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...called Susan Tick, Sony's senior vice president of corporate communication, and offered, "I'm not gay, but one night with Heath Ledger would flip me like a Vermont legislator!" And to replace Manning's quote from The Animal - THE PRODUCING TEAM OF BIG DADDY HAS DELIVERED ANOTHER WINNER! - I suggested, "I'm not gay, but one night with Rob Schneider would flip me like a Vermont legislator!" Tick, nervous about these ideas, did not want to comment: "I don't want to say anything about Rob Schneider's not being as good-looking as Heath Ledger, because that might...
...finish this one, you'll be 104!'" Barker, actually 77, is still taping new shows four days a week, knocking down 86% of his putts in the Golf Game and rooking poor innocents on the infernal Plinko board. "That's not true. Yesterday I had the all-time winner on Plinko--won $23,000. Plinko can be pretty expensive, though no one's ever won $50,000. If they did, of course, that would mean bankruptcy." He also remains an eager participant in the recruitment and hiring of the show's spokesmodels, known as Barker's Beauties. (Two were hired...
...Bare-knuckle kickboxing doesn't pay much: at fights outside the Thai border town of Mae Sot, the purse is $22 for a Thai winner, $11 for a Burmese, $4 each for a draw?losers get nothing. And the rules are brutally simple. Head-butting, elbowing, kneeing as well as kicking and punching are allowed. Victory is by surrender or straight knockout. If both fighters are still standing after five rounds (or two for kickboxers under 14), it's a draw. There's no count: the two referees' chief purpose is to protect a floored fighter from being stomped...
...PRESIDENT'S NIGHTSTAND He reads a lot of history, a lot political biography. We both like mysteries. Every once in awhile we'll share a mystery that we enjoyed. Nathaniel Philbrick, the National Book Award winner, was just here with his book on the Essex, the whaling ship ["In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex"]. That was a book that the president immediately picked...
...Plus, the Crimson had Mattison. The senior's incredible scoring binge continued against the Hawks, as she sacrificed her body to head a loose ball past the Hartford keeper for a first-half strike. The goal proved to be the game-winner as Harvard stomped to a 3-0 upset victory and earned the right to face the No. 1 team in the land-Notre Dame-in the Sweet Sixteen...