Los Angeles -- The NBA is down to include Vinny Guadagnino in the NBA All-Star celebrity game.
The "Jersey Shore" star is among the famous faces that will be included in the Feb. 24 celebrity game at the NBA All-Star Jam Session at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fla. The NBA said Guadagnino rallied more than 2.7 million Twitter followers to convince the NBA to add him to the roster.
Other celebrity participants include singer Ne-Yo, rapper-actor Common, "Curb Your Enthusiasm" actor J.B. Smoove, comedian Kevin Hart, "The Voice" champion Javier Colon and "Property Brothers" stars Drew and Jonathan Scott. Among the former NBA players participating are Mitch Richmond, Penny Hardaway and Nick Anderson.
At last year's NBA All-Star celebrity game, Justin Bieber was won the Most Valuable Player award.
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The "Jersey Shore" star is among the famous faces that will be included in the Feb. 24 celebrity game at the NBA All-Star Jam Session at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fla. The NBA said Guadagnino rallied more than 2.7 million Twitter followers to convince the NBA to add him to the roster.
Other celebrity participants include singer Ne-Yo, rapper-actor Common, "Curb Your Enthusiasm" actor J.B. Smoove, comedian Kevin Hart, "The Voice" champion Javier Colon and "Property Brothers" stars Drew and Jonathan Scott. Among the former NBA players participating are Mitch Richmond, Penny Hardaway and Nick Anderson.
At last year's NBA All-Star celebrity game, Justin Bieber was won the Most Valuable Player award.
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- 2/16/2012
- by AP
- Huffington Post
“Anderson’s Cross” has its heart in the right place. Its intentions are earnest, and it has a sweetness that is undeniable. Unfortunately, it plays like a castrated teen “Desperate Housewives.” Focusing on a group of friends and their families in a middle-class suburb, it has all the elements of a small-town melodrama ala “Knots Landing” or “Peyton Place” with its spotlight on alcoholism, absentee fathers, statutory rape, homosexuality and death, but it is presented in the cleanest, most fresh-scrubbed way imaginable, undercutting any actual power. You almost expect one of the kids to start whistling the theme from “The Andy Griffith Show.”
While much of the subject matter is white-washed, it’s then shocking to see the three friends at the crux of the story in such adultly sexual situations. Nick Anderson, played by writer-director Scott, sits at a desk watching his best friend, Kevin, have sex with his girlfriend,...
While much of the subject matter is white-washed, it’s then shocking to see the three friends at the crux of the story in such adultly sexual situations. Nick Anderson, played by writer-director Scott, sits at a desk watching his best friend, Kevin, have sex with his girlfriend,...
- 11/18/2010
- Moving Pictures Magazine
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