Archive for January 16th, 2007

Federer, Roddick cruise into Aussie Open third round

Tuesday, January 16th, 2007

Defending champion Roger Federer advanced to the third round of the Australian Open with a 6-2, 6-3, 6-2 victory over Jonas Bjorkman

Mavs trump McGrady’s 45

Tuesday, January 16th, 2007

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Around the World Roundup

Tuesday, January 16th, 2007

At the foreign box office, Night at the Museum reigned for the third weekend in a row…

Most American Women Unmarried

Tuesday, January 16th, 2007

The New York Times, which based its report on an analysis of census results, said 51 percent of women in 2005 reported living without a spouse, up from 35 percent in 1950 and 49 percent in 2000.

CALDWELL’S ECW ON SCI-FI REPORT 1/16: Live coverage of Monty Brown debut show

Tuesday, January 16th, 2007

Afterward, Brown took the mic and the camera focused on his headset microphone sideburns ala The Rock. He said everyone is wondering what he’s doing in ECW. He said he’s doing anything that he wants. Brown said he came here to mark his territory and destroy and dismantle anything put in his path. He said everyone knows he’s Marquis Cor Von, the Alpha Male.

Tony Stark has hired his secretary! Pepper Potts cast in IRON MAN!

Tuesday, January 16th, 2007

Ahoy, squirts! Quint here… after a long day trying to juggle my Sundance schedule (Austin iced over and shut down the airport, canceling my early morning flight tomorrow), I got a call from the good Captain. He’s been spying on Iron Man. Something to do with a spat… anyway, they’re fighting and his spies reported back to him just who Tony Stark’s secretary is going to be.

Pepper Potts will be… Gwyenth Paltrow. So, we have Robert Downey Jr as Stark, Terrence Howard as Rhodes and now Gwyenth Paltrow as Pepper Potts.

Cap’n says this is 100% and there should be official confirmation very soon.

Tony Stark has hired his secretary! Pepper Potts cast in IRON MAN! Confirmed!

Tuesday, January 16th, 2007

Ahoy, squirts! Quint here… after a long day trying to juggle my Sundance schedule (Austin iced over and shut down the airport, canceling my early morning flight tomorrow), I got a call from the good Captain. He’s been spying on Iron Man. Something to do with a spat… anyway, they’re fighting and his spies reported back to him just who Tony Stark’s secretary is going to be.

Pepper Potts will be… Gwyneth Paltrow. So, we have Robert Downey Jr as Stark, Terrence Howard as Rhodes and now Gwyenth Paltrow as Pepper Potts.

Cap’n says this is 100% and there should be official confirmation very soon. I believe him. What do you folks think?

Short Ends: Brad Pitt Announces Intentions To Sketch Plans For Solar-Powered Anti-Hurricane Machine For New Home City During Movie Downtime

Tuesday, January 16th, 2007

· According to Us Weekly, peripetatic Hollywood do-gooders Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have just moved into a fourth, “charity vacation” home in New Orleans, whose local hardships will help…

Paula Abdul Presents: A Tale Of Two Cities

Tuesday, January 16th, 2007

Last week’s round of Paula Abdul satellite interviews (we can’t decide which we prefer: the perky Seattle duo who kill Abdul with kindness, knowing the longer they keep her there, the worse things…

Zambrano, Cubs far off on arbitration figures

Tuesday, January 16th, 2007

Carlos Zambrano, Joe Mauer and Miguel Cabrera were some of the big names that exchanged arbitration figures with their teams on Tuesday.

Jobs Americans Won’t Do

Tuesday, January 16th, 2007

The United States is a nation of hard workers. Yet it’s increasingly common to hear politicians, CEOs, and immigration activists impugn American workers as a bunch of shiftless layabouts who regard many good jobs as beneath their dignity. That, they say, is why employers have to turn to immigrants — some of them legal, many of them illegal.

Sources: Green doesn’t want to interview with Raiders

Tuesday, January 16th, 2007

Former Arizona Cardinals coach Dennis Green, rumored in some quarters to be a candidate for the Oakland job, on Tuesday rebuffed overtures from the Raiders to interview for the position.