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  • Bradley Cooper not a good kisser

    After locking lips with Hollywood actor Bradley Cooper, his "Silver Linings Playbook" co-star Jennifer Lawrence told him he is a "wet kisser". Cooper didn't take it as a compliment. "After the second take she said, 'You're a wet kisser,'" dailystar.co.uk quoted Cooper as saying. "You don't want to hear that. It was not a compliment,'" he added. The actor also denied dating Lawrence. "I could ...

  • 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 ...

  • Rogers Signs Multi-Year Contract with Los Angeles Galaxy

    Former U.S. soccer international Robbie Rogers has joined Major League Soccer's Los Angeles Galaxy, the team said on Saturday, making him the latest openly gay male athlete in an American professional team sport. Rogers, who came out in February on the same day he retired from the game, will be on the Galaxy's roster for Sunday's home match against the Seattle Sounders if his ...

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Gulliver's Travels

Gulliver's Travels

As a 3-D holiday star vehicle for Jack Black, Jonathan Swifts 18th-century satirical travelogue Gullivers Travels seems a supremely unlikely choice, but that was probably what drew Black to it in the first place. While the screenplay is credited to Joe Stillman (Shre ... ...

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  • Bochy ejected from game in the 8th

    SAN FRANCISCO -; Giants manager Bruce Bochy was ejected in the eighth inning of Saturday's game against the Rockies by home plate umpire Alfonso Marquez over a call made at third ...

  • ‘Machinal’ at Long Beach Playhouse new ‘Doc Martin’ collection on DVD

    www.acornmedia.com ) is only too willing to feed my addiction. "Doc Martin Special Collection: Series 1-5 + The Movies," now available on DVD, is a 13-Disc set not only includes 38 episodes from the first five seasons, but two TV movies that inspired the series, plus an hour of behind-the-scenes segments. And speaking of charm, "A Fine Romance: Complete Collection" (newly ...

  • Bochy gets tossed after disputed call at third

    Email SAN FRANCISCO -- An umpire's call that dulled a Giants rally in the eighth inning resulted in manager Bruce Bochy's second ejection of the year in Saturday's game against the Colorado Rockies. With one out, Marco Scutaro at first base and the score tied, 4-4, Pablo Sandoval blooped a single to left-center field. Rockies left fielder Carlos Gonzalez grabbed the ball and ...

  • Doubles down and that concerns Mattingly

    Email LOS ANGELES -- Dodgers manager Don Mattingly is more concerned about his club's lack of doubles than its low number of home runs. The Dodgers are last in the Major Leagues with 61 doubles entering Saturday's action, and their 31 homers are the third fewest. "That is a problem," Mattingly said before Saturday's game against the Cardinals. "For me, RBI guys ...

  • Dodgers wary of wearing down Punto

    Email LOS ANGELES -- Nick Punto's production has kept him in the lineup, despite concerns from Dodgers manager Don Mattingly that the veteran utility man could wear down too early in the season. Punto has played more than 88 games in a season only once since 2009, when he appeared in 125 games with the Twins. He made his 26th start in 47 games on Saturday against the Cardinals, one of his ...

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