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  • Hollywood star Steven Seagal visits Chechnya

    Hollywood star Steven Seagal spent some time with Ramzan Kadyrov, the former militant fighter who now heads Chechnya, in the latest in a series of visits by Western celebrities to the volatile Russian republic. "The famous American actor, film producer, writer, director and martial arts expert (seventh dan aikido) Steven Seagal visited our republic today (Wednesday)," Kadyrov wrote on ...

  • Arnie caught grabbing ex wifes butt on camera

    Arnold Schwarzenegger has seemingly confirmed rumours that he's back with his estranged wife Maria Shriver after he was caught on video grabbing her butt last weekend. The actor, who was attending daughter Christina's graduation at Georgetown with Shriver, can be seen cupping his wife's behind in the video footage, TMZ.com reported. The 'Terminator' star has always been obsessed with Shriver's ...

  • Drew Barrymore puts wedding house on sale

    Drew Barrymore has put her Montecito, California home, where she got married to husband Will Kopelman, on the market. The Chester Carjola-designed six bedroom house, with a detached, two-storey guest property, has been listed at 7.5 million dollars, Contactmusic reported. According to RealEstalker.com, the actress purchased the 1937 built estate for 5.7 million dollars in 2010. ...

  • Chris Brown and girlfriend Karrueche Tran involved in car crash

    Chris Brown was recently caught on camera accidentally crashing his Range Rover into another car while he was driving in Los Angeles with his on-again girlfriend Karrueche Tran. The troubled rapper, who had crashed his Porsche into a wall back in February, was seen writing down insurance information after he rear-ended a black Mercedes, Contactmusic reported. The couple was on their way to ...

  • CA considering social media policy after Warner Twitter rant

    Cricket Australia (CA) chief James Sutherland has said the governing body might need to consider implementing a social media policy after Australian Test batsman David Warner's recent Twitter controversy. He said there had been no discussions about developing a social media policy for players, but admitted it is something that CA is considering. Sutherland insisted he will continue to ...

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Straw Dogs (1971) [Blu-Ray]

Straw Dogs (1971) [Blu-Ray]

Sam Peckinpahs Straw Dogs is a great and troubling masterpiece, a film of such simultaneous depth and crudeness that it has elicited some of the most conflicting responses of his or any other filmmakers career. For every critic who found it the work of a great and terrible genius, there ... ...

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  • Scutaro looks to start new streak against former club

    The Rockies know full well what kind of roll Marco Scutaro can get on. And though the Giants second baseman's hitting streak ended at 19 on Wednesday, there's a strong chance he'll start a new one Friday at AT&T Park, where the Giants and Rockies begin a weekend series. Scutaro, dealt from Colorado to San Francisco at last year's non-waiver Trade Deadline, went 0-for-3 ...

  • Safety recommendations released for Americas Cup

    SAN FRANCISCO -; A group of sailing experts has released 37 recommendations they say will increase safety in the America's Cup, which is set to take place on the wind-raked San Francisco Bay this ...

  • Emails show AEG lawyer called Jackson a freak

    FILE - In this March 5, 2009 file photo, Michael Jackson announces several concerts at the London O2 Arena in July, at a press conference at the London O2 Arena. Emails displayed in a Los Angeles courtroom on Wednesday, May 22, 2013, show that a lawyer for AEG Live LLC's parent company described Jackson as a "freak" in an email message on the same day the singer signed a ...

  • Driver impaled by metal pipe in Northern Calif.

    LIVERMORE, Calif. -; California Highway Patrol investigators are hoping witnesses will come forward after a Sacramento-area an was impaled by a metal pipe that came crashing through his car windshield as he drove on Interstate 580 Wednesday ...

  • Richard makes promising second rehab start

    Email SAN DIEGO -- Padres pitcher Clayton Richard made his second Minor League rehabilitation start on Tuesday for Triple-A Tucson in Omaha, allowing two runs in six innings. Richard, on the disabled list since May 5 with an intestinal virus, has worked on using a higher arm slot during his stint with Tucson and during a simulated game on May 11. The results, manager Bud Black said Wednesday, ...

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