The Moment (Free subscription) | yesterday
Schott is responsible for manufacturing the first motorcycle jacket, in 1928 - the Perfecto, which subsequently became the symbol of youthful rebellion after being worn by Marlon Brando in "The Wild Ones" and by James Dean, who was rarely seen without it.
The Inquisitr (Free subscription) | yesterday
Robert Pattinson believes the ‘Twilight’ movies are a metaphor for sexual abstinence. The 23-year-old star, who plays vampire Edward Cullen in the saga, is unable to have a sexual relationship with a human because he fears that if he goes further than a kiss, his emotions and the power of his body may injure his beloved. But [...]
girlie jones (Free subscription) | 29/11/2009
About halfway into New Moon, I started to get really angry. I started to think about how, teenage girls (and some older women, by the sounds of things at the hairdressers) are going to see this movie, no matter what. It's pretty much guaranteed that they are going to hand over their cash to see this, probably even more than once. I went with my cousin who sheepishly confessed she'd actually seen it...
Eyewear (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
Eyewear saw New Moon and, while it was not swoon-inducing, thought it very good. The director lost his Pullman franchise when America balked at the Dark Materials atheism. So, he got a new film franchise to work on (though only one). Curiously, he opted not to keep Carter Burwell's brilliant, witty score, and went with something more traditionally romantic. The new film's key moments are a rotating...
[last year's girl] (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
This entry is part 3 of 3 in the series best of the noughtiesSurprisingly to nobody, in the end I couldn’t steer clear of the “best of the decade” chat that is dominating the blogosphere at the moment. Last time around, of course, there wasn’t a “blogosphere” – and I wasn’t really listening to music [...]
United Kingdom Talk (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
Thursday's edition of my three times a week talk show.Watch or listen to the show on Tues, Thurs & Sats here at WWW.UNITEDKINGDOMTALK.CO.UK In today's show : Check what you're putting in your mouth. James Dean leaves something in my car. Jason is camera shy. Stop nicking my pens. My bum was hanging. Recovering very well. What were your youth fashions ? A correction - It's not "Costa Coffee"....
VideoGamer.com (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
[ 1 | | ]Gravity Crash is from Just Add Water, a UK dev based in Yorkshire.Messy-haired lead singers wear Atari t-shirts. Young professional couples furnish their two bedroom apartments with radios and plates from the Fifties. Bedroom walls are covered in James Dean and Marilyn Monroe posters. Retro is in. Retro is cool.And so is retro gaming. I'm not sure who kicked it off, but the emergence of Xbox...
The Inquisitr (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
Robert Pattinson thought his ‘Twilight’ character was “ridiculous” the first time he read the books. The actor, who plays vampire Edward Cullen in the movie series which are based on the novels by Stephenie Meyer – admits he found it hard to take Edward seriously when he was researching the role. He said, “I read the first [...]
Word Magazine blogs (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
After much cajoling and a certain amount of pig headed stubborness on my part, went for an eye test today; last one I had when was I was 16 at school. To my absolute horror, I need glasses, after 51 years on God's Green Earth. This after years of shouting "Speccy git" etc to poor bastards in school, (and my wife and son for the last 15 years). The only people I can remember looking good...
Italian Wine Blog - Wine90 (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
Jean Leon Wine The Torres owned Jean Leon wine range are a peculiar brand to spark an interest in wines for an Italian wine blogger yet so it was, four years ago, that I visited my very first vineyard as part of a "team building" trip for the travel company I worked for. Readers of this blog will know that I have spent two of the last three years in Italy, working in the wine and travel trade...
The Inquisitr (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
Robert Pattinson wants to be a pop star. The ‘Twilight’ heartthrob is a budding songwriter, he sings the track ‘Never Think’ which was included on the soundtrack album of the first film in the franchise, would love to pursue a music career but fears the baggage of his role as vampire Edward Cullen would ruin his [...]
GrEaT sAtAn'S gIrLfRiEnD (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
Hanging out within 8 inch SP Howitzer range of any of Great Satan's mega plex cinemas - the buzz about New Moon is nigh undeniable . Hottie nosferatu ( cut like an M1 panzer ) are on fire! " New Moon and Twilight is the ultimate female teen romantic fantasy, about the awkward female outsider who finds a complex, deep, dark male outsider, the one all the other girls wish they had. In this case,...
Race Rules (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
I can remember the sayings “Nice guys finish last” and “Women like bad boys” from the time I was a child. I remember the “Fonz” on “Happy Days” getting all of the women and Hollywood bad boys like James Dean. One of the main problems with America is the average person’s inability to know when [...]
Manolo for the Big Girl (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
Yesterday marked the ten year anniversary of my move to Texas so I thought I’d celebrate by doing an All-Texan revue. It’s Tuesday so let’s fine out what Miss Plumcake is… Reading: O. Henry’s Short Stories. William Sydney Porter was a Carolina boy by birth, but did a the best part of his writing and embezzling [...]
007 Bond Supplement (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
Short Profile of Dame Shirley Bassey ( Source: BBC Entertaiment )
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