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Monday, 15 September 2014
Davido nominated for the 2014 MTV European music awards
Davido has been nominated for the 2014 MTV European music awards, in the ‘Best African Act’ category.
He is nominated alongside Goldfish (SA), Diamond.(Tanzania), and Toofan (Togo), while fans have an.opportunity to vote for the fifth nominee (wildcard).
Some of the artistes that can be.voted in are, Tiwa Savage, Gangs of Ballet, Mafikizolo, Sarkodie, and
SautiSol.
The event will be held at The SSE Hydro, Glasgow, United Kingdom, on 9 November 2014.
Davido has also shared the news on his Twitter page
Wednesday, 26 February 2014
NASA confirms 715 planets outside solar system
NASA released this artist's conception of planets that pass in front of the light from the star they orbit. NASA said it had confirmed 715 planets outside our own solar system. / NASA
Suddenly we're rolling in planets.
Wednesday, scientists confirmed discovery of a whopping 715 new planets orbiting stars other than our own sun, nearly doubling the number of such planets on the books. Researchers have trumpeted the discovery of large batches of unconfirmed candidate planets outside the solar system but never before have so many genuine, verified "exoplanets," as they're known, been reported at once.
"What we've been able to do … is strike the mother lode, get a veritable exoplanet bonanza," planetary scientist Jack Lissauer of the NASA Ames Research Center said at a news briefing.
Four of the new planets are in the habitable zone, the narrow band around a star where the temperature on a planet's surface is likely to be warm enough for liquid water. All four are about twice as big across as the Earth. Until now, most of the verified planets outside our solar system were sized more like strapping Jupiter, which is 87,000 miles across, than like shrimpy Earth, which is not quite 8,000.
The new group of planets, all found using data from NASA's Kepler spacecraft, is notable not just for its size but for what it tells us about the other planets beyond our own stellar neighborhood. Most of the new planets, not just those in the habitable zone, are small. Their arrangement seems a little familiar: multiple planets traveling around one star on a flat, circular path.
"That reminds me of something, and that's home," Kepler scientist Jason Rowe of the SETI Institute said at the briefing. "It's interesting to look at the Kepler data set and see all these scaled-down versions of our own solar system."
Researchers were able to announce a huge pack of new planets thanks to better methods for verifying planet candidates. Kepler finds possible planets by looking for stars that dim repeatedly, as if a planet was passing over the star's brilliant face and blocking some of the starlight. Kepler can be fooled by objects that aren't planets, such as pairs of stars that orbit each other and therefore dim periodically.
Usually it takes dozens of observations by some of the world's biggest telescopes to confirm a candidate planet, but a new statistical method allows for quicker, more efficient verification. Studies describing the new method and the new planet tally will be published in upcoming issues of The Astrophysical Journal.
Suddenly we're rolling in planets.
Wednesday, scientists confirmed discovery of a whopping 715 new planets orbiting stars other than our own sun, nearly doubling the number of such planets on the books. Researchers have trumpeted the discovery of large batches of unconfirmed candidate planets outside the solar system but never before have so many genuine, verified "exoplanets," as they're known, been reported at once.
"What we've been able to do … is strike the mother lode, get a veritable exoplanet bonanza," planetary scientist Jack Lissauer of the NASA Ames Research Center said at a news briefing.
Four of the new planets are in the habitable zone, the narrow band around a star where the temperature on a planet's surface is likely to be warm enough for liquid water. All four are about twice as big across as the Earth. Until now, most of the verified planets outside our solar system were sized more like strapping Jupiter, which is 87,000 miles across, than like shrimpy Earth, which is not quite 8,000.
The new group of planets, all found using data from NASA's Kepler spacecraft, is notable not just for its size but for what it tells us about the other planets beyond our own stellar neighborhood. Most of the new planets, not just those in the habitable zone, are small. Their arrangement seems a little familiar: multiple planets traveling around one star on a flat, circular path.
"That reminds me of something, and that's home," Kepler scientist Jason Rowe of the SETI Institute said at the briefing. "It's interesting to look at the Kepler data set and see all these scaled-down versions of our own solar system."
Researchers were able to announce a huge pack of new planets thanks to better methods for verifying planet candidates. Kepler finds possible planets by looking for stars that dim repeatedly, as if a planet was passing over the star's brilliant face and blocking some of the starlight. Kepler can be fooled by objects that aren't planets, such as pairs of stars that orbit each other and therefore dim periodically.
Usually it takes dozens of observations by some of the world's biggest telescopes to confirm a candidate planet, but a new statistical method allows for quicker, more efficient verification. Studies describing the new method and the new planet tally will be published in upcoming issues of The Astrophysical Journal.
Katy Perry and John Mayer Split Again
The pair's "Hot n Cold" romance, which began in June 2012, has chilled once again. According to multiple reports, the "Roar" songstress and the "Paper Doll" singer have ended their romance. E! News says the split, initiated by Perry, took place "within the last few days" after she returned from Europe. Us Weekly reports they had been fighting a lot recently and one issue was her upcoming Prismatic Tour, which has her stressed and will make it difficult for them to see each other.
Neither of the "Who You Love" crooners is speaking out about the split. A spokesperson for Mayer, 36, tells "The Insider With Yahoo," "No comment"; a rep for Perry, 29, says, "As always, we don't comment on her personal life."
The high-profile pair was one of the music world's hottest couples. However, despite their open affection for one another, their relationship wasn't without difficulty.
They quietly started dating in the summer of 2012, but split by Labor Day. The following month they reunited and, during that second shot at love, attended public events together, including President Obama's inauguration and the 2013 Grammys. However, by March it was over again.
During an appearance on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" soon after, Mayer said, "Coupling is a tricky thing."
Perry, who ended a brief marriage to Russell Brand prior to dating Mayer, said that split was related to some issues she needed to work out, which she was able to do and they reunited by June.
"I realized I could lose the person I loved and I had to deal with some things, issues I think a lot of women have," she told Elle U.K. "You can be strong in one aspect of your life but submissive in another. In relationships, it was hard for me to speak up and set boundaries. I think a lot of that was to do with the fear of loss."
With their problems sorted, they started spending time together again and really kicked things up. They released a musical collaboration, "Who You Love," in September, and did a joint interview to perform their love song. In December, she was a surprise guest as his concert in Brooklyn and they performed the duet live.
Mayer said the idea behind the song was best described as, "I love you based on the fact that I've tried to run and I'm not running and I give up."
This year, they've stepped out together for a Grammy party and the Grammy salute to the Beatles concert. They also attended a Hollywood Stands Up to Cancer event on Jan. 28, which was their last red carpet appearance together.
On Valentine's Day, Perry flashed a ring on that finger at Sunset Towers in Los Angeles, sparking rumors that they were engaged. But Perry soon jetted off solo to Europe, where she had a difficult time at Milan Fashion Week. When she returned to the States on Friday, she attended a Miley Cyrus concert at the Staples Center in Los Angeles and shared a smooch with the twerk-loving performer during the show.
With their relationship kaput, it will be the end for Perry's many public proclamations about her beau. The singer, who called him "darling," told Billboard he was a "genius" and she planned to give his brain to science after he died so the world could "understand how all these sparks work.'" She's also called him "incredible," "inspiring," and said she was dating her celebrity crush.
Neither of the "Who You Love" crooners is speaking out about the split. A spokesperson for Mayer, 36, tells "The Insider With Yahoo," "No comment"; a rep for Perry, 29, says, "As always, we don't comment on her personal life."
The high-profile pair was one of the music world's hottest couples. However, despite their open affection for one another, their relationship wasn't without difficulty.
They quietly started dating in the summer of 2012, but split by Labor Day. The following month they reunited and, during that second shot at love, attended public events together, including President Obama's inauguration and the 2013 Grammys. However, by March it was over again.
During an appearance on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" soon after, Mayer said, "Coupling is a tricky thing."
Perry, who ended a brief marriage to Russell Brand prior to dating Mayer, said that split was related to some issues she needed to work out, which she was able to do and they reunited by June.
"I realized I could lose the person I loved and I had to deal with some things, issues I think a lot of women have," she told Elle U.K. "You can be strong in one aspect of your life but submissive in another. In relationships, it was hard for me to speak up and set boundaries. I think a lot of that was to do with the fear of loss."
With their problems sorted, they started spending time together again and really kicked things up. They released a musical collaboration, "Who You Love," in September, and did a joint interview to perform their love song. In December, she was a surprise guest as his concert in Brooklyn and they performed the duet live.
Mayer said the idea behind the song was best described as, "I love you based on the fact that I've tried to run and I'm not running and I give up."
This year, they've stepped out together for a Grammy party and the Grammy salute to the Beatles concert. They also attended a Hollywood Stands Up to Cancer event on Jan. 28, which was their last red carpet appearance together.
On Valentine's Day, Perry flashed a ring on that finger at Sunset Towers in Los Angeles, sparking rumors that they were engaged. But Perry soon jetted off solo to Europe, where she had a difficult time at Milan Fashion Week. When she returned to the States on Friday, she attended a Miley Cyrus concert at the Staples Center in Los Angeles and shared a smooch with the twerk-loving performer during the show.
With their relationship kaput, it will be the end for Perry's many public proclamations about her beau. The singer, who called him "darling," told Billboard he was a "genius" and she planned to give his brain to science after he died so the world could "understand how all these sparks work.'" She's also called him "incredible," "inspiring," and said she was dating her celebrity crush.
Justin jail video shows unsteady walk and appears stumble
Justin Bieber walks unsteadily and even appears to stumble while performing a sobriety test shortly after his January arrest on driving under the influence and other charges, according to police video released Wednesday.
Only a few moments depict Bieber in the roughly 10 hours of video released by Miami-Dade County prosecutors following public records requests from The Associated Press and other news organizations.
The videos were recorded at the Miami Beach Police Department shortly after Bieber and R&B singer Khalil Amir Sharieff were arrested during what officers said was an illegal street drag race in exotic sports cars. They were not charged with drag racing, however.
In one clip, Bieber — dressed in a dark hoodie with the hood over his head, dark baggy shorts and bright red shoes — wavers as he tries to walk carefully and slowly heel to toe. He stumbles slightly as he turns and appears to have his arms out for balance. In a second try he stumbles again, even reaching out to a wall for support, and has an animated face-to-face conversation with a police officer in which both point fingers at each other.
Other brief clips show Bieber being walked through various parts of the police station, and one previously released video depicted the 19-year-old singer being patted down by an officer. None of the videos have any sound.
Bieber and Sharieff are both shown sitting on the floor of a holding cell, then getting up one by one, turning around and being handcuffed behind their backs. Bieber is again wearing his dark hoodie, and in another clip as he is led out of the police station in handcuffs he ducks down low to avoid showing his face.
Sharieff is depicted in other segments, also wearing bright red shoes while he sits quietly in a chair and watches Bieber undergo the sobriety test. At one point the two appear to be talking and Sharieff raises a clenched fist.
Several clips were withheld at the request of Bieber's attorneys, including four segments depicting Bieber urinating into a cup for a drug test. Miami-Dade County Judge William Altfield will review those clips private and plans another hearing next week on whether they will be released.
Bieber has pleaded not guilty to DUI, resisting arrest and driving with an invalid license. Breath tests showed that his blood-alcohol content was below the 0.02 level considered intoxicated for underage drivers, but the urine test found the presence of marijuana and the antidepressant Xanax.
Bieber's attorneys did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment about the videos.
Police reports described Bieber after his arrest as "excited, talkative, profanity, cooperative, insulting, and cocky" and noted that he had a pronounced odor of alcohol on his breath, bloodshot eyes and a flushed face.
Regarding the marijuana, one officer said he noticed a strong smell of the drug while Bieber was sitting in the back of a police car. The officer asked Bieber about it.
"Yeah, we were smoking all night at the studio," the report quotes Bieber as replying.
Only a few moments depict Bieber in the roughly 10 hours of video released by Miami-Dade County prosecutors following public records requests from The Associated Press and other news organizations.
The videos were recorded at the Miami Beach Police Department shortly after Bieber and R&B singer Khalil Amir Sharieff were arrested during what officers said was an illegal street drag race in exotic sports cars. They were not charged with drag racing, however.
In one clip, Bieber — dressed in a dark hoodie with the hood over his head, dark baggy shorts and bright red shoes — wavers as he tries to walk carefully and slowly heel to toe. He stumbles slightly as he turns and appears to have his arms out for balance. In a second try he stumbles again, even reaching out to a wall for support, and has an animated face-to-face conversation with a police officer in which both point fingers at each other.
Other brief clips show Bieber being walked through various parts of the police station, and one previously released video depicted the 19-year-old singer being patted down by an officer. None of the videos have any sound.
Bieber and Sharieff are both shown sitting on the floor of a holding cell, then getting up one by one, turning around and being handcuffed behind their backs. Bieber is again wearing his dark hoodie, and in another clip as he is led out of the police station in handcuffs he ducks down low to avoid showing his face.
Sharieff is depicted in other segments, also wearing bright red shoes while he sits quietly in a chair and watches Bieber undergo the sobriety test. At one point the two appear to be talking and Sharieff raises a clenched fist.
Several clips were withheld at the request of Bieber's attorneys, including four segments depicting Bieber urinating into a cup for a drug test. Miami-Dade County Judge William Altfield will review those clips private and plans another hearing next week on whether they will be released.
Bieber has pleaded not guilty to DUI, resisting arrest and driving with an invalid license. Breath tests showed that his blood-alcohol content was below the 0.02 level considered intoxicated for underage drivers, but the urine test found the presence of marijuana and the antidepressant Xanax.
Bieber's attorneys did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment about the videos.
Police reports described Bieber after his arrest as "excited, talkative, profanity, cooperative, insulting, and cocky" and noted that he had a pronounced odor of alcohol on his breath, bloodshot eyes and a flushed face.
Regarding the marijuana, one officer said he noticed a strong smell of the drug while Bieber was sitting in the back of a police car. The officer asked Bieber about it.
"Yeah, we were smoking all night at the studio," the report quotes Bieber as replying.
Friday, 7 February 2014
Justin Bieber Partied With Jay Z, Beyonce in New York
Justin Bieber scored big over Super Bowl weekend. The singer, 19, spent three days partying in New York City, culminating with a post-game bash at luxe hotspot GoldBar, where he mingled with none other than Beyonce and Jay Z, a source shares in the new issue of Us Weekly.
"Justin behaved a lot better that night!" the source tells Us of the Canadian pop star, whose recent antics have landed him in trouble with police on more than one occasion over the last few weeks. (Last month, Bieber was arrested in Miami for DUI; he was also allegedly involved in a dispute with a flight crew en route to New Jersey.)
The "Heartbreaker" singer wasn't on his best behavior all weekend, though. At the Leather & Laces party on Feb. 1, "he made security clear a path for him so he could skateboard in the middle of the aisles," a source tells Us. And during Maxim's pre-Super Bowl bash on Jan. 31, he used his bodyguards to hit on women.
Amy Pinard PhotographyJustin Bieber Super Bowl Weekend
Bieber "pointed to girls he liked, and his security would shine flashlights at them so they'd come over," a witness tells Us. Another onlooker says he left with "a gaggle of girls."
"Justin behaved a lot better that night!" the source tells Us of the Canadian pop star, whose recent antics have landed him in trouble with police on more than one occasion over the last few weeks. (Last month, Bieber was arrested in Miami for DUI; he was also allegedly involved in a dispute with a flight crew en route to New Jersey.)
The "Heartbreaker" singer wasn't on his best behavior all weekend, though. At the Leather & Laces party on Feb. 1, "he made security clear a path for him so he could skateboard in the middle of the aisles," a source tells Us. And during Maxim's pre-Super Bowl bash on Jan. 31, he used his bodyguards to hit on women.
Amy Pinard PhotographyJustin Bieber Super Bowl Weekend
Bieber "pointed to girls he liked, and his security would shine flashlights at them so they'd come over," a witness tells Us. Another onlooker says he left with "a gaggle of girls."
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