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    'Shrek Forever After' bags US Box Office lead

    Paramount Shrek Forever After has taken pole position at the US box office. The fourth film in the animated comedy series nets $70 million, besting blockbusters Iron Man 2 and Robin Hood to emerge as the top movie Stateside over the weekend. Letters To Juliet and Just Wright complete the...
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    AOL/Tak-Talk/Tiscali users?

    Anyone else here with those providers lose their broadband connection between 1.15am and 2.00am this morning? Not only did it knock my website offline but one of the mods as far away as Birmingham lost his connection at exactly the same time so the disruption must have been pretty widespread.
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    Sony unveils 3D TV World Cup ad

    Sony has unveiled a major marketing campaign to persuade customers to upgrade to its new range of 3D-ready TV sets. The Europe-wide campaign - which is based around the slogan "Do not adjust your set" - will premiere on June 11, the opening day of the World Cup in South Africa. According...
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    'Iron Man 2' retains top spot at US Box Office

    Iron Man 2 has remained at the top of the US box office. The blockbuster earned $53 million this week, and has surpassed its $200 million budget after just two weeks on release. Debuting this week are Robin Hood, starring Russell Crowe, at number two with a mere $37.1 million for the $200...
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    Brittany Murphy's husband found dead

    Brittany Murphy's husband Simon Monjack has been found dead at his Hollywood Hills home. Los Angeles police sergeant Louie Lozano confirmed that Monjack had passed away, only five months after his wife died from pneumonia. Early reports claim that Murphy's mother-in-law found Monjack...
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    'Uncle Boonmee' wins Cannes Palm d'Or

    Thai film Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives has won the Palm d'Or prize at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival. Apichatpong Weerasethakul's feature, about a dying man who is visited by the spirits of his death wife and son, was awarded the in competition section's top prize tonight by...
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    B.o.B claims first ever UK number one

    B.o.B has claimed his first ever number one in the UK singles chart this week. 'Nothin' On You' beat 'Ridin' Solo', as Jason Derulo had to settle for second place again, while Roll Deep ended their three-week reign at number one, slipping to third place. B.o.B, aka Bobby Ray Simmons...
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    Rolling Stones triumph in UK albums chart

    The Rolling Stones stormed to number one in the UK album charts this week. Exile On Main Street landed in first place for the second time in 38 years, with the re-release of the legendary rock band's 1972 album pipping Faithless's respective new entry. The Dance, the electronica band's...
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    Sky1 to simulcast 'Lost' series finale

    Sky1 has announced that it will simulcast the series finale of Lost. The network has revealed that it will air the ending to the cult show at exactly the same time as it is broadcast on the West Coast in the US. The move, which follows news that a number of countries will receive a...
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    Sky confirms 3D sport triple-header

    Sky has confirmed plans to broadcast three major finals on Saturday in 3D for pubs and clubs around the UK. On May 22, Sky's new 3D channel will air eight hours of live 3D sport, starting at 2pm with the Championship playoff final between Blackpool and Cardiff City. David Jones will...
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    David Baddiel joins online Dave show

    David Baddiel has signed up for a new online Dave show. FC Dave will follow the misfortunes of the FC Dave five-a-side football team and is filmed in a mockumentary style. Baddiel has joined the cast as Dave channel head Steve North. Meanwhile, a competition will search for a real...
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    Lindsay Lohan joins 3D 'Black Friday'

    Lindsay Lohan has signed to star in upcoming 3D thriller Black Friday. Japanese director Ryuhei Kitamura announced the project and Lohan's casting at the Cannes Film Festival in France, reports Bloody Disgusting. The movie centres on a group of family and friends who avenge the brutal...
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    'Lost' DVD to include extended finale?

    The season six Lost DVD could include an extended finale, reports have said. An ABC source allegedly told TV Guide Magazine that the boxset will feature around 20 minutes of additional footage. "It's in production now," the insider claimed. "[Executive producers] Damon [Lindelof] and...
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    'Robin Hood' storms UK box office

    Robin Hood has knocked Iron Man 2 off the top of the UK box office. Ridley Scott and Russell Crowe's big screen revival of the Sherwood Forest outlaw nets £5.7 million in ticket sales to shoot straight to the chart summit. Iron Man 2 is in second spot with £1.5 million and closing in on a...
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    "The Human Centipede"

    For those who haven't seen it yet, believe me you haven't missed anything. This much hyped horror movie supposedly about three humans joined end to end by a deranged surgeon is no CGI-fest. Despite what publicity shots would have you believe the main scenes consist of little more than three...
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    'Football Manager' reclaims PC top spot

    Football Manager 2010 has managed to regain the number one spot in the PC weekly chart. The Sims 3 is its closest rival in second, while Battlefield: Bad Company 2 climbs three places to take third. Elsewhere in the chart, Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 climbs five to re-enter at seven...
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    'FIFA' tops PS3 chart once again

    2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa has once again triumphed at the top of the PS3 weekly chart. Capcom's Lost Planet 2 narrowly misses out on the top spot in its first week of release by claiming second, while Final Fantasy XIII climbs a respectable five places to third. This week's only...
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    Avatar fakes...

    Thought I should warn people if you are offered any version which is claimed to be 3D or letterboxed at 2.35:1 it is a fake. All official releases are 2D and completely fill a 16:9 screen. They also have subtitles for the sequences spoken in Na'vi which are a considerable part of the movie.
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    Don't forget (clocks)

    Clocks go forward an hour at 1.00am tommorow morning.
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