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By Dave Miller, National Football Post

Texas A&M grad and rising country singer Granger Smith sure knows how to make a star-studded music video.

The Aggies alum, who has played at the White House, visited American soldiers in Iraq and Kuwait, and wrote a song about his alma mater titled "We Bleed Maroon," had reigning Heisman Trophy-winning A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel appear in his new video for the tune "Silverado Bench Seat." Manziel stars in the video with longtime girlfriend Sarah Savage as well as former Aggies receiver Ryan Swope, who was recently drafted by the Arizona Cardinals.

Smith's new album, "Dirt Road Driveway," debuted at No. 11 on the Billboard Country Album chart.

The charmed life of Johnny Football continues...

A year after going full-frontal to star in an experimental Sigur Ros music video, Shia Labeouf has gone behind the scenes to direct a brooding, dark and sometimes gory clip for the Nashville group Future Unlimited. The dreamy electro-song, "Haunted Love," appeared on the band's 2012 album of the same title; the 4 1/2-minute video features lead singer Dave Miller (wielding an ax) and Labeouf's girlfriend, actress Mia Goth (dancing, crying and giving birth in a bathtub filled with bloody water). There are several close-up shots of a baby wailing and another one of the child burning

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A nature spot in Skegness has received complaints related to people "dogging". The 'inappropriate' public acts have put off people from taking children to visit the sand dunes at Seacroft Marsh, reports BBC News. Coastal ranger Dave Miller stated: "In some areas, it happens at night-time and out of the way, and it's not a problem. "But this is happening during the daytime. People do bump into people doing unsavoury things." Miller added: "It's a fantastic area, and I would like to use it more (more)...

A farmer drives up and parks his tractor with a trailer in tow outside the Treasury building, demanding to speak to the president. Cal (Tim Roth) has a group of school children at the Institute and gives them a talk on lying, in an attempt to determine who stole the class turtle. He wants the culprit to own up instead pointing the finger cos he can do that anyway. He introduces Ben (Mekhi Phifer) as an FBI agent but he needs Cal and Gillian (Kelli Williams) urgently. Eli (Brendan Hines) is left in charge of the children. No one can leave the building since it's safer inside but everyone needs to be kept away from the glass. Cal examines Harold's (Sean Bridgers) face closely by use of the cameras and doesn't believe he shows signs of bomber anxiety. Ben's boss, Steele (Miguel Ferrer) arrives and suspects there is a bomb...

Ann Blyth on TCM: Kismet, Rose Marie, Our Very Own 8:00 Pm Mildred Pierce (1945). A woman turns herself into a business tycoon to win her selfish daughter a place in society. Dir: Michael Curtiz. Cast: Joan Crawford, Jack Carson, Zachary Scott, Ann Blyth, Eve Arden, Bruce Bennett. Bw-111 mins. 10:00 Pm Kismet (1955). In this Arabian Nights musical, the "king of the beggars" infiltrates high society when his daughter is wooed by a handsome prince. Dir: Vincente Minnelli. Cast: Howard Keel, Ann Blyth, Dolores Gray. C-113 mins. Letterbox Format. 12:00 Am All The Brothers Were Valiant (1953). Brothers on a whaling schooner become romantic rivals. Dir: Richard Thorpe. Cast: Robert Taylor, Stewart Granger, Ann Blyth. C-95 mins. 2:00 Am Our Very Own (1950). The discovery that she's adopted shakes a young girl's sense of security. Dir: Dave Miller. Cast: Ann Blyth, Farley Granger, Joan Evans, Jane Wyatt. Bw-93 mins. 4:00 Am Rose Marie...

Bette Davis, Joan Blondell, Ann Dvorak, Three on a Match Ann Dvorak on TCM Part I: Scarface, I Was An American Spy Another cool Ann Dvorak performance is her drug addict in Mervyn LeRoy's Three on a Match (1932), which features a great cast that includes Warren William, Joan Blondell, and a pre-stardom Bette Davis. Never, ever light three cigarettes using the same match, or you'll end up like Ann Dvorak, delivering a harrowing performance without getting an Academy Award nomination for your efforts. As Three on a Match's young Ann Dvorak, future Oscar nominee Anne Shirley is billed as Dawn O'Day. (And for those who believe that remakes is something new: Three on a Mach was remade a mere six years later as Broadway Musketeers: John Farrow directed; Ann Sheridan, Marie Wilson, and Margaret Lindsay starred.) I've never watched David Miller's family drama Our Very Own...

Variety reports that FX has picked up drama project "March to Madness" from executive producer Don Cheadle. The series chronicles the glory and the seedy side of college basketball. The project comes from writer Joel Silverman, while Pete Segal ( The Longest Yard ) is set to direct. Also attached to the project alongside Silverman, Segal and Cheadle are former college basketball coach Dave Miller and Segal's producing partner, Michael Ewing. "March" will revolve around a corrupt college basketball program that cheats its way to the "March Madness" Ncaa basketball tournament. The story will be told through the eyes of the college coach, whose idealistic approach to the job has slowly been eroded by the compromises he's forced to make.