Manny Pacquiao is No. 6 from the list of Forbes' Highest Paid Athletes of the World

Manny Pacquiao is one of the Forbes’ highest-paid athletes. He is at no. 6 from the list for earning $40 million in the past 12 months. He is the highest ranked newcomer joining sports icons like Tiger Woods, Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant and David Beckham.

Pacquiao tied with the NBA Most Valuable Player LeBron James and golfer Phil Mickelson who also raked in $40 million last year.


People’s Champ also debuted in the recent “Forbes Celebrity 100” list topped by Angelina Jolie. The list named the 100 most powerful celebrities in the world.

He is also debuted in Time Magazine’s “100 Most Influential People” this year after receiving more than 20 million online votes. He was ranked 22nd in the list even though he received the most number of votes.

Orlando Magics wins over Cleveland Cavaliers Game 6

Orlando was able to play some of its best basketball in the series against the Cleveland Cavaliers and it showed in the final score, as the Magic defeated the Cavs, 103-90 , to advance to the NBA Finals for the second time in franchise history. Dwight Howard stepped up to the plate last night and played, arguably, the best game of his young NBA...

With their trademark inside/outside offensive attack working to perfection, the Orlando Magic easily dispatched the Cleveland Cavaliers, a game in which they never trailed.

Watch Online Britain's Got Talent

Britain's Got Talent is a search for Britain's next best talent act featuring singers, dancers, comedians, variety acts, and other talents of all ages. Anyone who believed they have talent was encouraged to audition. It is a British television show on ITV and part of the Got Talent series. The winner of both series received £100,000 and are given the opportunity to perform at the Royal Variety Performance in front of members of the Royal Family, including the Queen.The third series began on 11 April 2009.

The show was originally planned to air in 2005 (before America's Got Talent) and be presented by Paul O'Grady. However, after O'Grady's defection to Channel 4 for The Paul O'Grady Show, O'Grady refused to appear in another ITV show, so the series was put on hold after just one rehearsal show.
The live finals are broadcast from Fountain Studios in Wembley, which is the same studio as Britain's Got Talent's sister show, The X Factor.


The application process took place throughout January and February 2009 with auditions being held in five of Britain's major cities: Manchester for three days where they saw a total of 120 auditionees; Glasgow for one day viewing a total of 40 auditionees; Birmingham for three days watching a further 120 auditionees; London for three days, seeing 128 acts; and Cardiff for one day, where they saw 40 auditionees.

The "First Round Call-Backs" took place in London on Saturday 7 February; where 40 acts were made aware that they would be competing in the live Semi-Finals in May.

The semi finals are first determined by public vote, followed by the judges. The act gathering most phone votes automatically progresses to the finals. The judges then determine which of the second and third placed acts will also progressing to the final. Susan Boyle gained the public vote on 24 May, with dance group Diversity being the judges' choice. On the 25th dance group Flawless won the most public votes, and singer Shaun Smith was selected by the judges. On the 26th, father-and-son dance-duo Stavros Flatley won the public vote and twelve-year-old singer Shaheen Jafargholi was chosen over dance group M.D. Showgroup, by the judges.

Long-forgotten lottery ticket, Woman wins $10 million

A university student won $10 million (A$13 million) -- and helped solve a lottery mystery that has made headlines in Western Australia for 10 months.

"People had been wondering for months, who is this mystery winner? Do they know about this ticket?" said Jodi Eastman, spokeswoman for Lotterywest, the state lottery.

"We have a 12 month expiry on lottery tickets. And people thought it might end up expiring and go unclaimed."

"She said she thought, 'If I can win some money on these tickets, I can possibly help the family out," Eastman said.

The first couple of tickets yielded small amounts -- $16 total.

"She was pretty excited," Eastman said.

Then the woman had the clerk check the gift from her father.

At first glance, she thought she'd won $10,000 (A$13,000). No, the retail store clerk told her, it's $10 million (A$13 million).

"I checked the commas and decimal places and then I realized," the woman told Lotterywest.

"I always remember Mum telling me that if I won the Lotto, not to start jumping up and down in the shopping center," she added.

Had she waited two more months, she would have missed the fortune.

The woman told lottery officials she's not planning a spending binge.

"The people close to me will be looked after and I might give some to research or a charity of some kind," she told Lotterywest. "It's nice to have this much to fulfill my dreams and the dreams of the people around me."

The winning ticket cost $6.70 (A$8.70). The odds she beat: 1 in 45 million.