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  • Amanda Bynes doesnt need rehab say parents

    Hollywood actress Amanda Bynes, who was arrested for drug possession, does not need to go to a rehabilitation centre, according to her parents. Her mother Lynn and father Rick want her to seek treatment at a psychiatric hospital instead, reports contactmusic.com. "Amanda has been clearly using drugs, yes, including marijuana, but that is just the symptom. The fact is Amanda suffers from severe ...

  • Winona Ryder feels shoes define character

    Hollywood actress Winona Ryder believes that a woman's choice of dressing, especially footwear, speaks volumes about her personality. "What you wear - and it always starts with your shoes - determines what kind of character you are," femalefirst.co.uk quoted Ryder as saying. "A woman who wears high heels carries herself very different to a girl who wears sneakers or sandals. It really helps ...

  • Ex-AFL chief warns CA of need of robust approach to anti-corruption

    Former Australian Football League (AFL) chief executive Adrian Anderson has said that Cricket Australia (CA) and state cricket associations needed a robust national approach to anti-corruption. Stating that one global betting exchange turns over a billion dollars a year on Australian cricket, Anderson, who is conducting a review of CA's integrity and disciplinary systems, estimated that 60 per ...

  • Brad Pitt follows Gwyneth Paltrows dads advice

    Hollywood star Brad Pitt follows his former fiancee Gwyneth Paltrow's father advice on remaining grounded. Pitt was romantically involved with Paltrow in the mid-1990s, and the couple was briefly engaged before splitting in 1997. And that's when he learnt some life lessons from her father, late director Bruce Paltrow. Despite 15 years, a marriage to Jennifer Aniston, and raising six kids with ...

  • Police Suspect dies after fighting with officers

    Sacramento police say officers responded to a call late Friday afternoon from a clerk who feared for her safety from a man in his 40s making unintelligible sounds inside the ...

Movie Review

28 Days

The "28 Days" of the title refers to a court-imposed sentence of time in rehab for Gwen Cummings (Sandra Bullock), an alcoholic, pill-popping New York writer whose life-of-the-party existence finally explodes in her face when she drunkenly ruins her sister's wedding and then drives a stolen limousine into the side of a house. It's either that or jail time. ...

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  • Hollywoods visual effects industry in trouble

    Iron Man is the latest superhero to take Hollywood by storm. The third film of the billion dollar franchise is packed with action and computer-generated visual effects that capture the imagination of the audience. To see Iron man donning his suit is pure joy for people who enjoy this genre. But the companies in Hollywood that make such visuals possible are in grave ...

  • Zito Nicasio get quick rematch in San Francisco

    Less than a week ago, Rockies right-hander Juan Nicasio and Giants left-hander Barry Zito squared off at Coors Field. Now, they'll face each other again, this time on Saturday at AT&T Park. Nicasio got the best of Zito in a 5-0 win Sunday in Colorado, with the right-hander allowing just three hits in six innings for his fourth win of the season. Relying heavily on his fastball in the ...

  • A. Ellis stays in game after collision at plate

    Email LOS ANGELES -- Dodgers catcher A.J. Ellis said he sustained only a bruised right forearm in a collision at home plate with Cardinals outfielder Jon Jay on Friday night. Jay barreled into Ellis in the top of the second inning, beating Nick Punto's relay throw and scoring the first run of the game. Ellis remained on the ground for several minutes as Dodgers manager Don Mattingly and ...

  • San Francisco Travel Association Announces New Marketing Representation In Japan

    The San Francisco Travel Association, in partnership with San Francisco International Airport (SFO), has retained AVIAREPS Marketing Garden Ltd. (AMG) as their new marketing representation office in Japan. San Francisco Travel and SFO first retained representation services in Japan in 1987, making San Francisco one of the first cities in the U.S. to have an office in Tokyo. In 2000, a ...

  • Calif. man gets prison in Medicare fraud plot

    NEW ORLEANS-A California man has been sentenced to more than three years in prison for his role in a scheme to fraudulently bill Medicare and Medicaid more than $21 million for medical tests at New Orleans area clinics. U.S. District Judge Lance Africk on Friday sentenced 50-year-old Jerayr Rostamian, of Northridge, Calif., to 40 months in prison and ordered him to pay a $250,000 fine. Africk ...

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