World Series Splash in McCovey Cove at Pac Bell Stadium
Fans arrive by motorboats and dinghies to the World Series game at Pacific Bell Stadium in San Francisco, turning McCovey Cove into a festive waterfront scene. The tradition of floating memorabilia gap shows in boats, surfboards, and inflatables, with Giants players like Barry Bonds credited for inflating the legend.
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Los Angeles Times
Mccovey Cove
Calif
Pacific Bell Stadium
San Francisco Giants
Willie McCovey
China Basin
Pac Bell Stadium
Giants
Barry Bonds
San Francisco
Pacific Bell Park
Cobain Diaries Reveal Drug Struggle and Suicidal Thoughts
Excerpts from Kurt Cobain’s journals published in Newsweek and the upcoming book Journals show the Nirvana frontman using heroin to ease a stomach ailment and confessing thoughts of killing himself. The 288 page collection covers 1980s to 1994 and includes letters to Courtney Love and his father.
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Associated Press
Kurt Cobain
Nirvana Star
Newsweek
Cobain
Seattle
Courtney Love
Riverhead Books
Celine Dion Renames Vegas Show From Muse to A New Day
Celine Dion changes the title of her Las Vegas show at Caesars Palace from Muse to A New Day set to debut March 25 at the Colosseum. Franco Dragone says the production blends song dance theater and special effects with rehearsals underway in Belgium.
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Knight Ridder
Muse
Celine Dion
Colosseum Theater
Caesars Palace
Las Vegas
Dion
la Louviere
Belgium
Franco Dragone
Celine
Gwyneth Paltrow Presents Honor to Harvey Weinstein in London
Gwyneth Paltrow resurfaced in London to present an honorary British Film Institute fellowship to Harvey Weinstein, Miramax Films co chair. She had won the best actress Oscar for Shakespeare in Love, produced by Miramax. Weinstein praised her late father Bruce Paltrow, who died Oct 3 in Rome, calling the loss a communal one.
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Gwyneth Paltrow
British Film Institute
Miramax Films
Harvey Weinstein
Paltrow
Miramax
Weinstein
Bruce Paltrow
Rome
America
Pacino recalls drinking days at Oscar ceremony
Al Pacino says he once drank and used drugs heavily at an Oscars ceremony and felt relieved he did not win the Best Actor award for Serpico in 1973. He notes he was into substances that altered his mood and has since stopped.
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Knight Ridder
al Pacino
Ananova.com
Devil's Advocate
Serpico
Pacino
BBC pounds Britons Top 10 list omits some icons
The BBC poll of over 30 000 voters names the 10 greatest Britons from a Top 100 list. John Lennon makes the cut while Paul McCartney and George Harrison do not. Queen Elizabeth I appears but Elizabeth II does not. The roster includes Diana Churchill Shakespeare Newton Darwin Brunel Nelson Cromwell and Lennon.
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Knight Ridder
John Lennon
Paul McCartney
Elizabeth I
Queen Elizabeth II
BBC
Diana
Prince Charles
Winston Churchill
William Shakespeare
Isaac Newton
Charles Darwin
Isambard Kingdom Brunel
Horatio Nelson
Oliver Cromwell
England
Lennon
McCartney
George Harrison
Births mark feats of actor Nelson and stars on list
Today's birthdays honor David Nelson from The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet and notable figures including Bill Wyman F Murray Abraham Kevin Kline Ben Gillies Monica Adrienne Bailon and other performers from film music and TV.
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David Nelson
the Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
Rolling Stones
Bill Wyman
F. Murray Abraham
Kevin Kline
Ben Gillies
Silverchair
Monica
Adrienne Bailon
3LW
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Blake Ridgeway
Gwyneth
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