THE STAR: Usain Bolts from lover
2012-05-09 08:25:26 | (0 Comments)

WESTERN BUREAU:
The world’s fastest man, Usain Bolt, has ended his relationship with Slovakian fashion designer Lubica Slovak.

The record holder has opted to focus his energies on creating new records on the track, sources in his camp confirmed.

Bolt is competing at the 2012 Olympics in the United Kingdom this summer and cannot afford any distraction at this time, his team added.

Get your copy of today’s edition of The Star for details.

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Grammy Kid di people dem a Jersey waa know what is going on…..Yuh tell dem seh di Mavado show a go do over and all who have dem ticket stub fi reach di venue by 11’30 ..Yuh print up flyer and bay tings and it is alleged that Mavado tell yuh seh fi return di people dem money suh mi waa know if di people dem really a go get played agen dis time ..wha really a gwaan? Pan di flyer print up $20 at the door before 11’30 so mi waa know know if is really a free entry dem a get or is a reduced price ting a gwaan ..how dat a guh rerk? can samddy come tell wi good good wha really a gwaan ina di Mavado camp and ina di Grammy Kid camp because something nuh rite o

Man jailed for shooting which left victim blind

Roger Aiken told he must serve a minimum of 15 years
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A BRIXTON man who shot and blinded a 38-year-old man has been found guilty of attempted murder.

Roger Aiken, 34, was labelled “a dangerous man,” after the incident in Barking, east London, last August and was told he must serve a minimum of 15 years for the shooting, and a minimum of 12 years for possession of the firearm with intent to endanger life.

The victim, who was known to Aiken, was with friends on the way to a party nearby when he was shot a point blank range with a handgun. Aiken then shot at a vehicle, which contained the victim’s friends, but no one else was injured. He then made off in an Audi TT car, which has never been recovered.

The victim suffered gun shot injuries to his head and left arm. His head injury resulted in him being left permanently blind and the bullet remains lodged under his right eye, and he is also still receiving treatment for his arm injury.

Aiken was arrested on 1 September 2011. He was subsequently charged with attempted murder and possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life.



Investigating Officer, Detective Constable Abbie Warde, of Trident, said: “Roger Aiken is a dangerous man who believed that he could avoid justice. Communities in London are safer for his imprisonment.


“This sentence sends out a clear message to those who are involved in gun crime and they should take note that the police and criminal justice system will not tolerate this type of violent behaviour,” he said.

for Allegedly Raping an Imbecile

Police at Sakumono have arrested a Pastor, Bright Nana Oduro, of Glorious Light Church on the Spintex road, for allegedly raping an imbecile.

The Sakumono District Police Commander, Superintendent Alex Wowolo, who confirmed the story to The Chronicle on Saturday said investigations are underway in the case.

According to him, on Sunday October 30th, 2011, the mother of an 18-year-old girl, said to be mentally deranged, was sent to the Pastor for prayers.

The District Commander said the girl was locked in the chapel from that Sunday to Wednesday, until she managed to escape. The family, however, managed to locate and apprehend her in the town on Friday November 4, 2011, and in the night at about 10:00pm they sent her back to the supposed man of God, to continue with the prayers.

The Pastor, however, reportedly forced and had sex with her, using a condom, and attempted to go a second round, which she resisted.

The Pastor reportedly went to lock the door, pocketed the key, and raped her again without a condom.

When the girl detected that the man of God was asleep, she managed to retrieve the key and took an amount of GH¢10 from his pocket. She opened the door and escaped.

By Richard Verrier, Los Angeles Times
May 9, 2012
China’s biggest theater company is trying to get a foothold in the U.S. by picking up some or all of AMC Entertainment Inc., an arrangement that could further pry open the market for Hollywood films in the world’s most populous country.

AMC, the second-largest movie theater chain in the U.S., is negotiating a deal to sell all or part of itself to Wanda Group, two people familiar with the talks said.

The deal, if concluded, would make Wanda the first Chinese company to establish a major presence in the North American movie theater business.

AMC, which has 5,048 screens in 347 theaters in the U.S. and Canada, would gain access to China’s burgeoning market. China, in the midst of a multiplex building boom, was second to Japan at the international box office last year with $2 billion in ticket sales, according to the Motion Picture Assn. of America.

The talks between AMC and Wanda have intensified in recent weeks after AMC pulled the plug on a planned stock offering to raise as much as $450 million to pay down debt, according to sources who asked not to be identified because the negotiations were confidential.

Top shareholders in AMC include JPMorgan Partners, Apollo Investment Fund and Bain Capital Investors.

AMC withdrew the offer because of concerns that market conditions weren’t ripe for a stock offering, and possibly to position the company for a sale, people close to the transaction said. Selling to Wanda would allow the three firms to recoup an investment they made when they bought the company AMC in 2004.

A spokesman for AMC declined to comment, as did a representative for Wanda. News of the talks with Wanda was first reported by the New York Times.

Wanda Cinema Lines Corp. is the largest cinema chain in China, with 86 theaters and 730 screens. The parent company, Wanda Group, is a major real estate developer, with interests in department stores and hotels.

The company has been in the news because its chairman, Wang Jianlin, is reportedly under investigation for ties to disgraced Chongqing party chief Bo Xilai. Bo was sacked and accused of corruption, and his wife charged with the murder of a British businessman. Wanda’s headquarters are in the northeastern city of Dalian, where Bo was once a senior official.

AMC, which is valued at about $1.5 billion, posted a loss of $82.7 million on revenue of $1.93 billion in the 39 weeks ended Dec. 29, 2011, compared with a profit of $36.88 million on revenue of $1.9 billion during the same period in 2010, according a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The Kansas City, Mo., company cited higher interest expenses, investment losses in Beverly Hills 3-D technology company RealD Inc. and costs related to its acquisition of Kerasotes Showplace Theatres of Chicago, the nation’s sixth-largest cinema chain.

In May, 2011, AMC closed a deal to acquire 92 theaters and 928 screens from Kerasotes.

Among the biggest theater circuits, only Cinemark Holdings Inc. and National Amusements Inc. have a major presence outside North America, mainly in Latin America and Europe.

China has been aggressively expanding its own entertainment industry, both to boost the country’s global influence or “soft power” and to feed the demands of a surging middle class. Several Hollywood studios have been maneuvering to take advantage of the opportunity to grow business in China.

Walt Disney Co. in Burbank recently said it would partner with the animation arm of China’s Ministry of Culture and China’s largest Internet company to help develop China’s animation industry.

And DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc. of Glendale has announced a joint venture with Shanghai Media Group, China’s second-largest media company, to build a family entertainment company to produce animated and live-action movies and TV shows for the Chinese market. That deal was unveiled in February when Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping visited Los Angeles.

China is also rapidly expanding its theater industry. Although no major U.S. theater chain has expanded into China, Real Inc. in Beverly Hills has partnered with Beijing SAGA Luxury Cinema Management Co. to equip the Chinese theater chain with 3-D technology. Imax Corp., the Canadian big-screen theater company, formed a joint venture with Wanda to open 75 theaters by 2014.

Hollywood studios, however, have been frustrated by tight restrictions on the number of foreign films China allows into the country each year under a revenue-sharing agreement. The Chinese government recently agreed to ease some of the restrictions, allowing more foreign movies into the country.