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  • After 12 Miranda Kerr feels good in husbands clothes

    Supermodel Miranda Kerr likes to wear her husband Orlando Bloom's clothes because it makes her feel closer to him. The 30-year-old steals items from her husband's wardrobe also because she likes his relaxed rock 'n' roll style. "Sometimes I wear my husband's jacket or T-shirt. It feels good because it's his and it's fun to mix it up," contactmusic.com quoted Kerr as saying. Kerr, who is known ...

  • Miranda Kerr flashes bare boobs on Miami Beach

    Miranda Kerr bared her boobs while shooting an ad for her new make-up range 'Kora Organics' on Miami Beach, Florida. The Victoria's Secrets beauty, 30, was spotted giggling as she struck a pose, the Sun reported. However, an assistant covered the Aussie star, who is married to actor Orlando Bloom. ...

  • Tony DeFillipo Beth Spiegel win North Miami Beach council seats in runoff election

    North Miami Beach voters elected Anthony "Tony" DeFillipo as the newest member of the city council and for Councilwoman Beth E. Spiegel to remain in her seat as a result of Tuesday’s runoff. DeFillipo beat out Hillel Hellinger for the Seat 2 position by taking 1,174 votes (69.5 percent of the vote). Hellinger received 516 votes (30.5 percent). "I am very happy," ...

  • Barbara Walters daughter charged with DUI in Fla.

    NAPLES, Fla. -- The daughter of broadcast journalist Barbara Walters has been charged with driving under the influence in southwest Florida.The Collier County Sheriff's Office reports that 44-year-old Jacqueline Walters Danforth was arrested early Sunday and later released on $1,000 bail.Deputies reported finding Danforth and a male passenger in an SUV on the side of Interstate 75 near ...

  • Teachers others to get raise 2 bonus

    The Alachua County School Board on Tuesday approved both a 2 percent bonus and the integration of an extra $2 million into the base pay for instructional staff -- which includes teachers, guidance counselors and media specialists.The one-time bonus came from $2 million in local funds allocated by the School Board.Bonuses have been applied a number of ways over the years, but, "We felt that ...

Movie Review

Bring It On [DVD]

Bring It On [DVD]

Bring It On is a funny, semi-satirical teen comedy about competing squads of high school cheerleaders. Because the central focus is cheerleading, a uniquely American activity that has had its share of derisive barbs thrown at it over the years, the movie is engaged in a constant balancing act. On the one hand, there is a certain amount of parody aimed at cheerleading as an activity and ... ...

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  • HCSO41 identities stolen by Tampa teen

    TAMPA, Fla. - His name is DevonteCourtney Jackson. From old pictures posted on his Facebook page, you can tell he likes money and lots of it. But that ArmwoodHigh School student is now behind bars. On Monday, deputies say they found the 18-year-old in possession of a bag of fraudulently obtained credit cards and a list of victims at his Tampa townhome. "He purchased the cards, or got these ...

  • Orlando area group packs thousands of meals for Oklahoma tornado victims

    Aylah Shujaat, 5, (left, on the table), and Kiana Woodman, 14 (right), pack meals Tuesday, May 21, 2013, helping over 100 Bank of America volunteers including their family members assemble food packages at the Feeding Children Everywhere facility in Longwood. They are planning to package 15,000 meals that will be sent to Okalhoma to help feed ...

  • Lawsuit Filed Over Urban Beach Weekend Shooting

    Just days before the "Urban Beach Weekend" festivities begin, the City of Miami Beach was hit with a civil lawsuit for an incident that happened during the same event two years ...

  • Fallon Fox Im Just Another Woman

    Transgender mixed martial arts fighter Fallon Fox is about to put her perfect record on the line in South Florida. And the battle isn't just in the ring. "I'm just another woman, just like any of them. I just come from a different background," she said in an interview with NBC 6's Willard Shepard. Former professional fighter Mickey Demos and Amateur boxer Syeda Fahmin ...

  • FIRST ON ORLANDOSENTINEL.COM Orlando Philharmonic to buy Plaza Live Theatre

    The Orlando Philharmonic will announce today that it is buying the iconic Plaza Live Theatre on Bumby Avenue, where the orchestra will update the 1,000-seat music hall to accommodate chamber music concerts while also keeping a schedule of rock, jazz, comedy and contemporary music shows. "As we move into our third decade, The Plaza provides a unique opportunity for us to have our own ...

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