First appearing as a fake trailer in the B-movie Grindhouse, Machete is now a full-length film co-written, produced, and directed by Robert Rodriguez.

The actor who played the character named Machete in the Spy Kids movie series, Danny Trejo also plays the title character Machete in this one although the two characters are not really related to each other.

Surprisingly for a B-movie, Machete actually features an all-star supporting cast with Steven Seagal and Robert de Niro.

However, what might incline me to watch the movie is because of the hot Michelle Rodriguez, the hotter Jessica Alba and the sizzling hot Lindsay Lohan who reportedly goes topless in the film while swimming in a waterfall.

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The Ultimate Fighting Championship’s third-ever UFC Fan Expo was held last August 27-28 at the Hynes Convention Center, a short trip from TD Garden, in Boston which hosted UFC 118.

At the event, NBA superstar Shaquille O’Neal made his first public appearance as a member of the Boston Celtics after he signed with the team as a free agent.

The Big Shamrock brought with him team mate Glen “Big Baby” Davis.

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After actually winning a challenge for the first time ever at Episode 3, Shaq two-upped it at Episode 4 by winning against competitive eating champion Joey Chestnut in a hotdog eating contest and against former NBA player Charles Barkley in a game of golf.

Against Chestnut however, Shaq had a significant advantage as he gets to pull off 5 random people from the streets to help him eat the hotdogs while Chestnut did it all by himself.

I can say that his win against Barkley was legitimate though as both of them get a professional golfer on their team.

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The 16th rendition of one of the most prestigious basketball tournaments in the world, the FIBA World Basketball Championship is being hosted by Turkey from August 28 to September 12, 2010.

Just like with any international sports competition, it would not be complete without its mascot.

The 2010 FIFA World Cup has Zakumi, the 2010 Winter Olympics has Sumi, Quatchi, Miga and Mukmuk.

Meet Bascat, the 2010 FIBA World Championship mascot!

Bascat is a Turkish Van, a cat breed native to Turkey generally with eyes of two different colors: blue and green.

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Although the last time USA won the title was in 1994 when Dream Team II was sent to represent the country, Team USA is still the favorite to win the 16th rendition of the FIBA World Championship.

It would not be a surprise if basketball fans will want to tune in to every game where Team USA is featured.

Here’s the TV schedule guide from ESPN for your viewing pleasure.

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With an ensemble cast of its own, Takers is going to make a run for The Expendables at the box-office.

Although the movie’s cast are not as big as The Expendables, it’s not shabby either.

Starring Matt Dillon, Paul Walker, Hayden Christensen, Chris Brown and Zoë Saldaña among others, Takers though is not a men-on-a-mission type of movie. Rather, it is a heist/caper movie along the line of Ocean’s Eleven and The Italian Job.

It’s also interesting to see how singer Chris Brown will fare in his first action movie.

Takers is directed by John Luessenhop and produced by William Packer for a budget of $32 million.

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