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NFLPA director DeMaurice Smith says contract is done

May. 12, 2009
New NFL Players Association executive director DeMaurice Smith says his contract has been completed.
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Race for NFL union head in home stretch

MAUI, Hawaii, March 11 (UPI) -- The candidates to head of the NFL Players Association agreed that the union will have to present a united front as it heads into negotiations with the owners.
Smith to direct Willis, Morgan in 'Cops'

Smith to direct Willis, Morgan in 'Cops'

LOS ANGELES, March 5 (UPI) -- U.S. film director Kevin Smith is set to direct Bruce Willis and Tracy Morgan in the big-screen comedy "A Couple of Cops," Variety.com reported.
Smith to star in, produce TNT drama pilot

Smith to star in, produce TNT drama pilot

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 18 (UPI) -- Hollywood actress Jada Pinkett Smith has signed on to star in and executive produce the drama pilot "Time Heals," TNT announced Thursday.

Jaden Smith lands on 'Earth'

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 15 (UPI) -- Jaden Smith, the 9-year-old son of Hollywood stars Will and Jada Pinkett Smith, has signed on for a role in the sci-fi remake, "The Day the Earth Stood Still."

Smith & Wolensky sold to Patina Restaurant

NEW YORK, Feb. 26 (UPI) -- The Smith & Wollensky steakhouse parent said Monday it agreed to a $79.6 million takeover by a New York restaurant group that promises to expand the chain.

'Mr. & Mrs. Smith' to become TV show

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 26 (UPI) -- "Mr. & Mrs. Smith" director Doug Liman is bringing the film to TV, it was reported Thursday.

Kevin Smith plays clerk on 'Mars'

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 16 (UPI) -- It's only appropriate that "Clerks" writer/director Kevin Smith will play a clerk this season on UPN's "Veronica Mars."

Ohio State names new AD

COLUMBUS, Ohio, March 5 (UPI) -- Gene Smith was named Saturday as the new athletics director at Ohio State.

W.H. Smith selling Hodder Headline

LONDON, Aug. 2 (UPI) -- Britain's W.H. Smith is selling its Hodder Headline publishing business for $405.5 million, the Financial Times reported Monday.

Smith to write not direct 'The Green Hornet'

LOS ANGELES, June 14 (UPI) -- Kevin Smith, the U.S. director of "Jersey Girl" who had been named to direct "The Green Hornet" won't be in the director's chair after all.
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, competes in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Virginia, spells out the letters in her word as she competes during the opening round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Madison, the youngest known qualifier in the history of the contest, correctly spelled the word "dirigible*", a lighter-than-air aircraft, to advance. UPI/Mike Theiler