Pop Buzz UK

Debating: The start of Big Brother 8!

Reading: ‘Ultimate Weapon’ by Chris Ryan

Playing: ‘Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World’s End’

Viewing: The first night of Big Brother 8, with 11 females

Watching: Pirates Of The Caribbean 3

Listening: Gym Class Heroes ‘Cupid’s Chokehold’

Buying: Pigeon Detectives album ‘Wait For Me’

Searching: Loch Ness Monster, both online and offline

Anticipating: ‘Oceans Thirteen’ Released 08/06/07

Learning: The secret to happiness is accepting misery

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Debating: Gordon Brown becoming the new Prime Minister

Reading: ‘Wicked!’ by Jilly Cooper

Playing: ‘Cooking Mama’ on the Wii

Viewing: The finale of Lost Season 3

Watching: ‘28 Weeks Later’ starring Robert Carlyle

Listening: Rihanna Ft. Jay-Z with ‘Umbrella’

Buying: The album ‘Awake’ by Josh Groban

Searching: Dominic Monaghan of Lost and LOTR fame

Anticipating: Big Brother UK 8 starting Wednesday

Learning: A swarm of bees can ground a Boeing 737

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Shetty Rules by Neel

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I remember seeing Shilpa Shetty in a film titled Baazigar. She was never a favorite but there was something about her startling figure and sleek dancing moves that has made her a fixture in Bollywood for nearly two decades now.

After her presence in the Celebrity Big brother Show in the U.K sparked off a racism debate and she ended up winning the Big Brother Prize, Shilpa Shetty has been having it good. For one thing controversies are stalking her. Take the Richard Gere kiss. As Shilpa is an ambassador of good causes, she and Richard Gere decided to entertain the public a little to help the AIDS cause.
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Missing The Ninth Doctor by Elisa

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The other evening, I had a friend over who had yet to see any of the new Doctor Who. As you may imagine, I was more than willing to get her started at the beginning with the Ninth Doctor as played by Christopher Eccleston. We managed to fit the first six episodes into the evening, in between breaks for tea and sustenance. My friend had such a good time she wants to come back soon to watch the rest of the first series. For my part, I remembered all over again why it was that I miss the Ninth Doctor.
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Hot Fuzz Review by Winnie McCarthy

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Plot Summary

Hot Fuzz stars Simon Pegg as Nicholas Angel, a highly effective police officer in London who is sent away to the small rural village of Sandford because his excellent arrest rate is making the rest of the police officers look bad. Angel is partnered with PC Danny Butterman, played by Nick Frost, the son of the village Inspector. Obsessed with American police movies, like Bad Boys 2, PC Butterman is excited to work with Angel who has been involved in exciting police work.

After being sent on a series of silly assignments, like the one shown in this YouTube video clip below, things start to get exciting in the village. What appears to be an angelic village without any major crime turns out to be something more sinister as a series of deaths appear to be more than just accidents.
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The follow up to British classic ‘28 Days Later‘ came out last Friday 11th May, and is already biting Spider-man 3 on the ass at number 2 in the charts.

The 2002 film was directed by Danny Boyle, wheras this one named quite obviously ‘28 Weeks Later‘ is directed by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, and even more obviously is set 28 weeks after the initial virus outbreak from the first film.
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To celebrate Mitchell and Webb making, and releasing their first film, called ‘Magicians’, I thought I’d look back to last year, and their brilliant first series of ‘That Mitchell and Webb look’.

David Mitchell and Robert Webb are British comedians, who started on Play UK, before transferring their sketch show to BBC radio 4. As happened with ‘Little Britain’, the BBC know when they’re on to a good thing, and it wasn’t long before a full BBC2 show was commissioned, and aired at the end of last year. A second series is being made, and is due to air at the end of this year. They are also the geniuses behind ‘Peep Show’, that oh so strange Channel 4 sitcom where the cameras often shoot from the characters point of view, and we get to hear what they are thinking rather than saying.
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Debating: The disappearance of British toddler Madeleine McCann

Reading: ‘The Lollipop Shoes’ by Joanne Harris

Playing: ‘Spider-man 3′ on multi-formats

Viewing: The last day of the English soccer season

Watching: Still ‘Spider-man 3′ starring Kirsten Dunst

Listening: Linkin Park with new single ‘What I’ve Done’

Buying: Harry Potter pre-orders, now over 1,000,000

Searching: Eurovision entrants… for a laugh

Anticipating: Tony Blair finally retiring… about time

Learning: Squirrels can peel bananas

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Debating: The state of British politics

Reading: ‘The Tenth Circle’ by Jodi Picoult

Playing: Still ‘God Of War II’ on the Ps2

Viewing: The new series of ‘Parkinson’ with guest David Tennant

Watching: ‘Spider-Man 3′ starring Tobey Maguire

Listening: The Manics with ‘Your love alone is not enough’

Buying: ‘Send away the tigers’ by Manic Street Preachers

Searching: Pirate copies of ‘Spider-Man 3′

Anticipating: DVD release of ‘Hot Fuzz’ on June 11th

Learning: Maggots can treat MRSA

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This is a review of the new film written and directed by Shane Meadows called ‘This Is England‘. It’s set in 1983, and tells the story of a young 12 year old boy, and his experiences with a group of older skinheads who take him in, and treat him as one of their own. It’s based on Shane’s own experiences growing up, and it shows in the maturity and way in which it’s told.
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Debating: Whether pop culture influences criminals

Reading: ‘The Secret’ by Rhonda Byrne

Playing: ‘God Of War 2′ on the Ps2

Viewing: ‘This is David Gest’ on ITV

Watching: ‘Fracture’ starring Anthony Hopkins

Listening: Beyonce & Shakira - ‘Beautiful Liar’

Buying: Tickets for Princess Diana concert

Searching: For stories about messaging phenomenon ‘Twitter’

Anticipating: A fine May day bank holiday weekend

Learning: Kryptonite exists!

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How elements of Pop Culture were blamed yet again!

The victims of the Virginia Tech shootings were killed by a person… weren’t they? They were cruelly gunned down in the prime of life by a sad loner who felt he needed to eke out some sort of revenge… weren’t they? I already know the answer to both questions is yes, but after the crap I’ve had to endure reading over the past week, I had to check to be sure.

Elements of the media and some crackpot rent-a-quotes in particular seem to have been trying to blame the massacre on anything but a person with a gun. Video games have been the main culprit under suspicion this time, as they have been after other school shootings such as Columbine. But music hasn’t got away without it’s fair share of finger pointing either, as Marilyn Manson, and artists like him, were once again highlighted as having infuenced the tragedy. And you can stick films in the mix too, with the cult Korean revenge flick ‘Oldboy‘ held up as a direct reason that this incident happened. What an absolute pile of steaming bs this all is, and here I’ll explain why…
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Debating: Prince William breaking up with Kate Middleton

Reading: The Quest by Wilbur Smith

Playing: TMNT: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles on multiple formats

Viewing: Ruddy Hell! It’s Harry And Paul on BBC1

Watching: Blades Of Glory starring Will Ferrell and Jon Heder

Listening: Give It To Me by Timbaland, Nelly Furtado & Timberlake

Buying: Half price Easter eggs for sale everywhere

Searching: Author Kurt Vonnegut who died after a long illness

Anticipating: The release of the new Ben & Jerrys flavour ice cream

Learning: Only 3% of adults get the recommended 8 hours sleep a night

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Picture Of The Week: Riots break out in a rush for bargains at the new flagship Primark clothes store on Oxford Street in London…

Debating: Whether the freed British soldiers should have been given permission to sell their stories to the media for a small fortune

Reading: ‘Break No Bones’ by Kathy Reichs

Playing: Brian Lara International Cricket on the Ps2, xbox 360 and others.

Watching On TV: Tracey Barlow being found guilty of murder on soap ‘Coronation Street’.

Watching At The Cinema: Unfortunately ‘Mr Bean’s Holiday’ is at number one

Searching For: Minnie Driver who is starring in ‘The Riches’ on the FX channel

Looking Forward To: The release of long lost JRR Tolkien book ‘The Children Of Hurin’ on April 17th

Learning: “Lunatics, idiots, deaf and dumb” people are barred from standing for election under laws dating from 1766 which still apply.

Listening To: ‘Stop Me’ by Mark Ronson featuring Daniel Merriweather, in at number 6 this week…

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Picture Of The Week: The new alien busting duo of the Doctor and Martha Jones…

Debating: Whether the British soldiers being held in Iran will lead to all out war

Reading: ‘At Risk’ by Patricia Cornwell published by Sphere

Playing: Command And Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars on the PC and soon to be Xbox 360

Watching On TV: The first episode of the new series of Dr Who on BBC1

Watching At The Cinema: The exciting and visually stunning ‘300′

Searching For: Grand Theft Auto IV First Look Trailers

Looking Forward To: As a whole:- Easter weekend only 4 days away! Personally:- My 30th Birthday next Sat 7th April… I’m just glad to have reached it!

Learning: Having a baby can cost you up to two months sleep in the first year

Listening To: Even though ‘I’m Gonna Be 500 miles’ by The Proclaimers is still Number 1, Avril Lavigne is following closely behind with ‘Girlfriend’…

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