Malians return to polls for 2nd round of voting

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) ? Voters trudged through red muddy roads in Mali's rainy capital Sunday to choose their next president, a leader who will be tasked with reconciling the country after a coup, separatist rebellion and an Islamic insurgency unraveled one of West Africa's most stable democracies.

The presidential runoff vote between former Prime Minister Ibrahim Boubacar Keita and former Finance Minister Soumaila Cisse is aimed at unlocking some $4 billion in aid that has been promised to help Mali recover. The funds, though, are contingent on a democratically elected government being in place.

Keita, known by his initials "IBK," has run on a campaign of restoring Mali's honor after a French-led military operation forced the jihadists into the desert earlier this year and paved the way for the Malian military to return to the northern cities it had fled in the wake of the 2012 Tuareg rebellion.

Among the first voters in line at one Bamako polling station was Amara Traore, 65, whose orange boubou ? a traditional robe ? stood out in the early morning rains Sunday.

"I've been here since 6:30 a.m. with great joy, despite the rain, to elect a president who can better lead the country," said Traore, who said he was backing Keita. "We are tired of this crisis and the insecurity we have been living with."

Keita also has drawn supporters in the northern town of Gao, where just six months ago suicide bombers were launching attacks and jihadists were battling Malian troops in the heart of downtown.

Gao resident Moussa Tahirou Maiga said despite security improvements, the city's economy remains paralyzed and many are looking to Keita to create jobs.

"He has shown his patriotism," said Maiga, 35, who teaches information technology. "He's viewed here as the man who can change a lot of things."

Keita cast his ballot Sunday in Bamako morning and praised voters for coming out to the polls.

"People are saying 'Will the turnout be what we hope?' but I am certain it will be," Keita told reporters. "And the rain here is a blessing and a good sign."

Turnout in the first round of voting was nearly 50 percent, though in the northern provincial capital of Kidal where rebel flags still fly, it was a mere 12 percent. Separatist sentiment there remains high, though some within the National Movement for the Liberation of the Azawad had endorsed Keita because of his promise to hold a national dialogue on the crisis there.

On Sunday, local election official Fadimata Maiga said polls had opened on time in Kidal. "Turnout appears to be better than the first round," she said.

Heavy rains kept many polling stations from opening on time Sunday in the capital.

"There's a possibility the governor will extend the polling stations' closing hours if he deems it necessary," said Issaga Kampo, vice president of the National Independent Electoral Commission.

In the first round of voting, technical glitches kept many from casting ballots. Voters showed up at polling stations only to find their names were not on the list. Others encountered difficulties obtaining their voting cards ahead of the July 28 first-round ballot.

Campaigning ahead of the second round was low key because it coincided with the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

The presidential election is the first since the separatist Tuareg rebellion in northern Mali in early 2012 sparked anger within the military and led to a March 2012 coup that overthrew longtime President Amadou Toumani Toure. The chaotic aftermath allowed the separatists, and later Islamic extremists linked to al-Qaida, to grab control of northern Mali, an area the size of France.

The French-led military offensive sidelined the radical militants though secular rebels have moved back into Kidal, where they maintain a hold despite the return of the Malian military to the area. Talks with the Tuareg rebels, who want to have an independent area they call Azawad, will be among the first challenges to face the new president.

Also of key importance will be finding a way home for the nearly 200,000 Malians who remain refugees in neighboring Mauritania, Niger and Burkina Faso. Tens of thousands of northerners also poured into the southern capital of this mostly moderate Muslim nation to flee the violence and harsh Islamic Shariah law in which extremists meted out punishments like amputations for alleged thefts and whippings to women who went in public without their heads covered.

The United Nations refugee agency said initial estimates indicated only about 1,220 of them voted in the first round, though election materials also were being flown in for the second round poll.

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Larson reported from Dakar, Senegal.

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Source: http://news.yahoo.com/malians-return-polls-2nd-round-voting-090904368.html

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Endangered species thrive on US military ranges

SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND, Calif. (AP) -- The sign leaves no doubt about the risk in entering the steep seaside hills that North America's rarest bird calls home: "Danger. Boom. Explosives. Unexploded Ordnance and Laser Range in Use. Keep Out."

Despite the weekly explosions that rock this Navy-owned island off the Southern California coast, the San Clemente Island loggerhead shrike has been rebounding from the brink of extinction, even on the military's only ship-to-shore bombardment range.

The black, gray and white songbird - which has gone from a low of 13 in the 1990s to 140 today - is among scores of endangered species thriving on military lands during the past decade.

For many, it's a surprising contrast, with troops preparing for war, yet taking precautions to not disturb animals such as the red-cockaded woodpecker and thumb-size Pacific pocket mouse. But military officials downplay the relationship, saying they're concerned primarily with national security.

Defense spending on threatened and endangered species jumped nearly 45 percent over the past decade from about $50 million a year in 2003 to about $73 million in 2012. The military protects roughly 420 federally listed species on more than 28 million acres, according to the Pentagon.

The Defense Department is increasingly partnering with environmental groups to buy critical habitats that can act as buffer zones around bases, including a deal announced in June near the Army's Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington state that will restore prairie habitat.

"I've seen entire convoys with dozens of soldiers come to a screeching halt because a desert tortoise was crossing the road," Pentagon spokesman Mark Wright said.

Environmentalists say there has been an attitude shift by the Pentagon, which has a history of seeking exemptions from environmental laws in the name of national security.

"They've come a long way and do deserve credit," said Mark Delaplaine, of the California Coastal Commission, which has battled the Navy over sonar testing that it believes harms marine mammals. "They pummel areas but also protect areas."

Generals shudder at being considered tree-huggers. But the military's top brass also realizes protecting wildlife can, in turn, protect training ranges.

The more wildlife thrives, the fewer the restrictions. If endangered species populations decline further, the military could face being told to move trainings out of areas.

"Our conservation efforts are first and foremost focused on protecting readiness and eliminating the need for restrictions on training," said John Conger, acting deputy undersecretary of defense for installations and environment.

Defense Department properties have the highest density of threatened and endangered species of any federal land management agency, according to NatureServe, which tracks wildlife.

On average, military lands boast 15 threatened and endangered species per acre - nearly seven times more per acre than the U.S. Forest Service, according to the Pentagon.

Security keeps huge swaths of terrain off-limits to humans, turning training grounds into de facto wildlife refuges.

Bases have inadvertently preserved wetlands, old-growth forests and tall-grass prairies by halting urban sprawl.

The Marine Corps' 125,000-acre Camp Pendleton is the largest undeveloped coastal stretch between Los Angeles and San Diego with more than 15 federally listed wildlife species.

In some areas, native plants that thrive from a natural cycle of wildfires have benefited from the artillery exercises, according to environmentalists. Troops also often use only a limited area for training, including on San Clemente.

Defense Department biologists have helped military branches boost wildlife numbers, according to environmentalists.

The endangered perch-like fish called the Okaloosa Darter was downgraded in 2011 to threatened after Eglin Air Force base restored its watershed with erosion control projects, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

The threatened San Clemente Island lizard, which now numbers more than 20 million, is being considered for removal from federal listing.

"They're doing some good things for endangered species, which is great, but there are activities that are really damaging to the environment at the same time," said Noah Greenwald of the Center for Biological Diversity.

He pointed to the Navy's sonar testing. Greenwald's organization and other groups last year filed a lawsuit against the National Marine Fisheries Service for failing to protect marine mammals from noise brought by Navy warfare training exercises along the coasts of California, Oregon and Washington.

San Clemente Island gained its unique status after protests shut down the Navy's only other such bombardment range on Vieques Island off the coast of Puerto Rico, where the Navy trained from 1941 until 2003.The property is now a national wildlife refuge.

Losing Vieques has raised awareness among troops today on San Clemente.

Naval Cmdr. Christopher Kirby, the officer in charge, said his units rally behind protecting the wind-swept island about 65 miles northwest of San Diego.

"If we were to abuse the island, we would lose it," he said.

Sniper fire must be routed to avoid nests of endangered birds. Yellow road signs warn motorists to watch out for the island's native fox, whose population has grown from hundreds in the 1990s to more than 1,000.

Plywood models of tanks and missiles poke through native shrubs with flittering San Clemente Island sage sparrows, found only on the island. Troops zero in on the makeshift targets but cannot fire in sensitive areas. Ramps prevent beach erosion for the threatened western snowy plovers, whose nests are moved to avoid tanks.

Biologists say the biggest impact has been the military's eradication of goats in the 1990s, which were introduced half a century before the Navy purchased San Clemente in 1934.

For biologists, what's been surprising is the resiliency shown by certain species to the thundering drills. The shrike nests even in the center of the bombing range called the "boom box."

"The shrike seems to be unaffected by the loud noises," said Navy biologist Melissa Booker. "We have a role to support the military's mission, and we have a role to protect species. The two things don't have to contradict each other."

Source: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_HOME_ON_THE_BOMBING_RANGE?SITE=ORCOO&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

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Lexus IS350 is a shot of energy for Toyota

By Dan Neil

The Lexus IS350 has an overarching newness about it, a sense of something reformed and redeemed, says Dan Neil.

The scene: twilight, in a deep shade of summer, on a winding and empty country road, hyper-green trees, headlamps blazing. The car: the 2014 Lexus IS350 with all-wheel drive, the fully swank F Sport edition ($49,737). The dynamic driving mode: Sport +. The satellite radio station: Bluegrass Junction. Yee haw.

I am holding the six-speed automatic transmission in manually shifted third and fourth gears?sequential-shift paddles behind the steering wheel, you know?so as to keep the 306-hp V6 on the boil. I am trying, without much success, to get the sedan?s all-season radials to chirp and squeal, but they are reluctant to give up grip.

Lexus IS350: A Shot in the Arm

The Lexus IS350 is nimble and genuinely athletic, Dan Neil says. Photo: Lexus

Lexus, Toyota?s /quotes/zigman/199376/quotes/nls/tm TM -0.36% global luxury division, really needs this car to be great. Introduced in 2006 and perennially uninteresting, the IS has been thoroughly overhauled for 2014, gaining 3.4 inches in overall length and 2.7 inches of wheelbase, much of which is devoted to improving the rear legroom. The IS now shares suspension parts with the midsize GS model, with double wishbones in front and, in the rear, a uniquely compact multi-link rear suspension to preserve trunk space. It also shares the GS?s 3.5-liter V6.

Meanwhile, IS?s steel body has been laser-welded and epoxy bonded to a fare-thee-well. This thing is built like a little tank.

It is, after all, going to war. The IS (IS250 and IS350, with either a 2.5- or 3.5-liter V6, and no hybrid version in the U.S.) competes in the entry luxury sports-sedan segment, up against the BMW 3-series (about 100,000 U.S. sales last year) and Mercedes-Benz C-class (82,000). Also out for blood is Cadillac?s ATS, Infiniti?s G Sedan and Audi?s A4. In this all-in, must-win market, where car companies find their lifetime buyers, Lexus sells one car to BMW?s four.

Now, the truth is, as electromechanical beings, these cars are fairly close in performance, efficiency, specification and price. Here, the brand experience is everything, and the IS sells the whole Lexus thing really hard. The cabin materials are first-rate: glove-soft leathers, burnished metals and futuristic switchgear, including electro-capacitive switches for the climate system that look like chromed hair pins. The interior sculpting is dignified, contemporary, by grown-ups, for grown-ups.

The test car had the F Sport spec ($3,180), including sport-tuned suspension, LED headlamps and tire-and-wheel package. Overachieving refinement is a common virtue.

But to win, the IS also has to pump up the brand?s emotional volume. And you know what? It is a pretty fun car: strong, composed and quite stable, with a nicely keen and level edge at mid-speeds and mid-rpm. It is around this register that Lexus? acoustical engineers tuned the engine ?intake-sound generator? to create a brighter, more thrilling performance note.

I wouldn?t call myself thrilled, exactly, but the IS definitely has some sporting bandwidth. And bandwidth is the word. Consider the car?s algorithm-rich electronic steering, which varies initial responsiveness, effort and even steering rate based on a welter of instantaneous data coming from all over the car?but not before it is pumped like so much digital goose liver through the vehicle?s five-mode dynamics system (including Snow mode, to help AWD-equipped cars cope with inclement weather).

This thing isn?t a car; it is a mood ring

Ditto the powertrain?s adaptive behavior (throttle response, transmission shift points, gear holding and automatic rev-matching on downshifts). The new eight-speed automatic transmission (rear-drive cars only) features something Lexus calls the G-Force Artificial Intelligence (G-AI) system, which ?automatically selects the optimum gear and downshift pattern in response to G force.? In other words, the car loops in data from accelerometers to improve transmission behavior going into corners, and to prevent a destabilizing downshift.

Double-ditto for the adaptive suspension, available only in the 350 F Sport, that gets increasingly starchy as you turn up the dial. Ditto the brakes and the stability control (yaw-rate thresholds). Even the sound enhancer is variable. This thing isn?t a car; it is a mood ring.

And yet it all adds up to the intended effect: With the right switches thrown, the IS350 is a genuinely athletic and potent little Lexus, with some urgency and a little orneriness here and there. Huh! That?s new.

The notable holdovers in the new car are the pair of naturally aspirated V6 engines, for which output is unchanged (204 hp/184 pound-feet; and 306 hp/277 pound-feet). Conventional wisdom in this segment would call for using smaller, high-pressure turbo four-cylinders, like those in BMW and Cadillac. But the 3.5-liter V6 is no slouch. The rear-drive IS350 surges serenely to 60 mph in about 5.6 seconds, while the AWD model takes another two tenths, by my estimate.

In any event, the vibe of the IS is that of a car whose chassis feels overdeveloped while it waits for a more perfect powerplant to come down the line.

As Lexus has framed the narrative, the IS is an example of the division?s drive to be younger, bolder, more aggressive. There is nothing shy or retiring about the car?s grille, an intricately warped metal mesh in the shape of an hourglass, though Lexus prefers the term ?spindle.?

To declare myself, I really like the IS?s grille. I like the way the hood and headlamp contours are pulled together so coherently at the front of the car?a visual metaphor of focus?and I like the grille?s outsize presence, which as a graphical element is as recognizable as Audi?s large, single-frame grille design. And besides, it is a beautifully wrought piece. How did they even make that thing?

So after 50 or so miles, here is my big thought: You can?t keep this company down. Toyota has had an absolutely miserable four or so years. Currency, recalls, tsunami, Fukushima. On top of which hovered a mood of hollow malaise caused by, as President Akio Toyoda himself has suggested, a period of reckless hyper-growth.

But Toyota is nothing if not a learning animal. The IS has an overarching newness about it, a sense of something reformed and redeemed. The IS makes me optimistic that better days and better Lexuses lie ahead.

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Malaysia Airlines takes off to Dubai | News | Breaking Travel News

Malaysia Airlines? inaugural commercial flight MH162 to Dubai took off from KL International Airport (KLIA) at 11.30pm today, scheduled to arrive at Dubai International Airport at 2.20am tomorrow. The return flight MH163 departs Dubai at 4.10am to arrive at Kuala Lumpur at 3.25pm.

The flight left after a simple send-off reception at the KLIA attended by Malaysia Airlines top management staff and the passengers on-board MH162.

Malaysia Airlines, Commercial Director, Dr Hugh Noel Dunleavy said, ?We see great potential in Dubai. Dubai is a tourism, trade and logistics hub which has earned itself the reputation as being the gateway between the east and the west. Home to just over 2 million people of more than 200 nationalities, Dubai is one of the most cosmopolitan cities in the world. With world-class shopping and leisure facilities, Dubai is a popular destination for business and leisure.? As we expand our network we want to prepare our products and services to serve our guests better each time they fly us. Our focus is ultimately customer satisfaction.? he said.

MASholidays, the travel and tour arm of Malaysia Airlines, is also offering two exclusive yet incredibly affordable tour packages to Dubai in conjunction with the national carrier?s commencement of services to the United Arab Emirates? capital. Customers can choose from two attractive packages of either group or individual departure which are tailor-made to suit Malaysian travellers. These 5days/3nights packages are reasonably priced at RM3499 and RM2840 respectively for inaugural date departures.

The package will bring guests to experience several iconic landmarks in Dubai including the famous Burj Khalifa. They will be taken right to the top of the 124-floor building, to the observation deck to experience the grandeur and exhilaration of being on the top of this breath-taking building. Several famous eateries that serve sensational Middle Eastern and international cuisines are also in the list for this package. The Address in Dubai Mall, one of the largest shopping and entertainment destinations in the world and The Palace Downtown are surely highlights of the trip. Located on the Old Town Island, The Palace Downtown Dubai is a resort within the city, at the heart of a traditional Arabian village, faced with a striking symbol of modernity. Built on the edge of a lake, The Palace Downtown Dubai is a harmonious blend of Middle Eastern heritage and contemporary Dubai.

A two-class configured Boeing 777-200 aircraft will be operated on this Kuala Lumpur - Dubai - Kuala Lumpur route and it will offer a total capacity of 282 seats in each flight, equivalent to 3,948 seats weekly.

Malaysia Airlines has been steadily growing its reach and capacity in the past year. Malaysia Airlines regional footprint has also been deepened with increased frequencies, daily and weekly, to key business and leisure cities around Asia.? In addition, Malaysia Airlines network is expanded through its various code share agreements and its membership in the oneworld airline alliance since February 2013.

Source: http://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/malaysia-airlines-takes-off-to-dubai/

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Mickelson summons coach after poor round

Updated: August 8, 2013, 8:58 PM ET

By Bob Harig | ESPN.com

ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Phil Mickelson summoned his swing coach, Butch Harmon, from the Sky TV commentary booth for an emergency range session early Thursday evening after a perplexing 1-over-par 71 that saw him make two double-bogeys in the opening round of the PGA Championship at Oak Hill Country Club.

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Mickelson's score left him in a tie for 50th -- along with Tiger Woods -- six shots back of co-leaders Jim Furyk and Adam Scott.

And it was troubling enough for Mickelson to summon his longtime coach Harmon to try and sort out a few things in near darkness.

"I was working on the exact opposite thing we needed to do; I'm glad I had a few minutes with him," Mickelson said. "I wanted to be able to think about what I want to do tomorrow tonight as opposed to trying to find it in the morning.

"I fought hard. But even when I was making birdies, it didn't feel good. I was fighting to keep it in play. It's starting to feel a little better now. Tomorrow will be a big day."

Mickelson began his round horribly, making a bogey at the third hole and a double-bogey 7 at the par-4 fourth, where he hit his tee shot out of bounds. But he rallied with four birdies over a six-hole stretch to get to 1 under before finishing with a disappointing double-bogey 6 at the 18th after an errant tee shot.

Mickelson, who won the Open Championship less than three weeks ago after winning the Scottish Open the week before, said he felt fortunate to keep the round from being worse than it was.

"The first four holes were like a shock to my system," he said. "Hitting it out of bounds on 4. I mean out of bounds is not even in play. I hit that so far right. To make a double on a par 5 that's the only one we can get to (in two shots), a birdie hole ... is awful. I got off to a terrible start.

"And to get it back to around par -- I was actually under there for a while. That took a lot of fight. Fortunately, I'm in a position where I can get a low round and get back in it. But it really could have gotten away from me."

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• Earned Evans Scholarship to attend Indiana University

Source: http://espn.go.com/golf/pgachampionship13/story/_/id/9552002/2013-pga-championship-phil-mickelson-summons-coach-poor-round

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India accuses Pakistan army of killing soldiers in ambush

By Ross Colvin

India for the first time directly accused the Pakistan army of involvement in an ambush that killed five Indian soldiers, and hinted on Thursday at retaliation for possibly the worst such attack since the neighbours signed a ceasefire in 2003.

Pakistan has strongly denied involvement in the early Tuesday ambush and struck a conciliatory tone in response to India?s latest accusations, saying it was imperative for the two countries to restore the ceasefire on the disputed Kashmir border.

?This incident will have consequences on our behaviour on the Line of Control and for our relations with Pakistan,? Indian Defence Minister A.K. Antony told parliament, referring to the de facto border dividing the disputed Himalayan territory.

?It is now clear that specialist troops of Pakistan army were involved in this attack,? Antony said, offering the Indian government?s strongest statement to date on the attack.

Six soldiers on patrol near their base about 450 metres (yards) from the Line of Control were ambushed and five were shot dead and one was wounded, Indian army officials said.

While tit-for-tat shelling and machinegun fire is common along the disputed border, cross-border attacks by troops are rare.

On Thursday, a Pakistani civilian was wounded in cross-border firing in Kashmir, the Pakistani military said, accusing Indian forces of ?unprovoked? shooting. There was no immediate comment from the Indian military.

Antony?s accusation was significant as in his first comments on the incident, on Tuesday, he had been careful not to directly implicate the Pakistani army and had referred instead to militants accompanied by ?persons dressed in Pakistan army uniforms?.

In a statement issued by the Pakistani foreign ministry, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said he was still looking forward to meeting his Indian counterpart, Manmohan Singh, on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York in September.

?During the meeting, we will discuss steps to further build trust and consolidate this relationship,? Sharif was quoted as saying.

?The prime minister further said that it is incumbent upon the leadership of both sides not to allow the situation to drift and to take steps to improve the atmosphere by engaging constructively with a view to building trust and confidence.?

Singh?s government has been quietly working with Islamabad to relaunch stalled peace talks, possibly as early as this month. Islamabad has also been pushing for the meeting between Singh and Sharif in New York ? a proposal New Delhi has said it is considering.

Indian government officials said on Thursday no decision had been taken on resuming the peace talks at a senior bureaucrat level or on the proposed meeting between the prime ministers.

OPPOSITION CRITICISM

India?s main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) accused the government of trying to play down the attack and of being too soft on Pakistan, a damaging accusation ahead of what is expected to be a closely fought election, due by next May.

?They wanted to preserve their relations with Pakistan but they ended up with egg on their faces,? said Brahma Chellaney, professor of strategic studies at the Centre for Policy Research, a think-tank in New Delhi.

The BJP caused a ruckus in parliament this week, blocking efforts by the ruling party to discuss long-pending economic reforms or the government?s signature initiative to hugely expand a vote-winning scheme to give cheap food to the poor.

Facing rising political heat and a paralysed parliament, the government indicated it could revise its statement after the chief of the army visited the area of the attack on Wednesday.

?We all know that nothing happens from (the) Pakistan side of the Pakistan Line of Control without support, assistance, facilitation and often, direct involvement of the Pakistan army,? Antony said in his statement to parliament on Thursday.

Indian army officials have said the attack was carried out by Pakistan?s Border Action Team. The unit includes members of Pakistan?s commando Special Services Group and irregular forces including members of Lashkar-e-Taiba, a Pakistan-based militant group, the army officers said.

?Our restraint should not be taken for granted, nor should the capacity of armed forces and resolve of the government to uphold the sanctity of the Line of Control ever be doubted,? Antony said.

The nuclear-armed rivals have fought three wars since becoming independent from Britain in 1947, two of them over Kashmir. But defence analysts have said they do not expect the latest incident to trigger a major retaliation from India.

Relations between the two neighbours have been showing sign of improvement in the past year after souring in 2008 when Pakistan-based gunmen attacked India?s financial capital of Mumbai, killing 166 people.

Source: http://cyprus-mail.com/2013/08/08/india-accuses-pakistan-army-of-killing-soldiers-in-ambush/

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'What Not to Wear' tackles triple the trouble

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Say goodbye to fashion tips you can use. After 10 years, TLC's "What Not to Wear" is ending, and fashion gurus Clinton Kelly and Stacy London are taking their expertise with them.?

But first, they're going to give you a lot of advice ? three times as much, to be exact. When the final batch of episodes kicks off on Friday, the show, for the first time ever, will be doing three makeovers at once. That's because the fashion experts found "the perfect storm of fashion disasters," Clinton says in an exclusive look at the premiere that TLC is sharing with TODAY.com.

The disasters turn out to be three of the biggest fashion faux pas that "What Not to Wear" has come across in its quest to help people dress to flatter their bodies: exceedingly sexy, frumpy and "just plain crazy."

Riana likes to dress like Julia Roberts in "Pretty Women" (ahem), Taylor is stuck in the '70s, and Megan hides her body in drab colors because of struggles with her weight.

Faced with triple the challenges in one episode, Stacy teases, "We're not so sure we're getting out alive!"

But they're not the only ones with doubts. As the exclusive clip shows, one of the ladies declares, "I just don't want to be part of it. I just can't," and walks out.

See how Clinton and Stacy handle the situation and soak up their fashion advice as "What Not to Wear" kicks off its final season on Friday at 10 p.m. on TLC.

Source: http://www.today.com/entertainment/what-not-wear-tackles-triple-trouble-6C10871618

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LG G2 coming to O2 UK

With the LG G2 now officially announced, we're starting to hear details of which carriers around the world will be stocking the device. Three UK was the first UK network to announce that it'll carry the G2 yesterday, and now O2 has confirmed to Android Central that it will offer LG's latest. An O2 spokesperson told us the G2 will be coming to O2 UK "later in the year," but couldn't reveal any specifics on availability or pricing.

We've reached out to the other major UK networks, and we'll keep you posted with any G2 launch info they provide.

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How plants avoid sunburn: Findings could lead to crops with increased protection from bright light and enhanced photosynthesis

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Scientists have discovered a group of stress-related proteins that explains how plants avoid sunburn in intense light, a finding that one day could help biotechnologists to develop crops that can better cope with hotter, drier conditions occurring in climate change.

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Whirlwind wedding allows dying son to be best man for his parents

STORY HIGHLIGHTS

• Couple weds with their terminally ill son, 2, as best man
• The marriage took place in the backyard of the family's home
• After a grim diagnosis from doctors, the wedding was planned within a week

(CNN) -- Dressed in a tan suit and an orange shirt matching his mom's bouquet, 2-year-old Logan looked on as his parents exchanged vows and rings at a backyard wedding.

Guests who gathered under a white arbor in the Jeanette, Pennsylvania, home applauded -- but many with tears in their eyes.

Because this union of Christine Swidorsky and Sean Stevenson was no ordinary wedding.

The couple had planned it for ages, and had penciled July 2014 as their special day. But that was before they learned that their best man -- Logan -- had just weeks to live.

The boy is suffering from leukemia, brought on by a genetic disorder, Fanconi anemia.

"We've been waiting for this day for a long time, but under the circumstances with Logan being sick all the time, we just held off," Stevenson told CNN affiliate KDKA. "We always knew he was going to get better."

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"But under the circumstances of what the doctors told us, we just decided to go ahead and do it while he was still with us."

Christine Swidorsky carried Logan down the aisle. His grandmother cradled her in his arms, his favorite brown teddy bear by his side.

"This is our dream come true, all our family together, and we're all together celebrating. The celebration of my son's life and the celebration of our marriage," Swidorsky said, as Etta James' "At Last" played in the background.

Fighting since birth

Born on October 22, 2010, Logan weighed just three pounds. Eating troubles kept Logan in the hospital, but he kept fighting, kept growing, and was soon home with his parents and his two older sisters.

And for his first year, he grew, he was healthy, and he made his family unspeakably happy. Even today, as his life nears an end, Swidorsky struggles to find words to say what an amazing little boy he is.

Just after Logan's first birthday, Swidorsky noticed that he wasn't feeling well again, and his lips and fingernails had turned white. Over the course of a month, she took Logan to the pediatrician four times before the head pediatrician tended to him. When he did, he quickly called 911.

Swidorsky said Logan shocked doctors at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh. His leukemia had progressed so far, they were surprised he was still alive. Chemotherapy was started right away, taking an extraordinary toll on his body.

The couple learned more devastating news shortly after: Logan has a genetic disorder called Fanconi anemia, which most frequently results in death, most commonly from cancer, between the ages of 25 and 30.

But Logan fought hard, just like he had done as a newborn. He landed in the ICU but pulled through, and by July 13, 2012, doctors were prepared to give him a blood stem cell transplant.

After his stem cell treatment, he was free of leukemia for nine months, eating and acting like any other child. Life started to feel normal for Logan's family.

But Swidorsky's gut feeling returned when she saw Logan acting strange again.

Cancer again

It was cancer again: a mass the size of an orange on Logan's larger and better-functioning kidney. Doctors had no choice but to remove the kidney, just a week before Easter this year.

Life gained a long-sought-after normalcy for Logan and the family, except for the twice-weekly visits to a clinic for his chemotherapy. The therapy, though not a perfect solution for Logan, would hopefully prevent a recurrence of the cancer, despite being a lower dose than average.

Logan's life continued to improve.

"He was eating bowl after bowl" of spaghetti, Swidorsky said. "It was a wonderful feeling."

But then he started getting fevers and throwing up.

Logan's left side swelled as the mass returned, where the kidney once was.

"I thought he was doing so well. It's like you take two steps forward, 15 back," Swidorsky said.

The doctors told Logan's family that they could only do more harm than good.

In June, as the family's fortunes continued to fail, the Make a Wish Foundation treated them to a trip to Disney World.

But after just four hours there, Logan was back in the hospital.

Eight days of torture ensued, as he had developed an infection and eventually needed to be flown home to Jeannette, about 40 minutes from Pittsburgh.

Finally, on July 26, doctors gave Logan one to two weeks to live.

Not giving up

But that doesn't mean Logan's parents are giving up.

"We're just blessed everyday that he's here with us," Stevenson said Saturday, after the ceremony. "We're not going to stop fighting. We have nothing to lose.

"I'm going to try until God says otherwise."

Source: http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/03/us/pennsylvania-boy-best-man/index.html?eref=rss_latest

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"Smurfs" opened Wednesday to $5.2 million. ...http://news.yahoo.com/2-guns-banks-1-3-million-thursday-night-225948270.htmlFri, 02 Aug 2013 18:59:48 -0400Reuters2-guns-banks-1-3-million-thursday-night-225948270<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/exclusive-bridesmaids-actress-joins-adam-sandler-comedy-warner-223122518.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/oHqRJICkRKwXd72DoiAdiQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-08-01T223122Z_1_CBRE9701QKD00_RTROPTP_2_FILM-US-THEFAMILYMOON-WENDIMCLENDOMCOVEY.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Actor Sandler poses to present movie in Berlin" align="left" title="Actor Sandler poses to present movie in Berlin" border="0" /></a>By Lucas Shaw NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - Wendi McLendon-Covey has joined the cast of &quot;The Familymoon,&quot; a Warner Bros. comedy that reteams Adam Sandler with his &quot;Wedding Singer&quot; co-star Drew Barrymore, according to two individuals with knowledge of the deal. The film follows a couple (Sandler and Barrymore) whose disastrous blind date lands them at a family resort with their children from previous marriages. Joel McHale will play Barrymore&#039;s former husband while McLendon-Covey will play Barrymore&#039;s best friend, a woman who has no children. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/exclusive-bridesmaids-actress-joins-adam-sandler-comedy-warner-223122518.htmlThu, 01 Aug 2013 18:31:22 -0400Reutersexclusive-bridesmaids-actress-joins-adam-sandler-comedy-warner-223122518<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/exclusive-bridesmaids-actress-joins-adam-sandler-comedy-warner-223122518.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/oHqRJICkRKwXd72DoiAdiQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-08-01T223122Z_1_CBRE9701QKD00_RTROPTP_2_FILM-US-THEFAMILYMOON-WENDIMCLENDOMCOVEY.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Actor Sandler poses to present movie in Berlin" align="left" title="Actor Sandler poses to present movie in Berlin" border="0" /></a>By Lucas Shaw NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - Wendi McLendon-Covey has joined the cast of &quot;The Familymoon,&quot; a Warner Bros. comedy that reteams Adam Sandler with his &quot;Wedding Singer&quot; co-star Drew Barrymore, according to two individuals with knowledge of the deal. The film follows a couple (Sandler and Barrymore) whose disastrous blind date lands them at a family resort with their children from previous marriages. Joel McHale will play Barrymore&#039;s former husband while McLendon-Covey will play Barrymore&#039;s best friend, a woman who has no children. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/bollywoods-priyanka-chopra-targets-stereotypes-hollywood-005706511.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/uzJX0B7R93Lv1Je4Ni_kNA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-08-02T005706Z_1_CBRE97102NG00_RTROPTP_2_CENTERTAINMENT-US-PRIYANKACHOPRA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Cast member Priyanka Chopra poses during a photocall to promote the movie &quot;Don - The King is back&quot; at the 62nd Berlinale International Film Festival in Berlin" align="left" title="Cast member Priyanka Chopra poses during a photocall to promote the movie &quot;Don - The King is back&quot; at the 62nd Berlinale International Film Festival in Berlin" border="0" /></a>By Piya Sinha-Roy LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra has a higher mission than just making it in Hollywood: she wants to break down stereotypes of Indians in Tinseltown&#039;s eyes and maybe make things easier for her compatriots who live in the United States. Here&#039;s her first lesson: &quot;We don&#039;t travel on elephants, there aren&#039;t any snake charmers on the side of the road, everybody doesn&#039;t talk like Apu from &#039;The Simpsons,&#039;&quot; the actress says, with a bit of a laugh. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/bollywoods-priyanka-chopra-targets-stereotypes-hollywood-005706511.htmlThu, 01 Aug 2013 20:57:06 -0400Reutersbollywoods-priyanka-chopra-targets-stereotypes-hollywood-005706511<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/bollywoods-priyanka-chopra-targets-stereotypes-hollywood-005706511.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/uzJX0B7R93Lv1Je4Ni_kNA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-08-02T005706Z_1_CBRE97102NG00_RTROPTP_2_CENTERTAINMENT-US-PRIYANKACHOPRA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Cast member Priyanka Chopra poses during a photocall to promote the movie &quot;Don - The King is back&quot; at the 62nd Berlinale International Film Festival in Berlin" align="left" title="Cast member Priyanka Chopra poses during a photocall to promote the movie &quot;Don - The King is back&quot; at the 62nd Berlinale International Film Festival in Berlin" border="0" /></a>By Piya Sinha-Roy LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra has a higher mission than just making it in Hollywood: she wants to break down stereotypes of Indians in Tinseltown&#039;s eyes and maybe make things easier for her compatriots who live in the United States. Here&#039;s her first lesson: &quot;We don&#039;t travel on elephants, there aren&#039;t any snake charmers on the side of the road, everybody doesn&#039;t talk like Apu from &#039;The Simpsons,&#039;&quot; the actress says, with a bit of a laugh. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/exclusive-valerie-harper-lauren-holly-cast-town-came-223310778.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/ub4QIqdCpTHVuvX9kJ3W9A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-08-01T223310Z_1_CBRE9701QNE00_RTROPTP_2_FILM-US-THETOWNTHATCAMEACOURTIN-CAST.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Valerie Harper arrives for the taping of &quot;Betty White&#039;s 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America&#039;s Golden Girl&quot; in Los Angeles" align="left" title="Valerie Harper arrives for the taping of &quot;Betty White&#039;s 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America&#039;s Golden Girl&quot; in Los Angeles" border="0" /></a>By Tim Kenneally LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Former &quot;Rhoda&quot; star Valerie Harper has joined the cast of &quot;The Town That Came A-Courtin&#039;,&quot; which began production in Vancouver on Wednesday. Lauren Holly, Cameron Bancroft and Lucie Guest have also been cast in the film, which is based on author and columnist Ronda Rich&#039;s bestselling novel of the same name. In the film, Holly stars as successful author and fiercely independent Southern woman Abby Houston, who finds herself being held captive in a remote cabin by an obsessed fan. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/exclusive-valerie-harper-lauren-holly-cast-town-came-223310778.htmlThu, 01 Aug 2013 18:33:10 -0400Reutersexclusive-valerie-harper-lauren-holly-cast-town-came-223310778<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/exclusive-valerie-harper-lauren-holly-cast-town-came-223310778.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/ub4QIqdCpTHVuvX9kJ3W9A--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-08-01T223310Z_1_CBRE9701QNE00_RTROPTP_2_FILM-US-THETOWNTHATCAMEACOURTIN-CAST.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Valerie Harper arrives for the taping of &quot;Betty White&#039;s 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America&#039;s Golden Girl&quot; in Los Angeles" align="left" title="Valerie Harper arrives for the taping of &quot;Betty White&#039;s 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America&#039;s Golden Girl&quot; in Los Angeles" border="0" /></a>By Tim Kenneally LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Former &quot;Rhoda&quot; star Valerie Harper has joined the cast of &quot;The Town That Came A-Courtin&#039;,&quot; which began production in Vancouver on Wednesday. Lauren Holly, Cameron Bancroft and Lucie Guest have also been cast in the film, which is based on author and columnist Ronda Rich&#039;s bestselling novel of the same name. In the film, Holly stars as successful author and fiercely independent Southern woman Abby Houston, who finds herself being held captive in a remote cabin by an obsessed fan. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/spectacular-now-spotlights-young-love-used-141808541.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/5cE3rjNGNFs3UXnGYrxbaQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-08-02T141808Z_1_CBRE97113QB00_RTROPTP_2_FILM-THESPECTACULARNOW.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Teller and Woodley pose for a portrait while promoting film &quot;The Spectacular Now&quot; in Beverly Hills" align="left" title="Teller and Woodley pose for a portrait while promoting film &quot;The Spectacular Now&quot; in Beverly Hills" border="0" /></a>By Piya Sinha-Roy LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - In a summer dominated by big budget, action-packed blockbusters geared toward young adults, the writers of &quot;The Spectacular Now&quot; wanted to harken back to the angst-ridden romance films of the 1980s and shine a spotlight on the complexity of young love. &quot;The Spectacular Now,&quot; out in U.S. theaters on Friday, was adapted from Tim Tharp&#039;s book of the same name by Scott Neustadter and Michael Weber, the writers behind the 2009 indie hit film &quot;(500) Days of Summer. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/spectacular-now-spotlights-young-love-used-141808541.htmlFri, 02 Aug 2013 10:18:08 -0400Reutersspectacular-now-spotlights-young-love-used-141808541<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/spectacular-now-spotlights-young-love-used-141808541.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/5cE3rjNGNFs3UXnGYrxbaQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-08-02T141808Z_1_CBRE97113QB00_RTROPTP_2_FILM-THESPECTACULARNOW.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Teller and Woodley pose for a portrait while promoting film &quot;The Spectacular Now&quot; in Beverly Hills" align="left" title="Teller and Woodley pose for a portrait while promoting film &quot;The Spectacular Now&quot; in Beverly Hills" border="0" /></a>By Piya Sinha-Roy LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - In a summer dominated by big budget, action-packed blockbusters geared toward young adults, the writers of &quot;The Spectacular Now&quot; wanted to harken back to the angst-ridden romance films of the 1980s and shine a spotlight on the complexity of young love. &quot;The Spectacular Now,&quot; out in U.S. theaters on Friday, was adapted from Tim Tharp&#039;s book of the same name by Scott Neustadter and Michael Weber, the writers behind the 2009 indie hit film &quot;(500) Days of Summer. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/director-len-wiseman-exits-mummy-reboot-universal-222731936.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/YrTAQBpS0frdd6Y9oWTXNw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-08-01T222731Z_1_CBRE9701QDY00_RTROPTP_2_FILM-US-THEMUMMY-DIRECTOR.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Actress Kate Beckinsale arrives as a guest with husband Len Wiseman at the premiere of &quot;Star Trek Into Darkness&quot; in Hollywood" align="left" title="Actress Kate Beckinsale arrives as a guest with husband Len Wiseman at the premiere of &quot;Star Trek Into Darkness&quot; in Hollywood" border="0" /></a>By Jeff Sneider LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Len Wiseman has exited Universal&#039;s reboot of &quot;The Mummy,&quot; which is still moving full-speed ahead. Scheduling issues have forced Wiseman to leave the project. Producers Sean Daniels, Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci will begin searching for a new director immediately. Jon Spaihts wrote the script, which aims to reinvent the &quot;Mummy&quot; series, which grossed $1.25 billion over the course of three films. Wiseman previously indicated that Kurtzman and Orci were envisioning a darker, scarier take on the &quot;Mummy&quot; mythology that would still appeal to all ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/director-len-wiseman-exits-mummy-reboot-universal-222731936.htmlThu, 01 Aug 2013 18:27:31 -0400Reutersdirector-len-wiseman-exits-mummy-reboot-universal-222731936<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/director-len-wiseman-exits-mummy-reboot-universal-222731936.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/YrTAQBpS0frdd6Y9oWTXNw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-08-01T222731Z_1_CBRE9701QDY00_RTROPTP_2_FILM-US-THEMUMMY-DIRECTOR.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Actress Kate Beckinsale arrives as a guest with husband Len Wiseman at the premiere of &quot;Star Trek Into Darkness&quot; in Hollywood" align="left" title="Actress Kate Beckinsale arrives as a guest with husband Len Wiseman at the premiere of &quot;Star Trek Into Darkness&quot; in Hollywood" border="0" /></a>By Jeff Sneider LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Len Wiseman has exited Universal&#039;s reboot of &quot;The Mummy,&quot; which is still moving full-speed ahead. Scheduling issues have forced Wiseman to leave the project. Producers Sean Daniels, Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci will begin searching for a new director immediately. Jon Spaihts wrote the script, which aims to reinvent the &quot;Mummy&quot; series, which grossed $1.25 billion over the course of three films. Wiseman previously indicated that Kurtzman and Orci were envisioning a darker, scarier take on the &quot;Mummy&quot; mythology that would still appeal to all ...</p><br clear="all"/>By Todd Cunningham LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - BS Films on Thursday won its appeal of the R-rating initially given to the Michael Douglas-Robert De Niro comedy "Last Vegas," which will now be rated PG-13. The Motion Picture Assn. of America's classification and rating appeals board announced the switch Thursday. The new rating for the film, which is to open on November 1, is for "brief sexual content." Morgan Freeman, Kevin Kline and Mary Steenburgen co-star in "Last Vegas," which is directed by Jon Turteltaub ("National Treasure") from an original screenplay by Dan Fogelman. ...http://news.yahoo.com/michael-douglas-robert-niro-comedy-last-vegas-wins-010307793.htmlThu, 01 Aug 2013 21:03:07 -0400Reutersmichael-douglas-robert-niro-comedy-last-vegas-wins-010307793By Jeff Sneider LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Charles Grodin is returning to the big screen, playing Naomi Watts' father in Noah Baumbach's indie "While We're Young," TheWrap has learned. It will be Grodin's first feature film in seven years. He was last seen alongside Zach Braff and Jason Bateman in the 2006 comedy "The Ex." Watts and Ben Stiller star as a married couple that strikes up an unlikely friendship with a free-spirited younger couple, to be played by Adam Driver ("Girls") and Amanda Seyfried ("Lovelace"). ...http://news.yahoo.com/exclusive-charles-grodin-play-naomi-watts-father-noah-004922998.htmlThu, 01 Aug 2013 20:49:22 -0400Reutersexclusive-charles-grodin-play-naomi-watts-father-noah-004922998<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/spectacular-now-spotlights-young-love-used-233806023.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/5cE3rjNGNFs3UXnGYrxbaQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-08-02T141808Z_1_CBRE97113QB00_RTROPTP_2_FILM-THESPECTACULARNOW.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Teller and Woodley pose for a portrait while promoting film &quot;The Spectacular Now&quot; in Beverly Hills" align="left" title="Teller and Woodley pose for a portrait while promoting film &quot;The Spectacular Now&quot; in Beverly Hills" border="0" /></a>By Piya Sinha-Roy LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - In a summer dominated by big budget, action-packed blockbusters geared toward young adults, the writers of &quot;The Spectacular Now&quot; wanted to harken back to the angst-ridden romance films of the 1980s and shine a spotlight on the complexity of young love. &quot;The Spectacular Now,&quot; out in U.S. theaters on Friday, was adapted from Tim Tharp&#039;s book of the same name by Scott Neustadter and Michael Weber, the writers behind the 2009 indie hit film &quot;(500) Days of Summer. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/spectacular-now-spotlights-young-love-used-233806023.htmlThu, 01 Aug 2013 19:38:06 -0400Reutersspectacular-now-spotlights-young-love-used-233806023<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/spectacular-now-spotlights-young-love-used-233806023.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/5cE3rjNGNFs3UXnGYrxbaQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-08-02T141808Z_1_CBRE97113QB00_RTROPTP_2_FILM-THESPECTACULARNOW.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Teller and Woodley pose for a portrait while promoting film &quot;The Spectacular Now&quot; in Beverly Hills" align="left" title="Teller and Woodley pose for a portrait while promoting film &quot;The Spectacular Now&quot; in Beverly Hills" border="0" /></a>By Piya Sinha-Roy LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - In a summer dominated by big budget, action-packed blockbusters geared toward young adults, the writers of &quot;The Spectacular Now&quot; wanted to harken back to the angst-ridden romance films of the 1980s and shine a spotlight on the complexity of young love. &quot;The Spectacular Now,&quot; out in U.S. theaters on Friday, was adapted from Tim Tharp&#039;s book of the same name by Scott Neustadter and Michael Weber, the writers behind the 2009 indie hit film &quot;(500) Days of Summer. ...</p><br clear="all"/>By Greg Gilman LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty," Ben Stiller's adaptation of James Thurber's short story - and a remake of the 1947 film starring Danny Kaye - will have its world premiere on October 5 as the Centerpiece Gala presentation at the New York Film Festival, the Film Society of Lincoln Center announced on Thursday. Stiller stars opposite Kristen Wiig in the film about a daydreamer who escapes his anonymous life by disappearing into a world of fantasy filled with heroism, romance and action. ...http://news.yahoo.com/secret-life-walter-mitty-making-world-premiere-york-005959398.htmlThu, 01 Aug 2013 20:59:59 -0400Reuterssecret-life-walter-mitty-making-world-premiere-york-005959398By Jeff Sneider LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Jack Black will reteam with his "Orange County" director Jake Kasdan on "Sex Tape," the Sony comedy that will star Cameron Diaz and Jason Segel, an individual familiar with the project has told TheWrap. Segel and Diaz play a couple who take a night off from their kids and spice up their marriage by making a sex tape - which they lose the next morning, prompting a frantic search. Kasdan recruited long-time friend Black for a scene-stealing cameo as the CEO of a major porn company. ...http://news.yahoo.com/exclusive-jack-black-help-jason-segel-cameron-diaz-010038955.htmlThu, 01 Aug 2013 21:00:38 -0400Reutersexclusive-jack-black-help-jason-segel-cameron-diaz-010038955By Tim Kenneally LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - CBS Entertainment has promoted Chris Castallo to executive vice president, alternative programming, CBS Entertainment president Nina Tassler said Thursday. Castallo will replace Jennifer Bresnan, who's stepping down to relocate to New York, where her husband and family live. Bresnan will still consult with CBS Entertainment on unscripted efforts. Previously, Castallo served as senior vice president, alternative programming, working with Bresnan on CBS's reality series, including the launch and production of the reality series "Undercover Boss. ...http://news.yahoo.com/cbs-taps-chris-castallo-head-alternative-programming-010237555.htmlThu, 01 Aug 2013 21:02:37 -0400Reuterscbs-taps-chris-castallo-head-alternative-programming-010237555By Jeff Sneider LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - 20th Century Fox and James Cameron have set "Avatar 2" for a December 2016 release, and are wedging in yet another sequel - with "Avatar 3" and "Avatar 4" coming in December 2017 and 2018. As TheWrap exclusively reported yesterday, "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles" creator Josh Friedman has been brought on to write one of the sequels. Joining him will be Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver, who wrote "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" for Fox, as well as Shane Salerno, who previously worked with Cameron on "Fantastic Voyage. ...http://news.yahoo.com/james-cameron-now-planning-three-avatar-sequels-first-004956059.htmlThu, 01 Aug 2013 20:49:56 -0400Reutersjames-cameron-now-planning-three-avatar-sequels-first-004956059By Todd Cunningham LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Guillermo del Toro's "Pacific Rim" posted a record-breaking $9 million opening in China on Wednesday, the biggest first-day ever in the republic for Warner Bros. That's even ahead of the $7 million taken in by "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2" in 2011. A strong showing in China and overseas in general is critical if the Legendary Pictures and Warner Bros.' giant robots-and-monsters epic is to recoup its $180 million production budget, since it is struggling to hit $100 million domestically with $86 million after three weeks. ...http://news.yahoo.com/pacific-rim-9-million-china-opener-bigger-harry-223355881.htmlThu, 01 Aug 2013 18:33:55 -0400Reuterspacific-rim-9-million-china-opener-bigger-harry-223355881By Todd Cunningham LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Sony's kids movie "The Smurfs 2" hit the ground running Wednesday, taking in an estimated $5.2 million domestically and finishing No. 1 at the box office in its first day of release. That puts the 3D live action-animation mash-up on pace for a five-day opening-weekend total of more than $30 million. First-night audiences gave it an "A-" CinemaScore, a good sign for word-of-mouth. The original "Smurfs" movie opened to $35 million in July 2011 and went on to take in more than $560 million globally. ...http://news.yahoo.com/smurfs-2-starts-fast-box-office-u-uk-004417646.htmlThu, 01 Aug 2013 20:44:17 -0400Reuterssmurfs-2-starts-fast-box-office-u-uk-004417646By Todd Cunningham LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Americans like guns, the rest of the world likes ... weird little blue guys. So goes the box office this weekend. The Denzel Washington-Mark Wahlberg buddy movie "2 Guns" is the best bet to cop the domestic box-office crown with around $30 million, analysts say, while "Smurfs 2" will score a major foreign haul. "Smurfs 2" actually has a shot at eclipsing "2 Guns" domestically - but over five days, since it opened at No. 1 with $5.2 million Wednesday. A three-day total of around $23 million is the projection for "Smurfs 2. ...http://news.yahoo.com/box-office-mark-wahlberg-denzel-washington-aim-2-004335555.htmlThu, 01 Aug 2013 20:43:35 -0400Reutersbox-office-mark-wahlberg-denzel-washington-aim-2-004335555<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/gingerly-film-maker-tests-limits-freedom-myanmar-024106349.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/PI4F3C7wYe3OnHanJCD4ZA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-08-04T024106Z_1_CBRE97307GY00_RTROPTP_2_MYANMAR-FILMS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Movie director Zay Par and his editor Zin Thaw work on their movie in the editing room in downtown Yangon" align="left" title="Movie director Zay Par and his editor Zin Thaw work on their movie in the editing room in downtown Yangon" border="0" /></a>By Jared Ferrie YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar movie director Zay Par is doing what would have been unthinkable two years ago - putting the finishing touches to a film that harks back to a 1988 student uprising brutally put down by military rulers. Hunched in front of a computer in a cramped room in Yangon, Zay Par says he is testing the boundaries of newfound artistic freedom that has blossomed since the junta handed power to a hand-picked civilian government in 2011 - but very carefully. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/gingerly-film-maker-tests-limits-freedom-myanmar-024106349.htmlSat, 03 Aug 2013 22:41:06 -0400Reutersgingerly-film-maker-tests-limits-freedom-myanmar-024106349<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/gingerly-film-maker-tests-limits-freedom-myanmar-024106349.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/PI4F3C7wYe3OnHanJCD4ZA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-08-04T024106Z_1_CBRE97307GY00_RTROPTP_2_MYANMAR-FILMS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Movie director Zay Par and his editor Zin Thaw work on their movie in the editing room in downtown Yangon" align="left" title="Movie director Zay Par and his editor Zin Thaw work on their movie in the editing room in downtown Yangon" border="0" /></a>By Jared Ferrie YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar movie director Zay Par is doing what would have been unthinkable two years ago - putting the finishing touches to a film that harks back to a 1988 student uprising brutally put down by military rulers. Hunched in front of a computer in a cramped room in Yangon, Zay Par says he is testing the boundaries of newfound artistic freedom that has blossomed since the junta handed power to a hand-picked civilian government in 2011 - but very carefully. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/actors-fake-guns-bring-police-real-ones-084324299.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/BYWunbUDTHzdoEsIzJaxDg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/3f92d91ff7937319390f6a70670016ef.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="This image provided by the Glendora Police Department shows a group of student filmmakers Friday Aug. 2, 2013 in Los Angeles. The college filmmakers were using fake guns to shoot a robbery scene at a suburban Los Angeles coffee shop when Los Angeles Police officers arrived thinking it was an actual robbery. The students were allowed to keep the fake weapons and weren&#039;t facing any charges. They were given a lecture by officers about the dangers they created and went on their way. (AP Photo/Glendora Police Department)" align="left" title="This image provided by the Glendora Police Department shows a group of student filmmakers Friday Aug. 2, 2013 in Los Angeles. The college filmmakers were using fake guns to shoot a robbery scene at a suburban Los Angeles coffee shop when Los Angeles Police officers arrived thinking it was an actual robbery. The students were allowed to keep the fake weapons and weren&#039;t facing any charges. They were given a lecture by officers about the dangers they created and went on their way. (AP Photo/Glendora Police Department)" border="0" /></a>LOS ANGELES (AP) ? College filmmakers were using fake guns to shoot a robbery scene at a suburban Los Angeles coffee shop when the movie took a scary twist that wasn&#039;t in the script.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/actors-fake-guns-bring-police-real-ones-084324299.htmlSat, 03 Aug 2013 16:27:30 -0400Associated Pressactors-fake-guns-bring-police-real-ones-084324299<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/actors-fake-guns-bring-police-real-ones-084324299.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/BYWunbUDTHzdoEsIzJaxDg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/3f92d91ff7937319390f6a70670016ef.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="This image provided by the Glendora Police Department shows a group of student filmmakers Friday Aug. 2, 2013 in Los Angeles. The college filmmakers were using fake guns to shoot a robbery scene at a suburban Los Angeles coffee shop when Los Angeles Police officers arrived thinking it was an actual robbery. The students were allowed to keep the fake weapons and weren&#039;t facing any charges. They were given a lecture by officers about the dangers they created and went on their way. (AP Photo/Glendora Police Department)" align="left" title="This image provided by the Glendora Police Department shows a group of student filmmakers Friday Aug. 2, 2013 in Los Angeles. The college filmmakers were using fake guns to shoot a robbery scene at a suburban Los Angeles coffee shop when Los Angeles Police officers arrived thinking it was an actual robbery. The students were allowed to keep the fake weapons and weren&#039;t facing any charges. They were given a lecture by officers about the dangers they created and went on their way. (AP Photo/Glendora Police Department)" border="0" /></a>LOS ANGELES (AP) ? College filmmakers were using fake guns to shoot a robbery scene at a suburban Los Angeles coffee shop when the movie took a scary twist that wasn&#039;t in the script.</p><br clear="all"/>LOS ANGELES (AP) ? An Al Pacino movie broke out in the middle of a concert by the band Chicago, with thousands of fans serving as extras.http://news.yahoo.com/pacino-movie-films-middle-concert-chicago-073513803.htmlSat, 03 Aug 2013 04:05:37 -0400Associated Presspacino-movie-films-middle-concert-chicago-073513803<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/megan-fox-brian-austin-green-expecting-2nd-child-191503556.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/9ePsPKaqheSnxXbFqHdg6w--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/554ff7b9d8725a19390f6a7067005250.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this Jan. 13, 2013 file photo, actress Megan Fox and actor Brian Austin Green arrive at the 70th Annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. A publicist confirmed Friday, Aug. 2, 2013, that Fox and her husband, Green, are expecting their second child. (Photo by John Shearer/Invision/AP, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In this Jan. 13, 2013 file photo, actress Megan Fox and actor Brian Austin Green arrive at the 70th Annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. A publicist confirmed Friday, Aug. 2, 2013, that Fox and her husband, Green, are expecting their second child. (Photo by John Shearer/Invision/AP, File)" border="0" /></a>LOS ANGELES (AP) ? Less than a year after giving birth to her first child, Megan Fox is pregnant again.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/megan-fox-brian-austin-green-expecting-2nd-child-191503556.htmlFri, 02 Aug 2013 15:18:17 -0400Associated Pressmegan-fox-brian-austin-green-expecting-2nd-child-191503556<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/megan-fox-brian-austin-green-expecting-2nd-child-191503556.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/9ePsPK

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