Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em Posted: 5 months ago by ybcool
Sean Penn leads Cannes film festival revolt against "draconian" French smoking ban.
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Audience cheers as Sean Penn tells President Bush: "Take your war and shove it." Posted: 2 years ago by ReBoot
In other news, Sean Penn's opinion actually matters. Who the heck is that, anyway?
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Sean Penn Tops Stephen Colbert in 'Metaphor-Off' Posted: 1 year ago by sholom22
In a long-awaited (two days) epic showdown, leftwing actor Sean Penn beat rightwing TV pundit Stephen Colbert in a "metaphor-off" Thursday night on the latter's Comedy Central 'Colbert Report.'
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Film explores zoophile community Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
A film chronicling the sex lives of a Washington state group of zoophiles -- people attracted to animals -- is headed for the Cannes Film Festival.
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Baltimore newspaper editor faces gun charges after assaulting child wielding hippies Posted: 1 year ago by blurmore
The Examiner is Baltimore's "rich right wing" chain newspaper. Dispute over smoking leads to confrontation involving a shotgun. The editor is apparently....an idiot.
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Ten-pack ban may cut teen smoking Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
The days of teenagers fuelling their smoking habits by buying cigarettes in cheaper packs of 10 could be numbered, under radical proposals being considered by the Department of Health.
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Coffee and cigarettes protect from Parkinsonism Posted: 1 year ago by JanetDavis
According to the data of American scientists, people who suffer from Parkinson's disease are less inclined to smoking and high coffee consumption, than their healthy brothers and sisters. It's a researchers' opinion that coffee and nicotine really can protect our brain from severe neurodegenerative disease.
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A woman's menstrual cycle is key to giving up smoking, say scientists Posted: 6 months ago by AutumnLotus
For women who want to give up smoking, it could be a matter of timing, say scientists.
The chances of succeeding are much higher if they call a halt to the habit in the days before their menstrual cycle.
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Minnesota bars beat smoking ban Posted: 7 months ago by AutumnLotus
All the world's a stage at some of Minnesota's bars. A new state ban on smoking in restaurants and other nightspots contains an exception for performers in theatrical productions. So some bars are getting around the ban by printing up playbills, encouraging customers to come in costume, and pronouncing them "actors."
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Cigar and woman Posted: 1 year ago by JanetDavis
Sometimes women interfered in process of smoking and it brought comical character
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History of a Sign Posted: 3 months ago by prish
Winner of the NFB online Cannes film festival: With a stroke of the pen, a stranger transforms the afternoon for another man in this emotionally stirring short film by Alonso Alvarez.
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Smoking toddler video leads to arrest Posted: 10 months ago by AutumnLotus
A woman was arrested in Virginia Beach, Va., after she posted a video on the Internet of a 2-year-old child attempting to smoke a cigarette.
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Calif. bans smoking in cars with kids Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
California motorists will risk fines of up to $100 next year if they are caught smoking in cars with minors, making their state the third to protect children in vehicles from secondhand smoke.
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Turkish Film Wins Sarajevo Film Festival Award Posted: 1 year ago by trotim
Turkish film about fear overwhelming a true believer when he is caught up in religious corruption has been chosen as the best movie at the 13th Sarajevo Film Festival, earning prize money of 25,000 euros ($33,920)
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Film Weekly: Edinburgh film festival Posted: 4 months ago by eyanna7
Jason Solomons presents a special edition from the Edinburgh film festival, featuring animation legend Ray Harryhausen and actor Chiwetel Ejiofor
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Cannes: Abortion Film Wins Top Prize Posted: 1 year ago by VooDooPeacock
The Romaninan indie "4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days", about the horrors a young woman undergoes trying to get a secret abortion, beat out filmmakers like Quentin Tarantino and Ethan and Joel Coen.
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Remember when smoking was good for you? Fred and Barney do Posted: 2 years ago by ReBoot
Be sure to wait for the end, when Wilma joins in (and really it looks like they're smoking pot or something lol)
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Rolling Stones give concert, smoke cigarettes on stage - fail to get fined for indoor smoking Posted: 1 year ago by moe
Sigh...it has come to this then. Sources for the Stones were quoted as saying "Ronnie and Keith have been smoking on stage for the last three decades and they're not going to stop for the next two" Don't they realize that cigarette smoke and tar is ALL that keeps Keith alive nowadays? (seriously someone should get some of the man's DNA - I bet it cures cancer)
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