Saturday, 22 October 2011
AnnaLynne McCord Luks Hot in Black Gown
AnnaLynne McCord (born July 16, 1987) is an American actress. Known for playing a range of vixen-type roles, McCord first gained prominence in 2007 as the scheming Eden Lord on the FX television series Nip/Tuck.In film, she has appeared in the action feature Transporter 2, as well as the thriller Day of the Dead.
In 2008, she was the second actor to be cast in the CW series 90210, portraying antiheroine Naomi Clark. Initially, the part of Clark was conceived as a supporting role. By the end of the first season, however, various media outlets had begun referring to McCord as the series' lead.
Amanda Seyfried Luks Stunningly Gorgeous Photos...!!!
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Amanda Michelle Seyfried (born December 3, 1985) is an American actress, singer-songwriter and former child model.
Seyfried was born in Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania on December 3, 1985. Her mother, Ann (née Sander), is an occupational therapist, and her father, Jack, is a pharmacist. She has German ancestry.Seyfried graduated in 2003 from Allentown's William Allen High School.Seyfried has an older sister, Jennifer Seyfried, who is a musician in the Philadelphia, organ-driven rock band, Love City.
Seyfried has stated that she suffers from anxiety and panic attacks. She has said and seen to have dated actors Alexander Skarsgård and Dominic Cooper, and as well as Ryan Phillippe
Amanda Michelle Seyfried (born December 3, 1985) is an American actress, singer-songwriter and former child model.
Seyfried was born in Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania on December 3, 1985. Her mother, Ann (née Sander), is an occupational therapist, and her father, Jack, is a pharmacist. She has German ancestry.Seyfried graduated in 2003 from Allentown's William Allen High School.Seyfried has an older sister, Jennifer Seyfried, who is a musician in the Philadelphia, organ-driven rock band, Love City.
Seyfried has stated that she suffers from anxiety and panic attacks. She has said and seen to have dated actors Alexander Skarsgård and Dominic Cooper, and as well as Ryan Phillippe
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Thursday, 20 October 2011
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Ranbir, Priyanka promote 'Barfee' in West Bengal
Kolkata, August 23 : Bollywood actors Ranbir Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra, along with director Anurag Basu, on Friday promoted their forthcoming film 'Barfee' in Kolkata. Speculation is rife that Chopra essays the role of a physically challenged girl in the film. Talking about her character in the film, the girl said that though she could not reveal much about the role she plays, the character played by her was unpredictable. Meanwhile, Kapoor said that Basu's working style was different from other directors, as he prefers to work under stress.
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Priyanka Chopra and Ranbir Kapoor on the Sets of Barfee
Priyanka Chopra on the Sets of Barfee. Both looks funny in the get up but Ranbir is playing a role of deaf guy while piggy chops playing mentally challenged girl. Checkout Priyanka Chopra Pictures.
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Priyanka Chopra to star in 'Race 2'
The latest fashions, sexy Priyanka Chopra, will star in Abbas-Mustan's "Race 2 to be produced by Ramesh Tarauni. Initially, Deepika Padukone was considered for the role, but the actress has not signed due to some reason. Now , policy makers have changed their choice of Priyanka Chopra, who has done some good deeds of his previous films.
The source explained: "The film's producers have already talked to Priyanka, who is sorting his dates on the success of the race, took the writers of the film and Abbas-Mustan time before finalizing the following Abbas-Mustan were believe that .. they start the movie if they got the script right. Now, policy makers expect Priyanka officially on board. "
Of the original Saif Ali Khan and Anil Kapoor was observed. In the rest of "Race 2", we get to see new faces like John Abraham in a negative role, Sonakshi Sinha Priyanka and the other actress. 'Race 2' promises to be more action, more excitement and more rounds.
The source explained: "The film's producers have already talked to Priyanka, who is sorting his dates on the success of the race, took the writers of the film and Abbas-Mustan time before finalizing the following Abbas-Mustan were believe that .. they start the movie if they got the script right. Now, policy makers expect Priyanka officially on board. "
Of the original Saif Ali Khan and Anil Kapoor was observed. In the rest of "Race 2", we get to see new faces like John Abraham in a negative role, Sonakshi Sinha Priyanka and the other actress. 'Race 2' promises to be more action, more excitement and more rounds.
Freida Pinto – Grazia Magazine (October 2011)
Freida Pinto – Grazia Magazine (October 2011). Freida Pinto Features on the cover of Grazia Magazine’s Indian edition for the month of October 2011. Last month she was featured on Instyle Magazine‘s UK edition in which her pic was photo shopped to show some more whiting on the face which can obviously observed and freida is not that much white as shown on that cover but Instyle denied that but we all know that international magazine many time did this on Indian face.
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India win by 126 runs First ODI Score Board, Ind vs Eng 1st ODI Score Board
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India started off poorly, but came back with a bang to beat England by a massive 126-run margin in the first ODI of the five-match series at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Uppal, Hyderabad, on Friday.
Electing to bat, India lost early wickets before Suresh Raina (61) skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni (87 n.o.) revived the innings to propel the hosts to 300/7.
In reply England could only manage to post 174 as the Indian spinners Ravindra Jadeja and offie R Ahswin took six wicket wickets between to provide India with a triumphant start in the series.
Ind vs Eng 1st ODI Score Board:
Fall of Wickets
1/68 (Kevin Pietersen, 9.3 ov.), 2/111 (Jonathan Trott, 16.4 ov.), 3/281 (Ian Bell, 42.4 ov.), 4/281 (Andrew Strauss, 42.5 ov.), 5/285 (Paul Collingwood, 44.3 ov.), 6/289 (Matt Prior, 45.2 ov.), 7/307 (Michael Yardy, 47.3 ov.), 8/325 (Tim Bresnan, 48.6 ov.)
Fall of Wickets
1/46 (Virender Sehwag, 7.5 ov.), 2/180 (Gautam Gambhir, 29.4 ov.), 3/236 (Sachin Tendulkar, 38.2 ov.), 4/305 (Yuvraj Singh, 45.6 ov.), 5/305 (MS Dhoni, 46.1 ov.), 6/327 (Yusuf Pathan, 48.1 ov.), 7/327 (Virat Kohli, 48.2 ov.), 8/328 (Harbhajan Singh, 48.4 ov.), 9/338 (Piyush Chawla, 49.4 ov.), 10/338 (Zaheer Khan, 49.5 ov.)
India started off poorly, but came back with a bang to beat England by a massive 126-run margin in the first ODI of the five-match series at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Uppal, Hyderabad, on Friday.
Electing to bat, India lost early wickets before Suresh Raina (61) skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni (87 n.o.) revived the innings to propel the hosts to 300/7.
In reply England could only manage to post 174 as the Indian spinners Ravindra Jadeja and offie R Ahswin took six wicket wickets between to provide India with a triumphant start in the series.
Ind vs Eng 1st ODI Score Board:
| England Innings | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
| A Strauss(c) | lbw Z Khan | 158 | 145 | 18 | 1 | 108.97 |
| K Pietersen | c & b M Patel | 31 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 140.91 |
| J Trott | lbw P Chawla | 16 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 84.21 |
| Ian Bell | c V Kohli & b Z Khan | 69 | 71 | 4 | 1 | 97.18 |
| P Collingwood | b Z Khan | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| M Prior(wk) | c (sub)S Raina & b H Singh | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| M Yardy | c V Sehwag & b M Patel | 13 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 130 |
| Tim Bresnan | b P Chawla | 14 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 155.56 |
| G Swann | not out | 15 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 166.67 |
| A Shahzad | not out | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 300 |
| J Anderson | dnb | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Extras | b - 1, lb - 7, w - 3, nb - 0, Total - 11 | |||||
| Total: (338 for 8 in 50 overs) | 338 (6.76 runs per over) | |||||
Fall of Wickets
1/68 (Kevin Pietersen, 9.3 ov.), 2/111 (Jonathan Trott, 16.4 ov.), 3/281 (Ian Bell, 42.4 ov.), 4/281 (Andrew Strauss, 42.5 ov.), 5/285 (Paul Collingwood, 44.3 ov.), 6/289 (Matt Prior, 45.2 ov.), 7/307 (Michael Yardy, 47.3 ov.), 8/325 (Tim Bresnan, 48.6 ov.)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | |
| Zaheer Khan | 10 | 0 | 64 | 3 | 6.4 | |
| Munaf Patel | 10 | 0 | 70 | 2 | 7 | |
| Piyush Chawla | 10 | 0 | 71 | 2 | 7.1 | |
| Harbhajan Singh | 10 | 0 | 58 | 1 | 5.8 | |
| Yuvraj Singh | 7 | 0 | 46 | 0 | 6.57 | |
| Yusuf Pathan | 3 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 7 |
| India Innings | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
| V Sehwag | c M Prior & b T Bresnan | 35 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 134.62 |
| S Tendulkar | c M Yardy & b J Anderson | 120 | 115 | 10 | 5 | 104.35 |
| G Gambhir | b G Swann | 51 | 61 | 5 | 0 | 83.61 |
| Y Singh | c I Bell & b M Yardy | 58 | 50 | 9 | 0 | 116 |
| MS Dhoni(c) & (wk) | c (sub)L Wright & b T Bresnan | 31 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 124 |
| Y Pathan | c G Swann & b T Bresnan | 14 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 175 |
| V Kohli | b T Bresnan | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 160 |
| H Singh | lbw T Bresnan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Z Khan | runout (M Prior) | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 80 |
| P Chawla | runout (J Anderson) | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| M Patel | not out | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Extras | b - 0, lb - 3, w - 7, nb - 5, Total - 15 | |||||
| Total: (338 all out in 49.5 overs) | 338 (6.78 runs per over) | |||||
Fall of Wickets
1/46 (Virender Sehwag, 7.5 ov.), 2/180 (Gautam Gambhir, 29.4 ov.), 3/236 (Sachin Tendulkar, 38.2 ov.), 4/305 (Yuvraj Singh, 45.6 ov.), 5/305 (MS Dhoni, 46.1 ov.), 6/327 (Yusuf Pathan, 48.1 ov.), 7/327 (Virat Kohli, 48.2 ov.), 8/328 (Harbhajan Singh, 48.4 ov.), 9/338 (Piyush Chawla, 49.4 ov.), 10/338 (Zaheer Khan, 49.5 ov.)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | |
| James Anderson | 9.5 | 0 | 91 | 1 | 9.26 | |
| Ajmal Shahzad | 8 | 0 | 53 | 0 | 6.63 | |
| Tim Bresnan | 10 | 1 | 48 | 5 | 4.8 | |
| Graeme Swann | 9 | 1 | 59 | 1 | 6.56 | |
| Paul Collingwood | 3 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 6.67 | |
| Michael Yardy | 10 | 0 | 64 | 1 | 6.4 |
Priyanka Chopra - People Magazine Oct'2011
Priyanka Chopra - People Magazine (October 2011). Priyanka Chopra features on the cover of People Magazine in October 2011. She is beautiful on the cover. He also featured on the cover of Maxim magazine in October. Check Priyanka Chopra, people.
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Hot Priyanka Chopra - Maxim India Oct'2011
Priyanka Chopra - Maxim India (October 2011). Priyanka Chopra features on the cover of Maxim's Indian edition magazine for October 2011 e Priyanka is probably the hottest baby in Bollywood right now, but lately it is in the news for some wrong reasons. Whatever the coverage is superb with Priyanka in this position. Stay tuned for the photo session open until then enjoy Priyanka Chopra Maxim.
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‘Walking Dead’: In ‘What Lies Ahead,’ the kids aren’t all right
“The Walking Dead” returned to AMC Sunday night and immediately resumed its decidedly ooky zombie-killing business.
During the 90-minute premiere of season two, an episode dubbed “What Lies Ahead,” we witnessed flesh-deprived, shuffling zombies getting knifed in the back of the neck, stabbed in the eyeball with screwdrivers and taking arrows straight through their heads. And that doesn’t even count the undead dude whose stomach got sliced open so Rick Grimes and Daryl Dixon could verify that he’d recently ingested a woodchuck.
But those gory details weren’t the most upsetting elements in this installment of “The Walking Dead,” an episode that made it clear that no character is safe in this post-apocalyptic journey that is now taking our heroes away from Atlanta and toward Fort Benning.
Seriously, no character is safe. Not even the children.
Warning: “What Lies Ahead” spoilers lie ahead.
During the 90-minute premiere of season two, an episode dubbed “What Lies Ahead,” we witnessed flesh-deprived, shuffling zombies getting knifed in the back of the neck, stabbed in the eyeball with screwdrivers and taking arrows straight through their heads. And that doesn’t even count the undead dude whose stomach got sliced open so Rick Grimes and Daryl Dixon could verify that he’d recently ingested a woodchuck.
But those gory details weren’t the most upsetting elements in this installment of “The Walking Dead,” an episode that made it clear that no character is safe in this post-apocalyptic journey that is now taking our heroes away from Atlanta and toward Fort Benning.
Seriously, no character is safe. Not even the children.
Warning: “What Lies Ahead” spoilers lie ahead.
LAS VEGAS (AP) – Dan Wheldon,Two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Dan Wheldon dead at 33
LAS VEGAS (AP) – Dan Wheldon, who moved to the United States from his native England with hopes of winning the Indianapolis 500 and went on to twice prevail in his sport's most famed race, died Sunday after a massive, fiery wreck in the Las Vegas Indy 300.
Born: June 22, 1978
Hometown: Emberton, England, about 60 miles northwest of London
U.S. home: St. Petersburg, Fla.
Family: Wife, Susie; sons, Sebastian and Oliver; his father was a go-kart racer and his mother the timer at the local go-kart track.
Accomplishments: Indianapolis 500 winner 2005, 2011 (his 16th IndyCar victory); 2005 IndyCar series champion; had been appointed primary test driver for the new 2012 Dallara Indy car; did TV commentary for Versus.
Team: Sam Schmidt Motorsports
Starts: First, Sept. 8, 2002; this season, three; career, 134
Born: June 22, 1978
Hometown: Emberton, England, about 60 miles northwest of London
U.S. home: St. Petersburg, Fla.Family: Wife, Susie; sons, Sebastian and Oliver; his father was a go-kart racer and his mother the timer at the local go-kart track.
Accomplishments: Indianapolis 500 winner 2005, 2011 (his 16th IndyCar victory); 2005 IndyCar series champion; had been appointed primary test driver for the new 2012 Dallara Indy car; did TV commentary for Versus.
Team: Sam Schmidt Motorsports
Starts: First, Sept. 8, 2002; this season, three; career, 134
Major 15 Car Wreck at Indy Car Race In Las Vegas, Could Be Serious Injuries
At the Indy Car race in Las Vegas, there has been a major accident involving 15 cars and lots of damage. Tarps are out on the track. It doesn’t look good at all. Indianapolis 500 winner Dan Wheldon is among the drivers involved. We will update this post with further news as it becomes available, but let’s pray that there are no serious injuries.
The live shot during the race from the track:
Here’s the view from Will Power’s vehicle, which went airborne:
The live shot during the race from the track:
Here’s the view from Will Power’s vehicle, which went airborne:
Dan Wheldon dies in 15-car Indycar crash
The 33-year-old racer was a two-time Indy winner, including this year's race.
Three other drivers, including championship contender Will Power, were hurt in the pileup during Lap 11.
Wheldon was airlifted from the track to University Medical Center; about two hours later, his colleagues were told of his death by IndyCar CEO Randy Bernard, who said Wheldon's injuries were "unsurvivable."
"One minute you're joking around at driver intros. The next, Dan's gone," said Dario Franchitti, whose wife, actress Ashley Judd, had to bring him a box of tissues. "I lost, we lost, a good friend. Everybody in the IndyCar series considered him a friend. He was such a good guy. He was a charmer."
With the race cancelled, drivers, many sobbing openly, took part in a five-lap salute around the oval in honour of one of the sport's biggest stars.
The race was only minutes old when Wheldon, who started at the back of the 34-car field and was in position for a US $5-million payday if he had won, couldn't steer clear of a wreck that started when two cars touched tires.
Within seconds, several cars burst into flames and debris covered the track nearly halfway up the straightaway. Some points of impact were so devastating workers had to patch holes in the asphalt.
The deadly realities of racecar driving
Fellow drivers remember Dan Wheldon
Read Dan Wheldon's May, 2011, interview with CBS' Early Show
Video replays showed Wheldon's car turning over as it went airborne and sailed into what's called the catch fence, which sits over a barrier that's designed to give a bit when cars make contact. Rescue workers were at Wheldon's car quickly, some furiously waving for more help to get to the scene.
"When we came around after the caution (flag) was thrown, I can't even describe to you what the scene looked like on the race track from our point of view," rookie driver James Hinchcliffe of Toronto told ABC. "It was unlike anything I'd ever seen before in my life."
Added Ryan Briscoe: "I'll tell you, I've never seen anything like it. The debris we all had to drive through the lap later, it looked like a war scene from Terminator or something. I mean, there were just pieces of metal and car on fire in the middle of the track with no car attached to it and just debris everywhere. So it was scary, and your first thoughts are hoping that no one is hurt because there's just stuff everywhere. Crazy."
Wheldon, who came to the United States from England in 1999, won 16 times in his IndyCar career and was the series champion in 2005.
Despite winning this year's Indy 500, Wheldon couldn't put together a full-time ride this season. He was racing in Las Vegas on the same team as Alex Tagliani of Lachenaie, Que.
"It's a very sad day," Tagliani said on his Twitter account. "He was my little brother from another mother."
Also injured in the crash were JR Hildebrand and Pippa Mann. Both will remain in the hospital overnight. IndyCar said Mann was being treated for a burn to her right pinkie finger and will be released Monday morning; Hildebrand was awake and alert but will be held overnight for further evaluation. Power was evaluated and released. An autopsy was planned Monday for Wheldon.
IndyCar has not had a fatality since Paul Dana was killed at Homestead in 2006, during a crash in a morning warmup.
The accident appeared to start when Wade Cunningham's car swerved on the track and Hildebrand drove over the left rear of Cunningham's car. Hildebrand appeared to go airborne, and Cunningham's car shot up into the wall, setting off a chain reaction among the cars behind him.
Some of those cars slowed, others didn't, and others spun in front of Wheldon and Power. There was so much chaos on the track it was hard to tell who was driving what car.
Power appeared to fly over Alex Lloyd's car, rolling into the catch fence and landing on its right side. His in-car camera showed one of the front tires coming toward him in the cockpit.
Wheldon then appeared to drive over a car driven by Toronto's Paul Tracy, who seemed to be slowing down. Wheldon, however, went airborne and spun into the fence.
The track was red-flagged following the accidents while crews worked on fences and removed smashed cars.
"It was like a movie scene which they try to make as gnarly as possible," said Danica Patrick, making her final IndyCar start. "It was debris everywhere across the whole track. You could smell the smoke. You could see the billowing smoke on the back straight from the car. There was a chunk of fire that we were driving around. You could see cars scattered."
Weldon landed in this race thanks to Bernard's promise of (Canadian) $5 million to any moonlighting driver who could win the IndyCar season finale at Vegas. Although there were no takers, Bernard didn't scrap the idea, and Wheldon was declared eligible for the prize.
Wheldon had been providing blog posts for USA Today in the days leading up to the Las Vegas race, and in one posted Saturday to the newspaper's website he spoke of how he expected Sunday to be "pure entertainment."
"This is going to be an amazing show," Wheldon wrote. "The two championship contenders, Dario Franchitti and Will Power, are starting right next to each other in the middle of the grid. Honestly, if I can be fast enough early in the race to be able to get up there and latch onto those two, it will be pure entertainment. It's going to be a pack race, and you never know how that's going to turn out."
Drivers had been concerned about the high speeds at the track, where they were hitting nearly 360 kilometres per hour during practice.
"We all had a bad feeling about this place in particular just because of the high banking and how easy it was to go flat. And if you give us the opportunity, we are drivers, and we try to go to the front. We race each other hard because that's what we do," driver Oriol Servia said. "We knew if could happen, but it's just really sad."
Cunningham echoed those remarks.
"Things happen in this kind of racing," he said. "It's so close. Not much room for error. I was near the front of what caused all this, so I'm not thrilled about it. At this point, whose fault it was is kind of immaterial."
Asked about speed after the crash, Wheldon's former boss Chip Ganassi said, "There'll be plenty of time in the off-season to talk about that. Now is not the time to talk about that."
And Franchitti said: "I agree. We'll discuss that and sort it out."
Three other drivers, including championship contender Will Power, were hurt in the pileup during Lap 11.
Wheldon was airlifted from the track to University Medical Center; about two hours later, his colleagues were told of his death by IndyCar CEO Randy Bernard, who said Wheldon's injuries were "unsurvivable."
"One minute you're joking around at driver intros. The next, Dan's gone," said Dario Franchitti, whose wife, actress Ashley Judd, had to bring him a box of tissues. "I lost, we lost, a good friend. Everybody in the IndyCar series considered him a friend. He was such a good guy. He was a charmer."
With the race cancelled, drivers, many sobbing openly, took part in a five-lap salute around the oval in honour of one of the sport's biggest stars.
The race was only minutes old when Wheldon, who started at the back of the 34-car field and was in position for a US $5-million payday if he had won, couldn't steer clear of a wreck that started when two cars touched tires.
Within seconds, several cars burst into flames and debris covered the track nearly halfway up the straightaway. Some points of impact were so devastating workers had to patch holes in the asphalt.
The deadly realities of racecar driving
Fellow drivers remember Dan Wheldon
Read Dan Wheldon's May, 2011, interview with CBS' Early Show
Video replays showed Wheldon's car turning over as it went airborne and sailed into what's called the catch fence, which sits over a barrier that's designed to give a bit when cars make contact. Rescue workers were at Wheldon's car quickly, some furiously waving for more help to get to the scene.
"When we came around after the caution (flag) was thrown, I can't even describe to you what the scene looked like on the race track from our point of view," rookie driver James Hinchcliffe of Toronto told ABC. "It was unlike anything I'd ever seen before in my life."
Added Ryan Briscoe: "I'll tell you, I've never seen anything like it. The debris we all had to drive through the lap later, it looked like a war scene from Terminator or something. I mean, there were just pieces of metal and car on fire in the middle of the track with no car attached to it and just debris everywhere. So it was scary, and your first thoughts are hoping that no one is hurt because there's just stuff everywhere. Crazy."
Wheldon, who came to the United States from England in 1999, won 16 times in his IndyCar career and was the series champion in 2005.
Despite winning this year's Indy 500, Wheldon couldn't put together a full-time ride this season. He was racing in Las Vegas on the same team as Alex Tagliani of Lachenaie, Que.
"It's a very sad day," Tagliani said on his Twitter account. "He was my little brother from another mother."
Also injured in the crash were JR Hildebrand and Pippa Mann. Both will remain in the hospital overnight. IndyCar said Mann was being treated for a burn to her right pinkie finger and will be released Monday morning; Hildebrand was awake and alert but will be held overnight for further evaluation. Power was evaluated and released. An autopsy was planned Monday for Wheldon.
IndyCar has not had a fatality since Paul Dana was killed at Homestead in 2006, during a crash in a morning warmup.
The accident appeared to start when Wade Cunningham's car swerved on the track and Hildebrand drove over the left rear of Cunningham's car. Hildebrand appeared to go airborne, and Cunningham's car shot up into the wall, setting off a chain reaction among the cars behind him.
Some of those cars slowed, others didn't, and others spun in front of Wheldon and Power. There was so much chaos on the track it was hard to tell who was driving what car.
Power appeared to fly over Alex Lloyd's car, rolling into the catch fence and landing on its right side. His in-car camera showed one of the front tires coming toward him in the cockpit.
Wheldon then appeared to drive over a car driven by Toronto's Paul Tracy, who seemed to be slowing down. Wheldon, however, went airborne and spun into the fence.
The track was red-flagged following the accidents while crews worked on fences and removed smashed cars.
"It was like a movie scene which they try to make as gnarly as possible," said Danica Patrick, making her final IndyCar start. "It was debris everywhere across the whole track. You could smell the smoke. You could see the billowing smoke on the back straight from the car. There was a chunk of fire that we were driving around. You could see cars scattered."
Weldon landed in this race thanks to Bernard's promise of (Canadian) $5 million to any moonlighting driver who could win the IndyCar season finale at Vegas. Although there were no takers, Bernard didn't scrap the idea, and Wheldon was declared eligible for the prize.
Wheldon had been providing blog posts for USA Today in the days leading up to the Las Vegas race, and in one posted Saturday to the newspaper's website he spoke of how he expected Sunday to be "pure entertainment."
"This is going to be an amazing show," Wheldon wrote. "The two championship contenders, Dario Franchitti and Will Power, are starting right next to each other in the middle of the grid. Honestly, if I can be fast enough early in the race to be able to get up there and latch onto those two, it will be pure entertainment. It's going to be a pack race, and you never know how that's going to turn out."
Drivers had been concerned about the high speeds at the track, where they were hitting nearly 360 kilometres per hour during practice.
"We all had a bad feeling about this place in particular just because of the high banking and how easy it was to go flat. And if you give us the opportunity, we are drivers, and we try to go to the front. We race each other hard because that's what we do," driver Oriol Servia said. "We knew if could happen, but it's just really sad."
Cunningham echoed those remarks.
"Things happen in this kind of racing," he said. "It's so close. Not much room for error. I was near the front of what caused all this, so I'm not thrilled about it. At this point, whose fault it was is kind of immaterial."
Asked about speed after the crash, Wheldon's former boss Chip Ganassi said, "There'll be plenty of time in the off-season to talk about that. Now is not the time to talk about that."
And Franchitti said: "I agree. We'll discuss that and sort it out."