Two and a Half Men ex-star Charlie Sheen and Warner Bros. settles lawsuit

After filing a $100 million lawsuit against CBS and Chuck Lorre, the studio and creator behind the this TV series "Two and A Half Men", Charlie Sheen has settled his lawsuit stemming over the Sheens's dismissal from the top-rated U.S. television comedy earlier this year.

Warner Bros. did not put a figure on the settlement. The case had been settled through arbitration.

Sheen was fired from "Two and A Half Men" after publicly insulting Lorre in a series of bizarre interviews. His remarks followed a series of trips to rehab that had forced production on the TV comedy to be suspended in early 2011.

Sheen was replaced on "Two and A Half Men" by Ashton Kutcher. The new season debuted last week to a record 28.7 million U.S. viewers -- a bigger audience than any episodes in the comedy's first eight seasons with Sheen in the starring role as a womanizing bachelor.

United Football League partners with AKTV; signs 5-year TV deal

United Football League, a local football league in the Philippines has just recently signed a five-year contract with AKTV, a local sports channel as it aims to bolster the game in which the AZKALS have helped kickstarted.

In the contract between AKTV and UFL, there will be two live UFL matches that will be shown every Saturday beginning October 8, 2011 with the televised matches played at the Rizal Memorial Football Stadium and non-televised games played at the University of Makati.

The season kicks off with the UFL Cup where 28 teams, including 13 guest squads, will compete for slots in the UFL’s Division II.

Group A: Nomads FC, Baguio FC, Union Internacional FC, Lions FC

Group B: Loyola Meralco Sparks FC, Internacionale FC, Agila FC, Team Socceroo FC

Group C: Global FC, Pachanga FC, Stallions FC, Cebu Queen City FC

Group D: Kaya-Cignal FC, ABC Stars FC, Schwarz, Diliman Victory Liner FC

Group E: Philippine Air Force FC, Philippine Navy FC, Manila All-Japan FC, Laos FC

Group F: Green Archers United FC, Dolphins United FC, Pasargad FC, Forza FC

Group G: Philippine Army FC, Manhur FC, Sunken Garden United FC, and Garuda FC PH

Different AZKALS players will be distributed amongst the different clubs participating in the league.

Loyola Spark FC will have Phil and James Younghusband with former national teammates Mark and Matthew Hartmann.

The Azkals’ Fil-Spanish striker Angel Guirado and Fil-Iranian Misagh Bahadoran will be donning the colors of Global FC.

Kaya FC will have Aly Borromeo, Anton del Rosario, Jason Sabio, Yannick Tuason, and Nate Burkey in uniform.

Philippine Air Force FC has scoring threats Chieffy Caligdong and Ian Araneta in harness while rival Philippine Army FC features Roel Gener and Nestor Margarse.

This will definitely be a fun league to watch as we see the different AZKALS players compete against one another. And with the continued support of the public and the Filipino people,
football is getting a much needed shot in the arm, as it popularity continues to grow in this basketball crazy country.

Long Teng Cup, AZKALS next target

The Philippine AZKALS will be heading towards Taiwan for this years LONG TENG CUP, a four nation tournament in which the Philippines has not won yet. With the experience that the team have gained over the past year, hopes are high that they would be able to win it all.

The Azkals will be playing five international matches in 11 days starting in Sept. 30 when they face Hong Kong in Taiwan. They will also play Chinese-Taipei on October 2 and Macau on October 4.
With a full complement of players, including those based in Europe, the Azkals play an international friendly in Singapore on October 7, before returning home for a date against Nepal on October 11 at the Rizal Memorial Stadium.

The LONG TENG CUP will be aired live locally over at Studio 23 and BALLS. Game schedule below:

September 30
Philippines vs HongKong 4:30 p.m. (Studio 23)

October 2
Philippines vs Chinese Taipei 7 p.m. (Studio 23)

October 4
Philippines vs Macau 3pm(Kick off @ 4:30pm) on Studio 23

R.E.M says goodbye to fans after 31 years

US rock band R.E.M said goodbye to their millions of fans last Wednesday, after more than 30 years of generating hits and selling millions of records.

R.E.M originally comprised of singer Michael Stipe, guitarist Peter Buck, bass player Mike Mills and drummer Bill Berry, who suffered a brain aneurysm during the band's 1995 "Monster" tour and subsequently left the group.

Their debut album, 1983's "Murmur," helped them build a cult following among America's youth, and they crossed over to mainstream success with 1987 hit single, "The One I Love" off the album "Document."

In December of 1987, Rolling Stone magazine put the band on its cover and dubbed it "America's Best Rock & Roll Band," and after that came years of successive hits.

Well as they all say, All good things must come to an end, and sadly this holds true even if it pains us to see them say goodbye. Though they may have already said goodbye, R.E.M's music will continue to hit the airwaves and that's for sure.

Smart Gilas Pilipinas FIBA ASIA Championship Quarter Finals set today

Smart Gilas Pilipinas will be in a Do or Die situation when they battle with Chinese-Taipei for a spot in the Semifinals of this years FIBA ASIA Qualifiers in Wuhan, China.

Smart Gilas Pilipinas will be led by Naturalized Center, Marcus Douthit, Team Captain, Chris Tiu and Spitfire Guard, JV Casio, Jimmy Alapag and other key players.

Below will be the complete Quarterfinal schedule:

Game 1 - Jordan vs. Iran
Game 2 - Japan vs. Korea
Game 3 - Philippines vs. Ch. Taipei
Game 4 - China vs. Lebanon

Smart Gilas Pilipinas vs. Chinese Taipei will be broadcasted live by AKTV and BTV, game time is set at 6PM.

Here's wishing our National Team to get thru the medal round! We will all be watching! Goodluck Smart Gilas Pilipinas!

Sports: Ron Artest says goodbye to the LA Lakers

Once the NBA lockout season is over, Ron Artest will not be playing for the Los Angeles lakers anymore instead Metta World Peace would take his place.

A Los Angeles court has completed the process for Ron Artest last Friday, September 16th which requested to have his name changed last June due to personal reasons. Ron Artest will now be using the surname, World Peace which is ironic since "Peace" hasn't been his strength in his NBA career. In 2004, he received one of the longest NBA bans in history for his role in a brawl with fans in which he raced into the stands in Detroit.

But before we get to see World Peace play in the NBA, we will be seeing him in the upcoming season of the hit TV dancing competition “Dancing with the Stars”

So once the NBA lockout is over, do not be surprised to see a new name wearing the Los Angeles Lakers jersey and hear a familiar beauty contest answer echoing the staples center.

World Peace!

Tech News: Webcam 101 with Grandma and Grandpa

Two grandparents are instantly becoming a youtube sensation. Bruce and Esther Huffman accidentally recorded themselves while setting up their webcam on a new laptop. It has even been featured in Good Morning America.

For those of you who haven't seen the clip. Here you go. You might want to share it with your Grandpa and Grandma.

Original Webcam Clip http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcN08Tg3PWw&feature=related
Good Morning America Clip http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyd9wPhB1hA

Entertainment: Black Eyed Peas, Live in Manila 2011

Multi-Grammy awarad winning group, Black Eyed Peas, will be visiting Manila, Philippines for a one night concert this coming October 25, 2011 at the SM Mall of Asia Grounds.

Rappers Will.I.Am (William Adams), Filipino Apl.de.Ap (Allan Pineda), Taboo (Jaime Gomez) and singer Fergie (Stacy Ann Ferguson) will be performing for thousands of fans later this year — and there is no stopping them in rocking Manila this coming October 25 at the SM Mall of Asia concert grounds.

The best-selling group will conquer the Manila party stage with their smash hits such as “Let’s Get It Started,” “Boom Boom Pow,” “Don’t Stop the Party,” and “The Time-Dirty Bit.”
Together with their other favorites hits such as “My Humps,” “I Gotta Feeling,” “Don’t Phunk With My Heart,” and “Meet Me Halfway.”

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Tech News: Typhoon 2000, a better alternative when checking the Philippine weather

The monsoon season is already affecting major parts of the Philippines and tropical cyclones are a constant visitors to this country. I have been visiting one particular website that focuses on giving information about the current weather pattern affecting the Philippines and neighboring Asian countries.

Typhoon 2000.ph was created specifically give its followers "easy-to-understand" tropical cyclone information over the South China Sea and Northwest Pacific Basin (from Malay Peninsula - 100° E up to the International Date Line - 180°). This website is often referred to as a "one-stop" web portal which links all Asia-Pacific warning centers monitoring active or existing tropical cyclones.

Typhoon 2000 gets its information from a variety of meteorological sources such as Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical & Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), U.S. Navy's Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) based in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, United Nations' Regional Specialized Meteorological Centre (RSMC) Tokyo-Typhoon Centre (Japan Meteorological Agency), & Hong Kong Observatory.

If you want a more detailed, diversed and accurate weather report for the Philippines, you guys might want to try visiting www.typhoon2000.ph

Places: Pagcor Entertainment City; a reality or just a fantasy?

The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation is trying to create an Entertainment City that would rival that of Las Vegas. The Entertainment City on Manila Bay is expected to generate at least a million jobs locally and raise the gaming revenue of the Philippines by 14 times from the current $800 million annually to a staggering $11.5 billion in revenue. The plan if to succeed will bring in an additional one million tourists to the Philippines. According to reports from certain broadsheets in the Philippines that Pagcor have already licensed four investors to help develop the project, they are: Resorts World Manila developer Travellers International Hotel Group Inc.; the SM group; Bloomsberry Investments; and Japan’s Aruze group.

I would say that this is a very bold plan and project by PAGCOR and hopefully this materializes and not just remain as a plan. I think its about time that government officials come up with such plans to further boost the marketability of the Philippines.

Entertainment: Shamcey Supsup proves that there is more to Philippines than Manny Pacquiao

Leila Lopes from Angola won the recently concluded Miss Universe 2011 held at Sao Paolo Brazil.

The contest albeit frustrating for majority of the Filipino people was definitely a good one. The Philippines bet, Shamcey Supsup placed 3rd runner up which was a bit of surprise, considering that she had a good chance of being in the TOP 2 especially after her answer during the Q&A portion for the TOP 5. There were unconfirmed reports that the same sentiment was shared by Oprah Winfrey during her interview with NBC news with regard to the result of the 2011 Miss Universe

"I have reservations with the results. If the only basis is the Q and A portion, after having been trimmed down to 5, Ms. Philippines deserved to win. What made her different from the rest is that she had no seconds to rethink of her answer as she had no interpreter to break the ice. The rest had their interpreters and having breaks on seconds to think about their answers. Hands down, Ms. Philippines answered straight to the point."

Nonetheless, unconfirmed or not, Shamcey Supsup's win was another testament that the Philippines can compete with the rest of the world when it comes to beauty contests and that there is more to the Philippines than Manny Pacquiao.