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Jennifer Hudson completed filming their first video from the murders of her mother, brother and nephew.

The clip for "If This Is not Love" was performed in Los Angeles and is scheduled to be released the week of February 9.


Slowly, the singer and actress, 27 years is returning to work following the October murder of her mother Darnell Hudson Donerson, 57, his brother Jason Hudson, 29, and her nephew Julian King, 7. His former brother-in-law has been accused of crimes.

Jennifer Hudson will sing the national anthem on Sunday at the Super Bowl, and also at the Grammy Awards February 8, where he is nominated for four awards for the CD that bears his name.

While the singer Amy Winehouse was on vacation in the Caribbean, known for stealing seized at his home located in North London, said Friday his spokesman Chris Goodman.

The interpreter of "Rehab" reported that several guitars and recording equipment, among other things, was taken from his home.


According to the spokesman, the robbers left the house empty while Winehouse was in its well-known hotel in the island of St. Lucia.

The man said that the neighbors came to see the thieves on Thursday and called the police. Officers found the front door of the residence broken, but there have been no arrests.


Winehouse rose to fame in 2006 with his album multi-Grammy winner "Back to Black" and has a fortune estimated by the Sunday Times newspaper at 10 million pounds (15 million dollars).

The Japanese industrial group Hitachi announced Friday the elimination of 7,000 jobs at its electronic sections of the crisis, which has an expected annual net loss exorbitant 700,000 million yen (7,830 million dollars, 5,600 million euros ).

Hitachi said it has found "a huge drop in demand from the month of November" in numerous activities (compounds and electronic materials, telecommunications and automotive equipment, materials, etc.)..


Just three months ago, Hitachi expected to end the year with a net profit of 15.000 billion yen, although initially advocated an annual profit of 40,000 million, having made a net profit of 58,120 million yen last year.

Spain wants the upcoming International Congress of the Spanish language, to be held in Chile in 2010, promotes "the presence of Spanish on the Internet," still inadequate, despite the current economic crisis and recovery taking advantage of this language the world.

"We must make an effort to encourage the presence of Spanish on the Internet, which, although growing, still does not match the force that holds in other areas," the president encouraged the Spanish Government, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, in the presentation V Congress in Madrid, to be held in Valparaiso, from 2 to 5 March 2010.


"Despite the economic difficulties that we went through, there is a growing interest in the possibilities of the Spanish" shown by the proliferation of studies on the economic value of our language and its importance as a source of wealth, "he said.

Thus encouraged to take advantage in such areas as education, knowledge society, research, development and innovation.


"It will give a qualitative leap in promoting the use of information technology (...) to enrich the wealth of our language," also affected the director of the Instituto Cervantes, Carmen Caffarel.

This would explore "ways in the field of new digital media" and enhance "the Hispanic publishing industry, for its part said the director of the Royal Spanish Language Academy, Victor Garcia de la Concha.


In times of economic crisis, Zapatero called on the publishing companies that do not leave "one of the strongest cultural industries."

Spanish is the third most spoken language in the world, with more than 500 million people, behind the Chinese and English, with a growth rate of 10% annually.


It is the official language in over 20 countries and the second in the U.S., where the middle of this century, 130 million people speak.

'America in the Spanish language,' title of the congress, which will examine the influence of American language in Spanish, "reverses the usual perspective of the 'Spanish America'," according to De la Concha.


America is "call to expand the mapping of our language" and "will be the laboratory and the Spanish driver of the future," said Zapatero.

The Congress, which coincides with the bicentennial of the independence of Chile, Argentina, Colombia and Mexico, will be presented the "New Grammar of the Spanish language, 'new' Spelling 'panhispánica and' Dictionary of Americanisms academic.


This latest book is "an old dream" that the association of 22 academies of Spanish is becoming a reality, "said De la Concha, and collected nearly 100,000 entries in the Spanish American.

Latin American poetry and their representatives, Chilean Pablo Neruda, Gabriela Mistral, Vicente Huidobro, Nicanor Parra and Gonzalo Rojas-occupy a central place in the conference, which will reach its fifth edition after its inception in 1997 in Zacatecas (Mexico), and the last one, held in Cartagena de Indias (Colombia in 2007).


Neruda and Mistral protagonizarán two commemorative editions including "unpublished materials," said the Chilean minister Paulina Urrutia.

European markets showed mixed Friday after sharp falls in Tokyo and an increasing number of bad economic reports and quarterly results from companies such as Sony and Honda, which suffered a drop in profits.

In Europe, banking and mining shares were stronger, but the day was marked by reports of unemployment in the euro area, where the rate increased by 8% during December, and information on the Gross Domestic Product U.S. the fourth quarter of last year, expected during the day and that could bring their worst fall in more than 25 years.


By midday in Europe, the British FTSE 100 index had an increase of 0.21%. Meanwhile, the German DAX fell 0.39% and the French CAC 40 fell 0.31%.

In London, shares of mining giant Rio Tinto climbed 4.3% after it announced an agreement to sell an iron mine in South America and other projects worth its rival, for $ 1,600 million.


Shares of banks Lloyds Banking Group, Royal Bank of Scotland and Barclays rose 7.1%, 6.2% and 5.4%. In Frankfurt, Commerzbank rose 5.8% and 1.4% Deutsche Bank.

The U.S. government reported an economic contraction of 3.8% in the fourth quarter, a decline much faster than the decrease of 0.5% the previous quarter and increased from the low of 6.4% annualized in the first quarter of 1982 when the country was experiencing a severe recession.


Investors also reacted to news from the European Union, about 230,000 people in the euro area have lost their jobs in December, reflecting a deteriorating economic situation in the bloc of 16 countries with a common currency.

Asian stock markets were also mixed on Friday. The main indicator of the Hong Kong stock market rose marginally to speculation of a cut in interest rates in China or other measures of encouragement. European stock exchanges opened up to the future strengthening of shares on Wall Street.


The markets had made some gains at the start of the week, boosted by a positive earnings outlook from British lender Barclays and a package of incentives by 819,000 million dollars which was entering the U.S. Congress, but the confidence Asia spoiled due to bad economic and corporate news, especially in Japan, the largest economy in the region.

"Investors are looking for a magic cure, but it is not. There is a solution by itself can solve all the complex problems facing the world economy," said Arjuna Mahendran, head of investment strategy at HSBC Private Bank Asia in Singapore.


"In a typical short-sighted, the markets are alternating between despair and hope," he said. "The problem is that there is no real clarity on profits and the economic situation, and perhaps did not until the second half of this year or at the very end of the year," he added.

In Japan, the Nikkei 225 index fell 257.19 points, or 3.1%, to 7994.05 as investors recovered from an accumulation of bad reports on earnings and the latest economic report, which showed that industrial production plummeted to a record pace, and increased unemployment.


In Hong Kong, the Hang Seng Index recovered from early losses to close the session with a gain of 0.9%, to 13,278.21 units. Sudcoreano KOSPI index fell 0.4%, while markets in Singapore and the Philippines also lost ground. The main stock market index gained 0.4% in Australia. The markets in China closed all week for the Lunar New Year.

The economy registered a contraction of 3.8% at the end of 2008, the highest in a quarter century, as the recession forced consumers and businesses to reduce spending, the government reported Friday.

The Commerce Department report indicated that the rate in October-December by far surpassed the 0.5% recorded in the previous quarter.


While economists forecast a further contraction of 5.4%, the results did not fail to reflect the impact of mortgage crisis, credit and financial.

The contraction of 3.8% annual pace was the worst since the 6.4% in the first quarter of 1982, when the country suffered a severe recession.


In 2008, the economy grew just 1.3%, compared to 2% in 2007, the slowest expansion since the last recession in 2001.

To revive the economy, the president Barack Obama and Democratic lawmakers devised a program of 819,000 million dollars, approved on Wednesday by the House of Representatives, which must be investigated now _ _ certainly changed in the Senate.


The White House predicted the bad news. The previous day, press secretary Robert Gibbs said that the results of the fourth quarter would be "materially adverse."

The GDP is the sum of all goods and services produced within a country, and is considered the most accurate barometer of economic health.


The fourth quarter was the weakest of 2008 and the contraction of 3.8% will increase further once the government finishes analyzing the statistics. The economy remains in a state of weakness in most of this year, analysts predicted, and some believe that the contraction in the first quarter is 4% or more.

Consumers reduced their spending by 3.5% in late 2008, after a 3.8% in the third quarter. The last time I did it in two consecutive quarters was in late 1990 and early 1991.


In the fourth quarter of 2008, Americans reduced their spending especially on durable goods, those high prices and a lifespan of at least three years, including automobiles, appliances and furniture. Spending on durable goods fell to annual rate of 22.4%, the largest since 1987.

A reduction of 7.1% annually in the cost of goods "not sustainable" as food and clothing was the highest since 1950.


The new frugality of Americans was patentizada on increasing savings, which rose to 2.9% in the fourth quarter, compared to 1.2% in the third.

encestó Eddie House added 28 points to eight triples, a career, and Rajon Rondo contributed 24 units and nine assists for the night of Wednesday to the Boston Celtics won their ninth game in a row, by 119 -100 on the Sacramento Kings.

It was the seventh defeat in a row for Sacramento, which had started the match with 10 points ahead in the first period before Boston scored the next six drives.


The Celtics held a 25-9 offensive in the second quarter and turned a disadvantage into an advantage two units of 14.

Boston and won by 24 points in the fourth period, when House encestó four of five triples.


"I wish I had been able to launch and maintain a network tied to the stave," said head coach Kenny Natt of Kings. "We must recognize the boy: It's a great shooter and his colleagues looked for it and moved well without the ball," he added.

Eddie House is on the point and ready for the competition from three-point shots in the Weekend Star Game.


All you need is an invitation.

"He must be in the contest for three-point shots," said Kevin Garnett alero. "That is what this press conference: Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett are here to say we think Eddie House should be in the competition of three point shots," he said.


Garnett added that he would prefer to see the support of three-point shot is to give players like House, which otherwise would probably not be taken to the Star Game.

"I think the competition of three-point shot should be for guys who can not only perform, but can do so exciting," said Garnett. "I think one wants to see all the top shooters in the league so. It is assumed that that's it," he said.


House has scored at least seven shots from a distance of three points in three of the last four games, and his teammates are not the only ones who are campaigning to be invited to the weekend Star Game.

The crowd then the song "Ed-die! Ed-die!" every time I touch the ball in the fourth period and gave him a standing ovation when he left the stave 4:02 minutes left when the game and Boston had 23 points advantage.


"Any given night could be anybody (who achieved so many three-point shots)," said House. "If I am invited, great. If not, is a chance to rest," he added.

For the Kings, the Dominican Francisco Garcia played 18:17 minutes in which they scored six points.

Swiss Roger Federer came close to a victory for his 14th Grand Slam title of individual _con to match the mark of American Pete Sampras_ Thursday to overcome the Open semifinals in Australia to American Andy Roddick also with partial of 6-2, 7-5 and 7-5.

Roddick, who made a vigorous training before the start of the season designed to help beat Federer and world number one Rafael Nadal, was in good shape.


But the second preclasificado it surpassed all facets of the game, spreading shock winners across the court and forcing Roddick to make just one good hit to win a point, even had no answer that serves the American 16-8, which harsh draw is well known.

Federer, who seeks his fourth title of Australia, on Sunday will face the winner of the final meeting on Friday between the Spaniards Nadal, first preclasificado and Fernando Verdasco.


In the women's branch, Serena Williams was placed on Thursday at a victory to win his 10th individual title and fourth Grand Slam in the Open defeat by Australia at 6-3 and 6-4 partial to Russian Elena Dementieva. His next engagement is against Dinara Safina.

With the roof of the Rod Laver Arena closed to protect players and fans outside temperature nearly 44 degrees Celsius (111 degrees Fahrenheit), Williams played his best tournament of the confrontation.


"I have not moved well for a while, so I was a little impact," he said, leaving room for improvement. "A perfect match for me? Oh, no, no, no!. But it was definitely better," he said.

"I'm really excited because I'm playing consistently," added Williams.


And certainly it did against Dementieva, who defeated in their previous three clashes and came here after winning two tournaments, followed by heating.

"I think today was very powerful," said the fourth preclasificada. "I think maybe I was not aggressive enough and maybe I was not playing with enough depth, enabling it to be very aggressive and dictate the game," he said.


Williams, second preclasificada, has a string of victories here in alternate years since 2003.

Wednesday was a game of being eliminated when Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova also was serving for the match, but found his rhythm quickly to Dementieva.


The U.S. won 27 years on this occasion in just 98 minutes of play.

After defeating Russia in two consecutive clashes, Williams will face Saturday in the final to Russian Safina also. The winner will also be the number one player in the world ranking.


Safina advanced to the finals on Thursday after defeating his compatriot Vera Zvonareva by 6-3 and 7-6 (4).

Safina's older brother, Marat Safin, won the title here in 2005, a day after that Williams beat the then number one and compatriot Lindsay Davenport in the women's final.


Safina looks forward to give a late birthday present. Safin served 29 years on Tuesday.

"Maybe now with some money to buy her a gift," he joked. "It's great that you can follow in his footsteps. He was my idol, it is still my idol," he added.

Safina has not yet won a major tournament, lost the final of the French Open in 2008 at the Serbian

Ana Ivanovic, and lost to Williams last year in the semifinals of the U.S. Open.

It has been 50 years since a single-engine plane crashed in a field of snowy Iowa, killing instantly three men whose names would be enshrined in the history of rock 'n' roll.

The past decades have not diminished the fascination with that night, February 2, 1959, when Buddy Holly, 22, JP "The Big Bopper" Richardson, 28, and Ritchie Valens (or Richard Steven Valenzuela), 17 and of Mexican descent, sang in Clear Lake after boarding the plane on a flight of about 480 kilometers (300 miles) which ended lasting a few minutes.


"It really was like the first monument of rock 'n' roll, the first death," said rock historian Jim Dawson, who has written several books about music in that era. "They say these things come in three. Well, all three occurred at the same time."

Since Wednesday, thousands of people will gather in the small town in northern Iowa where the pioneers of rock gave its final presentation. Coming to the Surf Ballroom symposiums with relatives of the three musicians, a concert and ceremony as the Hall of Fame Rock and Roll designates the building as its ninth national monument.


And discuss why, after so many years, many people still interested in what the composer Don McLean famously called "the day the music died."

"It was the site of this latest action of these great artists," said Terry Stewart, president and chief executive of the Hall of Fame Rock and Roll in Cleveland. "It justifies it fixed in time."


Clear Lake is an unusual place for a pilgrimage of rock 'n' roll, especially in the winter. The tourist town of 8,000 inhabitants along its namesake lake, and in the days of winter cold and wind makes this community located about 160 kilometers (100 miles) north of Des Moines anything but a holiday destination.

The crash site is on private property, eight kilometers (five miles) from Clear Lake and 0.8 kilometers (half mile) from the road. The corn grows high in adjacent fields during the summer but in winter the fields are covered with snow and a small monument to the road is often covered by a thick layer of ice. The monument has a small cross and a guitar and thin metal discs, all covered with flowers during the summer.


"It's a much more pleasant trip in the summer," said Jeff Nicholas, of Clear Lake resident who heads the board of the Surf Ballroom. "But in the winter, feel how it was."

Nobody keeps track of the number of visitors, but the fans come throughout the year and the summer days at the site of the accident, they can create the rarity of a bottleneck in a corn field.


Stewart said the deaths occurred because resonate even at a time when rock 'n' roll was going through a kind of transition. The sound of Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis and Holly was giving way to the so-called British Invasion of the mid-60.

"The music was changing at that time," he said. "The accident put an item on the change."


The three musicians influenced rock and roll your way.

Holly's career was short, but his particular style of singing, the way he played the guitar and put his talent to compose a tremendous influence on many artists. The Beatles, which was formed around the time of the accident, were among the first fans and created its name inspired by the Holly's band, The Crickets (Beetle, with a double and is beetle in English cricket is cricket). Holly's successes include "That'll Be The Day," "Peggy Sue" and "Maybe Baby."


A Richardson is often credited with having created the first music video with the recording of his rendition of "Chantilly Lace" in 1958, decades before MTV.

And Valens was the first musician to implement a Mexican influence to rock 'n' roll. Recorded their highly successful "La Bamba" just a few months before his death.


The plane left the airport in nearby Mason City around 1 am, in the direction of Moorhead, Minnesota. The players tried to avoid a tiring journey by bus and cold.

It was only hours after the plane was found smashed, dented against a metal fence. Investigators believe the pilot, who also died, was confused in the midst of darkness and snow and the plane crashed to the ground.

The accident generated a wave of pain between his passionate followers throughout the country. Twelve years after the crash was immortalized as "the day the music died" in the 1971 McLean song "American Pie".

Adrian Biniez wrote more than twenty scripts that did not like before finding that has led him to compete with large cinema in Berlin Film Festival.

"Giant," his first feature film is a romantic comedy about a night security guard who falls in love with an employee cleaning a hypermarket. One of only two Latin American bands to be measured at the Berlinale for the Golden Bear, in February.


"It's the first experience of undertaking a feature film and it is a matter of satisfaction that has been designated for the Berlin festival," he told the AP the Argentine rookie 34 years on Wednesday, two days before leaving the Old Continent.

Based in Uruguay for five years, then Biniez was not connected with the cinema.


"I started as a screenwriter for the film Taxi," said the director, who has two films to his credit: "Total availability" (2008) and "8 hours" (2006).

"This idea of 'Giant' I did four years ago, after several failed attempts to write more than 20 scripts that I liked," he continued. "This script was the last, so I did the reverse journey: I started almost last."


Although the title of the film is equal to the 1956 classic starring Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor, James Dean and Carroll Baker, the plot is not related.

The "Giant" of Biniez, with the performances of the Uruguayan Horacio Camandulle and Leonor Svarcas, remains a guard who did not shy are encouraged to approach the woman who attracts him and begins to spy when you leave work.


The plot takes place in a climate of that supermarket where there was reduction of personnel. It is a strange and tense climate that we live, "said Biniez. And the final, said with mischief, "save me".

"Giant" was filmed in April last year in Montevideo neighborhood of El Prado, La Aguada and the center of the capital.


He won a place in Berlin after being seen and accepted by a selection committee of the festival, which will compete with 17 other productions, some led by stars such as Renee Zellweger, Tommy Lee Jones, Michelle Pfeiffer and Judi Dench.

"Beyond as you can go with the film festival in Berlin ... I find it very gratifying that this first feature may appear to compete," said Biniez. "Certainly if there is an extra (a prize) far better," he said smiling.


The tape, an Argentine-Uruguayan co-German, could begin to show in May in the region.

The Berlin Film Festival, in its 59th edition, runs from 5 to February 15.