Miller worked this game as an analyst for TNT, talking to Knicks fan Spike Lee before the game.

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And before the Garnett incident, Knick fans hated Boston's Paul Pierce, who has antagonized them and Garden courtside super fan Spike Lee with big shot after big shot to close out games over the years.

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With M:i-2, Cruise proved to be a Bruce Lee fan -- hence the flying kicks.

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"I was the biggest Jim Lee fan in the '90s, and then after seeing what he did to the Wonder Woman costume, I'm a little hesitant to see what he's done with the rest of the Justice League and the rest of the DC Universe, " Whitehead said.

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It literally ripped the heart out of the New York Knicks, their fan base and Spike Lee.

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The benefits of that experience seem evident in the actress's assured performance in this lesser picture, with Lombard as Alabam Lee, a fan dancer who agrees to "adopt" an indigent old lady as a publicity stunt.

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Former U.S. senator and lifelong Sox fan George Mitchell also is featured, along with filmmaker Spike Lee, a rabid Sox-hater and Yankee fan, and also filmmaker Peter Farrelly, a diehard Bosox partisan.

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"A fan made a complaint to a steward over comments made by Lee Bowyer after he had been substituted, " confirmed a West Brom spokesman.

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It turned out that Lee Mendelson, the producer, was a huge jazz fan.

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Jack Nicholson, recently rated the No. 1 fan for his rabid following of the LA Lakers by t he Bleacher Report, is to Spike Lee and the NY Knicks what Courtney Cox and the Lakers is to Carrie Underwood and the Dallas Cowboys.

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