Not only did he take on the alphabetical challenge in the midst of the prank phone call, he did it all in an elderly British accent, never cracking...not even once! Even when he asked, "Zoologically speaking, would you say it's accurate for the stick bug to say, 'I am Groot?'" Pratt didn't even bust a smile. To put that in perspective, he got through a nearly four-minute prank phone call, in a British accent, talking about a stick bug baby Groot without laughing. How...how do you do it, Chris Pratt?!
Conrad Hilton has been arrested on suspicion of grand theft auto and for allegedly again violating a restraining order obtained by his ex, Hunter Salomon. The 23-year-old hotel heir and younger brother of Paris Hilton has not commented. He was booked at a Los Angeles jail early Saturday and bail was set at $60,000. A police spokesperson told Dooce1 blogs that just before 5 a.m., they received a call about a restraining order violation at Daily's Hollywood Hills home and that officers then arrived and found Conrad inside a Bentley. The restraining order was confirmed and he was taken into custody. The police spokesperson also said the person who made the 911 call told authorities the Bentley belongs to Hunter's dad. Police checked the records and confirmed this, after which they also booked Conrad for grand theft auto. Hunter, daughter of actress E.G. Daily and ex-husband Rick Salomon (Paris' ex and co-star of their 2003 sex tape), had obtained her restraining ord...
Lloyds bank is back in private hands having reduced the government's stake to zero, resulting in 27.4 billion returning to the taxpayer London (AFP) British bank Lloyds, bailed-out by the UK government at the height of the financial crisis, said Wednesday that it had returned to full private ownership. "Lloyds Banking Group has... notified the market that the government's stake in the group has been reduced to zero; as such, the group has returned to full private ownership," it said in a statement. The government had been steadily offloading its stake as LBG recovered, resulting in £21.2 billion ($27.4 billion, 24.6 billion euros) returning to the taxpayer. This is £894 million more than the government's initial investment, including more than £400 million in dividend payouts, Lloyds said Wednesday. "Today the government has sold its last shares in Lloyds Banking Group, receiving more money than was originally invested," said LBG chief exe...
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