The chancellor said the move was in the public interest Darling statement Emergency legislation is to be introduced to temporarily nationalise the stricken Northern Rock bank. Chancellor Alistair Darling said he made the decision because two private takeover offers did not offer the taxpayer...
Turkey says the rebels use northern Iraq as a safe haven US Defence Secretary Robert Gates is to tell Turkish leaders to end their military operations in northern Iraq as quickly as possible. Mr Gates, who was speaking ahead of a visit to Ankara, said Turkey's assault against Kurdish separatists...
'Justice League' Fires 2 Superheroes In the various retcons of the last 20 years, DC Comics has rewritten the origins of their premiere team a few times, mostly around the issue of whether or not DC's biggest guns (Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman) were or weren't founding members. This usually had...
Matrix Games Matrix Games Advanced Tactics: World War II Advanced Tactics is a versatile turn-based strategy system that gives gamers the chance to wage almost any battle in any time period. The first module in this series is Advanced Tactics: World War II, which allows gamers to hop into a Panzer...
HISTORY do you ever look through old family photographs just for fun?: hahh yeah.. totally. who was your first ever best friend?: uhmm.. her name was Rey-Diane did you lose any close ones growing up?: yeah.. i just lost my grandpa. you had a good childhood?: yeah.. but i only remember the awesome...
Here are Parts Three to Five of "THE BEST MAN": ”THE BEST MAN” PART THREE – DANNY How long does it take to walk down the aisle? Captain Danny Walker pondered silently. As he waited for his bride in front of the chapel's altar, an assortment of emotions besieged him. One, Danny felt nervous as...
Emmerich Plans A "2012" Apocalypse (darkhorions.com) Roland Emmerich ("The Day After Tomorrow," "Independence Day") is set for another apocalyptic epic entitled "2012" reports Variety. The German director, about to release prehistroic actioneer "10,000 B.C.", shopped the script he co-wrote with...
Stan Helsing to Take on Hollywood Monsters (Variety.com) Multihyphenate Bo Zenga will spoof six of the highest-grossing monster movie of all time in his new project Stan Helsing, reports Variety. The project is set up at Scott Steindorf's Stone Village Pictures. A producer on Scary Movie, Zenga will...
To some "progressive rock" expired in the mid to late 70's in the wake of punk rock and thereafter a return to the basic song structure of DIY indie rock, the days of 15min hammond organ'moog synths seemed over, the drum solo was confined to jazz and "rock" was in the "safe" hands of either poodle...
Lucasfilm Builds Fantasy League In Singapore (time.com) The Force is definitely with Travis Ho. Like millions of computer-science students before him, the 19-year-old Singaporean's lifelong fantasy has been to work for Lucasfilm, the empire launched 30 years ago by George Lucas, the creator of Star...
Yes, yes, I know, I haven't posted in ages. And I have to be straight and honest with you, I did not have much to do for the past week either. Aside from going to Glasgow, I really did not do much but relax at home- I guess I just wasn't up for making a new post. I have to admit, and I can't believe...
McG Hunts Daniel Day Lewis For 'Terminator' Sequel (ndtvmovies.com) Director McG wants Oscar winning actor Daniel Day Lewis to star in the fourth film of the Terminator series. Batman Begins star Christian Bale has already signed up for Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins, and the director now...
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Some time ago, I had come up with this idea for an Alternate Universe story for the Disney movie, "PEARL HARBOR". I began to wonder what would have happened if Josh Harnett's character, Danny Walker, had survived Doolittle's Raid on Tokyo. This is what I had came up with: "THE BEST MAN" RATING: PG...
Good Morning. How are you spending Saturday morning on February 16th? This is Matsumoto Jun. Eh~~~~, Mou, Pollen becomes terrible. People with serious cases already had hay fever as of January. I am somewhat have a feeling that I am going to get it. I made up my mind in order to get a shot for hay...
Okay it's not really a love story but rather my really really really extreme fondness of Matsu Takako............on second thought I'll call that feeling "love." Many may be familiar with Matsu Takako through her numerous drama appearances, t.v. commercials, movies, and kabuki stage...
“Beginning is easy - continuing hard” -Japanese Proverb Once you start loving someone, you never stop loving them. Beginning to love them is easy. But at times, continuing to love them is hard because you're afraid to lose them. Even when you do lose them, continuing to love continues to be hard...
SYNTHETICS: HEROIN, COCAINE, AND TELEVISION Morphine was isolated in 1805 by the young German chemist Friedrich Serturner. For Serturner morphine was the purest essence of the poppy plant; he named it after Morpheus, the Greek god of dreams. It was this success in isolating the essence of the opium...
I'm rising back from the dead with a little fan post about Ongaku Gatas! I was going to make a post about the Ongaku Gatas DVD Pamphlet in particular, however, I'm visiting my parents so I don't currently have access to it (much like I don't have access to all my pictures), and I've only watched it...
Master Painters; this isn't really important or meaningful, only interesting. Past masters, like DaVinci, purportedly used a lens, projecting their desired image onto the canvas. They merely traced it, and colored it to match. You have to create the scene, balance it, and put in top colors, then...
