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...singer Billy Ray ("Achy Breaky Heart") Cyrus - who plays her dad in the show - was raised on music, a prerequisite for Hannah, and had acted in several small roles. But she was sent home after an audition because she was too small. So Miley went back to Tennessee and spent the next year inundating the producers with tapes of herself performing, until they relented and gave the her role...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Disney Star Is Born | 11/30/2006 | See Source »

...Estevez spent seven years attempting to get the movie made, personal passion for the project is hardly lacking. Then again, if passion alone could carry a movie, maudlin busts like “Showgirls” would be nominated for Oscars...

Author: By Kathleen A. Fedornak, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: MOVIE REVIEW: Bobby | 11/30/2006 | See Source »

...chance with just over a minute to play, knocking down his first three-pointer of the night at the most crucial moment. The shot re-tied the game at 81 and sent the Crimson (3-3) on to an 83-81 victory over New Hampshire (1-5). Goffredo had spent most of the game’s first 40 minutes shaking his head, with a look alternating between frustration and astonishment, as shot after shot clanked off the rim. He was just 2-of-12 entering the extra session, and 0-5 from three-point range, and he added...

Author: By Caleb W. Peiffer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: NOTEBOOK: Captain Finds Stride in OT | 11/30/2006 | See Source »

Since retiring from selling cars, Girard has spent his time giving motivational speeches and writing four books on how to succeed in the world of business...

Author: By Clifford M. Marks, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Selling Cars To Selling Character | 11/30/2006 | See Source »

...years ago, a team of lawyers, approached by the nonprofit Innocence Project, took on the case of the Norfolk-based sailors and spent thousands of pro bono hours analyzing the record and conducting interviews with witnesses, experts and former jurors. In the process, they found numerous inconsistencies between the confessions, essentially the only hard evidence offered in the trials, and the crime scene evidence. For example, Tice had confessed that six men had used a claw and hammer to break open the door to Moore-Bosko's apartment, but police found no signs of forced entry or struggle. Deborah Boardman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Throwing Out a Murder Confession — and Conviction — in Virginia | 11/30/2006 | See Source »

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