The latest movie in the Pirates of the Caribbean series, At World’s End, has had its world premiere in Los Angeles.
Crowds of screaming fans turned out to glimpse stars of the film, including Johnny Depp and Orlando Bloom, as they attended the gala event at Disneyland.
The original inspiration for the film series was a ride [...]
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Blog: Third Pirates film has premiere
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Blog: The top 10 fictional pirates
The daddy of them all. The man who set the benchmark for piracy as a fashion statement.
Asked for his three priorities for his term as captain, he replied: Accessorise, accessorise, accessorise. The pointy hat, the wooden leg, the noisy pet on the shoulder.
As if that was not enough to set a salty seadog’s pulse racing, [...] -
Pirates take box office by storm
The World’s End has proved a lucrative destination for the third Pirates of the Caribbean film as it debuts to the top of the UK box office.
The Johnny Depp-starring adventure took £13.4m in its opening weekend, leaving previous number one Spider-Man 3 splashing in its wake with just £1.3m.
Brooding fact-based thriller Zodiac (£0.6m) was at [...] -
Blog: Chow Yun-Fat to star as Confucius
Hong Kong actor Chow Yun-Fat is to star as revered philosopher Confucius in a HKD $22 million (£2m) biopic backed by the Chinese government.
Best known for his gangster roles, Chow will swap his trademark trench coat for scholarly robes in the movie.
The film will be a joint production between Beijing-based Dadi Cinema and the state-run [...] -
Blog: . Pigeon fanciers
China considers the anniversary celebrations one of the highlights of the year – a chance to trumpet the achievements of the last 60 years.
The focus of the celebrations will be a military parade through Tiananmen Square and central Beijing. President Hu Jintao will also make a keynote speech.
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Blog：The presentation on the steps
We spontaneously organized an English corner beside our library in my university in order to satisfy the needs of improving our spoken English. The time is from 10pm to 11pm everyday. We have different topics for every night, and to our happiness, the attendance has increased vastly during a week.
Usually, we will be divided to [...] -
Blog： Jack MaCOO, Alibaba.com
Want to do business in China without springing for a plane ticket to Shanghai? Alibaba.com is your best bet. Founded by Jack Ma in 1999, this massively successful business-to-business e-marketplace is the best place online to meet people and trade proposals and product offers. (Ma has been quoted as saying that the firm got its [...]
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Blog：Questions From Your Girlfriend That Aren’t Really
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Written by Anthony Burch
You know the feeling: things seem to be going well with your significant other. The sex is great, the moments without sex are mildly tolerable, and she hasn’t once gotten angry at you for ejaculating onto her favorite blouse. But then, of course, the questions begin. Those horrible, mind-numbing, soul-crushing [...] -
Blog：Strong dollar hits Oracle profits
The business software manufacturer Oracle’s profit for the three months to the end of November have slipped.
Net income only fell $7m (£4.7m) from the same period last year to $1.3bn, but it was nonetheless the first time it had not grown for three years.
Oracle said its profits would have been better if the US dollar [...] -
Blog： Plight of the white-clawed crayfish
In early autumn 1979 a prison break began. Under cover of darkness the escapee slipped past his captors and away into the chilly English night.
Disorientated but determined, the north American signal crayfish scrabbled across the foreign terrain in search of fresh water.
The break-out was inevitable. Signals are fearsome among crayfish – stubborn and aggressive with [...]
