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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 ...

  • In pictures The Hangover Part III premiere in Los Angeles

    Bradley Cooper poses with fans upon his arrival for the premiere of The Hangover Part III at the Westwood Village Theatre in Los Angeles. Paul Buck / ...

  • Questions remain in deadly Illinois van crash

    ST. LOUIS -; Illinois State Police are continuing their investigation of why a van carrying 11 men veered off a southern Illinois freeway and repeatedly overturned, killing five occupants and hospitalizing the other ...

  • Unclaimed veterans remains laid to rest in Calif.

    SANTA ROSA, Calif. -; The unclaimed remains of 35 military veterans and two military wives have been given formal military burials in Northern ...

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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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  • Los Angeles picks 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 ...

  • Fatigued electorate to make historic choice in Los Angeles

    By Jessica Taylor, NBC News Los Angeles will make history when voters elect a new mayor on Tuesday but the runoff race between two Democratic candidates isn’t drawing much interest as turnout could reach a record low despite the more than $33 million that’s been spent on the nearly two year-long contest to succeed outgoing Mayor Anthony Villagarosa. The race pits City Controller ...

  • CHP Shuts Down Lane for Overturned Vehicle SR-125 I-8

    California Highway Patrol officers have shut down two lanes of northbound State Route 125 south of Interstate 8 Tuesday morning because of an overturned vehicle with someone ...

  • Chris Hansen congratulates Sacramento on keeping Kings

    SEATTLE - Chris Hansen is not going away in his pursuit of bringing the NBA back to Seattle.Hansen released a statement on his SonicsArena.com website on Monday afternoon, congratulating Sacramento mayor Kevin Johnson on his efforts to keep the Kings in California, while also vowing to keep up his pursuit of getting the NBA back to Seattle."Even as we are disappointed with the developments ...

  • Google kills floundering Google Checkout asks people to use Google Wallet instead

    Google this week announced it was killing Google Checkout, the company's PayPal competitor. Google would like to migrate its Checkout customers over to Google Wallet, pictured. Google is killing Checkout, the companys 7-year experiment in improving online payment processing. The service will die on Nov. 20. In the meantime, the search giant is asking existing Google Checkout customers to ...

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