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Sob story: Why tears are no longer taboo (Independent)
Sharron Davies shed some after Rebecca Adlington won gold in Beijing. Windsurfer Bryony Shaw couldn't hold back when she picked up bronze, and Sienna Miller's been at it while filling up at the petrol pumps. Suddenly PDTs (public displays of tears) are everywhere. But what makes us well up? Fred Durst Shares His Thoughts on Fatherhood, Gender Equality and Directing Ice Cube in "The Longshots" (PR.com)
Fred Durst Taking in a screening of the film The Longshots starring Ice Cube and Keke Palmer, I was struck by its poignant portrayal of a young girl who makes it to the Pop Warner Football League’s Superbowl as the first and only female football player to ever be a part of its league. Based on the real life of Jasmine Plummer, The Longshots tackles (no pun intended) the issues of absentee ... Tasty pub fare at Tilted Kilt (The Capital Times)
My male companion called it Hooters Light. "It's really pretty tame," said my old college friend as we took in the Tilted Kilt in all its sad glory. The small restaurant chain, which first opened in 2003 inside a Las Vegas hotel and casino, hypes its scantily clad, knee-high sock-wearing, midriff-exposing female waitstaff. "In this day and age, you see a lot more skin at the beach -- or at the ... Excerpt from 'Guyland: The Perilous World Where Boys Become Men' (USA Today)
Guyland: The Perilous World Where Boys Become Men U.S. women's volleyball duo defends its gold in style, and rain (The Trenton Times)
BEIJING -- Jesse Owens, as far as we know, never presented his backside for the leader of the free world to slap. Michael Phelps, as far as we can tell, never described himself as "six feet of sunshine."
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