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10 Dogs Dressed as Star Wars Characters

If things hadn’t been spoiled by the money-spinning sequels, I think we can safely say we’d all still be in love with Star Wars. As it is, only some of us are – the tolerant types who are willing to put up with the equivalent of a once loyal girlfriend who now screws anything in [...]

Harrison Ford ‘would love’ to do another Indiana Jones flick

Harrison Ford has revealed that he is ready to do another Indiana Jones film. The 68-year-old actor said he would jump at the chance of reviving the action adventure series with producers George Lucas and Steven Spielberg, reports the Daily Telegraph. “If there”s something that the three of us can agree on then I”d love [...]

10 Hot Babes Dressed in Star Wars Outfits

One of the greatest things about Star Wars are the hot women it has inspired to wear skimpy costumes. Here are 10 of the ladies you’re looking for!

“Star Wars” 3D Re-Release

May the force be 3D….On Wednesday, lensman George Lucas announced plans to convert all six Star Wars films to 3D.Lucas Films will be re-releasing each installment of the Star Wars series in 3D, beginning with the 1999 prequel Star Wars: Episode One, The Phantom Menace, in 2012. After the first re-release, one film in [...]

Toy sales stopped ”Star Wars” dark ending

The budding toy-business has stopped George Lucas from ending his ”Star Wars” on a sad and dark note says the film”s original producer, Gary Kurtz. Kurtz said that Lucas had originally planned a much darker ending to ”Return of the Jedi”-the last instalment in the series. “We had an outline and George changed everything in [...]

Darth Vader actor David Prowse banned from attending ”Star Wars” events

David Prowse has revealed that he has been banned from attending any ”Star Wars” events because he “annoyed” George Lucas. The 75-year-old star, who plays the physical form of Darth Vader in the ”Star Wars”, wrote on his website that he could not attend an upcoming conference or any “Lucasfilm associated event”. “The only thing [...]

Leonardo DiCaprio”s vuvuzela irritates Mick Jagger

Rolling Stones lead singer Mick Jagger was recently left irritated with American actor Leonardo DiCaprio”s vuvuzela noise. The 66-year-old singer came to watch the Germany vs Argentina quarterfinal of the FIFA World Cup with his son Lucas in Cape Town. The father-son duo was in front of DiCaprio who had a bright red vuvuzela. As [...]

The 18 Worst Comic Movies Of All Time

These days we’re pretty spoiled. Good comic movies like Iron Man and The Dark Knight outnumber the bad ones, but for years, every single movie that came from the drawn page was horrible. There were few that were even watchable, and they usually tried to hide their four-color roots. So how bad were they? Well, [...]

Corey Haim’s Death Linked To Prescription Drug Ring

Authorities in California believe the death of former teen actor Corey Haim could be linked to an illegal prescription drug ring.

The 38-year-old star of 1980s films such as The Lost Boys and Lucas was found dead earlier this week after an apparent overdose in the apartment he shared with his mother.
Investigators found no illegal [...]

Adrianne Curry Issues Harsh Warning To Addicts Following The Death Of Corey Haim

The death of actor Corey Haim elicited a strong reaction from Hollywood Tweeters on Wednesday. After all, many working actors in their 30s either grew up watching the childhood star’s arsenal of ’80s teen flicks, like The Lost Boys, License to Drive, and Lucas — or they knew the man personally. Of course, some celebs [...]

Corey Haim Dead! ’80s Star Corey Haim Dies Of Drug Overdose

Another tragic loss for Hollywood: Former ’80s teen heartthrob Corey Haim (December 23, 1971 – March 10, 2010) has died. Police in Los Angeles found the actor unresponsive in his Oakwood, Los Angeles apartment at approximately 3:30 AM Wednesday morning, FOX News L.A. reports. His mother was with him when police arrived.
Haim, who [...]

The 14 Freakiest Serial Killers You’ve Probably Never Heard Of

We all know of the Mansons, Dahmers and John Wayne Gacys of the world—the mass killers that are media darlings. But for every nutbar killer who are splashed all over the headlines, there are plenty who never make the limelight. Some are from other parts of the world, some from too long ago to remember. [...]

What Are The Most Popular Baby Names Of The Decade? Emma & Aiden Top List

While pop star names like Miley and Rihanna gained significant numbers in recent years, classic monikers — Aiden and Emma — top the list of the Most Popular Baby Names of the Decade, according to BabyCenter.com.
The site surveyed 10 percent of all babies born in the U.S and discovered many names that reflect the [...]

Isabel Lucas not working with Elissa Sursara

TRANSFORMERS babe Isabel Lucas refuses to work with former pal Elissa Sursara in a new documentary.

Marshall Auerback: Why Goldman Still Owes Us

They know exactly how to find leverage (no pun intended) and exploit it, and are frighteningly adept in negotiating strategy (as to what issues to run through what channels).

Dancing on the Danube

Belgrade’s clubs offer everything from Gypsy folk to Balkan bling, but whichever one you end up in, you’re guaranteed a good time

Saturday night and the boat I’m on is rocking, literally. Gypsy fiddlers leap on to tables and among dancers. As more people board the boat, moored on the Danube in Belgrade, one of the musicians launches through a window and towards the roof. For a moment I’m certain he will end up in the river but, no, soon he’s dancing above us, calling to people on the shore: come join the party!

Serbia’s capital may never be celebrated alongside Prague and Budapest as a beautiful eastern city, but Belgrade is defiantly No 1 when it comes to clubbing. And with the rise of two (very different) Serbian festivals – the rock and techno Exit festival and Guca, where hundreds of Gypsy brass bands entertain 300,000 revellers – Belgrade is now on the western European music fan’s radar.

Every night of the week it is home to a huge variety of clubs and parties. You can dance in old fortresses and on boats, in underground caverns and cocktail bars. And there’s a great array of musical styles to dance to: from ragged Gypsy fiddlers to blinged-out turbo-folk singers, from banging techno through heavy metal, and more, much more.

As with most emerging club scenes, it’s international DJs who are at the forefront. An increasing number of big-names are heading to Belgrade, drawn by the buzz of a city in love with dancing. Radio 1′s Gilles Peterson has been visiting the city for two decades and in October plays at Dom Omladine (domomladine.org), a spanking new and very large arts centre. Others include Brooklyn’s superstar DJ David Morales, who has graced the decks at the chic Club Magacin 3 and returns to headline the Pena Festival on 29 August at the Belgrade Arena.

But where to head to? The city is divided by the Danube and Sava rivers into New and Old Belgrade. As the former consists largely of housing estates built in the concrete brutalist style favoured by communist regimes (alongside ugly strip malls thrown up when capitalism took over), newcomers should look to Stari Grad (Old Town).

Belgrade avoids the mass tourism that has turned Prague into an adult Disneyland, but it does offer a pleasant mishmash of architectural styles and reasonably priced cafes, bars and restaurants. Stari Grad is also home to a large concentration of clubs.

Plato Jazz Club, in Belgrade University’s philosophy department, is a relaxed place to start your evening, enjoy superb views and browse in the city’s best bookshop. Nearby is Informbiro, a basement bar in the Belgrade Philharmonic building that specialises in urban dance music. From Informbiro, you can walk to The Tube (thetube.rs), celebrated for its house music and its large, dark corridors.

The Serb parliament lends the Tasmajdan Park area an upmarket tone. To see Serbia’s elite at play, go to Absinthe or a club called Mr Stefan Brown on the ninth floor of a glass tower opposite Tasmajdan Park. Here excellent cocktails are served and Belgrade’s beautiful people dance on tables as the city’s lights shimmer in the distance.

Techno and house took off here in the 1990s as a rebellious alternative to Milosevic’s regime, feeding off the city’s prodigious nervous energies. Belgrade has dozens of techno clubs – connoisseurs recommend Sound and Plastic – while long-established rock club Akademija (akademija.net) still pumps out the power chords.

But what marks Belgrade as an exceptional clubbing city is its waterways. Several kilometres of the Sava and Danube rivers are home to anchored rafts shoring up cafes, restaurants and clubs called splavovi (moored floats). Divided into three different groupings of boats, some splavs are open all year, although most do business only in summer. I found the area called Ada Ciganlija (Gypsy Island) most fascinating. Here boats recreate the atmosphere of a kafana: working-class bars where Gypsy musicians entertain at tables. The most notorious is Cmi Panter (Black Panther), which achieved a degree of international fame last summer when The Police, fresh from rocking Belgrade’s Arena, turned up to check out the boat band. A fire earlier this year destroyed the Black Panther, but the owner promises to relaunch. Gypsy Island’s boats offer knockabout musical mayhem with musicians right in your face.

The second area of floating boats, offering many different musical genres, spreads along the New Belgrade promenade of Sava. At the three-storey Lucas, moored on the Sava near Brankov Bridge (Brankov Most) in New Belgrade, turbo-folk reigns. This fusion of Serb folk song, Europop and Turkish Arabesque music was associated in the 1990s with Milosevic’s regime – Ceca, the genre’s Madonna, married warlord Arkan – and it remains unashamedly garish and trashy. A few hours spent here offers real insight into Balkan bling.

Across Belgrade, bar prices vary but are always reasonable compared with those of the UK, while smoking remains legal and popular. Entry to clubs is often free, the taxis are relatively cheap and there is little crime to speak of. Best of all, the Serbs are remarkably friendly. If Belgrade guarantees anything today it is good tunes, good value and great times.

• British Airways (0844 493 0 787, ba.com) flies Heathrow-Belgrade from £263 rtn inc tax. Lufthansa (0871 945 9747, lufthansa.com) flies to Belgrade, via Munich, Frankfurt or Zurich, from Birmingham, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle and Glasgow from around £300 rtn. Stay at Le Petit Piaf (petitpiaf.com), doubles from €130 or Hotel Moskva (hotelmoskva.co.yu), doubles from €130.

• Garth Cartwright is the author of Princes Amongst Men: Journeys With Gypsy Musicians (Serpent’s Tail, £12.69).

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“Star Wars: In Concert” North American Tour 2009

A concert version of the Star Wars film franchise, complete with a live symphony orchestra and a travelling exhibit, is set to start touring North America in October.

Star Wars: In Concert is described as a multimedia event that features music from all six of the movie scores written by John Williams, and teams them with [...]

Marshall Fine: Interview: Boaz Yakin, director of Death in Love

It’s hard to make a film when you’re depressed – which is what kept writer-director Boaz Yakin away from filmmaking for the past five or…