Category: Gossip
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Ed Skrein: From Swimmer to Action Star
‘Transporter Refueled’ actor Ed Skrein talks about his active background and perfecting his ‘action star run.’
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Danny Huston: Filming new underwater movie Pressure was like torture
The American Horror Story actor stars alongside Matthew Goode and Joe Cole in the film about three oil rig workers trapped in a diving bell at the bottom of the ocean. Stunt scenes for the movie also involved donning heavy diving equipment to film in a water tank at Pinewood Studios. Danny revealed: “Everything I…
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Candice Alley: The truth about Grant
Candice Alley can’t hide the hurt. ‘I ran out of tears, it was so exhausting,’ she says, remembering the dying days of her five-year marriage to Olympic legend Grant Hackett. She has moved on with her life. But Grant’s remarkable pool comeback – creating new headlines about the golden couple’s split – has finally forced…
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Naoya Tomita found guilty of stealing camera at Asian Games
A South Korean court has found Japanese swimmer Naoya Tomita guilty of stealing a camera at the Incheon Asian Games in September last year. The district court in Incheon fined Tomita 1 million won (about $890), as called for by prosecutors. Tomita had initially admitted to the charge of stealing the camera, which belonged to…
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Ian Thorpe gives cute granny the cold shoulder
She’s won a hoard of fans for her straight-talking YouTube videos, which her son promotes on her hugely popular Facebook page. But Olympic swimmer Ian Thorpe wasn’t very impressed when 78-year-old Nonna Paola tried to approach him on the Logies red carpet in Melbourne on Sunday for a quick chin wag. Reporting from the event…
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“Who gives a toss?†Sir Michael Parkinson reveals what he told Ian Thorpe before he came out
It was one of the most captivating interviews in recent memory and now Sir Michael Parkinson has lifted the lid on the sage advice he gave to Aussie swimmer Ian Thorpe before he came out. Looking back, the 80-year-old recounted his conversation with the sports star to News.com.au. “I said to him at the time:…
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Grant Hackett turned to drugs after a death threat: Father Neville Hackett speaks out
“This happened about two years ago when he was forced to immediately leave Melbourne to live in Sydney. The truth about this has never come out. “That’s what really caused the Stilnox abuse and the addiction. “I know he used Stilnox while he was swimming but he wasn’t hooked on it. It was when his…
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Ex-Fishers High School swim coach sentenced
Former Fishers swim coach Ken Stopkotte was sentenced Monday to 26 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to bank larceny, money laundering and access device fraud, Call 6 Investigator Kara Kenney reported.
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Floyd Mayweather Jr takes training for Pacquiao fight to swimming pool
Floyd Mayweather Jr. took his training for his upcoming megafight against Manny Pacquiao to the pool. Mayweather posted an Instagram video of himself doing boxing exercises in the pool before going for laps to swim with his strength and conditioning coach Alex Ariza, a former member of Pacquiao’s corner, overseeing his training. The WBA and…