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As per E!OnLine
Saturday Night Live parting ways with Horatio Sanz, Chris Parnell and Finesse Mitchell, NBC confirmed Wednesday. The 32nd season of the show kicks off Sept. 30, with host Dane Cook, musical guest The Killers and...whoever else is left.
I thought this was amazing...
Sky News is reporting Top Gear's Richard Hammond was:
"...reportedly driving a jet-powered Vampire car when it overturned. Mr Hammond was said to have been reaching speeds of up to 280mph as the accident happened."
The Vampire, sponsored by the Swedish company Thule, weighs 2,200 lbs, is 30 feet long and drinks 7-10 gallons of fuel per mile (depending on the speed). The jet-car accelerates from 0 to 272 mph in six seconds and is powered by a Rolls Royce Orpheus jet engine and is theoretically capable of 370mph. The Vampire holds the "Outright British Land Speed Record" with a blistering fast 300.3mph. Sky News continues with some first hand accounts of the accident after the jump.
"Firefighter Dave Ogden, who witnessed the crash, told Sky News that the 36-year-old presenter was able to speak as he was taken out of the wreckage of the car.
Inspector Mike Thompson, of North Yorkshire Police, said officers were dealing with the incident at the airfield northeast of York where the filming was taking place.
He said: "At 5.45pm this evening we received a report via the fire service of a male person trapped in what was described as an overturned jet car which had been driven on the airfield.
"The male occupant has received serious injuries and has been airlifted to hospital at Leeds."
And this was hilarious...
Lessons in keeping the missus busy, from the LA Times, Monday, September 18:
[Rupert Murdoch's wife Wendi] Deng's effect on Murdoch also should not be underestimated. After News Corp. purchased DirecTV in 2003, Deng, who is of Chinese descent, hired feng shui experts to rid the El Segundo headquarters of bad vibes. Murdoch had installed a new president, but the feng shui experts considered his office overlooking the ocean and the mountains unlucky, given his date of birth. So he was moved to an office with a view of a parking garage and a sewage treatment plant. The chief financial officer was forced to give up an office with an adjoining bathroom because the feng shui experts concluded that DirecTV's profit, which had been negligible, was being sucked down the toilet.
From the Financial Times, today:
"We have to make MySpace a very Chinese site," Mr Murdoch said at a media conference organised by Goldman Sachs. "I have sent my wife across there because she understands the language."
News Corp. Plans MySpace In China [FT]
That's all for now!
As per E!OnLine
Saturday Night Live parting ways with Horatio Sanz, Chris Parnell and Finesse Mitchell, NBC confirmed Wednesday. The 32nd season of the show kicks off Sept. 30, with host Dane Cook, musical guest The Killers and...whoever else is left.
I thought this was amazing...
Sky News is reporting Top Gear's Richard Hammond was:
"...reportedly driving a jet-powered Vampire car when it overturned. Mr Hammond was said to have been reaching speeds of up to 280mph as the accident happened."
The Vampire, sponsored by the Swedish company Thule, weighs 2,200 lbs, is 30 feet long and drinks 7-10 gallons of fuel per mile (depending on the speed). The jet-car accelerates from 0 to 272 mph in six seconds and is powered by a Rolls Royce Orpheus jet engine and is theoretically capable of 370mph. The Vampire holds the "Outright British Land Speed Record" with a blistering fast 300.3mph. Sky News continues with some first hand accounts of the accident after the jump.
"Firefighter Dave Ogden, who witnessed the crash, told Sky News that the 36-year-old presenter was able to speak as he was taken out of the wreckage of the car.
Inspector Mike Thompson, of North Yorkshire Police, said officers were dealing with the incident at the airfield northeast of York where the filming was taking place.
He said: "At 5.45pm this evening we received a report via the fire service of a male person trapped in what was described as an overturned jet car which had been driven on the airfield.
"The male occupant has received serious injuries and has been airlifted to hospital at Leeds."
And this was hilarious...
Lessons in keeping the missus busy, from the LA Times, Monday, September 18:
[Rupert Murdoch's wife Wendi] Deng's effect on Murdoch also should not be underestimated. After News Corp. purchased DirecTV in 2003, Deng, who is of Chinese descent, hired feng shui experts to rid the El Segundo headquarters of bad vibes. Murdoch had installed a new president, but the feng shui experts considered his office overlooking the ocean and the mountains unlucky, given his date of birth. So he was moved to an office with a view of a parking garage and a sewage treatment plant. The chief financial officer was forced to give up an office with an adjoining bathroom because the feng shui experts concluded that DirecTV's profit, which had been negligible, was being sucked down the toilet.
From the Financial Times, today:
"We have to make MySpace a very Chinese site," Mr Murdoch said at a media conference organised by Goldman Sachs. "I have sent my wife across there because she understands the language."
News Corp. Plans MySpace In China [FT]
That's all for now!
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