Kardashians Sue Over Leaked Proposal.

Kanye surprised Kim on her 33rd birthday by proposing to her.

LOS ANGELES: Kanye West and Kim Kardashian are accusing a YouTube co-founder of illegally publishing video of their engagement party to boost his new "foundering" website.
A lawsuit filed Thursday by the celebrity couple blasts Chad Hurley, accusing him of secretly recording West's surprise proposal to Kardashian in the middle of San Francisco's AT&T Park on October 21. The video shows West kneeling near second base to ask Kardashian to marry him while a large orchestra plays in centre field.
The leak diminishes the value of the video of the event that Kardashian and West own, the suit said. Hurley "finagled entry" into the birthday party that West threw for his girlfriend, although only "several dozen people" were invited, the lawsuit said. Although he tagged along with someone who was invited, he was permitted to stay "only after giving his word -- including in writing -- that he would not publish any aspect of the event." The court filing includes a photo of Hurley purportedly holding the signed confidentiality agreement in his hand.
"Immediately after giving his word to honour the condition required for his attendance at the event," Hurley posted the shaky video on MixBit, a video sharing website owned by his San Mateo, California, company, it said. The lawsuit slammed Hurley, 36, as a failed entrepreneur who leaked the video "out of desperation." "Despite his extraordinary financial success in creating YouTube, which was sold in 2006, Hurley has ever since sought his 'second act,'" the lawsuit said.
"This has become exceedingly elusive to Hurley." It cites his failed Formula One racing team and his "Web service named Zeen, which also failed and has been slated for closure in 2013." His newest venture -- MixBit -- "also quickly ran into trouble" after launching in August, the lawsuit contends. "Following a lacklustre launch and unsuccessful ensuing debut, Hurley sought to salvage MixBit from its dour beginning," the suit said.
"An opportunity to do so appeared to Hurley when he learned of the October 21, 2013, event featuring West and Kardashian," it said. The video is titled "PLEEESE MARRY MEEE!!! Congrats Kim and Kanye!" It is still posted on the website, and the counter indicates it has been viewed 1.6 million times. Hurley knows better, the lawsuit said. The terms of service on his own website warn users against posting any video that would violate copyrights, it said.
"Undeterred by the contractual restrictions to which he had just agreed, Hurley opted to exploit and capitalize upon the extreme public interest he knew would attach to the event, in order to boost the fortunes or his underperforming business venture," the suit said. Hurley and his company did not immediately respond to CNN requests for comment on the lawsuit.

Waris Terima Lagu "BOTINGKEK" Di Tolak AIM.

"Saya berada dalam industri muzik ini bukan kerana ingin mencapai anugerah tetapi jika ada, ia satu bonus buat kerjaya saya. "Apabila Botingkek ditarik keluar, saya faham dan perkara tersebut tidak menghalang saya menyampaikan lagu Melayu yang diambil daripada lagu-lagu lain," itu kata Waris seperti yang dilaporkan mStar online.
Sebuah akhbar pada Khamis telah melaporkan, lagu Botingkek yang turut dinyanyikan Juzzthin ciptaan DJ Fuzz telah diciplak sepenuhnya daripada lagu Racks, nyanyian YC dan Future. Hal tersebut membuatkan lagu tersebut ditolak terus daripada dicalonkan bagi kategori Hip Hop dalam AIM.
Bagaimanapun lagu Rembau Most Wanted, ciptaannya sendiri layak ke peringkat akhir anugerah berprestij tersebut.Tambah Waris, keadaan itu langsung tidak menjatuhkan semangatnya apabila ramai peminat sukakan Botingkek selain mesej lirik tersebut juga dianggap sampai kepada pendengar. "Saya tahu ramai yang tidak memahami konsep muzik hip-hop yang menjadikan lagu lain sebagai sampel dalam sesebuah karya yang dihasilkan.
"Mungkin dengan menghasilkan lebih banyak lagu sebegitu pada masa depan akan mengubah persepsi masyarakat mengenai erti ciplak dalam sesebuah muzik hip-hop," tegasnya.

Didie Alias Kini Miliki Butik Online Sendiri.

Selebriti serba boleh, Didie Alias bergabung dengan dua rakan kongsi iaitu pereka fesyen Farel Mikhael dan Rinz Basha dalam usaha menjadikan jenama Hitham sebagai hab fesyen dalam talian terkemuka. "Dunia fesyen sudah tiada sempadan dan kemajuan teknologi harus digunakan dengan sebaik-baiknya dan itu yang sedang saya lakukan untuk Hitham.

"Pakaian yang dijual di laman web kami adalah terhad dan direka sendiri oleh saya, Farel dan Rinz malah harga pakaian yang kami jual serendah RM60,'' katanya. Dalam pada itu, Didie berkata, idea untuk muncul dengan perniagaan butik menerusi dalam talian timbul kira-kira dua minggu lalu selepas melihat potensi pembelian menerusi Internet amat baik. 

Tambah artis yang juga terkenal dengan jolokan Lady Gaga Malaysia ini, Hitham tidak terhad kepada sesuatu gaya sahaja tetapi akan tampil dengan pelbagai rekaan untuk semua. "Menariknya semua koleksi kami adalah berasaskan warna hitam kerana ia mudah dipadankan dan sebagai pelengkap gaya," katanya yang turut melancarkan laman web butik berkenaan iaitu www.hitham4u.com.

Antara artis yang hadir pada majlis pelancaran tersebut seperti Lisdawati, Fauzi Nawawi, ShahIskandar, Raja Ema dan Dazrin.

( WITH VID) KTM Derails Near Rawang Station.

PETALING JAYA: A KTM Komuter train derailed near the Rawang KTM station on Friday morning, but fortunately no one was injured in the incident. A source told The Star that the train derailed at approximately 10.15am.

Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad (KTMB) president Datuk Elias Kadir confirmed the incident, adding that he was on the way to the station at the moment. Arriving at the scene at about 12pm, The Star noticed that the first of the three coaches of the derailed Electric Multiple Unit (EMU) had run off an inner track and was sitting on an outer track. A Rawang local who wanted only to be known as Fauzi, 24, said the train derailed when it was switching tracks.

He said the train was at the time coming from Tanjung Malim and was on its way to the Rawang station. "The first coach was following the outer track, but the other two coaches were on the inner track," he said. Fauzi said that the train was carrying about 50 passengers when it derailed, though he said no one was hurt. When asked where the passengers were, he said they had been transferred to another train to continue their journey. 

At around 1.35pm KTMB workers separated the two rear coaches from the EMU and attached it to a locomotive. The locomotive than successfully pulled the two coaches away from the first derailed coach.

Saarvin To Miss Another Deepavali At Home.

KLANG: This year’s Deepavali is supposed to be an extra special occasion for Harimau Muda A winger D. Saarvindran as he will be celebrating his 21st birthday on Nov 4 – just two days after the festival of lights on Saturday.

However, the youngster won’t be celebrating his birthday as the Harimau Muda A squad left for Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on Thursday to play in the Mekong Region BIDC Cup. The tournament is from Nov 2-10. But Saarvin will not be returning home after the tournament because the team will then travel to Amman, Jordan, for two friendly matches.

They will only be back home on Nov 20. The 20-year-old said that he was used to being away from the family as “it’s part and parcel of being a professional player”. However, his family, especially his mother S. Maheswary, have yet to come to terms with him being away on such occasions. “This will be the third time that I’ll be missing Deepavali. I was with the team in China in 2009 and Slovakia in 2010 ... so, I’m kind of used to being away on festive occasions,” said the Klang local.

“My mum is a bit upset because my 21st birthday is just around the corner, but I’ve spoken to her and convinced her that I’ll hold a belated birthday celebration if the team win the SEA Games gold medal.” Saarvin said that Deepavali for him usually starts with an oil bath, given by his 78-year-old grandmother S. Segapee, before attending prayers at home and at the temple. The youngster said that they would usually head to his aunt’s home nearby for breakfast before returning home to enjoy lunch. 

That is also when they would entertain family and friends who come visiting. “I will miss the atmosphere and my mother’s special Deepavali dishes but I’ve asked her to cook for me when I return home,” said Saarvin. “I have also told my mother to hide some of the cookies and murukus from my siblings.” The winger is expected to take on a bigger role after a positive showing in the National Under-23 team’s triumph in the Merdeka Tournament in September.

First choice winger Wan Zack Haikal Wan Nor has been ruled out of the SEA Games with an anterior cruciate ligament injury and this has paved the way for Saarvin to claim the right wing spot. “I feel sorry for Wan Zack ... it’s a blow to lose a player of his quality and we will miss him. His absence means others now have a chance to earn a spot in the team.”

Pundit Out Of Line With Woods Cheat Remarks.

Pundit Out Of Line 

SHANGHAI- Golf Channel television pundit Brandel Chamblee was out of order earlier this month when he implied world number one Tiger Woods had cheated, Rory McIlroy said on Thursday. In a column, former U.S. PGA Tour winner Chamblee graded several golfers for their seasons.
Of Woods, he wrote: "He won five times and contended in majors and won the Vardon (Player of the Year) Trophy and ... how shall we say this ... was a little cavalier with the rules". Woods has threatened to sue Chamblee over his remarks and world number six McIlroy jumped to the defence of the 14-times major champion by urging the Golf Channel to take action against the pundit.
"He was out of line and something should be done about it (by) the Golf Channel, that's who Brandel is employed by and they are the ones that can deal with it," the Northern Irishman told reporters after taking the first-round lead at the WGC-HSBC Champions Tournament. "I'll let the Golf Channel executives think what the right way is," added McIlroy, referring to Chamblee's full-time employer although the comments were made on golf.com which is not affiliated to the TV network.
American Chamblee, who has been an outspoken critic of Woods's swing, has already announced he will stop his golf.com column at the end of the year and instead write only for golfchannel.com.Woods has been involved in a few rules controversies this season, most notably at the U.S. Masters in April where he dropped his ball in an incorrect spot after taking a penalty from a hazard at the 15th hole.
The 37-year-old American was given a retrospective two-stroke penalty. Organisers allowed the infraction to go unpunished on the day it occurred before a Masters official received a telephone call about the violation from former U.S. Golf Association rules director David Eger.

Artis Kelantan Beri Pahang Mata "0".

PETALING JAYA: Artis-artis dari negeri Kelantan memberikan Pahang dengan mata ‘0’ dalam perlawanan bola sepak Piala Malaysia melibatkan kedua-dua negeri itu di Stadium Shah Alam, dekat sini pada Ahad ini. Artis-artis berkenaan iaitu Pekin, Izzue Islam dan Neelofa berkata, Pahang layak menerima mata berkenaan berdasarkan kekuatan yang dimiliki oleh pasukan Red Warriors yang disokong mereka.

Sementara itu artis-artis Pahang pula iaitu Azhar Sulaiman, Norkhiriah dan Norman Hakim menaruh keyakinan negeri itu mampu menjuarai perlawanan kali ini kerana mereka dilihat semakin kuat apabila berjaya mara ke peringkat akhir. Ketiga-tiga artis Pahang itu berpendapat Piala Malaysia pada tahun ini wajar jatuh ke tangan skuad Tok Gajah itu setelah sekian lama negeri itu tidak menjadi juara.

mStar Online mendapatkan komen enam artis dari kedua-dua negeri berhubung pasukan bola sepak yang disokong. Pelakon Izzue Islam menyifatkan, Kelantan masih mampu mengekalkan kejuaraan dengan mendapatkan skor sekurang-kurangnya 1-0 menewaskan Pahang. "Perlawanan kali ini pastinya sengit apabila melihatkan pasukan Pahang kerana mereka semakin hebat di padang.

"Tetapi saya yakin bahawa Kelantan masih boleh mengekalkan kejuaraan mereka. Penyerang Fakri Shaarani merupakan pemain kegemaran saya dan saya yakin dia mampu memberikan satu skor," katanya. Pekin Ibrahim pula mengharapkan Kelantan dapat menundukkan Pahang dengan 2-0 dan yakin pemain kegemarannya, Indra Putra mampu memberikan persembahan permainan yang terbaik pada perlawanan itu. "Saya yakin Kelantan boleh menang kali ini cuma sayangnya saya tidak dapat berpeluang menyaksikan perlawanan tersebut di stadium kerana sibuk di set penggambaran. 

agaimanapun saya mendoakan kejayaan mereka," ujarnya. Manakala Neelofa yakin Kelantan mampu membawa pulang kejayaan sebanyak 3-0 namun menasihati para penonton agar tidak terlalu beremosi andai kata negeri itu tewas. "Saya faham, bagi masyarakat Kelantan, permainan bola sepak merupakan perkara yang sangat besar tetapi janganlah sampai terlalu beremosi jika perlawanan itu tidak berpihak pada negeri Kelantan. 

"Jika kalah, tunjukkan kepada masyarakat dengan sikap yang lebih tenang pada perlawanan itu nanti," ujarnya. Sementara itu, pelakon Azhar Sulaiman mengharapkan kemenangan berpihak kepada Pahang kerana ia merupakan pencapaian tinggi buat negeri itu untuk berada di peringkat akhir sejak beberapa tahun lalu. "Saya nampak pasukan Pahang semakin kuat dengan memiliki perancangan teliti dalam setiap permainan. 

"Tambah pula kekuatan pemain-pemain Pahang terletak kepada persefahaman masing-masing yang boleh membaca setiap pergerakan yang dilakukan. "Saya yakin kali ini Pahang menjuarai perlawanan Piala Malaysia dengan mata 2-0," ujarnya. Dalam pada itu, Norkhiriah pula berkata, ini merupakan kali pertama dia bersemangat untuk menyaksikan perlawanan bola sepak apabila ia membabitkan negeri kelahirannya. "Saya bukanlah peminat tegar bola sepak tetapi apabila mendapat tahu Pahang berjaya ke peringkat akhir, mestilah saya nak sokong mereka.

"Insya-Allah saya dan keluarga akan berkumpul menyaksikan perlawanan itu beramai-ramai. Mungkin Pahang mendapat jaringan 3-2 atau lebih. Siapa tahu," katanya. Norman Hakim pula menyasarkan Pahang mampu mengalahkan Kelantan sebanyak 2-0 namun mengakui perlawanan kali ini amat sengit kerana kekuatan kedua-dua pasukan. 

"Kali terakhir Pahang pernah menang adalah pada tahun 1992 dan perlawanan di peringkat akhir ini pastinya satu perkara yang sangat besar buat pemain-pemain Pahang. "Dan saya percaya mereka juga mengharapkan untuk menang. Apa yang boleh saya cakap, kedua-dua pasukan adalah hebat dan hanya permainan konsisten dan tuah mampu memberikan salah satu pasukan untuk meraih kemenangan," katanya.

Datuk Rahim Razali Mula Sedar Selepas Pembedahan.

KUALA LUMPUR: “Bapa sudah menjalani pembedahan pada jam 7.30 pagi tadi (semalam). Alhamdulillah ia berjalan lancar serta berjaya. Sekarang dia ditempatkan di wad High Dependency Unit (HDU) di bawah pengawasan rapi doktor selama 24 jam.

Dia sudah mula sedar, tetapi kami (anggota keluarga) hanya dibenarkan melawatnya sekejap sahaja.” Demikian kata Nadia Rahim, 41, mengulas keadaan terkini bapanya, Datuk Rahim Razali, 74, yang dimasukkan ke Unit Rawatan Rapi (ICU) di Pusat Perubatan Sunway, Petaling Jaya, petang Ahad lalu akibat penyakit subdural hemorrhage iaitu sejenis pendarahan dalam otak.

Katanya, ayahnya juga mula mahu berbual berbanding keadaan sebelumnya yang bertukar pendiam. “Dia memang kenal orang, tetapi berat untuk berbual. Kalau bercakap pun sedikit-sedikit sahaja. Tapi, mungkin itu terjadi akibat kesan sakitnya. Menerusi pembedahan yang dilakukan, doktor sudah mengeluarkan darah berlebihan yang terdapat dalam otaknya,” katanya. Mengulas keengganan pihaknya membenarkan kehadiran tetamu, Nadia berkata, perkara ini dilakukan atas sebab kesihatan bapanya.

“Kami menghargai niat baik semua pihak yang ingin melawat bapa, tetapi ia perlu dihadkan atas nasihat doktor. Hanya saudara-mara dan rakan artis terdekat dibenarkan melawat. Saya minta maaf kerana tidak membenarkan mana-mana pihak merakam gambar bapa selepas pembedahan. Kami mahu dia berehat sepenuhnya sehingga sembuh,” katanya.

Fifty years on, vivid memories haunt JFK witnesses

James Tague was stuck in traffic in downtown Dallas around noon on November 22, 1963 when he became an eyewitness to history. Then a 27-year-old car salesman, Tague was waiting for John F. Kennedy's motorcade to sweep by.

Riding in an open-top Lincoln Continental, the president, flanked by Secret Service bodyguards, waved to the lunchtime crowd, his wife Jacqueline at his side along with Texas Governor John Connally and his spouse. "I noticed a car with flags on the front fender, coming through the crowd," Tague told AFP ahead of the 50th anniversary of Kennedy's assassination.

"That’s where I remembered that I read about Kennedy being in town that day -- and then here comes a pop of a firecracker," he said. "It turned out it's the first shot. Then there was a pause and then the crack-crack of two rifle shots."

On his right cheek, Tague felt something hit him -- a bullet that had ricocheted off the sidewalk, leaving him with a slight wound and no idea what just happened. Within minutes, a deputy sheriff in plainclothes approached Tague and asked what was going on. 

"I said I didn't know, but we noticed that a motorcycle had stopped over by the grassy knoll, and there's a couple of people talking to the motorcycle policeman," he said. "We got there just in time to hear this man sobbing: 'His head exploded. His head exploded.' And the policeman said: 'Whose head?' And he says: 'The president's head.'"

By then the presidential motorcade had gone, racing the mortally wounded Kennedy to hospital. Along with Connally, who was badly wounded, Tague was the only person injured on a fateful day that still weighs heavily on Americans' hearts and minds.

ierce Allman, then 29, was program director at WFAA radio when curiosity drove him to go out to see Kennedy's motorcade go by the Texas School Book Depository on Elm Street. "I was standing on the corner, across from the depository building and here came the motorcade.

I waved and said: 'Welcome to Dallas, Mr President,'" he recalled. Allman vividly remembers First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy in "that marvelous pink outfit," waving to the crowd, and Kennedy, "sort of waving" brushing the hair off his face. Then came the "boom" that Allman says he'll recognize "for the rest of my life." "But it didn’t go through my mind (that) this first attempt was a shot.

It was not the flat-cracked sound of a rifle. It was a loud boom sound. It came from in front and directly above," he said.

'I thought at first, well, it's a firecracker ... and then boom! Second shot... "During the first shot I had looked up and on the fifth floor (of the depository) there were three guys hanging out of the fifth-floor window and looking up at the sixth floor.

"I looked up at the sixth floor but things were happening so fast I couldn't tell you if I saw a rifle-bearer or not." On the second shot, Allman saw Kennedy's hands go up to his neck, and heard Mrs Kennedy screaming. Then came a third shot, and "Kennedy did a violent sideways move."

Hugh Aynesworth, "a little put out" for not being assigned to cover Kennedy's visit by his newspaper, the Dallas Morning News, where he was a 32-year-old science and aerospace editor, ventured down to Dealey Plaza on his own because "you don't see a president every day." "The crowd along Main was very heavy, very excited. I couldn't get closer so I kept walking, so that's why I ended up over here" at Dealey Plaza, he said.

"As they passed me, Jackie was so happy she was beaming, Kennedy was waving -- and all of a sudden, I heard what I thought was a motorcycle backfire, but it wasn't a motorcycle," he said. "I can tell the next two were shots from a rifle. I saw people immediately grabbing each other -- some running each direction, some falling down, covering their kids, screaming, crying.

It was a mass hysteria within seconds." Phyllis Hall, a 28-year-old nurse at Parkland hospital, was starting her lunch break when her supervisor cryptically announced that there had been "an accident" in Kennedy's motorcade. "The doors from the outside just blew open," she recalled. "There was a lot of chaos and shouting. Here came a cart with the governor Connally -- he was very gravely injured -- and (then) came the next carriage.

"I would learn a few minutes later this is the one that had the president on it." Hall worked in the emergency ward four years previously, so when a "gentleman carrying a very big gun" took her by the elbow and said "we need you back here," she did not resist. "When we got into Trauma Room One, Mrs Kennedy was standing at the foot of the cart," she said.

"In my estimation, the president was dead on arrival because he was very grayish-blue. He was especially dark blue around his mouth. I felt for vital signs. There were none. I saw no movement. "The other doctors came down. They started to do a tracheotomy... There was nothing to do because just before we stopped the emergency measures, a doctor, a neurosurgeon came down, he came over...

"He lifted up the piece of hair (from Kennedy's head) and that's where I could see that a great amount of brain matter was no longer in the head. It was all over Jackie. It was on the Connallys and I'm told it was all over the cart." President John F. Kennedy, admitted to Parkland hospital at 12:38 p.m. as patient number 24740, was declared dead at 1:00 p.m.

The living dead bring Tokyo to life for Halloween

A zombie army marched on Tokyo Tower for Halloween on Thursday, with a one-time sumo grand champion bringing some weight to the gathering of the dead. Around 1,200 people turned out in full make-up to roam the streets in an event organised by a television channel and a local beauty college.

At the front was Akebono, sumo's first ever foreign yokozuna -- grand champion -- whose towering frame dominated the sport in the 1990s. Behind him stood enough sickly and wounded undead to give unsuspecting shoppers lasting nightmares. Yamano Beauty College president Jane Aiko Yamano said the event was a great idea.

"My daughter said 'but Mommy, you have a beauty school, you're supposed to be pretty' and now we're getting dressed up like zombies and scary creatures of the night so that was challenging for me but for our students, I think it was just so perfect," she said. Student Tomoka Yamano, whose ghoulish get-up was of a zombie girl whose heart had been broken, said she was having a wonderful time.

"I don't always get dressed like this but today I put a lot of effort into the make up here on my neck," she said. Halloween, whose roots stretch back hundreds of years in Christian countries, is a relatively recent import to Buddhist and Shintoist Japan. Like Christmas, it is wholly stripped of any religious meaning, but has thrived over the last decade as a fancy dress celebration, with parties and parades everywhere from landmarks to shopping parades. 

"I think Halloween has taken root as a real seasonal event in Japan," said Tsuyoshi Sawada, a spokesman at Tokyo Tower, where visitors were being given witches' hats or axes.

Air France-KLM pulls out of danger, offers tow to Alitalia

Air France-KLM has climbed sharply away from crisis, its quarterly statement showed Thursday, but the airline group delayed the timetable for getting over its debt mountain while offering help to shaky partner Alitalia.

The French-Dutch airline group, considered at risk of failing two years ago, reported that third-quarter operating profit leapt by nearly a third thanks to restructuring efforts. But the net figure fell by half because of a writedown of the group's 25.0 percent interest in Italian airline Alitalia which has just averted insolvency and needs new capital urgently.

Air France-KLM is restructuring to pull out of deep financial problems and cope with low-cost competition, and chief executive Alexandre de Juniac said that the operating figure was "very encouraging" as a sign that the measures were working. Operating profit jumped by 29.1 percent to 634 million euros ($868.6 million), in line with analysts' expectations and up from 491 million euros in the same quarter last year. Net profit fell to 144 million euros from 296 million euros. 

Air France-KLM along with other shareholders in Alitalia have until the middle of November to decide whether or not to participate in a share of a capital increase of up to 300 million euros. De Juniac told analysts that "we are a loyal partner, we are a serious partner. We want to help them (Alitalia) and there are three conditions."

He said that since talks on recapitalisation began, the French group had been clear about requiring "strict financial, industrial and social conditions" and a "profound restructuring" for Alitalia. If these conditions were met, the French group could "envisage" strengthening the partnership. If not "we will not do so," De Juniac said.

The fall in Air France-KLM's net profit for the quarter reflected a tax charge of 140 million euros and a factor of 137 million euros for its interests in Alitalia. But the restructuring programme at Air France-KLM, called Transform 2015, continued to bear fruit. On the basis of these results, the group held to its targets for the whole of 2013.

In the first half, an operating loss had been reduced by 239 million euros to 451 million euros, and a net loss fell by 33.8 percent to 649 million euros. With the third-quarter boost, for the first nine months of the year the group switched into an operating profit of 183 million euros from a loss of 199 million euros in the same period of last year.

Debt-reduction target delayed to 2015 On the basis that its bill for fuel would be $2.3 billion, and in a highly volatile climate, the group said second-half operating profit would improve in line with performance in the first half. In January 2012, Air France-KLM launched a restructuring programme to save 2.0 billion euros over three years and to reduce debt to 4.5 billion euros by the end of 2014 from 6.5 billion euros at the beginning of 2012.

However, on Thursday the group delayed this timetable. The group said now that given an environment marked by weak growth, volatile fuel prices and exchange rates, and despite a big improvement in long-range operations and maintenance, underlying profit next year would be about 2.5 billion euros. This was at the lower end of the range mentioned previously and the 2.0-billion euro reduction of net debt debt would now be achieved in 2015.

"The group continued to improve its operating result during this quarter," De Juniac said in a statement: "This is very encouraging since it shows that the roll-out of the measures in the Transform 2015 plan is proceeding in line with our expectation. However, the medium-haul and cargo sectors were facing major difficulties.

The airline said that conditions had remained difficult in the third quarter, and in addition the euro had risen strongly, crimping sales figure when converted from other currencies. In the quarter sales edged up by 0.4 percent to 7.21 billion euros.

Bob Dylan guitar under New York hammer for $500,000

Bob Dylan's electric guitar, on which he performed a career-defining set at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965, is going under the hammer in New York for $500,000.

Christie's will auction off the 1964 Fender Stratocaster guitar on December 6 with five newly discovered Dylan song lyrics dating back to 1965-66. Christie's expects the guitar to fetch $300,000 to $500,000, and the lyrics $3,000 to $30,000. The three-song electric set at the Newport Folk Festival in Rhode Island saw a 24-year-old Dylan evolve from folk-protest singer into an enigmatic rock legend.

Rolling Stone described it as one of the most notable events in music history, but his folk fans were furious. "I did this very crazy thing," Dylan said at the time. "I didn't know what was going to happen, but they certainly booed, I'll tell you that. You could hear it all over the place." The guitar and lyrics are in the possession of a daughter of the pilot who flew the private jet used by Dylan and his band in the months after the performance.

In 2011, it was submitted to US television program "History Detectives" and verified as genuine. The guitar, which was also used during recording sessions for his album "Bringing It all Back Home", comes with its case and original black leather strap. Born Robert Allen Zimmerman, in 1941 in Duluth, Minnesota, Dylan was the voice of a generation and a giant in the history of American music.

He taught himself music and changed his name, reportedly after the Welsh poet Dylan Thomas.

Singapore threatened over Internet freedom

A person claiming to speak for activist hacker group Anonymous on Thursday threatened to "go to war" with Singapore by attacking its financial infrastructure to protest recent licensing rules for news websites.

"We demand you reconsider the regulations of your framework or we will be forced to go to war with you," a male voice said as a person hiding behind a mask appeared in a clip posted on video-sharing site YouTube. "Everytime you deprive a citizen his right to information, we will cause you financial loss by aggressive cyber intrusion," said the speaker. 

The video was taken off YouTube by early evening after Singapore media reported on the threat, but other sites had copied it by then. The voice in the video clip, which lasted for three minutes and 42 seconds, said Singapore's cyber security defence network would be unable to stop the attack. It said the "primary objective" of posting the video clip was to "protest the Internet licensing framework" imposed by the government.

While the hacker was speaking, a protest slogan was flashed on the screen saying: "I oppose censorship and support a free and open internet." Under the new rules imposed on June 1, websites with at least 50,000 unique visitors from Singapore every month that publish at least one local news article per week over a period of two months must obtain an annual licence.

Websites granted a licence will have to remove "prohibited content" such as articles that undermine "racial or religious harmony" within 24 hours of being notified by Singapore's media regulator, the Media Development Authority has said. The new rules have sparked anger in the city-state's robust blogging and social media community which has accused the government of a lack of consultation and raised fears the regulations are aimed at muzzling free expression.

Blogs and social media have gained popularity as alternative sources of news and opinion in Singapore, where mainstream newspapers are perceived to be pro-government. In June, around 2,000 Singaporeans led by local bloggers attended a rally to protest against the rules. Over 130 bloggers in the island-state also organised an Internet blackout in which they replaced their Facebook homepages with black screens featuring the words "#FreeMyInternet".

In the YouTube post on Thursday, the hacker urged Singaporeans to black out their Facebook profile pictures on November 5. Singapore authorities have said the new rules provide clarity on existing standards for Internet content, and do not impinge on Internet freedom.

TRIO ADIK-BERADIK, JONAS BROTHERS AKHIRNYA SAH DIBUBARKAN

Kumpulan pop rock yang pernah mencetuskan kegilaan remaja di seluruh dunia satu ketika dahulu, Jonas Brothers akhirnya mengumumkan secara rasmi yang kumpulan mereka telah pun dibubarkan. Trio adik-beradik yang dianggotai oleh Kevin, Nick dan Joe itu telah mengambil keputusan untuk membubarkan kumpulan tersebut dan mengumumkan mereka akan muncul secara solo selepas ini.

Dalam satu kenyataan mereka kepada media, Kevin yang mewakili adik-adiknya berkata, mereka mahu membina kerjaya solo namun mengakui bukan mudah untuk berpisah sebagai sebuah kumpulan. “Kumpulan ini telah pun berpisah walaupun sukar untuk kami membuat keputusan itu kerana sebelum ini kami berkongsi segala-galanya," katanya kepada majalah People.

Kumpulan yang berasal dari New Jersey, Amerika Syarikat ini telah membuat kemunculan pertama pada tahun 2005 dan telah melancarkan tiga buah album iaitu It's All About Time, A Little Bit Longer dan Lines, Vines and Trying Times. Mereka telah mencetuskan fenomena tersendiri sepanjang mencipta nama menerusi saluran kanak-kanak, Disney Channel. Pada tahun 2008, mereka muncul di layar perak buat pertama kali menerusi filem Camp Rock disusuli dengan sekuel filem itu, Camp Rock 2.

MENCARUT, INIKAH JAWAPAN SOALAN ZIZAN TERHADAP ADIRA?

Pada konsert ketujuh #AF2013, pengacara Zizan Razak telah bertanya kepada Adira, siapakah yang membawanya hadir ke konsert pada malam itu? Agak terkesima juga Admin mendengar jawapan Adira yang mengatakan pertanyaan tersebut sebagai mencarut. 

Sepatutnya, Adira kena tahu bahasa yang digunakan kerana #AF2013 ditonton oleh semua lapisan masyarakat. Dalam pada itu, Admin tertanya mengapa sebenarnya Adira mengatakan Zizan mencarut terhadapnya. Yang penting, Admin yakin bahawa Zizan hanya perli Adira yang sering digosipkan dengan ramai artis lelaki. Yang mengejutkan Admin, ada suara berbisik mengatakan Adira hadir bersama Hafiz malam itu. Huh betul ke? Tapi kalau betul tak salahkan?

Tanda tanya ini terhasil apabila ada gambar Hafiz dan Adira yang membuatkan peminat kurang senang. Dalam gambar berkenaan, Hafiz telah memeluk Adira dengan mesranya. Dari gambar tersebut, mungkin benar Hafiz dan Adira datang ke konsert bersama Ahad lalu. Atau mungkin jua mereka sudah menjalin cinta semula selepassebelum ini berpisah bukan kerana pertelingkahan.

Yang pastinya, Admin berharap Hafiz berhati-hati dalam bergambar. Satu gambar memberikan seribu makna. Adira pula kena menjaga batas untuk bergambardengan lelaki.

ADMIN: Apa kes pemain bola sepak kebangsaan yang sukakan Adira tu?

GAMBAR MESRA, SHILA AMZAH DAN JOHAN AS'ARI TIDAK BERSELINDUNG LAGI

Sebelum ini sama ada penyanyi, Shila Amzah mahu pun pelakon Johan As`ari telah beberapa kali berkeras menafikan hubungan cinta mereka, malah mereka berdua akui hanya berkawan dan tidak lebih dari itu Namun, sejak akhir-akhir ini, Admin tengok di laman sosial Instagram milik Shila Amzah atau Johan As`ari, kedua-duanya rancak memuat naik gambar mesra mereka bersama.

Mereka seolah-olah lebih terbuka untuk mendedahkan hubungan baik mereka yang dikatakan hanya berkawan itu. Malah ada peminat dan follower mereka di Instagram itu seronok lihat mereka bersama dan berharap agar hubungan mereka boleh kekal hingga ke jinjang pelamin. Maknanya, bukan Admin sahajalah yang nampak mereka berdua seperti pasangan kekasih tetapi peminat dan follower mereka sendiri lihat mereka seperti pasangan sejoli yang tidak dapat dipisahkan lagi.

Tapi mengapa kedua-duanya masih tidak mengaku bercinta apabila ditanya media? Adakah Shila Amzah mahu menggunakan pendekatan yang sama dengan pelakon Nora Danish dan Nadeem? Yelah pasangan ini pun tidak mahu mengaku mereka bercinta tetapi hanya meluahkan rasa cinta mereka di Instagram. Terbaru, Admin lihat Shila Amzah mesra pergi menonton wayang dengan Johan, tetapi mereka tidak berdua kerana kelihatan seperti bersama ibu bapa masing-masing dan juga beberapa rakan artis.

Paling sweet, Johan sendiri memuat foto dia dan casing barunya pemberian Shila Amzah. Dalam entri foto itu Johan ucapkan terima kasih di atas pemberian itu. Shila juga kerap memuat naik foto Johan dan tak kurang juga foto-foto bersama, tindakannya itu membuatkan peminat lagi gembira melihat hubungan mesra mereka.

Faizal Ismail Bersara-16 Nov Tarikh Akhir

Penyampai radio Hot FM, Faizal Ismail atau FBI mengakui bakal bersara dalam bidang penyampaian radio secara serius. Pun begitu, Faizal menafikan telah membuat notis 24 jam kepada pihak pengurusan sebaliknya dia bakal bertugas secara sepenuh masa sehingga 16 November ini.

“Saya bukan notis 24 jam. Tapi saya telah membuat notis berkenaan pada 24 Oktober. Mungkin disebabkan angka itu ada wujudnya salah faham. Apapun, saya bakal mengakhiri kerja sepenuh masa saya sebagai penyampai radio pada 16 November ini. “Sungguhpun saya sudah meletakkan jawatan di sini, pihak pengurusan masih lagi memberi peluang kepada saya untuk menjadi penyampai hujung minggu.

Selepas ini, saya mahu lebih fokus dengan syarikat saya iaitu FBI Entertainment,” katanya. Dalam pada itu, Faizal turut menolak dakwaan yang mengatakan keputusan ini dibuat kerana dia memperoleh tawaran dari stesen radio yang lain. “Saya berhenti bukan sebab dapat tawaran dari radio lain. Sejujurnya, saya sudah dua tahun simpan hasrat ini. 

“Selama ini, saya hanya berkongsi hasrat ini dengan isteri saya saja. Terus-terang, saya perlukan fikirkan mengenai kerjaya saya pada masa akan datang. “Lagi pun, saya bukannya jenis suka duduk selesa dengan apa yang ada pada saya sekarang. Saya tidak mahu terperangkap dengan keselesaan ini,” jelasnya. Sementara itu, Faizal menegaskan dia hanya akan bersara dalam bidang penyampaian radio tetapi bukan bidang pengacaraan TV. 

“Saya berhenti di radio tetapi tidak di TV. Saya masih lagi terus jadi pengacara TV selagi ada permintaan. Skop kerja hos dan DJ sepenuh masa amat berbeza. “Sejujurnya, saya mahu lebih fokus jadi pengacara TV dan mahu memperbaiki mutu persembahan pengacaraan saya. “Apapun, dalam masa terdekat ini saya tidak akan kembali sebagai penyampai radio. Saya dah buat keputusan yang tidak akan berubah. Sekarang saya rasa lega dan dalam masa yang sama saya terhutang budi,” ujarnya.

IZZUE ISLAM NAFI ANAK EMAS SHOWBIZ PRODUCTIONS

Nama Izzue Islam semakin hari semakin sinonim dengan dunia lakonan apabila melihat kepada kegigihan dan usaha yang dilakukan ahli kumpulan Forteen itu untuk mengasah bakatnya dalam bidang tersebut. Setelah drama dan filem, baru-baru ini dia baru sahaja melibatkan diri dengan teater menerusi pementasan Maduku Kalut. 

Selepas Hantu Kapcai yang diterbitkan Showbiz Productions menjadi antara filem yang menaikkan nama Izzue Islam dalam bidang lakonan, dia bakal muncul di layar perak dalam tiga filem terbitan syarikat produksi yang sama penghujung tahun ini. Timbul desas desus mengatakan bahawa Izzue Islam dikatakan anak emas kepada Showbiz Productions dek kerana bakal tampil dalam tiga filem terbitan syarikat tersebut. “Ini sebenarnya kebetulan yang memihak kepada saya apabila filem lakonan saya akan ditayang secara berturut-turut.

Saya bersyukur dengan rezeki yang dikurniakan kepada saya ini,” jelas Izzue yang ditemui ketika majlis doa selamat serta perlancaran 3 filem tersebut di GSC Pavilion baru-baru ini. “Filem-filem ini diarahkan oleh 3 pengarah berbeza dan saya berpeluang menimba pelbagai ilmu. Isu anak emas itu saya harapkan tiada kerana tawaran yang saya terima itu adalah daripada pengarah. Lagipun saya menghadiri casting yang dijalankan dan bukannya nama saya dipilih oleh sesiapa. Saya tidak mahu persepsi diberikan begitu kepada saya.,” jelasnya 

“Begitu juga hal dengan Forteen di mana saya masih bersama mereka dan kami akan tampil dengan album serta mini showcase buat peminat pada awal tahun hadapan,” ucap Izzue Islam lagi. Tiga filem lakonan Izzue tersebut adalah Hantu Tok Mudim, Ular dan Chikaro yang masing-masing akan menemui penonton pada 21 November serta 5 dan 26 Disember depan.

DATUK RAHIM RAZALI SELAMAT JALANI PEMBEDAHAN OTAK

Pelakon Datuk Rahim Razali, 71, selamat menjalani pembedahan bagi membuang pendarahan dalam otaknya kira-kira pukul 8 pagi tadi di Pusat Perubatan Sunway di sini.

Laporan mStar Online memetik, anak kepada seniman itu, Nadia Rahim, 41, berkata, pembedahan tersebut dijalankan selama sejam lebih dan bapanya kini ditempatkan di High Dependency Unit (HDU) iaitu tempat pesakit kritikal yang memerlukan pemerhatian selepas menjalani pembedahan. Nadia dalam kenyataannya mengucapkan syukur ke hadrat Allah kerana ayahnya telah selamat menjalani pembedahan dan ia mengambil proses selama sejam lebih.

Dia kini ditempatkan di HDU. Dia ketika dihubungi sedang dalam perjalanan ke hospital untuk melawat ayahnya yang ketika itu sedang ditemani ibunya, pagi tadi. Rahim dimasukkan ke Pusat Perubatan Sunway pada Ahad lalu selepas mengalami sakit kepala ketika menjalani penggambaran rancangan sukan terbitan Astro Arena di Kuantan, Pahang sehingga terpaksa di bawa pulang ke Kuala Lumpur.

Selepas dihantar ke pusat perubatan itu oleh keluarga, pihak hospital terpaksa menahan Rahim apabila ujian sinar X mendapati terdapat kesan darah pada otaknya dikenali sebagai subdural hemorrhage yang perlu dibedah segera.