Word is Martina Hingis will return to Grand Slam competition in January, playing mixed doubles with Roger Federer. The just-turned 31-year-old cocaine enthusiast is reportedly hoping to get in shape for the 2012 Olympics in London, where she is eyeing a partnership with her fellow Swiss superstar there, too. This will be Chucky's first major since the 2007 U.S. Open (she retired again shortly thereafter when her for nose candy test came back positive), although she has remained active in exhibitions and World Team Tennis. Some question whether Fed will actually be playing doubles Down Under -- he hasn't played anything in the majors besides singles since 2004 -- but whatever the case, I'm hitting the "Like" button on this now.
Monday, October 03, 2011
Who'd You Rather Be Raped By?
Went to see the remake of Sam Peckinpah's "Straw Dogs" last weekend. Other than moving the location from rural England to the rural South -- and the professional background of the young couple (James Marsden and Kate Bosworth take over for Dustin Hoffman and Susan George) -- it's pretty much a scene-by-scene remake of the controversial 1971 original. It's hard to say I "liked" the film -- it's violent and disturbing and very upsetting -- but it was well-crafted, suspenseful and incredibly well-acted, especially leading man Marsden. (Has anyone thought an Oscar nod is possible?) Most disturbing, of course, was its infamous rape scene. There's nothing sexy about rape, but when Alexander Skarsgard is the attacker -- and you know it's make-believe -- the results are shamefully confusing, to say the least. My grade: B.
More of the rapist Skarsgard HERE.

Del Henney was the original rapist
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