Jack Nicholson reportedly asked his friends to urinate in his garden to help keep raccoons away.

Jack Nicholson made his friends urinate in his garden. The Oscar-winning actor was showing a group of male pals around his Hollywood Hills home when he asked them to make sure they relieve themselves outside, to stop wild raccoons coming too close to his property. According to the National Enquirer magazine, he said, “Hey, whenever you guys [...]

Jack Nicholson made his friends urinate in his garden.The Oscar-winning actor was showing a group of male pals around his Hollywood Hills home when he asked them to...

Jack Nicholson's storming performance aside, this 1992 biopic of Jimmy Hoffa suffers from an excess of fictional embellishment in David Mamet's screenplay, and unintentional nods to Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody video Director: Danny DeVito Entertainment grade: C– History grade: C Jimmy Hoffa was an organiser for the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, an American trade union, serving as its ...

Jack Nicholson urinates in his garden to keep racoons at bay.

"House Rules" (Atria, 353 pages, $28), by Jodi Picoult: Jodi Picoult knows her audience. She tends to write family dramas that tug at the heartstrings. Her books have short chapters, usually written from the perspective of the main characters, and often have a surprise ending.

If the producers of the 82nd annual Academy Awards telecast had learned one lesson, it's that less is preferable to more during the show's opening moments. Gone were 10-minute song-and-dance routines followed by interminable monologues. Gone were references to Jack Nicholson in the front row.

"The Baseball Fan's Bucket List: 162 Things You Must See, Do, Get, and Experience Before You Die" (Running Press, 288 pages, $15.95), by Robert Santelli and Jenna Santelli: Baseball is played by the boys of spring, whose sport also runs through summer and spills into the first several weeks of fall.

What's Your Reaction? "House Rules" (Atria, 353 pages, $28), by Jodi Picoult: Jodi Picoult knows her audience. She tends to write family dramas that tug at the heartstrings. Her books have short chapters, usually written from the perspective of the main characters, and often have a surprise ending.

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