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  • People not letting Lisa Snowdon forget about times with George Clooney

    Lisa Snowdon, who dated Hollywood heartthrob George Clooney on and off for five years from 2000, has said that they still keep in touch. The 41-year-old English model told new! magazine that it doesn't bother her any more, the Daily Express reported. She said that at the end of the day he is Clooney so people will be interested in knowing about him. Snowdon that though she hasn't seen him ...

  • Johnny Depp not retiring from Hollywood

    Though he thinks about retiring from Hollywood everyday, actor Johnny Depp reveals he has no such immediate plans because his brain "on idle is a bad thing". "I think while I've got the opportunity, the desire and the creative spark to do the things that I can do right now, I should do them. And then, at a certain point, just take it down to the bare minimum and concentrate on, I guess, living ...

  • OC Fannie Mae worker charged with fraud

    IRVINE, Calif. -; An Orange County employee of mortgage giant Fannie Mae has pleaded not guilty to charges that he demanded kickbacks to provide listings of repossessed homes to a real estate ...

  • So. Cal seeing detergent-for-drugs trend

    SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. -; Southern California authorities say it's a dirty business and a bizarre trend - drug users trading Tide detergent for ...

  • Woman convicted in LA train platform death

    A defense attorney told a jury Thursday that a homeless woman who pushed an 84-year-old woman off a train platform to her death was an unmedicated schizophrenic who had been released from a hospital three days ...

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All That Heaven Allows [DVD]

All That Heaven Allows [DVD]

There are few films that better illustrate the elasticity of film reception than the works of Douglas Sirk, a German émigré who made a series of Technicolor Hollywood melodramas in the 1950s that only years later were recognized as subversive masterpieces of social and ideological critique. ...

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  • Microbrewer in Vista San Diego County crafts beer with pride

    Tucked away in an industrial park in Vista, northern San Diego County, is a micro-brewery offering an adventure for the taste buds and a lesson in entrepreneurship. Neon lights on the outside add a distinctive flair to what would be a typical looking light manufacturer's enclave. Indian Joe Brewery came on the scene in early 2013. Owner Max Moran is the only Native America micro-brewer in ...

  • Officer Honored for Role in Dorner Manhunt

    National City police officer Christopher Dorner was honored Tuesday night by city leaders for his role in identifying the suspect in a Southern California crime ...

  • National City Boy Hailed a Hero

    "He said he was scared looking down in the water with the boy down there but he went and that is really the mark of a true hero," said Sgt. John Sandmeyer. "To be scared and to still, despite that fear, to perform an incredible act. For that, we’re all ...

  • Fremont-based Mens Wearhouse ousts founder pitchman George Zimmer

    NEW YORK (AP) -- Apparently, Men's Wearhouse Inc. doesn't like the way its founder looks anymore.In terse release issued Wednesday, Fremont-based Men's Wearhouse said it has fired the face of the company and its executive chairman, George Zimmer, who appeared in many of its TV commercials with the slogan "You're going to like the way you look. I guarantee it."The ...

  • San Leandro man hit and killed by BART train in Hayward

    HAYWARD -- A man hit and killed by a Daly City-bound BART train at the Hayward station on Tuesday has been identified as Cecilio Profeta Santiago, Jr., of San Leandro, according to the Alameda County Coroner's office.Santiago, age 63, was killed by a northbound train about 4:18 p.m., a BART police spokesman said.Police investigators have not yet announced Santiago's manner of death, ...

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