Having sold more than 20 million albums and 34.3 million singles worldwide, Taylor Swift is one of the most popular singers at just 21. Ask the young lady who inspired her, and she names Faith Hill.

Country singer Hil, has sold more than 40 million records globally and has captivated the hearts of music lovers all over the world. Taylor swift named the 43-year-old singer as the best of all her Nashville favorites, in an interview with Nashville Lifestyles Magazine.
"My favorite person in Nashville is Faith Hill," she said. "She's been my idol since I saw her on both VH1 and CMT when I was about 10. I loved how she was taking country music to bigger audiences, and her grace in the spotlight. Since I put out my first album, Faith has been a welcoming and warm presence in my life, time after time. She sends flowers on my birthday and sent me cookies when I got sick."

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Who else is on her top favorite list? It's Kenny Chesney.
About him she says, "He's so supportive and always makes sure I know he's in my corner. He sends little notes of encouragement, and I know I can ask him for advice any time." She added that these two people have been her inspiration from her childhood for their accomplishments, and when she finally met them, they inspired her more for who they are as people.
Not to mention that her family is the biggest support to the singer, but she also appreciates the wisdom of the two people who've been singing from almost the time she was born.

Kickoff: 7:20 p.m., MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, N.J.
TV, radio: NBC, WOAI-AM 1200, KCOR-AM 1350 (Spanish)
Line: Jets by 5 1/2, O/U 40 1/2
Series: Cowboys lead 7-2.
Last meeting: Cowboys won 34-3 on Nov. 22, 2007.
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9/11 tributes, memories: Several Cowboys will be using equipment tonight that honors the victims of the  9/11 terrorists attacks.
Running back Tashard Choice and receiver Miles Austin will wear Under Armour cleats that have "FDNY" and "NYPD" written in large print on the sides.
"To show my gratitude and respect, I'll be wearing special cleats for 9/11," Choice wrote on Twitter. "God bless America and our freedom."
Austin was a 17-year-old high school student in Garfield, N.J., when terrorists attacked the United States. His enduring memory: watching the smoke rise from ground zero.
"It was a shock to see something like that happen and so many people killed," Austin said. "You (could) see the smoke from my town, pretty close. I'm older, and I know friends who work in that financial district. I knew people who knew people who were affected by it. It was crazy."
Linebacker Bradie James will be one of three Reebok clients on the Cowboys who will wear special American-themed gloves and cleats.
James was at LSU coming out of biology lab class when he learned of the planes hitting the World Trade Center towers.
"People were talking about, 'One of the towers went down,'" James said. "Being from Louisiana, we didn't know what they were talking about. Then they said, 'Another plane hit another tower,' and it was all over TV.
"Then there was like a panic, like a scare. I can't really explain it. It was almost like when you're parachuting or when you're hang-gliding or something like that. You get up there, you don't hear anything. It was an eerie feeling. You start praying and hoping everything is all right."
Extra points: A win would give the Cowboys their 35th opening-day victory and their 20th opening-day win on the road. The Cowboys are 34-16-1 in opening-day games. ... Dallas has lost its last three games on Sunday night. ... The Cowboys have played only four teams fewer times than the nine times they have faced the Jets: Buffalo (eight), Jacksonville (five), Houston and Baltimore (three each).

IRVING -- Cowboys wide receiver Miles Austin said his hamstring is healthy and he should play with no issues in the Sunday night season opener at the New York Jets.

Austin missed the last three preseason games with a hamstring injury and the Cowboys have been cautious with him.

The lack of practice time with quarterback Tony Romo doesn't concern him because the two have played with each other the last six seasons.

Of Romo's 118 touchdowns, 16 have gone to Austin, tied for the third most on the team since he became starting quarterback in 2006.

"Yeah, I'm ready, as long as he says that I'm good," Austin said after Friday's practice. "Obviously we've been working with each other six years now [and] we have a good feel for each other. He knows how I run, I know how he throws the ball [and] we’re just trying to do things."

The Dallas Cowboys saw Dez Bryant leave the field on their latest drive, but that changed little for the Cowboys, who put a touchdown on the board. The Miles Austin touchdown grab has the Cowboys in the lead, 17-10.
Tony Romo relied on Felix Jones and Kevin Ogletree on the drive, but received some big help from DeMarco Murray on a 13-yard pass. That play set up Romo for a 36-yard pass to Miles Austin in the end zone. It was a touch catch for Miles as he tussled with a Jets defensive back for possession of the ball. The officials signaled a touchdown and stayed that way after a second look on replay.
The Jets tacked on a field goal during the next drive, bring the game to a touchdown (plus extra point) difference at 17-10.
For more on the Cowboys, check out the SB Nation blog Blogging the Boys. For more on Rex Ryan and the Jets be sure to head over to Gang Green Nation. Follow the rest of the Week 1 action at SB Nation NFL.

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Andy Whitfield in “Spartacus: Blood and Sand.”

Andy Whitfield, who won over legions of fans in the lead role of Starz’s historical action series “Spartacus: Blood and Sand, ” died on Sunday from non-Hodgkin Lymphoma in Sydney. He was 39 years old.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, Whitfield’s wife Vashti said in a statement that her husband was a “beautiful young warrior” who died on a “sunny Sydney morning” in the “arms of his loving wife.”
“Spartacus” has proven to be a big hit for Starz. The show, which tells the story of Spartacus, a gladiator turned revolutionary, is no slow-moving historical epic–it’s packed with violence, sex, and well-toned male and female actors. Early on, the show’s comic-book style evoked the movie “300,” but as the series went on, the characters and storylines deepened. Whifield’s intense and physical performance helped to ground the show, giving the action drama intelligence and a beating heart.
Whitfield had been getting ready for the second season of “Spartacus” when he was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin Lymphoma 18 months ago. “It seems that it is time for myself and my family to embark on another extraordinary journey. Thank you sincerely for the support so far,” Whitfield said at the time. He left the show and the franchise focused on other characters with a prequel series called “Spartacus: Gods of the Arena”; actor Liam McIntyre will take over the Spartacus role in the coming season, “Spartacus: Vengeance,” which starts January 2012.
Whitfield was born and raised in Wales and studied at England’s Sheffield University. He spent a half decade working in London in the construction industry before relocating to Australia where he landed a number of film roles before getting his big break with “Spartacus.”
Whitfield’s death will no doubt shock fans of the series, who will remember him from the show as the very picture of health, bursting with vitality, and swinging his sword. “You are destined for great and unfortunate things,” the trailer for “Spartacus: Blood and Sand” announced. The clip was right on both counts.
You can leave your thoughts about Whitfield and “Spartacus” in the comments.

Starz released a statement Sunday reacting to the tragic news that former Spartacus star Andy Whitfield had succumbed to cancer. “We are deeply saddened by the loss of our dear friend and colleague, Andy Whitfield,” said Starz president and CEO Chris Albrecht. “We were fortunate to have worked with Andy in Spartacus and came to know that the man who played a champion on-screen was also a champion in his own life. Andy was an inspiration to all of us as he faced this very personal battle with courage, strength and grace. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family during this difficult time. He will live on in the hearts of his family, friends and fans.”
“No words to express the depth of such a loss. You will be deeply missed, my brother,” said Spartacus creator Steven DeKnight on Twitter.
The 39-year-old actor died of non-Hodgkin Lymphoma in Sydney, Australia. The Wales native was diagnosed 18 months ago while preparing for the second season of Spartacus. Though he was an relative unknown when the show started, Whitfield’s performance was so strong and iconic that production on season two was halted for about a year in an attempt to give Whitfield time to recover from the disease. During that time, producers shot a prequel series titled Gods of the Arena without the actor. Briefly it seemed Whitfield would make it — he was cleared to start work on season two and made a triumphant return appearance at Comic-Con. But Whitfield soon relapsed. Faced with the decision of either cancelling the series or recasting, Starz and producers opted to hire newcomer Liam McIntyre for the lead role, with Whitfield’s blessing.
Whitfield’s performance in the first season of Spartacus remains a testament to his talent. He was able to project such furious aggression and intense vulnerability, often at the same time. Though we’ll never get to see what other roles Whitfield might have taken, below is a YouTube viral hit that Whitfield shot after he was diagnosed that displays another side to the actor in a live action parody of the videogame Time Crisis:

Backstage at Comic-Con in 2010, Whitfield was preparing to greet Spartacus fans after spending a months out of the limelight to recover. He was so nervous because he didn’t want fans to somehow be disappointed. Yet when he walked out, Whitfield didn’t have to say a word — the crowd just roared. Here’s that interview:

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Anton Yelchin, left, and Colin Farrell in "Fright Night"

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(CBS) If you've seen the 1985 "Fright Night," you know it's a goofy, bloody homage to and send-up of horror films. So how's the new film? Because there's nothing like a bad remake to ruin your weekend.
Pictures: Summer movies 2011
GOOD NEWS: The reviews are in and they're pretty favorable. (If you don't care about reviews, don't bother reading any further.)
Sean O'Connell in the Washington Post writes, "It stands apart from the rehash pack by accomplishing something rival remakes rarely do: It improves on the premise it has been handed, producing a modernized version of a decades-old story that's superior to its predecessor in virtually every aspect."
Here's a long one:

Directed by Craig Gillespie ("Lars and the Real Girl") from a script by the television powerhouse Marti Noxon ("Mad Men," "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"), "Fright Night" honors the original - written and directed by Tom Holland, with Chris Sarandon as the blood sucker next door - without falling into the traps of slavish fandom or smarty-pants spoofery. The old "Fright Night" was both self-aware and effectively scary, and if this one seems to prefer gruesome digital effects to old-fashioned bump-in-the-night spookiness, it still succeeds in keeping the audience both tickled and anxious.

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"[Director Craig] Gillespie's movie is light and enjoyably foul, and part of the pleasure of watching is the evident pleasure everyone involved had in making it," writes Wesley Morris in the Boston Globe.
In Rolling Stone, Peter Travers writes, "Director Craig Gillespie ("Lars and the Real Girl") is wise to just turn [Colin Farrell and David Tennat] loose. Voila! Black magic."
Don't get us wrong; there are unfavorable reviews out there, too. The good far outweigh the bad thus far.
How about you? Will see "Fright Night"? Let us know in the comments.

JONESBORO, Ark. — Lawyers representing three men convicted of killing three 8-year-old boys in a notorious 1993 murder case have reached a potential deal that could allow the men, known as the West Memphis Three, to walk free on Friday, people familiar with the deal said.

The men, Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin and Jessie Misskelley, Jr., have been in prison since 1993, Mr. Echols on death row and the other two serving life sentences, despite numerous appeals and post conviction hearings, and a committed army of supporters who have insisted on their innocence.
The deal being discussed would not technically result in a full exoneration; some of the convictions would stand, though the men would not admit guilt. Should Mr. Echols be freed, it would be the highest profile release of a death row inmate in recent memory.
The deal comes five months before a scheduled hearing as to whether the men should be granted a new trial in light of DNA evidence that surfaced in the past few years. None of their DNA has been found in tests of evidence at the scene. The Arkansas Supreme Court ordered the new hearing in November, giving new life to efforts to exonerate the three men.
In May 1993, the bodies of the boys, Christopher Byers, Steve Branch and James Michael Moore, were found in a drainage ditch in a wooded area of West Memphis, Ark., called Robin Hood Hills. The bodies appeared to have been mutilated, their hands tied to their feet.
The grotesque nature of the murders led to a theory about satanic cult activity. Investigators focused their attention on Mr. Echols, at the time a troubled yet gifted teenager who practiced Wicca, a rarity in the town of West Memphis. Efforts to learn more about him, spearheaded by a single mother cooperating with the police, led to Mr. Misskelley, a passing acquaintance of Mr. Echols, who is borderline mentally retarded.
After a nearly 12-hour interrogation by the police, Mr. Misskelley confessed to the murders and implicated Mr. Echols and Mr. Baldwin, though his confession diverged in significant details with the facts known by the police.
Largely on the strength of that confession, Mr. Misskelley was convicted in February 1994. Mr. Echols and Mr. Baldwin soon after were convicted in a separate trial, largely on the testimony of witnesses who said they heard the teenagers talk of the murders and on the prosecution’s theory that the defendants had been motivated as members of a satanic cult. Mr. Misskelley’s confession was not admitted at their trial, though recently a former lawyer for the jury foreman, filed an affidavit saying that the foreman, determined to convict, had brought the confession up in deliberations to sway undecided jurors.
An award-winning documentary, “Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills,” was released after their convictions, bringing them national attention. Benefit concerts were held, books were written a follow-up documentary was made and the men’s supporters continued to pursue their freedom. Many residents of West Memphis resented the presumption that outsiders knew the details of the horrific case better than they did. But in recent years some, though not all, of the victims’ families have begun to doubt the guilt of the three men.

What if your car can go with just water and fuel are no longer out of the exhaust fumes but water vapor?

In the near future you will feel to drive an environmentally friendly with zero emissions (zero emission). This car using only water as fuel and produces only water vapor, with no smoke, clean and 100% environmentally friendly.

This is a hydrogen-powered vehicles, vehicles with alternative fuel that uses hydrogen as its fuel.

These vehicles convert chemical energy into mechanical energy of hydrogen either burn hydrogen in internal combustion engines, or by reacting hydrogen with oxygen in fuel cells to run electric motors.

1. Aston Martin DBGT 2025

This car is capable of driving a fuel derived from water after going through the process of electrolysis, leading to zero emissions. Aston Martin DBGT 2025 is one of the best car designs of the future. Aston Martin looks classy and very attractive



2. Honda FC Sport

The company has released the FC Sport, which is a sports car design hydrogen fuel cells are ever displayed at an event at the LA Auto Show.

FC Sport is based on the V-Flow Stack of the concept of the FCX Clarity. This car combines high-power fuel cell stack, located between the back seat, and a spare battery in the middle of the car.



3. Hybrid Car BMW HR2

BMW is also developing fuel cell cars, hybrid cars using the technology. BMW promised to launch a dual-mode version of the current 7 Series during the production cycle of this model, thus the first car of its kind to go with hydrogen fuel and gasoline.



4. Jaguar C-XC

Jaguar C-XC comes with a hydrogen fuel cell drives are mounted beneath the surface of one glass, which covers the entire length of the car, coupled with aerodynamic aesthetics.

Wheels cars are also closed to further improve aerodynamic properties. Besides supported by zero-emission engines, the material used to build the car body has minimal environmental impact. The car was designed and built from recycled vegetable leather PET bottles.



5. General Motors' HydroGen4

HydroGen4 uses 440 single hydrogen cell that combines hydrogen from carbon fiber with a storage tank and oxygen from the air to produce electricity, which then pushed the car produces a maximum speed of 100 mph.

This car is from when he stopped racing with speeds up to 62 mph takes only 12 seconds.



6. RT20

RT20 is also supported by liquid hydrogen. With a twin-turbo V6 engine hydrogen fuel cell is very promising in driving comfort and equipped with features complete security.

Suspension springs are usually based on conventional electromagnets to be replaced with a better response.



7. H2 Racer

With Zero-Emission Car has been designed for the fastest racer in the world that hydrogen in 2009.

Besides aiming to break the record, this car has also been designed to demonstrate the power of cleaner fuels such as hydrogen to the world.

The car is powered by internal combustion engines that have been modified to go with hydrogen. With an ecofriendly engine, this car is expected to reach speeds of more than 170km / hour.



8. Mazda TONBO

Designed by Mazda's European Design and Dedek, cars with hydrogen fuel cells are certainly pure water out of the muffler.

Similarly, the Rinspeed Scuba, this car is also designed to be steered in the water. Another innovative feature of this car parking system is the use of anti-vandal.



9. Ronn Motors Scorpion Roadster

Roadster is powered hydrogen-powered engine / gasoline that will not only ensure low emissions, but also promises a sensation known for a supercar. Scorpion is equipped with a body to look classy and futuristic.



10. Honda Puyo

Honda Puyo is powered by hydrogen fuel cells. An innovative work, with a smooth-shaped soft box and provide maximum space. All of which are nearly transparent body makes it the most unique looking.

Most people would prefer to escape when threatened by a volcanic eruption of lava that produce heat up to 1,000 C. But not for Skarphedinn Thrainsson, an intrepid photographer who braved death for the sake of obtaining the photographs are stunning.

"It was the most amazing experiences of my life" says Skarphedinn.

"You feel so small and helpless in front of the volcano. And back to normal landscape photography after experiencing it, it's boring"

Skarphedinn, from Reykjavik, Iceland, taking photographs of the beauty of the moment and Eyjafjallajokull Fimmvorduhals eruption, which had caused a sensation in Europe about 2 years ago.

The volcano is a mountain in Fimmvorduhals tend to be more friendly. However, it's time Eyjafjallajokull terrible eruptions, the ash was shut down in the European aviation industry.

"It is very dangerous around the area Eyjafjallajokull, Iceland, when I took most of the photos last year, because of lightning darting behind a thick gray"

"Lightning strikes near the spot had I stood that night. Two people died tragically because of lost that night after making observations there." added.

Skarphedinn now obsessed to capture the extraordinary moments, and the next goal is to Hawaii and other stunning locations. However, he expressed readiness to shoot if a time the mountain erupted again in Iceland.

Figure lips that was erupting volcano produces images that look amazing like rain of fire

Boomed and lightning split the sky as black smoke came out of the volcano mengebul

From the cloud, visible images similar burst of black swans, and beyond them purple lightning storm

Picture someone who seems to lead to the camera - or is he just getting close to the volcano?

Skarphdinn fellow photographers shoot pictures of beautiful photographs that also hunt on the mouth of the volcano

A group of people were surveying the mountains from close range, which is clearly not a safe distance

With the night sky as the background, and the lava which spread down from the mountain, makes this picture seemed to come from another world

Beautiful Aurora Borealis above the active volcano lava issuing

Volcano spewing lava orange, creating a beautiful contrast with the sky

A pair of photographers who run away if splashing lava getting too close to them

Updated at 11 p.m., Aug. 10: The $228.9 million Powerball prize, one of the largest ever, was announced tonight.
The winning numbers are: 46 - 41 - 36 - 18 - 11 - 38 (red ball).
Are you the big winner? Go ahead and announce it here for us.
Posted at 3:48 p.m., Aug. 10: It’s literally a numbers game.

The Powerball lottery drawing at 10:59 p.m. tonight may make one -- or a couple -- Americans very wealthy, as the jackpot has reached $220 million.
It’s one of the 10-largest Powerball pots ever, though it’s still $39.9 million less than Columbia’s Solomon Jackson Jr. won in August 2009.
Regardless, convenience stores and other lottery retailers are seeing some extra traffic as people take a stab at the 1-in-195 million odds.

“It does pick up, you know,” Midlands convenience store worker Naomi Hutson said about ticket sales. “When [the jackpot] gets up, everybody starts wanting one.”

She said that while activity is par for the course most of the day, as many people get off work they’ll stop by and buy a $1 Powerball ticket.
“Right now it’s slow, but later on this afternoon it’ll pick up," she said.

People can purchase a Powerball entry until 9:59 p.m., allowing an hour between the last sales and the public reveal of the winning numbers on local CBS televisions affiliate WLTX.
Once they get home with the metaphorical golden ticket, there isn’t anything else to do but wait on the numbers. Not that it’s stopped people from performing their own hoodoo to help them win.

Jackson’s 2009 win marked the last time a South Carolinian took home the jackpot.
But, S.C. Education Lottery executive director Paula Harper Bethea is hoping the next Powerball winner is located here.

“I know I will be watching Wednesday night’s drawing with my fingers crossed hoping a South Carolinian will be holding that winning ticket,” Bethea said in a statement.
“Obviously the winner benefits, but so does the state when a jackpot-winning ticket is sold here.”

If someone does have the winning ticket this evening, they will receive the cash value of the prize, estimated $118.8 million.

Lifetime has given the go-ahead to a series based on its 2010 movie "The Client List," which also will star Jennifer Love Hewitt, Lifetime announced on Wednesday.
Hewitt will executive-produce the series through her Fedora Films production company. The network also announced that it has entered into a first-look development deal for both series and movies.
The series, which has been greenlit for 10 episodes, follows the exploits of a Texas housewife (Hewitt) who takes a job at a day spa after being deserted by her husband, only to discover that the spa offers illicit services.
Over the course of the show, the character attempts to balance her dual life as both a single, financially strapped mother and  a businesswoman "working with a rowdy, sexy and unpredictable group of women," according to Lifetime.
Dannielle Thomas, Howard Braunstein, Michael Jeffe, AJ Rinella and Jordan Budde are co-executive producing.
Hewitt, who is coming off CBS' "Ghost Whisperer" series, received a Golden Globes nomination for her performance in the movie, which averaged 3.9 million total viewers during its July 2010 premiere.
Lifetime Networks' president and general manager Nancy Dubuc said that "The Client List" is part of the company's overall strategy "to expand Lifetime’s slate with unapologetic programming that will surprise audiences.”

We've all wanted to exact revenge on the people responsible for first showing us Rebecca Black's Friday music video on YouTube, and we've even wished we had a line of ducklings to punch out when the tune got stuck in our heads. But most of us have never considered harming the innocent songstress as a means of punishing her for getting so excited about Fridays. However, people at Rebecca's school have started targeting her and bulling her (presumably because she's now attending Hollywood premieres and is BFFs with Katy Perry) so much that she's had to withdraw from school completely and enroll in a homeschooling program.

On the comments her peers would make that led to the educational switch, Rebecca recently told ABC's Nightline "When I walk by they'll start singing 'Friday' in a really nasally voice. Or you know, they'll be like, 'Oh hey Rebecca, guess what day it is?'" Her mother, Georgina Marquez, confirmed that Rebecca leaving school was the right decision for their family, saying "[Rebecca] certainly did not need that kind of pressure." But even though the face-to-face bullying has been addressed, the online bullying is proving harder to prevent. Rebecca said she's still receiving numerous threats, and people are still spreading rumors about her (one morning in May she woke up and a rumor was all over the internet that claimed she was pregnant). She explained, "Waking up to a rumor that you're pregnant is not fun. It's just frustrating, because I mean, I'm still, like, excited over my first kiss." Oh, you guys, leave her alone. So she has a stupid song on the internet? You still have one of those dancing flowers that wears sunglasses on your night table.

Watch Rebecca's debut video, Friday, below and tell us if it makes you want to punish her.

The Giants have yet to play a game, but the blindside hits keep coming. On Wednesday, Pro Bowl receiver Steve Smith signed a one-year contract with the division rival Philadelphia Eagles, two days after visiting with the Giants' staff and hours after coach Tom Coughlin said his players were excited to see him back in the building.

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Steve Smith

"This is a business, man, and it's tough," Smith said in an evening conference call. "The Eagles, they really pushed hard."
Giants general manager Jerry Reese said he had extended a contract offer to Smith when free agency opened two weeks ago. The receiver had microfracture surgery in December. "It's going to be a long haul for him," Coughlin said.
Smith disagreed. If it were up to him, he said, "I'd say I could go practice tomorrow." That's unlikely, however. And, ultimately, Smith acknowledged that the Eagles' more lucrative offer was the deciding factor.
The fifth-year receiver began running in mid-July and hasn't yet begun making high-velocity cuts, said someone familiar with the Giants' examination of him. They feel he's progressing well, the person said, but his full readiness won't be known until he puts a greater load on the knee.
Smith said the Eagles believe he'll be back by the end of September. They play the Giants on Sept. 25 in Philadelphia.

Human history is a unique blend of success and failure, victory and defeat, love and war.

The massacre was one event that has caused the death of many innocent people and the people who started the slaughter in order to satisfy their thirst for revenge and for the human ego.

Throughout history you will find a variety of events big and small slaughter that has changed the world, and here are the 10 greatest massacre in human history.