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Event #18 ($5,000 No Limit Deuce-to-Seven Draw) was like watching a poker version of the old show Battle of the Network Stars. This wasn't because the final table contestants had to battle in the tug of war against Lou Ferrigno, but rather because everyone at the final table was a recognizable celebrity in the sport of poker. The last seven people left to battle for the championship were Erick Lindgren (who has already won a bracelet this year), David Benyamine, Tony G, Mike 'The Mouth' Matusow, Jeffrey Lisandro, and Tom Schneider.

Online poker room VC Poker has come out with a guarantee that is surely to generate some buzz, even during the 39th annual World Series of Poker taking place in Las Vegas currently. VC Poker will be hosting poker tournaments that have a total of $2.5 million in guaranteed winnings, which means at least half a million dollars is going to go to the winner. Those playing in Las Vegas right now won't have to worry about missing out, the fun does not get started until this fall, with the big event kicking off on September 7th.Related Articles:Subscription based poker roomNew poker upgrades at online poker room...

Last time it was pro player Phil 'The Unabomber' Laak and Ali Eslami taking on Polaris, the poker playing Artificial Intelligence machine. This time it will be a group of online poker pros taking on Polaris 2, created by University of Alberta's Computer Poker Research Group in order to explore the possibilities of AI advancement in direct competition with humans. The involvement of a luck factor makes the competition more challenging: last time the humans won but it was a close match...

Jay-Z is being sued for 'Whisper Rapping.' Rihanna, Ne-Yo, Jennifer Hudson to take the stage at BET Awards. Harassment suit is filed against radio host Wendy Williams & her hubby. Rapper Lil Wayne's new CD is a hot seller.

Pop star Madonna's brother Christopher Ciccone has written a memoir called 'Life With My Sister Madonna,' to be published next month by Simon and Schuster.

SAN DIEGO, Calif., June 12 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Taylor Wilshire, award-winning author of The What-If Guy (ISBN: 0-9778018-02), has a new novel out, The book of Mom (ISBN: 978-0-9778018-1-7, Nautilus Press) which is one of the Top 10 New Releases of 2008 on Amazon.com's Listmania, as well as an international best-seller on Amazon. Both are perfect summer reads!

Less than 24 hours after a group of concerned parents and religious leaders gathered outside the Universal/Motown offices in Los Angeles to protest the bloody promotion for Ashanti’s “The Way That I Love You” single, the singer’s label has pulled the offending “Gotchagram” clip from her site. And, according to one of the protest leaders, [...]

Sean Connery will offer the first public glimpse of his memoirs at this year's Edinburgh book Festival, organizers announced ...

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AP - Sean Connery will offer the first public glimpse of his memoirs at this year's Edinburgh book Festival, organizers announced Thursday.