Terrorists planning murder of President arrested

LAHORE: Police have arrested six terrorists planning assassination of President Asif Ali Zardari during his visit of Lahore, ARY News reported on Tuesday.

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Extraordinary Inception may leave you exhausted

LOS ANGELES: In a summer of remakes, reboots and sequels comes Inception, easily the most original movie idea in ages.

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Fresh faces, new-look veterans enter Emmy spotlight

LOS ANGELES: Fresh faces and veteran players in new roles are expected to grab the spotlight when nominations are announced on Thursday for the prime-time Emmy Awards — the highest honors in the television industry.

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miss america 2010 rima fakih

Rima Fakih of Dearborn, Mich., surprised many by winning the Miss USA 2010 pageant at the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino on the Las Vegas Strip Sunday.

She strutted in an orange and gold bikini, wore a strapless white gown that resembled a wedding dress and said health insurance should cover birth control.

How’d she feel about winning the title? “Ask me after I’ve had a pizza.”

The Queens, N.Y. native of Lebanese descent told pageant organizers her family celebrates both Muslim and Christian faiths. She moved to Michigan in 2003.
The first runner-up was Miss Oklahoma, Morgan Elizabeth Woolard who expressed her support for the racist law SB-1070 of Arizona, which criminalizes undocumented immigrants while targeting people of Indigenous heritage, especially Mexicans.

The two finalists of Miss USA represent somehow the current reality of the United States: an immigrant that is part of a community historically rejected by a majority of Americans, and a U.S. born European descendant woman who supports a racist law, which targets mostly Indigenous immigrants
Miss Michigan, Rima Fakih, who would later claim the crown and the title Miss America, was asked a different question. Interviewers were interested in learning her viewpoints on whether or not birth control pills should be paid for by health insurance, at which she answered, “I believe that birth control is just like every other medication even though it’s a controlled substance.”
The western image of Muslim women is largely shrouded in the veils – in the form of hijabs, niqabs and burqas – of a grand patriarchal cover-up. This partly explains the mirth and amusement derived from stories of Arabs organising beauty contests for their camels and goats, or crowning Miss Beautiful Morals.

Less widely covered or known is the fact that, despite the objections of conservative Muslims, many Arab and Muslim countries run beauty contests of a similar ilk to their western counterparts. In some ways it’s hardly surprising that the first Arab-American Miss USA – which I’ve discovered is actually different from Miss America – should happen to be Lebanese.

Lebanon is a country where glamour and beauty are a major export industry in the form of sexy singers, both female and male. As a sign of this, its own Miss Lebanon title comes with a $500,000 prize and, in Rima Fakih’s words, elicits a kind of “Superbowl” fever among Lebanese.

Other Arab and Muslim beauty contests include Miss Egypt and Miss Indonesia, not to mention the less racy but more inclusive – in terms of dress and dress size – Miss Arab World. Beauty contests were even used as a propaganda tool by Saddam Hussein, with the 2000 crown won by his 15-stone niece.

emma caulfield

Emma Caulfield (born April 8, 1973) is an American actress best known for her role as ex-demon Anya on the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, as well as Susan Keats, a love interest of Brandon Walsh’s on the television series Beverly Hills, 90210.

Former “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” actress Emma Caulfield has filed for divorce from her husband of more than three years.
Emma Caulfield, an American actress who got fame through a well-known television series ‘Buffy – The Vampire Slayer’, was born on 8th April, 1973 in San Diego, California. Her mother was a professional singer. Emma started acting during her times at high school.

After completing her graduation from La Jolla Country Day School, she adopted acting as a profession and played her first prominent role as Susan Keats, on Beverly Hills, 90210 in 1995.In 1998, she appeared in ‘Buffy’ as Anya Jenkins, a role written only for Emma as believed by many critics.

In later years she appeared in several other roles on television and then in 2003, Emma Caulfield shifted towards the big screen and played her first lead role in ‘Darkness Falls’, a horror movie that lasted at number one in the US Box Office for numerous weeks after release.
Caulfield and her husband Cornelius Grobbelaar had married in August 2006. Caulfield also starred in the years 1995 to 1996 in the television series Beverly Hills, 90210th In the years 1996 to 1997 she played Lorraine Miller in the series General Hospital.

Discovery channel

TrendPK.com Phil Harris, the fishing boat captain whose adventures off the Alaska coast were captured on the television show “Deadliest Catch”, has died, the Discovery Channel said Tuesday night. He was 53.
Harris suffered what his family described as a massive stroke on Jan. 29 while the fishing vessel he captained, Cornelia Marie, [...]

Friday Night Lights Movie

Friday Night Lights:

My wife and I just finished the first season of Friday Night Lights (the television show, not the movie). The show is a teen drama that follows the ups and downs of the fictional town of Dillon and its obsession with its football team, the Dillon Panthers. Dillon’s fictional locale is somewhere in west-central Texas, about four hours from Austin. I started off the series somewhat reluctantly, knowing I would end up mad and disappointed with politically correct plots, but I have been pleasantly surprised. It is available on DVD, BitTorrent, and also via Netflix’s instant streaming service.

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Friday Night Lights Movie was first posted on February 10, 2010 at 4:08 pm.
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Kelly Clarkson Dead

Kelly Clarkson Dead-Kelly Brianne Clarkson is an American pop singer, songwriter, and occasional actress. Clarkson made her debut under RCA Records after she won the first season of the television series American Idol in 2002.
Clarkson has released four albums to date. Her debut album Thankful (2003), her multi-platinum second album Breakaway (2004), followed by My December (2007) and her latest album All I Ever Wanted (2009). Her first four albums have sold over 10.2 million copies in the United States.

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Kelly Clarkson Dead was first posted on August 29, 2009 at 5:45 pm.
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