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...school, Crowe wanted to attend college to study history. But his father was out of work, so instead he hit the market and got jobs in repertory productions of Grease and The Rocky Horror Picture Show and sang in a moderately successful band, Roman Antix. After enduring the usual amateur lows--including a job as the star of a Seventh-Day Adventist in-house video--he caught his first big break at 25, when he was cast in a low-budget film, The Crossing. The director, George Ogilvie, says he asked Crowe which role he wanted to play...
INJURED. BETHANY HAMILTON, 13, among the nation's best competitive amateur surfers, after a 10-to-15-ft. shark bit off her left arm while she was lying on her surfboard; off Kauai's North Shore, Hawaii. Hamilton had obtained several sponsors and was planning...
...Prague's large expat community ensures plenty of competition. Dynamo Zizkov FC (members.lycos.co.uk/dynamozizkov), founded five years ago by soccer-mad Brits, is the best-known amateur club. Serious drop-ins are welcome at the weekly practice sessions. Tuesdays, from 8 p.m. on the Astroturf pitch behind the primary school at n?mest? Jir?ho z Lobkovic 121/22, Prague 3 (Metro: Green line, Skalka stop...
...weekdays, try the British School in Tervuren, just 12 km from central Brussels and easily accessible via the No. 44 tram. • Prague's large expat community ensures plenty of competition. Dynamo Zizkov FC (members.lycos.co.uk/dynamozizkov), founded five years ago by soccer-mad Brits, is the best-known amateur club. Serious drop-ins are welcome at the weekly practice sessions. Tuesdays, from 8 p.m. on the Astroturf pitch behind the primary school at Námestí Jirího z Lobkovic 121/22, Prague 3 (Metro: Green line, Skalka stop). • In Tokyo try Aoyama Park (three minutes walk from...
That was Iraqi bodybuilder Ali al-Gaiyar's first reaction to the news that his onetime rival in iron pumping, Arnold Schwarzenegger, had been elected Governor of California. In 1966 al-Gaiyar beat Arnie at the world amateur championships in Berlin. The two became friendly but eventually went their separate ways. Here's a look at how al-Gaiyar and the Governator matched up over the years...