April 17, 2009

Snakes are on a plane

Most people would think that films such as “Snakes on a Plane” made in 2006 are total fiction and could not possibly ever happen, if you believe that then you could be wrong as passengers on an internal flight in Australia found out recently.
It happened on a Quantas flight from Alice Springs to Melbourne when [...]

March 31, 2009

Having fun with photos

The day of the plain old image is long gone, no longer do you have to settle for that image that just isn’t right, or simply a boring face shot that looks so corporate. There are quite few sites out there that offer the user the opportunity to spice up their photo; here are just [...]

March 5, 2009

University offers Beatles degree

There are many college courses around that cover many hundreds if not thousands of subjects. However, most of these subjects are the standard type that you would expect to find on a university prospectus. Therefore, when a course turns up offering a Master of Arts degree on the subject of the Beatles, it is bound [...]

February 27, 2009

The end of handwriting

How often do you actually sit down and write something? According to recent research it is not very often, a decade ago, we would have been send letters, cards and writing down notes to remind us of what to buy at the shops, but with the increased use of the internet and computers, is handwriting [...]

February 9, 2009

Young actors still living in slums

It looks as if the film Slumdog Millionaire is becoming a victim of its own success, as it turns out the young acting stars Rubina Ali and Azharuddin Ismail are not only still living in the slums where they found, but in fact are worse off than before.
The film had more than £8 million for [...]

January 29, 2009

What men spend their cash on?

To ask this question would seem to be a waste of time, because as most women would say they already know what men are spending their hard earned cash on and it certainly is not always necessarily, what you may think.
Of course there are going to be those boys toys which cost a lot and [...]

January 6, 2009

Two year olds addicted to TV

A nationwide screening programme of two year olds is being planned because there are reports that many children in that age group are suffering from speech problems, but at the same time are addicted to watching the TV.
This is being blamed on the long hours that parents are working and poor childcare which offers very [...]

December 19, 2008

Dark Knight to be best selling DVD

Batman has been around for decades and has been played by many great and not so great actors, but it is not the favourite Batman that we are talking about at the moment, it is the imminent rise of the Dark Knight in DVD charts.
The film is set to become the week’s top seller, but [...]

December 8, 2008

Oprah still entertainments most powerful woman

In the states, they have what is known as the “Power 100 List” these are movers and shakers within the entertainment industry and surprisingly the person at the top of the woman’s list is Oprah Winfrey.
No matter what anyone thinks of her, she has been around or rather her show has been around for some [...]

November 13, 2008

Indiana Jones film disappoints

Fans of the Indiana Jones series may not be so likely to pick up the DVD this Christmas if online reviews are anything to go by.
With fans less critical of Harrison Ford as much as Steven Spielberg the general consensus seems to be that this was a disappointing ending to the series and likely the [...]

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