance last night was about more than just being on the guest list. Last night featured an important TV premiere for the Apple CEO as the first televised iPad commercial was aired.
The iPad, which was originally slated to be released this month, has been delayed to April 3, in a rare production problem with Apple's usually-tight-knit operations. The device will become available for pre-order on March 12.
Source:Mark Raby
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Sandra Bullock, Jeff Bridges and The Hurt Locker, which took home both Best Picture and Best Director, were among the big winners at the 82nd Academy Awards.
There were some surprises, though few in the major acting categories.
Below is a full list of Oscar winners from Sunday night. We will have continuing coverage and photos of the event throughout the morning and afternoon.
Best Actress
Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side - WINNER
Helen Mirren, The Last Station
Carey Mulligan, An Education
Gabourey Sidibe, Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia
Sandra Bullock blind sided the competition as expected.
Best Actor
Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart - WINNER
George Clooney, Up In The Air
Colin Firth, A Single Man
Morgan Freeman, Invictus
Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker
Best Picture
Avatar
The Blind Side
District 9
The Hurt Locker - WINNER
An Education
Inglourious Basterds
Precious
A Serious Man
Up
Up in the Air
Matt Damon, Invictus
Woody Harrelson, The Messenger
Christopher Plummer, The Last Station
Stanley Tucci, The Lovely Bones
Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds - WINNER
Best Supporting Actress
Penélope Cruz, Nine
Vera Farmiga, Up In The Air
Maggie Gyllenhaal, Crazy Heart
Anna Kendrick, Up In The Air
Mo'Nique, Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire - WINNER
Best Director
James Cameron, Avatar
Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker - WINNER
Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds
Lee Daniels, Precious
Jason Reitman, Up in the Air
Best Original Screenplay
The Hurt Locker - WINNER
Inglourious Basterds
The Messenger
A Serious Man
Up
Best Adapted Screenplay
District 9
An Education
In the Loop
Precious - WINNER
Up in the Air
Best Animated Film
Coraline
Fanatastic Mr. Fox
The Princess and the Frog
The Secret of Kells
Up - WINNER
Best Foreign Language Film
Ajami
El Secreto de Sus Ojos - WINNER
The Milk of Sorrow
Un Prophète
The White Ribbon
Best Art Direction
Avatar - WINNER
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Nine
Sherlock Holmes
The Young Victoria
Cinematography
Avatar - WINNER
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
The White Ribbon
Editing
Avatar
District 9
The Hurt Locker - WINNER
Inglourious Basterds
Precious
Sound Mixing
Avatar
The Hurt Locker - WINNER
Inglourious Basterds
Star Trek
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Sound Editing
Avatar
The Hurt Locker - WINNER
Inglourious Basterds
Star Trek
Up
Original Score
Avatar
Fantastic Mr. Fox
The Hurt Locker
Sherlock Holmes
Up - WINNER
Original Song
"Almost There" from The Princess and the Frog
"Down in New Orleans" from The Princess and the Frog
"Loin de Paname" from Paris 36
"Take It All" from Nine
"The Weary Kind" from Crazy Heart - WINNER
Costume
Bright Star
Coco before Chanel
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Nine
The Young Victoria - WINNER
Documentary Feature
Burma VJ
The Cove - WINNER
Food, Inc.
The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
Which Way Home
Documentary (short subject)
China's Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province
The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner
he Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant
Music by Prudence - WINNER
Rabbit à la Berlin
Makeup
Il Divo
Star Trek - WINNER
The Young Victoria
Animated Short Film
French Roast
Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty
The Lady and the Reaper
Logorama - WINNER
A Matter of Loaf and Death
Live Action Short Film
The Door
Instead of Abracadabra
Kavi
Miracle Fish
The New Tenants - WINNER
Visual Effects
Avatar - WINNER
District 9
Star Trek
Source:Free Britney
http://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/2010/03/2010-academy-awards-full-list-of-winners/#more
Lake Agco is located in Kidapawan at the foot of Mt. Apo--- After Kapatagan's Camp Sabros, Lake Agco is another one of Mt. Apo's Treasures.
A place for adventure and excitement in natures grand design.Filled with untold secrets, the wonders that the lake can offer its visitors are overwheilming.
Hot and cold Springs, water falls and other features such as mud pits good for mud packs and theraputical uses.Well from a real Natural set up the lake goes through tourism improvements to make it more accesisble to its visitors. Now, the place is transformed into a natural resort furnished with cottages and ammenities fitt to serve the community of foreigners and something that mindanao can be proud to offer the world. Truly This is another pot of Gold on the end of Mt. Apo's Rainbows.
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Today only, ThingFling.com offers the Duracell My Pocket Charger for iPod or iPhone, model no. 852-0227, for $3.99 with $6 for shipping. That's tied with our February mention and the lowest total price we've seen. When loaded with two AA batteries and connected to your iPhone or
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