Names In The News
Chinese film director JOHN WOO said that he "hopes to make a sports movie" featuring China hurdler LIU XIANG and diver GUO JINGJING. Woo: "I have wanted to produce a sports-themed movie for some time now." But Woo's production partner, TERENCE CHANG, said, "This is the first time I have heard it. It's probably wishful thinking" (HOLLYWOOD REPORTER, 8/28).
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Gold Medal-Winning Discus Thrower
Trafton Awarded Key To Sacramento |
NAMES: U.S. Olympic Gold Medal-winning discus thrower STEPHANIE BROWN TRAFTON yesterday was awarded the key to Sacramento (SACRAMENTO BEE, 8/28)....Business Plan, an imprint of Grand Central Publishing, will publish an upcoming book by Duke Univ. and USA Basketball coach MIKE KRZYZEWSKI about the U.S. Olympic men's basketball team, which won a Gold Medal at the Beijing Games. The book, to be co-written by Krzyzewski's daughter JAMIE SPATOLA, is scheduled for a Spring '09 release (Business Plan)....Patriots QB TOM BRADY and his girlfriend, model GISELE BUNDCHEN, have acquired a residential lot in Brentwood, California, for $11M (TMZ.com, 8/27)....Red Wings C KRIS DRAPER will serve as the Grand Marshal of Sunday's IndyCar Series Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix (Detroit Grand Prix).
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