A multiple Grammy Award winner Paul McCartney has just announced a pre-sale of tickets for the Citi Field shows will take place from 10 A.M. EST June 12 to noon EST June 13 at www.507tixx.com. The regular sale starts on Monday, June 15, 2009 at 10 A.M.
Paul McCartney will perform new first shows at The Mets' new home, Citi Field, on July 17th and 18th. This shows tickes are currently sales at 507tixx.com and by phone at 718-507-TIXX.
Ticket Rates:
* Floor Center: $275
* Floor Side: $175
* Field Side: $175
* Field Center: $99.50
* Field Center Sterling: $99.50
* Excelsior: $125
* Promenade Side: $59.50
* Promenade Center: $49.50
From MonkeyDollars
Friday, 12 June 2009
Malawi court allows Madonna to adopt second child
BLANTYRE (Reuters) - U.S. pop star Madonna was allowed to adopt a second child from Malawi Friday after the country's Supreme Court overturned a lower court ruling in a case that has been criticized by local rights groups.
Chief Justice Lovemore Munlo said Madonna had shown an interest in helping Malawi orphans and that 4-year-old Mercy James would have a better life with the star.
He said a lower court had erred in turning down the adoption request because Madonna was not resident in Malawi.
"We find the judge in the lower court to have dwelled so much on media reports on the issue of residence and to us this was not evidence enough to deny Madonna a chance to adopt Mercy James. We therefore grant Madonna the adoption order," Munlo said.
"Madonna has shown that she is bold, and compassionate enough to come forward to adopt Chifundo James."
The Supreme court ruling cannot be challenged.
Madonna's lawyer said the singer welcomed the ruling. "I've just talked to Madonna and she's very excited about this news," lawyer Alan Chinula told Reuters.
Malawi's government came under fire after Madonna adopted a 13-month-old child, David Banda, in 2006, with critics accusing it of giving her special treatment by skirting laws that ban non-residents from adopting children.
Rights groups accused the government of giving Madonna, a U.S. citizen, special treatment. The government had supported Madonna's attempt to adopt Mercy, saying she was a worthy mother.
The Eye on Child non-governmental organization that has been protesting the adoption said it was disappointed.
"Of course we are disappointed with the ruling because we know that adoption should only be granted as the last resort," said executive director Maxwell Matewele.
"But we also appreciate that the ruling is looking at guidelines that may help to deter would-be child traffickers."
An AIDS epidemic in the southern African country has orphaned more than one million children and Madonna has set up a charity for Malawian children.
In her ruling in April, High Court judge Esimie Chombo warned against celebrity adoptions, saying they could lead to child trafficking.
Madonna has entertained millions around the world with hits like "Material Girl" and "Papa Don't Preach," creating a fair amount of controversy along the way.
The star, who was divorced last year from British film director Guy Ritchie, is one of the music industry's most successful singers, with album sales of more than 200 million.
© Thomson Reuters 2009 All rights reservedSource - Reuters
Christiano Ronaldo And Paris Hilton
Madrid and Paris all in the same day? If you just got news that you were about to get your dream transfer to Real Madrid, while you were in LA relaxing / partying, would you celebrate this news by hooking up with Paris Hilton? Neither would I, but it doesn’t really matter what WE would do…because that is what Cristiano Ronaldo is doing.
According to x17online, the couple was seen leaving MyHouse (not an actual house, but a club here in LA), where Ronaldo allegedly dropped $20 large on champagne and drinks.
“Cristiano and Paris were all over each other swapping spit the entire night! His table needed every waitress in the building to service the large quantities of alcohol, and he spent an excess of 20 thousand dollars on champagne and drinks.”
Source - TheOriginalWinger
Thursday, 11 June 2009
Jonas Brothers playing free show in NY
By David J. Prince
NEW YORK (Billboard) - The Jonas Brothers will perform a free club concert Thursday at Irving Plaza in New York City, giving fans a sneak preview of tunes from their upcoming album.
Admission will be on a first-come, first-served basis. Doors for the all-ages show will open at 8 p.m., and the band goes on at 9 p.m. No opening act is scheduled.
The teen pop sensations will release their fourth album, "Lines, Vines and Trying Times," on June 15.
The show will also preview elements of the group's forthcoming world tour -- which begins in South America in mid-May before heading to the United Kingdom and Europe in early June. The 44-date North American leg begins June 20 at the Dallas Cowboys New Stadium in Texas and wraps August 31 at the Scotiabank Place in Ottawa.
Source - Reuters
Wife Swap’s Jamie Czerniawski accused of stabbing husband
"Wife Swap’s Jamie Czerniawski has been charged with aggravated assault after an incident that landed her husband in the intensive care unit. Or as they call it in Jersey, having a discussion.
Czerniawski, 30, claims she was acting in self defense. Her husband Charles, 34, spent two days in ICU, lost four pints of blood and remains unable to use his right arm. Jamie contends the late night fight over Memorial Day Weekend started over an innocent phone call from a friend, who happened to be a dude. From the New York Post:
A jealous Charles, she said, grabbed her wrist and said, “If I can’t have you, no one can.”
He pinned her against the kitchen island, but Jamie said she broke free and grabbed a knife. When Charles grabbed her and pinned her shoulders to the floor with his knees, she said, she struck him with the blade.
She said she initially didn’t tell cops her side of the story because she “didn’t want him to get in trouble.”
Jamie told the post if she hadn’t fought back, she might have been killed. She contends she came clean after her husband emptied all their bank accounts and cut Jamie and the kids off financially."
Source - www.inquisitr.com
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