BALTIMORE — How can this kid ever hope to make it? You have to start with the obvious: Aquille Carr is 5 feet 7, maybe a buck-forty-five soaking wet. It’s what you notice first about the junior point guard from Baltimore’s Patterson High, even before the impossible vertical leap and the sick crossovers and the radiant smile and the incessant trash talk. He isn’t small. He isn’t smallish. He’s tiny. Read full article > >

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Meet Aquille Carr, Baltimore’s “Crimestopper,” a YouTube sensation and, at 5-7, basketball’s next big thing

Movie-ticket sales this past weekend totaled $164 million, a 3 percent increase over the same period last year, with “Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol,” starring Tom Cruise, topping the rankings.

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‘Mission: Impossible’ With Tom Cruise Still Box-Office Leader

Ever since it launched as a TV series in 1966, the allure of “ Mission Impossible ” has been its entertaining combustion of cunning and pyrotechnics. With the explosion of “MI” onto the big screen as a Tom Cruise star vehicle, the technical sleights-of-hand that are the franchise’s trademark have become all the more spectacular. Sure, it’s easy to blow up things, which the latest installment, “Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol,” does at a fast and furious pace. Read full article > >

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‘Mission Impossible’ gadgets actually quite possible

Rock of Ages Eyes Mary J. Blige, Tom Cruise The Rock of Ages movie adaptation is beginning to take some shape, with producers apparently interested in bringing on Mary J. Blige to star in what would only be her second feature film. It’s not yet known who the hip-hop/R&B artist will play from the stage musical, though reports indicate that she may play Justice, a strip club owner who gives our small-town aspiring singer a job after she’s forced to leave the Bourbon Room club. Additionally, Tom Cruise is still rumored to be interested in taking on a role. Sources claim he wants to play Stacee Jaxx, who’s a loud-and-proud rocker with long, curly hair who wears tight pants and likes to belt out 80s tunes. Could you see Mr. Mission Impossible playing a loud, obnoxious 80′s hair-band… Read More Read Comments

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Scoop This: ‘Rock of Ages’ Movie, ‘Jackass 3.5′ and Freaky ‘Black Swan’ Clip