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Year of the Rabbit: 5 Facts About the Chinese Astrological Sign for 2011
By David Knowles - AOL NewsHappy 4709! The Chinese Year of the Rabbit begins on Thursday. The fourth of 12 Chinese animal astrological signs, the rabbit largely represents tranquility and calm. With billions of people around the globe set to celebrate the changing of the animal guard, Surge Desk decided to explore the significance behind the bunny sign. 1. The rabbit is considered a lucky sign Unlike Western astrology, with its ever-shifting, daily horoscopes, those born under the sign of the rabbit are said to be kind, wise, gentle, considerate and, yes, fashionable. 2. It prompts no shortage of bunny ...
Pitt, Jolie Donate $2 Million to African Wildlife Refuge
By not in system - AOL NewsJOHANNESBURG -- Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are donating $2 million to the Namibian sanctuary where they spent Christmas with their kids. The donation to the Naankuse Lodge and Wildlife Sanctuary was made through the Jolie-Pitt Foundation in the name of their daughter Shiloh, who was born in Namibia. Naankuse Wildlife Sanctuary/AP Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are shown with their children and owners and staff of the Naankuse Wildlife Sanctuary, where Pitt and Jolie spent Christmas with their six children. Jolie and Pitt are donating $2 million to the Nambian sanctuary. In a ...
Brad Pitt Narrates New Orleans Saints Super Bowl Film
By Hal Spivack - AOL NewsActor Brad Pitt is the NFL's narrator for the New Orleans Saints' Super Bowl victory film. Pitt, one of the strongest supporters of the New Orleans area since Hurricane Katrina ravaged the region five years ago, will narrate the NFL Films' documentary, "America's Game: 2009 New Orleans Saints," recapping the Saints' spectacular season and their upset victory over the Indianapolis Colts in Super Bowl XLIV. The Saints' Super Bowl victory lifted the spirits of many New Orleans' residents, and the video will chronicle the team's inspiring season and story. The film will premiere on the NFL ...
Oakland Goes Hollywood With Brad Pitt's 'Moneyball' Production
By Jeff Fletcher - AOL NewsOAKLAND, Calif. -- There has been a buzz around the Coliseum this week that has nothing to do with Trevor Cahill or Kurt Suzuki or Andrew Bailey. It's about guys like Scott Hatteberg, Miguel Tejada and -- who are we kidding? -- Brad Pitt. For the past week, Hollywood has taken over the Coliseum, where they've been shooting the long-awaited film "Moneyball," based on the book that chronicled Billy Beane's innovative methods of building the 2002 A's. Pitt, who is playing Beane, has already left quite an impression on the A's employees who have spent a little time with him. "Is he a good me?" ...
Gulf Oil Spill in 3-D: Coming Soon to a Theater Near You
By Kathryn Yao - AOL News(July 30) -- While a documentary on the gulf oil spill starring SpongeBob SquarePants will likely never see the light of day, the BP disaster is getting very real attention in filmmaking circles these days. One of the most talked-about spill movies on the horizon is "The Singing Planet" by Louie Psihoyos, Oscar-winning director of "The Cove." In an interview with Momentum, Psihoyos said of his new project: It's a film about the mass extinction of wildlife caused by humanity -- I think it's the biggest story out there right now. ... We'll be all over the world for that one -- the gulf, ...
Lisbeth Salander, the Girl Who Rocked the Mystery-Action Genre
By Luisita Lopez Torregrosa - Politics DailyWe are all a little in love with her. In this season of heat and sweat and languor, there's no escaping Lisbeth Salander. She is, of course, the enigmatic action hero of the sensational Millennium Trilogy -- "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo," "The Girl Who Played With Fire," The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest''-- the trio of dazzling mystery novels by the Swedish journalist Stieg Larsson, who died of a heart attack at the age of 50 in 2004, before his manuscripts were published and he could witness the worldwide phenomenon his books became in just a few years. Lisbeth Salander, 25, frail, ...
LA Man Creates Tour of Gangsta Hot Spots
By David Moye - AOL News(May 31) -- Tourists who visit Los Angeles often visit Grauman's Chinese Theatre to see the footprints of the stars. Now they can also dip their toes into gangsta culture. For the last six months, an L.A. company, LA Gang Tours, has been offering tours of the city's hottest gang spots, including the county jail, the birthplace of the Black Panther Party and a lab where graffiti artists ply their trade. The tours are priced at $65 and, along with seeing the sights, polo shirt-wearing tourists can also take photos with reformed gang members and ask them questions about the thug life. ...
The Dugout: Oakland Athletics Spring Training 2010
By Brandon Stroud - AOL NewsThe AL West continues to prove itself a bizarre and uninhabitable place as the Dugout's 2010 Spring Training event skips Oakland completely and heads straight into Hollywood. Billy Beane and the book "Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game, or How I Learned to Stop Working Out and Love the Balm" are being made into a major motion picture starring one-eighth of Brangelina and a bunch of comedians trying to wear business suits and win Golden Globes. It's a great example of how Hollywood prettiest up the hero and turns the supporting characters into Tolkeinesque two-dimensional sniveling ...
Wyclef Jean Defends Yele Haiti Foundation's Finances
By Emily Miller - Politics DailyHaitian-American singer Wyclef Jean held a press conference in New York on Monday to defend against accusations that he has profited from his charity Yele Haiti. Since the massive earthquake that struck Haiti last Tuesday, Jean has called on the public to text "YELE" to 501501 to donate $5 to the Yele Haiti Earthquake Fund, which has raised over $2 million in just days, according to the Associated Press. "Yele's books are open and transparent. We have been given a clean bill of health by an external auditor every year since we started," Jean told reporters.He denied all accusations that he ...
Tiger Woods Considering $3 Million Haiti Donation
By David Knowles - AOL News(Jan. 14) – Scandal-plagued golfer Tiger Woods may be on the verge of making an enormous donation – $3 million – to help relief efforts in Haiti. Hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons told the New York Daily News, "Tiger Woods is working on sending a mobile hospital with 50 EMTs to go set up a triage." According to the Daily News, Simmons approached Woods about joining forces with Yele, Wyclef Jean's Haitian relief organization. Simmons told the paper that Woods seemed "excited" about making a contribution. Karim Sahib, AFP/Getty Images Tiger Woods is said to be considering ...
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