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Ryan Bailey
Name: Ryan Bailey Age: 23 (April 13th, 1989) Profession: Athlete Claim to Fame: Former gang member Bailey has been stabbed three times, kicked out of school and spent time living out of
school due to attention deficit disorder. He joined a gang (at the expense of a brutal hazing) at a very young age and often got into legal trouble. However, after being stabbed multiple times and dropping out of school he changed his life around and focused on the one thing he was good at – sports. At 6 feet 4 inches, Bailey, who has run 9.88 in the 100, is in the mold of the 6-5 Bolt, who defied the conventional wisdom that height is a disadvantage for sprint-
a car with his mother. Yet, the enigmatic athlete has overcome the odds to become not only a stellar world-class sprinter, but a role model and sex symbol. As a child growing up in Portland, Oregon, Bailey encountered problems in
movies
New Trailers To Savor T here is always considerable excitement whenever a bunch of megastars combine for one film. This is the case for two new films whose trailers have just been released. One takes the form of a fairly dark mob film while the other is a semi-romantic comedy. Look out for these two new trailers.
Killing Them Softly In this flick Brad Pitt stars as Jackie Cogan, a professional enforcer who investigates a heist that went down during a mob-protected poker game. The Andrew Dominik helmed movie features a plethora of big stars including James Gandolfini, Ray Liotta, Sam Shepard and Richard Jenkins. The Big Wedding With an all-star cast led by Robert De Niro, Katherine Heigl, Diane Keaton, Amanda Seyfried, Topher Grace, with Susan Sarandon and Robin Williams, "The Big Wedding" is an uproarious romantic comedy about a charmingly modern family trying to survive a weekend wedding celebration that has the potential to become a full blown family fiasco. To the amusement of their adult children and friends, long divorced couple Don and Ellie Griffin (De Niro and Keaton) are once again forced to play the happy couple for the sake of their adopted son's wedding after his ultra conservative biological mother unexpectedly decides to fly halfway across the world to attend. With all of the wedding guests looking on, the Griffins are hilariously forced to confront their past, present and future - and hopefully avoid killing each other in the process. 28 ET&T • AUGUST, 2012 • www.etntweekly.com
ers. He qualified for the 2012 London Olympics and fared creditably against the world’s best (he placed fifth in the finals with a personal best time). The Nike signed sprinter has potential to be marketing gold due to his remarkable good looks and calm disposition. Not to mention his turnaround success story will surely make for an epic book or movie in years to come. Look out for this phenomenal athlete in the coming years.