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September
26
Is it the smoking gun? The trial of two defendants accused of trying to exort $25 million from John Travolta in return for handing over a document relating to the death of the star's 16-year-old son, Jett, continues in the Bahamas today. Meanwhile, PEOPLE has watched videotape of conversations recorded by the Royal Bahamas Police between Travolta's attorney and the two defendants -- paramedic Tarino Lightbourn and his lawyer, Pleasant Bridgewater, a former Bahamian senator -- that appear to be ...
September
24
It has been 20 years since filmmaker Michael Moore took on General Motors in "Roger and Me." He's still sticking it to big business for what he sees as the deliberate shafting of the little guy. His new film, "Capitalism: A Love Story," opened Wednesday in New York and Los Angeles, California, and opens nationwide next week. Moore talked with CNN's Larry King about whether capitalism is key to the American dream or the cause of an American nightmare. The ...
September
23
Manchester United are given more injury-time at the end of matches to equalize or score winning goals than their English Premier League rivals, a study has revealed. As the row over the near seven minutes of added time accorded to United to win the Manchester derby with a last-gasp Michael Owen goal continues, the Guardian newspaper probed the official injury-time statistics. They looked at league matches at United's Old Trafford ground since the start of the 2006-07 season and revealed ...
September
21
Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson hailed his side's rollercoaster 4-3 victory over neighbors Manchester City at Old Trafford as the "best derby of all time." Ferguson made the claim while ruing his side's sloppy defensive play which allowed City to claim three equalizing goals before Michael Owen's clinical winner deep into injury time on Sunday. "It could have been an embarrassment, 6-0 or 7-0, if we defended our proper way," claimed the legendary Scot. "We could have won by a ...
September
20
Manchester United substitute Michael Owen broke Manchester City hearts with a dramatic winning goal deep into injury time at Old Trafford on Sunday. Owen cropped up in the fifth minute of added time to latch on to a Ryan Giggs pass and beat Shay Given with a trademark neat finish to give United a 4-3 victory in a pulsating seven-goal derby. City hit back to equalize three times, with Crag Bellamy's second in the last minute of normal time looking ...
September
18
Bayern Munich plummeted to ninth in the Bundesliga table as they crashed to a second consecutive league defeat with a 1-0 loss at Hanover on Saturday as Hamburg returned to the top. After being crushed 5-2 at home to Werder Bremen the week before,the reigning champions Bayern slumped again and goalkeeper Michael Rensing was wrong-footed when Szabolcs Huszti fired in a free kick after 23 minutes. French international midfielder Franck Ribery came off the bench in the second-half, but it ...
September
18
November 24, 2008 After being crushed 5-2 at home to Werder Bremen the week before,the reigning champions Bayern slumped again and goalkeeper Michael Rensing was wrong-footed when Szabolcs Huszti fired in a free kick after 23 minutes. French international midfielder Franck Ribery came off the bench in the second-half, but it made little difference. A header after 11 minutes by Croatian striker Mladen Petric gave Hamburg a 1-0 win over Borussia Moenchengladbach to put them top of the table after ...
September
14
Michael Jackson, whose music dominated MTV at the height of his career, was the star of the 2009 MTV Music Video Awards -- months after his death. However, the show featured more than accolades for Jackson. Kanye West interrupted Taylor Swift's acceptance speech for Best Female Video, stunning the usually unflappable MTV awards show crowd. Madonna opened the MTV show in New York by hailing Jackson as a musical hero who suffered from a childhood lost to ...
September
7
Jobless for nearly a year, Michael Rivers was about to walk out of his house a few weeks ago to catch the bus for another daylong employment hunt when a radio announcement stopped him. "This is Ludacris, and I'm giving away 20 free cars. ..." The famous rapper was pulling an Oprah in his hometown of Atlanta, Georgia. The rapper announced that if listeners were able to pay the taxes, registration, tags and insurance, they should go to his nonprofit ...
September
7
MotoGP superstar Valentino Rossi says he talked with Ferrari about driving the team's second car in the Italian Formula One Grand Prix next weekend - but decided against it. Ferrari needed a replacement for the sidelined Felipe Massa after previous stand-in Luca Badoer failed to impress in his two outings. Rossi, who is headed for a sixth MotoGP world title, has a massive following amongst motorsport fans in his native Italy and would have been a popular choice. "I ...
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