The one and only "Field of Dreams" in Iowa is for sale. The asking price? A whopping $5.4 million- well over the $1 million that an average field its size (193 acres) in Iowa would currently sell for.
So why the extra expense? Well, in addition to the obvious, (the ghost of James Earl Jones) the field attracts 65,000 visitors a year. The current owner of the field, Becky Lansing states, "We love the field, but it is time for us to head to the locker room. We are getting up there in years, and it is time to think about retirement."
Cute analogy.
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This year's Miss USA promo photos look more like they came right out of Maxim magazine. The 51 contestants were photographed in fishnets, smudged black eyeliner, lacy lingerie, garters, and knee high boots. The iconic pageant smile was oftentimes replaced by a seductive expression.
Wait, didn't Miss Nevada 2007, Katie Rees, have her crown taken away for racy photos? And didn't last year's Miss California, Carrie Prejean, get into major trouble over similar scandalous photos? Yet now, just one year later, racy photos have become just a part of the Miss USA image.
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As Tiger Woods is still recovering from a rocky past few months, his problems seem to keep piling up.
Less than two weeks after missing the cut at the Quail Hollow Championship in Charlotte, N.C., Woods, 34, dropped out of The Players Championship Sunday after suffering from a neck injury. Two days later, his coach, Hank Haney, resigned via text message.
"For me not to play all 18 holes [at TPC], that was as angry and as frustrated as I've been in a long time," Woods said Monday at a news conference.
Tiger's not blaming the "annoying" pain...continue reading
The 2010 Daytime Emmy Nominations are out! Take a look at them:
Outstanding Drama Series
All My Children (ABC)
The Bold and The Beautiful (CBS))
General Hospital (ABC)
The Young and the Restless (CBS)
Outstanding Lead Actor
Peter Bergman (Jack Abbott) - The Young and the Restless
Doug Davidson (Paul Williams) -The Young and the Restless
Jon Lindstrom (Craig Montgomery) - As the World Turns
Michael Park (Jack Snyder) - As the World Turns
James Scott (E.J. DiMera) - Days of Our Lives
Outstanding Lead Actress
Sarah Brown (Claudia Zacchara) - General Hospital
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Bachelorette alum Jen Shefft's got a bun in the oven!
A source told PEOPLE that the lovely lady, 33, and husband Joe Waterman are "so excited" to be expecting their first child.
Shefft's first television appearance came when she stole Andrew Firestone's heart on The Bachelor in 2003, and she reappeared for her own shot at love on The Bachelorette two years later.
She met Waterman, who is a trader, on a blind date in 2008 and the couple married last May. "We really get each other," she told PEOPLE after getting engaged. "I guess it's true things move...continue reading
Are you ready to hear from Sarah Palin again? No matter your answer, she's coming out with book #2 in November, announced the publisher Harper Collins Wednesday.
"America By Heart: Reflections on Family, Faith, and Flag will include selections from classic and contemporary readings that have moved her-from the nation's founding documents to great speeches, sermons, letters, literature and poetry, biography, and even some of her favorite songs and movies," the publisher said in a statement announcing the new book.
"The book will also include portraits...continue reading
Singer Katy Perry, 25, toppled "House" star Olivia Wilde for Maxim's highest honor this year.
I wonder how puffed out Russel Brand's chest is right now?
Perry beat out Sport's Illustrated cover model Brooklyn Decker (#2), "Avatar" actress Zoe Saldana (#3), "Gossip Girl" star Blake Lively (#4) and "Jonah Hex" leading lady Megan Fox (#5). She also beat out the epic Angelina Jolie (who dropped no. 38 this year). continue reading
On Monday, Twitter engineers temporarily reset millions of Twitter accounts, in order to eliminate a bug. Millions of accounts claimed "0 followers," which prompted a tidal wave of panic from Twitterites. But we are being assured that all accounts have been restored and there is no need to fear any more bugs (for now).
Everyone can now take a deep breath - phew! continue reading
