Ex-Man U Manager to auction vintage wine collection valued at £3m!

 Based on iconic byte reaching  icon360.blogspot  this Wednesday,it's reported that former Man Utd Manager is to auction the extensive collection of vintage wines which he assembled during his career to "distract from the intensity and pressure" of managing Manchester United.

 According to source,The collection of about 5,000 bottles, along with signed memorabilia, will be sold at auctions starting in May, and has a pre-sale estimated value of £3m,

Almost two thirds of the cellar consists of Domaine de la Romanee-Conti, a French Burgundy which is "in vogue", according to the auction company.

"It's the wine of the moment in terms of demand," said David Elswood. "So hopefully that's going to draw the attention of not just Alex Ferguson fans but wine fans too."

According to Christie's,The cellar spans every year of Ferguson's career with United from 1986 until he retired in 2013. It includes lots from 1999, the year United won a treble of the Premier League, the Champions League and the FA Cup, a feat never previously accomplished and not matched since.

"People keep saying, 'What was the best moment of your life as a manager?' and '99 is without question," Ferguson is quoted as saying in an interview to promote the sale.

"There was always this thing about my career that I never had won the Champions League, so to win it in the way we did win it was absolutely fantastically special. And it coincided with a vintage; you were talking about Romanee-Conti '99, a really special year. I think we deserved that."

Ferguson said he had taken up wine collecting in 1991 during a visit to France and it developed into a way to relieve the stress of his job.

 according to him"Taking an interest in wine allowed me to have an interest outside the game. You have to have outside interests to distract you from the intensity and the pressure you come under as a football manager.

"And all of a sudden, two or three years ago, when I'm going through the portfolio, we realise this has got to be an amazing amount of wine. I retired last year, and I thought this was a good time to sell it."

He also discussed how it became a ritual to treat visiting managers to a glass of his finest, and to accept gift bottles in return.

culled from the guardian.com

5 Reasons why most Ghanaians don’t like Ghanaian movies...be the first to know!

   
The African movie industry is among the biggest movie industries in the world. Nollywood from Nigeria is the 2nd largest movie industry in the world. How come Ghanaian movies can’t make it that far be

In all my growing up in Ghana, according to source I’ve heard people saying countless times their hate for Ghanaian movies. What could be the reason?

Things keep changing in our entertainment industry but the love for our industry is still not something easy to have. Many people complain about Ghanaian movies and its stars. Here are some of the reasons why most Ghanaians prefer foreign movies to Ghanaian movies.

COPY & PASTE (NOT ORIGINAL): Most Ghanaian movies are clear/direct copy and paste version of popular Hollywood/Nollywood movies. This is very bad, most scenes in Ghanaian movies are what we’ve seen in popular Hollywood/Nollywood movies. Sometimes the whole movie is based on a a foreign movie which has been done before in Hollywood or Nollywood but “Ghanalized”. Most Ghanaian movies don’t have original scripts and full of copied scenes. Watching these movies are unpleasant.

BORING: There are no suspense in most Ghanaian movies especially the ones made in Kumasi. I wonder how people can watch hours of Kumawood movies. Their stories are cliche, acting is the worst you could ever see, sound, editing, and everything is BAD! One can easily predict the ending of most Ghanaian movies.

FOREIGN CULTURE USAGE: Most Ghanaian movies don’t depict the Ghanaian culture or things that could happen in Ghana in reality. They mostly copy and display foreign culture and things that don’t or could never happen in Ghana. Movies like Yvonne Nelson’s “House Of Gold”, Shirley Frimpong Manso’s “Perfect Picture” and “Adams Apples” are perfect example of movies depicting foreign culture.

BAD ACTING: An expert in acting and directing told me that most of our celebrated actors won’t even get a role or reach close to a Hollywood movie if they were to give it a shot that is why they fail to reach that far and the truth is he is right, Ghanaian movies are full of by-force and fake actors/actresses. Most of the actors and actress in Ghana and Africa are not the best for the job; some are good but not Hollywood-good.

BAD EDITING AND EFFECTS: One of the things that cost the most in foreign movies are visual effects and editing. Ghanaian movies are full of the worst editing and visual effects a movie could ever come about. Some Kumawood movies have the most terrible effects and sound editing ever. Not to talk of the lousy credits and loud sound effects. The effects and sound in almost every Ghanaian music is terrible.

LOW BUDGET: You can’t blame Ghana movie makers for all these flaws (some of them) as most Ghana movies were produced with small amounts of money. An insider told us that to produce a Kumawood movie with about 3 known faces, you need around GHC20, 000 around $8,000 dollars including advertising, so seems like small money hence the poor results.
source:Ghanaweb

checkout 'World's most haunted island' where thousands of plague victims were left to die and mental patients were lobotomised !

Though strange and is  one of world’s scariest places,yet, It is so haunted that for years no tourist has been allowed to set foot on it.But now,  the island of Poveglia, in the Venice lagoon, could be yours as the Italian government is offering it at auction, in a bid to chip away at the country’s mounting public debt.

 source revealed that When an outbreak of Bubonic plague hit Italy thousands of dead bodies and the still-living victims were dumped on the island to be buried, burnt or left to rot. such that The island’s macabre reputation stems from its plague pits.

  Centuries later, a mental hospital was built there by a doctor who tortured his patients with unnecessary lobotomies. 

Driven mad by the ghosts of his victims, he eventually threw himself from the hospital tower, it is claimed.

Venetians are deeply superstitious about the island and see it as purgatory for evil souls. One local saying goes: 'when an evil man dies, he wakes up in Poveglia.' 

The Italian government now hope that the island’s unique potential can be exploited by a luxury hotel-they are offering a 99 year lease to redevelop the property.

A further four properties including a 15h century castle and a spectacular monastery will be auctioned off freehold. 

The government aims to raise Euro500 million from the sale of around 150 state owned properties.

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source:daily mail

Rooney Living life on the Edge?....

 Even though Rooney's Living life on the Edge as His club is currently lagging as the Premier League season enters the final straight, but Wayne Rooney  never let that weigh him down as he took his mind off  the professional woes on Saturday to spend some quality time with his nearest and dearest. 

The 28-year-old goal poacher took advantage of Manchester United’s postponed home game against Hull City by stepping out with wife Coleen and their two sons – Kai, 3, and 11-month-old Klay. 

Wayne looked casual in a lose fitting T-shirt, jeans and trainers as he cradled his youngest boy while strolling through leafy Cheshire village Alderley Edge with his family.Wife Coleen, also 28, looked equally low-key in a white top with mesh detail and grey skinny jeans with two distinctive zipper pockets across the right thigh.

The family appeared to have splashed out on takeaway pizza during their afternoon outingWayne’s latest game for Manchester United was put on hold due to a scheduling clash when Hull made it to the FA Cup semi-final – a game they subsequently won 5-3 against Sheffield United.

[PHOTOS] Joseph Yobo’s marks Son 4th Birthday in grandstyle!

Nigerian Super Eagle defender and star Joseph Yobo and his wife, Adaeze, marked their son’s Joey’s fourth birthday in Turkey their current haven. As a dreamer who's now living his dream Yobo who was once a dreamer decides to dress his boy with Spider man costume as such the party  was themed  'spider-man party' where the celebrant Joey was dressed in a costume of his favourite superhero,SPIDER MAN!

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exclusive interview with DAVIDO....be the first to know!

The Juice hosted by Toolz is in full swing, last week the show which airs on Africa Magic premiered with 2Face Idibia  and this week on the hot seat chatting with Toolz is the world famous  – Davido!

comedy:check out this international standard RESTAURANT- please don't laugh

Many people don’t like to eat in local restaurants, or “bukas” as they are called, due to concerns about how the food is prepared. Well there’s good news for all the health conscious people out there, this restaurant promises to offer you only “medically okay” goat meat.

Can you beat that?

'I'm a white girl, and it happened to me':s*x traffick victim admonishes young girls!

 This is strange but true,a true life story meant to educate young girls on how to shine their eyes before saying yes to any kind of relationship,here icon 360.blogspot.com have decided to unveil this to  you to learn from this lady's experience my special viewers the good news that,with news like this you can get to escape from things like this or be of help to someone who's already trapped up,all i need from you is stay with us and get to know more from jasmine's experience,you'll be glad you did

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Hair Tricks That Make You Look 7 Years Younger

The right hairstyle or cut can be the world's most powerful anti-ager (and no, we're not talking pigtails).i mean those iconic hairstyles that clearly makes you look youger and beautiful ...to show that indeed we're dealing with unique lifestyle,icon360 have decided to show youThese simple celebrity hair tips  of which we believe that it will make you look younger than you ever imagined.... check them out after the cut

see The World's 12 Most Eligible Billionaire who are still Bachelors!...what are they waiting for? please help me ask them

Back in the days people used to say it’s  very easy for the rich and wealthy to fall in love , and marry than with the poor. but here,its something completely different,such that in this particular case, opposite is the case- especially when talking about some persons who are really, really rich...i mean...those that has all it takes to be big hubby and wifey... understand?... Unless you are a a nun or 'a father' yet these people are still single and are not ready to marry eventhough they're not......

“Facebook Marriage not ideal for you”, Pastor Adeboye advices

 

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photos:MARIA BORGES IN VOGUE COVER SHOOT

check out  Maria looking absolutely gorgeous in the pictures taken by Rui Aguiar. The Angolan beauty was styled by Paul Macedo in pieces of Martin Margiela, Kenzo  Hermes, Celine, Tod’s and others. The hair was by Miguel Viana, Makeup by Cristina Gomes. She’s to cover May edition of  more photos after the cut

laffta zone with AKPORORO @ HOLY GHOST CHRISTIAN CENTRE LEKKI, LAGOS.

Biola Alabi has been selected to be 2014 Yale World Fellow

According to news reaching us ,we're told that  The former Managing Director of M-Net Africa  has been selected to join the 2014 Yale World Fellow program. according to source, she will participate in the program alongside 15 other trailblazers from all over the world

Photo:Tiwa Savage & Hubby Take Their Love To "food basket of the nation" Benue State

Newlyweds Tiwa Savage and Tee Billz are taking their love on the road…Benue State to be precise.

The couple who are all set to rock Dubai on April 26th for their white wedding, were all loved up after Tiwa’s performance on the Makurdi stop of the Star Trek tour.

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photos:check out 2Face Idibia N400 Million Lekki Luxury Apartment!

Before now we used to hear this slogan by 2face which says"NOTHING DEY HAPPEN" .....But the story has changed drastically now that things are happening...

this is a must read!Teen Akintunde Ahmad,a Nigerian's offered admission into 3 institutions in US including Yale

This a good one for A 17-year-old Nigerian student at Oakland Tech in Oakland, Calif., who through diligence and dedication to study has achieved a 5.0 GPA and 2,100 on the SAT,according to source this has opened a great door for him as he has received offers from some of America’s top colleges like Yale, Columbia and Brown, leaving some people in shock at his accomplishments.



   I honestly would believe that he's diligent and  smart regardless of his appearance merely because of the way he talks. He talks with confidence and intelligence.
....from icon360...ours is to show the world the very best just like this ...........all the best to Akintunde,see you at the top....

Muna & Ifan Ifeanyi Michael Cover House of Maliq’s April 2014 Issue

 complete reflection of the brave and the flawless,a symbol of special icons to look up to to in april,as for house of  Maliq mag..,only Muna and ifeanyi are the best qualified for the page......more below