50 Cent Doesn't Trust Women

Rapper 50 Cent struggles to find a girlfriend because he's convinced most women are only after his multi-million dollar fortune.

The hip-hop star, real name Curtis Jackson, who has boosted profits from his music career with film roles, various endorsement deals and a clothing line, admits he finds it difficult to trust potential partners because of string of bad experiences.

Jackson faced a $50 million lawsuit earlier this year from his ex-girlfriend Shaniqua Tompkins, the mother of his young son Marquise, who alleged the rapper reneged on a deal to share half of his future earnings with her. The suit was dismissed, but Jackson insists he's now wary of new lovers.

German magazine Bild quotes Jackson as saying, "I'm single and haven't had a girlfriend for quite a long time. It's difficult for me to trust a woman. Men are attracted to beautiful women. Women are attracted to men who offer security - financial security. And if you have money and you are famous, women find that sexy."

"You never know what she really wants. A lot of people marry without knowing the true motive of their partners. I won't get ripped off."

Happy 40th Birthday Jay-Z!

Jay-Z will celebrate his 40th birthday in style on Friday with a number-one single, the queen of the Grammy nominations as his wife and a reputation as one of the key cultural figures in the world.

The rapper, who scored a third week at number one with New York anthem Empire State of Mind on Thursday, is now one of the coolest 40-somethings on the planet and, as he celebrates his birthday with his stunning wife Beyonce.
- Born to Gloria Carter and Adnes Reeves on 4 December, 1969, Jay-Z is the youngest of four children.

- He went to the same high school as the late Notorious BIG and Busta Rhymes.

- He began his music career as part of a local New York rap group called Original Flavor; he joined the crew with his childhood friend Jaz-O.

- He claims to be able to count the number of women he has slept with on one hand.

- Jay-Z wed his longtime love Beyonce on 4 April, 2008 in New York.

- He became the first non-athlete to have his own line of sneakers when he launched the S. Carter Collection in partnership with Reebok in 2005.

- While serving as president of Def Jam from 2004 to 2007, Jay-Z successfully launched the careers of Rihanna, Ne-Yo, Kanye West and Young Jeezy. His four proteges have all gone on to earn multiple Grammy nominations; the only one who's yet to win the prestigious prize is Jeezy.

- He became part-owner of the New Jersey Nets basketball team in 2005 after paying a whopping $4.5 million for his share. He plans to move the NBA team from their current home in East Rutherford, New Jersey, to his native Brooklyn, New York by 2011.

- Jay-Z partnered with Budweiser in 2006 to serve as a brand director and oversee their TV and print campaigns.

- Jay-Z holds the record for the most number one albums in Billboard 200 chart history with 11. He surpassed Elvis Presley's tally of 10 when The Blueprint 3 hit the top of the countdown in September. The only other artists who can boast the same accolade are the Beatles, who also have 11.

- Jay-Z has been nominated for an impressive 35 Grammy Awards in his career to date and has claimed eight. He has five Grammy nods for the January awards.

- He is one of the big name producers behind new Broadway musical Fela!, joining forces with Hollywood couple Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith. The musical celebrates the work of late Nigerian star Fela Kuti.

Peas, Swift, Gaga & Beyonce Lead Grammy Award Nominations

Taylor Swift

Lady Gaga

Beyonce Knowles

Black Eyed Peas

Christmas came early for the Black Eyed Peas, Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga and Beyonce on Wednesday night when they each received three major Grammy Awards nominations at the 2010 event's big reveal in Los Angeles.

Beyonce, Lady Gaga and Swift will fight for the Song of the Year prize in January, while the Black Eyed Peas, who opened the Grammy Nominations Concert at the Nokia Theater, will join the ladies to compete for both Record of the Year and Album of the Year.

Dave Matthews Band and Kings of Leon scooped two nominations as the leading eight awards categories were announced - DMB will fight for Album of the Year and Best Rock Album honors, while Use Somebody landed Kings of Leon nods in the Song of the Year and Record of the Year categories.

The Grammy Awards ceremony will take place at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on January 31st.

The top award nominees announced at the nominations concert were:

Song of the Year

Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It) - Beyonce
Poker Face - Lady Gaga
Use Somebody - Kings of Leon
You Belong With Me - Taylor Swift
Pretty Wings - Maxwell

Best Pop Performance by a Duo/Group with Vocals

I Gotta Feeling - Black Eyed Peas
We Weren't Born To Follow - Bon Jovi
Never Say Never - The Fray
Sarah's Smile - Daryl Hall & John Oates
Kids - MGMT

Best Rock Album

Black Ice - AC/DC
Live From Madison Square Garden - Steve Winwood & Eric Clapton
21st Century Breakdown - Green Day
Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King - Dave Matthews Band
No Line On The Horizon - U2

Best Rap Solo Performance

Best I Ever Had - Drake
Beautiful - Eminem
D.O.A. (Death of Autotune) - Jay-Z
Day & Night - Kid Cudi
Casa Bey - Mos Def

Best Country Performance by a Duo/Group with Vocals

Cowgirls Don't Cry - Brooks & Dunn
Chicken Fried - Zac Brown Band
I Run To You - Lady Antebellum
Here Comes Goodbye - Rascal Flatts
It Happens - Sugarland

Record of the Year

Halo - Beyonce
I Gotta Feeling - Black Eyed Peas
Use Somebody - Kings of Leon
Poker Face - Lady Gaga
You Belong With Me - Taylor Swift

Album of the Year

I Am... Sasha Fierce - Beyonce
The E.N.D. - Black Eyed Peas
The Fame - Lady Gaga
Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King - Dave Matthews Band
Fearless - Taylor Swift

Best New Artist

Zac Brown Band
Keri Hilson
MGMT
Silversun Pickups
The Ting Tings.

TENNIS-2009 ATP MEN'S SINGLE RANKINGS (POINTS STANDINGS)

Roger Federer

Rafael Nadalk

Lleyton Hewitt
Top 99 Dec 2

Rank Last Name Country Ranking Pts
1 1 Roger Federer Switzerland 10550.00
2 2 Rafael Nadal Spain 9205.00

2 2
Spain 9205.00
3 3 Novak Djokovic
Serbia 8310.00
4 4 Andy Murray
Great Britain 7030.00
5 5 Juan Martin Del Potro
Argentina 6785.00
6 6 Nikolay Davydenko
Russia 4930.00
7 7 Andy Roddick
United States 4410.00
8 8 Robin Soderling
Sweden 3410.00
9 9 Fernando Verdasco
Spain 3300.00
10 10 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
France 2875.00
11 11 Fernando Gonzalez
Chile 2870.00
12 12 Radek Stepanek
Czech Republic 2625.00
13 13 Gael Monfils
France 2610.00
14 14 Marin Cilic
Croatia 2430.00
15 15 Gilles Simon
France 2275.00
16 16 Tommy Robredo
Spain 2175.00
17 17 Tommy Haas
Germany 1855.00
18 18 David Ferrer
Spain 1795.00
19 19 Mikhail Youzhny
Russia 1690.00
20 20 Tomas Berdych
Czech Republic 1655.00
21 21 Stanislas Wawrinka
Switzerland 1635.00
22 22 Lleyton Hewitt
Australia 1600.00
23 23 Juan Carlos Ferrero
Spain 1555.00
24 24 Ivan Ljubicic
Croatia 1405.00
25 25 Sam Querrey
United States 1320.00
26 26 Nicolas Almagro
Spain 1305.00
27 27 Jurgen Melzer
Austria 1260.00
27 27 Philipp Kohlschreiber
Germany 1260.00
29 29 Viktor Troicki
Serbia 1175.00
30 30 Juan Monaco
Argentina 1170.00
31 31 Albert Montanes
Spain 1140.00
32 32 Jeremy Chardy
France 1102.00
33 33 Paul-Henri Mathieu
France 1080.00
34 34 John Isner
United States 1067.00
35 35 Igor Andreev
Russia 1030.00
36 36 Thomaz Bellucci
Brazil 1021.00
37 37 Ivo Karlovic
Croatia 1015.00
37 37 Janko Tipsarevic
Serbia 1015.00
39 39 Andreas Beck
Germany 1000.00
40 40 Benjamin Becker
Germany 986.00
41 41 Guillermo Garcia-Lopez
Spain 954.00
42 42 Marcos Baghdatis
Cyprus 945.00
43 43 Dudi Sela
Israel 936.00
44 44 James Blake
United States 935.00
45 45 Horacio Zeballos
Argentina 934.00
46 46 Julien Benneteau
France 924.00
47 47 Feliciano Lopez
Spain 905.00
47 47 Victor Hanescu
Romania 905.00
49 49 Andreas Seppi
Italy 900.00
50 50 Pablo Cuevas
Uruguay 899.00
51 51 Jose Acasuso
Argentina 870.00
52 52 Richard Gasquet
France 850.00
53 53 Evgeny Korolev
Russia 848.00
54 54 Fabio Fognini
Italy 790.00
54 54 Mardy Fish
United States 790.00
56 56 Marco Chiudinelli
Switzerland 767.00
57 57 Olivier Rochus
Belgium 757.00
58 58 Marc Gicquel
France 744.00
59 59 Simon Greul
Germany 739.00
60 60 Sergiy Stakhovsky
Ukraine 733.00
61 61 Marat Safin
Russia 720.00
62 62 Florian Mayer
Germany 701.00
63 63 Potito Starace
Italy 682.00
64 64 Arnaud Clement
France 667.00
65 65 David Nalbandian
Argentina 665.00
65 65 Florent Serra
France 665.00
67 67 Maximo Gonzalez
Argentina 663.00
68 68 Michael Llodra
France 649.00
69 69 Fabrice Santoro
France 645.00
70 70 Frederico Gil
Portugal 642.00
71 71 Oscar Hernandez
Spain 633.00
72 72 Daniel Gimeno-Traver
Spain 613.00
73 73 Juan Ignacio Chela
Argentina 611.00
74 74 Leonardo Mayer
Argentina 607.00
75 75 Daniel Koellerer
Austria 602.00
75 75 Taylor Dent
United States 602.00
77 77 Peter Luczak
Australia 598.00
78 78 Mischa Zverev
Germany 590.00
78 78 Rajeev Ram
United States 590.00
80 80 Alejandro Falla
Colombia 587.00
80 80 Philipp Petzschner
Germany 587.00
82 82 Lukas Lacko
Slovakia 580.00
83 83 Michael Russell
United States 579.00
84 84 Paolo Lorenzi
Italy 577.00
85 85 Christophe Rochus
Belgium 575.00
85 85 Rainer Schuettler
Germany 575.00
87 87 Marcos Daniel
Brazil 573.00
88 88 Dmitry Tursunov
Russia 565.00
89 89 Ernests Gulbis
Latvia 555.00
90 90 Simone Bolelli
Italy 549.00
91 91 Mario Ancic
Croatia 547.00
91 91 Xavier Malisse
Belgium 547.00
93 93 Thiemo De Bakker
Netherlands 541.00
94 94 Nicolas Lapentti
Ecuador 540.00
95 95 Yen-Hsun Lu
Taiwan 537.00
96 96 Martin Vassallo Arguello
Italy 535.00
97 97 Daniel Brands
Germany 529.00
97 97 Robby Ginepri
United States 529.00
99 99 Lukasz Kubot
Poland 528.00
99 99 Michael Berrer
Germany 528.00

Messi wins Golden Ball award

Argentina’s Lionel Messi won the Golden Ball awarded to the European Footballer of the Year with the biggest margin ever on Tuesday 1st Dec 2009 following an exceptional season with Barcelona.

Messi became the sixth Barcelona player to take the award and the first since Brazilian Ronaldinho in 2005. He beat last year’s winner Cristiano Ronaldo into second place while Barcelona midfielder Xavi Hernandez finished third in the poll results released by France Football.

Hailed by Argentina great Diego Maradona as his successor, Messi won an unprecedented treble in Spain last season with Barcelona as the Catalan side swept the Champions League, the Spanish title and the Copa del Rey.

Messi, who tallied 473 of a possible 480 points, largely dominated the voting and won with a record-margin of 240 points. Real Madrid winger Ronaldo had 233 and Xavi had 170.

“Honestly, I knew that I was among the favorites because Barcelona had a fruitful year in 2009,” Messi was quoted as saying by the magazine. “But I didn’t expect to win with such a margin. The Golden Ball is very important to me. All the players who won it were great players, and some great players never won it.”

The 22-year-old Messi, the first Argentine to win the prestigious trophy, was the top scorer in last year’s Champions League with nine goals, including his superb header in the 2-0 victory over Manchester United in the final.

Barcelona had three players in the Top 5 with Andres Iniesta taking fourth ahead of former Barca player Samuel Eto’o.

In an outstanding season, Messi netted 38 goals in 51 games in all competitions, often leaving defenders in his wake with a combination of speed, exceptional dribbling abilities and his effective left-footed strike.

Messi, who leads Argentina to next year’s World Cup in South Africa, recently signed a new contract with Barcelona through 2016 and has a buyout clause of 250 million euros ($368 million) included.

Messi had a good start to this season—already scoring nine goals—and put on a great display to help his club defeat archrival Real Madrid 1-0 last Sunday.

“It won’t be easy to confirm after a year like the one we just went through,” Messi said. “I hope the next one will reach the same standards. But to win the Golden Ball two years in a row is not an easy thing.”

After starting club football in 1995 at Argentina’s Newell’s Old Boys, Messi, who suffered from a growth hormone deficiency when he was a child, joined Barcelona’s Under-14 team in 2000 after the Spanish club offered to pay for his treatment.

The diminutive forward—1.69 meters and 67 kilograms (5-feet-7; 148 pounds) — was part of the Argentina team at the World Cup 2006 before claiming the Olympic gold in Beijing in 2008.

France Football’s award was decided by an annual poll of football journalists from a shortlist of 30 players.

The 24-year-old Ronaldo won the Premier League title with Manchester United in 2009 before signing with Real Madrid for 93 million euros.

Named best player at the 2008 European championship, where Spain won its first major title in 44 years, midfielder Xavi was also a key element in Barcelona’s treble in 2009, playing 35 Spanish league games and 14 of the 15 European matches of his club.

Tiger Woods says he lets family down

Tiger Woods's Wife ''Elin''
Tiger Woods says he has let his family down and regrets “those transgressions with all of my heart.”
Woods says he has not been “true to my values and the behavior my family deserves.”
He offered his “profound apology” to his supporters.

His comments came after Us Weekly magazine published a cover story alleging that a Los Angeles cocktail waitress had a 31-month affair with the world’s No. 1 golfer.

Jaimee Grubbs told the magazine she met Woods at a Las Vegas nightclub the week after the 2007 Masters—two months before Woods’ wife, Elin Nordegren, gave birth to their first child. Grubbs claims to have proof in 300 text messages.

On Wednesday, the magazine published what it said was a voicemail provided by Grubbs that she said was left by Woods on Nov. 24, three days before his early morning car crash outside his home near Orlando.

In his statement, Woods did not offer details of any alleged relationship.

“I will strive to be a better person and the husband and father that my family deserves,” he said.

He also said he has been “dismayed to realize the full extent of what tabloid scrutiny really means.”

Despite the “intense curiosity” about his life, Woods said “there is an important and deep principle at stake which is the right to some simple, human measure of privacy

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