Jennifer Lopez Wants Her Own Reality Show

 Jennifer Lopez was recently named People magazine's Most Beautiful Person of This Year That Isn't Even Close To Being Over Yet, and the cover article profiled how she's not a drop of hand sanitizer different than any other mother of three year-old twins who says "staying beautiful is part of the job." Noticeably absent from the magazine's profile of just how BEAUTIFUL Lopez's life is (which seems to only consist of bonding with her son by painting his toe nails blue and letting her daughter pick out her mother's wardrobe) were details of her professional successes, of which there are many: she has a clothing line, a fragrance, a television production company called Nuyorican Productions that she co-founded with Benny Medina, an acting career, a judge's seat on American Idol, and an unmistakably BEAUTIFUL restaurant in Pasadena, California.

But it's starting to look like Lopez plans on expanding her BEAUTIFUL empire even more, as EW is reporting that she would like to build her own reality show. She has already partnered up with Idol producer Simon Fuller to search for a network that would air her very own series called Que Viva, where viewers would watch as Lopez and her husband Marc Antony travel around Latin America in search of finding musically gifted individuals.

In terms of her American Idol commitments, Lopez's contract requires that she keep judging, BEAUTIFULLY, MIGHT I ADD, for the rest of the season. It's likely producers will want her to sign on for another year (even though this season's ratings are somewhat lower than last year), but since Lopez and Fuller are both spearheading Que Viva, Fuller is probably more than willing to work out an agreement where Lopez can appear on both shows. The question is whether or not she can dart back and forth between South America and Los Angeles BEAUTIFULLY.

Travis London’s Healthy Chic Eat of the Week

Travis London is all about eating and living well — the healthy and chic way — and now each week he’ll be sharing tips and recipes right here on OKmagazine.com. This week, Travis shares his recipe for ceviche.

EVERYDAY MEXICAN LOW-CALORIE SHRIMP AND CITRUS CEVICHE

(Serves 4)

Ingredients:

1 lb. small cooked shrimp, peeled and deveined

1/3 cup fresh-squeezed organic lime juice

1/4 tsp. salt

Michael Jackson doctor trial jury to see death photos

 

Lawyers for Dr Murray, shown in 2010, have suggested Jackson gave himself the lethal dose

Autopsy room images of late pop legend Michael Jackson can be shown to jurors at the trial of the doctor accused of causing his death, a judge has ruled.

Los Angeles Judge Michael Pastor sided with prosecutors who said the photos would show the star was healthy before he died in June 2009 of an overdose of a powerful surgical anaesthetic.

Dr Conrad Murray has pleaded not guilty to involuntary manslaughter.

He had been treating the singer for insomnia.

In one image to be shown to the jury, the singer's dead body is seen laid out on a coroner's examination table in a hospital gown. In another he is naked but with parts of his body obscured.

"Although they are tragic, they are not gruesome or gory," said Deputy District Attorney David Walgren.

Concert film

Google fined $5m over Linux patent row

By Maggie Shiels Technology reporter, BBC News, Silicon Valley

 

The past 14 months have seen 41 patent infringement allegations levelled at Google's Android software

 

 

A judgement by a Texas jury against Google could have major implications for the search giant and the open source world said experts.

The internet titan was found guilty of infringing a patent related to the Linux kernel and fined $5m (£3.2m).

The software is used by Google for its server platforms and could also extend to its Android mobile platform.

The kernel is at the core of the open-source operating system meaning this verdict could be far-reaching.

Mel Gibson plays down Hangover 'snub'

 

Gibson had not previously spoken about last year's much-reported events

Actor Mel Gibson has played down the loss of a cameo role in the sequel to comedy hit The Hangover, saying he was not "greatly offended" to be dropped.

"It seemed like a good idea at the time and it went south," he told US website Deadline. "You have to let that go."

Director Todd Phillips had planned to cast Gibson as a tattoo artist but reconsidered because he did not have his cast and crew's "full support".

Gibson, 55, is set to return to the big screen in comedy drama The Beaver.

"I like Todd. How could you not like Todd?" said the actor of The Hangover director. "He's smart and he's gifted and so are the other people in the film.

"You just move on and go okay. I'm not greatly offended by it."

Last month the Braveheart star pleaded no contest to a misdemeanour battery charge after a fight with his then-girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva in 2010.

Recordings of Gibson purportedly arguing with Ms Grigorieva were posted on the internet last year.

In the interview, the actor and director claimed the tapes had been edited and had been part of "an irrationally heated discussion at the height of a breakdown".

"It's one terribly, awful moment in time, said to one person, in the span of one day," he is quoted as saying, adding that his widely reported comments did not "represent what I truly believe".

"The whole experience has been most unfortunate," he continued, adding that he "could easily not act again" in future.

Directed by Gibson's one-time co-star Jodie Foster, The Beaver is to be screened out of competition at the Cannes Film Festival next month.

The film, about a troubled family man who communicates with people by using a beaver hand puppet, will be released in the UK on 17 June.

Early voting begins in Canada ahead of general election

 

Stephen Harper's party currently holds a substantial lead in opinion polls

Early voting has begun in Canada, ahead of the 2 May election to select a new federal government.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper's Conservative Party holds a wide lead over rivals, recent polling suggests.

A Nanos Research survey of about 1,000 voters put the Conservatives on 37.8%, the Liberals on 26.7% and the New Democratic Party on 23.7%.

Mr Harper's minority government was forced into an election after a non-confidence vote in parliament.

Police investigate Charlie Sheen's high-speed escort

 

Actor Charlie Sheen arrives for his performance in Washington DC

Police in Washington DC are investigating who authorised a controversial high-speed police escort for actor Charlie Sheen.

He was apparently escorted from an airport outside the city to his stage show, Violent Torpedo of Truth: Defeat is Not an Option, on Tuesday.

Police chief Cathy Lanier told a local TV station the escort appeared to violate department policy.

Chilean rescuers search volcano after US tip-off

Chilean rescue teams are searching an Andean volcano for two tourists who got into trouble and raised the alarm by dialling an emergency number in the US.

The tourists - an Italian woman and a Czech man - used a satellite phone to send their map co-ordinates to the rescue response centre in Texas.

Snowstorms have hampered the rescue, on the slopes of the Quetrupillan volcano, near the lakeside resort town of Pucon.

The area, near the Argentine border, is popular with adventure tourists.

The tourists, Anna Lombardo and Phillip Kunk, entered the national park where the volcano is located on Monday, planning to walk along a trail that should take five days.

Staff at the emergency response centre in Texas have been relaying the information they receive to the Chilean authorities, so they can co-ordinate rescue efforts on the ground.

The tourists are believed to be on the south side of the 2,360m (7,750ft) tall volcano.

Man dies after police use Taser at Universal Studios

A man who was causing a disturbance outside Universal Studios in Florida died after being shocked with a Taser stun gun by off-duty police, US authorities have said.

Adam Spencer Johnson, 33, was said to have been acting irrationally when the five officers approached, police said.

The officers used a stun gun because Johnson was "violently" resisting arrest, said Sgt Barb Jones.

Mr Johnson became unresponsive on the ground and was later pronounced dead.

The off-duty officers responded to a call from a security guard at Universal Studios early on Friday morning about a man acting irrationally outside the Cinemax theatres in the city of Orlando.

"He was kind of pacing around, grabbing his beard, grabbing his head and hair, and they were trying to get a hold of him. He was being disorderly," said Sgt Jones, of the Orlando Police Department.

One officer shocked Mr Johnson with a Taser stun gun, before placing him under arrest.

Police said they immediately tried to revive Mr Johnson when he became unresponsive. He was later declared dead at Dr Phillips Hospital.

All officers involved in the incident with Mr Johnson, who was a resident of Winter Haven, are being placed on administrative leave during the investigation.

US oil spill: Transocean 'contributed' to Gulf disaster

 

Deepwater Horizon owner Transocean was drilling

an oil well for BP when the explosion occurred

A lax safety culture and poorly working kit aboard the Deepwater Horizon oil rig contributed to last year's explosion, the US Coast Guard says.

In a report on the incident, which killed 11 and caused a massive spill, the agency criticised the practices and training of rig owner Transocean.

It said equipment was poorly maintained and alarms and automatic shutdown systems did not work properly.

A Transocean spokesman on Friday rejected the findings.

In a 288-page report released just over a year after the accident, the Coast Guard found actions by Transocean and the oil rig crew hindered their ability to prevent or contain the disaster.

"Deepwater Horizon and its owner, Transocean, had serious safety management system failures and a poor safety culture," the report said.

"Collectively, this record raises serious questions whether Transocean's safety culture was a factor that contributed to the disaster."

'Lax oversight'

Transocean spokesman Brian Kennedy told the Associated Press that the Coast Guard had inspected the Deepwater Horizon seven months before the blowout and deemed it in compliance with safety standards.

"We strongly disagree with - and documentary evidence in the Coast Guard's possession refutes - key findings in this report," he said in a statement.

Overnight on 20 April 2010, Transocean's Deepwater Horizon burst into flames while drilling a well for BP.

In the months that followed, more than 200 million gallons (780 million litres) of oil flowed in the Gulf of Mexico from the well, soiling hundreds of miles of coastline in the worst US oil spill in history.

The Coast Guard also cited lax oversight by the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the nation in the Pacific where Transocean had registered the rig.

It said national regulators had effectively "abdicated" their inspection responsibilities by contracting them out to third parties.

Crew 'complacent'

The Coast Guard report said evidence indicated the explosion occurred when electrical equipment ignited a cloud of flammable gas that had flowed up from the well.

It said electrical equipment may have been incapable of preventing ignition, and cited a 2010 inspection audit that found some equipment on board was in "bad condition" and was "seriously corroded".

"Because of these deficiencies, there is no assurance that the electrical equipment was safe and could not have caused the explosions," the Coast Guard said.

Among other contributing shortcomings, the report found:

• Gas detectors on the oil rig were not set up to shut down the flow from the well automatically in an emergency, nor to shut down the air flow into the rig's engine room
• Audible alarms on some gas detectors had been turned off to avoid disturbing the crew with false alarms
• The rig's fire-fighting system depended on electricity to power water pumps and was rendered useless when the explosions caused a loss of power
• Rig crew had become complacent following routine fire drills from which drilling crew were sometimes excused
• The crew had not held training drills on how to respond to a well blowout requiring rig evacuation

On Wednesday, the first anniversary of the explosion, BP sued Transocean for $40bn (£24.37bn) in damages in an attempt to defray the oil firm's tens of billions of dollars in liabilities associated with clean-up and compensation.

In federal court in New Orleans, BP said safety systems on Transocean's Deepwater Horizon rig had failed. BP also sued the maker of the rig's blowout preventer, alleging the device failed to stop the huge oil spill that followed the explosion.

Transocean has also demanded court judgements against BP and other companies.

Florida shooting suspect charged with earlier firearm act

 

Shawn Tyson is being held in a county jail without bond (bail)

 

The 16-year-old suspect arrested over the murders of two British tourists shot dead in Florida has been charged with an earlier firearm offence.

Shawn Tyson is accused of firing into a car on 7 April and has been charged with five counts of aggravated assault with a firearm without intent to kill.

He was charged as an adult and ordered to remain in custody without bond.

He is also expected to be charged with murdering James Cooper, of Warwick, and James Kouzaris, from Northampton.

Mr Kouzaris, 24, had been staying with the family of his university friend Mr Cooper, 25, in Longboat Key, about 12 miles away from where their bodies were found.

They were discovered lying 50ft apart in a housing estate in the Newtown area of Sarasota city.

US prosecutors have said they intend to charge the 16-year-old as an adult in connection with the deaths of the two ex-Sheffield University students.

A court hearing for the firearm charges was held in Sarasota County Jail on Friday.

Lindsay Lohan ordered jailed for 120 days

 

The violation stems from an alleged theft from a jewellery store in January

 

Lindsay Lohan has been sentenced to 120 days in jail for violating probation on a 2007 drink-driving conviction.

US confirms first Predator strike in Libya

 

The US military has confirmed the first strike by an unmanned Predator drone aircraft in Libya.

The Pentagon did not provide details of the target, but said that it occurred in the early afternoon local time.

Tennessee woman resuscitated after heart stops at Lady Gaga concert

A Lady Gaga concert turned into a medical emergency for one Tennessee woman.

(CNN) -- A long awaited night out at a Lady Gaga concert turned into a nightmare for a 33-year-old Tennessee woman, whose heart was restarted after stopping for five minutes when she went into cardiac arrest.

McCain pushes heavier U.S. involvement in Libya

McCain urges help for Libyan rebels

 

Benghazi, Libya (CNN) -- Libyan opposition leaders received a major morale boost Friday when a top U.S. senator made a surprise visit to the rebel stronghold of Benghazi and urged greater American involvement in the bloody campaign to oust strongman Moammar Gadhafi.
The visit from Sen. John McCain, R-Arizona, came a day after the United States said it was deploying predator drones to Libya.
McCain said the drones would increase NATO's capability in the war-torn North African country, but not enough to make up a shortfall in assets needed to break a "significant degree of stalemate."
He said he was against U.S. troops on the ground -- echoing Obama administration policy -- but argued that Western powers need to do more to "facilitate" the delivery of weapons and training for the rebels.
"We have prevented the worst outcome in Libya," McCain told reporters. "Now we need to increase our support so that the Libyan people can achieve the only satisfactory outcome to this mass protest for universal rights -- the end of Gadhafi's rule and the beginning of a peaceful and inclusive transition to democracy that will benefit all Libyans."
 

3 dead in airstrike at Gadhafi's compound

McCain: Western powers must do more for Libya

Tripoli, Libya (CNN) -- An airstrike Saturday hit a parking lot outside the compound in central Tripoli of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, killing three people, a government spokesman said.

Musa Ibrahim said he had no information about the identities of the dead in the attack on the compound, called Bab el-Azizia.

The attack, presumably from NATO forces, came shortly after Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Khaim announced that Libya's army will withdraw from the besieged coastal city of Misrata and allow tribal leaders to attempt to deal with the rebels.

"The situation in Misrata will be eased and will be dealt with by the tribes surrounding Misrata," Khaim told reporters. "You will see how they will be swift and quick and fast."

He added that the residents of Libya's third-largest city have been in the grip of the conflict.

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AT&T’s Fake 4G Phones May Actually Get Real 4G Soon

Brian Barrett It's been well documented that AT&T's 4G phones aren't just slow—their upload speeds are often slower than its 3G network. So what happened to that extra G? Turns out it's not the network itself that's borked; it's the phones. AT&T has intentionally crippled the Motorola Atrix and HTC Inspire—the carrier's only fourth-gen network phones—by actively disabling the handsets' HSUPA capability. Gross. But there may be sweet relief coming soon.
AT&T says that they'll activate HSUPA in the Inspire and Atrix in April with a software update, according to Wired, and that the Samsung Infuse 4G will launch with HSUPA turned on. Why the delay at all? They're apparently performing "the testing and preparations necessary" for people to enjoy the HSUPA experience.
Just to reiterate: the Atrix and Inspire are presumably fully capable of achieving the 5.5+ Mbps speeds promised by HUSPA, but until AT&T flips that switch they're stuck with an embarrassing 300 Kbps upload speed. It's great that 4G may be fully functional soon! Both both phones have been advertised and sold since launch as 4G devices. And it's not like AT&T warns people in advance that their fancy new 4G handset may well be slower than their old one.
It's true that the definition of 4G is a moving target, essentially a slightly different fabrication told by each carrier. But being HSUPA-capable doesn't make a phone 4G if that HSUPA is disabled. You know what other devices are HSUPA-ready? The iPhone 4. iPad 2. And no one's slapping a 4G label on them.
When I buy a loaf of bread, I don't expect to see a lump of raw dough in the bag. And that's what AT&T's selling right now: "4G" phones that are half-baked, at best. [Wired]

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What Is Google +1?

Google is introducing a new feature in Google search results today: +1. But what is it? A new social network? A social thingy? A social search engine? Is it even social?

It's a simple way to Like Google search results...

When you're signed into your Google account, every Google search result will now have a +1 icon next to it (right now you have to activate in Google Experimental). If you find the search result useful or just enjoy the linked site, you hit the +1 icon. Google says by +1-ing a result you're giving it a recommendation, a stamp of approval. More +1's on a result means the site is more interesting.

...and is definitely social...

You can see what your friends +1'd which ideally lends more credence to a particular search result. Since Google displays so many sites, these little +1's will help you sift out the crappy ones (if you didn't banish them already). Imagine if your best friend found a link interesting and +1'd it. When you stumble upon that in the future, you're probably going to click it.

...but isn't a social network...

When the Google +1 project first started (as Google Me), it was billed to be Google's Facebook killer. Clearly, it's not. The +1 system works more like Likes in Facebook or Diggs in Digg, meaning to say it's a bare bones simple way to show that you like something. That's good! Google became the king of search because it was simple. +1 is simple.

...that will help Google target ads better...

You can also +1 ad's, which combined with the data of your usual +1s of search results, will let Google learn more about you and better target their ads. It's sort of like data research masked as a feature, like when Google offered free Google 411s to improve their voice recognition software, Google +1 improves their ad delivery system.

...and will eventually grow bigger...

Google isn't done with +1 yet. They've learned from previous mistakes in Google Buzz and Google Wave where they dug a grave for those products by overhyping them. This time, by starting small with a simple +1 icon only available on Google search results, they can quietly go about their business and slowly add to it (like +1-ing directly from a website, from Chrome, from apps etc.).

...but won't change the way you use Google. Yet.

Google +1 is another sign that Google wants to evolve into a more social search engine. All those +1's they keep track of will not only help Google make their searches better, but also make them more relevant to your social circle. As the Internet gets clotted in cobwebs, having friends personally +1 the best sites keeps Google from falling too far behind Facebook and Twitter in social sharing. [Google +1]