Tiger’s unapologetic apology

February 20, 2010
Tiger’s unapologetic apology

Anyway you look at it, the so-called “apology” by Tiger Woods is nothing but a carefully-scripted attempt to save what’s left of his career and image. And it ain’t working. In what could only charitably be called a monotone, Woods offered a wooden (pun intended) apology that lacked sincerity, believability or candor. It came off for what...
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Julienne Moore: Only if the story calls for it

February 19, 2010
Julienne Moore: Only if the story calls for it

Actress Julianne Moore has had no qualms about doffing her clothes in movies. We saw a lot of her naked charms in Boogie Nights, End Cuts, Body of Evidence and other works of, shall we say, art. But Moore says she refuses to do nude scenes “if the story doesn’t call for it.” However, it appears...
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Rip Torn’s case delayed

February 18, 2010
Rip Torn’s case delayed

Actor Rip Torn, who got drunk and broke into a bank in his hometown in January, was supposed to go to trial this week but his case was reset for March because of a “scheduling conflict.” Torn, a veteran actor who appeared in “Men in Black” and many other films, has had several run-ins with...
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Webster’s Dictionary: A dirty book

February 16, 2010
Webster’s Dictionary: A dirty book

You know school systems are getting uptight when they ban Webster’s dictionary from the classroom. But that happened in Oak Meadows Elementary School in Riverside County, California, after some parents didn’t like the idea that the dictionary included definitions of dirty things like oral sex. After “considerable discussion,” The Los Angeles Times reports that a committee...
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Tennis coach misunderstands ‘love’ on the court

February 15, 2010
Tennis coach misunderstands ‘love’ on the court

A 30-year-old Savage, MN, tennis instructor apparently misunderstood the meaning of “love” on the tennis court. Nathan Ryan McLain faces two felony counts of third-degree criminal sexual conduct after a teenage student admitted a year-and-a-half long affair with the coach. The 18-year-old girl had been a student of McLain for four years and was 16 when...
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When your 15-year-old daughter wants to nail her boyfriend

February 14, 2010
When your 15-year-old daughter wants to nail her boyfriend

So, what do you do when your 15-year-old daughter announces she is thinking about having sex with her 17-year-old boyfriend? That question came up in an online chat with Washington Post columnist Carolyn Hax: My 15-year-old daughter is thinking about having sex with her 17-year-old boyfriend (her first). She says she has only two friends who...
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