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2009
Toe to Toe, tells the story of a love/hate relationship between lacrosse mates Tosha and Jesse, two senior girls at a competitive Washington, D.C., prep school. Tosha is a fiercely determined African American scholarship student from Anacostia, one of Washington’s poorest areas, while Jesse is a privileged, but troubled, white girl from Bethesda, …
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January
2009
Cast: Mickey Rourke, Marisa Tomei, Rachel Evan Wood
Dir: Darren Aronofsky
Rating: 5/5 Mickey Rourke was one of cinema’s biggest stars during the eighties before he let his personal life take over the headlines, eventually quitting acting and returning to his teenage love of boxing.
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19th
January
2009
American actress Taraji P. Henson is best known for her roles in Baby Boy and Hustle and Flow back in 2005 but it’s her new film The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, alongside Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett, that is really catching the attention of both audiences and critics. The thirty eight year old star made her big screen debut in 1998 in action …
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19th
January
2009
Sean Penn is one of the finest actors of his generation, finally getting his hands on an Oscar in 2003 for his role in Mystic River, and this week sees him back as political Harvey Milk in Gus Van Sant’s political drama Milk. Penn launched his career in 1981 in film Taps before going on to star in comedy Fast Times at Ridgemont High. But it is perh…
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19th
January
2009
After the rather quiet opening of this year’s Sundance Film Festival proceedings are now well and truly underway as we enter day four of the festival. And Antonie Faqua’s, director of Training Day, Brooklyn’s Finest is one of the fist films to get snapped up after being screened. The thriller, which stars Richard Gere and Ethan Hawke has been picke…
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19th
January
2009
Manchester City have agreed a price to sign West Ham striker Craig Bellamy. Bellamy has made it clear he wanted to leave the club and was left out of the West Ham squad for yesterdays 3-1 win over Fulham.
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19th
January
2009
The death of their teenage son, Bennett, in a car crash is almost too much for the Brewer family to bear, not just because his was a life of such promise but also because the impact of his death unleashes the turmoil that was just beneath the surface of their lives. His mother becomes obsessed and can’t let go; his father, in turn, can’t face it a…
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19th
January
2009
‘N Sync will not reunite. Despite Lance Bass hinting recently that the ‘Bye Bye Bye’ hitmakers may record a reunion album, his former bandmate JC Chasez insists the group - Jance, JC, Justin Timberlake, Joey Fatone and Chris Kirkpatrick - have not discussed reconciliation.
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19th
January
2009
Shakira is working with Pharell Williams and Wyclef Jean on her new album. The ‘Whenever, Wherever’ singer is working on new songs with the N*E*R*D star and former Fugees singer for her forthcoming LP, which is due out later this year.
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19th
January
2009
Mtv today announced a star - studded line-up featuring Kanye West, Kid Rock and Fall Out Boy as they perform at the official Youth Inaugural Ball, where Mtv is anchoring “Be the Change: Live from the Inaugural.” Grammy award-winning artist Usher and Rosario Dawson, whose organisation ‘Voto Latino’ helped mobilise the youth vote, will be on hand …
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