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  • Kim K and Kanye Wests baby is meant to be says pal Brittny Gastineau

    Kim Kardashian's longtime model friend Brittny Gastineau has said that it is not at all weird to see the reality star and her beau Kanye West as parents, adding that it was meant to be. The American socialite told Us magazine that Kardashian and the rapper are naturals and completely amazing with the baby. Gastineau, 29, added that she has been visiting the family every day in LA and she is ...

  • What workers hate about work culture at Facebook

    Facebook employees have given bizarre answers to a question posted by a question-and-answer website Quora. Quora created, edited and organized by its community of users, had asked a question 'worst thing about working at Facebook' to which the social media giant's employees gave varied and interesting answers. The responses included praise for the free food and drinks prepared by renowned ...

  • James Gandolfini Movies True Romance Zero Dark Thirty Not Fade Away Where The Wild Things Are More

    1993 Tony Scott movie "True Romance." (Warning: Link NSFW.) Gandolfini reunited with Scott for "Crimson Tide" in 1995; that year also found him starring in "Get Shorty" as Bear, a gruff and physical bodyguard with a heart of gold. Other supporting parts in "A Civil Action," "8MM," "She's So Lovely," "The Juror" and ...

  • Garde Gardom recalled fondly as a happy warrior with a terrific sense of humour

    Former NDP premier Mike Harcourt recalls Garde Gardom -- a political opponent -- as a man who wouldn't let party differences get in the way of a friendship or personal respect. "He was a very happy warrior," said Harcourt of the former lieutenant-governor and attorney-general, who died Tuesday at age 88. "He was ebullient, positive and very outgoing. "We were friends ...

  • Vaughn Palmer Garde Gardom mixed good humour with royal character

    VICTORIA -- No one who met Garde Gardom was likely to forget the vigorous presence, the town crier's voice, and the ever-present laugh, his head thrown back, him savouring every moment, the original hale-fellow-well-met of the B.C. political scene.Gardom was elected in 1966, defeating Social Credit stalwart Robert Bonner. In the subsequent decade, he was one of a trio of Liberal MLAs who ...

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Seven Samurai (Shichinin no samurai) [DVD]

Seven Samurai (Shichinin no samurai) [DVD]

At its core, Akira Kurosawas Seven Samurai is little more than a great yarn extremely well spun. Its story is so simple, it can be summarized in a single sentence: Small Japanese farming village is threatened by bandits and hires seven ronin (masterless samurai) to protect them ... ...

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  • Alonzo Bodden Makes you laugh

    As big and intimidating as Alonzo Bodden is, he could be an ex-football star, a bodyguard or a hitman, but instead he uses his talents as a ...

  • Online vote to make one Sacramento business dream come true

    Someone's downtown Sacramento business dream is on the verge of becoming a reality.Five business concepts have been chosen as finalists for the nonprofit Downtown Sacramento Foundation's inaugural "Calling All Dreamers" competition.Established in 2011, the foundation is a sister organization of the Downtown Sacramento Partnership. Through April and May, applications were ...

  • Cat nurses orphaned pit bull puppy in Ohio

    CLEVELAND -- A cat caring for four newborn kittens is nursing an orphaned week-old pit bull puppy in Cleveland.Sharon Harvey of the Cleveland Animal Protective League said Wednesday that Lurlene the cat welcomed Noland the puppy to her "unusual little family." The puppy was dropped off at the animal shelter last week when he was a day old.The staff decided to place Noland with the ...

  • NJ cease and desist order brings scathing rebuttal

    NEWARK, N.J. -- Rare is the legal rebuttal that calls a cease and desist order a "literary gag gift" and uses the phrase "big meanie."Then there's the sarcasm-laden document that landed on the desk of the West Orange, N.J., township lawyer Monday.It's a response to a cease and desist order sent to a township resident who started using the website westorange.info in ...

  • Smart watch for drunk people

    Kisai Intoxicated watch, offered for a launch price of $US99 until Friday night in Australia, shows the date and time, and offers alarms, as you would expect from any wristwatch.But a breathalyser is also hidden beneath what looks like a watch dial and can be used to rate the wearer's blood alcohol level from .001 per cent to as high as .2 per cent - four times the legal Australian driving ...

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