Wednesday, February 25, 2009

"sLuMdOg miLLioNaiRe ruLes"

This is one of my favorite movies that made me think that it couldn't really happen in real life but this movie gives inspiration to all people that money is not the real important thing in this world and that it's a wonder love can make the world go round. Hehe. I really love the way the movie goes on and it gave me also the impression that miracles can really happen in this life and that we must all struggle in life in order to be blessed. This movie was based upon the book "Q & A" or question and answer I guess. Hehe. As what I've known from this movie a while ago. This movie "Slumdog Millionaire" won 8 Academy Awards out of 10 nominations from it and I'm very happy for them because they really deserve it but despite of the film's success, it is the subject of controversy concerning its portrayals of Indians and Hinduism as well as the welfare of its child actors but as time goes on, I know that this controversy will not last and will vanish in no time because the controversy of it can't be compared to the greatness and achievements of the film.

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Manny Pacquiao and Ricky Hatton Fight..

Details of Hatton-Pacquiao fight close to finalization

It's just a matter of time until a Ricky Hatton-Manny Pacquiao megafight is finalized.

"I think we're there. We're just mopping up little details," Top Rank's Bob Arum, Pacquiao's promoter, told ESPN.com by phone Friday. "My guy is on board. I think everybody is on board. I am very upbeat."

Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer, the promoter of Hatton, echoed Arum's sentiments, saying, "The conversations are coming along nicely. I talked to Ray Hatton [Ricky's father] and my hope is that we can finalize everything before the end of the year. I feel pretty good about it." If the bout is finalized, it will take place May 2 on pay-per-view, Schaefer and Arum said. They said the bout likely would take place in Las Vegas, neutral territory roughly halfway between Hatton's home country of England and Pacquiao's native Philippines. "But there are competing interests in Vegas," Arum said. "We can make a deal with different entities to have it at the Thomas & Mack Center or the MGM Grand. We will explore what the best deal is."

Hatton (45-1, 32 KOs), the junior welterweight world champion, would defend his 140-pound title against Pacquiao, the pound-for-pound king who on Dec. 6 dominated Oscar De La Hoya en route to an eighth-round TKO in a welterweight fight at the MGM Grand.

Pacquiao (48-3-2, 36 KOs), who holds a lightweight belt, jumped up two weight divisions to meet De La Hoya, but will drop down one division to challenge Hatton, who defended his title with an 11th-round TKO of Paulie Malignaggi on Nov. 22, also at the MGM.

Schaefer said the goal of both companies is just to make the biggest and best fights possible. The fight would be just the latest collaboration between Golden Boy and Top Rank after they settled a variety of lawsuits against each other, including one over Pacquiao's promotional rights. "Bob and I had a very nice meeting before the press conference [two weeks ago] to announce the Antonio Margarito-Shane Mosley fight and we laid out some plans for next year," Schaefer said. "Bob wants to put together the biggest fights and I want to do the same. We both want to do events, big events, which really capture the imagination of sports fans. Hatton-Pacquiao would certainly do that. They are two of the most popular fighters in the world and also two of the very best."

According to: http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=3782345#