Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Leighton Meester

The American Actress Leighton Meester


Leighton Meester

Personal Details

Full name : Leighton Marissa Meester

Born on : 19 April 1986

Place of birth : Forth Worth, Texas, U.S

Nationality : American

Profession : Actress, singer, model

Height : 5' 5" (1.65 m)

Year Active : 1999-present



Leighton Meester

Biography




Leighton Meester

The one of the famous celebrities Leighton Marissa Meester (born April 9, 1986) is an American actress and singer. Meester gained fame intended for playing the role of Blair Waldorf in the CW young-adult television series Gossip Girl. In 2005, Meester began a usual role in the series Surface as Savannah Bennet. Meester appear in two more 2006 movies, Flourish and Inside. She also guest appeared in Numb3rs and in three episodes of House M.D. as Ali, a young girl who have a crush on House. She had guest roles on CSI: Miami and Shark, and played the female guide in the horror film Drive-Thru.She most recently appear in the 2010 country drama film Country Strong, the 2011 thriller The Roommate, and the 2011 romantic-comedy Monte Carlo.




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Awards and Nominations


Leighton Meester

MTV Movie Awards

Year

Category

Award

Result

2011

category Best Villain for The Roommate (2011)

MTV Movie Awards

Nomination

People’s Choice Awards,USA

2010

category Favorite Music Collaboration for "Good Girl Go Bad"

People’s Choice Award

Nomination

Teen Choice Awards

2010

category Choice TV Actress: Drama for Gossip Girl (2007) (TV)

Teen Choice Award

Won

2009

category Choice TV Actress: Drama for Gossip Girl (2007) (TV)

Teen Choice Award

Won

2008

category Choice TV Actress: Drama for Gossip Girl (2007) (TV)

Teen Choice Award

Nomination





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The Smurfs Movie


Katy Perry, 26, went blue in a fanciful mini dress with a Smurfette printed on it, for the New York City premiere of "The Smurfs" on Sunday. She finished off her 'Smurfy' look with mini-Smurf transfers on her nails and with eyeshadow in bright blue.
Perry is going to make her animated debut on July 29 voicing a Smurfette in "The Smurfs." Apart from the popular California pop star, others who have lent their voices to the animated characters of the film include Jonathan Winters (as Papa Smurf), Anton Yelchin (as Clumsy Smurf), Alan Cumming (as Gutsy Smurf), George Lopez (as Grouchy Smurf), Fred Armisen (as Brainy Smurf), Jeff Foxworthy (as Handy Smurf), Paul Reubens (as Jokey Smurf), Gary Basaraba (as Hefty Smurf), John Oliver (as Vanity Smurf), Kenan Thompson (as Greedy Smurf), B. J. Novak (as Baker Smurf), Wolfgang Puck (as Chef Smurf), Adam Wylie (as Panicky Smurf) and Frank Welker (as Azrael the cat).
In the recently announced 2011 MTV Video Music Awards nominations, Perry led with nine nominations, followed by Adele and Kanye West with seven nominations each. Next on the list is Bruno Mars with four nods followed by Beyonce, Eminem, Lady Gaga, 30 Seconds to Mars and Nicki Minaj, having three nods each.
Start slideshow to view Katy Perry in her whimsical 'Smurfette' dress, along with her most glamorous looks in recent times.

Yousendit Dropbox


Despite a smattering of bad press thanks to some security loopholes, Dropbox remains one of the most widely used services on the web, now with over 25 million users. The way they got there is simple, really: Not only were they one of the first to offer free cloud-based storage, but they streamlined the process to make storing and sharing files unequivocally easy.
Now YouSendIt, the popular service that offered a way to circumvent large attachment limits in emails, is offering their own cloud-based storage program to compete with Dropbox.
YouSendIt is offering a three-tiered plan similar to Dropbox with varying degrees of functionality (read more here). Their free plan offers 2GB of storage that can be accessed through their desktop sync app à la Dropbox and through iOS devices like the iPhone or iPad, though the current desktop version is Windows-only. Users concerned with security can utilize a pay-per-use security protection program to further safeguard their files.
In addition, users will have access to a new service that allows you to sign and send documents directly via email (meaning no messy faxes) and supports PDFs and Word docs, sort of like DocuSign. Also, you'll be able to send files from your cloud folder directly via email -- something handy that Dropbox doesn't offer. However, file sizes are capped off at 2GB with a maximum of 100 downloads per file.
Additionally, their Pro Plan is priced $5 cheaper than Dropbox's top-tier plan at $15 and offers unlimited storage versus the latter's 100GB cap. You'll have unlimited downloads, no file size limits, and additional file security built in, plus a hosted file page where others can submit documents to you.
There's also a Corporate Suite offered for companies with five users or more. Mac OS X and Android apps aren't available, but are planned to be unveiled in the coming months.
If you already have a Dropbox account it might be worth signing up to YouSendIt's the free service for the document signing alone (though it doesn't support Word 2007 .docx files; earlier versions and PDFs worked fine). If you're a heavy cloud user on Windows, their unlimited storage plan is a better deal than Dropbox, plus it has some nice additives like extra security, an inbox folder, and a direct to email tab to make actual sharing easier.

Kelly Osbourne Attends Amy Winehouse Funeral

Kelly Osbourne, "Back to Black" producer Mark Ronson and recent boyfriend, filmmaker Reg Traviss attended the funeral of Amy. Amy Winehouse has been laid to rest. Producer Mark Ronson and her good friend Kelly Osbourne, wearing her hair piled up in a beehive like Winehouse’s, attended the burial at Edgwarebury Cemetery in north London.

Among the mourners was Kelly Osbourne, one of her best friends who flew into the UK from Los Angeles as soon as she the news about her death.

A convoy of black vehicles with tinted windows silently made its way inside the Edgwarebury Cemetery in north London this lunchtime for the private service. Her father, Mitch, read out a eulogy before the funeral finished with the congregation singing her favourite song.  

Music producer Mark Ronson and TV star Kelly Osbourne were among the famous faces at the 45-minute service, held at Edgwarebury Cemetery in Edgware. A family spokesman said the ceremony for the troubled 27-year-old, who was found dead at her north London home on Saturday, will be confined to family and close friends. He did not disclose the location or the time.

A post-mortem on her body has failed to reveal the cause of death. Police are not treating it as suspicious, however. Between 300 and 400 people attended, according to family friend Alfie Ezekiel, 55, from Essex.

US Debt Crisis


America's debt crisis has moved closer to disaster as the battle betweenBarack Obama and the Republicans intensified and talks appeared to have reached a stalemate.
With no compromise in sight over a deal to increase the US's borrowing limit ahead of an 2 August deadline, the IMF chief, Christine Lagarde, warned the political impasse in Washington would have serious consequences for the world economy. "The clock is ticking and clearly the issue needs to be resolved immediately," Lagarde told the Council on Foreign Relations thinktank.
Her warning came after the row over the national debt reached a new level on Monday night, when Obama and the Republican House speaker,John Boehner, addressed the nation about the looming debt crisis.
With a week left until the deadline that could see the US default on its debt for the first time in its history, Obama expressed dismay over the standoff: "It is a dangerous game we've never played before, and we can't afford to play it now. Not when the jobs and livelihoods of so many families are at stake. We can't allow the American people to become collateral damage to Washington's political warfare."
A week ago the two men were in private negotiations on what Obama called "a balanced approach" and he said the only reason it isn't "on its way to becoming law right now is because a significant number of Republicans in Congress are insisting on a different approach, a cuts-only approach, an approach that doesn't ask the wealthiest Americans or biggest corporations to contribute anything at all".
He rejected a Republican proposal for a stop-gap deal, saying it would only mean them returning again next year to use the same tactics to seek more cutbacks.
Boehner went live on television within minutes of the president to deliver his own statement: "The sad truth is that the president wanted a blank cheque six months ago, and he wants a blank cheque today. That is just not going to happen." He said he had attempted to work with the president but Obama "would not take 'yes' for an answer".
Financial markets have reacted nervously to the debt crisis but economists said they still appeared to be betting that the fight was largely political posturing and likely to be resolved.
If the two sides cannot reach a solution by next week, the government will run out of cash and have to stop paying many of its bills. Gus Faucher, director of macroeconomics at Moody's Analytics, said the consequences would be dire. "This could push us back into recession," he said. "It would be a stupid, self-inflicted wound."
Ken Goldstein, economist at the Conference Board, said stock markets seemed to think a stop-gap solution was inevitable: "Asking them to do more than bungle through is asking them to do more than they are capable of." He said a more long-lasting solution would have to wait until after the election in 2012.
Some political pundits believe Tuesday's deadline may pass without a resolution. Joshua Trevino, author of the conservative Redstate blog, said many Republicans were convinced it was better in the long-term to block any rise in the US debt and Democrats were convinced Republicans were damaging their political chances with their refusal to compromise. "At the moment each side does not see sufficient downside in default," he said.
Both the Democrats and Republicans say it is unthinkable for the US to default but time is running out fast to reach a compromise and get the necessary legislation passed by the House and Senate.
Boehner and the Democratic leader in the Senate, Harry Reid, on Monday released rival proposals aimed at resolving the crisis. The two roughly agreed on the total amount of proposed cuts to debt over the next ten years, with Reid proposing $2.7trn (£1.64trn) and Boehner $3trn. Crucially too for the Republicans, Reid has dropped Democratic demands for tax rises for the wealthiest.
One of the biggest differences is over timing, with Reid wanting the debt ceiling raised to a point where it will not be an issue until after next year's White House election in November. Boehner wants only a short-term deal and a return to the issue next summer.
Obama, who earlier in the day threw his support behind the Reid plan, warned of the serious damage that will be caused to the US economy if the country defaults. "We would not have enough money to pay all of our bills – bills that include monthly social security checks, veterans' benefits, and the government contracts we've signed with thousands of businesses," he said.
"For the first time in history, our country's triple-A credit rating would be downgraded, leaving investors around the world to wonder whether theUnited States is still a good bet. Interest rates would skyrocket on credit cards, mortgages and car loans, which amounts to a huge tax hike on the American people."
"The American people may have voted for divided government, but they didn't vote for a dysfunctional government," he said.

Morocco Plane Crash


A C-130 military transport plane crashed into a Moroccan mountain yesterday in bad weather, killing 80 people, the state news agency said.
The army said 78 people were killed on the spot and two rushed to hospital after the Hercules C-130 crashed on the edge of the Sahara desert in Morocco's worst military aviation disaster.
A hospital source later told AFP that the injured died of their wounds. The bodies of several victims have been recovered from the mountainside and taken to the military hospital at Guelmin, the army said in a statement.
Information Minister Khalid Naciri said searches are on to find all the bodies.
Authorities earlier reported that 81 people were aboard the plane but it emerged later that one passenger did not board in Laayoune in the Western Sahara and was mistakenly included in the total.
New agency MAP said the plane crashed around 9am local time (0800 GMT) as it prepared to land at the Guelmim military air base.
The army said the crash was "due to bad weather conditions".
"Above all, it was the fog and bad weather conditions that are believed to be behind this accident. But for the moment, we don't have enough information," an interior ministry official said.
Naciri said the plane was en route from Dakhla, in the Western Sahara, to Kinitra in northern Morocco, and making a stop in Guelmim, which is more than 600 kilometres southwest of the capital Rabat, just north of the Western Sahara.

Jailbreak iPhone 4.3.5


Jailbreak iPhone 4.3.5
Apple launched iOS 4.3.5 with great fanfare recently. But its jailbreak has already been confirmed for iPhone 4, iPad 2 and iPod touch by Redsn0w
Apple has released one more security update for its iOS. The new update iOS 4.3.5 comes days after the release of iOS 4.3.4. Apple rolled the latter update to protect the software from JailbreakMe 3.0. But soon after its launch, hackers jailbroke the update with PwnageTool, a tethered exploit.

The new update iOS 4.3.5 has come up with a patch to shield iOS from PwnageTool. But hackers have no rest. Immediately after its launch, “MuscleNerd” of the iPhone Dev Team announced that he could jailbreak it using Redsn0w tool.

Redsn0w is another tethered jailbreak exploit. You need to tether your iDevice with a computer (both Mac and Windows) for the process of jailbreaking. But once you reboot the device, the jailbreak will be removed. That means you will have to again tether the device with a PC for jailbreaking.

Redsn0w will work on iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPad original and iPod fourth generation. Interestingly, it won’t again run on iPad 2, the device JailbreakMe 3.0 could jailbreak.

The new iOS version also includes some other security patches. Apple used to bring out security updates for its iOS whenever there is a challenge from jailbreakers.

But all of Apple’s efforts to drift away from jailbreaking will again be broken by cunning hackers. The war between jailbreakers and Apple thus goes on endless.

Dragon Nest


Dragon Nest
Take up your arms, adventurers, because Nexon's Dragon Nest begins open beta today! The cartoonishly adorable, combo-based action MMO has finally opened its doors, and Nexon is staging a series of open beta events to commemorate the occasion.

The first event is the Open Beta Legion, which runs from today, July 26th, to August 9th, and requires players to band together in parties for bonus XP, and which also gives 10 guilds the opportunity to win special prizes. The second event, The Dragon's Hoard, encourages players to log in to the game daily in order to reap a reward of Scales (the in-game item shop currency). The first weekend of the open beta will see the Charge! event, which grants players an additional 300 daily Empowerment Points for the duration of the weekend. These events, and a few more that just can't be crammed into a meager news post, awaitDragon Nest players. So what are you waiting for? Get out there and remember this simple mantra: If it moves, kill it.

Mark Mobius


Mark Mobius
Dr. Mark Mobius talked to Coco Alcuaz of Business Nightly this week, discussing the local stock market, the economy, and REITS.  Mobius believes that local investors should diversify abroad given the high valuations at the PSE.  But he says the local economy remains attractive, considering its large consumer base, and its active trade in commodities, specifically in metals and other mining products.  Mobius also believes the BIR's vision of REITS without tax incentives would kill the investment instrument before it is even launched.
Business Nightly airs on ANC at 9 p.m. weeknights.

Myung Wol The Spy Ep 6


Soon Oak: (aka Myung Wol’s “mom”): You don’t think she really fell for him...do you?
Myung Wol: No way...just because my heart beats...doesn’t mean I like him...
Kang Woo: Hey!
Kang Woo: What?....What’s wrong with her...
Myung Wol: Relax...relax....
Producer: If he doesn’t show, we’ll have to cancel the recording...
Jae In (Head of Star Entertainment): What happened?!
Dae Kang (Kang Woo’s manager): He’s not here...
Myung Wol: His phone is off....
Jae In: What were you doing? Why didn’t you keep your eyes on him?
Jae In: He must have gone to the mountains...
Myung Wol: The mountains?
Jae In: There’s a place he goes to whenever he has something on his mind...
Kang Woo: Why is it pouring so much?
Soon Oak: : Comrade Myung Wol personally went to find him?
Soon Oak: Do you think she’s had a change of heart?
Kang Woo: Ahh....
Kang Woo: You...how did you?...
Myung Wol: I found the target.
Kang Woo: You came all the way here because you were worried of me?
Myung Wol: If there’s a problem...my neck is on the line...you don’t think I would have come?
In Ah: They’re still not here?
Kyung Joo (In Ah’s stylist): Myung Wol...his body guard went to find him...
In Ah: What?!
In Ah: I can’t just sit and watch you two anymore...
Soon Oak and Hee Bok (Myung Wol’s “parents”): Dating rumors~~~~
Hee Bok: Dating rumors...then marriage announcement~
General Kim Young Tak (of North Korea): This is it! Even a month is too long...I think we’ll be able to complete the mission within a week~
In Ah: Are you brave or stupid?
In Ah: You don’t think I know what you’re up too?
In Ah: You’re just trying to change your fortune by luring guys
Kang Woo: Move over this instant!

Barcelona vs Internacional

Barcelona head into a big friendly match against Inter looking to prepare for the new season in perfect fashion.

Pep Guardiola’s side are due to tour the USA and will be facing Manchester United on Saturday, but before that they head to Bayern to participate in the Audi Cup, which features Sport Club Internacional, AC Milan, Bayern Munich and the Champions of Europe.
Barcelona are widely accepted as the best football team in the world right now. They have skill and talent all over the pitch and although they will not field a full strength team for this game, it will still be evident everywhere where they have the ball.
Accordingly, this is a friendly and it remains to be seen whether new £33m signing Alexis Sanchez from Udinese will play and part, but the bookmakers still make the European champions 2/5 across the board.
In contrast, Sport Club Internacional are currently in the middle of their domestic league and are in good form, having beaten Avaí last Thursday. The Brazilian club are as long as 8/1 with Boylesports to win this game, which could see quite a few backers.
Barcelona can race to a cricket score win against any team across Europe, but of course this game will no doubt have the air of a training session, and it remains to be seen which sort of side Guardiola will put out.Barcelona to win the match 3-0 is priced at 9/1 with Unibet and a 3-1 win is 11s with Bet365.
Inter will expect the waves of Barcelona attacks and how they fare in this match will be determined by how well they defend over the course of the 90 minutes. If they manage to keep everything tight and secure then they have a good chance of stealing a win. Inter to win 1-0 or 2-1 are both 22s in a few places.
David Villa should start the game and he’s the best bet to score first at 9/2 with Bet365, while fans of English football should recognise former Man City and Everton striker Jo up front for Internacional. He is 10/1 to find the net first which does look a shade of value.
Lionel Messi is unlikely to start the match because of his duties over the summer in the Copa America with Argentina, while it is unlikely that Pep Guardiola will field his strongest side.
Internacional are currently half way through their domestic season, and with Barca missing some key players the 8/1 on offer from Paddy Power for the team from Brazil may not be too much of a bad shout.

Bleach Episode 332


Having regained her Shikai, Nozomi tries to join Ichigo and the others to fight the Reigai captains, but the other Soul Reapers tell her not to interfere. In the midst of the battle, Hisagi and Izuru are brought down by the Reigai of Hitsugaya, who prepares to finish off the two lieutenants.
The Review:
Content: (please note that content portions of a review may contain spoilers)
The arrival of Nozomi on the scene certainly is a moment that sets the stage well for what’s to come as she brings out her powers, though Kenpachi’s Reigai at first is simply amused by her presence as he sees her just offering herself to be captured. When she cuts loose though, it’s a whole different thing as there’s a lot of power behind her with the weapon she has and what she’s now capable of. But no matter her ability, there’s a lot of people on both sides that won’t back down in the slightest since it’s not in their personalities or positions. Thankfully, most everyone has gotten past that whole fighting against friends problem that creeped into it in a natural way at the start, so what we get across the board is juts serious fighting amongst the main crew and their duplicates, or rather, duplicates of their friends since few face off against themselves now.
This episode spends a lot of time on the fights as it’s at that point in the overall arc, and it works out pretty well since there have been some strong moments so far, particularly with Ikkaku getting taken down by the Kenpachi Reigai and others wanting to put him in his place for it. Hitsugaya’s Reigai is getting up there in personality similar to Kenpachi as well with a really outgoing and strong bloodlust approach that’s causing quite a few of the Captain’s and others to get taken down and hard. And in the middle of it all, you have Ichigo and Nozomi trying to figure out what can actually be done and trying to push back at the same time. Nozomi came out hard at first with what she did, but it still remains to be seen if it’s something she can maintain, especially as she has no real combat skills prior to this.
What does help the episode a bit is that since it is largely based on the World of the Living, we get some of the human supporting cast showing up and trying to help as well. Though there are plenty of Captain’s and other Soul Society members here, fleshing it out with those that have different skills to bring to the table gives it a bit more variety. Unfortunately, though they’re able to make some headway with things in the nick of time to save a few people from a particular attack or two, they’re not able to really change the course of events. It’s again all coming down to the need of having both Nozomi and Ichigo get center stage for events. So many people and they’re all being organized to just circle the wagons so to speak, so that those two can do what needs to be done.
In Summary:
When it comes to the action side, what we get here is definitely decent and serviceable as it pushes the story forward. Well, not the story so much but a portion of it so that we’re closer to having cleaned out certain parts of it so it can get “serious” now. Having Nozomi join things at long last definitely helps, though she’s still the weak link while at the same time potentially being the most powerful member because of the combination of her and her weapon. Everything here nudges us just a little bit closer to the next event part of the series, but like most shows of this nature, and Bleach especially, we just have to get through more of the lengthy fights and numerous characters involved aspect. This is decent, but it’s just a small stepping stone for the larger story.
Grade: B-
Simulcast By: Crunchyroll
Review Equipment:
Sony KDS-R70XBR2 70″ LCoS 1080P HDTV, Dell 10.1 Netbook via HDMI set to 1080p, Onkyo TX-SR605 Receiver and Panasonic SB-TP20S Multi-Channel Speaker System With 100-Watt Subwoofer.

Denver Broncos


Broncos quarterback Kyle Orton will be on the trading block on day one of the new NFL season Tuesday.
Now that the labor dispute is over, the NFL trading period begins at 8 a.m. today.
The Denver Post cites two NFL sources who say the Broncos will be taking offers for Kyle Orton.
Denver's starting quarterback has had his two best seasons of his pro career with the Broncos, throwing 41 touchdown passes and 21 interceptions.
Orton has made it clear he doesn't want to play backup to a still unproven Tim Tebow.
Minnesota, Tennessee and Arizona are looking for starting quarterbacks. The Post reports Seattle, Washington, Cincinnati and Miami could also be interested.
SCHEDULE
Tuesday: Broncos players can report to team headquarters at Dove Valley for conditioning.
Wednesday: Players signed by Denver must report for training camp.
Thursday: Training camp opens with two sessions that are open to the public, 8:50 a.m. and 6 p.m.
Friday: Broncos can start signing free agents.