Alexander 'finds European fans'
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Alexander fights back after a poor showing at the US box office with strong figures in Europe, reports say.
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Alexander the Great, who carved out a vast empire east of Greece before his death at age 32, is idolized in this nation as a symbol of its ancient glory. So when Oliver Stone's new epic about the conqueror's life depicted him as a bisexual who has a fling with his childhood friend Hephaestion, the portrayal hit a raw nerve in a nation where homophobic attitudes remain widespread.
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New talk of adding European teams to the National Basketball Association within a decade has some appeal to the league's European stars, but they want to see the details.
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Darren Clarke, Paul McGinley and David Howell are named in Europe's team to face Asia in January's Royal Trophy.
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In this photo from Warner Bros., Angelia Jolie, Val Kilmer, background, and Collin Farrell, right, as Alexander the Great, appear in Alexander.
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LONDON -- The NFL's first regular-season game outside North America already looks like a big hit. More than 500,000 tickets were requested by about 160,000 fans in the three days following Friday's official announcement, the NFL said Wednesday.
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Although he lived 2,300 years ago, Alexander the Great may have something to say about current American politics. Oliver Stone's "Alexander" has rekindled interest and prompted a wave of books, TV documentaries and magazine articles about the young warrior-king, who conquered most of the known world by leading his armies from Greece to the Middle East and across to Asia and India.
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Europe's pro season may be in full swing, but fans are watching its stars play at the African Cup of Nations
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Oliver Stoneâs eagerly awaited $160m blockbuster, Alexander, opened in America last week to a decidedly mixed critical response.
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Colin Farell can very well attribute being cast as the epic historical leader Alexander The Great to his ability to strike a chord with Al Pacino in The Recruit, atleast that is what director Oliver Stone thinks.
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More than 150 players have signed to play in European leagues, including Jaromir Jagr with Kladmo (Czech Republic) and Ilya Kovalchuk with AK Bars Kazan.
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LOS ANGELES  - To film "Alexander,"  which opens nationwide Wednesday, director Oliver Stone took  his cue from the biopic's subject, Alexander the Great, and set  out to conquer several locations around the world.
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BBC Europe editor Mark Mardell on how you can learn a lot about Tony Blair by looking at his friends in Europe.
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He was commonly known as &quot;Alexander the Great,&quot; but Oliver Stone&#39;s epic drama Alexander sure isn&#39;t. It&#39;s large and it&#39;s charged - and it short-circuits because of unachieved ambitions and grim bombast.
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The NFL's first regular-season game outside North America already looks like a big hit. More than 500,000 tickets were requested by about 160,000 fans in the three days following Friday's official announcement, the NFL said Wednesday.
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Liverpool fans have been involved in more incidents in Europe than any other club during the past four years, a Uefa report says.
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SCOTLAND and Ireland will face competition from Scandinavia if the Austria-Switzerland joint hosting of Euro 2008 runs aground. It emerged at the weekend that leading UEFA officials are unhappy at Switzerland