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Media Man International Blog: Pop Culture. Miss Universe
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Pop Culture Flashback
Miss Universe 2009: Rachael Finch Still The Favourite
At +500 (5/1) odds, Miss Australia Rachael Finch is still favored to win Sunday night's Miss Universe 2009 pageant, though Sportsbook.com gives perennial favorite Miss Dominican Republic shorter odds. Only she and Miss Mexico enjoyed single digit odds (Miss Mexico came in at +800 odds).
The beauty has already signed on to be part of Celebrity MasterChef Australia and now lingerie powerhouse Victoria's Secret, according to the Telegraph of Australia.
From the Telegraph:
The beauty has declined to talk about offers she has received but a manager associated with Finch, Grant Dwyer, said he was getting dozens of approaches every day from companies representing everything from cosmetics to racing.
All odds to win Miss Universe 2009 appear below (in alphabetical order) and were available at Sportsbook.com
Miss Albania +1800
Miss Angola +8000
Miss Argentina +2500
Miss Aruba +6000
Miss Australia +500
Miss Bahamas +5000
Miss Belgium +2000
Miss Bolivia +8000
Miss Brazil +2000
Miss Bulgaria +12500
Miss Canada +4000
Miss Cayman Islands +3000
Miss China +7500
Miss Colombia +2000
Miss Costa Rica +1500
Miss Croatia +2500
Miss Curacao +3000
Miss Cyprus +10000
Miss Czech Republic +1200
Miss Dominican Republic +300
Miss Ecuador +3000
Miss Egypt +4000
Miss El Salvador +7500
Miss Estonia +10000
Miss Ethiopia +10000
Miss Finland +6000
Miss France +1200
Miss Georgia +10000
Miss Germany +3000
Miss Ghana +15000
Miss Great Britain +8000
Miss Greece +3500
Miss Guam +4500
Miss Guatemala +4000
Miss Guyana +15000
Miss Honduras +1500
Miss Hungary +1000
Miss Iceland +3000
Miss India +3000
Miss Indonesia +2500
Miss Ireland +2000
Miss Israel +10000
Miss Italy +4000
Miss Jamaica +1800
Miss Japan +1600
Miss Korea +10000
Miss Kosovo +6000
Miss Lebanon +2500
Miss Malaysia +6000
Miss Mauritius +6000
Miss Mexico +500
Miss Montenegro +10000
Miss Namibia +10000
Miss Netherlands +1200
Miss New Zealand +7500
Miss Nicaragua +4000
Miss Nigeria +10000
Miss Norway +6000
Miss Panama +2000
Miss Paraguay +4000
Miss Peru +2500
Miss Philippines +1800
Miss Poland +7500
Miss Puerto Rico +900
Miss Romania +10000
Miss Russia +1500
Miss Serbia +5000
Miss Singapore +5000
Miss Slovak Republic +2500
Miss Slovenia +15000
Miss South Africa +2500
Miss Spain +2500
Miss Sweden +4000
Miss Switzerland +2500
Miss Tanzania +6000
Miss Thailand +6000
Miss Turkey +7500
Miss Turks and Caicos +17500
Miss USA +1000
Miss Ukraine +1500
Miss Uruguay +15000
Miss Venezuela +1800
Miss Vietnam +2000
Miss Zambia +10000
The beauty has already signed on to be part of Celebrity MasterChef Australia and now lingerie powerhouse Victoria's Secret, according to the Telegraph of Australia.
From the Telegraph:
The beauty has declined to talk about offers she has received but a manager associated with Finch, Grant Dwyer, said he was getting dozens of approaches every day from companies representing everything from cosmetics to racing.
All odds to win Miss Universe 2009 appear below (in alphabetical order) and were available at Sportsbook.com
Miss Albania +1800
Miss Angola +8000
Miss Argentina +2500
Miss Aruba +6000
Miss Australia +500
Miss Bahamas +5000
Miss Belgium +2000
Miss Bolivia +8000
Miss Brazil +2000
Miss Bulgaria +12500
Miss Canada +4000
Miss Cayman Islands +3000
Miss China +7500
Miss Colombia +2000
Miss Costa Rica +1500
Miss Croatia +2500
Miss Curacao +3000
Miss Cyprus +10000
Miss Czech Republic +1200
Miss Dominican Republic +300
Miss Ecuador +3000
Miss Egypt +4000
Miss El Salvador +7500
Miss Estonia +10000
Miss Ethiopia +10000
Miss Finland +6000
Miss France +1200
Miss Georgia +10000
Miss Germany +3000
Miss Ghana +15000
Miss Great Britain +8000
Miss Greece +3500
Miss Guam +4500
Miss Guatemala +4000
Miss Guyana +15000
Miss Honduras +1500
Miss Hungary +1000
Miss Iceland +3000
Miss India +3000
Miss Indonesia +2500
Miss Ireland +2000
Miss Israel +10000
Miss Italy +4000
Miss Jamaica +1800
Miss Japan +1600
Miss Korea +10000
Miss Kosovo +6000
Miss Lebanon +2500
Miss Malaysia +6000
Miss Mauritius +6000
Miss Mexico +500
Miss Montenegro +10000
Miss Namibia +10000
Miss Netherlands +1200
Miss New Zealand +7500
Miss Nicaragua +4000
Miss Nigeria +10000
Miss Norway +6000
Miss Panama +2000
Miss Paraguay +4000
Miss Peru +2500
Miss Philippines +1800
Miss Poland +7500
Miss Puerto Rico +900
Miss Romania +10000
Miss Russia +1500
Miss Serbia +5000
Miss Singapore +5000
Miss Slovak Republic +2500
Miss Slovenia +15000
Miss South Africa +2500
Miss Spain +2500
Miss Sweden +4000
Miss Switzerland +2500
Miss Tanzania +6000
Miss Thailand +6000
Miss Turkey +7500
Miss Turks and Caicos +17500
Miss USA +1000
Miss Ukraine +1500
Miss Uruguay +15000
Miss Venezuela +1800
Miss Vietnam +2000
Miss Zambia +10000
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Media Man International Blog: News Flashback
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News Flasback
October 2011
The Coalition's decision to oppose slot machine reform has made "independent" Andrew Wilkie even more gun ho in pushing the law for change even if it comes to bringing down the unpopular Gillard Government.
"I will not budge on mandatory pre-commitment on high intensity poker machines," he said.
It goes something like this...
Prime Minister Julia Gillard promised to introduce curbs on problem gamblers in return for his support of the minority Labor Government. He has set the budget in May as the deadline for the delivery of the promise, either by voluntary agreement by the states and territories or by overriding federal legislation.
The Federal Government is trying to work out how to implement the mandatory pre-commitment technology, with the states and territories unlikely to agree on firm action by Wilkie's deadline.
The tech would basically force poker machine players to register before playing and to use a card to choose how much they wanted to gamble in one session. It's understood some punters will find loopholes around the mousetrap, such is their desire to play.
Some Labor MPs are disturbed by the aggressive campaign being waged by clubs...a key Labour support area...against mandatory restrictions on problem gambling.
Opposition leader Tony Abbott advised this week the Coalition would vote against the legislation if the Government decided to bring it to Parliament.
Although independent Tony Windsor has concerns about the move, Wilkie believes the legislation would be successful.
"I think the numbers are there in the Parliament for this to pass into law but I have obviously made it the Government's challenge to out and get those numbers," he said.
Wilkie is super determined to act if the legislation hasn't been approved, even though this would result in mayhem, something Labour is used to by now, and would not actually achieve poker-machine reform.
"The next morning I'd call a press conference and tear up my agreement with the Prime Minister," he said. "If I was Opposition Leader, I'd probably move very quickly to bring on a no confidence motion in the Government on its inability to deliver poker machine reform, which, on the fact of it, I'd probably support.
"Mind you, the new Opposition could then turn around and bring on a no confidence motion in Tony Abbott on poker machine reform and I'd have to support that as well, because he is not going to help me out there. But the Government has made things a bit simpler for me, because the Labor Party now has a worse policy than the Coalition on irregular immigration. I assume Tony Abbott would race to an election ... I reckon he'd go out to Government House that day and say the situation is unstable."
Wilkie predicted the Coalition would win an election held next year in those circumstances.
"I don't think the Labor fortunes are going to turn around for some time yet," he said.
What party are you going to gamble on? Make your vote count.
The Coalition's decision to oppose slot machine reform has made "independent" Andrew Wilkie even more gun ho in pushing the law for change even if it comes to bringing down the unpopular Gillard Government.
"I will not budge on mandatory pre-commitment on high intensity poker machines," he said.
It goes something like this...
Prime Minister Julia Gillard promised to introduce curbs on problem gamblers in return for his support of the minority Labor Government. He has set the budget in May as the deadline for the delivery of the promise, either by voluntary agreement by the states and territories or by overriding federal legislation.
The Federal Government is trying to work out how to implement the mandatory pre-commitment technology, with the states and territories unlikely to agree on firm action by Wilkie's deadline.
The tech would basically force poker machine players to register before playing and to use a card to choose how much they wanted to gamble in one session. It's understood some punters will find loopholes around the mousetrap, such is their desire to play.
Some Labor MPs are disturbed by the aggressive campaign being waged by clubs...a key Labour support area...against mandatory restrictions on problem gambling.
Opposition leader Tony Abbott advised this week the Coalition would vote against the legislation if the Government decided to bring it to Parliament.
Although independent Tony Windsor has concerns about the move, Wilkie believes the legislation would be successful.
"I think the numbers are there in the Parliament for this to pass into law but I have obviously made it the Government's challenge to out and get those numbers," he said.
Wilkie is super determined to act if the legislation hasn't been approved, even though this would result in mayhem, something Labour is used to by now, and would not actually achieve poker-machine reform.
"The next morning I'd call a press conference and tear up my agreement with the Prime Minister," he said. "If I was Opposition Leader, I'd probably move very quickly to bring on a no confidence motion in the Government on its inability to deliver poker machine reform, which, on the fact of it, I'd probably support.
"Mind you, the new Opposition could then turn around and bring on a no confidence motion in Tony Abbott on poker machine reform and I'd have to support that as well, because he is not going to help me out there. But the Government has made things a bit simpler for me, because the Labor Party now has a worse policy than the Coalition on irregular immigration. I assume Tony Abbott would race to an election ... I reckon he'd go out to Government House that day and say the situation is unstable."
Wilkie predicted the Coalition would win an election held next year in those circumstances.
"I don't think the Labor fortunes are going to turn around for some time yet," he said.
What party are you going to gamble on? Make your vote count.
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Media Man International Blog: Pop Culture
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Pop Culture Flashback
March 7, 2012
SWERVE
SWERVE
Australian Film Festival
Randwick Ritz
Swerve opens the Australian Film Festival tonight at the wonderful Randwick Ritz cinema in Sydney's eastern suburbs.
The pitch...
A suitcase full of money, a woman, two men and a gun; a lot can happen in the middle of nowhere.
Driving cross-country to a job interview, Colin plays it safe when he has car problems and takes a short cut to a one horse town. But as luck would have it, he comes across a fatal road accident. One of the drivers, Jina, is shaken, the other dead and beside him, a briefcase full of money. When Colin resists temptation and does the right thing, turning it into the local cop, his good deed causes a series of fateful events to unfold.
Australian Film Festival VIP guests include:
Craig Lahiff (director); Roy Billing (actor); Robert Mammone (actor); Axle Whitehead (actor/singer); Ita Buttrose (Media Personality); Matilda Brown (director/actor); Casey Burgess (TV Personality) and Lauren Brant (TV Personality)
The Australian Film Festival’s other major nights include:
· Hail – 7pm Thursday 08 March, Randwick Ritz
·Red Dog (G) for a special free screening under the stars – 7pm Saturday 10 March – Clovelly Beach
·Spot Festival (12pm), Australian Film Walk of Fame (3pm), Short Film Festival (7pm) – Sunday 11 March, Randwick Ritz
· LBF – 7pm Wednesday 14 March, Randwick Ritz
· A Deeper Shade of Blue – 7pm Friday 16 March, Randwick Ritz
· Redd Inc – Premiere feature (7pm) & Closing Night Party (9pm) – Randwick Ritz
Swerve opens the Australian Film Festival tonight at the wonderful Randwick Ritz cinema in Sydney's eastern suburbs.
The pitch...
A suitcase full of money, a woman, two men and a gun; a lot can happen in the middle of nowhere.
Driving cross-country to a job interview, Colin plays it safe when he has car problems and takes a short cut to a one horse town. But as luck would have it, he comes across a fatal road accident. One of the drivers, Jina, is shaken, the other dead and beside him, a briefcase full of money. When Colin resists temptation and does the right thing, turning it into the local cop, his good deed causes a series of fateful events to unfold.
Australian Film Festival VIP guests include:
Craig Lahiff (director); Roy Billing (actor); Robert Mammone (actor); Axle Whitehead (actor/singer); Ita Buttrose (Media Personality); Matilda Brown (director/actor); Casey Burgess (TV Personality) and Lauren Brant (TV Personality)
The Australian Film Festival’s other major nights include:
· Hail – 7pm Thursday 08 March, Randwick Ritz
·Red Dog (G) for a special free screening under the stars – 7pm Saturday 10 March – Clovelly Beach
·Spot Festival (12pm), Australian Film Walk of Fame (3pm), Short Film Festival (7pm) – Sunday 11 March, Randwick Ritz
· LBF – 7pm Wednesday 14 March, Randwick Ritz
· A Deeper Shade of Blue – 7pm Friday 16 March, Randwick Ritz
· Redd Inc – Premiere feature (7pm) & Closing Night Party (9pm) – Randwick Ritz
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