The Barni Racing Ducati team, runner-up last year with Danilo Petrucci, has confirmed that Eddi La Marra will line up alongside Lorenzo Savadori in the 2012 edition of the FIM Superstock 1000 Cup. The 22-year-old from the outskirts of Rome has already raced with the Lombardy-based squad during the Winter Trophy held in December at Vallelunga on a 1098R (photo).

For the 2012 season, which gets underway in Imola at the start of April, La Marra will be one of the first riders to get his hands on the brand-new 1199 Panigale, with which he will make a first shakedown test at the end of February at Vallelunga. La Marra has come off the back of two difficult seasons in Superstock 1000 with Honda Lorini, his best result being a sixth place at Portimão in 2010.

“I am very happy about this new adventure with Barni Racing Ducati” declared La Marra. “I’m training harder than I’ve ever done in the past to prepare for the start of the season. I’m curious to test the new bike, which will be delivered to the team in a few days time. I’m going to have to wait to the end of the month to test it, but Ducati have already told us that it a very competitive bike. I’ll be giving 100% and even more, and the fact that I’m racing with such a top-level team makes me even more optimistic. I know I can do well.”

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Kristen Stewart teamed up with her Snow White and the Huntsman costars Chris Hemsworth and Charlize Theron for a photo shoot in LA today. Kristen arrived in a casual hoodie and later changed into a plaid shirt to pose with her leading man, Chris. The trio wrapped the film just before the holidays and since then they’ve all kept busy with new projects and well-deserved vacations.

Earlier this month it was announced that Kristen will be the new face of Balenciaga perfume while Charlize scored the February cover of W magazine. Meanwhile, Chris and his wife Elsa Patakay announced they’re expecting their first child later this year and also vacationed off the coast of St. Barts with Matt Damon. Chris and Matt let loose during their stay in the Caribbean, and even partied with George Clooney‘s ex Lisa Snowdon. Snow White and the Huntsman hits theaters June 1 and we can look forward to seeing a lot more of Chris, Kristen, and Charlize in the upcoming months.

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You’ll probably all seen the TV images of motorcycle racers in the famous Dakar rally, laboring through the dunes, stranded in mud, broken down alongside the road while trucks are thundering past at an alarming speed.

It’s all part of the fun of racing your motorcycle in the Dakar rally. Until this photo……

This clearly shows there’s another way of taking part in the Dakar with a motorcycle…

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One thing is sure, this motorcycle will never see the legal speed limit passed; the biker is pretty old (at least from looking at the photo), and all those flags will make it impossible…

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One thing is sure, this motorcycle will never see the legal speed limit passed; the biker is pretty old (at least from looking at the photo), and all those flags will make it impossible…

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Jeremy Guarnoni has signed for Team Pedercini for the 2012 racing season and the young French rider will take part in the Superstock 1000 FIM Cup, riding for the Italian team on a Kawasaki ZX 10R. Guarnoni’s team mate will be Australian Bryan Staring, who has renewed his agreement with Pedercini and he will therefore ride the Kawasaki ZX 10R for the second consecutive year.

Guarnoni (photo) was the Superstock 600 Champion in 2010 when he won more races than anyone else, and scored a total of eight podium finishes. The 18-year-old talent from Toulouse in France last year raced in the Superstock 1000 FIM Cup, concluding the season in seventeenth position while Staring finished his first racing season in Europe in eleventh place. With Guarnoni and Staring, the Pedercini team has put together a solid new team; both riders are young but with a range of experience and a strong will to win the championship.

Team Manager Donato Pedercini declared: “We are very excited to have Jeremy Guarnoni join our Superstock team for the 2012 season. Guarnoni is a young and very promising rider and he has been one of the riders we have followed very closely this year. We believe he’s got a long and bright future ahead of him at the highest levels in motorcycle racing. We are also really happy to have Bryan with us for a second year. In the closing stages of the 2011 Championship, he demonstrated that he has the technical ability to improve further as a rider and we believe that he can be one of the leading Superstock 1000 riders. During our last winter tests in Valencia and Aragon, Bryan was very fast and we saw a lot of improvement in our bike in terms of electronics and settings. Guarnoni and Staring are two excellent riders and we are confident that we have signed up two strong title challengers for 2012″.

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Jeremy Guarnoni has signed for Team Pedercini for the 2012 racing season and the young French rider will take part in the Superstock 1000 FIM Cup, riding for the Italian team on a Kawasaki ZX 10R. Guarnoni’s team mate will be Australian Bryan Staring, who has renewed his agreement with Pedercini and he will therefore ride the Kawasaki ZX 10R for the second consecutive year.

Guarnoni (photo) was the Superstock 600 Champion in 2010 when he won more races than anyone else, and scored a total of eight podium finishes. The 18-year-old talent from Toulouse in France last year raced in the Superstock 1000 FIM Cup, concluding the season in seventeenth position while Staring finished his first racing season in Europe in eleventh place. With Guarnoni and Staring, the Pedercini team has put together a solid new team; both riders are young but with a range of experience and a strong will to win the championship.

Team Manager Donato Pedercini declared: “We are very excited to have Jeremy Guarnoni join our Superstock team for the 2012 season. Guarnoni is a young and very promising rider and he has been one of the riders we have followed very closely this year. We believe he’s got a long and bright future ahead of him at the highest levels in motorcycle racing. We are also really happy to have Bryan with us for a second year. In the closing stages of the 2011 Championship, he demonstrated that he has the technical ability to improve further as a rider and we believe that he can be one of the leading Superstock 1000 riders. During our last winter tests in Valencia and Aragon, Bryan was very fast and we saw a lot of improvement in our bike in terms of electronics and settings. Guarnoni and Staring are two excellent riders and we are confident that we have signed up two strong title challengers for 2012″.

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Sure, it’s a touch cliche… but I love sunsets. Who doesn’t?

In This Photo Essay You Will Discover:

• Sunsets on the East Coast
• Sunsets on the West Coast
• Sunsets in the Southern Hemisphere
• Sunsets in the Far North
• And More!

A photographer friend once let me in on a photographic-world secret: most professionals have a special term for sunset images. They call them: AFS…

Another. Fucking. Sunset.

But you and I know better — everybody loves a sunset. They offer a moment of spectacular natural glory that illuminates any landscape in a magical light. And you can’t help but take a moment of quiet reflection on the day when the sky turns to blaze.

So, with that in mind — here’s my ode to sunsets.

Arctic Ocean, Nunavut

Edmonton, Alberta

Koh Chang, Thailand

Bella Bella, British Columbia

Boston, Massachusetts

Los Cabos, Mexico

Vancouver, British Columbia

Jimbaran, Bali

Campbell River, British Columbia

St. Albert, Alberta

Dease River Crossing, British Columbia

Neah Bay, Washington

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You may be in the market for a new motorcycle, or maybe you just want to check out the latest and greatest stuff for 2012. In either case, you can’t go wrong at the International Motorcycle Show, a one-stop shop for all things moto. For more info and schedules on the remaining shows, check out: www.motorcycleshows.com.

Photo Gallery: First Look: 2012 Victory Hard-Ball – Motorcycle Cruiser Magazine

Photo Gallery: First Look: 2012 Victory Hard-Ball – Motorcycle Cruiser Magazine

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Hollywood’s hottest starlets took to beaches, pools, and yachts in their best bikinis this year. Whether they were modeling for photo shoots like Miranda Kerr, saving their two-pieces for family vacations a la Gwyneth Paltrow and Beyoncé Knowles, or ringing in birthdays in bathing suits like Halle Berry and Jennifer Lopez, the A-list looked their best all year long. See all the gorgeous celebs in our roundup of 2011′s best bikini bodies!

Also, don’t miss all our Best of 2011 coverage across the PopSugar Network!

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