Big Brown is more of a hindquarters guy

Adding a touch of class, Big Brown’s jockey will proudly display a Hooters logo when the horse tries for the Triple Crown on Saturday. So now the Belmont Stakes could be not only historic, but delightfully tacky yet unrefined.

Several Hooters girls went to visit Big Brown to celebrate the deal, but his trainer said the horse was unfazed. He prefers girls who rely more on their wits and have really nice manes.

Mike Myers’ new movie, “The Love Guru,” hasn’t even opened yet, but already there’s a controversy over its portrayal of a Hindu Deepak Chopra-type.

It’s no surprise people are taking the movie so seriously. Historians usually look to Myers’ work as definitive documentaries. He’s the Ken Burns of giant green ogres and swinging 1960s British spies.

The hills are alive: Austrian tourism officials are thinking about building a museum dedicated to “The Sound of Music.”

It sounds interesting, but they need to line up some more impressive artifacts to make it work. All they’ve got so far are raindrops on roses, whiskers on kittens, bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens.

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