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Cheryl Cole brings her style back to the Eighties with a Paula Yates-inspired floppy bow

Friday, April 30, 2010

By Daily Mail Reporter

Hairdo or hair don't? Cheryl Cole arrives at Heathrow Airport for her flight to Dublin today wearing an oversized black and red checked bow


Cheryl Cole attempted to revive an Eighties fashion trend today as she stepped out with a floppy bow hairband.

Jetting out from London to Dublin ahead of her support gig with The Black Eyed Peas tonight, the 26-year-old singer held her famous brunette locks off her face with a red and black checked hairband.

Looking super-slim in a pair of skinny jeans, a khaki shirt and high heels, Cole appeared to have taken inspiration from late TV presenter Paula Yates when it came to decorating her hair.


Inspiration? Paula Yates wearing a floppy hair bow in 1986


Yates, who died 10 years ago, frequently wore an oversized bow near her hairline during her Eighties heyday when she presented late night music show The Tube.

Arriving at Heathrow today accompanied by her mother Joan Callaghan, the X Factor judge looked serious as she dashed through the airport.

While the bow is likely to be Cole's attempting to experiment with her hair, the look is unlikely to go down well with the male fans who voted for her in the FHM Sexiest Women In The World poll.

On Thursday, the men's magazine confirmed Cole had won the title for second year, narrowly beating Megan Fox and Marissa Miller to the title.

Tonight's gig in Dublin marks the first part of the European leg of the Black Eyed Peas's E.N.D World Tour.

Cole will warm up the crowd for the band over 19 gigs, her latest being in Paris on June 5, before the group returns to North America without her.

While it is unknown where Cole bought her latest hair accessory, fans of the look will be wondering if she bought it online.


Skinny: Cole accentuated her slim figure with a pair of skin-tight denim jeans and belt around her waist


In a new interview with Harper's Bazaar magazine, the Girls Aloud star admitted she preferred to shop on the internet rather than in store.

She said: 'I tend to shop online - mostly online to be honest because I actually feel the whole thing of shopping actually really stressful.

'Just the lighting in dressing rooms makes you depressed for some reason.'


Cheer up mum: Cole brought her mum Joan Callaghan along for the ride, who didn't look too happy


With eight months still to go in 2010, the X Factor Judge admits she hasn't made any set plans.

She explained: 'I don’t set myself goals as in what I wanted to achieve by 2010 or in ten years time - I feel like I’ve been lucky and blessed enough to achieved what I have up to now.

'I’m happy with my lot; anything from now is a bonus - anything I do do I’m going to give 100 per cent - I always will. But, I don’t have anything planned - I just go with the flow.'


source: dailymail

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MR. IVY LEAGUE

Shimmy'n down the field.


It's good to see that at least one of my friends is going to make it in life. Hahaha.. Jokes, just jokes! But seriously, when you get into YALE UNIVERSITY, you know you are going to be successful - with time, of course. The homeboy above (also known as Max Finky-Dinky) is the future "Mr. Ivy League". You are probably asking yourself, "WHAT POSITION DOES MAX FINK PLAY!?!?" ...Well, ask no more. He is a mother-fucking linebacker! Be sure to keep your eyes peeled for this homie once he hits the football field next year. I say next year because he has decided to take a year off and kick it in Miami before leaving to Connecticut.

Thou shall rage it up with Max before he leaves Florida.

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Mexico's upcoming friendly fixtures

With one week to go before the friendly games building up to the World Cup begin, here's a list of Mexico's games.

Mexico v Ecuador - May 7/8 @ 8 p.m. Mex time/ 2 a.m. UK time ((New Jersey))

Mexico v Senegal - May 10/11 @ 9 p.m. Mex time/3 a.m. UK time ((Chicago))

Mexico v Angola - May 13/14 @ 8 p.m. Mex time/2 a.m. UK time ((Houston))

Mexico v Chile - May 15/16 @ 7 p.m. Mex time/ 1 a.m. UK time ((Mexico City))

England v Mexico - May 24 @ 2 p.m. Mex time/ 8 p.m. UK time ((London))

Netherlands v Mexico - May 26 @ 1 p.m. Mex time/ 7 p.m. UK time ((Freiburg))

Italy v Mexico - June 3 @ 1 p.m. Mex time/ 7 p.m. UK time ((Brussels))

The schedule is like a mini World Cup before the World Cup and enough to make other nations extremely jealous.

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Nery or no Nery: Will Castillo go to South Africa?

San Luis Potosi born striker Nery Castillo is working with a personal trainer in Ukraine in a bid to make the Mexico squad for South Africa after being hospitalised recently with pneumonia.

Castillo registered himself on the world football radar after an excellent performance at the Copa America 2007, where he scored 4 goals.

Since then, Castillo's career has been a letdown, especially considering he was Mexico's great striking hope.

Immediately after Copa America 2007, Castillo signed for Shakhtar Donetsk for around 15 million pounds/20 million dollars, but rarely played.

When Sven Goran Eriksson came knocking in his role as Manchester City boss, Castillo jumped at the chance to play in England, but he got few opportunities.

Castillo now finds himself stranded at Ukrainian team FC Dnipro, where he has recently suffered from pneumonia and is at odds with the management. He's failed to even make the bench in the club's last 11 games.

In his private life there has been tragedy to add to professional disappointment. Castillo's mother passed away in January 2009 and then his father in December of the same year, both from cancer.

There remains a chink of light though for the player that could've played for Uruguay (residence), Italy (grandparents on mother's side), Greece (residence) or Mexico (birthplace). Castillo is still highly respected in Mexico and veteran Cuauhtemoc Blanco has called for his inclusion in the squad. Also, fellow striker Miguel Sabah has this week been ruled out after injuring his right leg, meaning there is a place for an extra forward in the squad.

Come Monday, when the European based recruits will be made known, Castillo will be hoping that manager Javier Aguirre gives him the green light to end his Ukrainian nightmare and get his career back on track with el Tri.

Finally, an apology for the title of the post. I couldn't help myself.

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My Iron Man 2 Review.....

"Iron Man II" was absolutely awesome from start to finish. I really wanna go back and see it again in the next couple of weeks. This filmed just worked in so many different levels. From Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) and Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) discussing The Avengers project further to Rhodey finally getting is own Iron Man suit and basically pimping the shit out of it with all the big guns. Amazing! The film begins at the point where Tony Stark is telling the press that he is Iron Man, only it's being watched by The Russian, Ivan Vanko (Mickey Rourke) aka Whiplash, who's taking care of his dying father, Anton Vanko. His father dies and Vanko feels that he needs to avenge his father by building his very own arc reactor. After the opening credits, the movie jumps to six months later, where the goverment basically want to take his armor away from him. But Tony doesn't let that happen. They think that his armor is dangerous and if in the hands of the wrong person, could also be very dangerous. They could use it and become unstoppable. So Tony walks away thinking that he is the only person that can build an arc reactor and an armor to go with it.
While all this is all happening, Ivan Vanko, who wants revenge for his fathers death because he thinks that his father was robbed by Tony's Dad, Howard Stark, who once worked with his Ivan's father on the arc reactor back in the 60's, is traveling to Monace, where Tony is racing. Shit! And he has a full on arc reactor and armor to go with it, ready and waiting for him to put it on and kick Tony's Iron Man ass when he get's to Monaco. So while racing, Vanko walks onto the race track and basically rakes havoc and tares up the race cars with his whips. He then get's to Tony, who then puts on his new Mark 5 suit, which is the brief-case suit. This is an amazing suit. So cool how it opens up. So they have the big showdown on the track which ends with Vanko getting taken down by Iron Man and the police arresting him.
Vanko is then broken out of jail by Tony Stark's competitor in the weapons world, Justin Hammer (Sam Rockwell). Hammer thinks that he can use Vanko's experties for his very own type of Iron Man armored project, which has failed tragically in the past. Vanko rebuilds all of Hammer's suits and makes them run on computer-controlled machines, rather than have people in them.
Whilst this is happening, Tony Stark's arc reator is slowly killing him, as he discovered palladium in it that was poisoning his body. So because of this, Tony appoints Pepper Pots (Gwyenth Paltrow) as the new CEO of Stark Industries, replacing her with Natalie Rushman (Scarlett Johansson) who is actually an undercover S.H.I.E.L.D agent, Black Widow, who's working for Nick Fury. Fury gives Tony a medicane that can keep him living longer and gives him old artifact's from Howard Stark (Tony's dad) to help him make a new triangular arc reactor that is stronger and will keep him alive. When this is all happening, Rhodey took the Mark 2 suit and got Hammer to pimp it up with some big guns to use for amry use. The War-Machine suit is excellent.
That's all I'm really gonna tell yah about the film's plot. It's not much, but a really don't wanna give too much away for those who are gonna go and see it. Seriously watch it. OH! Also, watch out for a parts of Captain America and Thor. Not telling what parts show up, just watch very closely to see what parts they are.
Overall I'd give this film 10 out of 10. I really couldn't find anything wrong with this sequel, it was perfect. I can easily say that I'm really looking forward to "Iron Man III" and the next few Marvel Comic film's, leading up to "The Avengers" movie.

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BATMAN 3 Release Date........

Yes! "Batman 3" finally gets it's release date, July 20th 2012. The release date for the 3rd Batman film is just over 2 weeks after the Spider-man reboot, which has a July 3rd 2012 release date.

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Tommy Lee Jones Eying Up Captain America Role?

Is Tommy Lee Jones going for a role in the upcoming, "The First Avenger: Captain America"? Maybe. No one knows which role he's going for, but he may be up for the part of General Chester Phillips, who recruits Steve Rogers and trains him in the Super Soldier program, which makes him Captain America. Sounds pretty cool. He should totally go for that role if he's heading for the film anyway. Let's just hope that this role doesn't make him miss out on his role in, "Men In Black III".

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G.I. JOE 2 Coming In 2012?

"G.I. JOE: Rise Of Cobra" Producer, Lorenzo Di Bonaventura announced that shooting for the sequel will begin in Spring 2011 for a Summer 2012 release. He also announced that he is thinking about filming some 3D action scenes for the film. He's not given too much away, even with the cast, so no one knows wether the cast of the first film will return.

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THOR: The First Look At Him........

When Chris Hemsworth was first announced to be playing "Thor" in the Kenneth Branagh film adaption, I thought, "Oh God! He's too young". By the looks of this first picture of him as "Thor", he actaully looks pretty damn good as him. I'm now really looking forward to the film coming out.

"Thor" is due for release on May 20th 2011.

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New Shrek 4 International Poster

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Dowdy Kate Hudson puts on the style after a day's house-hunting

By Daily Mail Reporter

Day and night: Kate Hudson ditched her boho chic for high-wattage glamour as she attended a party thrown by jewellers Chopard in New York last night


Kate Hudson looked more bag lady than Hollywood star as she went house hunting in New York yesterday afternoon. But it didn't last long.

By the evening she was back to her red carpet best as she glammed up for an event held by jewellers Chopard.


Rolling stone: The actress had been seen house-hunting with an estate agent earlier in the day


Earlier in the day, Kate opted for a boho chic look in a maxi dress, and loose jacket teamed with canvas and leather boots.

With at least three layers covering up her curvy figure, she pounded the pavements with an estate agent to check out new living quarters in the Big Apple.

But later she finally ditched her wardrobe of jackets and coats to reveal her shapely figure in a slip of a grey silk dress with spaghetti straps at the event to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Chopard at New York art museum The Frick Collection.


Great Kate: The actress looked stunning from all angles in the purple grey dress and stacked court heels


Earlier this month a report in Us Weekly claimed that Kate has had cosmetic surgery to increase the size of her bustline.

The magazine's story was accompanied by a photo of the actress on holiday in Miami wearing a bikini top, appearing to have a slightly fuller bust than usual.

And last night it appeared that she had confidently gone braless under the lightweight dress she was wearing giving some support to the reports.


Fancy meeting you here: Kate posed up with A-list pal Gwyneth Paltrow


Other guests in attendance included a radiant Gwyneth Paltrow and petite actress Christina Ricci, who looked stunning in an apple green column dress.

Gwyneth wore a stunning floor-length lace gown with a cowl-shaped back by Antonio Berardi.

The A-listers were joined by a host of stars at the bash, including Claire Danes and Marchesa designer Georgina Chapman.


Three's company: And the pair were joined by Christina Ricci who looked stunning in an apple green frock


Ready to party: Actress Claire Danes, and model Eugenia Silva opted for pale and interesting gowns


source: dailymail

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Goldman Case: Do You Know Or Do You Not Know?

Huhu... US to Open Criminal Inquiry into Goldman Trading

One of the most interesting posting on Goldman Sachs case was highlighted on
Zero Hedge.

The posting is called The Mainstream Media Doesn’t Know Sh*t About Securities Law or the Goldman Case

Do give it a read. :D

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Reply To Notion's EPS Dilution Caused By Share Placements

Got the following reply on my posting Honey, My Notion's Earnings Per Share Has Shrunk!

  • Shien Yang said...

    Hi there,the EPS is definitely going to get diluted this year. But u need to understand what the private placement is for. They need the money for the huge capex that they are going to incur this year for their capacity expansion.

    The result for all these money spent u will see it in FY11 when their net profit will jump again due to more than 3x increase in their production capacity for HDD parts.

Hello.

Regarding what the private placement is for... err.. well, I could actually write something like this ....

Let's have a look at recent events. ( Ok, I won't stretch it so far back.)

Let's look and assume that one bought Notion in mid Nov 2009. Why? Based on impressive earnings.

This was the earnings announced on 10th Nov 2009. Quarterly rpt on consolidated results for the financial period ended 30/9/2009

Notion then reported a sales revenue of 54.339 million and an earnings of 13.029 million. Previous quarter it made some 11.087 million only. An impressive jump in earnings.

Earnings then was based on 703.583 million shares.

In the very same month, Notion did a share consolidation. 5 into 1. Meaning the number of shares will be consolidated into 140.717 million shares.

Notion has 20.470 million in its cash balances and some 58.274 million in total loans.

The share placement of 10% was announced a month earlier. Announcement - Proposed Private Placement.pdf

Rationale of the placement explained in the pdf link above.

  • NVB announced on 2 October 2009 that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Notion (Thailand) Co. Ltd has entered into an agreement to acquire a parcel of land with a factory located thereon. The proceeds from the Proposed Private Placement will be utilised for the extension of the existing factory, purchase of machinery and to defray expenses incidental to the Proposed Private Placement. The plant in Thailand is expected to commence operations during the 1st quarter of 2010.

    After due consideration of the various methods of fund raising, the Board is of the view that the Proposed Private Placement is currently the most appropriate method of fund-raising as it would enable the Company to raise the funds required which would otherwise have to be financed through bank borrowings thereby resulting in interest savings to NVB and its subsidiaries (“Group”).

And then on 19th Jan 2010. NOTION VTEC BERHAD (“NVB” or “Company”) Private placement of up to ten percent (10%) of the issued and paid-up share capital of the Company (“Private Placement”)

  • HwangDBS Investment Bank Berhad, on behalf of the Board of Directors of NVB (“Board”), wishes to announce that the Private Placement has been completed with the listing of 13,844,694 new ordinary shares of RM0.50 each in NVB (“Placement Shares”) on the Main Market of Bursa Malaysia Securities Berhad on 18 January 2010. The Placement Shares were placed to Nikon Corporation (“Nikon”), which has a global standing in the manufacture and sale of camera-related products, such as digital cameras, as well as binoculars and other optical products for consumers, such as ophthalmic lenses.

Nikon Corporation was the buyer of the placement of shares.

The placement raised...


  • The proceeds raised approximately RM33.78 million.

And the strange thing was ...

  • The proceeds raised approximately RM33.78 million which will be used for the NVB Group’s expansion plans in Thailand which will add an extra floor space of 200,000 sq ft to the Group's facilities and defraying expenses incidental to the Private Placement. The Thailand plant will, in the initial stage, mainly cater for Nikon (Thailand) Co Ltd which has indicated that there will be more orders for the cam barrels and possible sub assemblies in the near future.

So Notion Vtec placed 10% shares to Nikon and the proceeds is then used in Notion's expansion plans in Thailand. This adds an extra floor space of 200,000 square feet. And this expansion caters for Nikon's orders.

Feb 2010, Notion announced this earnings. Quarterly rpt on consolidated results for the financial period ended 31/12/2009

On a q-q basis, sales increased from 54.339 million to 56.329 million. Net earnings improved from 13.029 million to 14.185 million.

Yesterday's earnings. Notion's sales were rather flat at 56.709 million. Net earnings slipped to 12.522 million.

The cash raised from Notion's placement to Nikon can be seen in Notion's cash balances indicating clearly that Notion had yet to deploy the proceed from its placement to Nikon. Which is understandable.

Now the rationale of the placement yesterday.

  • The Placement Shares are intended to be placed out to long-term institutional investors and/or strategic investors and will enable NVB to raise gross proceeds of up to RM46.06 million (based on the indicative issue price per Placement Share of RM2.98) to fund future capital expenditure for its centralised 2.5” HDD baseplate manufacturing facility in Klang, working capital and to defray expenses incidental to the Proposals. The Board is of the view that the Proposed Private Placement is the most appropriate method of raising funds as the funds required would otherwise have to be financed through bank borrowings which would result in the NVB Group incurring interest cost.

So two placements. One to Nikon and another in the works.

How?

Now all that would have been extremely tedious and so long winded, yes? :D

So for your question on whether I do understand what the private placements for. Well I do understand and I did read Notion Vtec's explanation for the need of the placement of shares.

Frankly, IF I were a shareholder, I would have preferred a rights issue, where all the minority shareholders are given an EQUAL and FAIR chance to participate in the company's expansion program. Yes, if all the minority shareholders reckon that the expansion plans are justifiable, why aren't they given a chance to participate? Why exclude them?

And in certain cases, certain private placements have a history of being shady (not saying that this is case with Notion).

A share placement sale or a private placement excludes and it prevents the minority shareholder the chance to participate EQUALLY.

Yes, if I were asked to vote, I would always VOTE AGAINST private placements. (I do hope you understand that this is my flawed personal preference, ok?)

  • They need the money for the huge capex that they are going to incur this year for their capacity expansion....

    The result for all these money spent u will see it in FY11 when their net profit will jump again due to more than 3x increase in their production capacity for HDD parts.

Now needless to say, since Notion claimed that all these money raised will be used for capex, surely one would imagine that the money spend should result in more net profit growth. That's the logical expectation and assumption. I have no problems with such reasoning.

However, let me stress that we are now looking at an increase of 29.270 million new shares, which works out to a 20.8% increase from the initial share base of 140.717 million.

And in my opinion, this is simply way too much in such a short time frame. January 2010, share base increase by 10%. Now Notion wants to increase by another 10%.

If one is a minority shareholder, what would one expect?

Which means, after these two share placements, Notion Vtec earnings has to increase by more than 20.8%, in order for the minority shareholders to see 'real growth' in their earnings per share.

Would this be possible?

Well those that really know me understand that I always feel that anything is possible.

So I let you be the judge and if you think the placement and the future prospects derived from the share placements is justifiable, do please buy more shares of Notion. :D

Who knows right? After all the plant expansions, Notions earnings could double or even triple, yes? That's a possibility yes?

But what if this does not happen? This is also a possibility, yes?

Me? Well I am only highlighting the issue of the dilution impact caused by these share placements. Whether the share goes up or down, it's beyond me. Really.

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Kevin Parker from Tame Impala's favourite films

Tis the day for favourite movies it seems! With Australian psychedelic rock group Tame Impala’s debut album due for release on May 21, the lads have been doing the press rounds to promote the highly anticipated work. I spoke to guitarist and vocalist Kevin Parker (above, centre) this afternoon about Innnerspeaker and, alas, his favourite films:

“Wow, there would be so many I just can’t think of them right now. The Neverending Story, have you seen that movie? (MM: Who hasn’t seen that movie?) Yeah, well I loved it and the whole concept and the theme song. I’d love to do a cover of that one day, in fact we might do that soon. Maybe one day we will do an entire covers album, our manager suggested that one time and it would be great. I love sci-fi and I’m a big sucker for special effects and anything that makes me believe I’m actually seeing that. The Lord Of The Rings trilogy and The Matrix trilogy were amazing. There’s this David Lynch film called Eraserhead, it was like a weird dream. And Kill Bill too, Volume 2 especially was really moving."

And there you have it, some really impressive choices there. Parker seems like a pretty awesome guy and he even sung his version of Ghetto Superstar to me over the phone when I asked about various covers. Innerspeaker hits stores on May 21 and although it’s less rock and more bliss than their earlier EP, from the preview copy I listened to it's still wicked.

You can swing by Tame Impala’s MySpace here.

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Britney Spears has some support for a change as she heads to lawyer's office in flattering pink vest top

Thursday, April 29, 2010

In great shape: A toned Britney Spears hides behind her sunglasses as she visits her lawyers office in Los Angeles today


Britney Spears was all business as she headed to her lawyers today.
Dressed in a pink vest top, smart black jeans and high heeled boots, she looked ready for a serious discussion.

Britney remains under the conservatorship of her father, Jamie Spears, after her widely publicised breakdown three years ago. He controls much of her life, from her finances to her clothing.

Jamie will be pleased to see that his daughter was wearing a bra in Los Angeles today.

In a bid to improve her public image he is said to have banned the mother-of-two from leaving the house without support. and threatened to sack any member of her security who lets her slip out without underwear on.

A friend told the Sun: 'Jamie's control over Britney's life is incredible.

'He hates the pictures of her with her nipples all over the place so he has banned her from leaving the house without a bra.

'He wants her to put across the right impression. One security guard is told he is close to getting fired because he lets her go out without her bra.'

Today Britney sipped on a bottle of sugary Coke as she arrived at the office in Los Angeles, perhaps counting on the caffeinated drink waking her up.


Keeping refreshed: Britney sips from a Coke as she climbs into her car


With her career back on track Britney could also be headed to Glee - with an episode celebrating her music.

Following the success of the all-Madonna version of the award-winning show, series creator Ryan Murphy has revealed he is interested in doing an episode featuring Ms Spears' biggest hits.

'I've always loved her, I'm entertaining it - I think young kids would like that,' he told Entertainment Weekly.

Ryan said he would also be keen to do Billy Joel, Led Zeppelin and Courtney Love episodes, but it would depend on the songs.

'The key is the songs in the catalogue have to have a certain degree of theatricality,' he added.




Supported: Britney wears a bra, after her fatherJamie banned her from leaving home without one


source: dailymail

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Johnny Galecki's favourite films

I’ve got to say, I had a major geek-out moment (which is not unusual for me) when I interviewed Johnny Galecki aka Leonard from The Big Bang Theory this morning. Galecki is in Australia at the moment ahead of the TV Week Logie Awards on Sunday, at which he’s presenting an award. Genuinely an all-round friendly and relaxed dude, it certainly made up for meeting the douchey Brendan Cowell yesterday. We spoke about the up and coming Logies, the show, co-stars Kaley and Jim, future projects and, of course, my usual question on what his favourite movies are:

"It's funny, I really love movies. From films that are as sprawling and operatic as The Godfather and The Shining or as deeply personal as Kramer vs Kramer and You Can Count On Me. I really do love movies and there's always a lot to be said about a good popcorn movie, like I really enjoyed Iron Man."

It’s also his 35th birthday today so I was sure to wish him a happy birthday and ask what he’s doing to celebrate: not much apparently! Besides going out to dinner tonight, Galecki says he's will spend the afternoon relaxing and watching the first few seasons of Underbelly:

"I’ve heard great things about Underbelly. I tried to download it from iTunes in the states but it didn’t work. Someone gave me the DVDs yesterday so I’m going to watch them this afternoon."
NOTE: My friends little sister asked if I could pass on to Johnny that she thinks Sheldon is "like, sooooo hot". Thankfully, I didn't.

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Me love you long time

Above: Yes, I am nerd. Peter Hellier, Movie Mazzupial, Yvonne Strahovski and Brendan Cowell at Movie World yesterday.

AS an 11-year-old boy, Australian comedian Peter Helliar came to Movie World and was picked out of the crowd to participate in the Lethal Weapon live show. Now, more than 20-years later, he returned to the theme park that captured his imagination with his own film.
"It's great, to be able to come back with my a movie of my own,'' he said.

Helliar was at Movie World with Brendan Cowell and Yvonne Strahovski, the stars of his film I Love You Too which premiered at the theme park last night. Shot in Melbourne, the romantic comedy follows a commitment-phobic man (Cowell) as he tries get back with the woman of his dreams (Strahovski) and say `I love you too'. Helliar, who wrote, produced and starred in the film, said the idea came to him when he forgot to lock his car on the way into the movies.
"It just came from a simple little story and I thought `what would be the worst thing that could be stolen from my car?'' he said.
"It would be something personal, not material, probably like a love letter which thankfully I didn't have in the car at the time.''

Early reviews have been overwhelmingly positive and Helliar is `confident audiences will be touched' by it.
"It's like I've seen the scans and the baby's healthy. Its heart beats fine,'' he said.
"Not a box-office result or review could change the way I feel about the movie.
"Watching it with a packed cinema of people ... it hasn't really hit me how vulnerable I've made myself.''

Last seen playing a courageous WWI hero in Beneath Hill 60, I Love You Too star Cowell joked he prepared for his role as leading man in a romantic comedy by watching Hugh Grant films.
"I'm honing my Hugh Grant,'' he said.
"He is a master. Harrison Ford is a master of running and Hugh Grant is a master of rom-com.
"That look that Yvonne and I have, the connection look, I studied that look in Notting Hill and he's very good at it.''

A rising star in America thanks to her role as a sexy spy in hit show Chuck, Strahovski was attracted to the role of Alice because she is a `normal girl'.
"She's like all girls in relationships and she wants to find someone, fall in love, connect, have a life with them and grow old with them,'' she said.
"It was different for me because I play a spy on Chuck I've been doing that for three years and it's very stylised and heightened.
"This is a lot more normal and closer to reality.''

I Love You Too also stars Peter Dinklage and super model Megan Gale in her debut movie role.
I Love You Too opens in cinemas on Thursday, May 6 and stay posted for some more exclusive stories, interviews, review and favourite films with the cast.

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Honey, My Notion's Earnings Per Share Has Shrunk!

Notion reported it's earnings last night. On a q-q basis, it showed some weakness.

Here are some brief comments from the 'pros' on Notion recently.

The 'poor earnings' is expected said RHB Research!

  • 2QFY10 results preview . Notion Vtec (NVB) will release its 2QFY10 results on 29 April. We estimate net earnings to fall marginally 5-7% qoq (vs. +9.2% qoq) to around RM13m due to: 1) seasonal factors; 2) strengthening of RM against the USD (+4.3% qoq); and 3) higher expenses stemming from the capacity ramp up in 2Q. This would bring 1HFY10 net profit to around 54-55% of our FY10 previous net profit forecast and around 53-54% of consensus estimates. However, we expect a strong qoq growth in 3Q-4Q10, driven mainly by: 1) higher volume loading of base plates from Samsung and strong contribution from higher margin spindle motor hub

However they still insist that it's a BUY.

  • Investment case. We are maintaining our indicative fair value of RM4.59 based on a target PER of 10x FY 11 EPS. Hence, we reiterate an Outperform call on the stock.

On the Edge Financial Daily last week: Inter-Pac: Notion Vtec forging ahead

  • We remain positive on Notion on the back of strong growth coming from both the HDD and SLR camera segments. Nevertheless, Notion is exposed to currency fluctuation as most of their HDD sales are carried out in the US dollar. The strengthening of the ringgit versus the US dollar will bite its bottom line slightly. Our fair value of RM3.78 is based on FY11 earnings per share (EPS) of 36 sen and PER of 10.5 times. — Inter-Pacific Research, April 20

KN in its most recent notes:

  • Maintain forecast with unchanged target price of RM3.60 based on 11x CY2010F. Outlook for HDD remained robust with HDD majors including Seagate and Western Digital continuing to guide positively for the June quarter. BUY.

OSK had a trading buy call on 28th April ( err... target price is 3.38, Notion was trading at 3.26. - seriously wonder how on earth they can call it a buy with the target price a mere 12 sen or a mere 4% upside. But then.. what can I expect.. it's OSK! LOL!)

  • Maintain Trading Buy and earnings forecasts. In the meantime, we do not expect Notion
    to lose the other two antidiscs programs. The affected antidiscs program should have minimal impact on its FY10 and FY11 earnings.

However, this is not what I want to talk about.

Here is a snapshot of Notion's earnings. It's IMPRESSIVE.




Sales is now on a different level and the jump in net profit can be clearly seen.

It's a wonderful set of results.

However... there's an issue.

Here's Notion's previous quarterly earnings:
Quarterly rpt on consolidated results for the financial period ended 31/12/2009

Net earnings was 14.185 million. This quarter is only 12.252 million. Ah..yes the weakness in earnings as suggested by RHB.

Yes but this is NOT my issue.

Let's have a look at the earnings per share.

Now if one open the earnings notes on Notion's previous earnings, ( here
is the link to the pdf file ), and look at page 8, one would see that Notion has stated it's earnings was based on 140.717 million. So from an earnings of 14.185 million, Notion's earnings per share is some 10.1 sen.

Notion's earnings reported last night was 12.252 million. Now if based on 140.717 million, Notion's earning per share should be some 8.7 sen.

But if you look at the screen shot, Notion's earnings per share stated was only 8.06 sen. An error?

No it was not. In yesterday earnings notes, Notion's earnings per share is based on 151.946 million.

And if I open my live quotes, here is what I am looking at.


Notion share base is now some 154.561 million.

Increased yet again.

Last night, beside reported its earnings, Notion announced the following:

  • On behalf of the Board of Directors of NVB, Hong Leong Investment Bank Berhad wishes to announce that the Company proposes to undertake the following:

    (a) Proposed issue of new ordinary shares of RM0.50 each in NVB (“NVB Shares”) not exceeding 10% of the issued and paid-up share capital of the Company through a private placement exercise;

    (b) Proposed issue of up to 34,003,503 free warrants in NVB (“Free Warrants”) on the basis of 1 Free Warrant for every 5 NVB Shares held by the shareholders of the Company; and

More placements (Actually this is an OLD issue. See this OLD blog posting Notion Special Issues of Shares ) but this placement is sweetened by 'free warrants'.

Now if I open the pdf file attached, this is what I am looking at.


So before the warrants are given free... Notion's share base is to be enlarged to some 169.987 million.

Let's look at the impact.

From the earnings snap shot, we see Notion's earnings for 2 quarters was some 26.387 million.

Based on last quarters number of shares of 140.717 million, Notion's eps would equate to some 18.8 sen.

However, if based on this enlarged share base of 169.987 million, Notion's eps would be only 15.5 sen.

Now keeping it simple, let's assume that this was Notion's total fiscal earnings and that the market assigns a fair value earnings multiple of 12x to the stock. Yeah, a PE of 12. (Ass-u-me only, ok?)

Now based on an eps of 18.8 sen, Notion's fair value should be 12x18.8 ~ 2.26.

Now based on an eps of 15.5 sen, Notion's fair value should be 12x15.5 ~ 1.86.

See the difference?

The earnings per share has shrunk and so has the assumed target price!

How?

Do you like such share 'placements'?

And can you see how these share placements dilute your earnings?

Here's Notion's charts..



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You Just Got Knocked-The-Fuck-Out!



That's Rampage Jackson for ya.
Woof!

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The Man Of Steel Flies Again At Christmas 2012?

Warner Brothers and Legendary Pictures are planning for a Christmas 2012 release for the next big Superman reboot film.
DC have also discussed more plans for the "Justice League" film. And apparently the new Superman film is on top of the list for WB's 20 picture deal with IMAX, so this means that, "Superman 3.0: The Man Of Steel" is possibly coming in whopping 3D. Not really bothered about that, all I wanna know is who is gonna star as The Man Of Steel himself.
All we know so far is the director (Jonah Nolan), the godfather of the film (Christopher Nolan), the writer (David Goyer) and what villain's they plan to have in the film (Lex Luthor and Brainiac).

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The Jonah Hex Trailer Is Here!

Just finished watching the first "Jonah Hex" trailer and i can safely say that it is amazing looking and if your a comic book fan then your gonna love it, even if your not a fan of the actual "Jonah Hex" comics. Here's the link to the HD trailer on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YS8GNhABvoU

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This Screen-Shot Creeps Me The Hell Out!

This is the scariest fucking thing that I've seen in ages, and it's only a picture.....well, screen-shot. The above pic is a screen-shot taken from the upcoming "Elm Street" remake/reboot. Now the past couple of pictures have been quite cool and scary looking, but this shot is what I call, "Shit-You're-Pants-Scary". He just looks so sinister and sadistic. Look at his skin. YUCK!

This screen-shot just creeps me out and makes me so much more excited about the film finally coming to the UK like next friday. WOOHOO!
Some critics have had an advanced screening of the film and have all gave it a great review so far. That sounds so-far-so-good. They especially praised Jackie Earle Haley for his portrail as Freddy. They all said that he is so much better. No funny, stupid stuff, just down right gritty and nasty and scary. They also said that the film is on of the bloodiest remakes they've ever seen and that it's also very disturbing. That's good. Can't wait..........

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The Full Cast Of The Smurfs Movie

Katy Perry, Hank Azaria, George Lopez, and Alan Cumming are Daily Show’s John Oliver, playing Vanity Smurf; Saturday Night Live‘s Kenan Thompson and Fred Armisen as Greedy Smurf and Brainy Smurf, respectively; The Office’s B.J. Novak as Baker Smurf; and comedian Jeff Foxworthy as Handy Smurf. They join Pee-wee Herman himself, Paul Reubens, who, as previously reported by Deadline.com, will play Jokey Smurf. Also lending their voices to the little blue creatures are Wolfgang Puck — playing none other than Chef Smurf — and veteran character actor Gary Basaraba as Hefty Smurf. Star Trek’s Anton Yelchin will voice Clumsy Smurf. And Neil Patrick Harris will be playing the live-action character in the movie.

"The Smurfs Movie" is due for release on August 3rd 2011.

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LET'S GET READY TO RUMBLEEE!

VS.


Got nothing to do this weekend?! Well then, this Saturday (May 1st) is the Mayweather vs. Mosley brawl on pay-per-view. This fight is definitely one worth watching... any Mayweather fight is worth watching.

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Someone's Took A Big Dip In The Pond.....

Now, either Rory (Amy's Boyfriend) or The Doctor has had a dip in the pond. And not just any pond, but Amy Pond. Yes, episode 7 of the new series, titled, "Amy's Choice", sees the new sexy companion, Amy Pond pregnant. But no one yet knows who the daddy is.

As the picture above shows, it seems that Amy is pissed off and fed up with both The Doctor and Rory.
No more info has been released, so I take it we'll have to wait for the episode to come on air on May 15th to find out who the daddy really is...........

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SCRE4M Teaser Poster! New Decade. New Rules.

Here it is people. The first official teaser poster for the upcoming horror sequel, "SCRE4M". Sweet ass poster. It's not all that fancy, but it is pretty cool still. Look the fact that it's just the killer's ghost-face mask.


"SCRE4M" is due for release on 15th April 2011.

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Cheryl Cole holds on to her crown as Sexiest Woman In The World for second year

By Daily Mail Reporter

Retaining her crown: Cheryl Cole has been voted the Sexiest Woman In The World by readers of FHM magazine for the second year running

Her private life may be suffering, but Cheryl Cole has been given a boost after being named the Sexiest Woman In The World for the second year in a row.

The X Factor judge, 26, came top in a poll of the 100 sexiest women by male readers of FHM magazine, narrowly beating Hollywood actress Megan Fox and bikini model Marisa Miller.

Cole's new accolade comes after a rollercoaster year for the Geordie star, which has seen her taste success as a solo artist, but split from her husband Ashley Cole.

Transformers siren Fox, 23, ended up in second place to Cole for the second year in a row, despite peeling off in the new Armani lingerie advertisements.

Newly single Saturdays bandmember Frankie Sandford appeared in fourth place, with just two of her four bandmates appearing in the top 100.

Irish bandmate Una Healy entered at 11, while Rochelle Wiseman just scrapped in at 98.

Second spot: Megan Fox, actress and part-time underwear model - seen here appearing in Emporio Armani lingerie ads - was runner-up to Cheryl Cole


The highest new entry in the list is Twilight actress Kristen Stewart at number six, perhaps boosted by her legions of male 'Twi-hard' fans.

Unsurprising additions in the top 10 are models Kelly Brook and Keeley Hazell, who have both been deemed the Sexiest Woman In Britain after coming number two to previous American number ones.


High climber The Saturdays' Frankie Sandford, pictured durnig an FHM shoot, jumped up to number four in the hot 100

The only WAG in the top 10 is Peter Crouch's fiancée Abbey Clancy at 10.

After putting in many appearances in bikinis and returning to her lingerie modelling days as the new face of Ultimo, Brook jumped from last year's 48 to this year's seventh.


Regular featurel: Page 3 girl Keeley Hazell;s huge fan base put her at No.5


Cole was joined in the top 100 by Girls Aloud bandmates Sarah Harding and Nadine Coyle at 35 and 59 respectively, while Nicola Roberts and Kimberley Walsh were missing.

Unfortunately for Britney Spears, she dropped from last year's four to 44 in 2010 - despite winning the title six years ago.


Racing up the charts: Kelly Brook's bikini shoots saw her leap from 48 to seven


Angelina Jolie only managed number 70, but was still 11 places above former love rival Jennifer Aniston at 81.

A new appearance is Tiger Woods' estranged wife Elin Nordegren at 65, who has garnered a lot of public sympathy since her husband's numerous affairs were made public towards the end of last year.


Firm favourite: Rachel Stevens is a healthy No.32 up from 44 last year

Other new entries includes Lady Gaga at 92 and N-Dubz London-born singer Tulisa Contostavlos at 15.

Noticeably missing from the top 100 is supermodel Kate Moss.


Re-entry: Former EastEnder Kara Tointon found her way back in at 66

Over 1million votes were cast this year as male fans chose their favourite pin-ups.

FHM editor-in-chief Colin Kennedy said: 'That other election might be a close-run thing but this equally important poll was so one-sided this year that some bookies have already paid out on Cheryl Cole.


Pair of Angels: Victoria's Secret models Marisa Miller and Adriana Lima both featured prominently in the top ten


'After hogging the headlines and dominating TV screens for 12 solid months, the nation's sweetheart romped home for a second successive year, leaving all challengers in her curvaceous wake.

'With very strong showings for Frankie Sandford and hot newcomers like Twilight star Kristen Stewart, perhaps Cheryl should start looking over that perfectly sculpted shoulder. Or at least, showing a bit more leg.'


FHM's 100 Sexiest supplement, comes free with the June edition, out now

The top 10 from this year's list is...1: Cheryl Cole
2: Megan Fox
3: Marisa Miller
4: Frankie Sandford
5: Keeley Hazell
6: Kristen Stewart
7: Kelly Brook
8: Adriana Lima
9: Jessica Alba
10: Abbey Clancy


source: dailymail

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Katy Perry's money shot... Pop star's revealing shorts feature the coveted hundred dollar bill

By Daily Mail Reporter

Money, money, money: Katy Perry wears a pair of shorts with a hundred dollar bill printed on them for a trip to the gym in LA


She's banked a few million dollars during her meteoric rise to pop stardom, so it's little wonder that Katy Perry can wear such a pair of striking shorts.

The singer, 25, was pictured on her daily jaunt to the gym in West Hollywood wearing shorts with the U.S. hundred dollar bill printed on them.

Of course, having such huge wealth as Miss Perry she's probably found that the coveted notes, featuring U.S. founding father Benjamin Franklin, are two a penny.

Cashing in: The singer's shorts had the coveted note emblazoned across them


Matched with a white v-neck and a blue LA Dodgers cap, Katie's shorts certainly stood out during her trip to the gym.

She accessorised with her Chanel 2.55 quilted handbag.

The pop star will be shaping up for her wedding to fiance Russell Brand, which is set to take place towards the end of the year.

This week she dismissed a report that she been attending hypnotherapy sessions to try to give up smoking.

It had been alleged that she had turned to cigarettes to deal with the stress of organising her wedding.

And an article published in the Daily Mirror earlier this week, claimed Perry told an unnamed pal: 'I'm stressed out with the wedding and I keep smoking to calm my nerves.


Working out: Miss Perry will be keen to get in shape for her forthcoming wedding


'I do it even though I know it is really bad for me and I know I need to stop. So I'm thinking I am going to have hypnotherapy to help me get over it.'

But Miss Perry took to her beloved Twitter account to rebuke the report.

She tweeted: 'Weird story bout hypnotherapy, smoking & wedding. It's all made up! It's bad, of course! So is drinking! So are most of me outfits!


Wedding singer: Rumours regarding Katy's marriage to Russell Brand have claimed it will take place in numerous places, including India, Japan and LA


The wise-cracking star also joked about her forthcoming wedding this week, telling reporters it was to take place 'under the ocean'.

This came just a few days after her good friend, and fellow pop star, Rihanna let slip that the union was due to take place in India.

However, rumours to the contrary claim that Brand is plotting a Far East wedding, in Japan.

The funnyman will follow in his fiancee's footsteps by releasing a single according to one report.

A story in The Sun claims that the comedian has recorded several tracks in his guise as rock star Aldous Snow, in new film Get Him To The Greek.

A source allegedly told the newspaper: 'Universal pictures and the music arm of the company are very excited about the prospect of cashing in on the film and the music.

'Russell was a natural as a rock 'n' roll frontman and there's a lot of scope for clever marketing campaigns around his role.'


source :dailymail

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