OMG Oh My God! review

When a film – or at least its voluble protagonist – questions the very existence of God, should its makers expect any divine help when it is stuck in a morass of mediocrity?

Mercifully, OMG Oh My God!, for all its flaws, has the services of the redoubtable Paresh Rawal to fall back on. The thespian pulls off a rescue act that borders on the miraculous.

North Korea Gossip: Gulag Closes, Kim’s Aunt Sick?

This was the week North Korea watchers thought Kim Jong Eun would show that he’s up to more than just visiting amusement parks and military bases. Instead of a groundbreaking (or even mildly interesting) meeting of the Supreme People’s Assembly, a flurry of intriguing reports and rumors have emerged from Pyongyang this week, including the closure of one of its hideous gulags.

Ryder Cup: What to Expect on Saturday

Davis Love III, the U.S. Ryder Cup captain, had emphasized before this week’s biennial matches that he wanted his team to stay relaxed and have fun. On Friday afternoon, that happened. After fighting Europe to a 2-2 draw in the morning foursomes, or alternate-shot rounds, the U.S. team blew out of the gates for the afternoon four-ball matches like Usain Bolt.

Ryder Cup Match 1: McIlroy/McDowell defeat Furyk/Snedeker

Exhale, Europe. Your big dogs escaped.

Rory McIlroy, the world No. 1, and Graeme McDowell, a Ryder Cup pit bull, were widely expected to take the opening match of the Ryder Cup in decisive fashion. It didn't quite work out that way.

Ryder Cup 2012: US, Europe tied after initial matches

Keegan Bradley of the US enjoyed his first Ryder Cup match Friday morning, while Tiger Woods continued to struggle.

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Keegan Bradley made the Americans look good.

Even Tiger Woods.

Drogheda remembers Jill Meagher

Thousands of people signed books of condolences and the tricolour outside the local authority office was flown at half-mast as a mark of respect in Jill Meagher’s hometown of Drogheda, county Louth, today.

At her former school in the town, St Oliver’s Community College, photographs of their much loved past pupil on the day she got her Leaving Certificate results were placed beside a book of condolence in the schools meditation room.

Ind vs Aus T20 World Cup Live Blog; Live cricket scores and commentary

At times, two innings of a Twenty20 match can appear as though they were played on two different continents.

So it was on Friday, when India's batting appeared to have taken place on a slow and low R Premadasa Stadium deck while Australia's openeRs  seemed to bat on a flat, even-paced one at the Sydney Cricket Ground.

Shane Watson (72 off 42 balls) registered yet another half-century - to go with his three-wicket haul - and David Warner made an unbeaten 63 off 41 balls as Australia crushed India by nine wickets with 31 balls to spare in their opening Super Eights game here.

Review: Rebel is for the masses

Radhika Rajamani says Rebel has the regular masala which will be enjoyed by the mass audience. 

When the Telugu film Rebel begins, one gets the impression that it's going to be an action film. But as the film progresses, it turns into a revenge drama like so many others.

Working with hardly any storyline, director Raghava Lawrence had made a film that is arduous to watch.

Liam Hemsworth Wants Miley Cyrus to Quit Twitter?

Miley Cyrus got the rumor mill going a few weeks ago with a series of sad posts on Twitter. Immediately, the Internet was abuzz with gossip that there was trouble between Miley and fiancé Liam Hemsworth.
On Sept. 13, the actress tweeted, “Thought of the day: maybe it's not that they love you less, they just love you the most they are capable of loving.” After fans got concerned, she followed up with “& no there is not trouble in paradise.... just thoughts.”

Ryder Cup Match 6: Mickelson/Bradley defeat McIlroy and McDowell

Phil Mickelson has hit a few career-defining shots on his resume. There's the the putt on the 18th hole to win his first green jacket; the are-you-kidding-me shot from the pine straw on the 13th hole at the 2010 Masters; and the flop shot from the deep rough that secured the 2005 PGA Championship at Baltusrol.

After London Olympics Debacle, Security Firm Shuffles Top Managers

LONDON — A British company that failed to provide promised security staff for the London Olympics, forcing the army to deploy troops to make up the shortfall, on Friday announced a partial purge of its senior management. 

In a statement after an internal investigation, the company, G4S, said David Taylor-Smith, the chief operating 0fficer, and Ian Horseman Sewell, the managing director global events, had resigned. But the chief executive, Nick Buckles, who acknowledged his company’s shortcomings to a parliamentary panel before the summer games, kept his job.

Ousted From Party in China, Bo Xilai Faces Prosecution

BEIJING — Chinese leaders announced on Friday that Bo Xilai, a disgraced Communist Party aristocrat, had been expelled from the party and would be prosecuted on criminal charges, as the date for the 18th Party Congress, climaxing China’s once-a-decade leadership transition, was scheduled to start on Nov. 8. 

Europe’s Austerity Madness

So much for complacency. Just a few days ago, the conventional wisdom was that Europe finally had things under control. The European Central Bank, by promising to buy the bonds of troubled governments if necessary, had soothed markets. All that debtor nations had to do, the story went, was agree to more and deeper austerity — the condition for central bank loans — and all would be well. 

「ビックロ」店内はビックリ！ユニクロジャケット姿で掃除するマネキン

ビックカメラとユニクロが合わさった「ビックロ」が27日（2012年9月）にJR新宿東口にオープンした。大手の家電とカジュアル衣料という異業種が手を組んだ新種の販売戦略だが、「スッキリ!!」の中山美香リポーターが、初日の感触を探りに訪れた。

Google、「Insights for Search」を「Googleトレンド」に統合 強力な分析ツールに

米Googleは9月27日（現地時間）、検索トレンド分析ツール「Google Insights for Search」を、キーワードの検索頻度参照ツール「Google Trends（Googleトレンド）」に統合したと発表した。

Jill Meagher a 'wonderful life force'

Colleagues and family of Jill Meagher have recalled 'a wonderful life force' and 'best friend' in the wake of the discovery of her body.
Smart and cheerful, the popular 29-year-old was the life of the office at the ABC radio studios in Melbourne.
The Irish national disappeared in the early hours of last Saturday on a short walk to her Brunswick home from a bar where she had helped celebrate a workmate's birthday.

Arrest of Google Brazil head stirs debate over Web

The arrest of a top Google executive is reviving a debate about Brazilian laws that hold services such as YouTube responsible for the videos posted on them, making the country a hotbed of attempts to stifle digital content.

Legal experts said Thursday that Google violated a judge's order to take down videos on its YouTube subsidiary that target Brazilian political candidates and that the judge was completely within the law in issuing the arrest warrant.

But they said the arrest of Fabio Jose Silva Coelho, the head of Google Inc.'s Brazil operations, underscores the need to modernize laws that treat offensive material on the Internet like material that is carried by newspapers, television and radio, holding platforms such as Google responsible for user-provided content.

Pakistan board revamps domestic cricket

The PCB has overhauled the domestic system by separating the regional and department sides, the cricket committee headed by Javed Miandad announced on Thursday at the Gaddafi Stadium. The 2012-13 Pakistan domestic season will begin with the President's Trophy Grade 1 between October 3 and December 7 which will be contested by corporate sides.

Now That Was a Cricket Match

Say what you like, Test cricket purists, against the brash young upstart that is Twenty20 cricket, but I dare you to argue that the first round of the Super Eights stage at the ICC World T20 wasn’t an absolute thriller.

The first match, between host Sri Lanka and New Zealand, was a particular gem. It was so close that it had to be decided in a “super over” as the scores were tied at 174 from the allotted 20 overs – only the second draw in World T20 history after the one between India and Pakistan in Durban in 2007, which was decided on a bowl-out (India won.) The super over is cricket’s equivalent of a penalty shoot-out in soccer, and just as nail-biting.

Man behind anti-Muslim film ordered jailed

LOS ANGELES A federal judge on Thursday ordered the man behind a crudely produced anti-Islamic video that inflamed parts of the Middle East to be detained because he is a flight risk.

Citing a lengthy pattern of deception, U.S. Central District Chief Magistrate Judge Suzanne Segal said Nakoula Basseley Nakoula should be held after officials said he violated his probation from a 2010 check fraud conviction.

"The court has a lack of trust in this defendant at this time," Segal said.