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Stars arrive for Oscar ceremony
BBC Sun, 07 Mar 2010 23:43:05 GMT
Nominees begin arriving at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles for the 82nd Academy Awards.
Stars protest at closure of BBC Asian Network
DAWN Sat, 06 Mar 2010 12:00:19 PKT
Jay Sean, Shilpa Shetty and Amir Khan said a key outlet for South Asian talent would be “tragically lost” if the station closed down.
UK Asians ask BBC to save station
BBC Sat, 06 Mar 2010 03:42:53 GMT
A group of leading British Asians calls on the BBC to reverse its planned closure of digital radio station BBC Asian Network.
Thompson to outline BBC strategy
BBC Tue, 02 Mar 2010 05:20:16 GMT
The BBC director general is due to outline a strategic review which is widely expected to result in a smaller organisation.
Penn charged over snapper clash
BBC Mon, 22 Feb 2010 11:09:10 GMT
Oscar-winning actor Sean Penn is charged with misdemeanour battery and vandalism after allegedly attacking a photographer in Los Angeles last year.
Opera star Arkhipova dies at 85
BBC Thu, 11 Feb 2010 11:54:53 GMT
Russian opera singer Irina Arkhipova, who performed at the Bolshoi theatre for decades, has died.
Jackson doctor goes back to work
BBC Thu, 11 Feb 2010 09:30:59 GMT
Michael Jackson's doctor, Conrad Murray, is returning to work in Nevada, after pleading not guilty to manslaughter charges.
Channel 4 to drop Friends repeats
BBC Wed, 10 Feb 2010 12:54:28 GMT
US comedy Friends will no longer be shown on Channel 4 and its sister station E4 from next autumn.
BBC revealing total performer pay
BBC Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:24:19 GMT
The BBC is to reveal the total amount paid to its performers who broadcast on radio and television.
Art sale helps earthquake victims
BBC Sun, 07 Feb 2010 12:47:55 GMT
A charity art sale, organised by an artist from Cornwall who was born in Haiti, raises more than £13,000 to help earthquake victims.
Jazz star Sir John Dankworth dies
BBC Sun, 07 Feb 2010 00:42:24 GMT
Sir John Dankworth, a mainstay of the British jazz scene for more than 60 years, has died, his management says.
Bollywood star 'unapologetic'
BBC Thu, 04 Feb 2010 12:29:10 GMT
Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan says he has no reason to apologise for backing the inclusion of Pakistan players in the 2010 IPL.
Events generate £9.3m for economy
BBC Thu, 04 Feb 2010 11:58:55 GMT
The Clipper Round the World Yacht Race and the Freedom music festival generates £9.3m for the Hull and East Yorkshire region, a report finds.
Charity bids for DEC membership
BBC Wed, 03 Feb 2010 12:23:43 GMT
Cornwall charity ShelterBox says it and the Disaster Emergency Committee would both benefit if the aid box organisation joined.
News Corp posts $254m profit on the strength of film and TV business
GUARDIAN Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:41:59 GMT
Rupert Murdoch says he is moving closer to charging for all News Corp's newspaper websites
Official midweek 'chart' launched
BBC Mon, 01 Feb 2010 08:00:15 GMT
Radio 1 and the Official Charts Company are broadcasting midweek singles and chart figures for the first time.
Americans put trust in Fox News, poll says
PRESSTV Thu, 28 Jan 2010 09:12:09 GMT
A recent poll suggests Fox News, the relentlessly rightwing channel with an aggressive commercial strategy, is the most trusted news channel in the United States.
Charity pays for cancer treatment
BBC Wed, 27 Jan 2010 12:37:52 GMT
A charity is to help a grandfather undergo a new form of cancer treatment after it was refused by the NHS.
Jon Gaunt begins TalkSport court battle
GUARDIAN Wed, 27 Jan 2010 10:57:00 GMT
Radio presenter claims Ofcom breached right to free speech by upholding complaints about on-air comments
Avatar holds steady at box office
BBC Tue, 26 Jan 2010 12:04:04 GMT
Avatar continues to dominate at the UK and US box office, breaking another record previously held by Titanic.
Robbie and Kylie for Haiti single
BBC Tue, 26 Jan 2010 08:40:11 GMT
Robbie Williams and Kylie Minogue will sing on the charity single being organised by Simon Cowell for the people of Haiti.
MP3 pioneers launch 'deluxe' file
BBC Mon, 25 Jan 2010 10:53:18 GMT
A music file format, which can include lyrics, videos and artwork, is unveiled by people behind the MP3.
Iraq bomb drama scoops US award
BBC Mon, 25 Jan 2010 09:18:38 GMT
Iraq war drama The Hurt Locker scoops the top prize at the Producers Guild of America (PGA) Awards.
RNLI deals with 12,000 incidents
BBC Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:14:55 GMT
RNLI lifeboat crews and lifeguards in Cornwall, Devon and Dorset had their busiest year in 2009, the charity says.
Pan-Arab TV police plan 'disturbing': media watchdog
YAHOO Sat, 23 Jan 2010
A proposal to create a pan-Arab television monitor is a "disturbing" move that could could lead to censorship of broadcasts critical of Arab governments, a media watchdog said on Saturday.

The Saudi-Egyptian proposal to establish a regional office to supervise satellite broadcasters is aimed directly at Qatar-based Al-Jazeera, the Palestinian Hamas group's Al-Aqsa TV and Hezbollah's Al-Manar channel, Paris-based Reporters Without Borders said.

"This proposal is disturbing, to say the least," the group said in a statement.

"The danger is that this super-police could be used to censor all TV stations that criticise the region's governments. It could eventually be turned into a formidable weapon against freedom of information."
Black Eyed Peas denied award win
BBC Sun, 24 Jan 2010 05:16:04 GMT
The Black Eyed Peas are wrongly named best international group in a blunder at France's top music awards.
Cowell to organise Haiti single
BBC Thu, 21 Jan 2010 03:16:42 GMT
Simon Cowell has confirmed he is organising a charity single to raise funds for the Haiti earthquake appeal.
Beware of the BBC
WORLDPRESSNETWORK Sat, 23 Jan 2010
"Its mission statement says: “Trust is the foundation of the BBC: we are independent, impartial and honest.”

"However, people are complaining bitterly to the BBC about its pro-Israel stance when reporting on the situation in the Holy Land."...

This is a brilliant article. Congratulations to Stuart Littlewood.

The BBC's deferred Panorama episode was shown this week, supposedly about the West Bank Wall. About two-thirds of the programme comprised Israeli tallking heads, including the Mayor of Jerusalem, with his vision for the whole city, an American immigrant to Israel, intent on securing the land of the "forefathers", religious leaders explaining the historical rights of Israel, and others. But the other third did report Israeli brutality, illegal settlements and the undermining of Arab homes in Al-Quds, plus an interview at home with a Palestinian shot in the hip at point-blank range, in front of his children, with a throw-away line about a child shot dead in the same incident. The final scene was the only real footage of the wall, lasting less than 30 seconds as a backdrop for a piece to camera. Three to one is not a bad ratio for the BBC, it's more usually more like nine to one, but there's no doubting the overwhelming pro-Israeli bias in everything the BBC produces concerning Palestinian issues. And "rockets" are always the convenient fall-back when there's mention of UN Resolutions, international condemnation of illegal occupation, breaches of agreements etc. We can only strive to try and make changes.
Beware of the BBC
WORLDPRESSNETWORK Sat, 23 Jan 2010
"Its mission statement says: “Trust is the foundation of the BBC: we are independent, impartial and honest.”

"However, people are complaining bitterly to the BBC about its pro-Israel stance when reporting on the situation in the Holy Land."...

This is a brilliant article. Congratulations to Stuart Littlewood.

The BBC's deferred Panorama episode was shown this week, supposedly about the West Bank Wall. About two-thirds of the programme comprised Israeli tallking heads, including the Mayor of Jerusalem, with his vision for the whole city, an American immigrant to Israel, intent on securing the land of the "forefathers", religious leaders explaining the historical rights of Israel, and others. But the other third did report Israeli brutality, illegal settlements and the undermining of Arab homes in Al-Quds, plus an interview at home with a Palestinian shot in the hip at point-blank range, in front of his children, with a throw-away line about a child shot dead in the same incident. The final scene was the only real footage of the wall, lasting less than 30 seconds as a backdrop for a piece to camera. Three to one is not a bad ratio for the BBC, it's more usually more like nine to one, but there's no doubting the overwhelming pro-Israeli bias in everything the BBC produces concerning Palestinian issues. And "rockets" are always the convenient fall-back when there's mention of UN Resolutions, international condemnation of illegal occupation, breaches of agreements etc. We can only strive to try and make changes.
BBC launches science extravaganza
BBC Tue, 19 Jan 2010 14:08:05 GMT
The BBC will celebrate the sciences in 2010 as it unveils new TV and radio shows and online content to tie in with the Royal Society's 350th anniversary.
Avatar displays out-of-this-world staying power at UK No 1
GUARDIAN Tue, 19 Jan 2010 12:30:28 GMT
James Cameron's film holds on to the top spot in its fifth weekend, proving immovable to new challengers Up in the Air, The Book of Eli and All About Steve The phenomenon With fifth-weekend takings of £5.52m, Avatar is demonstrating unprecedented staying power at the UK box office. The previous best fifth-weekend performance was enjoyed by James Cameron's other behemoth hit Titanic, with £3.66m. Even Mamma Mia!, the most notable sleeper hit of recent times, grossed £2.8m on its fifth weekend of release. Only one film had taken more money in total after five weekends – The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King. Despite shedding 11% of its cinemas – 2D screens where the film has been relatively shunned by audiences – Avatar's takings went up 16% from the previous weekend. The particularly severe weather over 8-10 January may have had something to do with that, dampening grosses across the board, as did the absence of commercially potent new releases over the 15-17 January period. With takings to date of £49.37m, Avatar still has some way to go to beat Mamma Mia! (£69.17m) as the biggest ever release at the UK box office. In fact, it isn't even in the top 10 all-time chart yet, but is clearly headed there very soon; it currently ranks 15th, behind Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (£49.87m). Holdover success Avatar isn't the only holdover release experiencing a sales surge from the previous weekend. Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel went up 26%. It's Complicated rose 18%. And Sherlock Holmes, in its fourth week of release, held dead steady. With fourth-weekend takings of £2.03m, Guy Ritchie's buddy flick is just the fourth 2009 release to manage four straight weekends above £2m, joining Avatar, Up and Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs. Not even reputed crowdpleasers The Hangover and Slumdog Millionaire managed this particular feat. The new players Once again, with seemingly immoveable opposition hogging the top spots, new releases struggled to make their mark. Paramount will be happy with the number achieved by Up in the Air – £1.3m, which is a relatively healthy start for a sophisticated upscale comedy. The figure compares with a £1.21m opening for George Clooney's previous film, The Men Who Stare at Goats, and £601,000 for the first weekend of Michael Clayton. Burn After Reading debuted with £2.05m in October 2008, but then it did co-star Brad Pitt, and directors the Coen brothers were coming off Oscar-winning smash No Country for Old Men. The Book of Eli landed one place behind Up in the Air, with £1.23m. The film likewise opened at the US this weekend, with $32.8m, and by rule of thumb it might have been expected to debut here with £3.28m. However, it's a fact that the 10% rule simply doesn't apply to Denzel Washington movies, and the more they rest on his personal star power, the more that's the case. Recent examples: Man On Fire, £22.75m debut in the US, £656,000 in the UK; Déjà Vu, £20.57m opening in the US, £1.01m over here; Out of Time, £16.19m and £312,000 respectively. Throw in the disparity in appetites for films with religious themes, and Book of Eli actually opened more or less OK here. The losers With toxic reviews and bad buzz from a flop US release, Sandra Bullock comedy All About Steve was a predictable underperformer: £275,000 from 189 screens. This column is not privy to the film's marketing budget, but since is failure was wholly anticipated, it's safe to assume that Twentieth Century Fox spent cautiously. In any case, such is the success of Avatar and The Squeakquel, nothing could dent the distributor's current celebratory mood. It's the lowest debut for a film featuring Sandra Bullock in the lead role (ie not counting Truman Capote misfire Infamous) since The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood in 2002. Fellow new release 44 Inch Chest fared better, with a not-disgraceful £152,000 from 75 cinemas. The real shocker currently is Nine. With no other film in the top 15 falling more.....
Wyclef Jean sobs over Haiti quake
BBC Tue, 19 Jan 2010 09:53:19 GMT
Haitian-born musician Wyclef Jean breaks down as he speaks about earthquake, while denying inappropriate use of charity funds.
Haiti earthquake tents stalled
BBC Mon, 18 Jan 2010 14:09:19 GMT
Aid workers from a Cornwall-based charity wait for airport clearance to bring in tents to earthquake-hit Haiti.
Avatar beats Star Wars to become No 3 at all-time US box office
GUARDIAN Mon, 18 Jan 2010 09:58:37 GMT
Avatar doesn't need James Cameron's Golden Globe double – it already has irresistible momentum of its own The winner Avatar overcame a potentially tricky challenge in its fifth weekend, beating new release The Book of Eli into second place as a further $41.3m (£25.3m) saw it hold on to pole position. Heading into Monday's Martin Luther King Day US public holiday on $491.8m, James Cameron's blue-skinned and now blue-blooded blockbuster has overtaken Star Wars to rank as the third highest North American release of all time. By the end of Monday it will have crossed $500m (£306m) with $533.3m firmly in its sights. That's how much The Dark Knight took when all was said and done, and Avatar should have no trouble coasting past to place second in the pantheon behind Cameron's previous epic, Titanic. Whether Avatar can best Titanic's $600.8m North American record is another story. As the movie's two Golden Globe wins last night for dramatic film and director proved, it would take a brave soul to bet against it. Avatar has amassed $1.606bn globally and will overtake Titanic's $1.842bn worldwide tally within two weeks to become the highest grossing release in history, unadjusted for inflation, of course. The Book of Eli marks the return of Albert and Allen Hughes to the fray for the first time since 2001's absorbing albeit uneven From Hell. Denzel Washington plays an enigmatic warrior with cool shades who wanders a barren, post-apocalyptic landscape with an important tome. It opened well in second place through Warner Bros on $31.6m and next weekend will be make-or-break as it faces genre competition from Screen Gems' supernatural thriller (and truly apocalyptic tale) Legion. Paramount's The Lovely Bones, directed by Peter Jackson, climbed up to third place after expanding wide and added $17.1m for a $17.5m running total. It may not stick around for long. The loser The Amy Adams-Matthew Goode romcom Leap Year fell two places to eighth and has racked up a little over $17m in 10 days, which I can assure you was not the plan at Universal Pictures. Lionsgate's family adventure The Spy Next Door boasts Jackie Chan but little else and launched in sixth place on $9.7m. This is a problem because next weekend Fox unleashes Tooth Fairy, a major family fantasy with Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, and the latter is odds-on favourite to be the bigger family draw. The real story How much is a Golden Globe win worth in box-office dollars? This year I'd be surprised if it's worth much at all to any movie except perhaps Crazy Heart. The type of movies that gain from Golden Globe wins or Oscar nominations are small arthouse releases that need greater exposure. Conventional wisdom dictates that an Oscar nomination, for example, can add up to one-quarter of an arthouse movie's domestic gross from the date of nomination to the ceremony. It happened on a small release several years back – Monster's Ball – but a movie like Avatar doesn't require such a fillip because it has irresistible momentum of its own. Ditto The Blind Side and Sherlock Holmes, which earned acting prizes at the Globes for Sandra Bullock and Robert Downey Jr, respectively. The Hangover, the best comedy or musical winner last night, is already out on DVD and has made tons of money. Up in the Air is very much still in active release in 2,107 cinemas but it's hard to see audiences getting enthused about its screenplay award. The Hurt Locker would have been a prime beneficiary in this scenario had it still been in release, because it's a low-budget, extraordinary movie that should have received far wider profile. However its theatrical run has ended and I fear, on last night's showing, it may now not get the recognition it deserves at the Academy Awards on 7 March. Avatar may sweep best picture, director, and all the effects and technical awards going. There's still hope for Jeremy Renner, who incidentally wasn't nominated for a Globe, in the best actor Oscar race. Crazy Heart, starring..
Glory for Avatar at the Golden Globes
GUARDIAN Mon, 18 Jan 2010 06:30:42 GMT
The science-fiction epic Avatar has won best drama at the Golden Globes and picked up the directing honour for James Cameron The science-fiction blockbuster Avatar has won best drama at the Golden Globes and picked up the directing honour for James Cameron, raising the Titanic filmmaker's prospects for another Academy Awards triumph. It was a repeat of Cameron's Globes night 12 years ago, when Titanic won best drama and the directing prize on its way to dominating the Oscars. This time, though, instead of being "king of the world," as Cameron declared at the Oscars, he has become king of an alien landscape, elevating space fantasy to enormous critical acclaim. "'Avatar' asks us to see that everything is connected, all human beings to each other, and us to the Earth. And if you have to go four and a half light years to another, made-up planet to appreciate this miracle of the world that we have right here, well, you know what, that's the wonder of cinema right there, that's the magic," Cameron said. Winning the dramatic-acting honors were Sandra Bullock for the football tale The Blind Side and Jeff Bridges for the country-music story Crazy Heart. The crowd gave a standing ovation to Bridges, a beloved veteran generally overlooked for key Hollywood honors. "You're really screwing up my underappreciated status here," Bridges said. The son of late actor Lloyd Bridges, Bridges thanked his father for encouraging him to go into show business. "So glad I listened to you, dad," he said. Bullock cited Michael Oher, the Baltimore Ravens rookie lineman whose life is the subject of The Blind Side. She plays a wealthy woman whose family took in the teenage Oher after discovering he was homeless. "If I may steal from Michael Oher, I may not be the most talented, but I've been given opportunity," Bullock said. The acting prizes for musical and comedy went to Meryl Streep for the Julia Child story Julie & Julia and Robert Downey Jr. for the crime romp Sherlock Holmes. The supporting-performance Globes were won by Mo'Nique as an abusive welfare mother in Precious and Christoph Waltz as a gleefully bloodthirsty Nazi in Inglourious Basterds. Downey thanked his frequent producing collaborator Joel Silver, the "guy that's only restarted my career 12 times since I began 25 years ago." The Vegas bachelor bash The Hangover won for best musical or comedy, bringing uncharacteristic awards attention for broad comedy, a genre that often gets overlooked at Hollywood honors. "I just want to thank my mom, who supported my decision to become a director when she realised I wasn't as smart as my two sisters," said Hangover director Todd Phillips. The Globes marked a dramatic turning point for Mo'Nique, who was mainly known for lowbrow comedy but startled audiences with her ferocious performance in Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' By Sapphire. Mo'Nique had gushing praise for Precious director Lee Daniels and newcomer Gabourey Sidibe, a best dramatic actress nominee at the Globes with her first film role, playing Mo'Nique's abused, illiterate daughter. "Lee Daniels, the world gets a chance to see how brilliant you are. You are a brilliant, fearless, amazing director who would not waver, and thank you for trusting me," Mo'Nique said. "To Gabby, sister, I am in awe of you. Thank you for letting me play with you." Though one of Hollywood's biggest parties, the Globes bore somber reminders of tragedy in the real world, many stars wearing ribbons in support of earthquake victims in Haiti. The blockbuster Up came away with the award for animated film. Pixar Animation, the Disney outfit that made Up has won all four prizes for animated movies since the Globes introduced the category in 2006. Up features the voice of Ed Asner in a tale of a lonely, bitter widower who renews his zest for adventure by flying his house off under helium balloons to South America, where he encounters his childhood hero and a hilarious gang of talking canines. "When..
Charity hopes for flight to Haiti
BBC Sun, 17 Jan 2010 12:44:11 GMT
A Cornwall-based charity is hoping to send out a plane-load of aid from Newquay Airport to quake-stricken Haiti in the next two days.
Dexter star Hall battles cancer
BBC Thu, 14 Jan 2010 14:41:44 GMT
Golden Globe-nominated Dexter star Michael C. Hall announces he has been battling cancer and is in remission from the disease.
Gallery reviews city car industry
BBC Thu, 14 Jan 2010 13:01:23 GMT
A gallery charting the history of the Coventry car industry since 1980 is set to open at a museum.
Harvard gives Anne Hathaway a tasty treat
BBC Thu, 14 Jan 2010 11:21:12 GMT
Actress Anne Hathaway will receive the 2009 Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year award, organisers announce.
Sheen seeks to bar court cameras
BBC Thu, 14 Jan 2010 11:08:22 GMT
A lawyer for actor Charlie Sheen has requested that cameras be barred from a forthcoming court hearing.
Wyclef lends voice to Haiti cause
BBC Wed, 13 Jan 2010 15:57:50 GMT
Haitian-born rap star Wyclef Jean urges fans to donate to relief efforts in the wake of the huge earthquake that struck the Caribbean state on Tuesday.
Charity helps Haiti quake victims
BBC Wed, 13 Jan 2010 14:06:02 GMT
A Cornwall-based disaster relief charity is sending help to Haiti after a massive earthquake struck the Caribbean island.
Kevin Spacey to star in Chinese film
GUARDIAN Wed, 13 Jan 2010 13:03:26 GMT
The Oscar-winning actor and theatre impresario is taking the plunge into the Chinese movie market with a leading role in Inseparable, a wholly locally financed production The Oscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey is to become the biggest Hollywood star ever to appear in a Chinese film production. Spacey has signed on to take a leading role in the black comedy Inseparable as a mysterious American expat who befriends a troubled young Chinese man, Variety reports. The Chinese film industry and Hollywood have co-financed movies starring the likes of Ed Norton, Willem Dafoe and Donald Sutherland, but Inseparable marks the first occasion where a wholly locally financed production has starred an actor of Spacey's renown. The film will be shot in Mandarin and English. Daniel Wu will play the lead, with Beibi Gong as his wife, an investigative reporter. Dayyan Eng, a Beijing-based US national who shot the Chinese cult hit Waiting Alone, is directing from his own script. Shooting is planned to start later this month in the south of the country. Spacey, who will also take an executive producer's role on Inseparable, is taking the plunge into an increasingly important movie market. China has a growing appetite for films, including Hollywood product. A quota system that allows only 20 foreign films into the country each year is currently frustrating US efforts to capitalise on demand. That system may not last however – the World Trade Organisation upheld a ruling last month that China is illegally restricting US music, film and book imports. Kevin Spacey China Ben Child guardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds
Jay-Z and Beyonce 'top earners'
BBC Wed, 13 Jan 2010 10:09:51 GMT
Music stars Beyonce and Jay-Z are named Hollywood's top-earning couple by Forbes magazine.
Online Exclusive: Editor's Blog - Blinkered media preserve the redundant myths from Kennedy to Lockerbie
FIRMMAGAZINE Tue, 12 Jan 2010
“What if Hitler had won the war?” posited Peter Preston in the opening to his column in the Guardian of 27 December. “Or Lee Harvey Oswald had missed? History is full of ‘What if questions…’ he added, disregarding the established narrative, far less the imaginary one with laissez faire casualness at once breathtaking and disturbing in equal measure.
Goodbye, Simon
BBC Tue, 12 Jan 2010 09:52:06 GMT
Who will replace Simon Cowell on American Idol - and what does his exit mean for The X Factor?
Hamilton and Scherzinger split up
BBC Mon, 11 Jan 2010 11:27:47 GMT
Formula 1 driver Lewis Hamilton and his pop star girlfriend Nicole Scherzinger end their relationship after two years.
3D TV offers possible bail-out to tech industry
PRESSTV Mon, 11 Jan 2010 10:38:27 GMT
Amid the financial crisis plunging the technology industry into recession, 3D television will provide one of the key means of lifting it out.
Couch time may cut life short, study suggests
CTV 12 Jan 2010
If you ever needed a reason to turn off that sitcom and go out for a walk, here's one: a new study finds that for every hour of TV someone watches, their risk of dying early from heart disease goes up more than 10 per cent.
Avatar exceeds expectations in UK to corner the Christmas market
GUARDIAN Tue, 05 Jan 2010 12:37:20 GMT
James Cameron's 3D epic beat Sherlock Holmes and Alvin and the Chipmunks this holiday, and gave Sam Taylor-Wood's Nowhere Boy and Rob Marshall's Nine a positive whipping The winner Given Avatar's epic duration and the limited number of 3D screens in the UK, the film's box office performance was always likely to be more long haul than quick burn. But takings of £5.94m on its third weekend go far beyond expectations. For comparison, third-weekend takings on Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince – by some distance, 2009's biggest UK box office hit – were £2.92m. After 17 days on release, Avatar has taken a nifty £32.82m, but it's the film's earnings potential, rather than sums grossed so far, that have got the industry excited. The 17-day figure is hardly record-breaking, but much more significant is that Avatar has hardly dipped from its opening weekend of £6.67m; until it starts showing declines, it's impossible to project a final figure. And if Bafta and Oscar nominations follow, it will help Avatar reach that broad demographic that almost never visits the cinema – the Titanic/Mamma Mia! audience. This weekend Avatar took £4.9m from the 300 UK cinemas with 3D screens (about 120 of those venues have more than one 3D screen), £713,000 from 418 2D cinemas, and £282,000 from nine Imax sites. To make comparisons easier, site averages are as follows: £31,353 in Imax 3D; £16,340 in regular 3D; and £1,705 in 2D. It's fair to say that consumers have expressed a preference. The runners-up When one movie feasts at the box office, rival titles may experience a famine. But that's not the case right now, with Sherlock Holmes and Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel both in rude health. Guy Ritchie's Victorian-era buddy flick opened on Boxing Day, grossing £3.08m in two days. In the seven days since then, the film has added another £8.94m, for a nine-day total of £12.02m. That's very much in line with totals after two weekends for 2009 summer blockbusters X-Men Origins: Wolverine and Star Trek, and ahead of Terminator: Salvation and Angels and Demons at the same stage of release. Sherlock Holmes is already close to the lifetime total of Ritchie's previous biggest hit, Snatch. Backers 20th Century Fox opted for an unconventional release for The Squeakquel, rolling into cinemas on a Monday (21 December). The film has taken £12.59m in 13 days of release, compared to £3.65m in its first 10 days for the original Alvin and the Chipmunks. The Squeakquel has faced negligible competition for the family audience, unless you count St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold. Fox's dating of Avatar on 17 December had the felicitous benefit of encouraging Disney to release its A Christmas Carol unseasonally early (on 6 November): the Dickens animation was positioned to grab the box office from 3D screens well in advance of Cameron's juggernaut. But with A Christmas Carol already a weary veteran by mid-December, the holiday family audience was there for the taking, and Alvin cleaned up. Still, no complaints from Disney: A Christmas Carol has just passed £20m. The also-rans There can't have been many smiles at the UK distributor of Nowhere Boy when the opening weekend numbers arrived: £148,000 from 172 screens over the 26-27 December period. That's a two-day rather than a three-day figure since cinemas are closed on Christmas Day, but, even so, it was hardly a propitious start. Matters have now improved, with a 59% increase this weekend, and a nine-day total of £749,000 for the teen John Lennon tale. But given that Ian Curtis biopic Control grossed £596,000 in 10 days from a compact 82 screens back in 2007, it's reasonable to wonder whether Icon's aggressively wide release of its film, expensive TV ads and all, is a tad optimistic. Nine, which is benefiting from an even more aggressive marketing campaign, isn't faring so well, either. The Rob Marshall musical managed £269,000 on the Dec 26-27 weekend from 123 screens, and following its......
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YOUTUBE 23 Jan 2009
I stumbled on a stunning disconnect between the major media version of election coverage and candidate appearance trends on the internet. The Mainstream Media seems to have largely ignored...
George Galloway on the talkSPORT radio show Saturday 20 June 2009 "The Mother of All Talk Shows"
SPIDEREDVIDEOS Saturday 20 June 2009
George Galloway's very popular radio show. Today's radio. The show covers current affairs, and includes an interview with the great Tony Benn which discussed the election of the new...
OFFICIAL: DEC Gaza Aid Appeal: BANNED by the BBC and SKY
WORLDPRESSNETWORK 27 Jan 2009
The DEC Gaza Aid Appeal that was banned from broadcast by the BBC and SKY, shame on them.

In November 2005, BBC Head Mark Thompson traveled with his Jewish wife to Israel, where he...
Tony Benn TELLS OFF THE BBC!!! "The BBC has "capitulated to Israeli pressure. That's the truth .. If you wont broadcast the Gaza appeal then I will myself"
YOUTUBE 24 Jan 2009
Tony Benn accuses the BBC ON AIR of capitualating to the Israeli Government by refusing to air an appeal for the Gazan people by the Disaster Emergency Commitee (DEC) he then broadcasts the...
UK Baroness: "The constant accusation of Anti-Semitism to silence Israels critics is vindictive"
YOUTUBE 16 March 2009
Baroness Tongue rips into the Israel Lobby, AIPAC, Friends of Israel and the Board of Deputies accusing them of constantly using the accusation of Anti-Semitism to silence Israels Critics...
Media bias about the Israeli - Palestine conflict EXPOSED!
YOUTUBE 11 Jan 2009
Why is the American (and Canadian) media so biased in the coverage of the Israeli - Palestine conflict?
Hamas spokesman referred to as "Osama Bin Laden"
WORLDPRESSNETWORK 10 Jan 2009
In an "accidental" slip a UK interviewer calls Hamas spokesman "Osama Hamdan" "Osama Bin Laden" just as the satellite feed drops. Interesting as Hamdan had just been telling him that Yasser...
Israel censors the Media: What have they got to hide?
WORLDPRESSNETWORK Tue, 06 Jan 2009
"Not the conduct of a democratic state"

A report on the restrictions faced by the Media on the reporting of Israeli actions
inside the Gaza Strip.

What have Israel got to...
Robin Williams
YOUTUBE 18 Dec 2008
The great Robin Williams at his best taking the **** out of Bush, total respect.
George Galloway on Gaza and Media Bias
YOUTUBE 8 Jan 2009
Packed meeting in Euston with George Galloway on form
Was George Galloway censored on the Talksport radio show Saturday 3 January 2009 "The Mother of All Talk Shows" ?
Here is what was broadcast without notice at the usual time slot for the show.

Let Talksport radio know your views
SPIDEREDVIDEOS Saturday 3 January 2009
George Galloway didn't do his usual Saturday night/Sunday morning radio show last night. He was swapped with another presenter without notice.

It is suspected that the pro-Israeli...
What We Call The News
YOUTUBE
Celebrities in rehab, political punditry and a mauling at the zoo - this is what we're calling news these days! This funny satire on broadcast news features Larry King, Bill O'Reilly, Geraldo...
George Galloway "The West has DOUBLE STANDARDS when it comes to Israel"
WORLDPRESSNETWORK 15 Jan 2009
George Galloway's powerful speech in the House of Commons debate on Gaza, Thu 15 Jan 2009 (5.30pm), highlighting the hypocrisy and brazen double-standards of Western foreign policy towards...
Ask Steve to Change the "You Choose '08" page. See Renetto's Interview with Nader
YOUTUBE 25-Sep-2008
Burying The Truth: Burying Schapelle Corby
YOUTUBE 16-Oct-2008
Many Australians saw Schapelle Corby's human rights being trampled upon with their own eyes. They saw the nature of the show trial for themselves: the refusal to test the drugs for country ...
Sarkozy accepts Georgia attacked South Ossetia first
WORLDPRESSNETWORK Thu, 09 Oct 2008
Nicolas Sarkozy accepts that Georgia attacked South Ossetia which makes you wonder why the Main Stream Media missed the point that most Bloggers already knew.

Why are Newspapers...
Israel and international law - Bennis: Calling a TV station pro-Hamas does not make it a military target
THEREALNEWS 8 Jan 2008
On the eleventh day of the Israeli military operation in the Gaza Strip, two UN schools were bombed by Israeli jets. The schools were housing people who had been displaced from their homes as...
Alex Jones: Russian TV: America has been hijacked
YOUTUBE
Excellent interview on Russian TV with Alex Jones as he declares the USA and UK have been hijacked by the Military-industrial complex.

Thanks to
Fired Herald cartoonist presents banned work - video. "Israel is the nob of it. Fix Israel, fix the lot"
WHATREALLYHAPPENED Sat, 27 Sep 2008

Newspaper Cartoonist Fired for Political Artwork

Former New Zealand Herald Political cartoonist Malcolm Evans was awarded the Qantas Media Awards 2003 Cartoonist of the Year. ...

Fired Herald cartoonist presents banned work - video. "Israel is the nob of it. Fix Israel, fix the lot"
WHATREALLYHAPPENED Sat, 27 Sep 2008

Newspaper Cartoonist Fired for Political Artwork

Former New Zealand Herald Political cartoonist Malcolm Evans was awarded the Qantas Media Awards 2003 Cartoonist of the Year. ...

UK Media smears Russians with false footage
YOUTUBE
Falsely claiming that Russians had flattened Gori by showing pictures of the aftermath of the shelling by Georgian Troops of Tskhinvali. The Sky Clip is preceded by a road sign that shows...
The truth about South Ossetia War, Georgia attack
YOUTUBE 17-Aug-2008

CENSORED: BBC interviews Mohammed Omar: Start of the War
YOUTUBE
15th OCTOBER 2001: A week into the WAR

The BBC's Pashto service has interviewed Taleban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar.

The BBC asked the questions through a Taleban...
Humour : Hitler gets a margin call
YOUTUBE
I liked this scene from "Der Untergang" so much that I decided to use it again. As if the Aurelian debacle wasn't bad enough, now it's September, 2008 and the sell off in precious metals has...
PROOF:Georgia started hostilities in South Ossetia
YOUTUBE
This report from TWO days before the Russian intervention clearly shows that GEORGIA is the aggressor and that Russia had to intervene. Where was the USA when the Snipers were killing the...
BBC Bias against Russia exposed
YOUTUBE
A Russian Journalist nails the BBC presenter on WHY the Russians were brought into this War, AFTER Georgia attacked South Ossetia. With reports of mercenaries found among the Georgian...
David Icke - Big Brother, the Big Picture
EDGEMEDIATV July 6th 2008
David Icke speaks to the constituents of Haltemprice and Howden about the 'Big Brother' election, forced by the resignation of David Davis, and the move towards the global Big Brother...
Peter Schiff June 26 2008 Fox Business News - Cavuto
YOUTUBE 30-June-2008
A VERY interesting discussion on the US government's manipulation of statistics, the state of the US economy, the level of the markets and how the main stream media takes the side of the...
Sean Hannity: Sycophant to Bolton over North Korea
YOUTUBE 29 June 2008
Talking to John Bolton Sean Hannity states his opinion on the North Korea handover of Nuclear Information then like a sycophant changes it when Bolton disagrees with him. Watch what Bolton...
BBC Censors Nelson Mandela's Mugabe comments
YOUTUBE 27 June 2008
Got the REAL footage of Mandela's criticism of Mugabe. Interesting what they left out

Thanks to ...
Putin says West is 'misguided' - Taken aback by the hypocrisy of the American and Western response.
YOUTUBE Tue, 12 Aug 2008
Russian President declares the crimes commited by Saakashvili in South Ossetia to be comparable to that of Saddam in Iraq, and is taken aback by the hypocrisy of the American and Western...
Back2Back: BBC censors Larry Silversteins "Pull it" comment
YOUTUBE
Another example of disgraceful BBC reporting. The BBC did a NEW programme on the collapse of WTC7, and ballsed it up as they did in the first attempt. The most glaring admission (although...
David Icke on BBC radio being interviewed by Russell Brand
SPIDEREDVIDEO 5 January 2008
"Most of us tend to live in a proscribed reality and that freedom is an illusion because the freedom exists in such narrow parameters that ultimately we are enslaved by a very manipulative...
James Whale interviewing David Icke about his new book "Guide to the Global Conspiracy (And How to End It)" on talkSPORT radio station
SPIDEREDVIDEO Wed, 07 Nov 2007
James Whale talkSPORT radio show interviewing David Icke about his new book "The David Icke Guide to the Global Conspiracy (And How to End It)" abut the globalists' plans to impose a single...
The Best of George Galloway VS the Mainstream Media + US
YOUTUBE
After the Iraq war the media tried desparately to marginalize antiwar Galloway, with little success.

One of the the few poloticians that has morals and sticks to them.

Check...
Putin: U.S. government orchestrated Russo-Georgian conflict
YOUTUBE Fri, 29 Aug 2008
Reuters, quoting from the interview, reports that Putin said "[t]he suspicion arises that someone in the United States especially created this conflict with the aim of making the situation...
Countdown: Worst Person May 27, 2008
YOUTUBE 11 June 2008
And the winner is....Joe Lieberman for associating with extreme religious fanatics. Runners up Liz Trotta (for a comment on assassination of Osama & Obama) and Michelle Malkin (for the...
Hesham Tillawi on Michelle Malkin and the Dunkin Donut scarf
YAHOO 11 June 2008
Hesham Tillawi answers Malkin and Dunkin Donuts on the Palestinian scarf in the Rachael Ray ad
TWA 800 - The Search for the Truth (2002)
GOOGLE
"TWA 800: The Search for the Truth" examines what happened that July night back in 1996, when TWA Flight 800 took off from Kennedy Airport in New York en route to Paris. Minutes later a...
Carlin: 'We Can Bomb the Shit Outta Your Country' ["especially if your country is full of brown people"]
YOUTUBE 30-June-2008
George Carlin gives us his take on the Persian Gulf War. We should honor him forever.
Countdown: Worst Person May 27, 2008
YOUTUBE 11 June 2008
And the winner is....Joe Lieberman for associating with extreme religious fanatics. Runners up Liz Trotta (for a comment on assassination of Osama & Obama) and Michelle Malkin (for the...
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