Keeping, with only half the clock visible in the top left-hand corner of the screen – the minutes aren’t visible, so each entry I write is preceded by a glance at the clock on the wall followed by a few seconds of mental arithmatic, which has never been my strong point. But hells bells, even that would be so much easier if the game had kicked off at 7.30pm or 8pm. 11 min: Estonia win a free-kick, just inside the Ireland half. The bal…

The actor Charlie Sheen was filed on Friday in a rehab center after several days of parties at his house, which ended on Thursday with his emergency hospitalization in a hospital Los Angeles due to severe abdominal pain, said the site TMZ. The actor, who has one of the highest salaries of American television series for her role in “Two and a Half Men,” had previously undergone treatments to combat drug addiction and alcohol. The last…

Actor Charlie Sheen, the series “Two and a Half Men,” has checked into a rehabilitation clinic, said on Friday his spokesman, a day after being hospitalized after an alleged party in your home that lasted 36 hours, fueled by alcohol and drugs. The CBS said production of the series seen more in the United States was briefly suspended and that he supported the decision of Sheen. “Charlie Sheen voluntarily entered a rehabilitation…

Men dressed in civilian clothes and armed with machetes and bombs attacked protesters on Sunday evening in Cairo during a protest by a reform of the security services, which have a reputation for brutality, witnesses said. Dozens of men wielding knives and machetes and throwing bricks and bombs clashed with protesters at the headquarters of the security forces of Egypt, whose abuses spurred protests that toppled Hosni Mubarak said these witnesse…

Per Elop 2.3 million euros (3.18 million dollars) and will pay more than $ 3 million in October this year, according to a document sent to the market regulator Americans Scurities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The total gross salary of Elop is 1.05 million euros, slightly below its predecessor Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, whose base salary was about 1.18 million in 2009. …

Crowd to date at this ground. With hardworking Newcastle United not quite capable of raising their game to bridge the gulf in class, the only bad news at the Etihad Stadium was a half-time announcement that chips were off the menu on the catering concourses. That produced a chorus of boos and groans, a rare sound at City nowadays, though clearly a club that has just posted the biggest loss in English football history has to start making economies…

Company pension schemes are also facing dramatically worsening deficits. Falling bond yields, which have accelerated in the last few days, mean that the deficit between the assets and liabilities of Britain’s 6,500 final salary-based company pension schemes has widened by nearly ￡50bn. Companies will face the choice of plugging the deficits with large upfront payments, shutting their schemes, or even defaulting on their pension promises. Wh…

上星期，美國(guó)CBS電視網(wǎng)續(xù)訂宣布15部劇集節(jié)目，不過(guò)，備受關(guān)注的《好漢兩個(gè)半》（Two and a Half Men）未在新一季的續(xù)訂名單之中，隨后，有媒體披露，該劇可能因?yàn)檠輪T片酬沖突，面臨著被砍的命運(yùn)。

CBS電視網(wǎng)在回應(yīng)《好漢兩個(gè)半》未能獲得續(xù)訂時(shí)，透露他們正與劇集制作方華納兄弟進(jìn)行新一季的溝通。不過(guò)，有媒體在跟進(jìn)的報(bào)道披露，華納兄弟因?yàn)闊o(wú)法承擔(dān)《好漢兩個(gè)半》的演員片酬，正準(zhǔn)備放棄該劇的制作，這是CBS電視網(wǎng)未宣布續(xù)訂該劇的最主要原因。

知情人指出，好萊塢帥哥艾什頓·庫(kù)徹（Ashton Kutcher）在頂替查理·辛（Charlie Sheen）成為《好漢兩個(gè)半》主演后，他每集的片酬為80萬(wàn)美元。艾什頓·庫(kù)徹如果繼續(xù)與該劇續(xù)約，那么，CBS電視網(wǎng)和制作方華納兄弟將根據(jù)雙方之前簽訂的協(xié)議，給艾什頓·庫(kù)徹漲片酬。

美國(guó)媒體表示，除了艾什頓·庫(kù)徹的片酬，喬恩·克萊爾(Jon Cryer)和安加斯·T·瓊斯（Angus T. Jones）等幾位主演的片酬，對(duì)制作方和CBS來(lái)說(shuō)也不是小數(shù)目。因此，《好漢兩個(gè)半》如果未能圓滿解決這次片酬的沖突，隨時(shí)有可能被迫放棄。

對(duì)于《好漢兩個(gè)半》的前景，執(zhí)行制作人查克·羅瑞（Chuck Lorre）則表現(xiàn)得相當(dāng)樂(lè)觀，他透露，“《好漢兩個(gè)半》在全美劇集排行榜上排名前十之列，通常情況下不會(huì)有被砍的危險(xiǎn)。我覺(jué)得我們有希望（獲得第十季的預(yù)訂）?！?/p>