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  • Warner expected to plead guilty for Twitter rant during CA hearing

    Australian Test batsman David Warner is expected to plead guilty during Cricket Australia hearing over his recent Twitter rant with two prominent journalists. Senior Code of Behaviour Commissioner, Justice Gordon Lewis, will hear the case via teleconference. According to news.com.au, Warner faces sanction ranging from a fine, suspension, reprimand or counseling after being reported under CA's ...

  • Love scenes are judged Michael Douglas

    Hollywood actor Michael Douglas says it is tough filming love scenes for any movie because everybody judges them. He has shot a gay love scene with actor Matt Damon in his forthcoming film Steven Soderbergh's "Behind the Candelabra". The 68-year-old believes that the cast, crew and eventually moviegoers are more critical of love scenes because everyone can relate to the acts, as opposed to ...

  • Los Angeles picking mayor after low-drama campaign

    File-This file combo shows a Feb. 20, 2013 file photo of Los Angeles mayoral candidate Eric Garcetti speaking to media in Los Angeles, left, and undated image provided by the Wendy Greuel Campaign of mayoral candidate Greuel meeting with voters. Despite the high stakes, the race has been a mostly low-drama affair between two government regulars. In a city known to yawn at local politics, turnout ...

  • Protest begins at UC San Diego hospitals

    Union President Kathryn Lybarger is scheduled to attend the 6 p.m. demonstration at UC San Diego's Thornton Hospital campus, 9300 Campus Point ...

  • Earnings Preview Gap 1Q results due Thursday

    NEW YORK -; Gap Inc. is expected to report first-quarter results after the markets close on Thursday as the clothing chain's turnaround ...

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How to Get Ahead in Advertising [DVD]

How to Get Ahead in Advertising [DVD]

In Bruce Robinson's acerbic but overstated satire How to Get Ahead in Advertising, Richard E. Grant stars as Denis Bagley, a slick, ruthless, chain-smoking, and utterly confident advertising executive who, despite 15 years of incredible success selling the public anything and everything, is stumped on how to come up with an ad campaign for pimple cream. In one of the movie's funniest momen ... ...

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  • BP Agent Dies Trying to Rescue Swimmer

    The local NBC television station reported that Gungon’s wife Denise was swimming near the waterfall when she ran into trouble just before 4:15 p.m. The U.S. Border Patrol agent went to help her and also had ...

  • Medical Workers Strike UCSD Cancels Surgeries

    Workers walked out after a judge approved the two day strike at the five largest University of California medical centers, including the centers in La Jolla and ...

  • Teen Shot Multiple Times Outside Bakery

    Emergency crews found the 19-year-old man with multiple gunshot wounds outside the Denis’s Bakery on the corner of E. 18th Street and Highland Avenue ...

  • El Cerito man stabbed during brawl involving up to 50 people outside Alameda sports bar

    ALAMEDA -- An El Cerrito man remains hospitalized after he was stabbed multiple times in the back during a melee involving up to 50 people early Sunday morning outside a sports bar, police said.Investigators are still piecing together what led up to the altercation outside Scobies Sports Bar & Grill at 2431 Central Ave. But the incident apparently began after an argument among about six ...

  • Emeryville man goes missing after Bay to Breakers race

    SAN FRANCISCO -- An Emeryville man was reported missing Monday after he walked away from his friends at the finish line of the Bay to Breakers race Sunday and never returned to his work or his home, police said.Beau Rasmussen, 27, said goodbye to his friends after finishing the 7.46-mile run about 12 p.m., and said he was headed to the beach, according to San Francisco police. Later that night, ...

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