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Rick has never written a serious thing in his life, some of which can be found at ESPN the Magazine, McSweeney's, Radar Magazine, Deadspin, Flak Magazine and The Morning News. The rest can be found here. He lives in Los Angeles, is a White Sox fan, and maintains a personal blog.

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Violante Placido topless

You just know that if a movie is going to star George Clooney, then there’s going to be some gorgeous girl also in the cast. I believe he has it written into his contract. It’s just that usually it’s someone that I’ve heard of before. This Violante Placido, who stars with Clooney in The American, is a new name to go into my collection of extremely attractive women in the world. Placido is from Rome, which is just a big enough excuse for me to plan an Italian trip next summer. Mama mia!