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Oscar De La Hoya vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr Boxing Match

March 19, 2008

A boxing match between six division world champion Oscar De La Hoya and undefeated four division champion Floyd Mayweather took place on May 5, 2007 which was called ” De La Hoya vs Mayweather: The World Awaits”. The match took place in MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada which went very popular. The tickets sold out three hours after it went on sale on January 2007, 2001. That sell out broke out the record of most revenue generated by selling $19 million in live gate. The previous record was $16,860,300 which was set on November 13, 1999 , in the heavyweight championship rematch between Evander Holyfield and Lennox Lewix. The match was televised through HBO pay per view for 55$ in United States.

Mayweather took De La Hoya’s junior middleweight belt by winning a split decision. Now the record holder, richest boxing fight the in history is getting a sequel. The same players Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Oscar De La Hoya will again fight in a rematch. The match will be promoted by Golden Boy Promotions which promoted the earlier match also. The match will be on september and be aired through HBO Pay Per Click and probably be hosted on Dodger Stadium. This will be another biggest boxing match and probably set another record in boxing history. And of course Mayweather/De La Hoya tickets will not be easy to get which was sold within 3 hour last time.

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Play 21 Blackjack in your own language

March 7, 2008

I came across BackGammonMasters and found this cool information. They have now added bulgerian language in their 21 Blackjack and Poker software. Now, the players can play BackgammonMasters games in 14 different languages. That includes German,French, English, Danish, Hebrew, English, Greek, Turkish, Chinese, Italian, Japanese. And of course the latest addition is Bulgarian. BackGammonMasters has a common lobby for all the games Poker, Backgammon, 21 Blackjack and Perudo where user can choose their language and all the games can be played in 14 different language. The company is also planning to add two more language, they are Dutch and Russian.

BackGammonMasters is one of the largest community base of players because its a available in all major language. So it has attracted people from all part of the world. They are very popular among backgammon and blackjack players also because you can do transaction on BackgammonMasters in all major currencies USD, GBP, Euros and CAD. So, now it doesn’t matter where are you from, which language do you speak and which currency do you have and what game do you want to pay. Everything is right there in Bacagammonmasters. Their newly added Customer support service lets user to get assistance from operators while playing with just a click. The support service is now only available in English language. I hope they add all the language in support too.

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Some interesting facts about Oscar

March 3, 2008

I found this in a magazine and like to share with my readers.

1. The first Oscar ceremony was the shortest ever, lasting for 15 minutes.

2. All About Eve(1951) and Titanic(1997) are tied for most number of Oscars nominations: 14.

3. The youngest person ever to win an Oscar is Tatum O’Neal, who was 10 years old when she won the Best Supporting Actress award for Paper Moon in 1974. The oldest person is Jessica Tandy, who won her Best Actress Oscar at age 81 for Driving Miss Daisy.

4. During World War II, because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out were made of wood.

5. The only American woman to win Best Director is Sofia Coppola for Lost in Translation.

6. Meryl Streep is the most nominated actor of all time with 14 nominations. She was tied at 14 with Katherine Hepburn but pulled ahead after being nominated for the Devil Wears Prada.

7.The most nominated male performer is Jack Nicholson with 12 nominations.

8. Marlon Brando refused his Oscar for Best Actor in 1972 for The Godfather.

9. Walt Disney has won the most number of Oscars:24.

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SRK, Aamir Khan shines at 53rd FilmFare Award

February 24, 2008

23rd Fed, Bollywood

The Bollywoods most prestigious award National FilmFare awards 53rd episode hosted yesterday in Yash Raj Studio giving big win to SRK, Aamir Khan, Kareena Kapoor and Darsheel Safary. Deepika Podkune, Imteaz ali, A.R. Rahaman and Shaan were other awarded celebs. SRK won the best actor title from the movie Chak De India while Kareena bagged best actress award for the movie Jab We Met. Aamirs can’s critically and professionally acclaimed move Taare Jameen Par won the best movie award. He also credited with Best Director award. And the child actor Darsheel Safary won the Critics Award as best actor. He was nominated for the best actor category.

The day was big for kapoor family. Rishi Kapoor was awarded with lifetime achievement award while son Ranbir Kapoor was named the best newcomer male. Tabu, for her film Cheeni Kum was given the critics award for best female actress. Shaan named best playback singer for the song Jab Se Tere Naina and Shreya ghosal was best playback singer female for the song  Barso Re Megha from the movie Guru. A.R. Rahman took the award for Best Music Director for Guru.

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