Kennedy Center Honors 2010

President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle hosted this year's Kennedy Center Honors in D.C. on Sunday night. Oprah Winfrey, Beatle Paul McCartney, dancer-choreographer Bill T. Jones, country singer Merle Haggard and Broadway composer Jerry Herman each earned the arts awards not only for their talents, but also for bringing people together, the Associated Press writes.

For the occasion, Michelle wore a beaded scarlet gown by Naeem Khan and silver earrings.

Check out who was there and scroll down for a better view of the First Lady's and Oprah's looks.

Concorde Crash Leads To Guilty Verdict 10 Years after the crash

Air France Flight 4590 was a Concorde flight from Charles de Gaulle International Airport near Paris, France, to John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City, New York, and operated by Air France. On 25 July 2000 it crashed in Gonesse, France. All one hundred passengers and nine crew on board the flight perished. On the ground, four people were killed with one left wounded.

Continental Airlines Inc. and one of its mechanics were convicted in a French court of manslaughter Monday because debris from one of its planes caused the crash of an Air France Concorde jet that killed 113 people a decade ago.
The Houston-based airline was ordered to pay Air France euro1.08 million ($1.43 million) for damaging its reputation, in addition to a fine of around euro200,000 ($265,000). The victims of the crash were mostly German tourists.
The presiding judge confirmed investigators' long-held belief that titanium debris dropped by a Continental DC-10 onto the runway at Charles de Gaulle airport before the supersonic jet took off on July 25, 2000, was to blame. Investigators said the debris gashed the Concorde's tire, propelling bits of rubber into the fuel tanks and sparking a fire.
The plane then slammed into a nearby hotel, killing all 109 people aboard and four others on the ground.
Ronald Schmid, a lawyer who has represented several families of the German victims, said he was "skeptical" about the ruling.
"It bothers me that none of those responsible for Air France were sitting in the docks," he told The Associated Press by phone from Frankfurt.
The airline and mechanic, John Taylor, were also ordered to jointly pay more than euro274,000 ($360,000) in damages to different civil parties.
Taylor was also handed a 15-month suspended prison sentence, and a euro2,000 ($2,650) fine. All other defendants – including three former French officials and Taylor's now-retired supervisor Stanley Ford – were acquitted.
The court said Taylor should not have used titanium, a harder metal than usual, to build a piece for the DC-10 that is known as a wear strip. He was also accused of improperly installing the piece that fell onto the runway.

Stunt jumper student Samual Koch seriously injured after leaping over moving cars on spring

This was the shocking moment when a stunt went horribly wrong in front of millions of TV viewers.

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Student Samuel Koch was trying to jump over a series of moving cars while wearing 'kangaroo' spring stilts when he got caught by the fourth vehicle - driven by his father - and fell.
As he lay motionless on the floor, distraught Wetten, dass? host Thomas Gottschalk called for a doctor and the cameras panned away from the stage.
The 23-year-old was conscious and treated for a number of minutes before being strapped to a spinal board and taken to hospital.
Last night he was operated on at the University Hospital in Dusseldorf, but there was no news on his condition.
Wetten, dass? (Bet it?) features stunts by members of the public and is one of the most watched shows in Europe.
Koch had claimed he could leap five cars within four minutes in his spring-propelled stilts.
After the accident, TV chiefs showed repeats of musical acts which had previously appeared on the show for 25 minutes before finally cancelling the programme.
Take That and American teenage star Justin Bieber had been due to perform.
Gottschalk announced:'We will here and now break off the programme. Anything else would be wrong. We feel responsible to not make jolly when we are not.'
When he had introduced the stunt, Gottschalk told the audience that he had been very worried watching rehearsals of Koch jumping over cars being driven towards him.
He had told magazine Der Spiegel: 'I have never been so scared that something would happen to this young man. I can only say, I hope all goes well.'
The magazine speculated that the stunts were becoming increasingly dangerous at least in part due to competition from the rival Das Supertalent show which goes out on a rival station at the same time.

Koch was jumping over successively bigger cars, and broke off the second jump, looking irritated and stressed, according to Der Spiegel.

He cleared the third but the fourth, which was being driven by his father, was too much and he caught himself on it somehow and crashed to the floor.

It is the first time in 29 years that the show has been cancelled.

Gottschalk said later:'It is the first time in my long, long career that such a thing has happened and we have carried out many dangerous stunts.

'I have always said that would be the worst thing for me, if something happened to one of my candidates in a live show. I regret enormously that this has now happened.'


 

Dexter Season 5 episode 11 -Watch Video

In anticipation of an all new Dexter episode that is set to take place today at 21:00 on ShowTime – we take a look at a sneak peak of the episode titled ‘Hop A Freighter’. If you’re looking to watch Dexter season 5 episode 11 online trailer or just interested in a brief Dexter ‘Hop A Freighter’ preview, then read on below.

Dexter Season 5 Episode 11 ‘Hop A Freighter’ Preview

As far as Police Drama shows go, Dexter is considered among the top series on TV and it looks as though today’s episode will please loyal fans of the show who’ve been tuning in since it first premiered in October 1 2006. Damage control becomes Dexter’s latest personal assignment, while Deb’s speculation grows. In the meantime, a murder is tied to Quinn.

For those who haven’t been following the show for the last 5 seasons it has been on air then let us give you a recap of what the show is about, ahead of today’s episode. Dexter is a unique crime thriller with a serial killer policemen as the protagonist. As a forensic blood spatter expert for the Miami Dace Police Department, Dexter Morgan gets to solve a lot of cases and also, in his own time, makes sure to take care of the unsolved cases in his own twisted way.

Can Michael Hall and the rest of the crew crank out another good episode? To find out, tune in to ShowTime today at 21:00 to watch Dexter season 5 episode 11 ‘Hop A Freighter’. Preview of the show for upcoming episodes and more video clips will be available, so don’t forget to check back in.

Bowl Games 2010

It was a crazy up and down year for the Pac-10 this season as Oregon and Stanford dominated, Arizona hung around, and most everybody else circled the drain. The conference was able to get only four bowl eligible teams this year and with the announcement of the 2010 bowl game schedule, the Pac-10 will only send four teams across the country. The four schools are Oregon, Stanford, Arizona and Washington. Arizona State finished with six wins but needed seven due to the fact that they played two teams in 1-AA (Football Championship Series).
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The announcements came down earlier this evening and here are your Pac-10 bowl matchups and dates (all times pacific):

Oregon vs. Auburn: Tostitos BCS National Championship Game - Glendale, Arizona (January 10, 2011, 5:30pm)
Stanford vs. Virginia Tech: Discover Orange Bowl - Miami, Fl (January 3, 2011, 5:30pm)
Arizona vs. Oklahoma State: Valero Alamo Bowl - San Antonio, Tx (December 29, 2010, 6:15pm)
Washington vs. Nebraska: Bridgepoint Education Holiday Bowl - San Diego, CA (December 30, 2010, 7:00pm)
Odds are only just beginning to come out for the games, but so far Oregon is a three point underdog to Auburn and Stanford is a three point underdog to Virginia Tech. We'll make sure and have the spreads for all the Pac-10 Bowl games as the conference looks to build on their top heavy 2010 performance.

Facebook cartoon profile pictures : New Trend

A campaign stared on Facebook asking people to make Facebook cartoon profile pic, to fight against child abuse. This campaign which started as a game from Greece, on mid of November, took up a more serious turn on December 6th and was famous all across the globe. Mark Zuckerberg, also confirmed the introduction of the campaign make 'Facebook cartoon profile pic'. The campaign has got nearly 90,000 fans in just one day.

Insiders have revealed that this campaign seems to have a lot of influence from across the world and their sole aim of 'Facebook cartoon profile pic' was to urge every user of Facebook to remove their profile pic and replace it with a cartoon. How it will help the cause to fight against child abuse still needs to be seen.

Suffice to say, the rumours were not true AT ALL, and if you feel like changing your profile picture to an old favorite cartoon, whether it be to support child abuse awareness or simply to revisit nostalgia-town, feel free to do so in the comfort and safety of knowing you’re not allowing, supporting or endorsing any paedophilic related activity.

Brittney Jones Sex tape image,video,news update

Brittney Jones Sex tape:-In the most shocking news since Alexis Neiers' arrest for heroin possession, Vivid Entertainment has confirmed it will soon release a sex tape starring Brittney Jones, the woman who claims she slept with Ashton Kutcher.

As THG first reported in late September, an ex-boyfriend claims to be behind this footage (and, presumably, Jones). In a press release Vivid Chairman Steven Hirsch said today:
"We’ve acquired the tape and confirmed its authenticity. Brittney is obviously a beautiful young girl who could clearly seduce any man."
Jones, in fact, says she did just that, allegedly banging Kutcher in the very same living room he shares with wife Demi Moore.
The 21-year old has since blabbed to any tabloid that will pay her listen, expounding on her tale and saying the actress was only angry about the affair because she wasn't included in it.
As for what viewers will see on Brittney Jones Confidential, which hits the market on December 14? We've posted a quartet of images from this sex tape. Warning: they are just SO darn hot!!!