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Poll: Which Place Makes the Best Baby Name?

22 November 2008 5:00 AM, PST

Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz aren't the first celebrity parents to give their offspring a "place" name. Their newborn, Bronx, is the latest to join an esteemed group of star babies named after nations, states and cities, a baseball stadium and a posh hotel – some even commemorate the place of conception! New York, after all, is a pretty popular choice of inspiration. The Beckhams have Brooklyn, named after the borough where their first child was conceived. King of Queens star Kevin James's youngest daughter is Shea Joelle, after the home of the New York Mets. Travis Barker and Shanna Moakler

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Poll: Crazy Celeb Baby Names Redux

22 November 2008 12:26 PM, PST

As far as quirky baby names goes, Ashlee Simpson-Wentz and Pete Wentz's moniker Bronx Mowgli Wentz has to be right up there. You can tell us where it ranks in the grand pantheon of bonkers baby names by taking our poll below. And on a side note, one of our commenters on an earlier item pointed out the Wentz lad's luxury-auto-friendly initials: Bmw. Talk about your new frontier in sponsorship opportunities! It got me to thinking out of the box on baby names and how it could work for the rest of us. What about Skinny Jeans Sashimi (more)

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24 Movie and Season 7 Preview: "We Needed to Reset Jack Bauer"

22 November 2008 4:01 PM, PST

24: Redemption</i>" style="margin:0 5px 5px" />Speaking with TVGuide.com at the NYC premiere of 24: Redemption, the TV movie airing this Sunday at 8 pm/Et, executive producer Howard Gordon explained how he had to sell Fox on the idea of this two-hour, real-time tale. "I told the network, 'I have an idea, and it's going to take a little patience,'" he said of the plot in which Jack, while quietly helping out an orphanage in Africa, has to ward off a military coup (led by Candyman Tony Todd).

Allying with an old friend (Trainspotting's Robert Carlyle), Jack ultimately goes guns a-blazing, yes, but only after ...

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The Wrestler Trailer Finally Here

21 November 2008 12:20 AM, PST

It's been a long time coming, but The Wrestler trailer is here at last, and it'll give you some indication why every critic and member of the public who has already seen the film has started buzzing about Oscars.Darren Aronofsky's film sees Mickey Rourke play Randy "The (more)

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Shorts Column | An Unlikely Partnership Results in Short Films with Something to Say

19 November 2008 7:57 AM, PST

by Kim Adelman (November 19, 2008) Back in May 2008, eight UCLA graduate students were given good news: the nonprofit organization Aarp wanted to give each of them $10,000 to make short films on the hot-button topics of healthcare and financial security. The bad news was the students had (more)

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Jennifer Needs To Play By 'The Rules'

23 November 2008 12:03 AM, PST

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