February 22, 2013
Woods & McIlory ousted
Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods knocked out in the first round of the Match Play Championship? Not many would have given that a snowball's chance in the desert. Almost as surprising as the freakish snowstorm on Dove Mountain was the sight of golf's two…
February 22, 2013
Kobe Bryant confident in Lakers
Kobe Bryant evidently is confident the Los Angeles Lakers will make the playoffs -- and be a factor when they get there. Bryant said in an interview with Sports Illustrated that he is certain the struggling Lakers will make the playoffs. The 15-time…
February 22, 2013
Drake’s Closer To Another Chart Record With 30th Top 10 R&B/Hip-Hop Hit
YMCMB rapper-singer Drake edged closer to breaking another Billboard chart record this week when his latest single “Started From The Bottom” jumped from 19-3 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. This is Drake’s 30th appearance on the chart’s top…
February 22, 2013
Who will win an Oscars?
Award-winning set designer Derek McLane tells BBC News about the challenge of creating the Oscars stage set. The name Derek McLane may not be familiar to many outside Broadway but this award-winning set designer is about to showcase the biggest…
February 22, 2013
Tyler leads 2013 Songwriters Hall of Fame
Aerosmith's Steven Tyler and Joe Perry are among the latest inductees into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Celebrating 70s and 80s rock 'n' roll, the class of 2013 will be enrolled at a ceremony on 13 June in New York. Mick Jones and Lou Gramm of…
February 22, 2013
Ja Rule leaves prison but taken back into custody
Ja Rule has left prison in New York, but was taken straight into custody over a tax evasion case, a sentence he was serving at the same time. The rapper had been doing time for gun possession. He had been given two years for that offence and had…
February 22, 2013
Nas to headline Glastonbury stage
Nas will headline the newly-named Silver Hayes area at this year's Glastonbury Festival in Somerset. The US rapper is one of the artists named to perform in the field formerly known as the Dance Village. It will include the 7,000-capacity Sonic tent…
February 22, 2013
Ukraine ex-PM Yulia Tymoshenko ‘can return to prison’
Ukraine's former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko is well enough to return to prison after spending nine months in hospital, the health ministry has said. Tymoshenko was being treated for back problems after being jailed in 2011 for abuse of…
February 22, 2013
Oscar Pistorius granted bail in Reeva Steenkamp case
South African athlete Oscar Pistorius, who faces murder charges over the fatal shooting of his girlfriend, has been granted bail after a four-day hearing. Magistrate Desmond Nair said the state had not made a case that he would flee, or that he had…
February 22, 2013
Italy election: Bersani, Monti and Berlusconi campaign
Candidates in Italy's general election are completing their final day of campaigning ahead of two days of voting, beginning on Sunday. The election is being closely watched in the eurozone, with the Italian government's future commitment to…