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...Honestly, I have nothing better to do this weekend," Sneider says of the forthcoming bout. Not all of Boll?s contenders are taking the fight so casually. Chris Alexander, a critic for Rue Morgue Magazine in Toronto, has been training five hours a day for the past three months, and has reportedly been taking tips from punk rocker Alice Cooper and actor Verne "Mini Me" Troyer. Of the four remaining contestants, he is the only one expected to put up any sort of fight. Boll, however, is still cautious: "I have a few disadvantages," he says. "I have...
...guys on the defensive line got through to Dawson, but he broke each tackle and ran for 75 yards on the play.Those types of plays have led many to believe he has enough talent to play professionally.Count the Canadian Football League among the believers.Last year his hometown team, the Toronto Argonauts, drafted him No. 47 overall. But his ultimate goal is the National Football League.Unlike most members of the class of 2007, once this season ends Dawson will devote himself to promoting his football ability, not his economics degree.“My future isn’t open ended...
...down for a tête-à-tête with Anne-Marie Zapf-Belanger ’09, the Toronto native who skyrocketed to fame last spring when she posted a “casual encounters” ad on Craigslist for a tryst in Widener. Within hours the post hit the open list circuit, sparking debate about everything from morals to missionary. Zapf-Belanger responded in a mass e-mail, informing the world that she was serious, and still interested in shaking up the stacks...
...Standing up for what you believe in, and being prepared to pay the price, is the theme of two fine new non-fiction films. Barbara Kopple and Cecilia Peck?s Shut Up & Sing had its world premiere this week at the Toronto International Film Festival, with the Chicks in attendance. Patricia Foulkrod?s The Ground Truth, which opened Friday in New York and eight other cities, and is available on DVD Sept. 26, details the harrowing experiences of soldiers in Iraq and after they returned home...
...Will Boratmania conquer North America as it has Toronto? I hope so, since it's the most inventive, assaultive - and just plain funny comedy since South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut. One clue to the movie's early power is the unease it has sparked among the presumed objects of its ridicule. The real Kazakhstan, perhaps taking a hint from Kurdistan's recent ad campaign promoting itself as "the other Iraq," is busily devising a publicity effort to counter Borat's supposed national slander...