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Stars align for America's top sports
With a nod to this week's All-Star game, Hollywood.com's Tom Leupp ranks the star power of America's top sports:
"1. NBA: Take it from Jack: Hollywood loves its hoops." (Notable fans: Jack Nicholson, Leonardo DiCaprio, Eva Longoria, Kid Rock, Spike Lee,...Tags: Matt Damon, Will Ferrell, NFL, Regis Philbin, Denzel Washington
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Chips aren't down for Jordan Farmar
So you're the backup point guard for the newly crowned NBA champions. How are you planning to spend your post-title summer?
For Jordan Farmar, the answer is: playing golf and poker.
On July 20, he will host the Jordan Farmar Celebrity Golf Classic at...Tags: Casino and Gambling, Basketball, All Stars, Pittsburgh Pirates, Major League Baseball
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Charles Eastman dies at 79; playwright and screenwriter
Charles Eastman, a playwright and screenwriter whose credits included the 1970s films "The All-American Boy" and "Little Fauss and Big Halsy," has died. He was 79.
Eastman, the brother of the late "Five Easy Pieces" screenwriter Carole Eastman, died July...Tags: Movies, Hal Ashby, Robert Blake, Jerry Lewis, Culver City
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Unfinished Business?
IndySportsNationIt started out looking like any other press conference. Michael Phelps, the star of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, walked into the IUPUI Gymnasium and sat down in front of 20-25 assembled media members. He talked about his return to the pool and this week's...Tags: Beijing Games, Hobbies, Bob Costas, Michael Phelps, Swimming
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Posada has bruised left thumb
arthur.staple@newsday.comAfter taking a foul tip off his left thumb Wednesday night, Jorge Posada didn't get the full night off last night. He pinch hit in the ninth and struck out to end the game. Joe Girardi had a chance to use Posada as a pinch hitter in the seventh, with one...Tags: Thumbs, Jorge Posada, Baseball, Joe Girardi, Major League Baseball
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Master Impressionist Fred Travalena Dies At 66
LOS ANGELES — Fred Travalena, a master impressionist and singer whose broad repertoire of voices ranged from Jack Nicholson to Sammy Davis Jr. to Bugs Bunny, has died. He was 66. Travalena, who began being treated for an aggressive form of non-...Tags: Kermit the Frog, Armed Forces, Joe Pesci, Henry Kissinger, Katharine Hepburn
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On The Fly: Odd Tribute To Michael Jackson
>>Say what you want about Arland Bruce and his bizarre homage to Michael Jackson, but he got the CFL all kinds of publicity. After his next touchdown, Bruce should honor Billy Mays by tearing up the AstroTurf and then repairing it with Mighty Mendit. Just...Tags: Barack Obama, Michael Jackson, San Diego Padres, C.C. Sabathia, Football
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Movies reboot as TV shows
"Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles" had all the makings of a hit, even without Arnold.
But after just two shortened seasons, Fox pulled the plug on the blockbuster franchise's move to TV. Ratings had fallen to a series low by May, and it seemed the...Tags: Movies, Family, Erika Christensen, Susan Sarandon, Desperate Housewives (tv program)
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John Updike's 'My Father's Tears and Other Stories'
Special to NewsdayMY FATHER'S TEARS AND OTHER STORIES, by John Updike. Alfred A. Knopf, 292 pp., $25.95. Our poet laureate of adultery and suburban angst, John Updike, died in January, which for some will imbue this collection with head-nodding solemnity. The story titles...Tags: Nobel Prize Awards, Sex, Family, John Updike, September 11, 2001 Attacks
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Fred Travalena dies at 66
Fred Travalena, the master impressionist and singer whose broad repertoire of voices ranged from Jack Nicholson to Sammy Davis Jr. to Bugs Bunny, has died. He was 66. Travalena, who began being treated for an aggressive form of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma...Tags: Movies, Wayne Newton, Kermit the Frog, Armed Forces, Katharine Hepburn
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Even at 90, Salinger's got fight in him
J.D. Salinger, as you may have read over the last few weeks, is inveighing against "phonies" yet again. Fifty-eight years since the publication of "The Catcher in the Rye" -- indeed, 44 years since he published anything -- the famously reclusive and...Tags: Marlon Brando, Virginia, Movies, Steven Spielberg, Mass Media
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Fred Travalena, 1942-2009: 'Man of a Thousand Faces' was 66
Tribune NewspapersFred Travalena, the master impressionist and singer whose broad repertoire of voices ranged from Jack Nicholson to Sammy Davis Jr. to Bugs Bunny, has died. He was 66. Mr. Travalena died Sunday at his home in Los Angeles, according to his publicist, Roger...Tags: Armed Forces, Joe Pesci, Henry Kissinger, Fox Broadcasting Co., Comedy (genre)
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