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Haley Joel Osment Sees Mamet People

Haley Joel Osment Sees Mamet People
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You guys, Haley Joel Osment is 20 years old! 20! We'll always see him as the creepy kid who saw dead people in The Sixth Sense. God, we're old. Anyway, Mr. Osment is all grown up and making his Broadway debut in the revival of David Mamet's American Buffalo, according to BroadwayWorld. At least he still has those rosey baby-faced cheeks! He joins John Lequizamo and Cedric the Entertainer was junk shop workers who scheme to steal a rich man's coin collection. The show opens Nov. 17 at the Belasco Theatre.

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Anonymous (not verified) says:

The man is a genius, the way he acts and his voice over work.
Kingdom Hearts; case 'n' point. I really hope his career take on a bigger fan base.

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He became so ugly, what a shame!

Lora-nce (not verified) says:

omg ! haley freaking rules ! hes like the most amazing person ever ! and he aint ugly ! hes sooo talented and hes just amazing ! haley all the way ! well wanna a hug off him :P xxx

Lora-nce (not verified) says:

omgomgomg ! haley freaking rules ! and he aint ugly ! i freaking love the guy ! hes amazingly talented and just ... omg ! lol ! haley all the way ! mwah xxx

alx (not verified) says:

What do you
have in your closet?

How long ago
was it when shoes were just footwear?  You threw them on to go play out in the
back yard, or down on the playground.  Today, however, having a pair of sneakers
has taken on a whole new meaning, especially when dealing with sports shoes. 
What has really made the sneaker culture huge is the sport shoe industry, with
Nike and Adidas pulling up the front.  These sports icons have been worn and
styled by not only top athletes, but by people in the music industry. 


They say that it was the Nike Dunk
that started it all off.  In 1985, Nike brought out the
Nike Dunk

Originally these sneakers meant for the college community of basketball
players.  Instead, this style of sports shoes started the sneaker sub-culture. 
 Although this style of sneaker was designed to be used during high intensity
basketball games, the spotlight quickly turned to the fashion of wearing them,
what they looked like, and which ones you owned.  Twenty years later, Nike has
brought the Nike Dunk back on
the courts with all its retro style and performance.

But why stop
with basketball shoes?  In 2000, Nike decided to jump into the skateboarding
scene with the new Nike Skateboarding product line. 

With
Nike SB
has come the
Nike Dunk SB
.  For years, before
skateboarding came out from the underground scene, skateboarders utilized the
rugged design of basketball shoes.  Nike decided to capitalize on what Vans and
DC shoes had been monopolizing for years, and take what was already an amazing
sneaker, and fit it into the needs of skateboarders.  What the
Nike Dunk
SB
brought in the way of performance was extra-padded tongue and their
patented Zoom Air insole. In the way of style, this sneaker has already come out
with six series, and names for them like Grip, Forbes, and Vipers.

Another blast
from the past would be the Nike Air
Force 1
.  These sneakers first came out in the early 80’s.  And like the
hip hop culture, their popularity grew.  However, this band did not reach their
full fashion peek until 2002 when Nelly released the song “Air
Force Ones
”. 

The other major
sports shoe brand is the Adicolor
Shoes
, an Adidas Original.  The design became so popular because the
plain white canvas was adaptable by painting, drawing, and spraying on your own
personal design, and even accessories were sold to help you in your creativity. 
In 2006 they pushed the envelope further with a new color series using artists
and designers from all over the world.


Another huge sneaker that was popular with the hip hop world was the
Adidas Superstar
.  A very raw
and controversial Hip Hop group that helped skyrocket the
Adidas
Superstar
to stardom was Run-D.M.C. This cutting edge group was known for
wearing their Superstars out on stage, and even wrote a song dedicated to them
called “My Adidas”.  Whether its Nike or Adidas, clean out that closet, dust off
your old sneakers, and get into the game. 

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