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Well, what do you know! we now have “The Awesome” WWE champion The Miz in a new movie role.

IMDB.com lists WWE performers Mike Mizanin (a/k/a The Miz) and Layla El (a/k/a Layla) as cast members of the upcoming movie Stainless Steel (2012).

The synopsis of the film reads: “Former underground out-law, John Steel is hired from the CIA to bring down 4 members of a silent corrupt group within the FBI.”

I think, The Miz is going to hit a jackpot with the WWE. finally WWE has motivated and recognized a  superstar other than John Cena and Triple H.

I still feel, have they shown the same sort of compassion with Batista, he might have not left WWE!

Legendary star Jane Russell died Monday of respiratory failure, the Associated Press reports. She was 89. The screen legend shot to fame in the ’40s after starring in Howard Hughes’ 1941 western, ‘The Outlaw.’ She also starred in 1953′s ‘Gentlemen Prefer Blondes’ alongside Marilyn Monroe.

Russell became a star after Hughes distributed sexy publicity photos of her prior to the release of ‘The Outlaw.’ She soon became famous as a pinup for World War II GIs.

After ‘The Outlaw,’ Russell starred in ‘The Paleface’ opposite Bob Hope in 1948. Her next notable film was ‘Gentleman Prefer Blondes.’ She and Monroe played friends who seek romance in Paris and sing ‘Two Little Girls From Little Rock.’ In 2001, Russell spoke of the film, noting that Monroe was five years younger than her and that “it was like working with a little sister.”

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The Oscar’s are out.  The most anticipated 83rd Academy Award Oscar Awards 2011 had the results that was most expected of.

‘The King’s Speech’ bagged the Oscars for Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor and the Best original Screenplay.

Colin Firth and Natalie Portman were named the Best Actor and Actress Award respectively.

The Best Director Award went to Tom Hooper for ‘The King’s Speech’.

‘Inception‘, which was one of the sure favourites, has bagged 4 Oscar Awards: Best Visual Effect, Best Sound Mixing, Best Sound Editing and Best Cinematography.

However ‘The Social Network’ got only 3 Oscar Awards: Best Film Editing,Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Original Score.

Below we give you the Oscar award 2011 results list

Best Picture

The King’s Speech

Best Actor

Colin Firth for ‘The King’s Speech’

Best Actress

Natalie Portman for ‘Black Swan’

Best Director

Tom Hooper ‘The King’s Speech’

Best Original Song

Randy Newman for “We belong together” in ‘Toy Story 3′

Best Film Editing

Angus Wall Kirk Baxter for ‘The Social Network’

Best Visual Effect

Paul Franklin,Chris Corbould and Andrew Lockley for ‘Inception’

Best Documentary of the Year

Inside Job by Charles Fergusson and Audrey Marrs

Best Live Action Short Film

Luke Matheny for ‘God of Love’

Best Short Documentary

Karen Goodman, Kirk Simon for ‘Strangers No More’

Best Costume Design

Colleen Atwood for ‘Alice in Wonderland’

Best Makeup

Rick Baker Dave Elsley for ‘The Wolfman’

Best Sound Editing

Richard King for Inception

Best Sound Mixing

Lora Hirshberg and Gary A Rizzo for Inception

Best Original Score

Trent Reznor Atticus Ross for ‘The Social Network’

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Christian Bale

Best Foreign Language Film

In A better World (Denmark)

Best original Screenplay

David Seidler for ‘The King’s Speech’

Best Adapted Screenplay

Aron Sorkin for ‘The Social Network’

Best Animated Feature Film

Toy Story 3: Directed by Lee Unkrich

Best Animated Short Film

The Lost Thing Directed by Andrew Ruhemann

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Melissa Leo for ‘The Fighter’

Best Cinematography

Movie: Inception

Winner: Wally Pfister

Best Art direction

Movie: Alice in Wonderland

Robert Stromberg (Production Design), Karen O’Hara (Set Decoration)

Hear it what we have come across. It seems that Stone Cold factor may return back to Monday Night Raw on March 7th 2011.

Boy, i could not wait. First we have a huge storyline building up between John Cena and Rock. Both the superstars are digging each other to the core and now we see the iconic Stone Cold Steve Austin supposed return this march.

As reported in wrestlenewz, Steve Austin is scheduled to appear on the March 7th, 2011 edition of Raw, which will take place at the American Airlines Arena in Dallas.

The building is advertising his appearance on the show. Austin is currently taping the upcoming season of the new/old series “Tough Enough” for WWE.

What if Stone Cold “Steve Austin” is really the Anonymous General Manager of  RAW? Boy, that will the most thrilling aspect in the history of WWE. Do remember, we are in the beginning of very healthy feud between the Rock and Cena, if Steve Austin returns as the GM then the Hell will be brought down in the WWE.

If Steve Austin is really the GM, What do you think will Austin do? Will he support the Rock or Cena. Lets wait and watch.

Redbox is an American company that specializes in the rental of DVDs and video games via vending machines – currently with 25,000 kiosks.

Kiosks feature the company’s signature red color and arched top surface, visible in the corporate logo, and are located across the United States in fast food restaurants, pharmacies, grocery stores and convenience stores.

According to a study from the NPD Group, the share of videos rented from standalone kiosks increased 10 percent year-over-year during the third quarter of 2010, while the percentage of videos rented from traditional retail stores declined 13 percent and subscription rental share increased just 2 percent.

“Each Redbox kiosk features up to 200 titles and 630 movies, making it a fully automated video rental store contained in 12 square feet of retail space,” Brennan said.

The availability of movies in the convenient area locations, including select McDonald’s restaurants, Walmart, Walgreen’s, Meijer and Kroger stores has increased the people willingness  to rent the movie, which in turn has made the company the 5th largest DVD rental company by revenue.

Boy, it seems cool.   I reckon redbox methodology of renting a movie for a cheap rate may remove the piracy of movies on web.

Have you tried a movie from Redbox, if yes then do share your experience via comments with us.

Who is Sin Cara?  A search tag that is now hitting the search engines after the latest WWE announcement.

WWE official announced that Sin Cara ( new roster ) has joined them (WWE).

That’s great, but who is Sin Cara?

As reported in WWE website, Sin Cara is a professional wrestler who begin his wrestling career at an age of 15 with an record international fan following  under his belt. He is well known for his high-flying style and awe-inspiring acrobatics.As a Mexican, he prefers to have masks in his face during the matches.

WWE Executive Vice President Stephanie McMahon said “Sin Cara is a tremendous performer who brings the crowd to its feet every time he steps into the ring. With us, his stardom will only get bigger and brighter.”

Upon his signing, Sin Cara said, “WWE is the pinnacle of sports-entertainment. It is an honor and a thrill for me to be able to perform with the world’s best. Being a WWE Superstar will present new challenges, new mountains to climb and new competition. It is a new beginning and a new life. With that in mind, I have chosen the new name of Sin Cara in hopes to represent all the legendary Mexican masked performers and to carry the banner of their legacy to the entire world.”

The list just adds up with WWE, we now have 3 mexican in the WWE.

The veteran Rey Mysterio followed by newly joined Alberto Del Rio and Sin Cara as a latest inductee. We wish Sin Cara an healthy career with WWE.

Update:

Sin Cara has made the WWE debut. For more on that, Click here

In a surprise and unexpected move the US Department of Commerce has cut its expected 4th-quarter growth from 3.2% to 2.8%.

While the government is expecting a lower growth, analysts were having a different opinion. They estimated the growth to be 3.3%.

Economic growth for the whole of 2010 was also revised down slightly, from 2.9% to 2.8%.

As well as lower state and local government spending during the final three months of last year, consumer spending grew at a slower rate than previously estimated.

Despite the downward revision, Wall Street gained ground in early trading, with the Dow Jones index rising 42 points to 12,110 as the price of oil retreated from the two-and-a-half year highs seen on Thursday.

The latest figure for final-quarter growth is the second estimate – the figure will be revised again next month.

It seems that unemployment seems to be the root of all evil. Lower consumer spending which lead to lower imports and ultimately started to have an effect on the profits.