On the heels of True Grit‘s 2010 triumph, another classic western is set to receive the remake treatment. Deadline reports that Unstoppable director Tony Scott is in talks revisit The Wild Bunch, Sam Peckinpah’s 1969 tale of aging outlaws angling for one final heist during the waning days of the frontier. Just how soon the [...]
By Marlen GarciaUSA TODAY Posted ST. PAUL – On a night when everything went right for Jordyn Wieber at the Visa national championships in gymnastics, things went horribly wrong for another one of the country’s top gymnasts. By Genevieve Ross, AP Jordyn Wieber competes on the floor exercise at the U.S. gymnastics championships on Saturday [...]
Feature How The Internet And Social Networking Affected ‘Watch The Throne’ 6:00 a.m. · August 17, 2011 · by Chris Bosman In the coming days/weeks you’re going to hear a lot of people talk about Watch the Throne, the new joint album between rap’s biggest names in 2011, Kanye West and Jay-Z. You’re going to [...]
By David Fucillo The Buffalo Bills and Denver Broncos square off in their second 2011 preseason contest. The Bills look to establish some consistency and explosiveness on offense, while the Broncos are trying to figure out their number two QB option. For more on the Bills head over to Buffalo Rumblings. For more on the [...]
No stranger to showing a little skin, PETA unveiled this ad, starring basketball icon Dennis Rodman, during New York City’s Fashion Week. (Credit: PETA) Animal love is a difficult thing. Sometimes, it can lead people to such extremes that they tend to diminish the significance of, well, people. These thoughts course through my being as [...]
By James Barron and Tim Stelloh, New York Times Staff, and Martin Finucane, Globe Staff An East Boston man allegedly plotted with a Billerica woman to kill his wife and wound him at the same time, an attack he initially blamed on three mysterious men shouting slurs, New Jersey authorities said today. Kashif Parvaiz, 26, [...]
WASHINGTON, August 17, 2011— Grand Master Rachel Lee closes her eyes as she lets out a long, slow breath. The studio audience is utterly silent as Lee slowly rotates her razor sharp sword over the open pit fire. She lifts one leg up and balances it on her other knee, as in a yoga Tree pose. Then [...]
RISING SUN, IN (FOX19) – An annual event that has been going on since 1996 is creating a storm of controversy this year after people found online videos of it and animal rights group PETA featured it on their website. “Snapperfest” is a weekend campout and recreation event with many typical festival activities, and one [...]
NEW YORK—The hot ticket at this summer’s Mostly Mozart Festival is a pass to see the Mark Morris Dance Group, whose annual appearances at the festival have only whetted the audience’s appetite for more. This year’s program, which opened at the Rose Theater on Thursday, is so charming and so deep that one could return [...]
The Associated Press Matt Sayles Kim Kardashian, right, and her fiance, NBA basketball player Kris Humphries, arrive at the Kardashian Kollection launch party in Los Angeles, Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2011. Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries are ready to walk down the aisle. The 30-year-old reality star and 26-year-old professional basketball player will be married Saturday [...]
