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  • Sharapova pulls out of Rome meet to boost French Open chances

    World No. 2 Maria Sharapova admitted Friday that the upcoming French Open played a part in her decision to pull out of the Rome Masters. Sharapova withdrew citing illness Friday, hours before she was due to play world No. 6 Sara Errani in the Rome quarterfinals. "I usually don't withdraw from tournament and all the competitions I play in mean a lot to me, but in the run-up to the French Open ...

  • Doting dad Becks retirement decision down to spending time with kids

    It was only a few months ago that David Beckham had decided to join Paris Saint-Germain, and now he has already decided to retire. A pop star wife, an estimated annual salary of 46 million dollars and the most iconic player of this generation-but to those who know the "real" David Beckham, he is just a "normal guy" and a "devoted dad". When Beckham announced his decision to retire from ...

  • Paris Hilton comes to aid of director pal Sofia Coppola for new flick

    Award-winning director Sofia Coppola sought Paris Hilton's help when filming her latest movie 'Bling Ring,' it has been revealed. The flick tells the tale of a ring of thieves who stole millions from Hilton, Lindsay Lohan, Orlando Bloom, and others in the 2008-09 Hollywood nightlife scene, Fox News reported. Using stars' own social media updates and the then-new phenomenon of Internet GPS ...

  • Vidya Balan to holiday in France with husband

    Actress Vidya Balan, who was seen walking the red carpet at the 66th Cannes International Film Festival, will set out for a holiday with husband Siddharth Roy Kapur in France after the movie extravaganza. "Vidya is currenly at Cannes and Siddharth is expected to join her towards the end of the Cannes International Film festival. Both of them are expected to be in France post the fest for a ...

  • France to buy American drones for Mali operation

    War Two of America's medium-altitude Reaper drones will be sold to France as backup for the country's operations against Islamist rebels in Mali. The news comes from the 'Air et Cosmos' specialist magazine, which reported online that a deal had been reached between France and the United States for the sale of two non-armed MQ-9 units. The French air force had already ...


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Maximum Risk

Whenever I see a movie like "Maximum Risk" and tell everybody how bad it is, I always get the response of: "Well, it's just an action movie. It's not supposed to be great or anything." I find that annoying because nothing is farther from the truth. Just because a film is in the action genre, it does not have a license to be mediocre. You don't have to look any further than "The Fugitive," ... ...

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  • France legalises same-sex marriage

    France became the 14th country to legalise same-sex marriage Saturday after President Francois Hollande signed it into law following months of bitter political debate. Hollande acted a day after the Constitutional Council threw out a legal challenge by the right-wing opposition, which had been the last obstacle to passing the bill into law. The legislation also legalises gay adoption. French ...

  • Paris Hoffman has the drive to get the Padres home

    Hoffman didn't swap residences when hired in 2006. Married with five children, he declined uprooting his clan, instead turning to the I-5 and I-15 to reach Petco ...

  • French President Francois Hollande to sign gay marriage bill into law today

    gay marriage and adoption bill into law on Saturday after it was cleared by the Constitutional Council which turned down a challenge by the right-wing opposition. Hollande, who had made "marriage for all" a key election pledge, made the announcement saying it was "now time to respect the law and the Republic" after the top French institution cleared the bill on Friday. The ...

  • Ligue 1 Preview Paris Saint-Germain - Stade Brestois

    Newly-crowned Ligue 1 champion Paris Saint-Germain is unlikely to change too much from the side that clinched the club's third French title at Olympique Lyonnais last ...

  • France’s first Asian cabinet minister a rising force

    France's Junior Minister of Small Business, Innovation, and Digital Economy, Fleur Pellerin, arrives to attend the first cabinet meeting of the Hollande government at the Elysee Palace in Paris, May 17, 2012. (REGIS ...

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