When gender testing first came to the Olympics in 1966, Ukrainian track and field stars Tamara and Irina Press disappeared from the sports scene. Yet the methodology is still disputed. I'd like to suggest a quicker and easier test: identifying movie preferences. Generally speaking, women love films about loss and self-sacrifice (Love Story, Casablanca) whereas men prefer stories of conflict a...
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Bearwatch on 31st Aug 2010 (via theylaughedatnoah.blogspot.com)
Labour's annual Sports Dinner and Auction raised hundreds of thousands of pounds for the party's campaign fund last night at Wembley Stadium. The dinner saw sports stars, celebrities, Cabinet Ministers, and guests turn out in force to celebrate British...
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LabourParty on 14th Jul 2008 (via labour.org.uk)
Leading gay, lesbian and transgender sports stars meet David Cameron in No 10 to show their support for an initiative to rid sport of homophobia.
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BBCPolitics on 22nd Jun 2011 (via bbc.co.uk)
Upon arriving at School this morning I read this article in The Moscow News: Bond girl "Traitor" say communistsA Russian communist group has attacked the newest Bond Girl, Olga Kurylenko, for her 'moral and intellectual betrayal' in starring in a film about the 'enemy of the Soviet People.'Ukrainian-born Kurylenko, 28, stars in the new James Bond film, Quantum of Solace, alongs...
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LauraRoseSaunders on 31st Oct 2008 (via laurarosesaunders.blogspot.com)
BRITONS trust sports stars more than politicians, according to a poll.
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Scotsman on 12th Apr 2010 (via news.scotsman.com)
CROSS-CHANNEL water-skier Christine Bleakley joined other Sport Relief stars to be congratulated on their efforts by the Prime Minister yesterday.
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Scotsman on 17th Mar 2010 (via news.scotsman.com)
SPORTS stars Andy Murray, David Beckham, and Denise Lewis visited Downing Street yesterday to press Gordon Brown to meet his promise to deliver 20 million life-saving malar
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Scotsman on 20th Apr 2009 (via news.scotsman.com)
“If you know what women want, you can rule!” said Bette Midler in the film “What women want”. The movie stars Mel Gibson as a chauvinistic advertising executive who suddenly finds he can hear what women are thinking. According to news reports David Cameron wants to emulate Mr Gibson. He’s hired the Pretty Little Head
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TomWatson on 19th Oct 2008 (via tom-watson.co.uk)
Friday: A SINISTER organisation making DEALS for squillions of dollars and euros and pounds with foreign DICTATORS to manipulate the British Government… and it’s NOT Barclays Bank! This sounds like a job for my BESTEST HERO, Mr James Bond! Yes, my Daddies have taken me to the cinema to see the latest DOUBLE BRILLIANT James Bond movie: “Quantum of Solace”. I LOVED it, even ...
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MillenniumDomeElephant on 1st Nov 2008 (via millenniumelephant.blogspot.com)
Stars line up to pay tribute to strikers as a new movie seals the UK film industry's love affair with the working classes, reports Vanessa Thorpe When the women who led the strikers at the Dagenham Ford plant marched on Westminster in 1968 they carried a banner with the words "We want sexual equality". Unfortunately, it had not unfurled and read simply "We want sex". The wolf whistles and car...
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Guardian on 17th May 2009 (via guardian.co.uk)
Soap stars have joined a campaign to scrap higher alcohol taxes and save the UK's pubs.
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SkyNews on 27th Nov 2008 (via news.sky.com)
