Daily Archives: August 13, 2012

The Olympic Closing Ceremony

I think it’s fair to say that the entire world (except for Rebecca in the office, who fell asleep. I know!) was watching the incredible Olympic 2012 Closing Ceremony.

Now it has to be said, it was no Danny Boyle ceremony but it was certainly entertaining. The beginning was a bit touch and go, and I feel like it only really kicked off when George came out and got the party started.

Slightly disappointed that he shunned a second classic for his new song, but none the less I was dancing round my living room imitating his dance moves whilst questioning my mother as to how no woman knew he was gay back in the 80’s?

The best bit, by a long mile, was the Spice Girls reunion. Oh. My. God. I was so insanely excited after those black cabs started pulling out onto the stage. It was like reliving my entire childhood all over again! Why they only got one song I’ll never know, they were the best thing there!

Annie Lennox was amazing, loved the pirate theme and the Freddie Mercury bit was fantastic, and then fantastically ruined by Jessie J air-guitaring to one of his songs.

Despite all of this, the most emotional part of the night was when Take That took the stage, complete with Gary Barlow to sing Rule The World. What a guy, with everything that he’s been through these last few weeks, he was still prepared to sing for Queen and country. If anyone, he deserves a medal!

Now, I know I said the Spice Girls was the best bit by a long mile, and I was completely lying, because the absolute cherry on top of the cake was good old Boris having a boogie to Spice Up Your Life. History – made.

The Tomb Image

We will be seeing Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger sharing a screen together this week with the release of the Expendables 2 but a second project The Tomb is around the corner.

Yes Stallone & Schwarzenegger are set to return in a new action movie next year and here is the first pic of the pair together on that movie.

The movie is directed by Mikael Håfström, in what is his first movie since The Rite.

But Stallone and Schwarzenegger are not the only stars on the cast list as Jim Caviezel, Sam Neill, Vincent D’Onofrio, Amy Ryan and 50 Cent are all on board.

The world’s foremost authority on structural security is forced to escape from the master prison of his own design and use every trick up his sleeve to find the person who put him there.

The Tomb is released next year.

Shut Up And Play The Hits Trailer

On 2nd April 2011, LCD Soundsystem played its final show at Madison Square Garden.

LCD frontman James Murphy had made the conscious decision to disband one of the most celebrated and influential bands of its generation at the peak of its popularity, ensuring that the band would go out on top with the biggest and most ambitious concert of its career.

The instantly sold out, near four-hour extravaganza did just that, moving the thousands in attendance to tears of joy and grief, with NEW YORK magazine calling the event ‘a marvel of pure craft’ and TIME magazine lamenting ‘we may never dance again.’

Shut Up And Play The Hits is both a narrative film documenting this once in a life time performance and an intimate portrait of James Murphy as he navigates the lead-up to the show, the day after, and the personal and professional ramifications of his decision.

Check out the new trailer for the movie:

Shut Up And Play The Hit is released 4th September.