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Tuesday, February 26, 2013
What's the Best Remedy for the Hiccups?
11 Hilarious GIFs That Sum Up the Oscars Red Carpet
From the good to the bad to the boring, see our reactions to the Oscars looks that everyone's talking about!
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Saturday, February 2, 2013
Is this Super Bowl ad kiss too steamy for TV?
By Ben Popken, TODAY contributor
GoDaddy's reputation, and infamy, has been built in large part due to its lewd, mammary-filled Super Bowl ads. This year's, while still trading in the "sex sells" mentality, is a little different. But not so different as to fail to meet the expectations everyone has for a GoDaddy Super Bowl ad.
Featuring model Bar?Refaeli in a drawn-out smooch with a tech geek, one of GoDaddy's two 2013 Super Bowl ads once again cashes in on sex appeal. Compared to its earlier efforts, though, this one is classy, even sweet.
The commercial also stars race car driver Danica Patrick, who regularly appears in commercials for GoDaddy. The ad opens with a statement from Danica:
"There are two sides to GoDaddy. There's the sexy side represented by Bar Refaeli. ?And the smart side that creates a killer website for your small business, represented by Walter. Together, they're perfect.?
Cue the kiss.
At the end you're not left hating (but remembering) GoDaddy. Instead, you're rooting for the nerdly, curly-haired, bespectacled "Walter," played by Hollywood extra Jesse Heiman, who gets to do the lingering intense kiss with the blonde Refaeli.
"I told Jesse that he's a very good kisser," said Refaeli on the TODAY show, appearing via satellite from Tel Aviv.
"I actually had this very strange dream that all my friends know about. I always wanted to go to a club... look around, choose the one guy it's most unlikely that I'll ever kiss ... and kiss him in front of everyone, so he will be happy and he'll remember it for the rest of the week," said Refaeli, who?was voted #1 on Maxim magazine's Hot 100 list of 2012.?"GoDaddy made my dream come true."
The scene apparently took 65 takes.
"We tried to get it as perfect as possible," said Heiman, who smiled and shook his head when asked if he purposely messed it up in order to keep the kisses coming.
Bar?Refaeli, a 2009 Sports Illustrated cover model and the former flame of Leonardo DiCaprio,?does reveal a hint of cleavage in her taut, pink cocktail dress. However, there's no wardrobe malfunctions or down-the-shirt shots. Make no mistake, the centerpiece of the ad is an act of sexuality, a long kiss, but it's less "Girls Gone Wild" and more in the awkward rom-com vein you might see in a Judd Apatow-produced film.
Has GoDaddy grown up?
Somewhat. They're still up to their old teasing tricks. GoDaddy said CBS rejected a version of the ad that showed Refaeli and Heiman's tongues wrapped around each other's in an extended close-up, footage which the company shared with our producers.?A "non-Frenching" version will air during the Big Game.?But Heiman was quick to remind viewers of the TODAY show during his appearance this morning that they can go online to see more than what will be allowed during the Super Bowl.
GoDaddy's previous ads have had Danica Patrick slowly unzipping her jacket and then appearing to cut away right as she was about to show her breasts. Those ads told watchers to go online to GoDaddy.com to "see more."
The first time GoDaddy's ad appeared in the Super Bowl, visits to their website surged 400 percent, and orders shot up 100 percent, according to data by comScore.
"I would be very much fine with the second one airing and not the tamer one," Refaeli said. "When we do something?like that filled with a lot of humor, and we are joking about ourselves, I'd rather we go all the way." For those viewers who agree, GoDaddy will have something waiting for them on their website after the ad airs on the game, along with their ready and waiting online cash registers.
Do you think Bar Refaeli?s GoDaddy Super Bowl ad is too racy?
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Would It Kill Karl Lagerfeld to Be Nice for Once?
If you can't say something nice, then you're probably Karl Lagerfeld. The Paris fashion designer, known for his contrary opinions, has recently declared that Michelle Obama's bangs are "not a good idea." (For the record, we, along with 99% of humankind, totally love them.)
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Friday, February 1, 2013
Precarious positions?
Spotlight will be on Ramirez, Chapman and Madson, among others, when camps open
Getty ImagesThe Dodgers' 2013 success may hinge on Hanley Ramirez's ability to stick at shortstop.
Opinion
By Tony DeMarco
NBCSports.com contributor
updated 9:15 p.m. ET Jan. 31, 2013
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Take your pick: Revenue sharing; excellent management by front offices not blessed with high payrolls; traditional big-spenders caught in relative down phases; all of the above. Whatever the combination of factors, there appears to be that much balance at the top these days.
All of which makes these spring position questions -- among many others -- that much more important:
1. Can Hanley Ramirez still play shortstop? Yes, the health of Matt Kemp -- and to a lesser degree, Carl Crawford -- will directly impact the Dodgers' chances of translating their $200 million plus payroll into a post-season appearance.
But Ramirez's dual role at the most-important defensive position and projected No. 5 hitter behind Kemp and Adrian Gonzalez makes his success critical.
Ramirez isn't the offensive force he was as recently as his 2008-09 Silver Slugger seasons, as his yearly OPS numbers are in decline. Still, among shortstops, only Troy Tulowitzki should have better power numbers.
But those two aren't at all confused defensively, with Tulowitzki always near the top while Ramirez's metrics have been below league average throughout his career. And Ramirez, listed at 6-2, 230 pounds, will play this season at age 29.
Ramirez's ability to handle shortstop also affects the Dodgers' third-base situation, and possibly Dee Gordon's future in the organization. The current plan is Luis Cruz at third base, but the fact that there's interest in Scott Rolen tells you the Dodgers aren't sold on Cruz's short-term viability as a regular. If Ramirez ends up at third, Gordon could resurface, assuming he makes enough contact at the plate to take advantage of his speed.
Not helping matters is the fact that Ramirez could miss a chunk of the Dodgers' camp due to World Baseball Classic participation for the Dominican Republic. And he probably won't be playing much shortstop for that squad, as Jose Reyes also is on the roster.
2. Is Bruce Rondon ready to be the Tigers' closer? GM Dave Dombrowski has assembled a better overall roster than last year's AL pennant winners. Victor Martinez's return and Torii Hunter's addition should make a very good offense even better. The rotation is deep enough that trading Rick Porcello is a serious possibility. There's no salvaging that infield defense, but Hunter will make the outfield defense better.
But Jim Leyland says that championship teams almost always have dominant closers, and admits he doesn't know at this point just what he'll do with that role. The job likely is Rondon's to lose, but there isn't a clear, proven alternative if he does.
There are many examples of hard throwers quickly emerging as closers early in their careers, and Rondon -- whose fastball regularly exceeds 100 mph -- throws as hard or harder than any of them.
But there's no way of knowing at this point whether Rondon -- a 6-3, 265-pound 22-year-old with six years in the Tigers' system -- can be this season's Aroldis Chapman, or will be just another hard-throwing rookie with a history of some command issues.
Rondon's 2012 numbers at the top three levels of the Tigers' system speak to his potential: 53 IP, 32 hits, 66 strikeouts, 2.54 K/W ratio, 1.094 WHIP. But he's pitched only eight innings above the Double-A level, so perhaps his emergence won't occur until later in 2013.
3. Can the Braves' projected third-base time share of Chris Johnson and Juan Francisco succeed? The Uptonification of the Braves arguably has created the NL's most dynamic outfield. But what's being underplayed in all the anticipation of watching Justin Upton, B.J. Upton and Jason Heyward, left-to-right, is this sobering fact:
The Braves lost Michael Bourn, Chipper Jones and Martin Prado from their 2012 regular lineup. So if there is going to be a net gain in the Braves' offense in 2013, this third-base time share needs to be productive.
Specifically, the Bourn-Jones-Prado trio in 2012 produced 33 HR, 189 RBIs, 235 R, 60 SB, .287 BA, .361 on-base. There will be more power from the Uptons and Johnson/Francisco, but a loss in on-base percentage, batting average and probably steals.
Johnson projects as the regular third baseman. He put together his best big-league season in 2012 at age 27, and at least one projection of his 2013 season is very similar: .273, 14 HR, 70 RBIs, 57 runs, 4 steals, .306 on-base percentage.
Francisco, entering his 25/26 season, remains potential unfulfilled, but appears to be nothing more than a low-average, 20-25-homer type with regular playing time -- which he isn't likely to get in this situation, barring injury.
4. Who plays shortstop for the Cardinals? Look up and down their projected 25-man roster, and you just don't see many potentially troubling issues. And few, if any, organizations have more quality prospects on the verge than the Cardinals do with Trevor Rosenthal, Shelby Miller, Oscar Taveras and Carlos Martinez.
But right in the middle of the diamond -- and at the top of the lineup -- the question remains: What impact will Rafael Furcal have coming off an elbow injury at 35? The elbow isn't expected to be an issue, but even so, Furcal's 121 games played last season marked his highest total since 2008.
Pete Kozma filled in nicely down the 2012 stretch, but is a .236 career minor-league hitter. Ronny Cedeno has been signed for insurance, but can be overexposed rather quickly. Will the Cardinals be forced to deal from their surplus of prospects if Furcal can't go 100-plus games?
5. Can Aroldis Chapman convert to the rotation? Some think the Reds should just leave well enough alone and keep Chapman as one of the game's top two overpowering closers along with Craig Kimbrel.
But dominant No. 1 starters being as rare as they are, this is worth a shot. However, it won't come without ramifications -- and it very well could have an overall adverse affect on the Reds' 2013 season while being a huge positive for Chapman's long-term development.
The Reds were very fortunate to have their five-man rotation make 161 starts in 2012. It's highly unlikely they approach that number again, so that's an argument on the side of Chapman's conversion. That said, Chapman's innings total will be limited to 160 or so, creating that ongoing drama.
The projected bullpen does appear very deep without Chapman -- Jonathan Broxton, Sean Marshall, Sam LeCure, Logan Ondrusek, Jose Arredondo, Alfredo Simon, Mike Leake, J.J. Hoover, Tony Cingrani. But Broxton's strikeout rate fell in 2012, and his health remains a concern.
Dusty Baker and Bryan Price will have plenty to deal with, don't you think?
6. Is Ryan Madson healthy enough to close for the Angels? An underperforming back end of the bullpen damaged the Angels' early 2012 results almost as much as Albert Pujols' slow start and Mike Trout being stuck in Salt Lake City until late April. They got the bullpen straightened out with Ernesto Frieri's acquisition and emergence, but still fell short of the postseason.
GM/former big-league reliever Jerry Dipoto knows bullpens as well as anybody, and improved his with the signings of Madson and Sean Burnett to replace Jordan Walden (traded for Tommy Hanson) and LaTroy Hawkins. But ultimately, Madson's comeback after missing all of 2012 due to Tommy John surgery last March will be how Dipoto's dealings will be judged. Madson, who took a one-year guaranteed deal for only $3.25 million (plus up to another $3.5 million in roster and games-finished incentives) could be ready by Opening Day. And if he regains his 2011 form -- 2.37 ERA, 32 of 34 save opportunities, 60.2 innings, 62 strikeouts, 1.15 WHIP -- the Madson-Frieri-Burnett-Kevin Jepsen-Scott Downs quintet looks post-season-worthy.
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Angels outfielder Mike Trout's ability to contribute in statistical categories across the board?earns him the top spot this year in Rotoworld's fantasy baseball rankings.
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Deutsche Bank posts steep Q4 loss of $2.9 billion
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) ? Reducing the value of assets and lawsuit expenses combined to push Deutsche Bank into a hefty fourth quarter loss.
The bank, which is reshaping its business to keep larger financial buffers against losses, reported Thursday a loss of ?2.15 billion ($2.91 billion) for the October-December quarter, compared to a ?186 million profit a year ago and analysts' expectations of a bare profit of ?62 million.
Meeting the new requirements means dropping some risky investments and assets. To do that, the bank took accounting losses of ?1.9 billion for the fallen value of businesses it had acquired before 2003, and for risky assets and investments that it is in the process of selling off.
Expenses for litigation the bank is facing came to ?1 billion. The bank faces lawsuits and investigations along with other big banks over the manipulation of the London Interbank Offered Rate interest benchmark in past years. The rate is used to price trillions of dollars in global contracts.
Despite its reverse in the fourth quarter, the bank did post a net profit for the full-year of ?665 million, though that was way down on 2011's ?4.32 billion.
On the revenue front, Deutsche Bank fared better. In the fourth quarter, revenue rose 14 percent to ?7.9 billion from ?6.9 billion. Full year revenue rose to ?33.74 billion from ?33.22 billion.
Co-CEOs Juergen Fitschen and Anshu Jain, who took over from Josef Ackermann last year, said the performance of the bank's core business was otherwise strong, and management recommended an unchanged dividend to shareholders of 75 euro cents a share.
They said the losses came from "the most comprehensive reconfiguration of Deutsche Bank in recent times."
Jain said that the bank's outlook for 2013 is better than it was at the same time in 2012, with the U.S. economy recovering and a calmer financial market backdrop over Europe's debts.
However, he warned on a conference call with analysts that the bank's restructuring was "a journey that will take years, not months."
Like all global banks, Deutsche Bank is being pushed from an international effort, known as Basel III, to hold more capital as a buffer against losses. Basel III is a response to the financial crisis that began in 2007 when banks started reported big losses on mortgage-backed securities in the United States and worsened with the collapse of U.S. investment bank Lehman Brothers.
Building larger capital buffers can mean either raising capital by selling new shares, or by exiting risky investments and holdings. Risk is also assessed so the more risky a security or asset is considered, the more capital that must be held.
Deutsche Bank has put many of these assets in a separate unit which will manage their disposal.
Jain said the bank's efforts during the year at selling off or writing down risky investments was the equivalent of selling ?8 billion in new shares.
Deutsche Bank has also announced layoffs and is reducing costs by streamlining its computer systems and office holdings.
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