Top Strikeforce welterweight contender Paul Daley was scheduled to face DEEP welterweight champion Yuya Shirai in Manchester, England on Saturday for the BAMMA welterweight title. The two will now fight in a non-title bout because Daley failed to make the 170-pound limit.

This isn’t the first time Daley has missed weight. He’s made a habit of it recently. At Shark Fights 14, the British striker tipped the scales at 171.75 for a welterweight match up with Jorge Masvidal. He came in at 172-pounds for his UFC 108 bout with Dustin Hazelett. He also missed weight in a pair of Maximum Fighting Championship bouts in 2008 and 2009.

Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker has said if Daley defeats Shirai that he’ll likely face Strikeforce welterweight titleholder Nick Diaz next. There’s been no word on whether missing weight for this fight will affect a potential Strikeforce title shot.

Daley had a three-fight stint in the UFC, defeating Martin Kampmann and Dustin Hazelett before being cut after a loss to Josh Koscheck. Daley punched Koscheck following the fight prompting the UFC to hand him his walking papers.

Top Strikeforce welterweight contender Paul Daley was scheduled to face DEEP welterweight champion Yuya Shirai in Manchester, England on Saturday for the BAMMA welterweight title. The two will now fight in a non-title bout because Daley failed to make the 170-pound limit.

This isn’t the first time Daley has missed weight. He’s made a habit of it recently. At Shark Fights 14, the British striker tipped the scales at 171.75 for a welterweight match up with Jorge Masvidal. He came in at 172-pounds for his UFC 108 bout with Dustin Hazelett. He also missed weight in a pair of Maximum Fighting Championship bouts in 2008 and 2009.

Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker has said if Daley defeats Shirai that he’ll likely face Strikeforce welterweight titleholder Nick Diaz next. There’s been no word on whether missing weight for this fight will affect a potential Strikeforce title shot.

Daley had a three-fight stint in the UFC, defeating Martin Kampmann and Dustin Hazelett before being cut after a loss to Josh Koscheck. Daley punched Koscheck following the fight prompting the UFC to hand him his walking papers.

Paul Bettany is relaxing in his suite at the Le Meurice Paris hotel, sipping on some tea as we enter the room to chat about The Tourist. Although Bettany was born in the UK, it is easy to see how he too could feel like a tourist on the European continent -- as he has lived full-time in New York City with his wife Jennifer Connelly and their children for years now.
Bettany met Connelly on the set of the Oscar-winning A Beautiful Mind. That film is simply one of the more than dozen films Bettany has made that have been honored with accolades and audience appreciation. Besides A Beautiful Mind, Bettany also starred with Russell Crowe once again in Master and Commander. In many ways, his character in Master and Commander shared beliefs with a real-life historical figure that Bettany brought to the big screen as a passion project -- Creation. The film is the story of Charles Darwin that he made with his wife, Connelly.
Now, Bettany is busy making The Priest, but on this day, he is in Paris, enjoying the sights and talking The Tourist with Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp, a film he is clearly proud to be a part of.

PAUL BETTANY EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW
SheKnows: What first drew you to acting? I know you are classically trained, but what was it about the field that made you want to make a life out of it?

Paul Bettany: Hollywood movies, cowboy movies, Charlie Chaplin movies, Buster Keaton movies, just thinking about being a kid. Sundays were always a struggle between my Dad trying to get me to go outside and saying things like, "You’re missing the best part of the day." There’s me sitting in front of the TV, totally absorbed in a John Wayne movie or whatever. Movies. Movies. Movies.

SheKnows: What first drew you to The Tourist?

Paul Bettany: Well, I had seen Lives of Others, which is of course, a masterpiece. I got this call that Florian [director Henckel von Donnersmarck] wanted to meet me. I couldn’t figure out why this German director was a big fan of me. It turned out he was a huge fan of a movie I made called A Knight’s Tale. I’m still convinced that whoever the guy who dubs me in German is bloody fantastic [laughs]. So, we sat down and this was years ago, he said, "I take a long time to decide what I’m going to do next, but when I do decide, would you be in a movie that I made?" I said, "Absolutely maestro." It was very simple.

SheKnows: Is it that way sometimes, that it’s not so much the material as it is the filmmaker?

Paul Bettany: Usually I’m very script based, but it’s the same thing as The Tourist when Peter Weir was making Master and Commander. I didn’t know the Patrick O’Brian novels. I knew Peter Weir is a hero of mine. He could have been making Free Willy 6 [laughs] and I would have said, "Yes, I would love to make Free Willy 6 with Peter." It would have been the greatest of all the Free Willy movies. He’s never missed.

[We both laugh]

SheKnows: Any news on any future Master and Commander movies? There are, like you said, all those Patrick O’Brian books.
Paul Bettany: There has been discussion about it. Of course, I would love to do it. But, it’s an expensive film to make.

SheKnows: What was it like playing a Scotland Yard inspector? Growing up in England, were the police held in high regard, or in another light?

Paul Bettany: It would entirely depend on who you spoke to. I grew up in England in the 1970s, which were quite troubled times for England. The police had a reputation for roughness, to the point where there was a great TV series called The Sweeney -- which was about the real-life Flying Squad. It was a very gritty, honest portrayal of what types of tactics the Flying Squad would use. They were brutal. I think that this [The Tourist] has much more to do with the fantasy notion of what Scotland Yard is like. I wear some beautiful suits in this movie and I’m not sure most Scotland Yard employees can afford those sorts of suits. But, it has to do with Florian’s vision for this, which is sort of a retro, glamorous look. It has a Cary Grant kind of feel to it as well.
SheKnows: I’ve heard many compare The Tourist to North by Northwest, with Cary Grant.

Paul Bettany: Yes!

SheKnows: Where did your passion for Charles Darwin come from? You clearly have a strong feeling about the man since making Creation.

Paul Bettany: I guess school is where it began. Whether you believe it or not, I think you can still accept that it is perhaps the greatest thought than any human being has stumbled across. It’s so like seeing another dimension. What’s interesting about him is he’s such a social conservative with a revolutionary idea that it made him sick. His thought changed the world. For me, he was a kind and gentle human being who was unprepared for stardom and notoriety. I’ve found that really compelling -- this gentle man who hid himself away in Kent and changed the whole world.

Paul Bettany is relaxing in his suite at the Le Meurice Paris hotel, sipping on some tea as we enter the room to chat about The Tourist. Although Bettany was born in the UK, it is easy to see how he too could feel like a tourist on the European continent -- as he has lived full-time in New York City with his wife Jennifer Connelly and their children for years now.
Bettany met Connelly on the set of the Oscar-winning A Beautiful Mind. That film is simply one of the more than dozen films Bettany has made that have been honored with accolades and audience appreciation. Besides A Beautiful Mind, Bettany also starred with Russell Crowe once again in Master and Commander. In many ways, his character in Master and Commander shared beliefs with a real-life historical figure that Bettany brought to the big screen as a passion project -- Creation. The film is the story of Charles Darwin that he made with his wife, Connelly.
Now, Bettany is busy making The Priest, but on this day, he is in Paris, enjoying the sights and talking The Tourist with Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp, a film he is clearly proud to be a part of.

PAUL BETTANY EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW
SheKnows: What first drew you to acting? I know you are classically trained, but what was it about the field that made you want to make a life out of it?

Paul Bettany: Hollywood movies, cowboy movies, Charlie Chaplin movies, Buster Keaton movies, just thinking about being a kid. Sundays were always a struggle between my Dad trying to get me to go outside and saying things like, "You’re missing the best part of the day." There’s me sitting in front of the TV, totally absorbed in a John Wayne movie or whatever. Movies. Movies. Movies.

SheKnows: What first drew you to The Tourist?

Paul Bettany: Well, I had seen Lives of Others, which is of course, a masterpiece. I got this call that Florian [director Henckel von Donnersmarck] wanted to meet me. I couldn’t figure out why this German director was a big fan of me. It turned out he was a huge fan of a movie I made called A Knight’s Tale. I’m still convinced that whoever the guy who dubs me in German is bloody fantastic [laughs]. So, we sat down and this was years ago, he said, "I take a long time to decide what I’m going to do next, but when I do decide, would you be in a movie that I made?" I said, "Absolutely maestro." It was very simple.

SheKnows: Is it that way sometimes, that it’s not so much the material as it is the filmmaker?

Paul Bettany: Usually I’m very script based, but it’s the same thing as The Tourist when Peter Weir was making Master and Commander. I didn’t know the Patrick O’Brian novels. I knew Peter Weir is a hero of mine. He could have been making Free Willy 6 [laughs] and I would have said, "Yes, I would love to make Free Willy 6 with Peter." It would have been the greatest of all the Free Willy movies. He’s never missed.

[We both laugh]

SheKnows: Any news on any future Master and Commander movies? There are, like you said, all those Patrick O’Brian books.
Paul Bettany: There has been discussion about it. Of course, I would love to do it. But, it’s an expensive film to make.

SheKnows: What was it like playing a Scotland Yard inspector? Growing up in England, were the police held in high regard, or in another light?

Paul Bettany: It would entirely depend on who you spoke to. I grew up in England in the 1970s, which were quite troubled times for England. The police had a reputation for roughness, to the point where there was a great TV series called The Sweeney -- which was about the real-life Flying Squad. It was a very gritty, honest portrayal of what types of tactics the Flying Squad would use. They were brutal. I think that this [The Tourist] has much more to do with the fantasy notion of what Scotland Yard is like. I wear some beautiful suits in this movie and I’m not sure most Scotland Yard employees can afford those sorts of suits. But, it has to do with Florian’s vision for this, which is sort of a retro, glamorous look. It has a Cary Grant kind of feel to it as well.
SheKnows: I’ve heard many compare The Tourist to North by Northwest, with Cary Grant.

Paul Bettany: Yes!

SheKnows: Where did your passion for Charles Darwin come from? You clearly have a strong feeling about the man since making Creation.

Paul Bettany: I guess school is where it began. Whether you believe it or not, I think you can still accept that it is perhaps the greatest thought than any human being has stumbled across. It’s so like seeing another dimension. What’s interesting about him is he’s such a social conservative with a revolutionary idea that it made him sick. His thought changed the world. For me, he was a kind and gentle human being who was unprepared for stardom and notoriety. I’ve found that really compelling -- this gentle man who hid himself away in Kent and changed the whole world.

Paul Conrad, a longtime political cartoonist for the Los Angeles Times, died on Saturday of natural causes. He was 86. Long considered one of the Times’ best-known journalists—he won three Pulitzer prizes for his cartoons—his favorite accomplishment was to have been included on President Richard Nixon’s enemies list. As L.A. Observed’s Kevin Roderick describes him, “He was liberal but skewered almost everybody, and he famously had independence from the editor and publisher, who would regularly get calls from this or that mayor, senator or president demanding that Conrad be stopped.” An exhibit of his work opened this week at College of the Canyons in Valencia, California.

Paul Conrad, a longtime political cartoonist for the Los Angeles Times, died on Saturday of natural causes. He was 86. Long considered one of the Times’ best-known journalists—he won three Pulitzer prizes for his cartoons—his favorite accomplishment was to have been included on President Richard Nixon’s enemies list. As L.A. Observed’s Kevin Roderick describes him, “He was liberal but skewered almost everybody, and he famously had independence from the editor and publisher, who would regularly get calls from this or that mayor, senator or president demanding that Conrad be stopped.” An exhibit of his work opened this week at College of the Canyons in Valencia, California.

The long wait is over for the fans of the popular American Chopper. The Bike designing father and sons are back and they have more surprises up their sleeves.On February 6, 2010, TLC announced that American Chopper's season finale scheduled for February 11 would also mark the end of the series, stating, "The Teutuls will always be a part of the Discovery family and we congratulate them on a tremendously successful series run. On April 7, however, TLC announced the show would return for a new series; newly dubbed "American Chopper: Senior vs. Junior," the show will still chronicle the Teutuls and their competing bike shops.This evening TLC premiered the show, which is spinoff of the original series.

The first episode picked up where we left off,Paul Teutel Jr and his father, Sr. Paul Sr are still not talking and are still feuding. The drama gets even more intense with Sr.Paul Sr children’s Mikey and Paulie no longer talking to their dad.

The show features Paul Jr leaving his dad’s company to create his own called Paul Jr Designs.

The long wait is over for the fans of the popular American Chopper. The Bike designing father and sons are back and they have more surprises up their sleeves.On February 6, 2010, TLC announced that American Chopper's season finale scheduled for February 11 would also mark the end of the series, stating, "The Teutuls will always be a part of the Discovery family and we congratulate them on a tremendously successful series run. On April 7, however, TLC announced the show would return for a new series; newly dubbed "American Chopper: Senior vs. Junior," the show will still chronicle the Teutuls and their competing bike shops.This evening TLC premiered the show, which is spinoff of the original series.

The first episode picked up where we left off,Paul Teutel Jr and his father, Sr. Paul Sr are still not talking and are still feuding. The drama gets even more intense with Sr.Paul Sr children’s Mikey and Paulie no longer talking to their dad.

The show features Paul Jr leaving his dad’s company to create his own called Paul Jr Designs.

There were two celebrity deaths in the news today. Brittany Murphy's husband Simon Monjack was found dead in the same Hollywood Hills home where his wife died in December.
"Brittany's mom, [Sharon Murphy] made the 911 call. He was unresponsive when responders arrived and was pronounced dead at the house," Los Angeles Assistant Chief Coroner Ed Winter told People magazine. "It's being reported [by the responding fire department] as a possible heart attack. We're not sure if it is natural causes or a possible accident maybe because of the prescription medication found there."
Slipknot bassist Paul Gray was found dead in a hotel this morning. The cause of death is unknown. Police say they found no signs of foul play, but they are conducting an investigation.
Gray was 38-years-old.

There were two celebrity deaths in the news today. Brittany Murphy's husband Simon Monjack was found dead in the same Hollywood Hills home where his wife died in December.
"Brittany's mom, [Sharon Murphy] made the 911 call. He was unresponsive when responders arrived and was pronounced dead at the house," Los Angeles Assistant Chief Coroner Ed Winter told People magazine. "It's being reported [by the responding fire department] as a possible heart attack. We're not sure if it is natural causes or a possible accident maybe because of the prescription medication found there."
Slipknot bassist Paul Gray was found dead in a hotel this morning. The cause of death is unknown. Police say they found no signs of foul play, but they are conducting an investigation.
Gray was 38-years-old.