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BOSTON — There’s no official metric for it and there likely never will be. But there’s an unspoken statistical category in the NBA some have dubbed “WIM,” an abbreviation for, “Wants it more.”

This is WIM in a nutshell: A ball springs off the rim directly above two players. Both have an equal shot at it — athletic prowess notwithstanding — but only one player can come down with it.

The player who gets it? That’s a tick in the WIM column. And it’s no surprise that there’s a strong correlation between WIMs and wins.
The Celtics scored 21 of the first 27 points in their 94-71 Game 3 Eastern Conference final victory over the Magic. They led by double digits nearly the entire game, using that game-opening run to suffocate the life out of a Magic team whose desire was sputtering from the opening tip.” height=”500″ />

They seized the moment with the same energy that allowed them to take the first two games in Orlando while the Magic reacted with shock and apathy.

The series had taken a Conan O’Brien-type hiatus between Games 2 and 3, giving the Celtics 72 hours to either bask in their accomplishments from the first two games or focus on closing out the series.

The last time this three-day break happened between Games 2 and 3 the Celtics paraded into practice after a day off, hardly taking Rivers’s warnings of complacency seriously. Kendrick Perkins and Kevin Garnett missed practice with injuries. The rest of the squad practiced as a separated bunch, some convinced Cleveland would return in Game 3 with a vengeance while others convinced the Celtics’ Game 2 statement was enough to carry them through the series.
Coach Doc Rivers, reported to be leaning toward resigning by the Boston Herald’s Steve Bulpett, calmed the waters with a non-denial denial, saying he would just think about it, as he always does.

In other words, Rivers was giving it a last shot, what there was left of him.

(When I saw Doc 10 days ago, I asked him if his next birthday would be his 75th. He laughed.)

Celtics fans abandoned ship en masse, led by ESPN.com’s Bill Simmons, fuming at their “decrepit, non-rebounding, poorly coached, dispirited, excuse-making, washed-up sham of a contender.”

august rush

August Rush is an American drama directed by Kirsten Sheridan. It is often referred as an updated story of Oliver Twist. The film is about a 12-year-old orphan boy who believes he can hear music from his parents. He actually believes he can hear music from everything, for example from leaves.
When young cellist Lyla (Keri Russell) and rock musician Louis (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) meet at a party in the mid 1990s, it’s love at first sight, and they spend the night in each other’s arms. But Lyla’s father forces them apart, even though she later learns she’s pregnant. Later, an accident lands Lyla in the hospital, and though her father tells her that her baby died, the child survives and is given up for adoption. AUGUST RUSH jumps to the present and begins to follow Evan (Freddie Highmore), an 11 year old who has grown up in a boys’ home. As Evan embarks on a crusade to find his parents, he imagines he can communicate with them through his gift for music. His journey to New York City brings him into contact with Wizard (Robin Williams), a man eager to capitalize on the child prodigy’s talent. Wizard gives Evan the name August Rush as he begins performing all over the city, but the boy’s ultimate goal is to find the parents he has never met. From FINDING NEVERLAND to CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY, Highmore has displayed an almost prodigious talent himself. He’s a gifted young actor, and this emotional story is the perfect venue for his acting. AUGUST RUSH isn’t a film for the cynics, but even the hard-hearted in the audience will have difficulty not being touched by this sentimental film. As in Evan’s life, music plays a central role in AUGUST RUSH, and it’s tough not to let your heart soar along with the melodies. Though it could draw comparisons to OLIVER! and ANNIE, this is a unique and heartwarming film.
August Rush is a sweet little move with its heart in the right place, but it has two big strikes against it. First, it relies too much on coincidence. Less charitable reviewers would call it contrivance. Second, Robin Williams is in it.

ronan keating

RonanBoyzone singer Ronan Keating, who just separated from his wife Yvonne after 12 years of marriage, was allegedly cheating on his spouse.

The 33-year old singer was made to leave the house by Yvonne after he admitted that he cheated on her during his recent solo tour and was involved with backing dancer Francine Cornell,

“Yvonne was heartbroken but she made up her mind on the spot. The cracks were there already, but this was the final straw. She isn’t the sort of person to forgive and forget. Ronan has accepted her decision,” said a source.
According to The Mirror, Francine dumped her long-term boyfriend Nick Robbins in October after she was flooded with text messages from Ronan.

Nick’s father Royston revealed to the Mirror that his son encouraged Francine to take the job touring with Ronan.

Royston, 66, said: “They had been together for three years. I think they had discussed marriage. He took her all over the world on holidays.

“She moved into his Chelsea flat and he helped her career. He boosted her confidence and encouraged her to go to auditions. He was really pleased for her when she began working with Ronan.

“The last time I saw her was at a birthday dinner my wife and I attended with Nick and her a few days before they went off to Portugal. It was at a Gordon Ramsay restaurant in London.
It has been reported that Yvonne discovered a secret phone belonging to the Boyzone star which was full of messages to another woman, Francine Cornell, 25. “Yvonne confronted Ronan with the phone – there was nothing he could say,” a friend told The Sun. “She ordered him to leave the family home and told him the marriage was over.”
Royston, 66, said: “They had been together for three years. I think they had discussed marriage. He took her all over the world on holidays.

“She moved into his Chelsea flat and he helped her career. He boosted her confidence and encouraged her to go to auditions. He was really pleased for her when she began working with Ronan.

Meet The Woman Who Inspired Lady Gaga

Meet The Woman Who Inspired Lady Gaga:Gaga’’s outrageous outfits and crazy hairstyles have been attributed to a woman friend of hers, who is also her mentor.

New York party fixture and go-go dancing DJ, Lady Starlight, revealed how she created many of her over-the-top outfits and persuaded Lady Gaga to parade around on stage in skimpy PVC undies and Indian headdresses.

“It’’s crazy knowing that the biggest star in the world was inspired by me,” the Mirror quoted Starlight, real name Colleen Martin, as saying.

“But I was the one who told her to take her trousers off because I rarely wore any myself. She’’s always been so great on talking about me.

“Giving credit where it’’s due rarely happens in the music industry, but Gaga has always done that and I”m very grateful for that,” she said.

The two had met and become friends on Gaga’’s 20th birthday, and they teamed up and named their act Lady Gaga and the Starlight Review, wearing tiny bikini tops and sequinned knickers.

Starlight, now 34, taught Gaga, real name Stefanie Germanotta, how to make over-the-top outfits.

“The outfits were quite often stuck together with glue. Sometimes they held up and sometimes they fell apart on stage. We always wanted the flashiest garments possible… and to be as naked as possible,” Starlight said.

“She was already working on her album and a lot of what’’s on The Fame were songs that we”ve performed.

“As I”m 11 years older than Gaga, I do see myself as her mentor. And I know that my love of all things British must have rubbed off on her,” she stated.

New ”Spider-Man” to get 3D treatment

TrendPK.com The fourth film in the Spider-Man series will be filmed in 3D, Sony Pictures announced.
The new Spidey movie, which will focus on a younger version of the superhero, is being directed by (500) Days of Summer filmmaker Marc Webb.
Production on the film will begin later this year, reports the Mirror.
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