Articles tagged with: Record
The Dark Knight has only ruddy well gone and done it again. No, not struck down another member of the cast or crew with the 'curse', which is apparently floating around these days. The film has gone and broken the record for the fastest $400 million in box office history, making the money in a frankly ridiculous 18 days. Imagine making four hundred million dollars in 18 days. How many tricks you'd have to pull to draw in that amount... it's hard to take in. Though it would also be hard to take in if you pulled $400 million-worth of tricks, let's be honest here. But at least it shows that maybe, just maybe, Christopher Nolan's film is living up to its reputation, even with the extra bits of accidental hype popping up here and there.
In Korea the panda is a symbol of hope, able-bodiedness and freedom. They often grace the minds of children as they drift to sleep, and inspire all others to live, to love, and to perhaps one day become a zookeeper for the sake of proximity to them or something. Keep in mind none of this applies if the specific panda is still a communist. If it's a communist panda the people generally consider it an idiot. But perhaps this panda-love is the reason Kung Fu Panda just shattered Korean box office records. We think the previous record holder was their version of Lonesome Dove, which was similar to the better known 1989 mini-series except their dove actually had quite a few close friends.
Ever get the feeling that David Blaine was the kind of kid who got picked for football last at school? We only mention this because the poor lad seems compelled to try and impress us all the time with a range of increasingly attention-seeking adventures. Yes, OK David, you can stand on top of a pole for a few hours at time - what do you want, a medal? And just like a door to door salesman, David Blaine’s been back again with another spectacular stunt - this time involving gallons of water, Oprah Winfrey and a silver wetsuit.
X Factor ended less than a month ago but, like a child trying to cope with a disturbing period of abuse, we've already blocked it out emotionally.
As such, we can't remember a single thing about last year's X Factor - we seem to recall that it was won by a plank of balsa wood dressed as Frank Sinatra that couldn't stop crying, but that's about it. Anyway, apparently someone from X Factor called Rhydian Roberts has just signed a million-pound record deal.
Wait, no, it's all coming back. Make it stop! Lord, make it stop! Mother! The pain!
Chances are that Rhydian Roberts expected to wake up this morning as the X Factor champion, but that just didn't happen thanks to the inexplicable popularity of that funny-looking Scottish boy with the ratty hair.
Historically the X Factor silver medallist is consigned to a simple future - one badly-selling album of Michael Ball cover versions that only gets television coverage on GMTV and then a couple of years of doing corporate shows for 50p and a handful of cakes - but Rhydian Roberts might just escape that, because Simon Cowell has signed Rhydian up and wants him to rush an album out before he ends up inevitably playing the Phantom Of The Opera. And, all being well, Rhydian's album To You Love Rhydian: Rhydian Sings The Best Of Ball should be released early next year.
