sexta-feira, 16 de janeiro de 2009

CARECA!



Após uma aposta, o ator e produtor Mel Gibson já está deixando o cabelo crescer. Ele ficou careca, porque o filho o desafiou a raspar totalmente a cabeça.O envergonhado ator estava convencido de que uma cabeça raspada seria uma boa mudança de visual para ele, mas não foi bem assim.Gibson, de 53 anos, comentou no Jornal New York Post:
"Pensei que me sentiria bem. Que seria uma boa mudança. A verdade é que eu parecia um frango despenteado, e a única vantagem é que não me reconheciam nas ruas", brincou.

COVER SNEAK PEEK: Patrick Swayze Vows to Fight On

Patrick Swayze and his wife





Patrick Swayze has a message for anyone who thinks he's at death's door: Not so fast. "I am alive and plan on continuing to stay that way," the actor, 56, tells PEOPLE in its new cover story. Hospitalized for pneumonia on Jan. 9, Swayze was forced to cancel his appearance at the Television Critics Associaton press event to promote his new A&E series, The Beast. He says he knew something was wrong earlier that morning when a persistent cough wouldn't go away. "It made me suspect there was a possibility of some kind of infection," he says. "I wanted to jump on it before it turned into a problem. As soon as I got home, I called my doctor and then went straight to the hospital and was immediately put on antibiotics." How is he doing now? "I am almost in the clear."
Amazed ColleaguesThe pneumonia is only the latest setback for Swayze, who was
diagnosed with stage-four pancreatic cancer – the most advanced stage of the deadly disease – one year ago. And yet the Texas-bred actor has hardly slowed down since his diagnosis, amazing his colleagues on The Beast with his tireless work ethic. On the series' Chicago set, "he didn't want anyone to pamper him," says consulting producer Michael Dinner. "The only time he would get upset is if he felt the scripts were making it easy on him." Now Swayze is focused on getting back on his feet and rejoining his wife of 33 years, Lisa, 52, and their menagerie of horses and dogs. As Lisa tells PEOPLE, "I admire everything imaginable [about Patrick], especially his courage, strength and humor."

Lisa Marie

Elvis Presley's only daughter, Lisa Marie, is now a doting mom to 3-month-old girls Finley and Harper – and she is showing off her tiny additions in the new issue of PEOPLE. "I really wanted these babies," says Presley, 40, who tried for two years to get pregnant before conceiving the twins. "My blood was too thick and would clot, which caused several miscarriages," she tells PEOPLE. "The moment I took blood thinners, I got pregnant."Presley and her guitarist husband Michael Lockwood, 47, also share their L.A. home with Presley's children from a previous marriage: daughter Riley, 19, and son Benjamin, 16. Life as a bustling family of six is "chaotic bliss," says Presley. The outspoken star – who proudly bared her baby bump after tabloids accused her of having an "unhealthy appetite" – also opens up about losing her baby weight. "I was unable to see my toes by the fourth month," she admits. "But I only gained 30 lbs. total. I worked out up until the seventh month."

Estudantes pedem demissão da ministra


Dirigentes de associações de estudantes do secundário exigiram esta sexta-feira a demissão da ministra da Educação durante uma vigília frente ao ministério, onde entregaram um abaixo-assinado com mais de 10 mil assinaturas contra o estatuto do aluno e o modelo de gestão das escolas.
As 10.150 assinaturas entregues esta sexta-feira no Ministério foram recolhidas em cerca de 50 escolas de Norte a Sul do país, disse Luís Baptista, porta-voz da autodenominada Plataforma Estudantil "Directores Não!", considerando este o "maior abaixo-assinado estudantil de que há memória".
No ministério, representantes da plataforma foram recebidos por um assessor que apenas tinha poder de receber as assinaturas, disse Luís Baptista.
Frente ao ministério, durante a manhã, cerca de cinquenta estudantes realizaram uma vigília simbólica de 10.000 segundos, "um segundo por cada aluno prejudicado pela actual política educativa", e consideraram que já não é possível dialogar nem mudar nada com esta ministra da Educação.
"Portanto, a única solução é exigir a demissão da ministra da Educação", disse Luís Baptista, salientando que o abaixo-assinado pede isso mesmo e acrescenta que não basta a saída de Maria de Lurdes Rodrigues.

'Darling, I've just had an accident': Hero pilot's call to wife after he ditched Airbus into freezing New York river - and saved 155 lives


The pilot who pulled off one of the most dramatic escapes in aviation history phoned his wife to tell her: 'There's been an accident'.
Captain Chesley B. Sullenberger III, 57, saved the lives of 155 people when he made the extraordinary decision to ditch his stricken Airbus in the freezing Hudson River.
He missed smashing the US Airways plane into the George Washington Bridge by less than 300 metres, according to reports - and then walked the length of the fast-sinking plane twice to make sure everyone was off.

THE MIRACLE