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Review: Pain and Gain
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Michael Bay’s Pain and Gain is an uncomfortable and ill-considered attempt to squeeze laughs out of truly horrific, based on real-life, crimes. Mark Wahlberg and Dwayne Johnson and Anthony Mackie play bodybuilders and ex-cons who decide to get themselves a slice the ‘American Dream’ by robbing suspected crook Victor Kershaw (Tony Shalhoub). When Kershaw refuses…
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New BBC Two series to celebrate UK’s rich variety of dogs
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BBC Two is to air a new 3×60-minute series exploring and celebrating the diversity of man’s best friend. In The Wonder Of Dogs, presenters Kate Humble and Steve Leonard will be joined by the UK’s top canine experts to examine how varied dogs can be, how their extreme differences came about, whether this variety is…
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Audio: Beverley Knight sings “I Have Nothing” from The Bodyguard
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Producers of The Bodyguard have treated fans to an exclusive clip of superstar Beverley Knight MBE singing the classic Whitney Houston track “I Have Nothing”. Based on the hit film of the same name, The Bodyguard features a multitude of Whitney Houston’s greatest hits including ‘I Will Always Love You’. The multi award-winning Knight is…
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Kobo announces four new ereader and tablet models
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Kobo has revamped its ereader line-up with the introduction of four new models. The new range includes the Google-certified Kobo Arc 10HD and two Kobo Arc 7 tablets, which come pre-loaded with Kobo’s reading and ebook store app, and a new Kobo Aura 6” E Ink eReader. The original “limited edition” 6.8” Kobo Aura was…
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TalkTalk signs up 500,000 YouView customers
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More than 500,000 customers have signed up for TalkTalk’s YouView-based TV service since it launched last year, the company announced on Wednesday. TalkTalk is one of seven shareholders in the TV platform which combines traditional aerial delivered channels with internet delivered on demand and catch-up content. Like rival and fellow shareholder BT, TalkTalk also offers…
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Cleopatra – Legendary Female Film Icon
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Cleopatra is undoubtedly one of the most iconic women in history; subsequently, many women have taken to the big screen to portray one of the most beautiful queens and her scandal-filled life. From the 1899 French horror Robbing Cleopatra’s Tomb, to the horrifyingly inaccurate sexploitation film The Notorious Cleopatra – in which Cleopatra is stabbed…