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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 ...

  • French President Signs Same-Sex Marriage Into Law

    the BBC reports , after the Senate and National Assembly approved the bill, it "was quickly challenged on constitutional grounds by the main right-wing opposition UMP party of former president Nicolas Sarkozy." Friday, a ruling by the Constitutional Council cleared the way for the president's signature. The council found the bill in accordance with constitution, ...

  • France legalises gay marriage

    France became the 14th country to legalise same-sex marriage on 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. ...


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Road to Perdition

Road to Perdition, director Sam Mendes' follow-up to his 1999 Oscar-winning hit American Beauty, is a stately, elegant gangster film, beautifully directed and somehow both moving and slightly distanced. Perhaps it is the film's formal beauty--its graceful camera movements, rich dark-amber hues, and precise compositions--that keeps it at a slight distance, almost too gorgeous an imag ... ...

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  • 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 ...

  • 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 ...

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