Maria Sharapova is putting her foot down against what WTA (Women’s Tennis Association) is making her do...

So, tonight we're blogging live from the 16th prime of LBC Star Academy 5!
Who will the guests be? Will the international names show up or will Joseph and Shatha be the replacements?

It's funny how only Nader and Shahinaz are the ones dancing to the tunes of Jeena!
Remember the days when the stage was full of students from all over the Arab world? That was 100 days ago!

As for the 1st guest ... OH! It's Carole Smaha! That's a surprise!
I guess because of the tense situation in Lebanon, none of the scheduled guests was able to make it! (Abdallah Balkheir, Tina Arena and Diana Haddad were supposed to come)
Carole sings Inta Meen. Very appropriate song for tonight.

Mohammad Kammah, aka Elwad Kammah from Star Academy 4 has finally signed a 10-year recording contract with Good News Music company, which will include 7 albums. He’s already working on his first album.
A single will be out sometime this May, written by Bahaaidin Mohammad, composed by Kammah himself, and it will be shot as a video clip. Kammah will also take part in Good News' first collection album entitled “Good News 1”. It will include some songs by Mohammad Nour from WAMA, as well as some other newly discovered talents. This album will be out in June.
Good luck Kammah!

By guest writer Shirley

Related Links:
Photos of Mohammad Kammah
Kammah Interview on Laha Magazine
Kammah & Nancy Ajram Together
Mohammad Qammah - Hadouta Music Video
Sally and Kammah at the Airport

The students are all tense because they've gotten so close to the final prime!
Abdallah is tense for many reasons; the nomination and his arguments with Mohammad! He's still lingering on this silly matter! Even Mirhan tells him it's silly!
He then goes up and knocks on the control room door!! Remember when Mohammad did the same a couple of weeks ago?? Yup! Abdallah's doing the same now!
What happened that made Abdallah loose his temper and at this final moment?
Come on Abdallah! Cool it!

Whatever Abdallah's planning to do, Shahinaz doesn't agree with him and tells him to keep his patience and stay calm.
Shahinaz also reassures Abdallah that he's the one that's going to return tonight! But, how can she be so sure?

Enjoy these new photos of Star Academy 4 graduates Carlo, Marwa, Ahmad, Imad, Kammah, Tina and Ali.

It seems that these photos were taken for an advertisement for Pepsi...

Photos of Starac 4 Graduates

Would you put your aging parents in a retirement home? Do you think this would be ok? Or is it cruel?

Are you one of the people who are fascinated by LEGO blocks? Then maybe you know about Sean Kenney. This mans is one of the five people in the world who are given the title LEGO Certified Professional because of the quality of his craft and his professionalism. Because of his achievements, Sean Kenney is really one of the most talented men in the LEGO business. His ingenuity earned him a good reputation that is why his firm, Sean Kenney Design Company, is continuously commissioned to develop excellent sculptures, events, and models for museums, galleries, YV, toy stores, magazines and a lot more.

A scary thing happened in a small town in Texas a couple of days ago; a sinkhole appeared in the ground and swallowed everything above it!
The sinkhole, which is a hole formed in the ground when the surface of the ground collapses, started on Wednesday when the soil started to sink in and managed to swallow up anything in it's way!
Until today, it's grown into a huge crater (183m X 46m) and has swallowed oil tanks and barrels, tires, telephone poles and several vehicles. Today, it has closed in on the surrounding houses around it!
Residents of Daisetta watched as trees and cars that were close to the mouth of the crater tumbled in!

Enjoy these exclusive photos of Haifa Wehbe in Bahrain

She made it and held a concert in Bahrain despite all the controversy about it!

Related Links:
- Haifa Wehbe’s Bahrain Controversy
- Haifa Wehbe on the BBC!

These are the unofficial voting results of the 15th nomination of Star Academy 5:

What do you think of these results?

These are the videos of LBC Star Academy 5 Dailies 104:

Star Academy 5 Dailies 104 - Part 1
Star Academy 5 Dailies 104 - Part 2
Star Academy 5 Dailies 104 - Part 3
Star Academy 5 Dailies 104 - Part 4

Early today things got heated and took a new turn in Lebanon.
Hezbollah have taken control of most of Beirut, which has lead to the forceful shut down of Future TV and the headquarters of Al Mustaqbal newspaper and radio.
Things don't look good ... the airport is closed down now and the scene reminds the world of the dark days of the civil war.
The situation exploded on Thursday, after Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah said that the government had declared war by claiming that Hezbollah's communication network was illegal.

We pray with all our hearts and wish that things get better in Lebanon.
We sure don't need another war!!!

Tonight the second Super Star finalist will be leaving the show.
Who will be standing in the danger zone this time?
Will Aidarous and Umaima take the same steps into the danger zone tonight as well?
We'll know soon enough, only after a few sweat inducing twists from Wael Mansour and Majdala!

The first finalist called to the danger zone is indeed Umaima from Tunisia.
As for Aidarous, this week he's safe!
Elie from Lebanon is also safe and so is Abdel Majeed from Saudi Arabia.
Murad from Palestine is also safe.

Mohammad and Shahinaz have become a must for me to see everyday!
They've made a comedy out of their conversations together and they're really, originally entertaining!
Mohammad insists on talking to Shahi and she's just trying her best to avoid him ... but it's not working with Moe!

Mirhan calls her friend Manal.
She gives her the usual pep talk and promises to vote for her, a lot!

Nader takes Mirhan's advice about the electrified issue between him and Manal.
He says that he doesn't care anymore, but Mirhan tells him to cool it and wait until after the academy.
Then Nader hits Mirhan with a slipper! She gets really mad and asks for an apology from him! He didn't think she really did get angry, so he didn't apologize! But it turns out that she did really take it personally and got angry!

In those final few weeks of American Idol 2008, the competition raises the bar and the smallest details count.
On Tuesday night, the final 4 contestants did their best to try and keep themselves on the show, but one didn't do himself any favors and was booted out last night.
Tuesday night was Rock n' Roll night and the contestants chose some of the best songs ever to perform. Of course, their choices weren't all that great though!

David Cook chose to sing "Hungry Like the Wolf" and "Baba O'Reilly".
Syesha Mercado chose to sing "Proud Mary" and "A Change is Gonna Come".
Jason Castro sang "I Shot the Sheriff" and "Mr. Tambourine Man".
David Archuleta sang "Stand By Me" and "Love Me Tender".