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Wednesday 25 September 2013

Richard Gere and Carey Lowell Separate: Reports



Carey Lowell and Richard Gere (Steve Granitz/WireImage)
Richard Gere is down another pretty woman: the star and Carey Lowell have called it quits.
The Golden Globe winner, 64, and his 52-year-old actress wife have separated, according toPeople. The couple had been one of Hollywood's longest-lasting romances, tying the knot in 2002 after dating for about seven years.
Gere's rep declined to comment on the matter.
The couple share one son, 13-year-old Homer, and plan to keep things civil for his sake. "They'll do everything possible to keep things amicable and put their child first," a source described as a family friend tells People.
[Related: Celebrity Breakups of 2013]
Both Gere and Lowell have been through divorce before. He was famously married to Cindy Crawford from 1991 to 1995, while Lowell's previous spouses include photographer John Stember and actor-director Griffin Dunne (with whom she has an adult daughter).
While there's no official reason for the split, theNew York Post reports the Gere-Lowell union ultimately fell apart because he enjoys his solitude, while she's more of a social creature. The newspaper claims that the pair have lived apart for some time — he in Bedford, New York, and she in North Haven, New York.
Just five years ago, the "Pretty Woman" actor was in a much different place, as he gushed about his bride to Parade.
"Our marriage is brilliant because of Carey," he said. "She's a fellow traveler with me on the voyage. We're partners, honest mirrors in which to see ourselves and grow and change. We help each other. It is love without ego."
Sad.

Feds investigate Asiana response to SF plane crash


Federal officials investigating Asiana's treatment of families after deadly SF plane crash

FILE - In this July 8, 2013 file photo, an unidentified family member of one of two Chinese students killed in a crash of an Asiana Airlines' plane on Saturday, cries at the airline's counter as she and other family members check in for a flight to San Francisco, at Pudong International Airport in Shanghai, China. In the first investigation of its kind, federal transportation officials are reviewing whether Asiana Airlines failed to meet legal obligations to help the families of passengers after one of its planes crashed at San Francisco International Airport, killing three people. Under U.S. law, Asiana was required to provide a range of services to family members of the 291 passengers, from the prompt posting of a toll-free number to gather and distribute information, to providing transportation and lodging so family members can comfort injured loved ones. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Federal transportation officials are investigating whether Asiana Airlines failed to meet legal obligations to help the families of passengers whose flight crash landed at San Francisco International Airport.
Under U.S. law, Asiana was required to provide a range of services to family members of the 291 passengers. Among them: the prompt posting of a toll-free number to gather and distribute information, and providing transportation and lodging so family members could comfort injured loved ones.
Congress created the rules in the late 1990s following crashes after which airlines were roundly criticized for ignoring family members.
The Asiana investigation is the first into an airline's "family assistance" response of 10 major accidents covered by the rules, the U.S. Department of Transportation said. Three people died and dozens were injured when Asiana Flight 214 clipped a seawall following a trip from South Korea, where the airline is based.
Asiana's family assistance plan was last updated in 2004. The Department of Transportation audits just a few of these plans each year to check whether an airline can deliver the assurances it makes on paper. An Associated Press review of plans filed by two dozen other foreign airlines found cases in which carriers had not updated their documents as required.
After the July 6 crash, problems with Asiana's response were almost immediately apparent.
Staff with the National Transportation Safety Board, which helps coordinate family assistance after major crashes, quickly raised concerns with their Department of Transportation counterparts and presented additional evidence of problems about three weeks later, said Paul Sledzik, director of the board's Transportation Disaster Assistance Division. Citing the ongoing investigation, both the DOT and Sledzik declined to detail specifics.
Asiana spokeswoman Lee Hyomin declined to discuss the airline's family assistance plan. She said Asiana publicized toll-free numbers in the U.S., Korea and China, where many passengers came from; used emails and phone calls to communicate with the families of passengers; and flew family members to San Francisco if they wanted to go.
A review by the AP of Asiana's family assistance plan showed the airline did not meet several important assurances, including that it would keep its emergency contact information current and post a public information number within an hour.
The first record AP found of a publicly circulated number was just over three hours after the crash, but that was to an automated Asiana reservations line. The following day, the airline posted a different number, which it then changed several days later.
"Imagine the panic of a family member who realizes their loved one was on Asiana calling each hospital, calling the airport, calling anyone they can," said Robert A. Jensen, CEO of Kenyon International Emergency Services, which has contracts with hundreds of airlines to help after a crash.
The day after the accident, the NTSB called Jensen to ask if Kenyon was assisting the airline. The answer was no; Asiana had dropped the firm in 2008 and apparently did not sign up a substitute.
Department of Transportation spokesman Bill Mosley said that two hours after the crash, the agency contacted Asiana's attorney, "reminding the carrier of its family assistance obligations, and in particular of the need for the required telephone line."
The airline's plan also promised the NTSB a list of emergency contact names and numbers for "key management officials." The safety board said that information in Asiana's plan was not current, and that the airline had ignored a request in June 2012 for an update.
Attorney Michael Verna represents passengers and family members who are suing the South Korean airline.
One client, Hector Machorro, was waiting at the airport for the arrival of his wife and young son. After the crash, he was taken to an airport lounge where he waited "for hours not getting any information," Verna said, despite the requirement that airlines provide families with timely updates on passengers.
Machorro finally got word from his wife, who called his cellphone from San Francisco General Hospital, where she and their 8-year-old son were being treated for bruising. It wasn't until several days later that Asiana called Machorro, according to Verna, and then the airline's representative asked only about his son.
In looking at Asiana's performance, the AP reviewed the plans of other foreign airlines and found instances of outdated information, as well as the failure to file required updates.
For example, Malaysia Airlines last updated its plan in 2000 and did not file a required addendum in 2004, after Congress revised the family assistance law.
When AP pointed out the lack of an updated plan, the Department of Transportation gave Malaysia Airlines 21 days to refile, and agency spokesman Mosley said Tuesday that the airline had done so. The airline declined to comment.
Many of the plans were just a few pages long and contained not much beyond a list of assurances that the U.S. government has little way of knowing whether an airline can keep.
A few airlines view filing the documents as a box to check if they want to fly in the United States and don't prepare for what to do should a plane crash, according to several aviation disaster consultants.
"We do have some foreign and domestic carriers that only want to submit a plan and then do no additional consultation with us on their planning and preparedness," said Vivian Marinelli, senior director of crisis management services at FEI Behavioral Health, a firm which helps airlines devise family response plans. "It is only after an accident that they realize how critical this really is."
Airlines face up to a $27,500 penalty for each family assistance law violation.
"Our oversight, as well as the potential fines, provide a strong incentive for compliance," according to DOT spokesman Mosley.

Menteri mengeluh, pemandu-pemandu tidak beri laluan


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Menteri mengeluh, para pemandu tidak memberi laluan – harus menunjukkan hormat kepada pemerintah dengan memberi laluan.
Para pemandu seharusnya memberi laluan polis yang mengiring kerabat diraja dan VIP sebagai menunjukkan rasa hormat kepada pemerintah negara, dan ini patut dijadikan sebahagian dari budaya, kata Menteri Perdagangan Dalam Negeri, Koperasi dan Kepenggunaan, Datuk Hasan Malek ketika sidang akhbar.
Bercakap kepada akhbar The Sun Daily, menteri tersebut turut menambah pemandu-pemandu seharusnya memberi laluan kerana orang yang diiringi perlu sampai ke destinasi mereka tepat pada masanya bagi menjalankan tugas-tugas rasmi mereka. “Saya telah menerima beberapa aduan yang para pemerintah kita ingin lalu, pengguna-pengguna jalanraya tidak memberikan jalan. Kita perlu hentikan segera perkara ini, menghormati pemerintah adalah sebahagian budaya kita,” jelas menteri itu lagi.
Walaupun sedar, dari segi undang-undang, pengguna jalanraya hanya perlu memberi laluan kepada kenderaan perkhidmatan kecemasan, Hasan mengulangi yang memberi laluan kepada anggota polis pengiring seharusnya sebahagian budaya tempatan. Menteri tersebut bukanlah asing lagi dengan kontroversi. Awal Julai lalu, bila bercakap mengenai kenaikan harga daging ayam, dengan kenyataan beliau yang terus terkenal, yang dipetik oleh media sebagai berkata “Kita masih boleh menyambut Aidilfitri (Hari Raya) tanpa ayam. Belilah daging sebagai ganti.”
Sementara itu di UK, Perdana Menteri David Cameron telah mengurangkan penggunaan polis pengiring, dengan berkata yang, melalui trafik yang sesak dengan laju menggunakan polis pengiring ialah suatu ‘kesombongan’. Polis pengiring hanya akan digunakan untuk majlis-majlis yang memerlukan keselamatan tinggi. Untuk masa-masa lain, beliau akan menggunakan kereta rasmi kalis peluru (biasanya Jaguar yang tidak mempunyai tingkap yang digelapkan) dan akan menempuh trafik seperti orang ramai lain. Pemandu-pemandu di UK terkenal dengan sikap lantang bersuara, bila mana, bagi mengatasi trafik dengan menggunakan keistimewaan polis pengiring, mereka dengan lantang menyatakan itu tidak wajar.
Ketika Tony Blair menjadi Perdana Menteri, terdapat laluan bas sepanjang M4 Heatheow-London dinamakan sempena nama beliau. ‘Blair Lane’ ialah laluan bas sepanjang 5.6km, merupakan laluan yang digunakan oleh PM dan ahli kabinetnya bersama polis pengiring untuk menghindari trafik yang sesak. Media British menyamakan laluan itu dengan laluan ‘Zil’ – yang merupakan laluan khusus untuk pegawai atasan Kremlin ketika zaman Kesatuan Soviet Komunis.
Semenjak itu, ‘Blair Lane’ terus dihapuskan.
Di dalam bulan Febuari 2010, Perdana Menteri, Gordon Brown telah menimbulkan kemarahan orang ramai selepas polis pengiring mengarahkan kenderaan-kenderaan ke tepi supaya beliau boleh melepasi keadaan trafik yang sangat sesak, disebabkan oleh kerja-kerja pembinaan jalanraya ketika itu. Keesokan harinya, di dalam surat khabar penuh dengan maklum balas marah dari pemandu-pemandu yang tidak berpuas hati, bila mereka diarahkan untuk mematuhi had laju (80km/h), dan diarahkan ketepi untuj memberi laluan kepada Brown melepasi mereka dengan kelajuan (90km/h). Ada diantara mereka sampi menghujahkan, jika perdana menteri boleh melalui laluan itu pada kelajuan melebihi had laju (yang ditetapkan), bermakna tiada apa yang perlu dibimbangkan dari segi keselamatan untuk menaikan had laju di situ!
Ketika majlis angkat sumpah yang diadakan di Istana Buckingham, Brown sampai dengan polis pengiring, manakala pengganti beliau, David Cameron sampai tanpa iringan polis. Ini membuatkan beliau jauh lebih bijak dalam memenangi hati para pengundi. Di dalam satu poll terbaru menunjukkan Cameron mengatasi pesaing-pesaingnya untuk Pemerintah Britain paling dipercayai.
Cameron turut memperkenalkan kod kementerian baharu yang mana objektifnya mensasarkan untuk mengurang perbelanjaan awam dan membina keyakinan orang awam, dengan menghadkan penggunaan kenderaan rasmi kerajaan dan menggalakkan penggunaan pengangkutan awam.
Kod itu berbunyi (lebih kurang begini) “Menteri-mentei dibenarkan menggunakan kenderaan rasmi untuk hal-hal kerja rasmi dan untuk pergi dan pulang antara rumah dan pejabat di dalam jarak perjalanan yang berpatutan, dengan kefahaman membawa bersama kertas-kertas dan dokumen-dokumen yang rasmi (rahsia). Jika boleh, menteri-menteri digalakkan untuk menggunakan pengangkutan awam.”
Perdana Menteri sendiri dilihat kadang-kadang menggunakan pengangkutan awam, tanpa rombongan.
Mungkin, pendapat menteri-menteri berbeza dengan
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Pelajar Perempuan Mati Kerana Melakukan Hubungan Seks Ganas


Seorang lelaki berusia 42 tahun didapati bersalah membunuh seorang pelajar perempuan ketika mengadakan hubungan seks.
Soter Mule telah mengikat Paola Caputo, 24 dengan seorang wanita yang lain ketika melakukan hubungan seks teknik Jepun yang dikenali sebagai ‘sado-masochist’ atau “shibari”.
Mule, seorang jurutera, pada mulanya ditahan kerana membunuh tetapi pihak berkuasa di Rome percaya yang Paola dan kawannya memberi kebenaran untuk mengadakan seks itu.
Pegawai penyiasat mendapati, ketiga mereka bersama-sama malam itu, minum minuman keras dan mengambil dadah di kelab sebelum Paola, teman wanita Mule, mencadangkan mereka ke bangunan tempat letak kereta di luar Rome di mana dia bekerja sebagai penjaga.
Dua wanita itu masih lengkap berbaju, diikat bersama menggunakan tali dan digantung dua meter dari atas tanah. Apabila wanita yang tidak dinamakan itu pengsan, tali regang itu menyebabkan Paola tercekik.

Tuesday 24 September 2013

Aeril Zafrel dan Wawa Zainal nafi sudah berkahwin dan ada anak


Walaupun tidak pernah membuat kenyataan umum mengenai status hubungan mereka, banyak gosip panas yang semakin hangat diperkatakan bahawa Aeril Zafrel dan Wawa Zainal sedang hangat bercinta.
Aeril dan Wawa
Ada pula gosip terbaru kononnya seorang pelakon wanita telah melahirkan anak dan suaminya juga adalah seorang pelakon popular. Gosip tersebut makin panas apabila ianya diberitahu sendiri oleh keluarga angkat pelakon lelaki tersebut. Berikut merupakan antara laporan yang saya petik dari Malaysian Digest. 

Ramai yang bertanyakan hal itu, adakah pelakon lelaki yang didakwa telah berkahwin itu merupakan Aeril Zafrel kerana secara kebetulan drama lakonannya iaitu Cinta Jannah sedang hangat pada waktu petang di TV3.

Dan mungkin pelakon wanita yang didakwa menjadi isterinya itu adalah pelakon Wawa Zainal yang kebetulan sedang berehat di kampung halamannya di Sabah sejak empat bulan lalu kerana berubat akibat penyakit misteri atau bahasa mudahnya penyakit berkaitan makhluk halus.

"Saya tidak tahu hendak kata apa (ketawa). Itu hanyalah kata-kata tanpa sebarang bukti yang sahih, jika saya nafi dan komen lebih-lebih orang memang tidak akan berhenti bercakap. Memang saya tidak berkahwin, saya hanya kahwin dalam drama sahaja", kata Aeril seperti yang dilaporkan akhbar Kosmo! hari ini. 

Dalam laporan sama Aeril juga menyatakan dia dan Wawa hanyalah sahabat baik dan mengesahkan yang temannya itu sekarang berada di kampungnya di Sabah kerana sedang berubat. Dia juga memohon pada mana-mana pihak supaya berhenti daripada membuat spekulasi kononnya Wawa kini sedang hamil. 

"Tolong jangan sebarkan cerita jika tidak ada bukti dan akan memburukkan orang lain. Andai ada bukti sekalipun dan cerita itu sahih, jika dikeluarkan menjadi aib kepada tuan punya badan, tidak boleh juga dikeluarkan. Jika tidak benar, lagi berdosa dan harus meminta maaf kepada Wawa", katanya 

Keselamatan Nora Danish Dijaga Oleh Nadeem


Sebelum ini pelakon cantik Nora Danish pernah menyatakan yang beliau tidak keberatan sekiranya mana-mana pihak menganggap dirinya dan lelaki yang dikenali sebagai Nadeem adalah pasangan kekasih. Bukan tidak mahu berterus terang, cuma kata Nora, sebolehnya beliau tak mahu terlebih bercerita tentang hubungan cinta. Lain lah kalau mereka benar-benar sudah membuat keputusan untuk berkahwin nanti, berita itu akan dikongsikan pada semua.

Namun semakin hari, hubungan cinta mereka seakan bukan lagi rahsia. Malah keintiman Nora dan Nadeem semakin terserlah. Lebih-lebih lagi apabila baru-baru ini Nora membawa pulang anak kepada Menteri Pelancongan dan Kebudayaan, Y.B. Dato’ Seri Mohamad Nazri Abdul Aziz itu ke kampung halamannya yang terletak di Myanmar.
“Okay sebenarnya macam ni, mulanya kami rancang nak balik bertiga iaitu saya, ibu saya dan kakak saya. Oleh sebab di Myanmar sekarang sedang ada pergolak. Jadi, disebabkan kami semua perempuan, itu yang Nadeem tawarkan diri nak ikut sama. Dia bersama sepupu dia temankan kami sebagai menjaga keselamatan kami. Sekurang-kurangnya kalau ada orang lelaki dengan kami, rasa selamat lah sikit”, jelas Nora ekoran kepulangannya ke Myanmar ditemani Nadem.
Sepanjang berada di kampung, kata Nora, walaupun Nadeem pandai mengambil hati keluarganya. Mengenai gambar-gambar mesra mereka sepanjang di Myanmar yang dimuat naik di laman instagramnya, Nora tidak menyalahkan sesiapa jika ada yang beranggap benarlah gosip mereka selama ini.
“Di kampung kami dan keluarga ada masalah komuikasi tapi mujur ibu saya yang bantu terjemahkan apa-apa perbualan saya dengan keluarga. Walaupun ada masalah kominikasi, Needim pandai ambil hati ahli keluarga saya. Dia seorang yang kelakar.
Saya tak salahkan peminat kalau nak kata saya bercinta dengan Needim. Lagipun, gambar-gambar kami banyak di Instagram. Saya yang gatal tangan nak upload gambar-gambar tu”, jelas Nora Danish sambil berseloroh.
Seperkara lain, Nora berkata dia tidak menyangka yang Needim sedikit-sedikit mula memahami dunia artisnya. Malah agak mengejutkan baginya apabila Nedim kini juga sudah mempunyai akaun Instagram dan peminatnya sendiri.
“Saya pun sebenarnya terkejut juga sebab Nedim buka akaun Instagram baru-baru ni dan tak sangka dia rajin layan peminat. Dia sekarang dah ada peminat-peminatnya sendiri”, tambah ibu anak satu ini lagi.
Bawa Nenek Tinggal di Malaysia
Dalam pada itu Nora memberitahu tujuan sebenarnya pulangannya ke Myanmar kerana moyangnya yang bernama Amibia, 96, meninggal dunia. Kini dia dan ibunya sedang berusaha memujuk neneknya untuk tinggal bersamanya di Kuala Lumpur.
“Saya dan ibu memang bercadang nak balik kampung, tapi disebabkan kekangan masa. Sampai lah moyang saya meninggal dunia baru-baru ni. Sekarang ni ibu saya masih berada di sana.
“Disebabkan moyang saya sudah tiada, saya dan ibu saya nak pujuk nenek untuk tinggal dengan kami di Kuala Lumpur. Tapi nenek saya tu susah sikit nak tinggalkan rumahnya. Macam-macam dia bagi alasan. Sekarang ni ibu saya masih pujuk dia”, katanya.

Monday 23 September 2013

Kanye West hires Lindsay Lohan's attorney Shawn Holley to fight his paparazzi scuffle case... with high profile lawyer claiming her client acted in 'self defense'


Kanye West has retained Lindsay Lohan's attorney Shawn Holley to defend him in a civil lawsuit filed by a paparazzo after a scuffle in July.
And as it was revealed that the high profile legal eagle took on the rapper's case, she filed court documents last week, claiming her client acted in self-defense.
Kanye, 36, tangled with photographer Daniel Ramos on July 19 at Los Angeles International Airport after being peppered with questions.
Legal salvo: Kanye West, shown scuffling with photographer Daniel Ramos in July at Los Angeles International Airport, has hired Lindsay Lohan attorney Shawn Holley to defend him in a civil lawsuit related to the scrap
Legal salvo: Kanye West, shown scuffling with photographer Daniel Ramos in July at Los Angeles International Airport, has hired Lindsay Lohan attorney Shawn Holley to defend him in a civil lawsuit related to the scrap
Subsequently, Ramos announced his civil lawsuit against the star at a news conference with another  high-profile attorney, Gloria Allred, in August.
The civil lawsuit accuses the rapper of assault, battery and interference with the photographer's civil rights and also seeks unspecified damages.
On Friday, Holley filed documents in court stating that, 'Daniel Ramos is not entitled to relief of any claims set forth in the complaint.'
'Daniel Ramos willfully and wrongfully caused Kanye West to reasonably believe his safety was in immediate danger,' the filing continues.
 
    'Kanye West responded to this assault by doing only those acts that were reasonably necessary for his self-defense and safety and was justified in doing those acts,' said the document filed by Holley, whose hiring by West was first reported by RadarOnline.com.
    Charges filed: West was charged with misdemeanor battery and attempted grand theft as a result of the altercation
    Charges filed: West was charged with misdemeanor battery and attempted grand theft as a result of the altercation
    On the case: West has hired Shawn Holley, shown in January in Los Angeles at a hearing for Lindsay Lohan, to defend him in the civil lawsuit
    On the case: West has hired Shawn Holley, shown in January in Los Angeles at a hearing for Lindsay Lohan, to defend him in the civil lawsuit
    The document also asks for West to be awarded his court costs incurred in the lawsuit, according to a document obtained by TMZ.
    The Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office in August declined to pursue felony criminal charges against West in connection with the scrap.
    The Los Angeles City Attorney's Office, which prosecutes lower level criminal offenses, has charged West with criminal battery and attempted grand theft. 
    Both charges are misdemeanors, but West could be sentenced up to a year in jail, if found guilty.
    High-profile lawyer: Gloria Allred held a press conference in August with photographer George Ramos to announce the civil lawsuit against West
    High-profile lawyer: Gloria Allred held a press conference in August with photographer George Ramos to announce the civil lawsuit against West
    Holley has been the defense lawyer for the now-reforming Lohan and her myriad of legal woes.
    She has also previously worked on behalf of Nicole Richie, Paris Hilton, Mike Tyson, The Game and Michael Jackson.
    She is married to singer Dorian Holley, an on-stage backup singer for Jackson during the 1987 Bad World Tour.
    West and his 32-year-old reality television star girlfriend Kim Kardashian welcomed daughter North in June.
    Defense table: Chapman, shown with Lohan in a March 2012 hearing, has worked with other celebrities such as Nicole Richie and Paris Hilton
    Defense table: Chapman, shown with Lohan in a March 2012 hearing, has worked with other celebrities such as Nicole Richie and Paris Hilton
    New parents: West and girlfriend Kim Kardashian, shown on Friday in Beverly Hills, welcomed daughter North in June
    New parents: West and girlfriend Kim Kardashian, shown on Friday in Beverly Hills, welcomed daughter North in June

    Saturday 21 September 2013

    (GAMBAR & VIDEO) Ikan Paus Mendarat Di Pantai Sabah



    Usaha sedang dijalankan bagi membebaskan ikan paus sepanjang 15.8 meter yang terdampar dekat Kuala Penyu di pantai barat Sabah, kira-kira 149 kilometer dari Kota Kinabalu, Isnin.
    Penduduk tempatan berkumpul berdekatan dengan ikan paus, dalam usaha untuk membebaskannya di bandar Kuala Penyu.
    Ikan paus itu daripada spesis yang masih belum dikenal pasti, terdampar di pantai yang dikenali sebagai “hujung sungai” kira-kira satu kilometer dari bandar Kuala Penyu.
    Pegawai Jabatan Perikanan Negeri di Kuala Penyu, Julin Bagang berkata, ikan paus itu mengalami cedera ringan.
    “Kami berhadapan dengan masalah logistik dan sedang mencari jalan bagaimana untuk menyelamat ikan paus itu,” kata beliau.
    Pada tahun 2006, seekor ikan paus spesis ‘Bryde’ sepanjang 20 meter terdampar di Pulau Gaya berdekatan dengan bandar di sini.
    Ia telah diselamatkan tetapi kemudiannya mati.
    Seekor ikan paus lagi diselamat di pantai Tanjung Aru.
    Pada Februari tahun ini, seekora ikan paus spesis Baleen sepanjang 12 meter ditemui mati di laut dekat Pulau Mengalum kira-kira 40 batu nautika dari bandar di sini

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