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{allcanada} Jessica Paré brings 'Kill Me' back to life

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When “Mad Men” star Jessica Paré attended a reading in LA of cult classic “Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk,” she told authors Legs McNeil and Gillian McCain she’d be willing to read for a role in the movie version by “American Psycho” director Mary Harron.

The writers were surprised since Harron’s version of their tome died on the vine years before.

McCain said of Harron’s screenplay in a 2011 interview, “It was appalling. It wasn’t terribly written, but it was like an after-school special.”

And the writers’ relationship with Universal during the project was “always animosity, like it was a duel or something . . . It was very weird and very upsetting.”

They pulled the plug after 10 years in development hell.

We think Paré would make a mean Exene Cervenka in a new version.

Also at the Book Soup reading hosted by Michael Des Barres were Paré’s boyfriend John Kastner, the Standells’ Larry Tamblyn and D Generation’s Howie Pyro.

McNeil and McCain signed copies of new book “Dear Nobody: The True Diary of Mary Rose” for Jessica.

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{allcanada} REIMOLD HOMERS TWICE AS BLUE JAYS RALLY FOR WIN OVER ASTROS

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HOUSTON -- Nolan Reimold found out he was starting right before batting practice Thursday night. He made the most of the chance to play.

Reimold hit two home runs, including a tiebreaking solo shot in the ninth, and the streaking Toronto Blue Jays rallied for a 6-5 win over the Houston Astros.

Reimold was claimed off waivers on July 6 after he was designated for assignment by Baltimore. It was just his fifth start with Toronto.

Manager John Gibbons said the Blue Jays got Reimold and Danny Valencia for a reason. Valencia, who was acquired in a trade with Kansas City on Monday, had two hits.

"They've both played in the big leagues and had some success and they're both going to help us out," Gibbons said.

Reimold's first homer came in the fifth and cut Houston's lead to 4-3. His second homer of the season was off Chad Qualls (1-3) and sent Toronto to its ninth win in 10 games.

It was Reimold's second career multihomer game and first since May 26, 2011.

"I was trying to be aggressive," Qualls said. "I just wanted to be really aggressive with the fastball to get ahead. He ambushed it and hit it over the fence."

Reimold has been hampered by an assortment of injuries the last two years. He said Thursday night helped show he might be back.

"It's been two years since I could say that I feel like I am good enough to play again," Reimold said. "It's been a long process, so hopefully, all the work I did to come back pays off."

Jose Bautista and Dioner Navarro also had solo homers for Toronto. Bautista connected for his 21st homer in the first, and Navarro tied it at four with his eighth in the sixth.

Aaron Sanchez (2-0) threw two scoreless innings for the win, and Casey Janssen pitched the ninth for his 18th save.

Jon Singleton homered for Houston, and Robbie Grossman had two hits.

"Their four solo home runs proved to be the difference in the game," Houston manager Bo Porter said. "They're definitely a power-hitting team."

The Astros scored three times in the third to open a 4-2 lead. Grossman and Marc Krauss each hit an RBI single off Drew Hutchison, and Jason Castro had an RBI double.

Hutchison was charged with four runs and six hits in three innings. He is 2-5 with a 6.64 ERA in his last eight starts.

Gregorio Petit's run-scoring groundout gave Houston a 5-4 lead in the sixth, but Bautista tied it again with a sacrifice fly in the eighth.

Jake Buchanan started for Houston after scheduled starter Jarred Cosart was dealt to Miami earlier in the day. Buchanan allowed three runs and five hits in five innings.

TRAINER'S ROOM

Blue Jays: First baseman Dan Johnson was placed on the 15-day disabled list with a left hamstring strain. The Blue Jays recalled right-hander Chad Jenkins from Triple-A Buffalo.

Astros: Either outfielder George Springer, who has been on the disabled list since July 20, or Dexter Fowler, who has been on the DL since June 27, could go on a rehab assignment during the next road trip, which starts Monday, Houston general manager Jeff Luhnow said.

ON DECK

Left-hander J.A. Happ (8-5, 4.58 ERA) starts for Toronto on Friday against his former team. The Astros are sending right-hander Collin McHugh (4-9, 3.45 ERA) to the mound.

RASMUS SCRATCHED

Toronto outfielder Colby Rasmus was scratched for being late to the stadium. "I wasn't here when I was supposed to be here, and they punished me as they should have," Rasmus said. Anthony Gose started in centre field, and Rasmus entered in seventh as a defensive substitution.

HOUSTON TRADE

Houston acquired outfielder Jake Marisnick, infielder Colin Moran and right-hander Frances Martes as well as a 2015 compensatory draft pick from Miami for right-hander Jarred Cosart, infielder Kike Hernandez and outfielder Austin Wates.

Right-hander Brad Peacock, who was optioned to Triple-A Oklahoma City on Sunday, will likely take Cosart's place in the Houston rotation, Luhnow said.

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{allcanada} CANADIAN MACDONALD TO HEADLINE UFC FIGHT NIGHT 54 IN HALIFAX

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TORONTO -- Canadian Rory (Ares) MacDonald will have to go through former Strikeforce champion Tarec (Sponge) Saffiedine to continue his run at the UFC welterweight title.

The UFC announced Thursday that the two will meet Oct. 4 in the main event of a televised UFC card at the Halifax Metro Centre.

MacDonald, a native of Kelowna, B.C., now fighting out of Montreal, is ranked No. 2 among UFC 170-pound contenders. Saffiedine, a Belgian based out of the U.S., is ranked 10th.

The 25-year-old MacDonald has won seven of his last eight bouts and is 8-2 in the UFC since making his debut in the organization in January 2010. His lone UFC losses have come at the hands of (Ruthless) Robbie Lawler, at UFC 167 last November, and Carlos (The Natural Born Killer) Condit, at UFC 115 in June 2010.

Lawler went on to lose a decision to Johny (Bigg Rigg) Hendricks to decide who would take over the title vacated by Georges St-Pierre, who trains with MacDonald. Hendricks won by decision, with Lawler earning another title shot after disposing of Matt (The Immortal) Brown on the weekend.

The six-foot MacDonald is coming off an impressive win over No. 4 Tyron Woodley at UFC 174 in June in Vancouver following a decision over jiu-jitsu ace Demian Maia at UFC 170 in February.

MacDonald (17-2) is a rangy well-rounded fighter who can do damage from the outside with an effective jab. But he is also dangerous in close, able to slam opponents and punish them on the ground.

The Canadian will have a six-inch advantage in reach and two inches in height on Saffiedine.

Saffiedine (13-3) has won five straight since dropping a decision to Woodley in Strikeforce in January 2011. His last outing, which was his UFC debut, was a decision win over Hyun Gyu Lim in January.

The 27-year-old Belgian, who won eight of his last nine fights, is a former kick-boxer with a black belt in karate and a brown belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu. MacDonald is a black belt in BJJ.

A win over Saffiedine would be MacDonald's fourth over a top-10 welterweight fighter.

The Halifax show marks the UFC's first in Nova Scotia.

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{allcanada} RAONIC ADVANCES TO QUARTERS AT CITI OPEN; TO FACE JOHNSON

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WASHINGTON -- Vancouver's Vasek Pospisil got the best of Tomas Berdych -- again.

The Canadian improved to 2-0 against the fifth-ranked Berdych, beating the Czech star 6-2, 6-4 on Thursday night to advance to the Citi Open quarter-finals.

Berdych was the top seed in the hardcourt event.

Earlier, Steve Johnson knocked off another seeded, big-serving, NBA centre-sized opponent, beating ninth-seeded Ivo Karlovic 3-6, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (7).

The American will face seventh-ranked and second-seeded Milos Raonic, from Thornhill, Ont., who beat No. 14 Lleyton Hewitt 7-6 (1), 7-6 (3).

Berdych unofficially committed 21 unforced errors and had his serve broken four times, including the final game of each set. Two of Pospisil's three career top-10 wins have come against Berdych, the first last year in Montreal.

Berdych trailed 0-3 in the first set and never recovered. Pospisil, ranked 36th, only lost serve once, fighting back three of four break points.

Johnson, ranked 68th, is turning into a giant killer. The fourth-highest ranked American on tour entering this week topped fifth-seeded John Isner in three sets Wednesday.

The 6-foot-2 Johnson fended off 27 aces by the 6-foot-11 Karlovic after the 6-foot-10 Isner had 29.

"Second day in a row (I had) to play somebody with a massive serve," said Johnson, who is 4-1 in tiebreakers this week. "In a tiebreaker, anything can happen."

Isner double faulted in the third set tiebreaker to set up Johnson with match point. The same scenario played out Thursday, though not until Johnson fended off two match points to even the tiebreaker at 6-6.

"I wouldn't say that's normal, but I'm not going to complain about that," the two-time NCAA Division I singles champion said about the beneficial double faults.

Karlovic's third double fault of the match gave Johnson an 8-7 lead.

After serving out wide to Karlovic's backhand, Johnson moved in to strike the soft return. He smacked a forehand winner into the corner to reach his fifth quarter-final in his second full season on tour.

Next up, 6-foot-5 Raonic. The Wimbledon semifinalist ranks third in aces behind Isner and Karlovic.

"They're getting shorter every day," Johnson cracked.

Sixth-seeded Richard Gasquet beat Tim Smyczek 6-3, 6-2. Seventh-seeded Kevin Anderson also advanced, beating Malek Jaziri 6-3, 6-4. Donald Young beat No. 15 Denis Istomin 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 for his second straight victory over a seeded player.

In women's second-round play, second-seeded Ekaterina Makarova beat Lauren Davis 6-2, 6-4; fifth-seeded Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova topped Hiroko Kuwata 6-3, 6-3; sixth-seeded Svetlana Kuznetsova beat Kirsten Flipkens 6-4, 7-5; and Vania King routed Christina McHale 6-1, 6-3.

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{allcanada} WILLY HITS GRIGSBY FOR TD AS TIME EXPIRES; BOMBERS EDGE TICATS

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HAMILTON, Ont. -- Drew Willy's two-yard TD pass to Nic Grigsby on the final play of the game rallied the Winnipeg Blue Bombers to a stirring 27-26 comeback win over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats on Thursday night.

Willy lofted a high, soft pass to Grigbsy to cap an 11-play drive that began at the Winnipeg 15-yard line with 1:40 remaining. Lirim Hajrullahu's convert earned Winnipeg (5-1) the victory.

Rookie Quincy McDuffie's 66-yard punt return TD at 2:15 earned Hamilton a 24-20 advantage, the Ticats' first lead of the game. McDuffie, making his CFL debut, delighted a Ron Joyce Stadium gathering of 6,500 that was forced to endure a horrendous first half by the Ticats (1-4).

Hamilton managed just two first downs and 22 net yards after accumulating over 550 yards in a 33-23 home win over Ottawa on Saturday night. And when Grigsby put Winnipeg ahead 20-3 with a 16-yard scamper at 2:38 of the third, it looked like the game was over.

But quarterback Dan LeFevour -- who threw for 361 yards and a TD and ran for 109 yards and a touchdown against Ottawa -- hit C.J. Gable with a 48-yard scoring strike at 6:35. LeFevour, the CFL's offensive player of the week, scored on a two-yard run 12 seconds into the fourth to cut Hamilton's deficit to 20-17 before McDuffie's electrifying return at 2:15.

And Hamilton went ahead 26-20 after Hajrullahu was forced to boot the ball out of the end zone for a safety following a high snap at 3:53. Winnipeg's woes continued when Julian Feoli-Gudino fumbled after a nine-yard catch that Rico Murray recovered at the Hamilton 31-yard line with under six minutes remaining.

But Feoli-Gudino made up for that with a clutch 22-yard catch that put Winnipeg at the Hamilton two-yard line, setting up Willy's final-play heroics. The Bombers improved to 4-0 versus East Division competition this year.

Robert Marve had Winnipeg's other touchdown. Hajrullahu booted two field goals and the converts.

Hamilton's Justin Medlock added a field goal and the converts.

Marve's three-yard TD run at 13:13 of the second staked Winnipeg to a 13-3 half-time advantage, capping a smart 74-yard, 10-play drive aided by two unnecessary roughness penalties against Hamilton.

But the score flattered the Ticats, whose offence was non-existent in the first half with just one first down and 31 total yards. On Saturday against Ottawa, Hamilton had two TDs and 158 yards in its first five offensive plays.

LeFevour was a dismal 4-of-12 passing for a paltry 17 yards.

Willy was a workmanlike 18-of-24 passing for 217 yards.

NOTES -- Bombers head coach Mike O'Shea began his CFL career with Hamilton in '93, being traded to the Ticats shortly after being drafted fourth overall by the Edmonton Eskimos. He was the league's top rookie that year and spent three seasons in Steeltown before signing with Toronto as a free agent in '96 after being released by the NFL's Detroit Lions. The Argos dealt O'Shea back to Hamilton in '01 but returned to the Argos as a free agent in '02 and finished his playing career there through the '08 season . . . LeFevour is the first Ticats' quarterback to make consecutive starts this season. . . . Winnipeg had just five penalties in last weekend's 23-6 win over B.C., only one on offence.

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{allcanada} Five women to watch in Rogers Cup Montreal

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TORONTO — The Rogers Cup begins with qualifying Saturday and the first round begins Monday at Uniprix Stadium in Montreal. Here are five players to watch:

Serena Williams

A winner of this tournament in two of the past three years, Williams is coming off a disappointing Wimbledon loss to Alize Cornet in the round of 32. Williams has had a difficult time of late, but last year’s U.S. Open champion is always a threat to win, especially on hard courts.

Petra Kvitova

The fourth-ranked player in the world beat Eugenie Bouchard quite handily in the Wimbledon final. Kvitova is set to be the third seed at the Rogers Cup as she hunts for her first hard-court title in 2014.

Maria Sharapova

The French Open champion is trying to win her first U.S. Open since 2006. Montreal is the next step on that path, as Sharapova will be the fifth seed in a tournament she has never won.

Eugenie Bouchard

Playing some of the best tennis of her life, the 20-year-old returns to her hometown with the chance to add to her already-impressive resume. Bouchard withdrew from the Citi Open in Washington, but more because she wanted to rest up for this tournament than because of injury.

Caroline Wozniacki

After her breakup with golfer Rory McIlroy, Wozniacki lost her first match at the French Open but has since won a tournament, July’s Istanbul Cup. Wozniacki, the champion of this event in 2010, has come closer to winning the hard-court U.S. Open than any other Grand Slam.

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{allcanada} Five Male players to watch at Toronto Rogers Cup

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TORONTO — The Rogers Cup begins with qualifying Saturday and the first round begins Monday at Rexall Centre at York University. Here are five players to watch:

Novak Djokovic

Fresh off his victory at Wimbledon, the No. 1 player in the world returns to Toronto, where he won the 2012 tournament. With defending champion Rafael Nadal out because of a wrist injury, Djokovic is the favourite to win the Rogers Cup this time around.

Roger Federer

Federer hasn’t won this event since 2006, but his run to the Wimbledon final showed he’s still got something left in the tank at the age of 33. He lost the Wimbledon final in five memorable sets to Djokovic. How the Swiss star fares on hard courts in Toronto could shed some light on his hopes at the U.S. Open.

Milos Raonic

Canada’s favourite son has made significant strides in his game this year, culminating with a trip to the semifinals at Wimbledon. Raonic, who grew up in Thornhill, Ont., said he was "still pretty angry" about losing in those semifinals but has faced some of the best this year in getting beaten by Federer, Djokovic and Nadal.

Andy Murray

Murray, who won this tournament in 2009 and 2010, doesn’t have a title in 2014 after winning Wimbledon as a home-country hero last year. Being back on hard courts could be just the ticket for the 27-year-old.

Nick Kyrgios

Ranked 183rd in the world at the start of the year, the 19-year-old Australian is all the way up to 69th. Kyrgios lost to Raonic in the quarter-finals at Wimbledon, and this will be a test to see if he has the game to win on hard courts.

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{allcanada} Drake Bell, Alyssa Milano and James Franco Take Sides in Orlando Bloom and Justin Bieber's Fight

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Orlando Bloom, Justin Bieber 

After Orlando Bloom took a swing at Justin Bieber in Ibiza Wednesday, E! News asked readers to pick a team based on the rumored rivals' attractiveness, wealth, personality, social media presence and more. Hollywood weighed in on the boys' brouhaha, too, and it seems they mostly sided with the Zulu actor.

Former Nickelodeon star Drake Bell, who has often feuded with Bieber himself, took to Twitter to weigh in on the fight. He posted photos of Looney Tunes characters Spike the Bulldog and Chester the Terrier, writing, "@justinbieber I found these cool pictures of you and your body guard from the other night!"

Bell tweeted a picture of a Great Dane and a Chihuahua, writing, "@justinbieber and his bodyguard!"

Bieber's fans became upset, and the actor lashed out, writing, "You can't take a joke? Geez." He later deleted the tweets before asking Bieber's followers, "Can you kids start looking up to a good person?!"

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Alyssa Milano tweeted that she's on "#TeamOrlando," and she's not the only one who supporting Miranda Kerr's ex. On Comedy Central's The Colbert Report, James Franco said he's on "Team Bloom."

Stephen Amell, star of The CW's Arrow, found the situation humours. "Orlando Bloom didn't try to punch Bieber. It looks like he tried to flick him in the head," he tweeted. "That's way, WAY better."

Scandal actor Josh Malina joked, "This Justin Bieber/Orlando Bloom thing is the first time I've been interested in a featherweight match." The Vampire Diaries actress Candice Accola echoed Malina's sentiments, writing, "I'm glad Orlando Bloom smashed that weiner Justin Bieber. #smashedweiner."

Writer and former child star Mara Wilson tweeted about the fight several times, telling her followers, "Orlando Bloom punched Justin Bieber? My teenage crush punched this generation's teenage crush!" She then revealed, "I was also in love with Edward Norton, but Orlando was the one I just liked to gaze at, especially when he was dressed up like Legolas." Fifteen minutes later, Wilson said, "Less impressed to learn it was over a girl and not just because Bieber was being an a--hole. Violence isn't good, kids."

Even Jimmy Fallon poked fun at Bieber and Bloom's beef on NBC's The Tonight Show. "Orlando Bloom apparently threw a punch at Justin Bieber last night during an argument at a nightclub," the host told millions of viewers. "Orlando's hand was pretty sore today...You know, from all the high fives he got!"

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