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Here's What Happened When Wes Anderson Went to Amsterdam Last Week
Director Wes Anderson has been busy travelling across Europe on what could be described as a modern day whistle-stop tour to promote his latest movie, The Grand Budapest Hotel. He's not a fan of air...
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Who to Blame for the High Cost of Theatre Tickets? The Usual Suspects.
For me, memories of junior school tend to involve cold classrooms and leaky roofs and perpetually peeling walls. Funding seemed to be diverted toward activities rather than buildings - so we got to...
View ArticleAl Pacino Season at the BFI; The Godfather: Part II's Cinema Release
Forty years after its original release, Coppola's masterpiece The Godfather: Part II is to screen in UK cinemas. Park Circus's release of The Godfather: Part II (restored in 4K) returns to the big...
View ArticleSex Box Loses Out to Gogglebox at BPG Awards
The Broadcasting Press Guild prepares to celebrate stellar year for British TV. When we assembled a table-full of television critics and asked them to agree on the best shows of 2013 for this year's...
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Why Brad and Angelina Are Getting the Nation Baby Mad - The Brits, the...
While the rest of the world watched as they wowed on the red carpet in trendy his and hers Yves Saint Laurent tuxes - my night with Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie proved they are a lot more than, well,...
View ArticleHow Marc Bolan Changed My Life
As a 13 year old girl in 1991 I was finding my feet in life, realising who I was, what I liked and what I wanted to be. I was alone at home. My two brothers and sister had left home to live with their...
View ArticleBAFTAs: Now just an Extension of Hollywood?
As the lavish Hollywood Oscar awards show approaches, a long time ago in a London far far away the annual BAFTA Award ceremony was a rather simple event held as dinner at the Grosvenor House Hotel on...
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Scottish Independence and the Film Industry
When I heard producer Iain Smith say that "separation" was a problem, I initially assumed that he, as chairman of the British Film Commission, was using the unionists' preferred term for Scottish...
View ArticleMale Film Tropes You'll Never See
I enjoyed this Cracked article so much, I thought I'd explore a bit further. The article cheekishly suggests that Hollywood doesn't need more Strong Female Characters (it does) but more weak male...
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AM SNiPER to Release Single 'The Party Don't Stop'.
A.M. SNiPER enters 2014 with a catalogue of accomplishments to capitalise on from last year. Having performed alongside Tinie Tempah and Wretch 32, recorded new material with Grime Godfather, Wiley,...
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'A Taste of Honey' as Sweet as Ever in National Theatre Revival
A Taste of Honey was one of the few plays I studied at school where my love for the piece wasn't ruined by lacklustre teaching. And in this passionate and dramatic revival at the National Theatre, all...
View ArticleI Always Wanted a Big Brother
I always wanted a big brother. Someone a few years older that could relay the information back and tell me how to deal with life's situations from the mistakes he made. Someone to teach me how to cheat...
View ArticleMy Insight Into 'ThirtyTwo' the New Album From Reverend and the Makers
Here we are then. My very own blog. I feel almost like a grown up. This first blog shall be largely an explanation of/shameless plug for our new album 'Thirty Two' which is out on Monday 24 February on...
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Negash Ali - 'The African Dream EP'
Negash Ali, a name fresh on the music scene released his EP 'The African Dream' this month. The 23 year old Eritrean born/Scandinavian raised artist may have already released his debut album 5 years...
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We Can Help Millions of Children Who Are Living in Danger
Right this second all around the world, millions of children are in danger. Huge numbers of children are caught up in emergencies, like conflicts in Syria and South Sudan and natural disasters like...
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Want to Work in the Music Industry? The Gates Are Open!
(Left to right) Musicians, Plan B, MNEK and Will Kennard from Chase & Status with Dean Joseph, aged 17, from Maidenhead (2nd right) during the launch of The Big Music Project . PHOTO- THE BIG...
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Begin Again With the Merrylees
We have come full circle and it is time to remember. Only 60 years ago, one Elvis Aaron Presley made the trip to Sam Phillips' Sun Studio in Memphis with the idea of cutting a few songs. The process...
View ArticleMy Journey to World Sufi Spirit Festival (Part One)
"The labyrinth of artistic expressions which attempt to transcend the spiritual emotions leads to the same goal: to find another way facing the transient carnal lives we lead in this world. It all...
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DVD Reviews -'The Killers' and 'Mister John'
Don Siegel's classic crime thriller 'The Killers' shines as brightly as it did in 1964 and who would have thought that Ronald Reagan, who played Jack Browning, the double-crossing ruthless mob boss...
View ArticleKick Back With Food Tube
We've been enjoying a stress free week at Food Tube HQ and our latest batch of videos certainly reflects this. With February's lashing rain and icy winds dominating our days, our thoughts have turned...
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