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Media Man News Update, by Greg Tingle - 2nd July 2011

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Maguire Aka Spider-Man: Lost Money On Hollywood Poker Games...

Spider-Man star Tobey Maguire believes he should not have to pay back all his winnings from a series of illegal Hollywood poker games was unaware he was playing an unlicensed game, and had also lost money. Maguire is being sued for $294,800 plus interest, because he won this amount from a conman who is now being bankrupted in a bid to pay back his victims. A bankruptcy trustee is suing the Spiderman actor and 22 other people for their winnings to recoup money for investors who were conned into a Ponzi scheme by Bradley Ruderman. The 'Texas Hold'Em' poker games — which took place at a number of upscale Beverly Hills hotels — have become the centre of a legal fight. Lawyers representing the Ponzi investors claim hundreds and thousands of dollars lost by Ruderman, in poker matches held between 2006 and 2009, should be returned because the games were operated illegally. But Maguire has filed court papers denying any wrongdoing and claiming $157,000 he lost in the poker matches should be deducted from "any liability" that the court may decide he should pay. Maguire denies he was aware the poker games were being run without the necessary licenses and says he knew little about how they were organised or operated. His court filing states: "Tobey Maguire unconditionally denies having engaged in any conduct whatsoever in violation of law and further categorically denies having knowingly or intentionally participated in any fraudulent scheme". A number of other A-list celebrities were allegedly involved in the poker matches, including Leonardo DiCaprio, Ben Affleck and Matt Damon. They have not been targeted by the court action. The twice-weekly games were held at high-profile celebrity hang-outs including the Viper Room and the Four Seasons Hotel, and included food, alcohol and a masseuse for players.

Marvel Entertainment Looking For Director For Thor 2...

Thor has proven mighty enough at the box office for Marvel Studios to give the green light to a sequel. Set for release July 26, 2013, Thor 2 is in search of a director now that Kenneth Branagh has opted out of returning for the sequel. Deadline.com reports Branagh likely will still be involved in a producing capacity and that the decision for him not to direct was a “mutual and amicable” one with Marvel. In announcing the sequel, Marvel also announced it has hired Don Payne to write it. Payne was one of three credited writers on the screenplay for Thor and also worked on Marvel’s Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer. He also has worked as a producer and writer on The Simpsons. The announcement confirms that Marvel is looking to continue all its franchises. Marvel has Captain America: The First Avenger due out July 22, which will be a part of the same universe as Thor, Iron Man, Iron Man 2 and The Incredible Hulk in building up to next summer’s The Avengers. The studio also has Iron Man 3 set for 2013, with plans to roll out that sequel May 3. Other Marvel films in development at other studios include The Amazing Spider-Man, a reboot for next summer from Sony/Columbia; and a second Wolverine film for star Hugh Jackman that is set to shoot starting for Fox later this year. Thor was created by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby and Larry Lieber and first appeared in the 1962 comic book Journey into Mystery #83.

Thor 2: Director Names Been Thrown Around...

The Thor sequel is on track for a July 2013 release. It's been confirmed that Don Payne is working on the screenplay — he was one of five credited screenwriters on the first film — but Marvel Studios is still staying mum on rumors (originally reported by Deadline) that Kenneth Branagh will not be returning to the director’s chair for Thor 2. It would be a definite loss for the franchise — in his review of Thor, EW’s Owen Gleiberman noted that the film proved Branagh to be an “unexpected maestro of digital effects.” Guillermo could add new energy with Asgard — and the guy has a uniquely great track record with superhero sequels, having made Blade II and Hellboy II: The Golden Army. Branagh's Thor was unexpected and he delivered with welcome thunder.

Tom Brevoort Talks In-Depth About The Relationship Between Marvel's Movies And Comics!...

Marvel SVP of Publishing Tom Brevoort talks The Avengers set visits, how the movies effect the way the characters are portrayed in the comics as well as the chances of an X-Men: First Class inspired Magneto series and more...

On Why Some Of Marvel's Comic Book Writers Are Visiting The Set Of The Avengers:

Honestly I don't know all the details, but my guess is that they're down there for some Creative Committee business – not even necessarily related to the "Avengers" film but related to Marvel Studios in general. I think Matt Fraction is along as Brian's "Plus One." [Laughter] And he's welcome and has dealt with the Studio guys before on things like the "Iron Man" video game. So this was an opportunity for them to go down there, see how the shoot is going, hob nob with all the stars, and maybe get some footage for DVD extras. It sounds like a fun excursion except for the fact that it's apparently 120 degrees in New Mexico. Outside of that, though, and some difficulty with the flights, it sounds like a good time.


On The Influence The Movies Have On The Comic Books:

I think especially as the films get ready to come out and after they come out, we see a difference in how those characters get depicted in the books. I think that was definitely true of the X-Men. The most obvious example is that as soon as the X-Men movies opened, the way we visually represented and used Cerebro or Cerebra – while it still did the same thing, all the sudden it looked like a giant domed room with a gangplank in the center, similar to the films. That's not necessarily anything that was mandated. It's just that the artists who drew the books, as they'd seen the films and enjoyed them, tended to be influenced in the way they depicted that in the comics.

Certainly Matt came up with his approach to Iron Man at the same time the "Iron Man" film was being developed. He'd seen clips and previews but hadn't seen the actual film. But still, between his own natural sensibilities and some good guesswork on his part about how they'd be treating the material, the Iron Man he writes every month is really very close to the movie version and to some degree influenced back by it. I think people in general tend to write Tony Stark today with a little more Robert Downey in his inflection and his tone and style than they did before the films. That's an intangible. That's just people having seen and loved those movies and now thinking Downey’s voice in their heads as they're coming up with Iron Man dialogue. So I think it's a fairly natural thing back and forth.


On What He Think About Captain America: The First Avenger:

I've seen no more of "Captain America" than the trailer that just came out, but let me say my God does that look like the best superhero movie of the summer to me, and possibly the best one in years. Every note of that trailer is pitch perfect. And I cannot help but suspect that the way they treat Captain America in this movie – Chris Evans' performance, the physicality of the character and how he interacts, the themes of it – are going to find their way into how people treat Cap moving ahead. It's almost inevitable, particularly if the movie is as good as the trailer makes it seem.


On Whether We'll See An X-Men: First Class Inspired Magneto Series:

I think at this point, everybody in the world has come in to pitch that series. Even before that there was talk of doing a sequel to "Magneto: Testament" that would have essentially been exactly that. And we may still get around to doing that project at some point. Right this moment, Greg Pak is in the midst of doing "Red Skull," which is the sort of counterpoint to "Magneto: Testament," and I think that asking him to do another deeply researched, historically accurate book looking in depth at that dark period and those dark people would put him in the looney bin. That is some serious stuff to have to immerse yourself into to write a comic book. But it's entirely likely we'll see that at some point. The Fassbender material in "X-Men: First Class" was great. Everybody came out of that movie saying "Wow! We want to see that movie. We want to see that guy running around Europe and hunting down old Nazis and magnetically making knives fly at them!" Credit: http://www.comicbookmovie.com


Marvel Produces New Short Films for 'Thor' & 'Captain America'...

A while ago Marvel Entertainment expressed interest in getting into the short film game, which sounds ridiculous on one level because outside of film festivals short films have a lower profile than most porn. But for Marvel Studios, which owns the film rights to around 4,000 different characters, the proposal seemed like an excellent way to test the waters of less popular characters, such as - as has been rumored - Luke Cage or Doctor Strange. The idea seemed to be that the short films would play in front of high profile Marvel projects, but when none appeared before the opening credits of this year's Thor (and probably not in front of Captain America either), it seemed like it just wasn't happening. Film School Rejects reports that two such short films have already been shot, with the intention of including them on the upcoming DVD/Blu-Ray releases of Thor and Captain America. Not much is known about the actual content of the shorts, such as whether they'll include new characters or just provide backstory for existing or upcoming projects (a la the post-credits scenes on most Marvel properties), but what Film School Rejects does seem to know is that both shorts will feature S.H.I.E.L.D. agent Phil Coulson, a bit player in most Marvel movies to date played by actor/director Clark Gregg.

Ex-Marvel Boss Producing Angry Birds; Former studio chairman joins Rovio, will exec produce game-to-film...

David Maisel, the former chairman of Marvel Studios who led the studio into self-producing and self-financing its films as well as its sale to Disney, has joined Rovio as a Special Advisor -- a role which will also see him serve as an executive producer on the planned feature film version of its hit video game Angry Birds.

Maisel's hiring, announced via a Rovio press release, signals the game company's intent on broadening the scope of their properties into other avenues of entertainment, namely films. During his tenure with Marvel, Maisel exec produced Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Iron Man 2, Thor and Captain America: The First Avenger.

"I'm very honored and excited to join Rovio, and my goal is to help unleash its great potential," Maisel said in a statement. "Rovio has already had amazing success and established a great brand with Angry Birds. The business model, intellectual properties, and the franchise potential of Angry Birds give Rovio the most exciting prospects I have seen in the entertainment business since Marvel in 2003."

Variety spoke with Maisel about his appointment and the prospect of an Angry Birds film, with the exec telling them, "There has been so much chatter about an 'Angry Birds' movie, but it's now real. ... The process is starting now."

The trade says Maisel has already met with interested writers and directors on the project. Forbes goes further, saying writers are already working on a script that "will that would develop the game's backstory." Forbes adds that Rovio has been chatting with interested studios.

"We are working on the mythology with the movie script and we don't want to shape the mythology too far until we have that one nail in place," Rovio CEO Mikael Hed told Forbes. "We've seen too many movies based on games that have not performed well."

"People are interacting with these characters six inches from them each time they play and that creates an emotional connection," Maisel told Variety. "This is not an American thing. It's not even a Finnish thing. It's a global thing that's something I've never seen before. This is the most exciting intellectual property to come from outside Hollywood in years and it will be exciting to expand it within Hollywood and take it to a whole new level."

Rovio is said to want to be another Pixar, and if Maisel's track record of helping Marvel turn its properties into successful movies while maintaining independence and creative control is any indication then that playbook should serve as a good template for Rovio to emulate.

Yes flock, Angry Birds to become a movie, and that's nothing to be angry about at all.


Rachel Weisz, Secret Marriage With James Bond 007's Daniel Craig...

Rachel Weisz, 41 and Daniel Craig, 43 have become husband and wife during a secret ceremony last week, in New York State. The guest list was extremely short: 18-year-old daughter Ella, Rachel's son Henry, four, and two families of close friends.

The News of the World quoted by Daily Mail reports a source as declaring after the discreet event: 'Daniel and Rachel insisted on having a small, quiet wedding. They are madly in love and couldn't wait to be husband and wife - but they wanted minimum fuss.'

Newly weds have been friends for several years and, when the first rumors of their possible relationship were speculated, they denied it and managed to keep out their couple from the public’s eyes. The actor from the last James Bond movie and the Oscar-winning actress began dating last year when they played husband and wife in the upcoming horror film “Dream House”.

Rachel Weisz ended last year her nine year relationship with “Black Swan” director, Darren Aronofsky. They have a son and they are committed to raise him together, as they announced when their breakup was made official. Before starting a relationship with Rachel Weisz, Daniel Craig was married with actress Fiona Loudon and dated film producer Satsuku Mitchell for six years.

Weisz filmography includes “The Mummy”, “About A Boy”,“ The Fountain”, this last one directed by her ex-fiancĂ©, Darren Aronofsky. She received an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in 2005 for her role in “The Constant Gardener” directed by Fernando Meirelles and co-starring Ralph Fiennes. Rachel Weisz newest film “Whistleblower” is to be released in August 5.

Although his Daniel Craig’s career is internationally associated with the role from James Bond which he played for three times, he is one of British theatre's most famous faces. His last performance of the Bond spy will hit the theaters in October 2012, after being postponed due to the financial problems of MGM. Daniel Craig is preparing for the release of the remake “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” starring Rooney Mara and directed by David Fincher. Craig Cowboys & Aliens’ will be also launched at the end of July.

Rachel Weisz and Daniel Craig are both born in UK. She has an Austrian psychoanalyst mother and a Hungarian inventor father. A former model, she is Cambridge-educated.

Daniel Craig is the first blonde actor to play Bond and also the first to be born after the start of the film series. His film debut was in 1992, after years of theatre experience.


Movie Sequel News For 2012...

Any new "Star Trek," "James Bond" and "Superman" movies in the future?

Yes. The 23rd official Bond film has long been delayed, however it is now reportedly being prepared - with Daniel Craig returning as Bond. Director J.J. Abrams has also dropped hints about a sequel to his 2009 "Star Trek." And "Man of Steel," the latest Superman movie (with Henry Cavill in the title role and Zack Snyder directing), is in the works. This could make for a busy holiday season in 2012, since the movies are set for November and December of next year.

Crown Casino Get's Stuck Into Melbourne's Taxis...

James Packer owned Crown Casino has issued a damning report card of Melbourne's taxis, describing them as an international embarrassment. It blasted driver hygiene, manners, street knowledge and language skills. In its submission to the Allan Fels taxi inquiry, Crown said the quality of taxi services had declined in recent years. Crown said its customers and employees believed some taxi drivers:

Were discourteous when asked to accept a short fare, and trawled nearby streets searching for longer trips.

Lacked appropriate training and knowledge of even common city destinations.

Did not have sufficient English language skills.

Had poor standards of personal hygiene and grooming.

Drove cabs that were poorly cleaned and maintained.

The submission, by Crown deputy chief executive Greg Hawkins, said Melbourne's taxi services fell well short of international standards.

"The lack of consistent quality in the taxi service in Melbourne is exposed when comparisons are made by our international guests and even interstate guests," Hawkins said.

A shortage of cabs in peak periods increased the risk of antisocial behaviour among people in taxi queues, he said.

"This issue creates significant hardship for our customers and impacts negatively on the customer experience for those leaving Crown after a function or a night's entertainment," Hawkins said.

In its submission, the Victorian Taxi Association rejected the notion that the industry had failed.

For every 9000 passengers carried, only one complaint was made.

"There appears to be anecdotal evidence that certain undesirable driver practices are currently affecting the level of service," the VTA said.

But the association said the expectations of some people were unrealistic.

"To simply expect a taxi to be waiting and ready to go whenever and wherever someone wants it is simply unachievable," it said.

The services offered by public transport had not kept pace with the number of people in central Melbourne outside business hours, unlike other similar-sized world cities, the association claimed.


WWE Boss Vince McMahon Punked?...

The wrestling world has been abuzz this week over an incident that happened at the end of the latest edition of World Wrestling Entertainment's flagship show, WWE Monday Night RAW. C.M. Punk, a top WWE performer for the past few years, came out on the ramp to cut what people might have initially expected to be a "standard" heel wrestling "promo" the colorful mic work pro wrestlers are known for. Instead, though, he started ripping on the politics of the company, owner Vince McMahon's conception of what wrestling should be, the (lack of) leadership his daughter and son-in-law would provide if something happened to Vince, and the head of talent relations backstage at WWE, who he called "a douchebag." And so on, until the audio to his microphone was cut and the show just went off the air. Work or angle? We think perhaps the best promo and angle ever.

Transformers Movie Taking Over Box Office...

Transformers has grossed $66 million overseas and is on track to score a $325 million-$350 million worldwide.

Paramount’s Transformers: Dark of the Moon grossed roughly $21.5 million at the domestic box office on Thursday, raising its total take to an impressive $64.7 million in its first 48 hours.

'Transformers' Star Shia LaBeouf Won't Return for Another Sequel...

Dark of the Moon is on track to gross $165 million through July 4th, by far the biggest debut of the year at the domestic box office. Worldwide, it's looking at a worldwide opening of $325 million to $350 million. So far, the flick has grossed $66 million overseas for a total $130.7 million.

It isn’t as big as the launch of sequel Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, which debuted to $200 million in its first six days, but it’s still a huge number and ahead of the $155.4 million earned by the original Transformers.

In North America, Dark of the Moon is earning the majority of its gross—or 60% from 3D theaters, including 146 Imax locations, which have ponied up a strong $5 million. That’s great news for Hollywood, considering the recent downturn in 3D attendance, and comes after Paramount aggressively marketed the 3D element.


Celebrity Home Report: Regis Philbin And Hulk Hogan...

Regis Philbin has relisted his Greenwich, Conn., home for $3.8 million. Situated on more than six acres, the 6,000-square-foot Colonial- and French-style home has four bedrooms and eight bathrooms. The home also has a tennis court, a swimming pool and a gazebo. The television host, 79, and his wife, Joy, purchased the home 20 years ago from a friend, sports broadcaster Warner Wolf. "I've grown very attached to this place over the years and hate to even sell it, but it's time," says Mr. Philbin. It originally came on the market in 2008 for $5.9 million. Because of the slow real-estate market, Mr. Philbin says he then decided to rent the home for a couple of years, instead of selling it. The couple purchased another house nearby about three years ago, though they spend most of their time living in New York. Michele Klosson with Sotheby's International Realty has the listing.

Hulk Hogan's Florida Home Tackles The Market For $9.2 Million...

Professional wrestler and TV personality Hulk Hogan's Belleair, Fla., home has attacked the market for $9.2 million. Located about 35 minutes outside of Tampa on a bluff overlooking the Intracoastal Waterway and Clearwater Harbor, the 17,125-square-foot home has five bedrooms and 11 bathrooms. There's a gym and recreation room with its own kitchen, bath and tanning room. There's also a separate guest apartment, a pool with waterfalls and two docks. Mr. Hogan listed the home about five years ago for about $25 million, then took it off the market. Last summer it was listed for $10.9 million. Martha Thorn of Coldwell Banker in Belleair has the listing.


Sir Richard Branson To Open Creating Climate Wealth Summit In Sydney Next Week...

Why not attend the Climate Wealth Summit next week. It's To be held at the Shangri-la Hotel, Sydney on July 7-8, the summit is a joint production of Richard Branson’s Climate War Room and Janine Cahill’s Future Journeys.

There’s a strong line-up...and the event is limited to a small number of executives, investors, entrepreneurs, and leaders from the private sector. You’ll be there with GE’s Commercial Director for Australia and New Zealand and head of the GE ecomagination initiative Ben Waters, former Premier of Western Australia Geoff Gallop and Charlie Finnie, Managing Partner Greener Capital. There are two days of workshops and the event will be opened by Richard Branson, as you would hope for given the multi-thousand dollar price tag to attend.


Bondi Beach Hosts Ice Rink...

World's first ice skating venue on the famou beach aimed at boosting business and tourism during winter months. Check out the ice rink in the middle of one of the world's most famous beaches.

The 900 sq-metre rink has been built on Bondi's famous sands as part of the area's winter festival, and is believed to be the first ice skating venue on a beach anywhere in the world.

"It's been quite a logistical feat," said festival organiser Martin Kratky.

Bulldozers had to level the beach before wood and metal foundations were built. Aluminium pipes were laid to house cooling liquid. Generators burning biodiesel made from soya beans will power two giant refrigeration units. They will turn the water on top of the aluminium pipes into ice.

The weather – a sunny 18C (64F) – will apparently not be a problem. "We can make ice right up to 30C," Kratky said.

Cleaning equipment and covers will be used to keep the elements out, but sand is likely to get in, whatever the circumstances.

The rink will be part of Bondi's annual winter festival and is aimed at boosting business along the beach's famous retail and restaurant strip.

50,000 people regularly fill the beach on a summer's day. But in the winter it can be a ghost town, apart from a hardy dozen or so surfers.

"It's hard for our businesses to be able to operate only half of the year," said mayor Sally Betts.

"We hope the festival will help them."

The rink has cost A$200,000 (£130,000) and will be on the beach until 17 July.

Surf's up at Bondi Beach, and so is the ice rink. Get skating.


Marvel Movies Upcoming...

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Captain America: The First Avenger Paramount Pictures 7/22/11
Ghost Rider 2 (3D) Sony 2/17/12
The Avengers (2012) Buena Vista 5/4/12
The Amazing Spider-Man Sony 7/3/12
Iron Man 3 Buena Vista 5/3/13

Thor And X-Men First Class Tipped To Hammer Home Results...

Thor and X-Men: First Class got great reviews and we're awesome, and Captain America: The First Avenger seems set to hit the spot to, but big questions remain about Green Lantern, and the vibe is not particularly good. Green Lantern with Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively is getting very reviews. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes has a 23% approval among movie critics, according to the 153 reviews counters. But 72% of the 62,000 plus user reviewers say that they "liked it" with it just premiering in the U.S theaters Friday after a midnight release on late Thursday/early Friday. Comic Book Movie.com indicates are pretty negative on the flick. One reviewer called the movie "inert, artificial and dead on arrival." During the midnight release on Thursday, the film drew $3.35 million 0 the same region that alike movies that were recently released did; X-Men: First Class brought in $3.37 million on June 2nd, and Thor did $3.25 million on May 5th. X-Men: First Class and Thor both had a budget significantly less than Green Lantern; the former had a budget of $160 million while Thor had exactly half the budget of Green Lantern — $150 million. While the flick will likely end up eventually surpassing its budget, the fact the other comic book movies had much less budget isn’t a great result. Ultimately, X-Men: First Class raked in $55.1 million in its opening weekend while Thor did $65.7 million. With this being the third comic book-based movie released in a month-and-a-half and mixed reviews, will Green Lantern under perform this weekend, or will the hardcore - fanboy type audience that has been largely ripping on it, check it out at the cinema?

Our top picks: Thor, and Captain America: The First Avenger looks like a safe bet.

Be it movies, comics or games, we think that Marvel Entertainment leads the pack, followed by DC Comics, with Dark Horse Comics getting a third, based on the positive news leaks and insider tip offs we've been getting.

As Marvel living legend Stan Lee would say, Excelsior!

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WWE: Former WWE Champion Returning To The Company?...

The Wrestling Observer Newsletter is reporting that former WWE Champion Brock Lesnar and former ECW owner, manager, and commentator Paul Heyman are negotiating for a WWE return. However, the proposed return is only for consumer products (according to AOL’s MMA reporter Ariel Helwani) and there is no interest from WWE, Lesnar, or Heyman regarding an on-air return for either of them, but at the same time, anything can and usually does happen in the WWE. Currently, Lesnar and Heyman are very close to making the business deal official with the WWE. Brock Lesnar was in the WWE from 2002-2004 and, in that time, Lesnar became the lead star for over a year, becoming the King of the Ring in June 2002, just four months after his WWE debut. Two months later, Lesnar won the WWE Championship for the first time at SummerSlam. Lesnar continued at the main event level, getting two more reigns as WWE Champion, as well as winning the 2003 Royal Rumble. Prior to WrestleMania XX in 2004, Lesnar made the decision that he would be leaving the WWE to pursue an NFL career. This led to Lesnar facing the also departing Goldberg at WrestleMania, with Stone Cold Steve Austin as the Special Referee, in his final WWE match. After a failed stint in the NFL, Lesnar decided to get into the world of mixed martial arts, ultimately landing in the UFC, securing a reign as the UFC Heavyweight Champion, but lost the title to Cain Velasquez. After the original ECW closed its doors for good in 2001, Paul Heyman joined the WWE as a color commentator before becoming a key player in the WWE Vs. WCW/ECW Invasion angle. After the WCW/ECW faction lost, Heyman was "fired" by Vince McMahon and Heyman went on hiatus until March of 2002 when he returned to become the manager of Brock Lesnar, later turning on Lesnar to join Big Show. Heyman also became the SmackDown General Manager for a time before returning to being a manager for The Dudley Boyz and Heidenreich. When the WWE decided to present a special one night only return of the original ECW called "ECW One Night Stand", Heyman was given heavy booking and promotional involvement in the rebirth. This led to WWE doing a second ECW One Night Stand event in 2006, this time featuring an "invasion" of WWE Superstars. Following the 2006 One Night Stand event, ECW became a third brand (in addition to RAW and SmackDown) under the WWE umbrella. In December of 2006, WWE decided to host an ECW-exclusive event titled "December To Dismember", which did poorly in the PPV sector. The failure of an ECW-exclusive pay-per-view was largely blamed on Heyman. He and Vince McMahon had a very heated argument in front of the WWE writing team, leading to Heyman parting ways with the WWE. WWE history shows that just about anyone can return to the WWE if its good for business, and we're tipping Lesnar and Heyman to make a full return. Be watching this space in coming days and weeks for more on this real life saga that is the WWE.

Randy "Macho Man" Savage Dead Before Car Crashed: Autopsy...

Randy "Macho Man" Savage died of a heart attack before the car he was driving crashed, his autopsy revealed. Savage, 58, died May 20 after he suffered a heart attack while driving in Pinellas County, Fla. His car veered into oncoming traffic before striking a tree. Savage, whose real name was Randall Mario Poffo, was pronounced dead at Largo Medical Center. He wife, Lynn, was in the 2009 Jeep Wrangler with him but suffered only minor injuries. His autopsy revealed advanced heart disease, including an enlarged heart and severe blockage of his arteries. The injuries would not ave been considered life-threatening. Savage had small amounts of hydrocodone in his system, but not enough to have been a factor in the crash. He wrestled during the era of Hulk Hogan, Andre the Giant, Junkyard Dog and other iconic professional wrestlers who helped turn Vince McMahon’s scripted wrestling league into a worldwide phenomenon. He was known for his catchphrase, “oooooh yeah,” and his association with his manager, Miss Elizabeth. He also formed a “partnership” with Hogan, which of course went bad in typical soap-opera fashion. Savage joined World Championship Wrestling after his WWF run. He retired in 2005 after a brief stint with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. He later worked as a pitchman for the “Snap into a Slim Jim” campaign. He joins a long list of wrestlers from his era to die an untimely death, including “Ravishing” Rick Rude, Owen Hart, Andre the Giant and Junkyard Dog. Miss Elizabeth Heulette died in 2003 from a drug and alcohol overdose. Savage was one of the most popular, famous and highest earning professional wrestlers of all time, perhaps only trailing Hulk Hogan and Ric Flair.

WWE Live event results from Acer Arena, Sydney, Australia

Rey Mysterio def CM Punk

Beth Phenoix & Kelly Kelly def Bella Twins

Zack Ryder def Primo

Evan Bourne def Jack Swagger

(US title) Dolph Ziggler def Kofi Kingston

(Tag titles) David Otunga & Michael McGillicutty def Santino Marella & Vladimir Kozlov

Alex Riley def The Miz

(WWE title) John Cena def R-Truth


CM Punk Shoot / Worked Angle On Raw...

WWE Raw came to an abrupt end Monday night moments after CM Punk’s mic went out while he was cutting a scathing, anti-WWE promo that was filled with insider references, like never done before in a WWE or even WWF or WWWF ring. It was more ECW than ECW, and we're talking about the glory days of the once hardcore promotion.

After the show went off the air, it was announced on the WWE website portal wwe.com that WWE chairman Vince McMahon has suspended Punk indefinitely for unprofessional conduct, and Punk’s bio was removed from the website.

The wwe.com story went like this "with [Punk’s] contract expiring on July 17, one can only assume that this suspension effectively terminates CM Punk’s tenure with WWE."

"John Cena, while you lay there, hopefully as uncomfortable as you possibly can be, I want you to listen to me. I want you to digest this, because before I leave in three weeks with your WWE Championship, I have a lot of things I wanna get off my chest.

"I don’t hate you, John. I don’t even dislike you. I like you a hell of a lot more than I like most people in the back. I hate… this idea… that you’re the best… because you’re not. I’m the best. I’m the best in the world. There’s one thing you’re better at than I am, and that’s kissing Vince McMahon’s ass. You’re as good at kissing Vince’s ass as Hulk Hogan was. I don’t know if you’re as good as Dwayne… he’s a pretty good ass-kisser… always was and still is. Oops… I’m breaking the fourth wall. [Punk waves to the camera.] I am the best… wrestler… in the world. I’ve been the best ever since Day One when I walked into this company, and I’ve been vilified and hated since that day because Paul Heyman saw something in me that nobody else wanted to admit. That’s right, I’m a Paul Heyman guy. You know who else was a Paul Heyman guy? Brock Lesnar… and he split, just like I’m splittin’, but the biggest difference between me and Brock is that I’m going to leave with the WWE Championship.

"I’ve grabbed so many of Vincent K. McMahon’s imaginary brass rings that it’s finally dawned on me that they’re just that. They’re completely imaginary. The only thing that’s real is me, and the fact that day in and day out, for almost six years, I’ve proved to everybody in the world that I am the best on this microphone, in that ring, and even on commentary. Nobody can touch me. And yet, no matter how many times I prove it, I’m not on your lovely little collectors’ cups, I’m not on the cover of the program, I’m barely promoted, I don’t get to be in movies, I’m not on any crappy show on the USA Network, I’m not on the poster of WrestleMania, I’m not on the signature that’s produced at the start of the show. I’m not on Conan O’Brian, I’m not on Jimmy Fallon, but the fact of the matter is I should be, and trust me, this isn’t sour grapes, but the fact that “Dwayne” is in the main event of WrestleMania next year and I’m not makes me sick!

"Oh hey, let me get something straight, those of you who are cheering me right now… you are just as big a part of me leaving as anyone else, because you’re the ones sipping out of those collector cups right now, you’re the ones that buy those programs that my face isn’t on the cover of, and then at five in the morning at the airport, you try to shove it in my face thinking you can get an autograph and sell it on eBay because you’re too lazy to get a real job.

"I’m leaving with the WWE championship on July 17 and hell, who knows, maybe I’ll go defend it in New Japan Pro Wrestling… maybe I’ll go back to Ring of Honor… [Punk waves to the camera again] hey, Colt Cabana, how you doing? The reason I’m leaving is you people because after I’m gone you’re still going to pour money into this company — I’m just a spoke on the wheel — the wheel’s gonna keep turning. And I understand that… that Vince McMahon’s gonna make money despite himself… he’s a millionaire who should be a billionaire… you know why he’s not a billionaire? It’s because he surrounds himself with glad-handing nonsensical [censored] yes-men like John Lauranitis, who’s gonna tell him everything he wants to hear… and I’d like to think that maybe this company will be better after Vince McMahon is dead, but the fact is it’s gonna get taken over by his idiotic daughter and his dufus son-in-law and the rest of his stupid family.

"Let me tell you a personal story about Vince McMahon. You know we do this whole bully campaign…” The mic is cut off Punk is stunned and smacks it a few times, then boos fill the arena he yells" I’ve Been Silenced!" and the feed to the show is cut off the air.

A Media Man spokesperson said "We believe that this is an elaborate work, and a great one at that. Likely the most realistic angle in the history of the promotion and CM Punk pulled it off beautifully. We're of the belief that if this was shoot i.e a totally real situation, the mic volume would have been cut earlier. Never say never, but we're 99% certain this was a work. We think a lot of hardcore and casual fans would have initially believed that it was a totally real situation happening in the ring. CM Punk and the WWE have once again made one of the most memorable happenings ever in a WWE ring. WWE top brass, if or when you read this, keep up the realistic angles and promos. CM Punk and WWE are over big time at the moment, so keep doing what your doing, and keep us guessing".

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Australian and Asia Pacific gambling continues to red hot, and some of the red continues to turn to green (moolah), with only a lucky few gamblers actually winning the all elusive 'Big One'.... Media Man investigates...

Frank Miller's Sin City Comes To The World's Largest Online Casino...

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Gibraltar - 17th June 2011 - Following up on last week’s release of Frank Miller’s Sin City: The Hard Goodbye at Digital DarkHorse comes more exciting news around this legendary title. Sin City has now entered the online gaming world, with a new game at PartyCasino.com This new five-reel, fifty-line slot features art and story from the widely acclaimed series by comics legend Frank Miller.

When Sin City originally appeared in Dark Horse Presents: Fifth Anniversary Special in April 1991, it was clear that the face of the comics medium had changed forever. Since that time, Miller’s groundbreaking comics noir has found its way into the public consciousness with toys, games, and even a feature-length motion picture. Frank Miller’s Sin City remains one of the most stylized works in the history of the medium, drawing heavily from film noir, including its use of shadow and stark backgrounds. The black-and-white comic was perfectly suited to the original format of Dark Horse’s flagship anthology, with occasional spot usage of primary colors added to later volumes and editions.

"Frank Miller’s Sin City is a very different slot to any other we have launched in recent times. The striking artwork and mature content mean this isn’t a game for the faint hearted," said a spokesman for PartyCasino.com

There are five featured games, which win the player free spins and multipliers: “Straight to Hell,” “The Hard Goodbye,” “He Never Screams,” “Deadly Little Miho,” and “Just Get Warmed Up.” The games feature the series’ main characters: Hartigan, Nancy, Miho, Marv, Kevin, the Yellow B*stard, and Dwight. The game includes mature content and scenes of violence, nudity, and depravation.

PartyCasino.com has the most frequent game launches in the industry and offers over 160 games, including over 100 slots. PartyCasino.com pays out easily over $10 million EVERY DAY to players. “The Big One” is structured as a five-tiered pool. The highest tier—Colossal Cash—seeds at $1.5 million, the biggest online jackpot seed in the industry, and currently stands at over $1.6 million.

About Dark Horse Comics

Since 1986, Dark Horse Comics has proven to be a solid example of how integrity and innovation can help broaden a unique storytelling medium and establish a small, homegrown company as an industry giant. The company is known for the progressive and creator-friendly atmosphere it provides for writers and artists. In addition to publishing comics from top talent like Frank Miller, Mike Mignola, Neil Gaiman, Gerard Way, and comics legend Will Eisner, Dark Horse has developed such successful characters as the Mask, Timecop, and SpyBoy. Additionally, its highly successful line of comics and products based on popular properties includes Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Aliens, Conan, Emily the Strange, Tim Burton, Trigun, Serenity, and Domo. Today Dark Horse Comics is the largest independent comic-book publisher in the US and is recognized as one of the world’s leading publishers of licensed comics material.

SIN CITY, FRANK MILLER’S SIN CITY and all characters therein and all depictions thereof are trademarks of Frank Miller, Inc. All Rights Reserved. ©2011 Frank Miller, Inc. All Rights Reserved.


Burswood Casino Haven For Man Attacked By Screwdriver; Sin City Perth?...

A punter was very lucky to escape with his skin after he was ambushed and then robbed by two men armed with a pole and a screwdriver this morning. Police spokeswoman Susan Usher said the 38-year-old man was walking along Great Eastern Highway in Burswood just after 3am today when he was approached by a man wielding a screwdriver. As the man asked the victim if he had any money, a second offender holding a pole approached him from behind, threatening the man before grabbing his backpack. The victim fled to the Burswood Casino. The two men are believed to have ran away on foot with the man's belongings. One of the mongrels was described as being about 23-year-old and wearing a gray jumper, while the second man was wearing a black jumper. Appropriate coloured clothing for the black hearted criminals. Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

Female Gorilla Bouncer Babe Attacked At Fremantle Pub Pokies Fight...

Two bouncers are in hospital this morning with suspected facial fractures after they were bashed outside a very popular Fremantle pub last night. Police spokeswoman Susan Usher said two security guards were attempting to toss out three mugs from Rosie O'Grady's pub when a scuffle broke out. A female bouncer was allegedly pulled to the ground and punched and kicked by the trio. A male bouncer who tried to come to her aid was also assaulted. A 27-year-old lass and a 45-year-old bloke were taken into police custody. The three men that were being ejected from the pub managed to flee before police arrived. Charges have not yet been laid, and police are continuing to investigate the crime. The security guards injuries are not serious.

Aussie Casino King James Packer And Baillieu In Negotiations Over Gambling Laws...

The Victorian Baillieu government has held talks with gambling tsar James Packer about plans for gamblers to limit their potential losses before beginning to play pokies in Victoria. Both the government and a spokesman for Packer refused to say when and where the discussions took place and if the federal government's plans for the mandatory pre-commitment system or a possible High Court challenge to the proposal were discussed. Crown Casino spokesman Gary O'Neill said: "Crown does not comment on the substance of discussions Packer may or may not have had with anyone."
A spokesman for Premier Ted Baillieu would confirm only that the Premier had chatted with Packer at several functions since winning the November state election.
Gaming Minister Michael O'Brien's spokesman said: "The minister has met with many parties interested in gambling regulation in the seven months since the election and will continue to do so. "Discussions regarding the Victorian government's pre-commitment policies have occurred with various groups including Clubs Victoria, the Interchurch Gambling Taskforce and Crown Ltd (including its chairman, James Packer)." The Reverend Tim Costello, national campaigner for action to reduce problem gambling, said he had been waiting six months for a meeting with Baillieu. He said that Baillieu should be transparent about what contact he had had with Mr Packer.
"I thought Ted Baillieu came to office promising greater transparency," he said.
The Baillieu government supports a voluntary pre-commitment system for poker machines and has threatened a High Court challenge if the Gillard government proceeds with its mandatory pre-commitment system. A mandatory pre-commitment system for poker machines is being demanded by federal Tasmanian MP Andrew Wilkie - without which he will withdraw his support for the Gillard government. It is not just with the Victorian government that Packer has been discussing poker machine reforms. His Crown Casino recently engaged ex Labor Party national secretary Karl Bitar to manage its relations with the government, and reportedly hosted individual briefings with senior federal Labor ministers including Treasurer Wayne Swan, Communications Minister Stephen Conroy, Sports Minister Mark Arbib, Assistant Treasurer Bill Shorten and the Families Minister, Jenny Macklin. Packer's political punts as of late look to be paying off.

James Packer Chats With Vic Premier Ted Baillieu?; No Comment...

The office of the Victorian Premier, Ted Baillieu, has declined to comment on the substance of several meetings that Mr Baillieu held with gambling business operator James Packer. A spokesman for Gaming Minister Michael O'Brien confirmed that the government had discussed pre-commitment policies for poker machines with "groups including Clubs Victoria, the Interchurch Gambling Taskforce and Crown Ltd."

Australian Vice Type Products Available On Facebook...

Inspectors from the New South Wales Office of Liquor, Gaming and Racing, acting undercover last Saturday, have found that two businesses in Sydney have been illegally selling and delivering alcohol, with their round-the-clock services advertised on the social media website Facebook. While there are loopholes in the licensing laws which allow limited amounts of wine to be delivered as gifts, neither The Beer Baron nor The Blind Pig "met requirements", according to the regulator.


James Packer And Andrew Forrest; GenerationOne Tag Team Say PM Gillard Is Anti Business...

Both billionaires have been extremely critical of PM Gillard policies. Packer is on a quest to squash legislation that will crimp the earnings he will derive from his gambling machines. Gillard has been copping a hammering. The PM's political livelihood depends on the support of MP Andrew Wilkie, who is firm in his mission to get some reforms in place to deal with problem gamblers. Packer's mate Forrest has been also turning up the heat on Gillard. Sing along with us... Gillard is Anti Business...one more time...just kidding, sort of.

Casino And Gaming Share Prices...

Code Company Name Exchange Currency Price
CWN Crown Limited 8.970
EGP Echo Entertainment Group 4.11
RCT Reef Casino Trust 1.65
TAH Tabcorp Holdings Limited 3.22
BETM American Wagering, Inc. 0.630
FLL Full House Resorts, Inc. 3.15

(Credit: Google Finance)

Media Man Talking To NextGen Gaming Re Play For Free And Play For Money Branded Game...

A very strong rumour has been doing the rounds that Media Man top brass has been speaking to game developer NextGen Gaming about developing a game or two, including a Media Man branded selection, as well as some for MM clients with James Bond 007, Tomb Raider and Easy Rider - Cosy Cool themes, and talk was also overheard at Bondi Iceberg's club about a reality TV game and something about the Bra Boys's business expansion. Folks, where there's smoke, there's fire, and even 'The Rock' could smell what Media Man and friends are cooking!

Aspinall's Online Casino And Paddy Power Rumoured For Media Man International - Asia Pacific Campaign...

Our spies have been busy and we're hearing that the James Packer UK connection - Aspinall's are likely to be soon cracking a deal with Asia Pacific based media, pr and internet publishing company, Media Man. The same informant also tipped British gaming powerhouse, Paddy Power, will also likely be entering into an agreement with the Media Man firm also. The name of William Will was also apparently been whispered about in Media Man offices also and its understood that a Media Man deal was inked with William Hill a number of years ago, so perhaps William Hill may be ready for another shot of the action across the Asia Pacific. In the meantime Bwin.Party Digital Entertainment is enjoying their relationship with NextGen Gaming and the Media Man, and rumours are surfacing of a Knight Rider online slot game coming up, but it's a rumour - not a fact at this stage folks. A deep throat also says that Australia is begging for a Hulk Hogan and Ric Flair online slot game, and that the good folks at Endemol UK may be developing one or two pro wrestling online slots, so a new type of WrestleMania may soon be found on the internet. All is expected to be revealed in the coming weeks, if not sooner.

Punters, er readers, stay glued to Media Man reports for more "can't miss" information on Australian and Asia Pacific gaming, casino and entertainment industry wars as the battle for bums on seats and eyeballs continues.

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Gibraltar - 17th June 2011 - Following up on last week’s release of Frank Miller’s Sin City: The Hard Goodbye at Digital DarkHorse comes more exciting news around this legendary title. Sin City has now entered the online gaming world, with a new game at PartyCasino.com This new five-reel, fifty-line slot features art and story from the widely acclaimed series by comics legend Frank Miller.

When Sin City originally appeared in Dark Horse Presents: Fifth Anniversary Special in April 1991, it was clear that the face of the comics medium had changed forever. Since that time, Miller’s groundbreaking comics noir has found its way into the public consciousness with toys, games, and even a feature-length motion picture. Frank Miller’s Sin City remains one of the most stylized works in the history of the medium, drawing heavily from film noir, including its use of shadow and stark backgrounds. The black-and-white comic was perfectly suited to the original format of Dark Horse’s flagship anthology, with occasional spot usage of primary colors added to later volumes and editions.

"Frank Miller’s Sin City is a very different slot to any other we have launched in recent times. The striking artwork and mature content mean this isn’t a game for the faint hearted," said a spokesman for PartyCasino.com

There are five featured games, which win the player free spins and multipliers: “Straight to Hell,” “The Hard Goodbye,” “He Never Screams,” “Deadly Little Miho,” and “Just Get Warmed Up.” The games feature the series’ main characters: Hartigan, Nancy, Miho, Marv, Kevin, the Yellow B*stard, and Dwight. The game includes mature content and scenes of violence, nudity, and depravation.

PartyCasino.com has the most frequent game launches in the industry and offers over 160 games, including over 100 slots. PartyCasino.com pays out easily over $10 million EVERY DAY to players. “The Big One” is structured as a five-tiered pool. The highest tier—Colossal Cash—seeds at $1.5 million, the biggest online jackpot seed in the industry, and currently stands at over $1.6 million.

About Dark Horse Comics

Since 1986, Dark Horse Comics has proven to be a solid example of how integrity and innovation can help broaden a unique storytelling medium and establish a small, homegrown company as an industry giant. The company is known for the progressive and creator-friendly atmosphere it provides for writers and artists. In addition to publishing comics from top talent like Frank Miller, Mike Mignola, Neil Gaiman, Gerard Way, and comics legend Will Eisner, Dark Horse has developed such successful characters as the Mask, Timecop, and SpyBoy. Additionally, its highly successful line of comics and products based on popular properties includes Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Aliens, Conan, Emily the Strange, Tim Burton, Trigun, Serenity, and Domo. Today Dark Horse Comics is the largest independent comic-book publisher in the US and is recognized as one of the world’s leading publishers of licensed comics material.

SIN CITY, FRANK MILLER’S SIN CITY and all characters therein and all depictions thereof are trademarks of Frank Miller, Inc. All Rights Reserved. ©2011 Frank Miller, Inc. All Rights Reserved.


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The Ongame poker network is "likely" to be sold, bwin.party has confirmed that a formal process to sell the B2B network is on the way.

The announcement was made earlier today ahead of today’s Annual General Meeting, the first held by the giant since the merger between Bwin and PartyGaming was completed last March.

The statement read "One area of our stated strategy was to recycle surplus assets,"..."We expect that any sale will be completed by the end of the year."

No licensee on the network has yet responded to bwin.party’s announcement, although Betfair’s outgoing CEO David Yu passed opinion on Ongame just yesterday.

Bwin.Party’s AGM statement contains details of a planned share buyback, which will see the company follow the examples of Playtech and Betfair in making such a move, plus news of a progressive dividend policy containing a €30m dividend payout for the year ending 31 December 2011.

As we go to press trading is described as “Broadly in-line with management's expectations,” however analyst James Hollins, of Evolution Securities, advised in a memo earlier today that “The stock remains a Neutral ahead of potentially disruptive German legislation near-term.”

Meanwhile Simon French, of Panmure Gordon, reiterated his firm’s ‘buy’ recommendation, explaining “[We] expect the shares to respond well to the dividend and share buyback news.”

German sports betting proposals in April had seen the share price of bwin.party dive 16% in a day, and a decision on the country’s State Gambling Treaty is expected in October.

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bwin.party digital entertainment's trading performance since the beginning of April has been broadly in line with management's expectations.

But is says sports margins have been lower than expected due to a favourable run of events for customers in May.

The improvement in new player sign-ups in poker, following action taken by the US authorities against certain of the group's online poker competitors on 15 April, has not had a material impact on poker revenue as new players represent just a small proportion of the overall player base and these companies have so far continued to command significant market share in non-US markets.

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Frank Miller's Sin City Comes To The World's Largest Online Casino


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Gibraltar - 17th June 2011 - Following up on last week’s release of Frank Miller’s Sin City: The Hard Goodbye at Digital DarkHorse comes more exciting news around this legendary title. Sin City has now entered the online gaming world, with a new game at PartyCasino.com This new five-reel, fifty-line slot features art and story from the widely acclaimed series by comics legend Frank Miller.

When Sin City originally appeared in Dark Horse Presents: Fifth Anniversary Special in April 1991, it was clear that the face of the comics medium had changed forever. Since that time, Miller’s groundbreaking comics noir has found its way into the public consciousness with toys, games, and even a feature-length motion picture. Frank Miller’s Sin City remains one of the most stylized works in the history of the medium, drawing heavily from film noir, including its use of shadow and stark backgrounds. The black-and-white comic was perfectly suited to the original format of Dark Horse’s flagship anthology, with occasional spot usage of primary colors added to later volumes and editions.

"Frank Miller’s Sin City is a very different slot to any other we have launched in recent times. The striking artwork and mature content mean this isn’t a game for the faint hearted," said a spokesman for PartyCasino.com

There are five featured games, which win the player free spins and multipliers: “Straight to Hell,” “The Hard Goodbye,” “He Never Screams,” “Deadly Little Miho,” and “Just Get Warmed Up.” The games feature the series’ main characters: Hartigan, Nancy, Miho, Marv, Kevin, the Yellow B*stard, and Dwight. The game includes mature content and scenes of violence, nudity, and depravation.

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About Dark Horse Comics

Since 1986, Dark Horse Comics has proven to be a solid example of how integrity and innovation can help broaden a unique storytelling medium and establish a small, homegrown company as an industry giant. The company is known for the progressive and creator-friendly atmosphere it provides for writers and artists. In addition to publishing comics from top talent like Frank Miller, Mike Mignola, Neil Gaiman, Gerard Way, and comics legend Will Eisner, Dark Horse has developed such successful characters as the Mask, Timecop, and SpyBoy. Additionally, its highly successful line of comics and products based on popular properties includes Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Aliens, Conan, Emily the Strange, Tim Burton, Trigun, Serenity, and Domo. Today Dark Horse Comics is the largest independent comic-book publisher in the US and is recognized as one of the world’s leading publishers of licensed comics material.

SIN CITY, FRANK MILLER’S SIN CITY and all characters therein and all depictions thereof are trademarks of Frank Miller, Inc. All Rights Reserved. ©2011 Frank Miller, Inc. All Rights Reserved.


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The PartyCasino.com jackpot is currently approaching the $4 million mark. Players can also compete for The Big One and Marvel Hero Jackpot, playing the Marvel super hero themed online slot games.

PartyCasino's most recent game releases include Sin City, The Sting, Unicorn Legend, Shaaark! SuperBet, Crocodopolis, Alice's Wonderland, Glamour Puss, Super Cubes, Heist, Palladium Slot and Circus Slot.

PartyGaming CEO Jim Ryan has gone on record advising PartyCasino will soon feature more Hollywood blockbuster themed slots. A few in the know journalists and media agents have been recently tipped off that an all time classic movie adaption will be showcased in the PartyCasino portfolio within 1 month. PartyCasino has the world's most impressive line up of Hollywood themed games, and more are just around the corner.

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Bwin.Party Digital Entertainment Confirms Ongame Poker Network Deal Possibilities

The Ongame poker network is "likely" to be sold, bwin.party has confirmed that a formal process to sell the B2B network is on the way.

The announcement was made earlier today ahead of today’s Annual General Meeting, the first held by the giant since the merger between Bwin and PartyGaming was completed last March.

The statement read "One area of our stated strategy was to recycle surplus assets,"..."We expect that any sale will be completed by the end of the year."

No licensee on the network has yet responded to bwin.party’s announcement, although Betfair’s outgoing CEO David Yu passed opinion on Ongame just yesterday.

Bwin.Party’s AGM statement contains details of a planned share buyback, which will see the company follow the examples of Playtech and Betfair in making such a move, plus news of a progressive dividend policy containing a €30m dividend payout for the year ending 31 December 2011.

As we go to press trading is described as “Broadly in-line with management's expectations,” however analyst James Hollins, of Evolution Securities, advised in a memo earlier today that “The stock remains a Neutral ahead of potentially disruptive German legislation near-term.”

Meanwhile Simon French, of Panmure Gordon, reiterated his firm’s ‘buy’ recommendation, explaining “[We] expect the shares to respond well to the dividend and share buyback news.”

German sports betting proposals in April had seen the share price of bwin.party dive 16% in a day, and a decision on the country’s State Gambling Treaty is expected in October.

Yesterday things turned around following the suspension of Full Tilt Poker’s licences in Alderney - the share price ended the day at 148.2p, an increase of more than 10% day-on-day.


Bwin.Party In Line With Management's Expectations

bwin.party digital entertainment's trading performance since the beginning of April has been broadly in line with management's expectations.

But is says sports margins have been lower than expected due to a favourable run of events for customers in May.

The improvement in new player sign-ups in poker, following action taken by the US authorities against certain of the group's online poker competitors on 15 April, has not had a material impact on poker revenue as new players represent just a small proportion of the overall player base and these companies have so far continued to command significant market share in non-US markets.

Casino continues to perform well while bingo has been slightly softer than expected in the period.

At 8:47am: (LON:BPTY) share price was +0.5p at 148.7p.


Bwin.Party Digital Entertainment Big On Security

The online gaming business PartyGaming has also long since been protecting its players with strong authentication. After all, there is a lot of money at stake – money that the dark forces may want to siphon away. PartyPoker, PartyCasino, PartyBingo and PartyGammon customers register by downloading the PartyGaming customer software. After registration, they can obtain an authenticator called PartySecure from the online store. This is again a Digipass Go 6 that has been completely adapted to the branding of PartyGaming. Here again, a Vacman Controller Server takes over the authentication. “The solution is highly scalable,” stressed a PartyGaming spokesperson. “It can grow with us and effortlessly cope with the growing number of online-players on our platform.”

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Thursday, June 30, 2011

Wrestling News Media: WWE CM Punk Shoot / Worked Angle On Raw


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WWE Raw came to an abrupt end Monday night moments after CM Punk’s mic went out while he was cutting a scathing, anti-WWE promo that was filled with insider references, like never done before in a WWE or even WWF or WWWF ring. It was more ECW than ECW, and we're talking about the glory days of the once hardcore promotion.

After the show went off the air, it was announced on the WWE website portal wwe.com that WWE chairman Vince McMahon has suspended Punk indefinitely for unprofessional conduct, and Punk’s bio was removed from the website.

The wwe.com story went like this "with [Punk’s] contract expiring on July 17, one can only assume that this suspension effectively terminates CM Punk’s tenure with WWE."

“John Cena, while you lay there, hopefully as uncomfortable as you possibly can be, I want you to listen to me. I want you to digest this, because before I leave in three weeks with your WWE Championship, I have a lot of things I wanna get off my chest.

“I don’t hate you, John. I don’t even dislike you. I like you a hell of a lot more than I like most people in the back. I hate… this idea… that you’re the best… because you’re not. I’m the best. I’m the best in the world. There’s one thing you’re better at than I am, and that’s kissing Vince McMahon’s ass. You’re as good at kissing Vince’s ass as Hulk Hogan was. I don’t know if you’re as good as Dwayne… he’s a pretty good ass-kisser… always was and still is. Oops… I’m breaking the fourth wall. [Punk waves to the camera.] I am the best… wrestler… in the world. I’ve been the best ever since Day One when I walked into this company, and I’ve been vilified and hated since that day because Paul Heyman saw something in me that nobody else wanted to admit. That’s right, I’m a Paul Heyman guy. You know who else was a Paul Heyman guy? Brock Lesnar… and he split, just like I’m splittin’, but the biggest difference between me and Brock is that I’m going to leave with the WWE Championship.

“I’ve grabbed so many of Vincent K. McMahon’s imaginary brass rings that it’s finally dawned on me that they’re just that. They’re completely imaginary. The only thing that’s real is me, and the fact that day in and day out, for almost six years, I’ve proved to everybody in the world that I am the best on this microphone, in that ring, and even on commentary. Nobody can touch me. And yet, no matter how many times I prove it, I’m not on your lovely little collectors’ cups, I’m not on the cover of the program, I’m barely promoted, I don’t get to be in movies, I’m not on any crappy show on the USA Network, I’m not on the poster of WrestleMania, I’m not on the signature that’s produced at the start of the show. I’m not on Conan O’Brian, I’m not on Jimmy Fallon, but the fact of the matter is I should be, and trust me, this isn’t sour grapes, but the fact that “Dwayne” is in the main event of WrestleMania next year and I’m not makes me sick!

“Oh hey, let me get something straight, those of you who are cheering me right now… you are just as big a part of me leaving as anyone else, because you’re the ones sipping out of those collector cups right now, you’re the ones that buy those programs that my face isn’t on the cover of, and then at five in the morning at the airport, you try to shove it in my face thinking you can get an autograph and sell it on eBay because you’re too lazy to get a real job.

“I’m leaving with the WWE championship on July 17 and hell, who knows, maybe I’ll go defend it in New Japan Pro Wrestling… maybe I’ll go back to Ring of Honor… [Punk waves to the camera again] hey, Colt Cabana, how you doing? The reason I’m leaving is you people because after I’m gone you’re still going to pour money into this company — I’m just a spoke on the wheel — the wheel’s gonna keep turning. And I understand that… that Vince McMahon’s gonna make money despite himself… he’s a millionaire who should be a billionaire… you know why he’s not a billionaire? It’s because he surrounds himself with glad-handing nonsensical [censored] yes-men like John Lauranitis, who’s gonna tell him everything he wants to hear… and I’d like to think that maybe this company will be better after Vince McMahon is dead, but the fact is it’s gonna get taken over by his idiotic daughter and his dufus son-in-law and the rest of his stupid family.

“Let me tell you a personal story about Vince McMahon. You know we do this whole bully campaign…” The mic is cut off Punk is stunned and smacks it a few times, then boos fill the arena he yells ” I’ve Been Silenced!” and the feed to the show is cut off the air.

A Media Man spokesperson said "We believe that this is an elaborate work, and a great one at that. Likely the most realistic angle in the history of the promotion and CM Punk pulled it off beautifully. We're of the believe that if this was shoot i.e a totally real situation, the mic volume would have been cut earlier. Never say never, but we're 99% certain this was a work. We think a lot of hardcore and casual fans would have initially believed that it was a totally real situation happening in the ring. CM Punk and the WWE have once again made one of the most memorable happenings ever in a WWE ring. WWE top brass, if or when you read this, keep up the realistic angles and promos. CM Punk and WWE are over big time at the moment, so keep doing what your going, and keep us guessing".

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