The New Paper, 24 December 2009

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1 60 The New Paper
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    12 1 the new paper 24 Dec 09 hu 70 CENTS MICA (P) 099/11/2009
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      61 1 TORRES BACKS REDS BOSS YOUR MOVIE SPECIAL Don’t sack Rafa, playersto blame PAGE 21 PAGE 58 Winner of Reporting Breaking News Award ’09 Society of Publishers in Asia FAST FOOD CHEATS CAUGHT S’pore couple find way to pocket takings by ‘cancelling’ delivery orders. They get away at first, then... PAGE
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      17 1 Merry Christmas to our Christian readers. TOMORROW No publication 26 DEC Special edition (only English newspaper available)
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      Lock icon They pinch $25,000 from their outlet
      935 2 / 3  -  Couple caught pocketing money by ‘cancelling’fast food delivery orders REPORT:DESMOND DESMOND NG desmondn@sph.com.sg SHEwasworkingasahomedeliverydes-patcher for a fast food outlet when she stumbled upon a way to cheat her employer. As it so happened, her then-fiance was a supervisor at the call centre which handled
      PHOTO ILLUSTRATION; TNP PICTURE: DESMOND NG; TNP GRAPHICS: LEE HUP KHENG  -  935 words
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      Lock icon They steal money and food
      213 2 / 3  -  additional reporting –ArulnathanJohn,with additional reporting by Desmond Ng THIS is not the first time that money has been stolen from fast food home delivery companies in Singapore. Pelican Pizza said that one staff member was caught stealing money from the cash register and another for
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      Lock icon ‘If you don’t give, you become a SCROOGE’
      954 4 / 5  -  Forthesetwo–aminimart owner and a restaurant manager–Christmasis not the only time forgiving REPORT: ELYSA CHEN elysac@sph.com.sg YOU would think giving is simple. But Mr Bi De Xiang, 25, and Mr Suresh Krishnan, 52, have learnt that it’s not so easy after all. Christmas
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      Lock icon ‘They feed us love a long with the food’
      307 4 / 5 IN the kitchen of Annalakshimi restaurant, there is no head chef shouting for orders to be quickly completed. Instead, laughter is heard as jokes are exchanged. And some customers say the restaurant not only serves tasty food, but also boasts excellent
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      93 2 / 3 thenewpaper BOXING DAY 26 Dec Edition EXCLUSIVE MANNY PACQUIAO TALKS ABOUT HIS LIFE, HIS FAMILY, HIS GREATEST FIGHT... GIFT TO FIGHT Thanks to S’poreans’ donations, feisty Charmaine continues her fight against cancer in New York. We catch up with her mother. GIFT TO REMEMBER Terminally ill S’porean gives final present
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  • Local News watch
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      Lock icon MAS reviewing protection scheme
      288 6 Safeguarding insurance policyowners THE Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) is revisiting a scheme to better protect insurance policyholders in the unlikely event of a default by an insurer operating here. First proposed in 2005, it is known as the Policyowners’ProtectionFund (PPF). The PPF would be akin
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      Lock icon Record spending on research by public and private sectors
      103 6 SINGAPORE’S research spending last year was more than the combined income of Laos and Bhutan. A survey by the Agency for Science, Technology and Research that was released yesterday stated that the combined spending by public and private sectors rose from
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      Lock icon MOM slaps six construction sites with stop-work orders
      93 6 MINISTRY of Manpower (MOM) inspectors found the poor safety management at six construction sites posed imminent danger to their workers. These six sites were issued with stop-work orders last week after an islandwide blitz, reported The Straits Times. Operation Sky Hawk, by
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      Lock icon Passenger traffic at Changi Airport up by 9.2 per cent
      102 6 PASSENGER traffic at Changi Airport last month rose for the fourth consecutive time as airlines increased flights to cities around the region. Last month, Changi Airport han- dled 3.37 million passengers, up 9.2 per cent from 3.08 million in November
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      Lock icon Would you post this to a friend?
      729 8/9  -  It even had a stamp and an address, saySingPost staff who sort the mail REPORT: BRYNA SIM brynasim@sph.com.sg IMAGINEopeningyourmailboxandfind-ing a rotting banana inside, addressed speciallytoyou. Well, someone would have received that in the mail if the workers at the Singapore PostCentrehadnotdecidedthefruitwastoo spoilttobedelivered. The
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      Lock icon ‘I was just trying to wake her up’
      842 10  -  Accused admits touching woman but denies intending to molest her FORMER MODEL AGENCY BOSS CHARGED WITH MOLEST REPORT: AMANDA YONG ayong@sph.com.sg YES, I touched her. But I did not touch her breast. That is what Mark Chow Yee Sze, 30, claimed in
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      Lock icon BARK! The herald angels sing
      371 11  -  REPORT: SYLVIA TOH PAIK CHOO paikchoo@sph.com.sg AND you thought Walt Disney had cornered the market on cutesy animals. Take a bow, bow-wows. The people behind K9 Kampus thought it’d be a good idea to stage a nativity play with a difference for their annual Christmas
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      Lock icon Giving nature a hand
      346 12  -  Our reporter has a go at rearing butterflies COMMENT: TEH JEN LEE jenlee@sph.com.sg EVERY few months or so, Mother Nature deposits a little gift on the kaffir lime plant outside my sixth-floor Simei flat. Caterpillars that have hatched out from eggs of the lime butterfly species.
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      Lock icon Deserving of care
      181 12 THIS Christmas season, will you consider giving back to nature? Rearing caterpillars is one way to do that as these tiny creatures have become increasingly rare due to habitat loss. Butterflies and moths have an important ecological role as pollinators. Caterpillars also act as nature’spruners– when they
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      Lock icon He lands face first on roof
      526 13  -  HE WAS BORED. THEN TIRED. THEN... REPORT:CHONG CHONG SHIN YEN chongsy@sph.com.sg HE sneaked out of his HDB flat in the middle of the night, he said, because he wanted to read his book. Kong Kwan Jie, 13, ended up falling from the fourth storey
      PICTURES: LIANHE WANBAO  -  526 words
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      53 12 Read more stories about giving and receiving in our Boxing Day issue on 26 Dec, when The New Paper is the only English newspaper in town. after Munnabhai MBB2,Lage Raho Munnabhai yjVidhu Vinod Chopra Ralkumar Hirani n unveif their newest masterpiece Aamir Khan Kareena Kapoor, Madhavan, Sharman Joehi |P pm,11.25-«
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  • Global News watch
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      Lock icon Malaysian opposition alleges corruption
      210 14 Theft of two fighter jet engines worth $41m THE Malaysian government yesterday faced criticism over allegations of official corruption following the theft of two US-made fighter jet engines worthUS$29 million ($41m). Prime Minister Najib Razak, thecountry’sformerdefenceminister, has vowed a full and open investigation, reported AFP. But
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      Lock icon India tightens rules for long-term tourist visas
      108 14 TOURISTS on five-year or 10-year visas have to leave India every 180 days for two months before they can re-enter, said a foreign ministry official yesterday. Previously, such tourists were re- Previously,suchtouristswererequired to leave the country every 180 days, but they could fly
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      Lock icon Heightened security during holiday season in Indonesia
      104 14 THE Indonesia National Police yesterday began deploying more than 79,000 personnel to secure Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve celebrations in a nationwide operation. National Police deputy spokes- man Sulistyo Ishak said security had been stepped up in light of possible terror attacks.
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      Lock icon Thai PM reports on his first-year performance
      106 14 THAILAND’S government did well in tackling the economic crisis but did not succeed in ending corruption and unrest in the South. That was how Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva yesterday assessed Vejjajiva yesterday his first year in office, reported Bangkok Post. Hesaid: “The economy
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      Lock icon Ban on sales of Microsoft Word upheld by court
      112 14 MICROSOFT has to stop selling all available versions of Microsoft Word and Microsoft Office software from 11 Jan 2010. The software giant had failed in its appeal against a court ruling, which found that it had infringed a 1998 XML patent
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      566 15 DOC ARRESTED FOR RAPE A DOCTOR in Delaware, US, is accused of molesting at least 16 patients, including some who appear to be no more than 6 months old. Police said the doctor used video cameras to record some of the brutal attacks
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      Lock icon Parents pose as daughter, 11, to trap Facebook paedophile
      375 15 ALERT parents of an 11 -year-old British girl saved their daughter from being seduced by a paedophile by pretending to be her, and lured him into a trap. They noticed disturbing messages between their daughter and Thomas Gibbs (right), 52, said
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    • MAS
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        Lock icon Fire caused by cooking stove?
        121 16/17 MANILA THE X in Xmas marked misery for 3,000 families in Manila, Philippines. Afire yesterday in the capital city destroyed over 100 houses and left many homeless. It started at about 10.30am in a house bordering Makati and Pasay cities. The fire was put out
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        Lock icon TOKYO
        79 16/17 But it was not all doom and gloom in other places as these pictures show Bottlenose dolphins toss their trainers dressed in Christmas costumes high in the air as they leap from the water. The playful stunt was performed during a show at the Aqua Stadium aquarium at the
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        Lock icon SYDNEY
        33 16/17 Jumilah the Sumatran tiger opens a Christmas treatinitshabitat at TarongaZooinSydney yesterday. The Christmas presents are part of thezoo’sbehavioural enrichment programme, which encourages the animals to forage and arouses their inquisitiveness. PICTURE: AFP
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        Lock icon BANGALORE
        33 16/17 Children at a slum sport Santa hats and face masks as they line up to get Christmas gifts during a function organised by a non-government organisation in Bangalore, India, yesterday. PICTURE: AP
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      Lock icon ‘Simpsons reflect man’s need for faith’
      278 18 Vatican paper praises religious themes explored in cartoon TO PUT it as the devout Ned Flanders would, the Vatican’s newspaper thinks “The Simpsons” are an okely dokely bunch. Thenewspaper,calledL’Osservatore Romano,congratulated the show on its 20th anniversary, praising its philosophical leanings as well as its
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      13 14 DILBERT SCOTT ADAMS REGIONAL WEATHER KL:Thunderstorms High32˚,Low23˚ Jakarta:Thunderstorms High31,Low25˚ Bangkok:Sunny High34˚,Low23˚ Manila:Cloudy High31˚,Low26˚
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      55 19 FROM READER SOFEA DOOR STOPPER: Our reader spotted this car parked in front of a door for a fire hosereel at a car park in Katong Shopping Centre. He wondered how the door, which has some dents, can be opened in an emergency. E-mail your pictures with your name
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    • Article
      Lock icon He shouted at customer for loading table
      279 19 FROM READER KIM JUN LIANG POOR SERVICE BY TRANSCAB DRIVER ON 15 Dec, a pregnant woman bought a 90cm x 90cm foldable table from the shop in Boon Lay Shopping Centre where I work. She went out and hailed a cab and I
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      65 19 On unmanned Malaysian immigration counters at the Causeway: “Evenif theofficer had to goto thetoilet, shouldn’the call forreinforcementsor close the checkpointlane?” MichiganOne “Don’tbordercheckpointshave to bemanned all the time? The Singapore Government has a duty to protect its citizens. If such cases are prevalent, they could perhaps place a
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      194 19 FROM READER MD NORABIDIEN B. MD H AFTER the route of SBS service 242 was amended earlier this year, residents of Jurong West Avenue 5 have had only one bus, service 99, to go to Jurong West Street 91. Most of the
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      40 19 Should there be a separate lane allocated for cyclists? “Yes.WhenI was inAmsterdam, I noticed that they had separate lanes for cyclists. We should have it in Singapore as it encourages a healthy lifestyle and helps to reducepollution.” AnnaSalieh,36, HRconsultant
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      249 20 PICTURE:SINGTEL MIOTV WATCH’EM MrBrain (above) MeiAhDrama (SingTelmioTV Ch 73),10.30pm Thisnew Japanesedramarevolves aroundan outstandingneuroscientist who goesaround solving manyofthe police force’smost difficult casesafter anaccident foreverchanges him.Starring Takuya Kimura,Gackt. AmazingWeddingCakes WeTV(SingTelmioTVCh24),10am Thisnewvarietyseriesfeaturestheincredibledesigners whopushtheboundariesofwhatweddingcakescanbe, fromproducingaspur-of-the-momentSandcastle engagementcakefor100peopletoimpossible deadlinesforuniquepursecakes. Prep&Landing DisneyChannel(StarHubCh33),5.30pm Whenanelfgetsanewrookiepartnerafterhisprevious onegotthepromotionhewanted,thelatterhasto remindhisco-workerofthespiritofChristmasandthe importanceofbeingpartofSanta’s“Prep&Landing” eliteunit.VoicedbyDaveFoley,DerekRichardson. CHANNEL5 Noon Planet'sFunniest Animals 12.30pm Rachael’sVacations 1.00 GuinnessWorldRecords 2.00 SimplyThe
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      45 21 WIN PRIZES FROM SHERLOCK HOLMES, ALVIN THE CHIPMUNKS 2 AND MORE WE KNOW MOVIES 09 DEC 24 Chip, chip hooray Dai in the sun Avatar HOLMES TO STAY How Robert Downey Jr took Sherlock from drab to rad. And there’s already talk of a sequel
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  • WE KNOW MOVIES FIRST
    • FIRST ASIAN
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        Lock icon Overwhelmed by wave of emotion
        676 22/23  -  Leon Dai on crying at Golden Horse Awards: TAN KEE YUN keeyunt@sph.com.sg WHAT could make a usually stoic and composed middle-aged man burst into tears? For director-actor Leon Dai, 43, it was the moment he received his well-deserved Best Director award at lastmonth’s GoldenHorse Awards
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        Lock icon Daddy’s girls
        315 22/23 Stories that focus on the relationship between fathers and daughters never failtotugat one’s heartstrings. LikeLeon Dai’ssubtlymasterful Not WithoutYou, these threefilms touchedthehearts ofmanywith theirportrayal ofa dad’sdevotion. I Am Sam (2001) Sean Penn is impressive in the lead role of Sam Dawson, who has the mental capacity of a 7-year-old.
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        Lock icon AND THIS LITTLE PIGGY WENT ON A KILLING SPREE
        407 24  -  Charlene Chua Here piggy, piggy. Not the right words to use on Chaw, the man-eating boar. After all, this upsized mutant swine terrorises an entire Korean village in the Korean horror comedy of the same name that opens today. But this
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      Lock icon This week’s winner
      31 25 Avatar truly deserves an adoring audience. Congrats, SEHAYATIM. The DVDs are yours. Merry Christmas! ROGER POON awards Bodyguards And Assassins a full five rating. Andit’s a fourfor EILEENCHEW.
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    • FIRST BITES
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        Lock icon YOUTUBE FOR CHRISTMAS
        269 26 Let’sfaceit, sometimesyoujustwant sneak off and watch idiotic videos on YouTube duringtheholidays. We’rehere tohelp. LEGO MATRIX TRINITY HELP What sort of hardcore nerd do you have to be to remake the famous bullet-time scene from The Matrix with Lego? Pretty hardcore. But this is brilliantly done. To see
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    • FIRST FEATURE
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        Lock icon MAGIC BEHIND AVATAR
        378 27  -  JamesCameronhaspushedthebenchmarkfor motion-capture computer graphics with Avatar. Using specially designed headgear and a one-of-its-kind studio, the director captured footage that is later translated digitally into the beautiful world of Pandora. KELVIN CHAN reports KELVIN CHAN 1 A roomfulof120 cameras– called a performancecapturevolume– was used to capture scenes of
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        Lock icon NOT SO STATELY HOLMES
        837 28/29  -  JASON JOHNSON jjohnson@sph.com.sg Think of Sherlock Holmes andwhat’sthe onewordthat comes to mind? Stuffy? Stodgy? Pipe? Tweed? Weird hat! Now,think ofRobertDowney Jrand what’s the one word that comes to mind? Fun? Sexy? Unpredictable? Cool? Iron Man! More than any other Sherlock Holmes project to come along in
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        Lock icon WATCHING THE DETECTIVES
        284 28/29 Since Sherlock Holmes has been MIA in movie theatres over the past couple of decades or so, who has been solving all the mysteries? THE SCOOBY GANG Based on the Hanna-Barbera cartoon that delighted impressionable young Gen-Xersin the’70s, Scooby-Doo (2002)seesthe Scoobygang– Fred, Velma,Daphne,Shaggy and Scooby travelling to
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        Lock icon FAR FROM HOLMES' BOY
        640 30  -  Joanne Soh ForeveryBatman, there’sa Robin. Ditto for Tom Sawyer, who has his Huckleberry Finn. And if you mention Sherlock Holmes, you know his sidekick, Watson, is somewhere around the corner. InGuy Ritchie’stake onthe 19th-centurydetective, Watsonisn’t onscreen to provide comicreliefor play a buffoontoshow offHolmes’ smartsasdepicted in earlier
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    • FIRST INTERVIEW
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        522 31 Just back from jetting around the globe for their world tour, The Chipmunks are adjusting well from the rock-star lifestyle to the new adventures of being at school. We caught up with them at a local diner. Judging by the eagerness with which they literally dove
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    • TRAILER TALK
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        Lock icon IRON MAN 2
        245 32 If there is any movie trailer that spells awesome and cool, this one will win hands down. The Iron Man 2 trailer is a must-watch for all movie-lovers. This is a fun, energetic, exciting, and action-packed trailer that will send your adrenaline pumping. The story picks up
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    • MOVIE DATE
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        Lock icon THEY HIT A HOLMES RUN
        455 33  -  A Mars vs Venus look JASON JOHNSON jjohnson@sph.com.sg JEANMARIE TAN jeanm@sph.com.sg Perfect in conception, almost perfect in execution,Ritchie’sSherlock Holmesisa projectthat’sdecadesoverdue. He has taken this old relic of a property and replaced the plumbing, redone the tiles, patched up the woodwork, refurbished the kitchen and gone
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    • REVIEWS
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        Lock icon NOT WITHOUT YOU
        98 33  -  Tan Kee Yun Opinions on contemporary Taiwanese cinema tends to be divided. On one hand, you have your arthouse auteurs whose hard-to-understand workssadly don’t sell. On theother end ofthe spectrum, there is commercial fare with big stars that are often slammed by critics. LeonDai’sNot WithoutYou, which emerged
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        Lock icon ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS 2
        117 33  -  JJ Afterseeing Avatar, it’s atad difficulttoget revved up for singing chipmunks. This sequel sees Alvin, Theodore and what’s-his-namemeeting theirmatch ina group of female singing chipmunks called The Chipettes. The Chipettes is managed by The Chipmunks’disgraced formermanager Ian (David Cross), who is desperate for revenge. Is
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        Lock icon THE GOODS: LIVE HARD, SELL HARD
        123 33  -  JJ Jeremy Piven has made a career out of playing guys that audiences love to hate. Foralong time, I’vesimply hatedhim, not particularly loving the hating, but in The Goods, his smarminess is actually rather charming. Playing a mercenary car salesman who swoops in on
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    • FLICK CHICK
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        Lock icon WHEN BLUE’S THE OLD RED, OR NEW WHITE?
        475 34  -  Small talk about big flicks SYLVIA TOH PAIK CHOO paikchoo@sph.com.sg Lido cinema, Hall 2, Planet Earth. On the 3D glasses, into the magic. Avatar! The exclamation mark is obligatory. It costs $400m to make, a figure only JC can drop, the biggest
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    • FIRST FASHION
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        Lock icon OUT OF THIS WORLD
        314 35  -  Stars glam up the red carpet... or not Jeanmarie Tan Avatar leading lady Zoe Saldana may be an azure alien in her latest sci-fi fantasy flick. But she has nothing to feel blue about at its promotional tour. Granted,it’s pretty hardfor the US actress,whoplays Na’vi warrior
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    • FIRST BUYS
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        Lock icon TECH: Acer easyStore H340
        111 36 Grandpa likes watching movies on the living room TV. Dad prefers his flicks on the multimedia PC in his room, while Mum watches them on a laptop in the kitchen while she’scooking. Instead of moving discs from one gadget to another, you could just get a
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        Lock icon SOUNDTRACK: FANTASTIC MR FOX
        144 36 Wes Anderson is a director whose soundtracks are oases of uplifting eclectic goodness in a depressing desert of bland chart-pop pushers. This one is significant in being his first film without composer Mark Mothersbaugh. But in Alexander Desplat, he has found someone to clone the light
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        Lock icon PUBLIC ENEMIES
        302 36  -  Jason Johnson MOVIE: EXTRAS: One of the most neglected movies of 2009, Public Enemies got lost in the overcrowded blockbuster season of this past summer. Starring Johnny Depp as the bank robber John Dillinger,it’s a leanand disciplined gangster movie, the mirror opposite of flashier gangster pictures like Brian
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        145 36  -  Charlene Chua MOVIE: EXTRAS: It may not be cool to like this Jack Neo flick. After all,it’s notarty or even titled in proper English. But when it makes my grandmother and mother burst out laughing on many occasions– my laughterwas more subdued,but still– there’s gotto be something
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        342 47 PENANG TRACKWORK NST SEVEN CLASSIC looks ready to open winning accounts in the Durham Lodge Trophy for Restricted Maiden horses over 1,400m on Sunday. The three-year-old Austral-ian-bred gelding showed form in Penang yesterday when he pulled up fighting fit after cantering one round on the
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        280 47 LAST TUESDAY TRIAL 1: 1 Escamonda 2 That’stheone (M Kellady) 3 Keep Away (M Zaki) 4 Rising Expectation (E Aslam) 5 Glorify (D Chee). Margins and time: 41/2, 3/4, nk,3/4(1min 01.60sec). TRIAL 2: 1 Beau Brummell (B Vorster) 2 Lamborghini Flame (KK Ng) 3 Zinly (A John)
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        290 48/49 GOLF AP THE FIRST new tournament for the alliance between the European and Asian Tours will be staged at an Arnold Palmer-de-signed course in New Delhi in February. The joint venture company, known as EurAsia Golf Ltd, will co-sanction the 1.5 million euros
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        1221 48/49 Reuters PA Sport MICHAEL Schumacher has targeted an unprecedented eighth Formula One title after Mercedes announced he was coming out of retirement to race for them at the ageof41. “Thisisateamthathasjustwonbothchampionships this year, it has Mercedes now as a strong partner so our aim can only be
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      594 50 AFP MICHELLE Wie’s glee at her first LPGA triumph and Lance Armstrong’s ride-along calls show how Twitter brings fans closer to their sports heroes, but athlete tweeting is proving to have its pitfalls. “Wowww-w-w... never thought this would feel THIS great!!!!” 20-year-old Wie
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        666 54 Wire Services CHELSEA manager Carlo Ancelotti has likened John Terry to Italian greats Franco Baresi and Paolo Maldini in his latest show of support for his beleaguered captain. The England skipper has had to defend himself from accusations of money-grab-bing after the News of the World
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        408 54 PA Sport ARSENE Wenger is resigned to the fact of Robin van Persie not playing again this season as the striker could be out until May with an an- May kleinjury. man(right)sufferedtheinjury while on international duty with the Holland national team last month and
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        353 55 PA Sport PATRICE Evra is demanding Manchester United secure maximum points from their Christmas fixtures as they look to make up lost ground in the Premier League title race. Two defeats in three games have left United four points adrift of leaders Chelsea, who have hardly
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        140 55 PA Sport MANCHESTER United will have young striker Mame Biram Diouf in their ranks next month after he was granted a work permit. The Red Devils agreed a deal with Molde in July for the 22-year-old but he has stayed with the Norwegian
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        120 55 PA Sport FORMER Manchester United winger and a member of the “Busby Babes” Albert Scanlon has died at the age of 74. He had been suffering from ill health for some time. Scanlon was one of the survivors of the Munich air disaster in 1958, in which
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        297 56/57 and they may be the first to go Wire Services THE STORM has hit Manchester City and at least two players are planning to jump ship. Welsh striker Craig Bellamy and Irish goalkeeper Shay Given are believed to be considering their City future under the new regime of Italian Roberto
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        440 56/57 PA Sport READ no evil. Manchester City have banned newspapers at their training ground after being stunned by the negative publicity surrounding their appointment of Roberto ManciniasMarkHughes’ successor. The club believe the players may be unsettled by the banner headlines and has decided
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        241 56/57 PA Sport AND SO the truth is out. Manchester City had planned for life without Mark Hughes even before the season started. City chief executive Garry Cook (above) has conceded the club discussed possible candidates to replace the Welshman before the season had
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        502 52 PA Sport ENGLAND manager Fabio Capello says he knows who his preferred penalty takers are for next year’sWorldCupinSouthAfrica. The dreaded shoot-out has often been the downfall of England, with World Cup exits in 1990, 1998 and 2006 via spot-kicks. Capello claims deciding a game on penalties
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        283 52 PA Sport SPAIN coach Vicente del Bosque has been handed a two-year contract extension as reward for guiding the European champions to aplaceinnextyear’sWorldCup. The former Real Madrid boss succeeded Luis Aragones following Spain’s Euro08 triumph and his deal now runs to 2012. His
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        456 53 Wire Services SPAINinternationalDavid Villa has revealed that he will consider his Valencia future at the end of the season. He has been with the clubforfouryears. The come-get-me hint by one of the finest strikers in the world football has put hisPremierLeaguesuitors onalert. “Quite simply, I
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          115 53 MANCHESTER United are attempting to sign Benfica’s impressive winger Angel Di Maria. The 21-year-old has been in excellent form this season and Sir Alex Ferguson has taken notice of Di Maria’s performance in the Portuguese giants’ recent hammering of Everton in the Europa League. Manchester United are reportedly
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          142 53 OWEN Coyle has confirmed his interest in Arsenal starlet Jack Wilshere but admits there is a long way to go before a loan deal can be agreed on. The midfielder, who turns 18 on New Year’s Day, is regarded as one of the most exciting prospects in English
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          137 53 EVERTON manager David Moyes looks set to dip into the loan market and is mulling over moves for former Arsenal player Jose Antonio Reyes and Portugese midfielder Miguel Fernandes. Reyes is currently at Atletico Madrid but has failed to net a single goal in 18
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      348 58 SACKRAFA FOR LIVERP Wire Services THE TEAM is out of the Champions League and free-falling down the Premiership table. The players are low on confidence and morale, with no light at the end of the tunnel. What should Liverpool do? Sack the boss? No, no,
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        170 59 LIVE TELECASTS EPL Saturday: BIRMINGHAM v CHELSEA StarHub TV Ch 27,8.40pm FULHAMv TOTTENHAM StarHub TV Ch 22,9pm HARRY Redknapp was pleased with the performance of striker Peter Crouch (right), who has not played regularly this season but scored twice against Blackburn last weekend. WEST HAM v PORTSMOUTH StarHub TV
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        274 59 LOCAL EVENTS ATHLETICS What: MR25 Ultra-Marathon When: Sunday Where: MacRitchie Reservoir REGISTRATION is open online till Saturday at www.mr25.org.sg. Payment and bib collection can be made on race day itself. FOOTBALL What: Singapore Selection v Oman Selection When: Monday, 7.30pm Where: Bishan Stadium What: Singapore v Oman When:
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        135 59 CELEBRATE the festive season with classic Olympic moments on ESPN STAR Sports. Sports fans will be able to catch Stories of Olympic Glory a special series which will feature the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics 2002 on Christmas Eve, and the Torino 2006 Winter Games followed by
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