Young Buck Heading To Jail
Nashville, Tennessee rapper Young Buck was sentenced to three years in prison, over weapons charges on Friday (July 13).
The rapper will serve a total of 18 months for the offense. “With the judge not considering my history to subtract some time, I’m just thankful for what time I do have,” Young Buck told WSMV-TV.
On July 26, a number of Young Buck’s assets will be auctioned off by the IRS, including the “Young Buck” moniker, which is owned by one of the rapper’s creditors and former label home, G-Unit Records.
After he is released, Young Buck must stay off drugs and serve three years probation.
Dolphins Domino Tournament semifinals starts tonight in Grand Turk
The BIG TEAM KILLERS did it again. The Dolphins Domino Tournament sponsored by the Bigger Better Network DIGICEL witness the conclusion of it semifinals round last night as team Pink Bar took on team Water Boots in a “WIN or GO HOME” match.
The game was an exciting one, filled with all the expectations of a good semifinals match up and when it was all said and done the question asked was: What is it called when your shoes are too small and are hurting your toes?
Answer: The agony of defeat!!!!!! And as such it was last night as the Water-boots found their footwear to small and thus tasted defeat at the hands of the Pink Bar. The Pink Bar held a slim 6 point margin at the half, and it was widely theorized that it was not enough and that the Water-boots would overtake them in the second half. But, that is why we play the game. The Pink Bar withstood a furious 2nd half comeback, then pimp slapped the Water-boots into submission. To win 113 to 105, the Pink Bar advance themselves to the finals of the Dolphins Domino Tournament sponsored by Digicel. They will be taking on the Host Dolphins on Wednesday the 11the of July at 7:30pm at Gwashay’s Bar. The Dolphins cautioned the Pink Bar to remember that “mullets do not swim in the Ocean.”
The domino teams are inviting everyone to support the event Wednesday July 11,2012 to see who will win game 1. Who will it be? Pink Bar, the Big Team killers or the defending champions, the Mighty Dolphins. Will the Dolphins repeat or will the Pink Bar captured the championship which slipped through their fingers last season.
WICB CEO not seeking renewal of his contract
The West Indies Cricket Board today confirmed that Chief Executive Officer Dr. Ernest Hilaire had advised, at a meeting of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors, in April this year that he will not be seeking a renewal of his three year contract when it comes to an end.
Dr. Hilaire joined the WICB as CEO in October of 2009 and the full term of his contract will come to a conclusion in September this year.
The Board of Directors, while having regretted Dr. Hilaire’s decision not to seek a renewal, expressed full support for his desires to pursue other professional opportunities available to him.
The WICB has engaged Deloitte to commence the process of recruitment for a new CEO.
Following region-wide advertising, this process is on-going. It is expected that the new CEO will be engaged in an appropriate capacity before Dr. Hilaire finally demits office.
Bolt's agent says Olympic champ 'feeling good'
Usain Bolt's agent says the three-time Olympic champion is back in full training and "feeling good".
Ricky Simms tells The Associated Press that the Jamaican sprinter is fit ahead of the defence of his titles in the 100, 200 and 4x100 at the London Games.
BOLT... back in full training
The holder of the world record in both sprint distances, Bolt lost to Yohan Blake in the 100 and 200 at recent Jamaican Olympic trials. He had his right hamstring stretched out by a trainer after the 200.
Bolt pulled out of the Monaco Diamond League meet on July 20 -- his last race before the Olympics -- with what his coach called "a slight problem".
Britain's Daily Telegraph said yesterday that Bolt flew to Germany last week for treatment on a tight hamstring.
WI hunt clincher in ODI series
West Indies enter today's third One-Day International (ODI) against beleaguered New Zealand knowing a win will hand them their first series triumph over a top-eight side in four years.
The Caribbean side, propelled by exhilarating form by opener Chris Gayle, has been outstanding on the tour and will back themselves to win their third straight match, the first of a triple-header at Warner Park here.
Captain Darren Sammy, under fire in recent months, especially on the side's winless tour of England, cut a happier figure as he talked up his side's chances of winning the series.
"It feels really good. Since the start of the series in Florida we have been playing some really good cricket and it's good to see that we've been consistently good in what we've been doing so we're just looking to continue again," he told reporters.
"Wednesday (today) will be a chance to clinch the series, so we're looking to do that."
West Indies have not beaten a team ranked in the top eight since a 2-0 win over Sri Lanka in a three-match series back in 2008. Since then, they have lurched from one defeat to another, celebrating series victories only over minnows Zimbabwe and Bangladesh.
After sweeping the T20 double-header in Florida two weeks ago, they constructed convincing performances to whip the Black Caps in the first two ODIs at Sabina Park last week.
They won the opening game by nine wickets and the second by 55 runs, with Gayle proving the architect in both fixtures.
The left-hander hit an unbeaten 63 and followed up with 125 in the second match — an innings that saw him top the list for the most centuries in ODIs by a West Indian.
"You can see what he does at the top of the order. He's brilliant for us and so far since he's come back, he's been really good for us at the top of the innings," Sammy said.
"He's really stabilised the opening partnership... and we've been able to post good totals, especially in this series against New Zealand."
New Zealand have been weakened with injuries, losing influential captain and batsman Ross Taylor with a shoulder injury and pacer Doug Bracewell to a back injury.
Fast bowling all-rounder Andrew Ellis is also struggling with a leg injury.
Sammy was quick to push back on suggestions that the Windies were only dominating because of the weakened New Zealand unit.
"People will say what they want and have an opinion, but at the end of the day, you've still got to go out there and win cricket matches and so far we're doing that, something we have not done consistently for a long time," Sammy contended.
"So we're just looking to take it one day at a time. We'll come again and plan for them on Wednesday and see how it goes, and Saturday (fourth ODI) and Monday (fifth ODI) we'll look to wrap up the series."
He added: "But it's good to see how the guys are playing. We're going about doing our jobs professionally and I think the coach and everyone is happy with the progress we're making."
New Zealand, meanwhile, have spent much of their time trying to figure out how to restrict West Indies, especially Gayle who has scored a half-century in every innings against them so far on tour.
Coach John Wright said they were at pains to break the losing streak, and was considering the inclusion of pacer Trent Boult who was a late call-up due to the side's injury woes.
"It's a very flat wicket, an even smaller ground straight than Jamaica, so we have to do something about our bowling. We think the variation Boult will provide early on in the innings to Gayle [could help]. We need to do something differently," Wright said.
"He's put us under pressure right from the word go in the Twenty20s in Miami. It has allowed batsmen to bat around him.
"He's going to fail some time. I just feel if we can bowl better and do things 10 per cent better right throughout our game we will have the opportunity to beat this side with Gayle scoring runs or not.
"It's been challenging to come up to speed, but if we can do some thing correctly in this match, we are going to get some results somewhere along the line."
Fraudster rips off Nicki Minaj in Trinidad
Nicki Minaj and the producers of her music video "Pound the Alarm" which was filmed in Trinidad last week were reportedly duped by a man said to be known among members of Trinidad’s entertainment fraternity.
The Trinidad Express reports that the fraudster took more than $100,000 to render services towards the production of the music video and delivered nothing.
A report has been made to the police by the producers, London Alley Entertainment of New York, USA.
The case is reportedly being treated as a breach of contract.
Spike Lee to do MJ flick
Spike Lee worked with Michael Jackson and considered him a friend, but the director says even he learned a lot combing through footage of the icon for a planned documentary about the singer's Bad album.
Lee calls it a "treasure chest of findings."
"We have footage in this documentary that no one's ever seen, stuff that Michael shot himself, behind-the-scenes stuff," he said in an interview Monday. "We had complete access to the vaults of Michael Jackson. ... He wrote 60 demos for the Bad record. Only 11 made it. So we got to hear a lot of that stuff, too, so it was just a great experience."
Hunger Games confirms fourth film
The final instalment in bestselling book trilogy The Hunger Games will be split into two films.
According to film studio Lionsgate, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 will be released in November 2014, with Part 2 to follow 12 months later.
The film franchise is based on the teen science-fiction books by Suzanne Collins.
The first movie, starring Jennifer Lawrence, smashed box office records when it was released in March.
It has now taken $678 million (£436m) worldwide and is currently the year's second highest-grossing film in the US, behind The Avengers.
Lawrence plays rebel heroine Katniss Everdeen, who is trained to fight to the death in televised competitions in a future US society called Panem.
The second instalment. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, is due in cinemas in November 2013 and will be directed by Francis Lawrence of I Am Legend fame.
Earlier this week it was revealed that Oscar-winner Philip Seymour Hoffman has signed up to play games master Plutarch Heavensbee in the sequel.
Filming is due to start in September, with Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson and Donald Sutherland all confirmed to reprise their original roles.
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay follows the example set by the Harry Potter and Twilight franchises.
In both cases, the final books in the teen literary franchises have generated two separate films.
Collins' book trilogy currently holds the top three places in the UK's children's bestseller list of 2012.
Cruise and Holmes reach divorce deal
Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes have reached an agreement to settle their divorce, representatives of both film stars have confirmed.
"The case has been settled and the agreement has been signed," Holmes' lawyer, Jonathan Wolfe, said in a statement to People magazine.
"We are thrilled for Katie and her family," he added.
A spokeswoman for Cruise confirmed the settlement in an email to Reuters: "It is done."
The actor's lawyer, Bert Fields, also confirmed the deal in a statement: "Tom is really pleased we got there and so am I."
Representatives for Holmes and Cruise declined to elaborate on the agreement.
Mr Wolfe said in a later statement that terms of the settlement were confidential and will not be disclosed.
In a joint statement released earlier on Monday, the pair said they were "working together" to settle custody of their daughter Suri, six.
"We are committed to working together as parents to accomplish what is in our daughter Suri's best interests," the statement read.
"We want to keep matters affecting our family private and express our respect for each other's commitment to our respective beliefs and support each other's roles as parents."
The divorce has raised speculation among Hollywood media that the couple differed on raising Suri as a Scientologist. Neither Holmes nor Cruise's legal team would comment.
A lawyer for the Church of Scientology denied last week that Cruise wanted Suri to join the Sea Organization, sometimes described as the organisation's militaristic wing.
It was revealed last month that Holmes, 33, was filing for divorce.
It was Holmes' first marriage and Cruise's third. He previously was married to actresses Mimi Rogers and Nicole Kidman, which both ended in divorce. He adopted two children with Kidman.
Cruise also had a three-year relationship with the Spanish actress Penelope Cruz.
Paul Talbert, a family law expert, told Reuters news agency the settlement had been reached quickly for such a high-profile couple.
"Cases with so many moving parts do not routinely resolve themselves in a matter of 10 days. We obviously have one or two extremely motivated people," Mr Talbert said.
"Nobody wins in a messy public battle, and you certainly have two concerned parents here that recognised Suri definitely loses if this is a public divorce."
Eiffel proposal
The divorce brings to an end a relationship that began with very public displays of affection.
Holmes once admitted she had a childhood crush on the Hollywood celebrity, and had kept posters of him on her bedroom wall.
Cruise famously raised eyebrows when he jumped on a sofa on the Oprah Winfrey Show as he declared his love for the actress.
He proposed to Holmes at the Eiffel Tower in Paris and the couple were married in an Italian castle by a Church of Scientology minister.
Cruise, who turned 50 last week, was Hollywood's highest-paid actor in 2011, and has starred in blockbusters such as Top Gun, Jerry Maguire and the Mission Impossible series.
Holmes rose to fame on US television drama Dawson's Creek. She has also appeared in Batman Begins and Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark.
Haitian migrant drowns, 79 detained
A military official in the Bahamas says one woman drowned when a boat carrying dozens of Haitian migrants ran aground in the country.
Lt. Origin Delevaux of the Royal Bahamas Defense Force says immigration authorities have detained 79 people but the exact number of people who were on board has not been established. At least six of the migrants were children.
The vessel ran aground Tuesday along the southern tip of New Providence, the island that includes the capital of Nassau.
Many Haitians have migrated to the Bahamas in recent years to work low-wage jobs in the island chain or to try to get to the United States. In June, 11 Haitians died when their boat capsized off the Bahamian island of Abaco as they tried to reach Florida.
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