London: The English Premier League will feature the world’s best cricketers and a dash of showbiz glamour.

The new EPL, which begins in June 2010, will be played between the 18 first-class counties and two invited teams from overseas.

Counties will receive an unprecedented influx of cash from Asian TV money and some also hope to be backed by companies or rich benefactors, The Sun reported.
It will allow them to hire up to four overseas players for a month with stars such as Ricky Ponting, Sachin Tendulkar and MS Dhoni on their shopping list.

ECB chairman Giles Clarke insisted: “We anticipate the best players in the world will be here. The Indian Premier League was a great success and is uniquely Indian with remarkable Bollywood flair. This will have remarkable English flair.”

some information regarding how much the new iPhone 3G really cost Apple. Based on their calculation, Apple seems to be making roughly fifty fuve percent profit margin. While iSuppli did not count into research and development cost, the number is quite interesting.

Stripping off the new iPhone 3G for component lists and price them individually, iSuppli determined that a 8GB iPhone 3G costs $173.33 to build. AT&T is rumored to be paying Apple $300 subsidy on each iPhone 3G sales, that put the iPhone 3G total prices to $499 for the 8GB version and translate to the fifty five percent margin stated above.
“iSuppli believes Apple aimed for a more cost-effective design for the 3G iPhone compared to the 2G, in order to lower the retail price - which will allow the company to seed adoption and to capture maximum market share now - while the company still has buzz and a perceived differentiation relative to its competitors.”

If this number hold any truth, Apple’s one million iPhone 3G sold during the weekend should put its quarterly earning higher than before.

Initially, Subhash Ghai's 'Yuvraaj' and Ashtavinayak's 'Golmaal Returns' were expected to arrive on that date, but according to trustworthy sources, 'Yuvraaj' won't make it in Diwali. Now here is the new development: SRK's 'Billo Barber' is confirmed for the Diwali week.

"That's true," Sunil Lulla of Eros tells us, "We are not releasing 'Yuvraaj' on October 24. But 'Billo Barber' is definitely arriving on that date. That's for sure. As for 'Yuvraaj', we need to work out a fresh date with Subhash-ji." Meanwhile, there's talk that even 'Golmaal Returns' might be shifted ahead, although its producers, Shree Ashtavinayak, hasn't officially made a statement to that effect.

While on release dates, 'Ugly Aur Pagli', which was confirmed for July 25, has been moved ahead. It will now arrive on August 1.