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Magic Mike is a film loosely based on events in his own life that happened when he was nineteen years old and worked for several months as a male stripper. He spoke about how the film came to be in a recent interview. He said the following, according to Screen Rant:
We were sitting over a beer and I told him that I was a stripper for eight months when I was nineteen. And he said that would be a great movie. And I said, ‘well I want to make a movie out of it.’ And he’s said, ‘you should write it.’ And I’m like, ‘yeah Soderbergh, Steven Soderbergh I’ll go write that.’ Cut to three or four months later, I read an interview where he said that he would be willing to direct. I called him up and said, ‘how much bulls**t is in this article?’ He was like, ‘I’m as serious as bone’s spur, we should sit down.’ And we sat down…at Carney’s over a hot dog ironically enough. And we decided to do it.

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The Seven Greatest Names for Strip Clubs … All Found in Phoenix
Strip club owners will try absolutely anything to get you to step through their front door (preferably with pockets full of cash). 
For many of the Valley’s numerous ecdysiast parlors, it means two-for-one drink deals, theme nights, or special appearances by porn stars. Other establishments, however, entice patrons by giving their joint a shameless or salacious-sounding name that implies the sort of adult-oriented thrills that await. Some of the names of said establishments are also pretty amusing to boot. We’ve surveyed the local strip club scene and complied a list of some of the most brazen and bizarrely funny strip clubs names in the Valley.
If you didn’t already guess because of its shape and color, the building that houses this Grand Avenue skin emporium used to be the location of an old Pizza Hut. These days, however, there’s nary any Italian food to be seen as the joint serves up topless dancers who tease their patrons (hence the name) by shaking their moneymakers for cash.

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By 2040, natural gas will surpass coal as the world’s second-biggest fuel source behind oil, according to a recent study by Exxon Mobil Corp.
Obama wasn’t just referring to natural gas, though. He wants to improve the reliability of other sources – wind, solar, biofuels. For that, he wants to shift tax incentives from the oil industry to renewables programs.
Given that much of new fuel development is moving toward cleaner sources, it makes sense to offer tax benefits, but it shouldn’t be an either-or shift from conventional energy.
As we’ve seen with the collapse of natural gas prices, companies will simply shut in production if it isn’t economical, and the shift to cleaner fuels will stall. So it makes sense to maintain some tax incentives for “unconventional” plays such as shale drilling at least at lower prices, and marginal producing “stripper” wells.

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 An Arizona man has been convicted of felony murder in the death of a strip club manager in a fire.
Forty-one-year-old Vasile Graure of Phoenix was convicted Friday. He faces a minimum of 30 years in prison at sentencing on March 23.
Vladimir Djordjevic, the club manager, was burned over 90 percent of his body in the fire on Nov. 3, 2007 at the Good Guys Club.
He died on May 17, 2010.
Graure was convicted of assault and arson in 2008 and was sentenced to 30 years in prison.
He was indicted on the murder charge after Djordjevic died.
According to court documents, Graure, angered that he had been ejected from the club, poured gasoline over the front of the club and Djordjevic and set it on fire.

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Police: Chandler man accused in assaults, ‘It was easy’
A Chandler man charged Thursday with sexually abusing two young girls told officers he didn’t think the alleged victims are “whole people” and that he committed the acts because “it was easy,” police said in a court document.
Michael Edmund Madrid, 45, was charged with multiple counts related to the serial abuse of the two girls, who were 9 and 11 years old at the time the attacks started in 2005 and continued for almost a year, police said.
Madrid admitted to fondling the girls and did not deny that he molested others, the court document states. His excuse was “it was easy,” and that other sexual outlets, like strip clubs, did not “offer the kind of excitement he craved,” police said.

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A Chandler man charged Thursday with sexually abusing two young girls told officers he didn’t think the alleged victims are “whole people” and that he committed the acts because “it was easy,” police said in a court document.
Michael Edmund Madrid, 45, was charged with multiple counts related to the serial abuse of the two girls, who were 9 and 11 years old at the time the attacks started in 2005 and continued for almost a year, police said.
Madrid admitted to fondling the girls and did not deny that he molested others, the court document states. His excuse was “it was easy,” and that other sexual outlets, like strip clubs, did not “offer the kind of excitement he craved,” police said.
One girl, who was in fifth grade at the time, stood up to Madrid in after a particularly upsetting incident in June 2006 and told another adult, who reported Madrid to the police, the court document states.

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… I think he’s been good. I think the other night, just his passing range and stuff – he’s been good, so yeah, there are options for us and I think that’s also another strong part of the reason we have elected to keep him on board.”
Smith’s best performance of the season came in last month’s 3-1 loss to the Melbourne Victory when he stood out in a beaten side and added the Wellington outfit’s only goal with a well-taken finish.
The 26-year-old is somewhat of a footballing nomad having spent a year with FC Dallas in Major League Soccer in the United States in 2005-2006, then, after giving away the game for a few seasons, re-emerging for Fraser Park in the NSW Super League in Australia in 2010.
He was contracted to Gold Coast United at the beginning of this season, but when he was hobbled by an ankle injury, the Glitter Strip club bought out his contract and waved him off in to the sunset.

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Movie fans in Scottsdale are waiting for the release of Magic Mike to theaters. On Thursday, Entertainment Weekly shared two new photos from the film featuring Channing Tatum. One photo has him alongside Matt Bomer from White Collar, and the second has him next to Alex Pettyfer. Matt Bomer also attended the People Choice Awards on Wednesday night, and photos have been released from that event as well. Check out the photos here. If you missed any of the previously released photos or spoilers for this series, go here.
Magic Mike will tell the story of a young stripper as he learns the ropes. Also starring Joe Manganiello and Matthew McConaughney, the film is coming from Steven Soderbergh. The film is loosely based on Tatum’s own life. Tatum recently spoke about his career and why he has chosen the films he has. He said the following, according to Digital Spy on Thursday:

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PHOENIX-OFFICER ARRESTED
Phoenix PD arrest officer during scuffle at club
PHOENIX (AP) – Phoenix police say a police officer and another man have been arrested after an off-duty incident at a strip club early Saturday.
Officer Scott Gomez was booked into jail on four counts of aggravated assault following an altercation with four security guards.
Police allege Gomez aimed his gun at the club security guards while off-duty.
Based upon witness accounts and interviews with the alleged victims, detectives arrested Gomez and 36-year-old Francisco Vallarta (vy-AHR’-tuh) for aggravated assault.
In addition, police suspected Vallarta had impersonated a police officer.
The 36-year-old Gomez is assigned to the Estrella (es-TRAY’-uh) Mountain Precinct and will be placed on administrative leave, pending the conclusion of the internal investigation.

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PHOENIX (AP) — Phoenix police say a police officer and another man have been arrested after an off-duty incident at a strip club early yesterday. Officer Scott Gomez was booked into jail on four counts of aggravated assault following an altercation with four security guards. Police allege Gomez aimed his gun at the club security guards while off duty.

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