Monday, July 30, 2012

WHAT MAKE KIM KARDASHIAN FAMOUUS?

The curves that made her famous! Kim Kardashian

Despite proclaiming it is her entrepreneurial skills or Kris Jenner's elite managing talents that catapulted her to fame, it is in fact Kim Kardashian's curves that placed in household name territory.

And the reality star showed off her infamous silhouette in a plunging red blouse this afternoon.

Kim was seen exiting a chauffeur-driven car in New York, pairing the low-cut top - complete with an attached belt to accentuate her trim waist - with fitted beige trousers and matching nude heels.

The curves that made her famous: Kim Kardashian wears swooping neckline as she heads out in New York

Checking they're still there: Kim looks down at the cleavage as she shows off her figure in plunging red shirt

Flick for the camera: Kim places her hair behind her back so photographers can get a good shot

She also showed support for younger half-sister Kendall, writing: 'Fun dinner with @KendallJenner & @KrisJenner! Feel like such a proud sis seeing kenny model in NY!'

Turning over a new leaf: Cultured Kim Kardashian covered her curves in a demure black dress to take in a Broadway show on Saturday night with Kanye West

But that didn't put off the famously curvy Kim.

The demure knee-length dress, paired with two-toned stiletto heels, gave her a sophisticated air.

The brunette starlet completed the look with a gold bracelet on each arm.

Protected: A bodyguard kept close watch over Kim and Kanye as they joined the crowds in the theatre

Before heading out for the night, Kim took to Twitter to let her fans know she was back in the Big Apple.

She tweeted: 'Feels so good to be back in NYC! Fun spa day with @lorenridinger & @amberridinger! Now off to a date w my babyboo lol.'

While Kim dressed up for the night, Kanye kept things casual in white jeans, matching jacket and sweater white trainers.

Leaving so soon? A Twitter user said Kim and Kanye exited the show before it was over

Let's go: Kanye escorts Kim to a waiting carLet's go: Kanye escorts Kim to a waiting car

One of the girls: Kim tweeted this picture of herself with two friends with the caption 'Yacht life with @lorenridinger @amberridinger'

The Hollywood duo held hands as they walked into the Eugene O’Neill Theatre flanked by security.

The crowds inside the popular show took to Twitter to dish on the pair's arrival.

'Haha Kim Kardashian and Kanye West are here,' one audience member wrote adding, 'Looks like I picked the right day to see Book of Mormon again.'

Bragging rights: Kim reminded her fans that she has lots of celebrity friends by tweeting pictures of herself with Jennifer Lopez, Fergie and LaLa Vasquez

Fancy meeting you here: Kim wrote on Twitter that she bumped into her good friend Jonathan Cheban while walking the streets of New York

Cruising in denim: Kanye was seen holding a DVD of crime documentary The Interrupters in New York today

Chance encounter: Kanye and Jonathan smile and shake hands

Michelle Obama gets touch with Kobe Bryant and men's basketball team

First Lady Michelle Obama was on hand in London today, cheering on the U.S. from the sidelines as the nation's Dream Team defeated France 98-71 in the preliminary rounds of the Olympic Games.

Champion: U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama, left, hugs player Kobe Bryant after their basketball game against France during the London 2012 Olympic Games

Go Team! First Lady Michelle Obama hugs USA's Lebron James after USA defeated France in a preliminary men's basketball game

Good Job! Mrs Obama hugged the players as they left the court victorious, taking time to congratulate each one

Stars: Michelle Obama spends some quality time with LeBron James, right, and Kobe Bryant, left

Affection: U.S. first lady Michelle Obama hugs U.S. basketball player Russell Westbrook

Manchester City star Balotelli rescued by airport staff after he hid from fans in toilet cubicle

He has often been described as having a potty mouth when on the football pitch and acting erratically off it.

Mario Balotelli was reportedly so scared of being mobbed by his fans that he found solace in the bathroom and locked himself in an airport toilet, this morning.

The 21-year-old arrived at Manchester Airport having flown in from Milan, Italy, for the start of his pre season training.

Running scared: Mario Balotelli had to hide in an airport toilet after being mobbed by fans in Manchester, earlier today

The controversial striker was standing in arrivals with his friend where he waited patiently for his luggage hoping nobody would see him.

Unfortunately for Super Mario, he was soon spotted by some eagle eyed Manchester City supporters who steadily approached him for photographs and autographs.

As the hysteria built up, the footballer was soon overwhelmed by the growing number of people surrounding him and he had to make a sharp exit.

It's safe to come out: Mario had to be rescued by airport staff and led out of a special staff entrance to avoid fans

This way, sir: An airport worker took Mario's bags and guided him to his awaiting chauffeur driven vehicle that was outside

Sharp exit: The Manchester City striker was reportedly waiting for his luggage in the arrivals lounge when fans spotted him

Keep on moving: Even once he escaped the terminal Mario was still photographed by some eager fans as he headed to his car

His departure from Milan was much more low key and he was given the VIP treatment with his car being allowed to drive next to the Ryanair plane he boarded.

Ready to roll: Mario was all smiles when he said bye to the staff who so bravely rescued him

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Rihanna explore south of France

Demure: Rihanna covered up in a floral patterned maxi as she wandered through the streets of Monte Carlo

Sight-seeing: Rihanna made sure to take in all the sights of the city, including the famous Monte Carlo Casino

Treating herself: The singer was spotted sipping on champagne and trying on watches in luxury jeweller Cartier

Gor-gon-geous: Rihanna sported a pretty dress in Antibes in the South of France today, but still played the bad girl with snake armpiece andf cigarette hanging out of her mouth

Change Balotelli? That would be impossible! Mancini on the challenges facing Man City

He thrived as a central striker for Italy? Can he get in your team in that role?

With his body and his attitude, I think he can play as a forward or like a winger, so I think he can play in every position. Maybe, for me though, he is better like a first striker. But we have four strikers, and of these four strikers, only Mario can play wide.

Title winner: Roberto Mancini takes a training session in Kuala Lumpur

How do you feel now that you are the Barclays Premier League winning manager? How many times have you watched the last 10 mintues of last season back on TV?

Just one or two times. It was enough to be there in that moment. But we deserved to win the league because, for me, we were the best team..

Sir Alex Ferguson still says United are the team to beat...

I agree with him (smiling).

Are you serious?

Yes.

Thrived: Mario Balotelli was key for Italy at Euro 2012

Have you had any contact with him since the end of last season. He likes to write letters to managers.

No. But I haven’t been at the club. Maybe there is one there.

There was an issue on the touchline during the game between you at the Etihad...

Yes but afterwards he came to the office and we had a glass of wine.

You went to Abu Dhabi to see Sheikh Mansour. What did he say to you?

He was very happy because for him this championship was very important. It was amazing for him and for us. For us it was important that we won because the Sheikh has spent a lot of money on this club. Usually it takes four or five years to do this…to win the league. We won it very quickly, I think.

City slickers: The players are in action on a pre-season tour

You have signed a new contract and turned down approaches from the Russian FA and others. Did you consider leaving?

No. I never considered any other options.

How important is it to get players in and not stand still?

It is important for us because we are not a team who has won the title for the last 15 years. Our mentality is very strong like the other teams but if you don't change a lot of players you can't hope to win more than other teams. I think we need to improve.

We need to work even harder now because we have won the title. We need players with the right mentality, like the ones we have signed in the last year. We don't need 10 players like we did maybe three or four years ago but we need three or four players, players who can improve our team.

If we don't then we could face the same problems that we faced last season when Yaya Toure went to the African Nations Cup and we had two or three injuries. If we want to do well in all the competitions we need to have a stronger squad.

Need more strikers? City hitmen Carlos Tevez (left) and Sergio Aguero (right)

How confident are you that you can get players in before the start of the season?

I don't know this. I hope we can do this business this week because it is important you have new players three or four weeks before the season starts so they can settle in.

Can you understand the club's stance over spending?

I don't think that the problem is that the club don't want to spend. It is not easy when Manchester City try to buy a player. The club we are buying from asks for 30 or 40 per cent more. This is not correct. It is difficult to do business. But I think also we need to work well [in the transfer market]. We need to work better sometimes.

City, United and Juventus all want Robin van Persie. Surely he should choose City?

No, no. I don't know what will happen with Van Persie because now he is an Arsenal player and I think Arsenal is a top team. When you talk about Manchester City, Manchester united and Juventus, it is difficult for a player to choose between these three clubs. If we have a chance to take him, we will try.

Plenty to ponder: Mancini accepts it is going to be very tough to defend their title

Emmanuel Adebayor still hasn't gone to Spurs. Is that a problem?

I think maybe we can close this in the next few days.

You seemed to say some strange things at the end of last season. Were they mind games?

I enjoyed it. Sometimes we talk, you write, we are all happy.

How important is it that you now strengthen your position as champions and establish yourself as top dogs?

It's important because it's not easy to win a Championship in England. It's more difficult than in Italy. But after that it's more difficult to stay at the top for a long time. For this reason we need to improve by buying players and through our work. We can't just think that we won the last Championship and arrived at the top so now we deserve to stay there.

You're the one for me: Mancini with the prized Premier League trophy

What about the Champions League?

The Champions League is strange. I don't think we can start to win this yet. When I won the title at Inter, the idea was to defend the title and that should be our target this year. The same. If we also go well in the Champions League, there could also be a chance that we can arrive in the quarter, semi-final or final. We will try to win it, but it is important, for this, that we have a good squad. I don’t think we can play for the Champions League with this squad. That is my opinion, so for this reason we have to buy.

But your squad is arguably better than Chelsea's and they won the Champions League last year...

Yes, but this is why I say that the Champions League a strange competition sometimes – not because Chelsea didn’t deserve to win it, but because there were better teams than Chelsea last year. Our target for the Champions League should be to go for the second stage after the group.

How has Carlos Tevez been in training?

I am happy because Carlos has been working very well since we started training. His attitude is good and we hope he can continue like this.

Were you surprised to see him with a golf bag on his shoulder at the Open Championship?

Yes. (laughs). Maybe next time he can be the referee? I didn’t see it, but I saw it in the newspaper. I thought he had changed his job!

Respect: Mancini wants Tevez - and everybody else - to respect the club

Yaya Toure has said he will go to the African Nations Cup again next January...

I hope that Yaya stays with us, but I don’t know if this is possible.

Can you afford another season of behind the scenes problems like you had last year?

I don’t forget it, only because it is all experience and useful for the future if you have a problem. I hope that we don’t have another season with all these problems, but we won the Championship with all these problems, so maybe we should hope for another problem!

How do you make sure there are no more issues or problems?

This is impossible. With Mario, is it is impossible, but Carlos, maybe.

Club or country: Yaya Toure (left) may go to the African Nations Cup again

Has Carlos really changed? Can he stay focussed?

Carlos has another two years on his contract and I hope (he does). But I don’t think I can change Carlos. Maybe I can change Mario, because he is young, but you can’t change older players. I just want respect, for me and for the club, for my job and for their job.

That is important for me. Respect for what we do every day and what we do in our job. We don’t play and work because earn some money – we start to play when we are young because we like football and for this reason, we should play because we like the job I hope that Carlos understands that maybe he made some mistakes.

Did you learn from your mistakes as a player?

Yeah, but also as a manager. I don’t think I always do things well and I am the first to think that I maybe make a mistake. Every day probably. It is important that the players understand this too.

Was it a mistake to say in Munich that Carlos would never play for you again?

I was really upset after that game. Not because we had lost, but because it was Carlos in that situation. I always had a good relationship with Carlos and did everything for him, like other players, but Carlos in particular, so for this reason I was upset. But after two or three days, it was in the past. The problems came later, but it is important that we did well in the end and won for Manchester City.

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OLYMPIC SOCCER RESULT

Spain 0-1 hunduras go crashing out of Games after Honduras loss

ded the European Championship to their world champions status last month but Spain have failed to secure a unique third football title at London 2012 after they crashed out of the Olympics.

After Jerry Bengtson had headed unfancied Honduras into a seventh-minute lead, Luis Milla’s Spain side, which included Euro 2012 winners Jordi Alba and Chelsea’s Juan Mata, created countless chances.

No dice: Adrian Lopez goes down in the box

Early return: Chelsea will get Juan Mata back sooner than they thought

Mata had three first-half opportunities to give Spain the win they needed to stay in the competition after being surprisingly beaten by Japan in their opening game.

But it wasn’t was all Spain. The impressive Roger Espinoza, who created the winning goal, also hit the post in the second half.

Big blow: Honduras held off Spain to knock them out

Great Britain 3 UAE 1

aniel Sturridge gave watching England manager Roy Hodgson a nudge as Great Britain's first Olympic win since 1960 sent them top of Group A.

After Ryan Giggs had become the oldest goalscorer in Olympic history, GB required a rather more youthful duo to drag them out of a hole after Rashed Eisa had equalised for United Arab Emirates.

Sinclair was scoring with his first touch, although it is perhaps Sturridge who has more chance of featuring in August's squad for the friendly against Italy in Berne, especially if he impressed Hodgson with his superb chip 14 minutes from time.

Super subs: Scott Sinclair put Great Britain 2-1 up before Daniel Sturridge's magnificent chip (below)

Danny-boy: Sturridge with a simply delightful chip

Fist pump: Ryan Giggs celebrates his opening goal

Van Persie will move to United. if Rooney on £220,000-a-week

Robin van Persie's move to Manchester United could hinge on the Arsenal star being paid the same amount of money as Wayne Rooney.

The Red Devils' frontman earns around £220,000-a-week at the moment while Van Persie has snubbed a three-year contract offer of £130,000-a-week from the Gunners.

Van Persie would like to move to Old Trafford to add some more trophies to his sparse collection - his last trophy was the FA Cup in 2005 - but wants to match Rooney's wages, according to the Sunday Express.

Demands: Robin van Persie wants big money for his big move

France 44 Great Britain 15:

Great Britain men's six-year journey in pursuit of the Olympic dream came to fruition, though it ended in a heavy defeat to reigning gold medallists France.

It seems a fitting reward that Team GB were able to make their Games debut sharing the court with the French, who are widely regarded to be the best side in the sport's history, after the substantial personal sacrifice the majority of the squad have made to be here.

Lives have been put on hold for the last six years after it was announced that Great Britain would form a team with the intention of competing at London, with many players sleeping on floors and painting toilet blocks in various outposts of Europe in a bid to get by.

Hang time: Bertrand Gille of France jumps to shoot in the win against Great Britain

Under pressure: Jerome Fernandez of France is tackled by Sebastian Prieto (right) and Robin Garnham

Hot ticket: The Copper Box was packed to the rafters to watch the British men's debut

Brazil 3 Belarus 1: Neymar and Oscar

Victory guaranteed Brazil a place in the quarter-finals and means they need only a point from their last game against New Zealand on Wednesday to be sure of finishing top of Group C.

Renan Bardini Bressan headed Belarus into a surprise eighth-minute lead but Neymar crossed for AC Milan’s Alexandre Pato to equalise shortly afterwards.