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  1. Film Festival Spotlight

    Friday | Dan's Papers

    Saffron Burrows, the statuesque actress from Troy and television's Boston Legal has entered a proactive stage of her career; last year she traveled to New York from her home in Los Angeles in order to convince ...

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    Related Topix: Circle of Friends, History Movies, In the Name of the Father, War Movies, Drama, Biography Movies, Action, Adventure, Boston Legal, Entertainment, Drama, Television, Saffron Burrows

  2. Brad Pitt vs. George Clooney

    Wednesday Oct 8 | Digital Spy

    ... friendship! Brad Pitt... George Clooney... Is 44-years-old and hails from Shawnee, Oklahoma Starred in Fight Club , Troy and Thelma & Louise Lives with Angelina Jolie and their ever-expanding brood Is 47-years-old and hails from Lexington, Kentucky ...

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    Related Topix: Burn After Reading, Out of Sight, Thelma & Louise, Comedy Movies, Thriller, History Movies, Fight Club, Crime Movies, Documentary Movies, War Movies, Drama, Action, Syriana, Adventure

  3. Ukrainian actor is thrilled to have role in NYSTI play

    Sunday Oct 5 | The Gazette

    From left, Carole Edie Smith, Yury Tyskun and David Bunce in "Twelve Angry Jurors." TROY - Every morning, Yury Tsykun kisses a picture of his mother and thanks God for his good fortune.

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    Related Topix: War Movies, Drama, Action, History Movies, Adventure, Theater, Arts

  4. Drama students to present play

    Saturday Oct 4 | Skiatook Journal

    Skiatook High School Drama will present the play "Women of Troy" on Tuesday, Oct.

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    Related Topix: War Movies, Drama, Action, History Movies, Adventure, Skiatook, OK

  5. Flooding, the Hadron Collider, and five dead mooseRead the original story

    Wednesday Oct 1 | Computing

    ... Andrew does at least spread the humour around, with a very funny visual gag involving Brad Pitt's role in the siege of Troy. 16.10: In an unpredictable turn, the panel session on cyber warfare is debating an interesting proposition - " whether the ...

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  6. 'The Odyssey' and 'The Iliad' are giving up new secrets about the ancient worldRead the original story

    Sep 1, 2008 | Archaeology in Europe

    NEARLY 3,000 YEARS after the death of the Greek poet Homer, his epic tales of the war for Troy and its aftermath remain deeply woven into the fabric of our culture.

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    Related Topix: History Movies, Drama, War Movies, Action, Adventure, Arts, Poetry

  7. 'The Odyssey' and 'The Iliad' are giving up new secrets about the ancient world

    Saturday Sep 27 | The Boston Globe

    NEARLY 3,000 YEARS after the death of the Greek poet Homer, his epic tales of the war for Troy and its aftermath remain deeply woven into the fabric of our culture.

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    Related Topix: Arts, Poetry, Anthropology, Science, History Movies, War Movies, Drama, Action, Adventure

  8. Keira's got it - what about Brad?

    Saturday Sep 27 | Daily Express

    ... among fewer than a dozen stars able to command that sort of figure. Pitt has earned 9.5million for each of Fight Club, Troy and Meet Joe Black, while Clooney's salary tends to be 8million.

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    Related Topix: Brad Pitt, Keira Knightley, Comedy Movies, Thriller, Meet Joe Black, History Movies, Mystery Movies, Fight Club, Crime Movies, War Movies, Drama, Action, Adventure, My Fair Lady, Family, Musical Movies

  9. Favorite Gay Interest WebsitesRead the original story

    Friday Sep 26 | Associated Content

    ... is a major treasure-trove for gay boys to browse. Ever wonder what Brad Pitt was doing for two years before he made Troy? He was in Japan shooting crappy ads! Watch them here. Or watch Quentin Tarrantino wrestle with black-pajama ninjas...it's all ...

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    Related Topix: Blog News, Charlie's Angels, Comedy Movies, Action, Adventure

  10. Ant, Ants - Dream Symbols

    Friday Sep 26 | BellaOnline

    What does Brad Pitt have to do with ants? The film, Troy, was a cinematic depiction of the Trojan War starring a sulking, oiled-soaked Brad Pitt as Achilles.

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    Related Topix: Brad Pitt, War Movies, Drama, Action, History Movies, Adventure

  11. Icelandic Actress in British Horror Movie

    Friday Sep 26 | Iceland Review

    ... be very gross," Vilhj lmsd ttir said. The actress has her own combat trainer, Buster Reeves, who coached Brad Pitt in Troy and Christian Bale in Batman Begins , Morgunbladid reports. The film is mostly shot in an old prison in Belfast. "I think it's ...

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    Related Topix: Brad Pitt, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, World News, United Kingdom, Belfast, Northern Ireland, History Movies, War Movies, Drama, Action, Adventure

  12. Malta: Rock crystalRead the original story

    Thursday Sep 25 | The New Zealand Herald

    ... of Valletta, we're introduced to Maggie, an equine performer which shared the Hollywood limelight with Brad Pitt in Troy and Oliver Reed in Gladiator. Maggie's human other half, Albert, has also met a few big stars, but reckons some of them are ...

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    Related Topix: Drink, Coffee, Malta, Europe, World News, Travel

  13. TCU Horned Frogs don't need extra motivation against OklahomaRead the original story

    Wednesday Sep 24 | Star-telegram.com

    By MERCEDES MAYER In the 2004 movie Troy , Achilles, played by Brad Pitt, is summoned by a messenger boy to fight a mammoth Thessalonian, the biggest man the boy has ever seen.'I wouldn't want to fight him,' ...

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    Related Topix: Sports, Mountain West Football, NCAA Sports, Texas Christian University NCAA, TCU Horned Frogs NCAA Football, NCAA Football, Jason Phillips

  14. TCU defense, OU offense to collide in NormanRead the original story

    Wednesday Sep 24 | Houston Chronicle

    ... to describe the challenge awaiting the No. 23 Horned Frogs on Saturday in Norman, Okla. "It's like in the movie Troy with Brad Pitt when the guy tells him, 'He's the biggest man I've ever seen I wouldn't want to fight him,'" Patterson said Tuesday. ...

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    Related Topix: Sports, Chase Ortiz, NFL Players

  15. Why the narrative Arts matterRead the original story

    Tuesday Sep 23 | MAGPIE

    When Brad Pitt tells Eric Bana in the 2004 film Troy that "there are no pacts between lions and men," he is not reciting a clever line from the pen of a Hollywood screenwriter.

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    Related Topix: Eric Bana, Brad Pitt, History Movies, War Movies, Drama, Action, Adventure, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Psychology

  16. Jury Convicts Salvadoran Of Murdering Troy Couple

    Tuesday Sep 23 | WFRV

    A Michigan jury has convicted a Salvadoran man of first-degree murder in what prosecutors call the contract-killing of a Troy couple.

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    Related Topix: War Movies, Drama, Action, History Movies, Adventure, Oakland County, MI

  17. My Fair Lady role causes rift between Brad Pitt, George Clooney

    Sunday Sep 21 | AndhraNews

    ... story since he was a child, and he has even gone so far as to tell Clooney to back down and give the role to him. The 'Troy' star is so enthusiastic about the movie that he wants his wife actress Angelina Jolie to play the part of Eliza Doolittle. ...

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    Related Topix: Brad Pitt, War Movies, Drama, Action, History Movies, Adventure, Burn After Reading

  18. Thoughts on superhero moviesRead the original story

    Friday Sep 19 | Blah blah blog

    ... say that I thought Brad Pitt was hilarious in Burn After Reading , but kind of lame in The Mexican (and omigod hot in Troy !), and there's a fair basis of comparison. I can also say that I loved the first Spiderman movie, but as the series goes on, ...

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    Related Topix: Brad Pitt, War Movies, Drama, Action, History Movies, Adventure, Burn After Reading

  19. Voice Adds Cred to Brad Pitt ColumnRead the original story

    Friday Sep 19 | The Village Voice

    ... for such sources, he comes to the Village Voice. In his brief Vanity Fair tribute to Human Rights Watch , the star of Troy and Legends of the Fall quickly runs out of adjectives, resorts to attribution ("As The Village Voice [sic] noted, this is ...

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    Related Topix: Brad Pitt, History Movies, Legends of the Fall, Western, War Movies, Drama, Action, Adventure, Charitable Organizations

  20. Faris off 'Runway'; Jack White and Alicia Keys duet for Bond film on...Read the original story

    Friday Sep 19 | The Detroit News

    ... Runway" contestant Joe Faris will probably have nightmares filled with pocket squares and pinstripes. Faris, 41, of Troy had enjoyed a solid streak on the show, but he drew the ire of judges last night for what Faris touted as a smart outfit for a ...

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    Related Topix: History Movies, War Movies, Drama, Action, Adventure, Project Runway, Reality TV, Entertainment, Television, Oasis, Pop/Rock, Microsoft, Microsoft, Software, Comedy, Seinfeld