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There will be new posts on cities Bristol, London and Glasgow coming very soon as well as posts on films such as Salt, The Expendables and The Last Airbender. 

Keep checking for regular updates on the latest films and music.

Also coming soon. 

Breaking news on a new coffee concept that will soon sweep the nation. 

Where Has John Goodman Gone?

Check out the new leaner, meaner John Goodman! John has lost about 200 pounds by stopping drinking, hiring a personal trainer and exercising six days a week. He has also removed sugar from his diet. His transformation started after he played Santa Claus in a US TV movie and didn't like what he saw. John said "For years, at Christmas-time I'd get fed up and make a resolution, and I'd lose 60 pounds, 65 pounds," he said. "And then I was off to the races again in the summer. I'd just eat whatever I want, and the big key was drinking. I'm an alcoholic."

Goodman told People Magazine, "I'm breaking a sweat but I'm not going nuts." Those workouts, he told Men's Health, include cardio on the elliptical machine and recumbent bike, strength training with resistance bands, and boxing twice a week. 

John Goodman who was 58 in June and was pushing 400lbs has appeared in many films such as The Flintstones, The Big Lebowski and was the voice of "Sulley" in 2001's Monsters Inc but is best known for his role opposite Roseanne Barr in Roseanne. 

And about the clothes? Some "nice slacks" he just ordered finally came, he told People Magazine, and they're already too big!!

 

Pictures courtesy of PR Photos

The Wonderful Paloma Faith

No words - just enjoy!

"New York"

"Stone Cold Sober"

"Do You Want The Truth Or Something Beautiful"

Paloma Faith's Official Site

Music Discovery - The Wellingtons

The Wellingtons are a five piece from Melbourne, Australia and will most definitely perk up your day. Zac, Kate, Koji, Tosh and Gustav have a power pop sound that's very much in the Lemonheads and Weezer category that will take you back to the nineties in no time. But The Wellingtons are not copies by a long shot, they are a summer band very welcome in any season and with influences like Supergrass, The Wannadies and even R.E.M. you cant fail to enjoy this music. The Wellingtons latest album "Heading North For The Winter" is the bands third album and will be released in Australia on November 14th and if you're in and around the Northcote Social Club then why not crash the launch party! They're latest single is "Come Undone" so check them out and see what you think.

"Come Undone"

"Song For Kim"

The Cinematics

Check out a great band called The Cinematics by clicking on the

Music Discovery - Featured Artist page. 

Music Discovery - Sea Wolf

Sea Wolf is the vehicle for Alex Church’s songs - who is not only Sea Wolf’s songwriter and singer but also the band’s only invariable member. Born in the small gold rush town of Columbia, California, Church’s musical memories were shaped by ad hoc bluegrass outfits playing for tourists on sidewalks of his hometown coupled with the Beatles and Willie Nelson records on his mom’s turntable. Church wandered from California twice – once as a boy, when he and his mother spent a year living in a tent in the French countryside, and once for college at NYU's film school He wrote his first song the week he graduated from college and returned to California, where he later became the founding bass player of Los Angeles outfit Irving “Even though I’ve always returned here, I don’t feel like the music has much of a connection to one particular place,” Church explains. “In a way, it’s not rooted in any place.” That sound Church sought and achieved is a combination of delicate, arching melodies and foggy, elegiac narratives. Over the spare instrumentation, his voice can be weary or buoyant, but it’s always capable of leaving an indelible impression.

Sea Wolf - Winter Windows

Sea Wolf - Wicked Blood

Captain AmericaComes To Marvelous Manchester

Comic book giant Marvel Productions is to turn Manchester's Northern Quarter into 1940's New York for a dramatic car chase scene for Captain America: The First Avenger which starts filming next month for two weeks. Following the filming of "Alfie" starring Jude Law and "Sherlock Holmes" starring Robert Downey Jr Manchester has become somewhat of a magnet for movie location scouts who see Manchester as a versatile and cheaper place to film than London or even the real New York City with the Northern Quarter being the apparent hub of activity due to the Victorian buildings and an ability to easily section of parts of the city.

Marvel Production's Film Officer, Susan Williams, said: "The Northern Quarter is one of our most popular filming locations due to it's versatility". 

The movie, based on the Captain America comic books is set to be released in July of next year and will star Samuel L. Jackson, Tommy Lee Jones and Chris Evans. 

Hungarian Grand Prix 2010 - Hungaroring

Well, so much for a boring race round the Hungaroring!! The 2010 Hungarian Grand Prix however will be remembered for a move that 7-time world champion Michael Schumacher put on former Ferrari team-mate Rubens Barrichello. The incident occurred when the pair were battling for 10th place and one world championship point when Schumacher ran wide coming into the pit straight. Rubens Barrichello, following several attempts to pass, moved to the inside but Schumacher moved across forcing the Brazilian very close to the pit wall. The moved was made all the more horrifying by the onboard shot in Barrichellos car as he was forced within inches of the pit-lane wall and by a camera angle that showed Schumacher clearly looking for the Brazilian in his right wing mirror. After the race Schumacher said "Certain drivers have certain views and then there's Rubens". A clearly amazed Barrichello watched on the BBC feed and smiled at the audacity of Schumacher's arrogance saying "It always my fault". Relations between the two have been fraught since their Ferrari days when in 2002 Barrichello was told to let Schumacher through at the Australian Grand Prix and when Schumacher said that that the often emotional Barrichello "cries alot". A similar controversy has only recently dogged the Scuderia at Hockenheim as when Felipe Massa was "asked" to let Fernando Alonso through for the win in Germany.
Schumacher has since been given a 10 place penalty at the Belgian Grand Prix on August 29th and on his web-site has said "sorry if Barrichello felt that I had put him in any danger".
Michael Schumacher has never been far from controversy and is struggling with the Mercedes car with former team boss Ross Brawn.
In the Grand Prix Mark Webber romped home in first place in the Red Bull with Ferrari's Fernando Alonso second and a very miffed Sebastian Vettel in third in the second Red Bull car following a drive through penalty for not observing the safety car distance rule of ten car lengths. This leaves just a twenty point gap between the new championship leader Mark Webber and fifth place Fernando Alonso after scooping up 45 points in two races. Lewis Hamilton failed to finish in the McLaren and team-mate Jenson Button finished eighth.

Michael Palin Discusses His Travels

In this interview Michael Palin briefly discusses the legendary Monty Python and his not so new role as the nations traveller with CNN's Anjali Rao. Michael talks as candidly as ever as he reveals that he was actually the fifth person to be asked to present the first of his many travels, "Around The World In Eighty Days" and talks of what a frightening adventure it would turn out to be. The experience obviously didn't put him off as "Pole To Pole", "Full Circle" and Sahara were to follow among others.
On the Python years Michael talks about his fellow Pythons, the nuances of  its global domination and some tricks of the trade but family life in Sheffield, movies and the future are also brought up which includes a new series covering Brazil.