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Arnie misses Austria - and schnitzel
'Jackass' star Ryan Dunn dies in crash
Richard Gere visits Buddhist temple in South Korea

Posted: 21 Jun 2011 05:11 AM PDT

VIENNA (AP): Under fire back home in California, Arnold Schwarzenegger is rediscovering the simple, gentler pleasures of Austria, the country of his birth.

In Vienna for an environment conference, the former governor of California began his speech Tuesday in German instead of English. And he focused not on green themes but on the familiar things he misses in California - "the music of Mozart," or "a juicy wiener schnitzel."

He says he is "extremely happy to be here again." And the ex-Terminator says "I'll back" - in the fall, to open a Schwarzenegger museum in his Austrian hometown of Thal, near Graz.

Schwarzenegger's popularity in the U.S. was nose-diving as he left office last year and has sunk even further in the wake of revelations that he fathered a child with his housekeeper.

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'Jackass' star Ryan Dunn dies in crash

Posted: 21 Jun 2011 04:19 AM PDT

PHILADELPHIA (AP): Jackass star Ryan Dunn, who made viewers cringe and snicker through vulgar stunts in their multimillion-dollar TV and movie franchise, was killed early Monday in a fiery car crash. He was 34.

Dunn, a daredevil whose most famous skits included diving into a sewage tank and shoving a toy car into his rectum, was driving his 2007 Porsche in suburban Philadelphia when it went off the road, flipped over a guardrail and crashed into the woods before bursting into flames. A passenger was also killed, and speed may have been a factor in the crash, West Goshen Township police said.

The force of impact shattered the vehicle into several twisted and blackened pieces, leaving the Porsche 911 GT3 unrecognizable except for a door that was thrown from the crash and not incinerated. A 100-foot(30-meter)-long tire skid marked where the car left the roadway.

Both Dunn and his passenger were severely burned. Police said they were able to identify Dunn through his tattoos and hair.

Township police identified his passenger late Monday as 30-year-old Zachary Hartwell.

Dunn appeared on MTV shows Jackass and Viva La Bam and the three Jackass big-screen adaptations. He also was the star of his own MTV show, Homewrecker, and hosted Proving Ground on the G4 cable network.

G4 spokesman Dave Welch said Proving Ground, which premiered June 11 with the second episode slated to air Tuesday, was being pulled for now until the network can discuss the show's future.

His longtime friend and fellow Jackass daredevil Johnny Knoxville tweeted on Monday afternoon, "Today I lost my brother Ryan Dunn. My heart goes out to his family and his beloved Angie. RIP Ryan, I love you buddy."

Dunn also starred in the yet-to-be-released film Living Will. The film's website describes Dunn's character as a "party bum slacker (who) returns from the dead as a mischievous and perverted ghost."

In a statement, MTV praised Dunn's tireless humor and enthusiasm and said he would be missed.

"We are devastated by the tragic loss of Ryan Dunn - a beloved member of the MTV family for more than a decade," said Van Toffler, president of MTV Networks Music/Films Group. "The Jackass brotherhood will never be the same."

Dunn was born in Ohio and moved at age 15 to Pennsylvania, where he met Bam Margera on his first day of high school, according to a biography posted on his website.

Dunn, Margera, Christopher Raab (known as Raab Himself) and Brandon DiCamillo, under the moniker CKY for "Camp Kill Yourself," started making videos that featured them skateboarding and performing stunts.

Dunn was working as a welder and gas station worker when Knoxville, a friend of Margera's through the skateboarding circuit, asked the crew to allow their videos to be part of the series Jackass, which became a hit on MTV and ran from 2000 to 2002.

Perhaps his most famous stunt, in 2002's Jackass: The Movie, involved inserting a toy car into his rectum and going to an emergency room, where he made up a story that he was in mysterious pain after passing out at a fraternity party. Dunn's X-ray from the hospital became a popular T-shirt for Jackass fans.

In a 2000 stunt, he dived into a tank at a raw sewage plant wearing flippers, a mask and a snorkel.

A few hours before the 3 a.m. crash, Dunn tweeted a picture of himself drinking with two friends. The photo has since been removed.

Autopsies were to be conducted Monday, though it was unclear when the results would be released.

According to court documents, Dunn was charged in April 2005 with driving under the influence after crashing his car in West Whiteland Township, about 2 miles (4 kilometers) north of Monday's crash site. The documents show he successfully completed a program designed for first-time, nonviolent offenders that allows charges to be dismissed after defendants finish the program.

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Richard Gere visits Buddhist temple in South Korea

Posted: 21 Jun 2011 03:29 AM PDT

SEOUL, South Korea (AP): Richard Gere is visiting a Buddhist temple in Seoul where he received gifts of prayer beads, ceremonial clothing and porcelain incense burners.

The practicing Buddhist said Tuesday at Jogye Temple that he appreciates Korean Buddhism's traditions and wants them to stay strong.

Gere is in Seoul promoting an exhibition of photographs of Tibet and India taken by the Hollywood actor and other photographers. Gere is a longtime activist for Tibet, the Dalai Lama and Tibetan exiles.

His films include "Pretty Woman," "Unfaithful" and "Chicago" for which he won a Golden Globe.

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