Steel lineup features plenty of talent
- January
- 25th
- 2008
The Southern Steel team was revealed yesterday and while Broughton was thrilled with the line up, she also suggested some players may have some positional changes in store.
Although the New Zealand netball environment is relatively short on shooting stocks, the Steel has signed five players with experience in the shooting circle.
Former Australian goal attack Megan [...]
South steals Swifts player Dehn ahead of opening clash
- January
- 25th
- 2008
After nine years with the then Sydney Swifts, and two seasons with the Northern Force in New Zealand, Dehn was yesterday named in the Southern Steel lineup.
It was a move the 33-year-old goal attack never saw coming, but it was one she was looking forward to.
%26quot;Im really excited,%26quot; she said, speaking from Sydney yesterday.
%26quot;It was [...]
Hamlet 2 Is Big Buy at Sundance Fest
- January
- 24th
- 2008
PARK CITY, Utah - Steve Coogan is the toast of Sundance. The British actor stars in the biggest acquisition of the film festival, “Hamlet 2,” a bawdy comedy directed by Andy Fleming that takes politically incorrect jabs at inspirational teacher flicks like “Mr. Holland’s Opus.”Focus Features bought the film for a reported $10 million in [...]
No commentsTeen Hobbies`Blood Score Wasnt Eligible for Oscar
- January
- 24th
- 2008
LOS ANGELES - It looked like a glaring snub when Jonny Greenwood’s music for “There Will Be Blood” wasn’t among the five Academy Award nominees for best original score.Turns out it wasn’t eligible , because it wasn’t entirely original.Much of the searing music from the Radiohead guitarist had appeared elsewhere previously, said Charles Bernstein, chairman [...]
No commentsTeen HobbiesLedger Had 6 Types of Prescription Drugs
- January
- 24th
- 2008
NEW YORK - Six different types of prescription drugs were found in Heath Ledger’s apartment , including anti-anxiety medications and sleeping pills , though the cause of his death won’t be known for several days after a preliminary autopsy Wednesday came back inconclusive, authorities said.A rolled-up $20 bill was also found on the floor near [...]
No commentsTeen HobbiesMasseuse Who Found Ledger Called Olsen
- January
- 24th
- 2008
NEW YORK - A massage therapist who discovered a lifeless Heath Ledger in his Manhattan apartment made her first call to Mary-Kate Olsen, according to an in-depth timeline police released Wednesday of the moments surrounding the Australian-born actor’s death.Police said Ledger probably died sometime between 1 p.m. and 2:45 p.m. on Tuesday of what authorities [...]
No commentsTeen HobbiesColbert Raises 171000 for Charity
- January
- 24th
- 2008
NEW YORK - $171,525 is a lot of money for a joke to raise.That’s how much Stephen Colbert’s “WristStrong” bracelets have raised since the mock talk show host began selling them as part of his “wrist awareness” campaign, started shortly after he broke his left wrist last June.On Wednesday night’s “The Colbert Report” on Comedy [...]
No commentsTeen HobbiesOfficials Ledger Had 6 Prescriptions
- January
- 24th
- 2008
NEW YORK - Six different types of prescription drugs were found in Heath Ledger’s apartment , including anti-anxiety medications and sleeping pills , though the cause of his death won’t be known for several days after a preliminary autopsy Wednesday came back inconclusive, authorities said.A rolled-up $20 bill was also found on the floor near [...]
No commentsTeen HobbiesHousewife Takes Up Breast Cancer Lobby
- January
- 24th
- 2008
WASHINGTON - The Hollywood writers strike shuttered production on ABC’s “Desperate Housewives,” but Marcia Cross hasn’t been spending her downtime holed up inside.The 45-year-old actress was on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, lobbying Congress to pass the Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act of 2007 to end “drive-through” mastectomies for women forced to leave the hospital hours [...]
No commentsTeen HobbiesCharlie Sheen ExWife in Family Court
- January
- 24th
- 2008
LOS ANGELES - Charlie Sheen and his ex-wife, Denise Richards, were in Los Angeles family court Tuesday.Commissioner Harvey A. Silberman took the proceedings behind closed doors before there was any discussion about the reason for the hearing. Sheen arrived with his lawyer while Richards’ attorney participated by telephone.Sheen’s publicist, Stan Rosenfield, said the 42-year-old actor [...]
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