Anand Jon trial: What lies beneath Nov 22, 2008
Deep involvement in the yogic disciples from early childhood has set a metaphysical yet playful flavor in all of Anand Jon's creations. Sacred geometry is often an underlying structural element of the Anand Jon collections. (Sify.com, India)
Keeping up with Grace Jones Nov 7, 2008
" At one point she shared a flat in Paris with Jerry Hall and Jessica Lange. Then she got bored with modelling. She had spent her childhood projecting the image of a good, Christian girl. Then she had embodied the fantasies of fashion designers. Now she wanted to stand for nothing but herself - her ideas and emotions. Determined to sing and act, she shaved off her hair and eyebrows and signed with Island Records in 1977, cutting three disco albums in three years: Portfolio, Fame and Muse.... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Prosecutors: No criminal conduct in Levert death Sep 17, 2008
Levert and his brother Gerald formed LeVert in the 1980s with childhood friend Marc Gordon. Their hits included Baby I'm Ready,(Pop, Pop, Pop, Pop) Goes My Mind and Casanova. (USA Today -- Life)
Tragic death shocks team, community, family Jul 15, 2008
EUGENE -- Todd Doxey and his childhood friend, JayDee Luster, had a pact. And it almost certainly would've been a topic of discussion later this month when Doxey, a football player at Oregon, returned from Eugene to San Diego to spend a week with Luster, a basketball player transferring from New Mexico State to Wyoming. (OregonLive, OR -- Sports)
Mike Myers' 'The Love Guru' packs silly spirit Jun 20, 2008
Occasionally, you just have to laugh at The Love Guru and a few of the rapid-fire P.P. jokes (that would be poop and penis) that might inspire a second childhood of giddiness, if not exactly a full-blown embrace. Played by co-writer and producer Mike Myers, Guru Pitka strives to overtake childhood pal Deepak Chopra as the world s No. 1 self-help spiritualist. (Cleveland.com)
Jailed singer Sean Levert dies Apr 2, 2008
Sean and Gerald Levert formed their band LeVert in 1986 with childhood friend Marc Gordon. The trio had two gold albums in the US in 1987 and 1988. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
* Dance series will put a spring in your step Mar 21, 2008
The dancers all wear full head masks that turn them into chubby-cheeked, blank-faced dolls, the better to project an image of a lost childhood. The masks, by Monique Luyton, along with Casanova's set and costumes, create a rich fantasy world that perfectly matches Marin's imaginative choreography. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Yes, Deepika and I are in love: Ranbir Kapoor Mar 15, 2008
We've been friends since childhood ... My second director Siddharth Anand is a childhood friend. (SantaBanta.com)
Mets notes: Last trip to Dodgertown Mar 2, 2008
Coming up: Randolph, a Dodger in 1989 and into 1990 who spent his childhood in Brooklyn, makes his last 0000173C visit to Dodgertown in Vero Beach, Fla. the home for the Dodgers since 1948, on Sunday for a 1:05 p.m. ET game. (MLB.com -- NY Mets Mets)
The Thursday Inside Scoop Jan 25, 2008
The EmeraldA little part of my childhood died last Dec. 13. On that day the Mitchell Report listed the names of famous (and not-so-famous) baseball players who had used performance-enhancing drugs. (Oregon Sports -- Rivals.com)
The Inner Workings of a Womanizer Nov 24, 2007
Womanizers may have unstable or nonexistent relationships with father figures especially in early childhood which makes them insecure about who they are. Casanovas tend to exhibit some traits associated with psychopathy, says Robert Hare, author of Without Conscience in Psychology Today ( The Lady Killer Files , November December 2007). (Suite101.com)
Friday Inside Scoop Oct 20, 2007
Moos is 70 miles from his alma mater at WSU and 30 miles from Edwall, where he spent his childhood on a cattle ranch. He plans to be in the business again, raising grass-fed beef. (Oregon Sports -- Rivals.com)
Television movies for the week of August 26 Aug 26, 2007
A bear helps a childhood friend travel through the wilderness to burn a powerful amulet ... A rabbi and a priest, lifelong friends, each fall for a childhood friend when she comes back to town ... A detective investigates the brutal beating and murder of the daughter of a childhood friend, then questions a second friend. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Food Monthly Jun 24, 2007
My sons had an unusual and happy childhood, not without some excitements - often involving an outing. We'd go to Pinewood studios and have lunch with maybe Sean Connery and John Huston. (Guardian Unlimited)
Factory Girl (15) Mar 19, 2007
Previously, she had been let down variously by her childhood sweetheart Chuck Wein, who exploited Edie's popularity with Warhol; high-school friend Syd Pepperman, who seemingly pimped his pal to rock stars; and model agent Diana Vreeland, who ceased to represent Sedgwick after she was given the cold-shoulder by Warhol and developed a serious heroin habit which was funded by making cheap porn films. As a consequence of the film's partisan stance, the supporting characters are somewhat partial in... (Blackpool Citizen)