Jenjie

You can't list just 5!!!!!! there's 10 years of films across all genres!! Ferris Bueller's Day Off Dirty Dancing Pretty Woman (okay so it was 1990 but it was nearly the 80s!!!) Top Gun Stand By Me Goonies Ghostbusters I & II Princess Bride Labyrinth Three Men and a Baby/Little Lady Big The Care Bears Movie My Little Pony - The Movie

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest 7/10 I enjoyed the story and the action but it was needlessly long and it ended in the wrong place.

Girl I work with went down to London for the premiere. She now has pictures of Johnny Depp and a postcard he signed. He was looking rather nice! Saw the film this afternoon. It was very good, enjoyed it but, and I can't beleieve i'm about to say this, it was too long!! Bits of it dragged and could quite easily have been shortened. And if they wanted a dramatic cliffhanger for the ending, they should have finished it with Captain Jack and the Kraken rather than add the next ten minutes worth on. It kind of killed the drama a bit. They could have put that last 10 minutes onto the beginning of the next film as a plot builder. Other than those minor details, absolutely loved it. Keira Knightley didn't annoy me as much as she usually does either. Very much loved the tension between Elizabeth and Jack. But poor Will!!!!!!

YAY for E4's first look. It was a Charlie episode. Am not liking what the writers are doing to Charlie though. :angry:

bits of it are funny but there are some nasty undertones in there. whoever wrote it ought to be careful as there are a couple of players who could take extreme offence at the implications

Loved that book!! Thoroughly enjoyed the Pratchett twist on the Pied Piper!!

you do???? I didn't realise!! You didn't watch the first one did you?

advance previews start Thurs 6th :D am on the late shift so will have to see if my mate's free for the 11am showing. i'll just scrape into work on time!!!!

you sure about that? I managed to have my wedding on the day of the FA Cup FInal, and the Parker Pen Shield Final. Boy was I popular when Sale Sharks got through to the Shield Final!!! :D

It was quite good but still gives you bugger all answers!!!! Its another Jack episode which was quite interesting. I'm sure we're overdue a Charlie episode though

Hmmmmmm! What have I read since I last posted? Almond Blossom Appreciation Society by Chris Stewart Blood of the Fold by Terry Goodkind Am now re-reading Pillars of Creation by Terry Goodkind

Fausages is something Chris said in an interview somewhere The other bit is a statement which came from a discussion in the mod's forum.

1) I can't afford one, and even if I could we don't need another radio at home :P 2) We can't buy one on expenses because its not a legitimate expense.

Me too!! I start work at 2pm!! It'll be 5 Live in the back of the shop for us, although I'm not convinced that our radio is capabale of tuning in to 5 live. If that's the case, I'll be organising everyone's breaks so that they can run down to Comet and keep up a continous feedback for us!!!

I'd be having the world's bigest hissy fit.

THE grey-haired man in the red England shirt punched the air and cheered as David Beckham’s free kick secured his team’s place in today’s World Cup quarter-final. Watching on television in his flat in Bremen, Martin Rooney was almost as happy about the goal as his “nephew” Wayne on the pitch in Stuttgart. It was ideal material for the camera crew for ARD, Germany’s public broadcaster, and neatly fitted the “ . . . and finally” slot on the evening news. Except for one slight flaw. The case of Wayne Rooney’s long lost relative is not so much one of the uncle he never knew, as the uncle who never was. “To be quite frank, it’s a pile of absolute bollocks,” a family source told The Times. “We’ve never heard of this bloke.” And the reporter who covered the story for Radio Bremen admitted that he had been conned. “I don’t know why he made this joke,” Boris Poscharsky said. “Maybe it is a typical British joke. He is a very funny guy.” But this may not be the first time that the football-mad Dr Rooney, 58, has played the German media for fools. A decade ago, when Wayne Rooney was still unknown, his namesake was interviewed in the local press about the European Championship semi-final between England and Germany at Wembley. Speaking to the Weser Kurier newspaper, Dr Rooney recalled being at Wembley for the 1966 World Cup final after being given match tickets as a present for doing well in his A levels. The same newspaper interviewed him in May this year, when he first claimed to be the England striker’s uncle. He said: “Wayne has Irish fore- fathers and that’s where he gets his temper from. He was always a bit crazy, but he’s a fantastic footballer. I always told him he could be one of the greats if he kept injury-free.” Dr Rooney has become a minor celebrity in Germany, and has given several newspaper, radio and television interviews; but none of the reporters wondered about the gaping hole in his story. Why, if he was, as he claimed, the brother of the footballer’s mother, Jeanette, did he have the surname Rooney and not her maiden name, Morrey? The mystery “uncle” is in fact a Mancunian who says that he played as goalkeeper for Salford Boys in his youth and idolised Bert Trautmann, the German star who played in goal for Manchester City. Inspired by his boyhood hero, Dr Rooney studied German and in the 1970s moved to Bremen, Trautmann’s home town, where he undertook a doctorate. He married a local woman but they are now separated and he lives alone, earning a living as a translator and freelance writer. Despite his claim to fame, Dr Rooney was refusing to return telephone calls yesterday and did not answer the door at his flat. “He loves football and he is always wearing his England shirt with the name Rooney on the back,” one of his neighbours said. Herr Poscharsky said that after being contacted by British reporters he rang Dr Rooney. He said: “I asked him how it is possible that he does not have the name of Wayne’s mother and he said it was a difficult family affair and he didn’t want to talk about it. So I asked him if he was sure he was Wayne’s uncle and he said, ‘Yes, I’m sure’, then he hung up.” England’s star player is equally sure, however, that he has no Uncle Martin from Bremen. His spokesman said: “This man is no relation whatsoever and Wayne has never met him. It is a mark of Wayne’s global celebrity that people are queueing up to be associated with him.” http://www.timesonline.co.uk

Three hundred boxes of champagne which have a retail value of more than £90,000 have been stolen from the Wimbledon tennis tournament. Thieves posing as contractors collected the consignment on Wednesday night. When another lorry arrived to collect the champagne, the All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC) realised the "contractors" were impostors. The boxes contained bottles of Lanson, which are sold for £50 each. Police said there was "no breach of security". A spokeswoman said: "On arrival, the lorry was searched in accordance with the security procedures in place at the club, and was in receipt of the necessary information for the collection. "It subsequently collected the load and then left the AELTC." "While clearly no breach of security has occurred at the AELTC, it has become apparent that the first of the collections was not legitimate." http://www.bbc.co.uk

A couple whose wedding reception was cancelled due to England's World Cup quarter-final will be able to celebrate their match made in heaven after all. Kirsty Hill and Scott Simms wanted to hold their evening reception at Oakdale Social Club in West Bromwich. But the club said it wanted to show the England game against Portugal on Saturday and the couple could not use the venue until later. A second venue has now stepped in so the couple can celebrate their wedding. Nineteen-year-old Ms Hill, who is from West Bromwich, was left distraught after the club told her earlier this week she would not be able to use the room until 1800 BST, or even later if the game went into extra time. The couple said they had booked access to get ready for the reception from 1500 BST. But now the Hateley Heath Working Men's Association Club has offered the use of its function room. The couple hope they will be celebrating their wedding with an England victory. "It was really upsetting when we were told we wouldn't be able to go in until the football had finished," she said. "We're really grateful the second place had come forward, I've just now got to make phone calls to all the guests." 'Extra staff' Bal Singh, manager of Oakdale Social Club, said they offered to bring in extra staff to help prepare the room at 1800 BST. "The room was never booked for 3pm," the manager said. "Our only disagreement was that she wanted to come in and set it up at 3pm. "We realise it's a wedding so, we offered six extra staff to help her at 6pm so the room would be ready." http://www.bbc.co.uk

The salmonella alert which prompted Cadbury to recall more than one million chocolate bars may have affected more of its products, it has emerged. Seven of the company's brands were affected by the recall but the mix used in those products was the base ingredient in other confectionery. The Food Standards Agency has said there might be further products which have been contaminated. Cadbury said it was testing product lines four times a day. A Food Standards Agency spokeswoman said: "We cannot rule out that other products may be affected." Leaking pipe Currently, the 250g Dairy Milk Turkish, Dairy Milk Caramel and Dairy Milk Mint bars, the Dairy Milk 8 chunk and the 1kg Dairy Milk bar are among the products affected. Also included, are the 105g Dairy Milk Buttons Easter Egg and the Freddo bar. Cadbury has blamed a leaking pipe at its Marlbrook plant, near Leominster, Herefordshire for the salmonella contamination. The leak was discovered in January with samples sent to an independent laboratory where a rare strain of salmonella was identified. No traces Government watchdog the Health Protection Agency (HPA) confirmed the strain. Cadbury officially informed the FSA of the possible contamination of the seven products on June 19. The FSA said the crumb mixture, in which the salmonella strain was found, was used in a very large number of Cadbury products. But Cadbury said that it had tested tens of thousands of products and found no traces of salmonella. Purely precautionary The firm stressed it was working closely with the FSA and environmental health officers. Previously, Cadbury said the recall had been carried out "purely as a precautionary measure". The factory at Marlbrook generates 97,000 tonnes of milk chocolate crumb every year. It processes 180 million litres of fresh milk, 56,000 tonnes of sugar and 13,000 tonnes of cocoa liquor annually in the production process. The crumb is transported to other sites at Bournville, near Birmingham, and Somerdale, near Bristol, to be blended with cocoa butter and turned into milk chocolate. http://www.bbc.co.uk

Drink-related hospital admissions in England have reached record levels, NHS statistics show. Hospital admissions for alcoholic liver disease more than doubled in a decade, reaching 35,400 in 2004/5. Alcoholic liver disease deaths increased by 37%. Admissions for alcoholic poisoning increased to 21,700 from 13,600 over the same 10-year period. The Information Centre report also highlights England's binge and underage drinking problem. Nearly one in four secondary school children aged 11-15 reported that they had drunk alcohol in the past week when surveyed in 2005. The average amount of alcohol consumed by this age group doubled between 1990 and 2000 and currently remains at 10.4 units (or about 10 small glasses of wine or five pints of beer) per week. Young adults are the most likely to binge drink - a third of men and a quarter of women aged 16-24 said they had drunk more than double the recommended number of units on one day of the previous week, typically Saturday, when surveyed in 2004. Rising consumption In comparison, older adults, aged 45-64, are more likely to drink smaller amounts regularly, on five or more days of the week. The report also looked at the alcohol consumption levels of the European Union countries, with the UK's four home nations ranked as a group. Although high, the UK's consumption levels ranked middle against other European Union countries in 2001. Luxembourg topped the table, with its residents drinking an average 17.54 litres per capita per year compared to the UK's 10.39 litres. But unlike other countries in Europe, the UK's alcohol consumption is still rising. There are serious concerns about the impact of this across the UK. Professor Denise Lievesley, Chief Executive of The Information Centre, said it was important not to underestimate the effect of alcohol on health. "By presenting this data we hope that health professionals will be better equipped to put their work in context and to raise awareness of the dangers of alcohol misuse," she said. Anne Jenkins of Alcohol Concern said the statistics presented "compelling evidence of the devastating impact of excess drinking on the nation's health." She added: "In 2004, the government laid out a national strategy for tackling alcohol misuse. These statistics underline the need for a major push for the government to meet the targets it set itself." Regulation Professor Ian Gilmore of the Royal College of Physicians said: "Whilst today's figures are shocking they are not really surprising." He questioned whether current measures to reduce alcohol misuse were enough. "There is going to be a need for regulation. The drivers of alcohol-related health problems are price and availability." He said alcohol was too inexpensive and readily available in supermarkets around the clock. A Department of Health spokesperson said: "We know that alcohol misuse has a devastating effect on millions of lives each year. And that is why we are working with the drinks industry, police and health professionals to increase awareness of the dangers of excessive drinking and make the sensible drinking message easier to understand. "We will also be launching a joint campaign with the Home Office later this year to promote sensible drinking amongst young people." Shadow Health Secretary, Andrew Lansley, said the figures were deeply concerning. "The government's failure to adequately address binge drinking, and ill-thought though 24 hour licensing policy will do nothing to help the situation," he added "The government must start to prioritise public health and not cut back on rolling out programmes because of deficit problems." http://www.bbc.co.uk

any employee with any sense. letting underage people see/buy films isn't really worth the £5K fine, 3 months in prison, criminal record, and being sacked.

French music retailer Virgin France has been fined 600,000 euros ($754,266; £414,147) for music piracy. The firm, owned by Lagardere, was fined for illegally downloading Madonna's Hung Up to resell on its own website. An industrial court found Virgin France unit Virginmega had ignored an exclusive deal reached by Warner Music France with France Telecom and Orange. Under the ruling, Virginmega was told to pay 250,000 euros to each telecom firm and 100,000 euros to Warner. Warner welcomed the decision, saying it had succeeded in protecting its rights and those of its artists. 'Surreal behaviour' France Telecom's Herve Payan told the International Herald Tribune: "This is an amazing case of simple piracy by a respected company. "Virgin behaved in a surreal manner by downloading the song, cracking protection measures and then selling it from their own web site." Under the deal with Warner, the telecom firms signed an exclusive 500,000-euro deal to offer the Madonna single on their website or for download on mobile phones for one week in October. According to the Paris court's ruling, after the tune was made available the Virgin store downloaded it, repackaged it and made it available on the Virginmega website. Exclusives row However, Virgin France said it had broken the exclusive agreement in the interest of consumers. The judgement "confirmed the need to do everything to help build a balanced market for legal downloads", the firm said. The group, and fellow French retailer Fnac, have recently attacked record firms for releasing top selling singles to mobile and internet firms under exclusive deals. Similar deals in the US involving the Starbucks coffee chain have also prompted anger, with retailer HMV claiming such moves limit consumer access to music. http://www.bbc.co.uk

Jonathan Ross has hit back after criticism of his conduct during a recent interview with Conservative party leader David Cameron. Ross asked Mr Cameron if he had had schoolboy sexual fantasies about former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. "I stand by it. It was a perfectly valid question," Ross told BBC Radio Five Live. Former Tory minister Lord Tebbit called the interview "obscene" and criticised Mr Cameron for appearing on the show. Initially, the BBC received 11 complaints after the show was broadcast, but following media reports about interview the figure rose to 360. Ross said his show did not set out to upset people. "I wouldn't want to do that, even though upsetting Norman Tebbit has given me some small sense of satisfaction because he's spent 12 years upsetting me," he joked. Side-stepped "If Mr Cameron had felt awkward about that question and answer sequence we would have removed it, but none of his people thought it was a problem and neither did the people I work with, so that's why we didn't," he added. Mr Cameron changed the subject when asked if he had fantasies about Lady Thatcher "in stockings", and later laughed off another suggestive question. The exchange took place during last week's BBC One show, Friday Night With Jonathan Ross. Lord Tebbit said on the BBC's Sunday AM that Mr Cameron had made an "awful mistake" by appearing on the Ross show. He said Mr Cameron had been "thoroughly embarrassed by Ross using the occasion for making an obscene attack on - and I use the word literally, obscene - on Margaret Thatcher". "He should never have been there," he said. The BBC said it stood by the interview, screened after the 9pm watershed. http://www.bbc.co.uk

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Furious Fifa president Sepp Blatter confirmed it will investigate the ugly scenes which marred Germany's quarter-final victory over Argentina. Punches and kicks were thrown between both sides following Germany's penalty shoot-out success in Berlin. Blatter told Five Live Sport: "I am furious about that and our disciplinary committee will monitor this incident. "We will take some steps towards those who are identified as being the 'provocateurs' of this incident." Blatter added: "There was really no need. After 120 minutes football is a drama, and then you have to go to penalty kicks and then football becomes a tragedy, but one is the winner and one is the loser. "What I always say is in football you learn to win, but you also have to learn to lose." Germany's Torsten Frings said of the incident: "They (Argentina) are bad losers. They lost their minds." Argentina's unused substitute Leandro Cufre was shown a red card for kicking Germany's Per Mertesacker in the melee. The German defender said: "They are no choirboys. "One of their players attacked me even though I did not do anything. I have three or four red marks on my thigh and then he kicked me again in the groin." Germany's Frings said they tried to calm the Argentina players down, but added: "It just shows they are bad sports and are badly behaved. I hope their players get suspended." Argentina coach Jose Pekerman, who was criticised for taking off playmaker Juan Roman Riquelme when they were 1-0 up with 18 minutes to go, resigned after the quarter-final defeat. Germany will now face Italy in the semi-finals after the Azzurri saw off Ukraine 3-0 on Friday. http://www.bbc.co.uk