Archive for May, 2008



“Sex” too hot for Indiana Jones at box office (Reuters)

Saturday 31 May 2008 @ 4:05 pm

Actresses (L-R) Kristin Davis, Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon and Kim Cattrall arrive for the German premiere of ''Sex And The City: The Movie'' at a cinema in Berlin in this May 15, 2008 file photo. (Fabrizio Bensch/Files/Reuters)Reuters - In a major upset at the North American box office, the four cosmo-swilling fashionistas of “Sex and the City” whipped reigning champ Indiana Jones in the film’s first day in theaters, according to preliminary estimates issued on Saturday.


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Brangelina buzz sweeps south of France (AP)

Saturday 31 May 2008 @ 3:05 pm

View of the Miraval property in Correns, near Brignoles, southern France, Saturday, May 31, 2008. News broke during the Cannes film festival that U.S. actors Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, who already have four children, are expecting twins. Jolie, 32, could give birth on the French Riviera in the coming days.   The pair recently moved into the Miraval Estate villa in the French hamlet of Correns, in the Provence region, according to the mayor and a local inn owner.  (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)AP - Brangelina must be cocooning.


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Steroids film examines obsession with winning (Reuters)

Saturday 31 May 2008 @ 10:05 am

Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA) (L) talks about the illegal use of steroids and athletes on Capitol Hill in Washington December 18, 2007. A new documentary that takes a wide-ranging look at steroid abuse suggests an American culture of winning at all costs is at odds with its public condemnation of the performance-enhancing drugs. (Larry Downing/Reuters)Reuters - A new documentary that takes a wide-ranging look at steroid abuse suggests an American culture of winning at all costs is at odds with its public condemnation of the performance-enhancing drugs.


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NY women make “Sex and the City” opening-night scene (Reuters)

Saturday 31 May 2008 @ 4:05 am

Sarah Jessica Parker arrives during the 'Sex And The City' movie premiere at Radio City Music Hall in New York May 27, 2008. (Joshua Lott/Reuters)Reuters - “Sex” moved from the city to the cinema on Friday as hordes of determined women descended upon Manhattan for the premiere of “Sex and the City” in the city where the hit television show-turned-film takes place.


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Home at center of 50 Cent lawsuit destroyed by fire (AP)

Friday 30 May 2008 @ 9:05 pm

In this Sept. 11, 2007 file photo, 50 Cent appears on stage during MTV's 'Total Request Live' show at the MTV Times Square Studios in New York.  A multimillion-dollar Long Island home at the center of a dispute between Grammy-nominated rapper 50 Cent and his former girlfriend was destroyed by a suspicious fire early Friday, May 30, 2008.     (AP Photo/Jeff Christensen, file)AP - DIX HILLS, N.Y. (AP) — A multimillion-dollar home at the center of a bitter dispute between 50 Cent and the mother of his son was destroyed by a suspicious fire early Friday.


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Pitt manager denies Jolie twins have been born (AP)

Friday 30 May 2008 @ 8:05 pm

In this May 15, 2008 file photo, U.S. actors Brad Pitt, left, and Angelina Jolie arrive for the premiere of the film 'Kung Fu Panda,' during the 61st International film festival in Cannes, France. Jolie has given birth to twins in France, according to U.S. television show Entertainment Tonight Friday, May 30, 2008. The twins girls are reportedly named Isla Marcheline Jolie-Pitt and Amelie Jane Jolie-Pitt.  (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, file)AP - CORRENS, France (AP) — The Brangelina clan began settling into their new home in the south of France as a report that Angelina Jolie’s twins had been born was denied by Brad Pitt’s manager.


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Subject of film ‘Lorenzo’s Oil’ dies at 30 (AP)

Friday 30 May 2008 @ 8:05 pm

AP - The man whose parents’ battle to save him from a nerve disease was depicted in the movie “Lorenzo’s Oil” died Friday at his home in Virginia, having lived more than 20 years longer than doctors had predicted.

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Darko Sequel Gets Its Showgirl (E! Online)

Friday 30 May 2008 @ 5:05 pm

Darko Sequel Gets Its Showgirl(E! Online)E! Online - It takes a bunny to know a bunny.


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Documentary tells how Bush changed Texas town (AP)

Friday 30 May 2008 @ 4:05 pm

Documentary filmmaker David Modigliani poses with a poster adversiting his movie at the Crawford, Texas, high school football stadium Wednesday, May 28, 2008. His movie 'Crawford' tells the story — through some residents' eyes — of what happened after then-governor Bush bought a 1,600-acre ranch in 1999 in the early days of his presidential campaign. The movie will be screened June 8 at the stadium.  (AP Photo/Ron Heflin)AP - For years, folks took for granted the pleasures of small-town life: unlocked doors, little traffic and a tranquility interrupted only by high school football games or passing train horns.


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Brangelina rents French villa; twin births denied (AP)

Friday 30 May 2008 @ 3:05 pm

In this May 15, 2008 file photo, U.S. actors Brad Pitt, left, and Angelina Jolie arrive for the premiere of the film 'Kung Fu Panda,' during the 61st International film festival in Cannes, France. Jolie has given birth to twins in France, according to U.S. television show Entertainment Tonight Friday, May 30, 2008. The twins girls are reportedly named Isla Marcheline Jolie-Pitt and Amelie Jane Jolie-Pitt.  (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, file)AP - The Brangelina clan began settling into a villa in the south of France as reports that the couple’s twins had been born were refuted by other celebrity news outlets.


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