The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 was picked as 2012's Worst Picture on Saturday by the Razzies, an Academy Awards spoof that hands out prizes for Hollywood's lousiest movies on the eve of the Oscars. It dominated the Razzies with seven awards, including Worst Actress for Kristen Stewart, Worst Supporting Actor for Taylor Lautner and Worst Director for Bill Condon. Adam Sandler was named Worst Actor for the comedy That's My Boy, while Rihanna won Worst Supporting Actress for the action dud Battleship. – AP
2. Michelle Obama’s dance moves go viral
A video of Michelle Obama grooving with Jimmy Fallon on his talk show has gone viral on YouTube. The pair, each clad in conservative slacks and cardigans, perform a routine dubbed Evolution of Mom Dancing, to promote Obama's "Let's Move!" youth fitness campaign. The clip has already been viewed nearly two million times since being posted Friday. The dance moves progress from a simple side-to-side step and end with Obama doing a Dougie. Later on the show, Obama rates her husband's dance skills a "B", saying "he's got, like, three good moves". – AFP
3. Mumford & Sons top charts
The British folk band Mumford & Sons jumped to No 1 on the Billboard 200 album chart this week after Babel won the Grammy for Album of the Year. The 2013 Grammy nominees compilation album, featuring songs by The Black Keys, Katy Perry and Gotye, landed second place. Bruno Mars, who's performing in Dubai on April 12, was at No 3 with Unorthodox Jukebox, while Taylor Swift's Red placed fourth. In the songs chart, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis's Thrift Shop was on the top spot, followed by Rihanna's Stay. – Reuters
4. Weinstein scoops rights to Mandela film
The Weinstein Company has acquired the distribution rights for the film version of Nelson Mandela's autobiography. Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom, directed by Justin Chadwick and currently in post-production, stars the British actor Idris Elba. Harvey Weinstein said he has been "extremely passionate" about the project since its producer Anant Singh first gave him a copy of Mandela's memoirs. "We have been talking about making this film since 1999," he added. "There have been a number of stop-and-goes but sometimes things work out for a reason and Anant has done a masterful job in producing this epic story of our times." – AFP
5. Diane Lane and
Josh Brolin split up
Diane Lane and Josh Brolin are divorcing after more than eight years, announced their representatives. A source close to the couple termed the split as "amicable" and said it was a mutual decision. The divorce will be the second for both Lane and Brolin. They have no children together. Lane, 48, and Brolin, 45, married in August 2004 after being introduced by Barbra Streisand, the actor's stepmother. – Reuters
Visit Abu Dhabi culinary team's top Emirati restaurants in Abu Dhabi
Yadoo’s House Restaurant & Cafe
For the karak and Yoodo's house platter with includes eggs, balaleet, khamir and chebab bread.
Golden Dallah
For the cappuccino, luqaimat and aseeda.
Al Mrzab Restaurant
For the shrimp murabian and Kuwaiti options including Kuwaiti machboos with kebab and spicy sauce.
Al Derwaza
For the fish hubul, regag bread, biryani and special seafood soup.
Keane on …
Liverpool’s Uefa Champions League bid: “They’re great. With the attacking force they have, for me, they’re certainly one of the favourites. You look at the teams left in it - they’re capable of scoring against anybody at any given time. Defensively they’ve been good, so I don’t see any reason why they couldn’t go on and win it.”
Mohamed Salah’s debut campaign at Anfield: “Unbelievable. He’s been phenomenal. You can name the front three, but for him on a personal level, he’s been unreal. He’s been great to watch and hopefully he can continue now until the end of the season - which I’m sure he will, because he’s been in fine form. He’s been incredible this season.”
Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s instant impact at former club LA Galaxy: “Brilliant. It’s been a great start for him and for the club. They were crying out for another big name there. They were lacking that, for the prestige of LA Galaxy. And now they have one of the finest stars. I hope they can go win something this year.”
What is an ETF?
An exchange traded fund is a type of investment fund that can be traded quickly and easily, just like stocks and shares. They come with no upfront costs aside from your brokerage's dealing charges and annual fees, which are far lower than on traditional mutual investment funds. Charges are as low as 0.03 per cent on one of the very cheapest (and most popular), Vanguard S&P 500 ETF, with the maximum around 0.75 per cent.
There is no fund manager deciding which stocks and other assets to invest in, instead they passively track their chosen index, country, region or commodity, regardless of whether it goes up or down.
The first ETF was launched as recently as 1993, but the sector boasted $5.78 billion in assets under management at the end of September as inflows hit record highs, according to the latest figures from ETFGI, a leading independent research and consultancy firm.
There are thousands to choose from, with the five largest providers BlackRock’s iShares, Vanguard, State Street Global Advisers, Deutsche Bank X-trackers and Invesco PowerShares.
While the best-known track major indices such as MSCI World, the S&P 500 and FTSE 100, you can also invest in specific countries or regions, large, medium or small companies, government bonds, gold, crude oil, cocoa, water, carbon, cattle, corn futures, currency shifts or even a stock market crash.
WHAT IS A BLACK HOLE?
1. Black holes are objects whose gravity is so strong not even light can escape their pull
2. They can be created when massive stars collapse under their own weight
3. Large black holes can also be formed when smaller ones collide and merge
4. The biggest black holes lurk at the centre of many galaxies, including our own
5. Astronomers believe that when the universe was very young, black holes affected how galaxies formed
Groom and Two Brides
Director: Elie Semaan
Starring: Abdullah Boushehri, Laila Abdallah, Lulwa Almulla
Rating: 3/5
