I've lost count of how many times I've heard friends and family whine to me about how foreign a sport soccer is. It's futile to get defensive because they're wrong and right at the same time.
The genius-moron dichotomy, offered from the start by Steve Kerr himself, will get plenty of play between now and October. The Phoenix general manager knew the sort of criticism he would face if the Suns, after his gutsy, in-season acquisition of Shaquille O'Neal, did no better (or possibly worse) in the playoffs post-Shaq than they had done in recent pre-Shaq years.
The couple hit the 40/40 club to party after his Madison Square Garden Show
Finally, an MVP award for Kobe Bryant.
Regarded as the NBA's best player for several years but never its most valuable, Bryant earned the honor at last on Tuesday after leading the Los Angeles Lakers to the best record in the Western Conference
Costars and friends offer tender (and funny) tributes to Cruise on The Oprah Winfrey Show
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The NBA has scheduled a news conference for Tuesday at a Los Angeles hotel, where Kobe Bryant is expected to be announced as winner of his first Most Valuable Player award.
The prince's girlfriend joins the royals to see "Hero Harry" honored by the military
Britain's Prince Harry was honored on Monday for his recent military service in Afghanistan, which was cut short after news of his mission became public.
Kobe Bryant has won the NBA's MVP award for the first time, the Los Angeles Times reported on its Web site Friday night, citing anonymous sources familiar with the outcome of voting by media members.
I've lost count of how many times I've heard friends and family whine to me about how foreign a sport soccer is. It's futile to get defensive because they're wrong and right at the same time.
The genius-moron dichotomy, offered from the start by Steve Kerr himself, will get plenty of play between now and October. The Phoenix general manager knew the sort of criticism he would face if the Suns, after his gutsy, in-season acquisition of Shaquille O'Neal, did no better (or possibly worse) in the playoffs post-Shaq than they had done in recent pre-Shaq years.
The couple hit the 40/40 club to party after his Madison Square Garden Show
Finally, an MVP award for Kobe Bryant.
Regarded as the NBA's best player for several years but never its most valuable, Bryant earned the honor at last on Tuesday after leading the Los Angeles Lakers to the best record in the Western Conference
Costars and friends offer tender (and funny) tributes to Cruise on The Oprah Winfrey Show
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The NBA has scheduled a news conference for Tuesday at a Los Angeles hotel, where Kobe Bryant is expected to be announced as winner of his first Most Valuable Player award.
The prince's girlfriend joins the royals to see "Hero Harry" honored by the military
Britain's Prince Harry was honored on Monday for his recent military service in Afghanistan, which was cut short after news of his mission became public.
Kobe Bryant has won the NBA's MVP award for the first time, the Los Angeles Times reported on its Web site Friday night, citing anonymous sources familiar with the outcome of voting by media members.
"We had to celebrate," a groggy Madonna says after a night out with Timberlake
With his family's support, he pilots a large, troop-carrier for the Royal Air Force
Britain's Prince William, who has faced criticism for misusing military helicopters, made a surprise visit to Afghanistan this week serving as part of an air crew that made the 30-hour trip from England.
She uses her blog to discuss the controversy about the 15-year-old's Vanity Fair photos
"He's gonna look real good when you see him return," 50 Cent says
Grammy-winner Mariah Carey Рwhose new No. 1 album, E = MC2, sold 463,000 copies in its first week Рis hitting another high: This weekend the Empire State Building in New York City will be lit in lavendar, pink and white in her honor. One of the most successful female recording artists of all time, Carey, 39, recently surpassed Elvis Presley̢۪s record of 17 No. 1 hits with her 18th, "Touch My Body."
The singer premieres Hard Candy on MySpace days before its official launch
The rite of spring will also draw Madonna, Blanchett, Bardem, Cruz and Indiana Jones
The 13-year-old son of Tom Cruise is following in his father's footsteps.
Watch her rendition of "Ave Maria" at a youth rally in his honor in New York
The singer plans a 25-date summer tour with James Blunt
Her parents have even given the rocker the green light to marry the socialite
Two men appeared in a London court Monday accused of trying to blackmail a member of Britain's royal family with sex and drug allegations.
The prince gets his "wings" Friday – and sets his sights on becoming head of Britain's military
Britain's Prince William received his Royal Air Force pilot's wings at a graduation ceremony Friday.
The actor said his Academy Award makes him "much harder to live with"
The inquest into the death of Princess Diana in a Paris car crash in 1997 returned a verdict of unlawful killing on Monday, blaming "grossly negligent" driving by her chauffeur and pursuing photographers for the car wreck.
Diana and Dodi Fayed fell fatal victims to "grossly negligent driving" by Henri Paul
Learn five fun facts about the pop diva's latest album, due April 29
Prince Philip, the husband of Britain's Queen Elizabeth, was released from the hospital on Sunday where he was admitted last week with a chest infection, Buckingham Palace said.
The search is on to find one for the thumb, even if that thumb eventually will be jerked not so subtly to the side, indicating that our chosen player here must go to the end of a line already four-men deep.
The two giggle and blush during a burlesque-themed charity bash
Prince Philip, the husband of Britain's Queen Elizabeth, was admitted to hospital on Friday with a chest infection, Buckingham Palace said.
Brown claims their marriage drove him to do drugs and she had "a different agenda"
The teen sensation is named 2008's Favorite TV Actress and Favorite Female Singer at the awards show
The hip-hop superstar is currently mixing the rocker's third solo album
From the lifts to pizza places to nightclubs, he and Kate Middleton stayed close in the Swiss Alps
With Hollywood still reeling from the untimely death of actor Heath Ledger, the news of director Anthony Minghella's passing after surgery, has sent the film industry into a tailspin.
As the playoffs approach and the NBA heads into its debate season for individual awards, we sometimes forget that this is still about entertainment. With that in mind, here are my picks for the all-entertainment team -- the five most fun players to watch:
But, the rock icon warns, the singer "isn't going to be around long unless she sorts herself out"
The pop star wears a championship belt in the suggestive new artwork
The actor's close friends share memories of him with Interview magazine
Inducting her into Rock Hall, Timberlake tells of the day she played doctor
They retreat to a houseboat on a Botswana waterway filled with crocs and hippos
Now home from the war zone, the prince and his longtime girlfriend step out
"It's a great relief to see him home in one piece," said his father Prince Charles
Harry's older brother is set to serve on a warship in potentially dangerous waters
News that Britain's Prince Harry had been deployed to Afghanistan since December was kept secret by many news outlets for security reasons. A Web site broke the news blackout Thursday. We have been appealing for your views on the news blackout. The following are a selection of your replies:
Prince Harry is to be pulled out of Afghanistan immediately amid fears for his safety after news of his deployment was made public, the British defense ministry said Friday.
The UK's Prince Harry has been serving on the frontline in Afghanistan and seen combat, but his deployment will be reviewed after the news was leaked by a U.S. Web site, the UK Ministry of Defense confirmed Thursday.
Jimmy Kimmel really does love Ben Affleck.
So your favorite team didn't make any big acquisitions before the recent trade deadline? Or maybe it did, but it wasn't the kind of monster deal that has you blocking out those NBA Finals dates on your calendar?
Justin Timberlake and Madonna have a date next month – at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, organizers of the event have announced.
As threatened, Jimmy Kimmel has blasted back at girlfriend Sarah Silverman in the wake of her recent revelation – in an hysterical music video – that she and PEOPLE's Sexiest Man Alive Matt Damon are intimate.
The 80th annual Academy Awards proved to be nothing if not international – honoring performers from Spain, England and France on Hollywood's big night Sunday.
Oscar night offers comforting awards and few surprises, as No Country for Old Men takes the top honor
With the Writers Guild of America strike finally over and Jon Stewart tinkering with his opening monologue, the 80th annual Academy Awards is expected to offer plenty of high wattage glamour on Hollywood's big night.
Ellen Page took top honors at the Film Independent's Spirit Awards, winning best actress for her role in Juno, but Angelina Jolie's baby bump was the show stopper.
The Oscars will be a showdown between a coldblooded killer and a coldblooded tycoon.
As his divorce battle drags on, Sir Paul McCartney took to the stage Wednesday night at the Brit Awards, the U.K. equivalent of the Grammys, and announced: "I need to get back to what I do best – and that is what I'm going to do."
A brokenhearted father takes over the proceedings, calling the Royals insulting names and pressing a bizarre conspiracy theory that he holds to be fact
The father of Princess Diana's boyfriend attacked the British Royal family Monday with a series of insults and accusations at the inquest looking into how the couple died.
No debate: Denzel Washington's film The Great Debaters won hands down Thursday at the 39th annual NAACP Image Awards.
Last year's Academy Award acting winners Helen Mirren, Forest Whitaker, Jennifer Hudson and Alan Arkin will be put to work this Feb. 24 Oscar night – as presenters.
Mariah Carey is offering some major pop provocation with her seductively titled new single, "Touch My Body."
Contrary to press reports, aspiring photographer Kate Middleton isn't teaming up with Mario Testino.
Video courtesy CBS
It looked like it was going to be all Amy Winehouse -- until the end.
Daniel Day-Lewis did more than scoop up yet another award for best actor on Sunday night: he earned a little street cred from his kids.
With the 2008 Grammys on Sunday, the stars began to party early, hitting a bevy of Hollywood hotspots and events on Friday and Saturday.
The Grammy Awards is celebrating its 50th anniversary – and this year's telecast promises plenty of what the Recording Academy offers best: thrilling live performances with an emphasis on unique musical pairings.
As that "great determinator" Super Tuesday quickly draws near, some new high-powered celebrity endorsements – as well as additional bolstering by loyal top-name supporters – are adding further rhetoric to the race.
Friends and celebrity colleagues – including Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes, Sienna Miller, Ellen DeGeneres and director Todd Haynes – gathered on the Sony lot in Los Angeles to remember Heath Ledger on Saturday, PEOPLE has confirmed.
Eva Mendes checked into Utah's Cirque Lodge and has been in the facility, which deals with substance-abuse problems, for several weeks.
Like wine vintages, some years at film festivals are better than others. This year's Sundance Film Festival was by general consensus a lackluster one.
Like wine vintages, some years at film festivals are better than others. This year's Sundance Film Festival was by general consensus a lackluster one.
Britain's Prince Charles will not attend the opening ceremonies of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing -- and a group that campaigns against China's human rights record said Monday that the future monarch's decision was in solidarity with its aims.
After the writers' strike doomed the Golden Globes, the stars will finally come out Sunday for the Screen Actors Guild Awards – the first major televised award ceremony to get a waiver from the Writers Guild of America.
A look ahead at the midway point from the uncertain seer who in the preseason predicted a hot start by the Celtics (excellent vision there!) and a playoff spot for the Knicks (not so excellent) ...
Tom Cruise has been taking a beating in the press lately, but several of the star's pals are standing up for him.
An autopsy Wednesday morning on actor Heath Ledger was inconclusive, and a cause-of-death determination will take 10 to 14 days, a medical examiner's spokeswoman said.
The All-Star break might still be three weeks away, but the NBA has actually reached its midpoint as most teams have logged around 40 games. It's a good time, then, to step back and take a look at the races for the various postseason awards.
A coldblooded killer and a coldblooded tycoon led the Oscar nominations Tuesday, with a lawyer suffering from an ethical crisis also earning a strong showing.
George Clooney and 20-year-old Juno star Ellen Page woke up to great news on Tuesday – they are among the top nominees for the 80th annual Academy Awards, announced at dawn in Beverly Hills.
When Bill Clinton first ran for president in 1992, his campaign posted the now-famous slogan "It's the economy, stupid!" in its headquarters to keep the candidate and everyone around him on point about what the electorate truly cared about. And it worked.
Forget the Big Buzz. It's all about the Big Brrr this year at the 27th annual Sundance Film Festival, which kicked off in snow-covered Park City, Utah, Thursday.
The British romance and war epic Atonement led the list of nominees announced on Wednesday for the Orange British Academy Film Awards, the U.K.'s answer to the Oscars.
They may not have been on hand to take home their Golden Globes on Sunday night, but Hollywood's top actors – including Johnny Depp and Daniel Day-Lewis – expressed gratitude for the honor Monday.
Princess Diana's relationships with two Muslim men provoked an outburst from her mother, who called her daughter "a whore", Paul Burrell, the princess's former butler, told an inquest Monday.
Tim Burton's macabre musical Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street won big at the 65th Annual Golden Globe Awards, announced during a live press conference from Hollywood on Sunday, while the film's star, Johnny Depp, picked up best actor in movie comedy or musical.
From Harry Potter to Beatrix Potter, Bond to Borat, David Lean to Mr Bean, British cinema, the skills of British actors, directors and technicians have long been respected around the globe. And as the London Film Festival opens in the British capital, one of the starring roles is the city itself.
Movie deaths can be tragic, heroic, spine-chilling -- even funny. This month, we've brought together our favorite screen exits, from Psycho to Bambi.
Although the writers' strike continues to slow down the award season, on Tuesday night the people were heard – and not just in New Hampshire.
The NFL's Super Bowl tournament is down to its elite eight, and here are the divisional round storylines that intrigue me ...
As the Golden Globes became the first awards-show casualty in the Hollywood writers strike, the Critics' Choice Awards fared better Monday – and with no picket lines in sight, that meant an all-star showing, from Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie to George Clooney and Katie Holmes.
The stars are shining over New Hampshire – at least as far as Tuesday's presidential primaries are concerned.
Spain's King Juan Carlos, with 32 years on the throne, turns 70 Saturday. But after years of undeniable adulation among Spaniards for putting down an attempted coup in 1981, he's recently faced more difficult times.
It was a year that often seemed more legally curious than momentous. In 2007, the coFurts answered questions about Anna Nicole Smith's baby daddy and final resting place, but maintained the status quo on our nation's deepest constitutional issues.
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