Articles

First, the big news...

We Shall Watch the Watchmen by Helen O'Hara
(from Empire)
Hurrah!
"The Watchmen legal dispute has settled, and everything is on course for the film's release... The settlement will see Warners pay Fox an unspecified sum upfront, and then give them an unspecified share of the film's profits. Those sums are 'unspecified' because the studios are keeping silent on the details of the deal, but it's known that the sums involved are in the tens of millions of dollars."
Poor Warners. Still, great for the rest of us!

And elsewhere...

Keanu Reeves Does the Cowboy Bebop by Helen O'Hara
(from Empire)
"Exciting news this morning as Keanu Reeves signs on for the long-mooted film version of anime series Cowboy Bebop, a futuristic series about bounty hunters around the solar system. Reeves would play Spike Spiegel, a bounty hunter or 'cowboy' who travels on spaceship Bebop with his partner in (hunting) crime Jet Black and a motley collection of marks and hangers-on" -- kinda like Firefly, only more Japanese (or something). Could be groovy. I might finally get round to watching the series now...

Murray Gold and Ben Foster on Four Years with the Doctor by Michael Beek
(from Doctor Who: Series Four - Original Television Soundtrack liner notes)
A fairly interesting interview with the Doctor Who composer and orchestrator. More interesting still are Murray Gold's track-by-track liner notes -- especially the occasionally bizarre introduction, which include Gold berating his engineer for creating a rubbish version of the album!
See here for a couple of thoughts on the album itself.

Paul McCartney Selects Duffy For Live And Let Die Cover by Devin Zydel
(from CommanderBond.net)
"she has done a really brave reworking of one of the most played and instantly recognisable songs ever. I would be very surprised if this is the last Bond song she sings." She'd certainly be a more appropriate choice than Amy bloody Crackhead... sorry, Winehouse.

Tiger bread
(from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
This is why Wikipedia is great -- however random the thing you want to find out about, they probably have some info on it.