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Obama sings the blues with Jagger, B.B King

admin — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 03:42:58 +0000

(Reuters) – Bill Clinton had his saxophone, but President Barack Obama can sing the blues. Obama lent his voice to a White House jam featuring Mick Jagger, B.B. King, Jeff Beck and Buddy Guy on Tuesday during a celebration of blues and its influence on modern pop culture. After wowing crowds in January by singing a line from Al Green’s classic hit “Let’s Stay Together” at a Harlem fundraiser, the President sang a verse of “Sweet Home Chicago” in the all-star finale of a TV special taped at the White House. “We were trying to get you to help us sing. …

Fans, celebs react to Rihanna/Chris Brown collaboration

admin — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:54:13 +0000

LOS ANGELES, Feb 22 (TheWrap.com) – With their mutual collaborations released on Monday, Rihanna and Chris Brown have taken an important step forward in mending their relationship, following the savage beating that Brown gave Rihanna in 2009. The rest of the world, however, seems to be bitterly divided over their decision to make music together. …

Steinhoff Chief Jooste Plans 1.5 Billion-Euro Furniture-Unit IPO – BusinessWeek

Latin America business news - Google News — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 23:14:43 +0000

Bloomberg

Steinhoff Chief Jooste Plans 1.5 Billion-Euro Furniture-Unit IPO
BusinessWeek
23 (Bloomberg) -- Steinhoff International Holdings Ltd. plans an initial public offering of its European unit that could raise 1.5 billion euros ($1.98 billion) to repay debt as it considers expanding in Latin America and eastern Europe.
Steinhoff Chief Markus Jooste Plans $2 Billion Eruopean Furniture-Unit IPOBloomberg

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Ponting sacking ‘a wake-up call’ – West Coast Sentinel

west indies cricket news - Google News — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 22:51:59 +0000

Sydney Morning Herald

Ponting sacking 'a wake-up call'
West Coast Sentinel
Peter Forrest and George Bailey are pushing for inclusion in the touring party for the forthcoming tour of the West Indies. ''I'm looking forward to seeing who has got the steel and the resolve and the technique and the desire to become our next ...
Without one-day cricket Ricky Ponting may not be prepared for Test matchesHerald Sun
For whom the bells toll…The Hindu
Lawson says time is right for 'self-indulgent' Ponting to call it quitsThe Canberra Times
Sydney Morning Herald -Perth Now
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Whitney Houston open casket photo on tabloid cover

admin — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 22:11:00 +0000

LOS ANGELES, Feb 22 (TheWrap.com) – In a classy move certain to enrage fans while boosting sales, the National Enquirer has published a photo of Whitney Houston’s open casket this week. The image of the late pop diva was purportedly taken during a private viewing at the Whigham Funeral Home in Newark, N.J. The exercise in sensationalism is on par with the photos of Houston’s last meal and the bathtub she died in that TMZ ran in the days immediately after her February 11 death at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills. …

GDS International Pushes the Envelope of Telecoms Business Progression in … – Sacramento Bee

Latin America business news - Google News — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:37:45 +0000

GDS International Pushes the Envelope of Telecoms Business Progression in ...
Sacramento Bee
Top C-level executives will be present to discuss cutting-edge business topics, spanning the gamut of challenges facing telecoms leaders in the Latin American sphere today - from enterprise mobility to data and infrastructural expansions to name but a ...

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Alain Groenendaal Appointed President & CEO of Grey Latin America – Sacramento Bee

Latin America business news - Google News — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:37:39 +0000

Alain Groenendaal Appointed President & CEO of Grey Latin America
Sacramento Bee
22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Jim Heekin, Chairman and CEO of Grey Group, today announced that Alain Groenendaal has been appointed President & CEO of Grey Latin America, which operates in 18 markets in the region. Groenendaal will continue to serve in his ...

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Mancini accepts the olive branch – Irish Times

latin america soccer - Google News — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:00:49 +0000

Irish Times

Mancini accepts the olive branch
Irish Times
Tevez yesterday said sorry for his conduct in recent months having returned to Manchester from his unauthorised three-month break in South America last week. The 28-year-old striker had been in dispute with the club since he refused to warm up during ...

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Adele breaks Whitney Houston’s chart record

admin — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:58:45 +0000

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The late Whitney Houston was unable to oust Adele from the top spot on the Billboard 200 album chart, and the British singer’s “21″ replaced “The Bodyguard” as the longest running No. 1 album by a woman. Boosted by her six Grammy awards and performance comeback, Adele’s “21″ saw its biggest sales week yet in 52 weeks on the U.S. chart, selling 730,000 copies according to Nielsen SoundScan. That gave Adele her 21st week at the top spot, beating the record held by Houston with her 1992 “Bodyguard” album. …

Michael Fassbender boards Ridley Scott’s "The Counselor"

admin — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:51:47 +0000

LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) – Michael Fassbender has signed on to star in “The Counselor,” with his “Prometheus” director, Ridley Scott, TheWrap has confirmed. Cormac McCarthy, the Pulitzer Prize winning novelist and playwright whose “No Country for Old Men” was adapted to the Academy Award-winning 2007 movie, wrote the script. Fassbender will play the counselor — a respected lawyer who finds himself in over his head after he gets involved in a drug operation. Nick Wechsler, Steve Schwartz and Paula Mae Schwartz are producing. (Editing By Zorianna Kit)