Meet the Spartans (movie)

After successfully skewering Hollywood's scariest movie (as two of the
writers on Scary Movie), romantic comedy franchises (Date Movie), and
Hollywood blockbusters (Epic Movie), writers/directors/producers Jason
Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer now set their sights on 300. The heroic
Leonidas, armed with nothing by leather underwear and a cape, leads a
ragtag group of 13 - count 'em, 13! -- Spartans to defend their
homeland against the invading Persians (whose ranks include Ghost
Rider, Rocky Balboa, the Transformers, and a hunchbacked Paris Hilton)..

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James Bond's New Movie

The next James Bond film will be called Quantum of Solace, and it will dazzle fans of Agent 007 with even more action scenes than its high-grossing predecessor, its producers said. The title of the movie, until now provisionally called Bond 22, was revealed in London, where filming is already underway. The film stars Daniel Craig as Bond and is directed by Marc Forster.

Producers have revealed some of the secrets about the latest James Bond film, due for release later this year, including the inner turmoil that drives its suave superagent hero and its title: "Quantum of Solace."
As titles go, it's not as mellifluous as "From Russia With Love" or "Goldfinger." But Daniel Craig, returning as Bond after 2006's "Casino Royale," says he likes it.

Prestigious Padma Awards are declared by Indian Gov.: Sachin Tendulkar get the Padma Vibhushan

Thirty-five Padma Bhushan awards and 71 Padma Shri are being given this year. For the seventh consecutive year, no one has been named for the country's highest civilian award, Bharat Ratna.

External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee and star cricketer Sachin Tendulkar will be awarded Padma Vibhushan this year. Industrialists Ratan Naval Tata, Infosys mentor N R Narayana Murthy, steel tycoon Lakshmi Narayan Mittal and hotelier P R S Oberoi are among the personalities to be awarded Padma Vibhushan.

Noted playback singer Asha Bhosle, chess wizard Vishwanathan Anand and mountainer Edmund Hillary also to get Padma Vibhushan.

Nobel prize winner and noted environmentalist R K Pachauri, Delhi Metro Chief E Sreedharan, former bureaucrat P N Dhar and former Chief Justice of India Justice A S Anand are among the 13 personalities who will get the Padma Vibhushan, the second highest civilian award.

Cricket star Sachin Tendulkar, Grand Master Viswanathan Anand and renowned mountaineer Edmund Hillary have been chosen for Padma Vibhushan among 13 people who were named for the nation's second highest civilian award on the eve of the Republic Day.

Indian-American astronaut Sunita Williams, Centre's interlocutor for talks with Naga groups and former Home Secretary K Padmanabhiah, noted commentator Jasdev Singh, DPS R K Puram principal Shyama Chona and ICICI Chief K V Kamath are among those named for Padma Bhushan awards.

Serbian Gun Stunned the King

Roger Federer the king of Hard court is stunned by the play of The serb Novak Djokovic, federer had his chances in first set when he was about to server for the set at 5-3 but he failed from then onwards 20 yr old djokovic took the full control of the match.

Roger tried to come back into the match in the third set but it was already too late.

Federer lost to djokovic in straight sets 5-7,3-6,6-7(5-7).

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Juno (Movie)

Faced with an
unplanned pregnancy, an offbeat young woman makes an unusual decision regarding
her unborn child.

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Heath Ledger's Last Hours: New Details Emerge

More details have emerged regarding the death of Heath Ledger in a New York apartment on Tuesday, providing insight into the 28-year-old Australian actor's final hours.

According to The Associated Press, police estimate Ledger's time of death between 1 p.m. and 2:45 p.m. Ledger's housekeeper, Teresa Solomon, said she arrived at the apartment at around 12:30 p.m., and approximately 30 minutes later entered the actor's bedroom to change a light bulb and found him lying in bed, face down, with a sheet pulled up to his shoulders. Solomon told police she heard Ledger snoring and left the room, thinking nothing was wrong.

A massage therapist, Diana Wolozin, arrived just before 3 p.m. for a scheduled appointment, the AP reports. When Ledger failed to answer his bedroom door, Wolozin said she called his cell phone; there was no answer. The masseuse told police she then entered Ledger's bedroom and began setting up her massage table. Then, according to the wire service, Wolozin attempted to stir the actor from his sleep, but he was unresponsive. She told police that Ledger's body was cold to the touch.

The New York Post reported that police who responded to the scene suspected Ledger had been dead for some time, due to the lividity of the body (the manner in which blood settles after a person dies).

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Sachin Tendulkar century gives India the edge in fourth cricket Test

ADELAIDE, Australia - Sachin Tendulkar marked what is likely to be his last cricket Test match in Australia by stroking his 39th hundred Thursday and putting India in a strong position after Day 1 of the fourth Test.

At stumps he was 124 not out and India was 309-5, batting first after winning the toss.

The crowd, though willing an Australian victory, was appreciative of Tendulkar, who corrected a previously mediocre record at the Adelaide Oval with his ninth century against Australia - six on these shores - and second of the series.

India needed his contribution. Anticipating a run feast on a pitch that favours batsmen on the opening days, the visitors instead wavered and lost direction before Tendulkar found the mettle to restore the innings.

The visitors had slipped to 156-4 in the afternoon session, with the home side then on top.

Mitchell Johnson had Irfan Pathan (9) - promoted to opener to accommodate a fifth bowler - and Rahul Dravid (18) caught behind the wicket in the opening session.

Those wickets brought Tendulkar to the crease. After lunch he saw opener Virender Sehwag (63) out caught at first slip by Matthew Hayden off Brett Lee, soon followed by Sourav Ganguly (7) who was given out lbw to recalled spinner Brad Hogg in a contentious decision.

Tendulkar played the dominant role in a 126-run stand with V.V.S Laxman for the fifth wicket that gave India the ascendancy.

His first five scoring shots were boundaries, and altogether he hit nine fours and three sixes, reaching his century in just 133 balls.

Tendulkar has admitted that as his career draws to a close and as the dwindling number of matches left to him mean each innings is more significant, the 90s have begun to hold new terrors.

But he avoided anxiety by going from 92 to 98 with a straight-hit six off Michael Clarke, and to 102 with a cover-drive four next ball.

Laxman was dropped by Adam Gilchrist off Brett Lee when on 37 before falling just after his half century to the same combination, giving Australia fresh hope for day two when it will try to remove the India tail quickly.

Tendulkar will be eager to post a big score, knowing that England made 551-6 in its first innings against Australia at Adelaide last season and still lost the match.

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The King Federer Vs The Djoker Djokovic

Tournament after tournament, year in year out, Roger Federer reads and hears how his grip on the world No.1 spot is supposedly loosening.

In the first month of 2008, we still wait for the predicted cracks to appear and for the king to abdicate after 209 weeks as the planet's No.1 player.

You'd think the doubters would learn but the Swiss master heads into Friday night's Australian Open semi-final against rising Serb star Novak Djokovic with fresh question marks over his superiority.

Djokovic went on record after round one to suggest Federer had lost some of his invincibility and may be vulnerable.

Such comments don't rile Federer.

The three-time Australian Open winner would be more surprised if rivals didn't think they could beat him.

"I've heard it before and don't read it anymore because it's the same thing over and over again," he said. "It's like reliving this whole thing."

"But this is the way you're supposed to think out there (as a player)."

"You are not coming here to lose in the first round. You're coming here to hopefully do well and then win the tournament if you're one of the top 10 guys."

"That's reality. That's nothing new. That's not cocky. That's confidence. That's just a normal tennis player."

"I have absolutely no problems with what Novak has been saying or apparently been saying."

"I really don't care because he cares about his game, I care about him and it's good when we play each other."

Djokovic began the tournament talking up his chances of bringing down the world No.1, but took on a more diplomatic tone when cornered after his quarter-final victory over David Ferrer.

"Every time I play with Roger or with the best players in the world, I learn something new, I have another experience," he explained.

"I try to watch matches, speak with my coach and see what I need to do so I can play better and improve my game and win against the best players in the world."

Federer holds a 5-1 lead in head-to-head clashes with Djokovic - the most recent victory coming in the 2007 US Open final - but says it's his own game, rather than his opponent's, he focuses on..

"I usually concentrate on my own game…that's what's happened over the last few years," he said.

"I go a lot with my feeling throughout the match. If I need to adjust something, I'll do that during the match."

Local interest will centre on the juniors, with Australian duo Bernard Tomic and Jessica Moore in semi-final action.

Tomic, who beat top seed Cesar Ramirez on Thursday, is up against Yuki Bhambri in the boys' singles while Moore takes on Romania's Simona Halep in the girls'.

There is also the women's doubles final between Ukrainian sisters Alona and Kateryna Bondarenko and No.12 seed Victoria Azarenka and Shahar Peer. They kick off the action on Rod Laver Arena.

There's also semis of the mixed doubles, the finals of the junior doubles and wheelchair doubles and semi-finals of the wheelchair singles.

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