Sport fixing case: Mohammad Aamir set to be released on Feb 9

 

As per details, Pakistani Fast-bowler Mohammad Aamir, who was convicted in spot fixing case some three months ago, is all set to be released on February 9 after completing his six-month sentence for bowling deliberated no-balls during a Lord Test in August 2010.

Aamers friend Arsalan Abbasi said that Mohammad Aamirs punishment would complete on February 9. He further said that Aamer would stay in London for three weeks, then move to Pakistan.

Arsalan further said that Amir will not be deported by British Authorities.

A source said that Aamer spent his time at the youth hostel, playing different sports, attended education classes, exercised regularly at the gym. He was allowed free access to internet and library and also worked for a charity. He was even allowed to go to the local town centre on his own regularly with a strict return curfew.

It is pertinent to mention here that Mohammad Aamer was punished by the court on November 3.

Alec Baldwin Named SAG Foundation Ambassador Award-Winning Actor to Raise Awareness, Funding for Actors’ Charity

TrendPK.com:The Screen Actors Guild Foundation is proud to announce
Alec Baldwin as its first Ambassador, a new position designed to draw attention to the national non-profit organization and its ongoing work as a vital, humanitarian support system within the acting community. The announcement was made today by SAG Foundation President, JoBeth Williams.

Baldwin’s role as Ambassador will raise awareness within the acting community to highlight the Foundation’s philanthropic programs while encouraging the greater public to provide much-needed contributions. A new public service announcement featuring Baldwin will premiere at the Screen Actors Guild Awards® ceremony taking place January 29, continuing the show’s history as a champion of the SAG Foundation’s mission to assist, educate, and inspire.

The SAG Awards® and its sponsors have long supported the SAG Foundation’s efforts, among them the children’s literacy core program BookPALS (Performing Artists for Literacy in Schools), which engages 2000 actors nationwide in
reading to over 100,000 children each month. The SAG Foundation also administers the Catastrophic Health Fund and Emergency Assistance Programs, which provide financial aid to professional actors who are suffering from work-prohibitive illness or injury or are struggling to maintain the basic necessities of life. In addition, the SAG Foundation’s Actor Center and Don LaFontaine Voice-Over Lab are unique educational facilities.

“The SAG Foundation is extremely fortunate to have Alec Baldwin on board as our first SAG Ambassador,” says SAG Foundation President JoBeth Williams. “His talent, intelligence, and compassion will greatly benefit the countless working actors we serve on a daily basis. By accepting this position, Alec is already speaking on behalf of his fellow actor, and his involvement will do much to strengthen and protect the artistic community.”

The announcement also coincides with Baldwin’s two current SAG Award® nominations for his work in the series “30 Rock”, for outstanding performance by a male actor in a comedy series as well as his role in the show’s ensemble.

“It is personally important to me that SAG members support the SAG Foundation,” says Baldwin. “Through my involvement, I hope to bring greater recognition to its philanthropic and educational efforts.”

ABOUT SAG FOUNDATION
Founded in 1985, the Screen Actors Guild Foundation is an educational, humanitarian and philanthropic national 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. The mission of the SAG Foundation is to assist, educate and inspire actors toward their fullest potential in career, life, and community. Our programs reflect the
concerns and interests of actors as well as their desire to “give back” to their communities. Programs include the Catastrophic Health Fund and assistance programs, Life Raft, Conversations, Casting Access Project, which all offer career knowledge and inspiration, as well as the award winning children’s literacy programs, BookPALS and Storyline Online. In addition, the SAG Foundation Actors Center and the Don LaFontaine Voice-Over Lab are unprecedented resource and educational facilities located in Los Angeles. The Foundation is independent from SAG and relies solely on the support from grants, corporate sponsorships, bequests, and individual contributions to maintain our programs and create new ones. Visit www.sagfoundation.org

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Dr. Drew reportedly trying for new rehab show without celebrities

TrendPK.com: Dr. Drew has been trying to help celebrities through rehab over the years, but now it seems he wants to help regular people with their problems through a new TV show.

It is rumored that Dr. Drew is now casting for a show of regular people fighting addictions who are willing to open up on TV, states RadarOnline.com. The show will reportedly allow the people to go through his 30-day rehab treatment in order to start getting better.

The show is reportedly set to premiere this summer on VH-1.

Will you tune in?

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Auction set for William and Kate sweet dispensers

VIENNA: If you’ve ever wanted to eat sweets disgorged from the chests of royalty, your time has come.

PEZ, the Austrian company whose candy dispensers are known around the world, has created a special pair in the likeness of Prince William and his fiancee Kate Middleton ahead of next month’s royal wedding.

Fans of the royal couple or of Pez figurines can submit offers on the eBay for Charity auction platform from April 7 to 17. Proceeds will go to a charity supported by the couple, the company said on Tuesday.

PEZ makes around 80 million dispensers and 4.6 billion sweets a year, but unlike other popular models the William and Kate figurines will not dispense sweets through their mouths.

“The whole head bends back,” the spokeswoman said.

The smiling figure of Kate wears blue while William dresses in black with a red tie.

“The figure of Prince William has a lot more hair than in real life,” the spokeswoman said. AGENCIES

Swazi life expectancy halved by AIDS, TB: health charity

GENEVA: Twin epidemics of AIDS and tuberculosis are ravaging Swaziland, helping to halve life expectancy to 31 years, Medecins Sans Frontieres said Thursday, warning of a health emergency.

“The co-epidemic has contributed substantially to a halving of life expectancy within two decades — from 60 years in the 1990s to 31 in 2007,” said the Geneva-headquartered medical charity.

Swaziland has the highest rate of HIV infection in the world at 26.1 percent, it said, adding more than 80 percent of people suffering from tuberculosis were also infected with HIV.

It was also struggling with a growing number of cases of multiresistant tuberculosis, a particularly dangerous form of the disease which makes up 7.7 percent of all new cases in 2009 and 2010, the charity said.

“In a context where the HIV/TB co-epidemic threatens to wipe out generations of Swazis,

Yash Chopra awarded with Asian Award for Outstanding Achievement in Cinema

Tributes continue to follow Yash Chopra who added the “Asian Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Cinema” honour to his long list of well-regarded achievements on Tuesday, October 26, in London. This follows Mr. Yash Chopra being felicitated with the ‘Swiss Ambassador’s Award 2010â€� for his contribution in promoting ‘Brand Switzerland’ through his movies, earlier last week.

The Asian Award was presented to Mr. Yash Chopra by Gurinder Chadha. The Awards honour excellence and talents from business to the arts, technology to politics, sports to public service. Presented by Lord Sebastian Coe, this year the Asian Awards 2010, saw many industry leaders in attendance, including Ratan Tata, Sunil Mittal, Sachin Tendulkar, A. R. Rahman and Vijay Mallya who were also awarded for their yeoman services in their own spheres. Guests at the award ceremony included luminaries Jermaine Jackson, Nasser Hussain OBE, Gurinder Chadha, Christian Louboutin and singer Sonu Nigam. Mr. Amitabh Bachchan was given the Lifetime Achievement Award. Britain’s Deputy PM Nick Clegg was also in attendance. With such prestigious figures lending their full support, make The Asian Awards 2010 one of the most important awards ceremonies to launch this year.

The Asian Awards recognized Mr. Yash Chopra for his excellence as a director (including Dhool Ka Phool (1959), Waqt (1965), Daag (1973), Kabhi Kabhie (1976), Silsila (1981), Deewaar (1975), Trishul (1978), Lamhe (1991), Chandni (1989), Darr (1993), Dil To Pagal Hai (1997), Veer-Zaara (2004) among a host of others), Along With Being An Exceptional Producer (Of Mega Hits Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995), Dhoom (2004), Dhoom:2 (2006), Bunty Aur Babli (2005), Fanaa (2006), Chak De India (2007), Hum Tum (2004), Mohabbatein (2000), New York (2009), Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi (2008) to name a few) and for the active industry icon that he continues to be.

Arguably, Mr. Yash Chopra can be called India’s most successful confluence of creativity and administrative genius and remains an inspiration for all young directors and producers. Amongst his other pioneering efforts, Mr. Yash Chopra has also solely paved the way for the ‘Studio model’ in India.

The first of its kind event celebrating achievement and excellence among South Asians from around the world, the inaugural Asian Awards supported the charity Save the Children and saw many South Asians gather under one roof at the Grosvenor House Hotel, London.

Women, children most vulnerable in flood crisis

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s displaced flood victims say a lack of clean water and high temperatures are causing illnesses sweeping through relief camps with children most at risk.

Almost five million people are currently without shelter following devastating flooding sparked more than a month ago by heavy monsoon rains.

“They are scared, traumatized,” said Bibi Luqmania, 30, whose four children live with her in a tent donated by the charity Islamic Relief. “And it’s so hot in the tent, they cannot stand it. It becomes like an oven during the day.”

Luqmania is one of 400,000 people displaced by the flooding in the Khyber-Pukhtunkwa district of Nowshera, and now lives in the Khandar 1 camp established at the Khandar Technical College.

Seventeen million Pakistanis have been affected and the United Nations says only 64 percent of the funds required to meet the

Anees Bazmee’s Salman-Asin starrer Ready to be shot in Sri Lanka

Even before the hangover of a spectacular Videocon IIFA Weekend 2010 subsides, it seems like the host country, Sri Lanka, has already begun reaping the benefits of playing host to IIFA’s magnificent 11th edition. Recognizing the gorgeousness of the island nation, and the welcoming warmth received by the Indian Film Fraternity during another magical IIFA weekend, Anees Bazmee’s new film Ready, produced by T-Series and starring Salman Khan and Asin in lead roles, will now be filmed in Sri Lanka, beginning 20th June, 2010. The movie’s location for shooting was originally scheduled to be Mauritius, but after enjoying a beautiful locale like Colombo during the Videocon IIFA Weekend, there was much enthusiasm to change the location to Sri Lanka
It may be recalled that in the absence of the Bachchan parivar and Shah Rukh Khan at the recently held IIFA weekend in Colombo, it was none other than Salman Khan who was the main attraction at this extravaganza. The actor, who played a key role in the IIFA Hands for Humanity Project, as the Brand Ambassador for Charity, thoroughly appreciated the kindness and generosity of the Sri Lankans and claims to be thrilled about returning to the neighbouring island.
Sri Lanka is undoubtedly excited to welcome the whole cast of Ready. It seems like the exuberant aura of Sri Lanka, that received global recognition at the Videocon IIFA Weekend will prove to be a big plus for this host country in the days to come.

Aishwarya pays surprise visit to Abhishek

Normally, the Bachchans have a very rigid rule about not mixing business with pleasure. But on Thursday morning, when Aishwarya Rai Bachchan landed in Mumbai from Paris, she broke the golden rule when she dropped in unannounced to meet Abhishek at the Reliance Web World where he was doing out-of-town press interviews.

Says a source, “Lately, Abhishek and Aishwarya have had very little time to spend together. After their short anniversary holiday, Abhishek got busy with the shooting of Abhinay Deo’s Game in Greece, while, Aishwarya returned to India for a stint of Robot. She was then in Paris to honour Brazilian tennis champ Gustavo Kuerten for his work with disadvantaged children.”

Says a source, “At the charity dinner that followed, Aishwarya bonded with Steffi Graf and Mary Pierce, and kept missing Abhishek because he was a big fan of both.”

The minute she landed in Mumbai from Paris, Aishwarya asked the family driver to take her wherever Abhishek was. A first for her, because, normally she doesn’t intrude when her husband is working. Even when she joins him on long outdoors, she never hangs around the sets when he’s shooting.

Says a friend of Aishwarya, “This time, she made an exception because she was missing Abhishek all the way from Paris to Mumbai. And besides, Abhishek was doing promotional work for their film together. She not only met him, she also joined impromptu to talk to their fans on radio in Jaipur and Ahmedabad.”

Says a family friend, “The funny part is that the Bachchans are never together these days. Now that Aishwarya is home, the senior Bachchan has left for Paris, the city that Aishwarya left yesterday.”

celebrity apprentice

Despite having recently endured and survived a brain hemorrhage, a stroke and “Celebrity Apprentice,” Bret Michaels isn’t taking a break this summer. The Poison frontman will be in Lansing for the Common Ground Music Festival.

Michaels is the latest addition to a festival lineup that includes Ludacris, Adam Lambert, Sammy Hagar and Alice Cooper.

Michaels, noted for the years he spent fronting the band Poison and his own reality TV show, Rock of Love, bested actress Holly Robinson Peete, and received $250,000 US for his charity of choice, the American Diabetes Association.

“They [the doctors] didn’t want you to be here tonight,” Trump told Michaels. “Are you risking your life being here? This is a lot of pressure.”

The ailing rockstar was spotted after his big win, sharing a sweet smile in New York City on May 23, 2010.

Michaels bested actress Holly Robinson Peete and won $250,000 for his chosen charity, the American Diabetes Association.

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