You gotta love this crazy man and the hype. (Not to mention his miracle put-back on a Kobe Bryant miss at the buzzer to win Game 5 between the Suns and Lakers in the Western Conference Finals.) Who else but Artest, in a trademark bizarre post-game interview, would attribute his championship performance to his psychiatrist?

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And while the hype for the new Spider-Man film has been huge, there is almost no chance that this reboot (which looks like a rehash of the first Spider-Man film) will be as profitable as the Sam Raimi-directed trilogy.

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The Arsenal midfielder created two goals before scoring a superb individual effort in a man-of-the-match performance that increased the hype.

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