Archive for April, 2011

Game of Thrones – Grumpkins and Snarks

Opening credits? At the beginning of the show? How novel. I thought everyone liked to have at least ten minutes of show before the credits. Not Game of Thrones, though. And it’s got actual theme music and neat animation, too. As before, the key places in the credits are King’s Landing, Winterfell, The Wall, and [...]

Creme of the MasterChef crop

Skye Craig impressed judges on MasterChef (left) and has launched a gourmet ice-cream range. CURRUMBIN’S own MasterChef is looking forward to sitting on this side of the TV screen when series three of the popular show airs on Sunday. A year after Skye Craig made it into the second series’ top 11 contestants, the Currumbin [...]

Bon Jovi to continue tour

U.S. rock band Bon Jovi says it will continue its concert tour even though guitarist Richie Sambora recently entered rehab. “Our support for Richie is absolute,” the group said in a statement on its Web site Thursday. “He is, and will remain, a member of Bon Jovi. Although he will be absent from upcoming shows [...]

Sarah Shahi Takes Aim At ‘Bad Driver’ Hilton

Fairly Legal star Sarah Shahi has taken aim at Paris Hilton in a series of furious posts on Twitter.com, alleging the socialite “almost hit” her with her car during a drive through Los Angeles. The actress took to the microblogging site on Friday (22Apr11) to vent her rage following the alleged incident in the city, [...]

Tribeca Film Festival under way

New York’s annual Tribeca Film Festival is under way amid characteristic fanfare. Sunday saw the premieres of “God Bless Ozzy Osbourne,” “The Perfect Family” and “The Good Doctor,” which stars Orlando Bloom as a medical resident gone mad, the New York Daily News reported. The festival draws thousands of film aficionados, casual observers and directors [...]