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Sacha Baron + Will Ferrell in new film

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:31:57 GMT

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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Sacha Baron Cohen will star as detective Sherlock Holmes and Will Ferrell as his loyal assistant, Watson, in an upcoming film comedy inspired by tales of the fictional English sleuth, Columbia Pictures said on Wednesday.

Cohen, 36, and Ferrell, 40, last appeared together in the 2006 auto racing spoof "Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby," with Ferrell in the title role and Cohen playing his rival, a French speed racer.

Screenwriter Etan Cohen, no relation to the British comedian who sprang to movie fame as "Borat," has been signed to pen the screenplay for the as-yet untitled Sherlock Holmes film, the Sony Corp.-owned studio said in a statement.

The story will use as a starting point the principal characters created by Scottish-born author and physician Arthur Conan Doyle in the late 19th century.

No launch date for the production has been set, and no other decisions about casting or a director have been made.

Tags: ali g, borat, will ferrell, sherlock, watson

America's favourite movies!

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 09:29:26 GMT

clipped by: Babe_ORiley
clipper's remarks: interesting mix of movies

Clip Source: www.afi.com

#1 SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS

#1 CITY LIGHTS

#1 THE SEARCHERS

#1 RAGING BULL

#1 VERTIGO

#1 THE WIZARD OF OZ

#1 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY

#1 THE GODFATHER

#1 TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD

#1 LAWRENCE OF ARABIA

Tags: america, vertigo, films

Macca is irritating!

Fri, 09 May 2008 07:13:35 GMT

clipped by: Babe_ORiley
clipper's remarks: hehe!

Clip Source: www.contactmusic.com

BEATLES legend SIR PAUL MCCARTNEY has been named the most irritating pop star of all time, by a new online poll.
The rocker was judged to be even more annoying than James Blunt, Lily Allen and Robbie Williams - who he beat to the top of the Musicmagpie.com survey.
Site spokesman Craig Dawson says, "It's easy for musicians to get very irritating very quickly. MACca has driven people up the wall with his 'holier than thou' approach to his divorce, two-fingered peace gesture and penchant for wearing trainers with suits."
The top ten 'most irritating stars' is as follows:
1: SIR PAUL MCCARTNEY
2: JAMES BLUNT
3: LILY ALLEN
4: ROBBIE WILLIAMS
5: AMY WINEHOUSE
6: BONO
7: SIR CLIFF RICHARD
8: PETE DOHERTY
9: JOSS STONE
10: CRAIG DAVID.

Tags: beatles, paul mccartney

Twain: From Pauper to Prince to Pauper

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 09:19:34 GMT

clipped by: Babe_ORiley
clipper's remarks: it will be really sad if this happens!

Clip Source: www.nytimes.com

HARTFORD — It was here in the third-floor billiard room where America’s greatest humorist used to hole up when the bustle of his house, and the nursery one flight below, became too great, leaving strict orders not to be disturbed.

Seated at a desk tucked behind the billiards table, he wrote and rewrote in longhand such masterpieces as “Huckleberry Finn,” often beseeching his editors to stop cleaning up his language and restore the earthier vernacular he preferred.

But now the fanciful, three-story confection that was built by Mark Twain in 1874 at the height of his success may be forced to close because it is running out of money.

In a reversal of fortune that seems ripped from the pages of Twain’s classic “The Prince and the Pauper,” the nonprofit organization that has long run the 14,000-square-foot house as a museum told its trustees last month that it was “facing significant challenges” that could force it to shut down.

Tags: twain, author, house

Eggy Tales

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 14:13:55 GMT

clipped by: Babe_ORiley
clipper's remarks: fantastic!

Clip Source: mail.google.com

If you think setting up dominos takes talent; take a look at this...

ONE SNEEZE AND IT'S 'SCRAMBLED EGGS'.

...... Egg-cellent Job eh?

Tags: eggs, dominos

Von Trapp villa in Sound of Music turns hotel

Thu, 15 May 2008 07:18:44 GMT

clipped by: Babe_ORiley
clipper's remarks: how lovely!

Clip Source: www.reuters.com

SALZBURG, Austria (Reuters) - "The Sound of Music," one of Hollywood's greatest money-spinners, will scale new heights when the original von Trapp family villa near Salzburg opens as a hotel in July.

The Villa Trapp hotel will give visitors a chance to sleep in the family's former bedrooms or get married in their chapel.

And the gazebo where Liesl, eldest of the von Trapp daughters in the film, and her boyfriend Rolf meet secretly and perform "Sixteen going on 17" will also be available as a self-assembly construction set.

"The hotel really is a milestone for the commercialization of The Sound Of Music for Salzburg," said Leo Bauernberger from the Salzburg provincial tourism board. "The Sound of Music is well and truly a stroke of luck for this city."

The 1965 film based on the true story of how aspiring nun Maria sang her way into the hearts of Baron von Trapp and his seven children has provided fans with a host of must-have items.

Tags: von trapp, villa, movie

Hands Up! I'm an Iron Maiden fan

Tue, 13 May 2008 12:00:33 GMT

clipped by: Babe_ORiley
clipper's remarks: haha so crazy!

Clip Source: edition.cnn.com

LONDON, England (CNN) -- Having a gun pulled on you in Sao Paulo would be a frightening prospect if you weren't walking the streets with Iron Maiden guitarist Janick Gers, and the gun-wielder wasn't an autograph-hunter... oh, and a policeman.

"I'm a cop," says the man, laughing and revealing a pistol.

Seconds earlier, he'd pulled up besides Gers and the Revealed production team in an unmarked car in a back street of Brazil's most populous -- and dangerous -- city.

"I want a picture. I am police."

After rummaging through his bag for his identity card, the presumably off-duty policeman produced a red leather biker vest which Gers duly signed in blue biro. The excited fan shook his hero's hand.

"He'll be arresting people at the concert," Gers laughs.

This is what life is like for Iron Maiden in South America, a hotbed of Maiden fanaticism.

"In South America, it's like verging on hysteria," says Adrian Smith, one of the group's three guitarists.

Body Art

Fri, 09 May 2008 07:31:47 GMT

clipped by: Babe_ORiley
clipper's remarks: interesting... and partly painful

Clip Source: www.dailymail.co.uk

The artist meticulously spends up to 19 hours copying the design from the wall-covering onto the naked women.

The incredible images were created by self-taught body artist Emma, 35, who lives in Adelaide, Australia.

She scrupulously paints the patterns onto her models by hand until they seamlessly blend into their background.

The camouflage idea came to her in 2005 when she saw wallpaper designed by Florence Broadhurst, popular for her stylish interior designs in the 1930s.

"I saw the amazing wallpaper and I thought 'that's it,' says Emma.

Baby birdies babble just like we did

Mon, 05 May 2008 09:06:30 GMT

clipped by: Babe_ORiley
clipper's remarks: Don't feel silly about your childhood birdie dance, anymore!

Clip Source: www.reuters.com

How do baby birdies learn to sing? By babbling

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Baby birds babble much like human infants do, and they have their own special brain circuits to do it, researchers reported on Thursday.

Their findings suggest that learning to sing -- and also to speak -- is a process independent of adult singing or speech.

"Young birds learn their songs in a series of stages. They start out just as humans do, by babbling," Fee said in an audio interview on the Web site of the journal Science, which published the findings.

Perhaps other aspects of infant learning are equally independent in the brain, Michale Fee of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and colleagues suggested.

"The brain really learns how to use its body by making spontaneous movements and seeing what happens," Fee added.

"Babbling in songbirds is just an example of play -- it's vocal play."

"Scientists have been inactivating this area, the HVC, for a long time to try and figure out what it does," Fee said.

Tags: birds, babble, human

Men flirting in Saudi Arabia to get punished...with a haircut!

Thu, 01 May 2008 08:17:11 GMT

clipped by: JediKnut
clipper's remarks: What can you even say abot this!? Ridiculous!

This is a good blog to read though... worth following!

Clip Source: deathby1000papercuts.com

Flirting Saudis: Women Get Flogged, Men Punished with Haircuts

Justice Carries a Pair of Scissors

Journey for a moment to the Magic Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, where the women get flogged for flirting and men–get a haircut?

Prince Fahd bin Badr ordered police to administer the trims after seeing a group of men with long hair pestering female students as they left school in the town of Skaka. Many clergymen in the conservative Gulf country say men should not have long hair because Islam prohibits the sexes from emulating each other.

“In the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia it is illegal to wear a cross necklace, read a Bible, or utter a Christian prayer in the privacy of your own home. Under the law, conversion to Christianity by Saudi citizens is a criminal offense punishable by death.”

Drug dealers are routinely beheaded.

The moral of this story: Serial flirters, when in Saudi Arabia, would find it wise to leave their cross, Bible and nickel bag at home.

Tags: saudi arabia, justice, punishment, flirt, women