Lady Gaga Real Name

Lady Gaga Real Name

Lady Gaga’s Birthday Reveals Her Real Name And A Strange Birthday Cake
Yesterday was Lady Gaga’s 25th birthday. What has stumped most of her fans is what her real name is. Search terms like “lady gaga real name” and “what is lady gaga’s real name” spiked to record levels during her birthday. All her fans would have to do is a Google search and Wikipedia would bring it up for them as Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta. Lady Gaga got her stage name in a weird way. According to her producer, Rob Fusari, he sent her a text and meant to put Radio Ga Ga. The text auto corrected itself from Radio to Lady. When Gaga got the text she loved it and the rest is history.

Another spotlight for Lady Gaga’s birthday was when Ellen DeGeneres called her up to wish her a happy birthday. Ellen had a truly Gaga style cake made. This sucker had Kermit the frog, two humongous bows, smoking cvc pipes, and some crown thing on top. Ellen said it could be a hat, a dress, or whatever she wanted to wear it as. Lady Gaga was thrilled. I hope she had a great birthday.


Watch the video of Ellen’s cake below.

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Simpsons episodes pulled over jokes

Simpsons episodes pulled over jokes

Simpsons episodes pulled over nuclear jokes

The nuclear disaster in Japan has moved at least one Canadian broadcaster to pull episodes of The Simpsons from its rotation.

OMNI Television spokeswoman Koreen Ott said the station, which airs reruns of The Simpsons at 6 p.m., has “pulled any nuclear episodes from The Simpsons” from the air.

“We’re reviewing our inventory for any further sensitive episodes.”

Ott could not say which episodes have been pulled, but added that the station was provided a list of questionable episodes from Fox, which airs The Simpsons in the United States.


OMNI Television is not alone. Television stations in Europe have also pulled nuclear-related episodes.


Austria’s ORF network has already pulled two episodes from its rotation: “Marge Gets a Job,” which features scientists Marie and Pierre Curie turning into zombies after being exposed to radiation; and “On a Clear Day I Can’t See My Sister,” in which jokes are made about a nuclear meltdown.

The Comedy Network said in an email it has no plans to schedule either of the two episodes listed above at this time.

The Simpsons executive producer Al Jean told ew.com, he understands if some episodes of his show are pulled due to current real-life events in Japan.

“We have 480 episodes, and if there are a few that they don't want to air for awhile in light of the terrible thing going on, I completely understand that,” he said.

This isn’t the first time The Simpsons has been pulled because it made light of a real-life situation. A television station in Australia yanked an episode that was supposed to air this month because it made light of a tsunami.

Also, shortly after 9/11 an episode in which Homer goes to New York was pulled for awhile because it showed the World Trade Center.

Global TV, which also air reruns of the comedy, has not confirmed if it has pulled any episodes.

Meanwhile, English-language video of the pulled episodes are hard to come by online, but that shouldn’t stop you from finding the humour in this clip. (It might even add to it.)

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132 Pound Toddler

 

132 Pound Toddler

 

132 Pound Toddler Insatiable Hunger Weight Gain
132 Pound Toddler. Lu Hao is 132 pounds and one toddler who was born underweight, at 5.7 pounds. He is now five times the size of a normal child his age.

Doctors are now baffled by the 3-year-olds insatiable hunger and rapid weight gain. They suspect his low birthweight might have something to do with it. Lu Hao’s parents have attempted to curb their child’s diet and encourage physical activity. However, such attempts have been rebuked by the 3-year-old, who prefers to ride on his mother’s motorcycle rather than walk to kindergarten and throws temper tantrums when his parents attempt to lighten his food intake.


His father, Lu Yuncheng, said that the toddler can eat three big bowls of rice at a sitting and “cries nonstop” if denied what he wants. This hasn’t stopped his parents from seeking further information about their son’s inexplicable weight gain. According to ABC News, Hao’s parents have taken him to specialists in China. Doctors suspected the child’s weight gain might be caused by a hormone disorder, but tests revealed his hormones were normal.


For now, Lu Hao’s parents continue to monitor their son’s diet and hope that his hunger settles down. While Lu Hao is an extreme case, many parents are faced with the obstacle of protecting their children from obesity. In the U.S., childhood obesity rates continue to rise — more than tripling in the last 30 years, with an estimated 17 percent of children (ages 2 to 19) considered obese, according to the CDC.

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Katy Perry ET Music Video Leaked on YouTube

Katy Perry ET Music Video Leaked on YouTube

Katy Perry 'ET' music video leaked on You Tube - For a brief time this weekend, a video clip of the new song from Katy Perry, 'ET' featuring Kanye West was leaked on the world wide web, and was broadcast on YouTube.

The not-yet-released film clip of the song was later removed.

Will it help Katy knock lady Gaga from the top spot on the charts?

Pop superstar Lady Gaga has managed to stay in the number one spot on Billboard's hot 100 singles chart for the sixth week in a row.
Gaga, real name Stefani Germanotta, has fought off competition from Katy Perry to spend a sixth week on top with Born This Way.


Perry's tune E.T. follows in second place, while Rihanna's track S&M, comes in third place.

Meanwhile, Brit singer Jessie J advanced from 58 to 54 with her tune Price Tag.

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Victoria Justice and Co Blue Ball Birthday Babes

Victoria Justice and Co Blue Ball Birthday Babes

reating herself to a much deserved night of partying, Victoria Justice was among the stars on hand for Perez Hilton's Blue Ball Birthday Celebration in Hollywood, California on Saturday (March 26).

Clad in a festive blue frock, the "Victorious" cutie worked the arrivals area as she joined fellow party guests including Aubrey O’Day, Jenna Jameson, Dita Von Teese, JoJo and Debbie Gibson, to name a few.
Always communicating with her many faithful followers, Miss Justice commented on the theme appropriate music being played, as she tweeted, "Blue (Da Ba Dee)- Eiffel 65. Bringin' back some good old 90's memories... :{)"

The night on the town comes just after it was announced that Victoria has landed herself the lead role in the upcoming movie "Fun Size".


With filming to begin this spring in Minnesota, "Fun Size" tells the tale of "a sarcastic teenage girl who is forced to take her little brother trick-or-treating on Halloween, then loses him and must find him before their mother finds out," according to THR.

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Smugglers arrested with 40 pythons onto a plane

Smugglers arrested with 40 pythons onto a plane

Snakes on a plane: Smugglers arrested with 40 pythons in their hand luggage
Two men were arrested trying to smuggle 40 snakes onto a plane in their hand luggage yesterday.

They were stopped after airport security officials in Jakarta found the animals when the bags were passed through security scanners

Although the reticulated pythons were sedated, officers still said the reptiles could have caused terror on the flight from Jakarta to Dubai if released - especially among any passengers who had seen Samuel L Jackson film Snakes on a Plane.

Reticulated pythons are not poisonous and kill their prey by squeezing them to death, although a few cases of them killing humans have been reported.

The arrested men, Yaqub Ebrahim and Ali Hasan, are thought to have been trying to smuggle the animals to the United Arab Emirates where they would have been sold.

The pair are said to have told officers that they had been promised a large sum of money for the snakes by the collectors in the United Arab Emirates.


Authorities across south east Asia are seeing increasing animal smuggling.

In December, police at Abu Dhabi's airport stopped a passenger who passed through an Indonesian airport carrying four snakes, two parrots and a squirrel.

Last year a Malaysian wildlife trafficker Anson Wong, nicknamed the "Lizard King" pleaded guilty to smuggling 95 endangered boa constrictors.

An Indonesian security spokesman said:' In the name of flight safety and security, no kind of animal is allowed to be brought onto an aircraft without permission and special handling.

'We usually place [the animals] in the cargo hold instead of the passenger cabin. In this case, pythons are among the animals banned.'

The suspects face up to seven years in jail if they are found guilty.

The reticulated pythons, which can grow up to 20 feet long, have been taken to the animal quarantine centre at Jakarta's Sukarno-Hatta airport.

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Reese Witherspoon weds Jim Toth

Reese Witherspoon weds Jim Toth

Just married! Reese Witherspoon weds Jim Toth in front of family and A-list friends
Reese Witherspoon exchanged vows with talent agent Jim Toth in an intimate ceremony today at her lavish $7 million estate in Ojai, California.
The Legally Blonde star, 35, who wore a custom-designed gown by Monique Lhuillier, walked down the aisle to the traditional Bridal Chorus.
Toth, 40, had earlier arrived for the traditional service with her children Ava, 11, and Deacon, 7, while the Tennessee Waltz played.
Stars including Renee Zellweger, Matthew McConaughey, Tobey Maguire, Robert Downey, Jr., Alyssa Milano, Isla Fisher and Salma Hayek were also among the 120 guests.
Witherspoon's best friend, Heather Rosenfield, served as matron of honour, and her young nieces were flower girls, according to Us Weekly.
Her parents John, a surgeon, and Betty, a Ph.D college professor, had flown in from Tennessee while Toth, who is originally from Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, also had family in attendance.
Guests mingled at a pre-wedding cocktail hour before the ceremony, which was just 20 minutes long.
Eighty white doves were released moments after the couple said 'I do'.
A large marquee was erected on the luxurious ranch, which is situated on six acres, and it was trimmed with lights and candles ahead of the occasion.
Many guests had earlier checked into the nearly by Ojai Valley Inn & Spa including the newly single Zellweger.

The Bridget Jones star, who split from Bradley Cooper last week, attended the service along with her publicist Nanci Ryder, who also represents Witherspoon and is one of the bride's closest friends.

Witherspoon had apologised in advance to neighbours for all the noise, traffic and extra congestion caused by her friends, family and media descending on their neighbourhood.
'Reese sent nice personalised letters to all the neighbours last week', a source told Radar Online.
'She informed us that she and Jim were having their wedding at her home and apologised ahead of time for all the construction and all the cargo trucks that would be coming in and out of the community'.
The source added: 'I thought it was really considerate and thoughtful of her. She was thinking of others while planning her big day. What a classy gal!'

Workers were seen putting together a large white tent at the back of the expansive Libby Ranch at her California country estate earlier this week and an aerial view captured her lavish grounds being transformed for her very special day.
The large building is surrounded by lush greenery and proved the perfect romantic setting.
She is said to have employed the services of celebrity event planner Yifat Oren to ensure her big day goes off without a hitch.
Earlier this week, the Academy Award winner managed to squeeze in some essential pampering time before her big day.

She treated herself to a few indulgent pre-wedding beauty treatments at the exclusive Kinara Day Spa in West Hollywood.

Witherspoon and Toth became engaged over the Christmas period after meeting in January last year.

He proposed with a $250,000 four-carat Ashoka diamond.

It is the first marriage for Toth but the second time down the aisle for Witherspoon, who was married to the father of her children, Ryan Phillippe, 36, for eight years.

She also dated Brokeback Mountain star Jake Gyllenhaal, 30, however they split in 2009.

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Bret Michaels sues CBS, Tonys over on-stage mishap

Bret Michaels sues CBS, Tonys over on-stage mishap

A lawsuit against CBS and Tony Award Productions claims that producers are to blame for rocker Bret Michaels' 2009 on-stage injury because they failed to tell him how to exit the stage safely.
The suit, filed Friday in Los Angeles Superior Court, states that Michaels specifically asked producers if they had any instructions about where he should or should not stand during any portion of his performance. They told him he should simply exit from the stage rear after he was done, according to the documents.
During the opening number on telecast, Michaels suffered a fractured nose and split lip after he was hit by a large sign descending from the ceiling following Poison's performance of "Nothin' But a Good Time" with the "Rock of Ages" cast.
The suit states that Michaels was never told the scenery piece would be descending or given "any warning of the existence of the dangers it presented."
Six months after the accident, Michaels suffered a near fatal subarachnoid hemorrhage -- bleeding beneath the thin tissue covering the brain -- "at the hands of the Tony Awards," the lawsuit claims.
"Through his sheer will to live, Michaels was able to survive this trauma," the suit reads.

Michaels alleges producers have "failed and refused" to remedy the situation and even blamed him for the accident, claiming he "missed his mark."
He is seeking unspecified damages.

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Abercrombie Padded Bikini Tops

Abercrombie Padded Bikini Tops

Abercrombie & Fitch Sparks Outcry With Padded Bikini Tops for 8-Year-Olds
Swimsuit season is looming, and stores are galore with itty bitty bikinis.

But shockingly, one of America’s largest clothing retail chains, Abercrombie & Fitch, is marketing padded bikini tops to girls as young as eight.

Included in the current spring line for Abercrombie Kids (a division of the fashion company specifically dedicated to 8-14 year olds) is the “Ashley” Push-Up Triangle – a triangular-shaped bikini top which comes complete with thick padding for breast enhancement.

Moms and child development experts are aghast over the garment and the damage it could potentially do to young girls in making them feel inadequate with their pre-adolsecent bodies.

“This is appalling! If a parent buys a padded bikini for an eight year old, children's services should be called! The sexualization of teens is bad enough and now this trend is trickling down to our babies,” parenting expert Dr. Janet Rose told FOX411’s Pop Tarts column. “If we continue to try to make our children value 'sexy' I shudder to think what damage we are doing to their future self-concepts and adult values. In the long run, I fear we are creating girls who will suffer from low self-esteem and all the issues that go along with that.”

A rep for Abercrombie & Fitch was not immediately available for comment.

Los Angeles-based psychologist, Dr. Nancy Irwin, said wearing a chest-boosting bikini top at such a young age can pave the way for sexual promiscuity.

“Wearing a padded bra at that age when unnecessary is encouraging sexual precociousness, a dangerous muscle to flex for the girl as well as for peers and predators,” she explained.

Human Behavior expert Patrick Wanis PhD concurred that the padded tops are both disturbing and dangerous.

“Are we sexualizing young girls to get the attention of men or to encourage women to use their daughters to compensate for their own lack of sexual appeal by living vicariously through their daughter?" Wanis asked. "Is this the extreme extension of the beauty-pageant mother who now seeks to make up for what she can never be?”

Other experts say the onus is on parents, not the fashion industry, over what young children wear.

“It doesn't matter much, these days, as to what the comments are surrounding what the fashion industry has decided our teeny-bopper sex tantalizers should adorn themselves in. I'm slapping the blame on moms for not seeing any further than their own breast implants when it comes to purchasing push-uppers for girls that don't, as yet, actually have any breasts,” said Shirlee Smith, CEO/Founder of “Talk About Parenting With Shirlee Smith.” “Who is paying for this sexy- kiddie marketing? Mom in the short run, sex object girls in the long run.”

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Leonard Nimoy turns 80, Spock ear being auctioned

Leonard Nimoy turns 80, Spock ear being auctioned

Star Trek’s Leonard Nimoy Turns 80, False Ear To Be Auctioned
Happy Birthday Leonard Nimoy!

The veteran actor – who played Spock in the legendary Star Trek TV series – turned 80 on Saturday.

He celebrates the landmark birthday days after co-star William Shatner also hit 80.

Tweeting ahead of his birthday, Nimoy wrote: “I told my Dad I’m going to be an actor,” he said. “He said I’d be palling with gypsies and vagabonds. They’ll all be at my party this weekend.”

He also received birthday wishes from NASA and his other Star Trek co-star George Takei.

“Earlier this week it was @WilliamShatner’s birthday,” NASA wrote in a tweet. “Let’s give the bridge equal billing and wish happy birthday to @TheRealNimoy LLAP!”


Wrote Takei: “Happy 80th birthday to my friend Leonard Nimoy. @TheRealNimoy, LLAP.”

Meanwhile, Trekkies have the chance to fork out for one of Spock’s iconic pointy ears.

A false ear worn by Nimoy in the first Star Trek feature film is going up for auction.

The fake latex ear, which has been kept preserved by its owner for more than 30 years, is being auctioned in Los Angeles next month by Premiere Props.

An auction spokesperson said: “This ear was kept by the prop master from the film.

“It was carefully wrapped up which is important because silicone latex can deteriorate.

“Spock’s ears are an iconic part of Star Trek and fans across the world would love to own it – we’ve already had lots of bids.”

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Oprah Sets Final Show Date

Oprah Sets Final Show Date

The time has come to an end for talk show queen Oprah Winfrey. After announcing in 2009 that she would no longer tape her highly-acclaimed talk show, the time is nearing for the last episode, which will air on May 25th, 2011. The show will continue to replay reruns of the show until September 9, 2011.
Oprah’s show began as AM Chicago before being picked up nationally on September 8, 1986. In those more than 24 years since the first Oprah Show aired, the talk show goddess has taped more than 5,000 episodes of the show, and earned herself the highest of honors and respect from people across the nation. She’s also the richest woman in the world if that helps describe the fame she has earned.
Oprah announced on Larry King Live she would not be renewing her contract when it came to an end this year. Winfrey does have plans in the works for a new talk show for her own network: OWN.

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James Dean secret revealed

James Dean secret revealed

James Dean molestation kept secret by Taylor
During making of 'Giant,' actor confessed that he was abused by minister as a child
It was a Hollywood secret Elizabeth Taylor took with her to the grave — well, almost.

When the late actress spoke to journalist Kevin Sessums back in 1997, she had one big-time revelation that had to wait until after she was gone.
The shocker concerned James Dean, her friend and handsome co-star in the classic film "Giant," which was released in 1956. Dean died a year earlier at age 24 in a car crash, and received a posthumous Oscar nomination for his performance in the movie.
"I loved Jimmy," Taylor told Sessums, writing in a Daily Beast item. (Taylor passed away in L.A. at age 79 of congestive heart failure, and was buried at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Glendale, Calif., Thursday.)
"I'm going to tell you something, but it's off the record until I die. OK?"
In the chat 14 years ago, Taylor revealed: "When Jimmy was 11 and his mother passed away, he began to be molested by his minister. I think that haunted him the rest of his life. In fact, I know it did. We talked about it a lot. During 'Giant' we'd stay up nights and talk and talk, and that was one of the things he confessed to me."




Sessums points out that Taylor never published her own tell-all memoir about her life or her famous friends.

"I would have to give up today," she said in the 1997 chat. "And dive into yesterday. You can't predict tomorrow. And my life has had so many startling tomorrows that I don't think they've stopped."

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Katie Couric May Leave CBS News

Katie Couric May Leave CBS News 

Katie Couric's days with CBS News may be drawing to a close, according to the LA Times.

Those familiar with the situation have said that Couric, the current anchor of the “CBS Evening News,” is contemplating a move into daytime television.

The Times reports that there has been widespread speculation, since the very beginning of Couric's tenure with the Evening News, that she was never entirely comfortable with the format.

Couric was signed to a 5 year contract, which expires in June of 2011, after a number of years with NBC's popular morning show, “Today.” In recent years, evening network news has declined in viewership across the spectrum of broadcasters.

The daytime television market will experience a void with the exit of The Oprah Winfrey Show later in the year. TV personalities such as Anderson Cooper have begun to vie for the chance to fill that void with new shows starting in the fall. Couric's hypothetical daytime show would not likely debut until the fall of 2012, according to the Times report.

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Winslet’s an author

Winslet’s an author

Actress Kate Winslet will author a book of celebrity self-portrait photos by Ben Stiller, Jude Law, Meryl Streep and others to support the treatment of autism, Simon & Schuster said Thursday.

Winslet organized the collection of self-portrait photos for the book, "The Golden Hat," after becoming inspired by an HBO documentary she narrated called "A Mother's Courage: Talking Back to Autism" that aired last year.

The film shows Keli Ericsdottir, an Icelandic boy who suffered from severe nonverbal autism, eventually being able to communicate. He now composes poems, including one describing a magical hat that enables an autistic boy to communicate.


The book, which will be released this year, derives its name from Ericsdottir's poem and tells the story of Winslet's relationship with the Ericsdottir family as well as Keli Ericsdottir's poetry and writings.

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sc johnson sex assault

sc johnson sex assault

SC Johnson family member charged with sex assault of child
Samuel Curtis Johnson III, a billionaire member of the family that runs the SC Johnson & Son household products company, has been charged with repeated sexual assault of a child, officials said on Friday.

The child is now 15, and the alleged assault went on for "several years," according to Racine County District Attorney Michael Nieskes.

In the criminal complaint, the victim identified her abuser as her stepfather, Nieskes said.

Johnson, 55, of Racine, Wisc., has been released on a $500,000 bond. A hearing was to be held in Racine on Friday to determine whether certain redacted portions of the criminal complaint will be made public, Nieskes said.

The charge involves 10 to 15 separate incidents. If convicted, Johnson could serve up to 40 years in prison.


"Obviously, this is a personal matter for Curt, but allegations of this type are always deeply disturbing," said Harlan Loeb, spokesman for the Johnson family. "The family is distraught and hopes for the best for everyone involved."

Kelly Samrau, a spokeswoman for SC Johnson, the privately held Racine, Wisc.-based maker of household products such as Raid bug sprays and Windex cleaner, said the case has no bearing on SC Johnson.

Johnson had been chairman of Diversey, Inc., a Wisconsin cleaning product company also controlled by the Johnson family, but took a leave of absence February 21, according to a statement from Diversey.

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Fight erupts over spaghetti in subway

Fight erupts over spaghetti in subway

NYC Subway Fistfight Erupts Over Woman Eating Spaghetti
A woman on a New York City subway train, enjoying some take-out spaghetti, was harassed by another passenger who thought it ill-mannered to dine in an underground train car. Someone began videoing mid-argument. It’s difficult to hear the video, but here is roughly what happened:

“What kind of animals eat on the train like that?” says the woman across the aisle.

The diner snaps back with an epithet, and the exchange quickly degenerates into a fistfight.

“Chill out!” shouts a man as he tries to pull apart the two combatants…

Some New York commuters called for a subway system ban on food, like the ones enforced in Washington, San Francisco and other cities. The Port Authority Trans-Hudson trains, which run between New York and New Jersey, already prohibit eating.


Given the range of activities in the subway, munching on food should be the least worry. Most troublesome are the comments under the video at YouTube, which re-enforces how much bigotry still exists.

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Mega Millions Ticket

Mega Millions Ticket

Winning Mega Millions ticket worth $319M sold in Albany
A lottery official says a winning ticket for the Mega Millions lottery jackpot worth $319 million has been sold at a variety store in Albany, N.Y.

New York Lottery spokeswoman Carolyn Hapeman says the winning jackpot ticket for Friday's drawing was sold at Coulson's News Center, located just a few blocks from the state Capitol.

Hapeman says final sales numbers raised the annuity value of the prize to $319 million, with a cash value of $202.9 million.

According to the Mega Millions website, the jackpot is the fifth-largest in the game's history. The biggest jackpot was $390 million in March 2007.


It ranks as the largest jackpot for a single winning ticket in the game's history, eclipsing the $315 million prize sold in California in November 2005.

Hapeman says the earliest the winner can claim the prize is Monday, because lottery offices in Schenectady are closed for the weekend.

The winning numbers in Friday's drawing were: 22, 24, 31, 52, and 54, and 4 as the Mega ball.

Hapeman says the holder of the winning jackpot ticket has the option of taking prize over 25 years or as a cash payout.

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Jimmy Carter Cuba

Jimmy Carter Cuba

Jimmy Carter Cuba Trip
immy Carter Cuba. Jimmy Carter and wife Rosalynn will visit Cuba next week to meet with President Raul Castro. They will discuss ways to improve U.S.-Cuba relations.

The visit, made at the invitation of the Cuban government, raised the possibility that Carter would get involved in the case of U.S. aid contractor Alan Gross, recently sentenced to 15 years in prison for providing illegal Internet access to Cuban groups.

The case has strained U.S.-Cuba relations after a brief warming under President Barack Obama.


Carter, 86, was to arrive in Havana on Monday for a three-day trip “to learn about new economic policies and the upcoming (Communist) Party congress and to discuss ways to improve U.S.-Cuba relations,” said a statement from Carter spokeswoman Deanna Congileo.

He was to meet with President Castro and “other Cuban officials and citizens,” the statement said.

It said the trip was a follow-up to the Carters’ May 2002 visit to the island 90 miles from Florida and was a “private, non-governmental mission under the auspices of the not-for-profit Carter Center.”

Carter is set to go to North Korea soon, where last year he went to secure the release of a jailed American.

During his time in the White House, Carter took significant steps to improve relations with Cuba, including lifting all restrictions on U.S. travel to the island, which has been generally banned during most of a 49-year-long U.S. trade embargo.

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Dwayne Johnson Snitch Film

Dwayne Johnson Snitch Film

Dwayne Johnson Snitch. Dwayne Johnson is in negotiations to star in Snitch action thriller film. It is an action thriller that New Line has been developing for years. Ric Roman Waugh (Felon) will direct and rewrite the script by Justin Haythe. The movie centers on a suburban dad who goes undercover to convict a drug dealer in order to reduce his teenage son’s 30-year prison sentence. That plot first sounded silly to me, but it turns out Snitch is based on the true story of devoted father James Settembrino, as documented in the Frontline segment “Snitch.”

I’m not entirely taken in by Settembrino’s side of the story. However, it could be a great character for Mr. Johnson, especially with the right poetic license (10 years turns into 30 years, the suburban dad is built like a professional wrestler). In the meantime he’ll continue to alternate between auctioneers (Fast Five, April 29) and family films (Journey 2: The Center of the Earth, September 23).
This long-in-development action/thriller is from Exclusive Media Group and David Fanning producing. In addition, Gordon Gray is producing. Production is set to start in June.

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Radioactivity levels high in Japan

Radioactivity levels high in Japan

Radioactivity levels high in the sea off Japan nuclear plant
Radioactivity levels are soaring in seawater near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi plant, Japan's nuclear safety agency said Saturday, two weeks after the nuclear power plant was hit by a massive earthquake and tsunami.

Even as engineers tried to pump puddles of radioactive water from the power plant 150 miles north of Tokyo, the nuclear safety agency said tests Friday showed radioactive iodine had spiked 1,250 times higher than normal in the seawater just offshore from the plant.

Officials said iodine 131 levels in seawater 19 miles from the coastal nuclear complex were within acceptable limits established by regulations and the contamination posed little risk to aquatic life.
"Ocean currents will disperse radiation particles and so it will be very diluted by the time it gets consumed by fish and seaweed," said Hidehiko Nishiyama, a senior official from Japan's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency.

Despite that reassurance, the disclosure may well heighten international concern over Japanese seafood exports. Several countries have already banned milk and produce from areas around the Fukushima Daiichi plant, while others have been monitoring Japanese seafood.


The prolonged efforts to prevent a catastrophic meltdown at the plant have also intensified concerns around the world about nuclear power. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said it was time to reassess the international atomic safety regime.

Radioactive water was found in buildings housing three of the six reactors at the crippled plant. On Thursday, three workers sustained burns at reactor No. 3 after being exposed to radiation levels 10,000 times higher than usually found in a reactor.

The crisis at the nuclear plant has overshadowed the massive relief and recovery effort from the magnitude 9.0 quake and huge tsunami that hit March 11 and left more than 27,500 people dead or missing in northeast Japan.


Source: Latimes

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