In his latest movie, The Woman In Black, Dan traded his Hogwarts uniform for a totally new role as a Dad.
Natalia brings you the latest news on Adele’s interview with Anderson Cooper, Kristen Bell’s interview on Ellen is auto tuned, Ladyhawke’s latest music video and much more!
Natalia discusses what’s new with Pharrell Williams and her thoughts on Karl Lagerfeld’s mean comments towards Adele’s weight. She also shows a roster of animals behaving like humans and, wait until you see the new size of coffee available at Starbucks!
Natalia dishes the latest news on the Juno Awards nominees, the upcoming Spiderman 3D film starring Emma Stone and Andrew Garfield and is Katy Perry hooking up with Tim Tebow? Watch today’s episode to find out.
When The Kooks are in the studio they’re focused and most importantly, sober. Watch Hugh and Luke explain their reasoning below.
The Kooks released a new album called “Junk of the Heart,” and you would think Hugh and Luke would be very excited about it. Well, they seemed rather indifferent to be honest. We spoke about that and why they don’t care about critics.
Natalia dishes the latest in entertainment news on Joan Rivers, Lana Del Rey and a brand new trailer for the movie Hunger Games.
Natalia talks about how Snooki might be pregnant, Nicolas Cage’s Cage Rage, Elisabetta Canalis is dating Steve-O and more for Feb 1, 2012.
Natalia dishes the news on Miley Cyrus breaking her tailbone, a 100 year old woman who plays the Nintendo DS to stay young and Houston, Texas contemplating a statute of Beyonce.
David Beckham debuts a new line of underwear, the worst dressed celebrity – Shy’m and Matthew Broderick is back as Ferris Bueller with a brand new commercial airing during the Super Bowl on Feb 5th 2012.
Daniel Radcliffe is back with his new movie The Woman In Black. It’s a bone chilling remake of a film from the ’80s. Ironically, Daniel actually scares very easily but he’s not afraid of ghosts. In this interview he tells us what really gives him the creeps.
Next time you’re struggling to make conversation, try asking this question: “If you could invite anyone (living or dead) to the perfect house party, who would it be?”
Graffiti6 is starting to make their North American invasion, and they are hitting up the Tonight Show. Does this sound familiar? Well the Beatles made the exact same journey over 40 years ago. Naturally, @jordans_life had to make some comparisons.
Nick plays World of Warcraft. Not only that, he’s the head of his guild, demonstrating that it IS possible to juggle being a hardcore gamer with being a top-selling recording artist.
During a LIVE interview on andPOP.com Nick Carter gave out a number and took phone calls from his fans. These were real phone calls from real fans who we gave exclusive access to one of the biggest recording artists of our generation.
There were great questions about music, fitness, the backstreet boys but the most popular question, however, was about his underwear. In this clip Nick talks about his his ‘Haynes’ and covering his fans with glow in the dark paint.
When releasing new music today, half the battle is online promotion. However, contests, signed merch and giveaways aren’t always the best solutions. When working on their latest album, Hedley came up with a brilliant idea, they decided to make trailers.
It’s hard to prepare for an interview with Hedley. So in this interview, we threw caution to the wind, got a 24 of beer and broadcast the interview live on our USTREAM (andPOP.tv). Eventually Jacob, Dave and @jordans_life ended up talking about hairy legs, their newest music video and more.
Diamandis from Marina and The Diamonds talks to us about her very serious disease. It’s called synaesthetic. And we lied, it’s not a disease. More like a cool condition. Diamandis explains further.
Would you be embarrassed if someone scrolled through your iPod? We sit down with Spee and Brendan to talk about the diverse music on their playlist.
The professionals aren’t always able to find the bad guys. In fact, sometimes it takes a blind, but determined teenager like Charlie Fairmile, to uncover the evidence of a crime even the police can’t solve.
In Charlie’s Point of View, written by Ruchard Scrimger, this 13-year-old genius who lacks the ability to see saves the day — and his father’s reputation. Wth the help of Bernadette, his loyal guide, Lewis, an insecure tag-along, and Gideon, an odd classmate always appearing in the nick of time, Charlie finds out who the real Stocking Bandit is, clears his father’s name and spares the damage of even more bank machines all around town. It’s a bit of a stretch since it is set in big city, presumaby Toronto, but entertaining the idea that something of such importance can fall into the lap of a middle-schooler is quite intriguing in itself.
The novel is detailed and action-packed, with plenty of humour. Best of all, it’s light and simple. The chartacters’ one-liners and quick quips become quite appealing.
“Hey there.” He can hear the smile in Bernadette’s voice.
“Hey yourself.” Charlie strikes a man-of-adventure pose.
“So, where do you want to go today?”
“Did somebody say ‘seventh grade’?”
He chuckles. “There’s a little seventh grade in everyone. Say, do you mind going on the bus by ourselves? Dad’s running late.”
“Can do.”
Now Charlie smiles. Can do is one of Bernadette’s favorite phrases. She is so competent. Charlie can’t remember ever hearing her ask for help.
For her part, Bernadette is pleased – almost relieved – to be in charge. She’d rather not have to depend on someone else. Anyone else.
Charlie’s parents are nice, but…well, they’re parents. How far can you really trust them?
Charlie proves that despite everyone’s accusations, his father can indeed be trusted. As if being a blind boy facing the challenges of middle school isn’t enough (bullies, weird teachers, dog attacks, wild bus rides, snickerung peers and difficult assignments), Charlie Fairmile also has to face public ridicule for having a thief for a father — supposedly. Witnesses state that Mr. Fairmile resembles the man in the suit aka the Stocking Bandit and so, he was therefore accused, charged with a whole slew of bank machine robberies. And, although most of the incriminating details point in his direction, making it near impossible for him to defend his case, his son insists that his father, a bank worker himself, is absolutely incapable of being the cash culprit.
Charlie is “stone blind, bottom-of-a-midnight-well blind”, but he and his friends set out to unmask the Stocking Bandit and after many false assumptions and countless missions, they discover the real cash-crazed criminal. This novel contains twists and turns that will make your head spin and it is not at all predictable. A good mystery.
Canadian novelist Richard Scrimger, also author of The Red Nose From Jupiter, is usually known for his short and quirky tales of abstract topics. He makes a statement with this particularly exciting work of juvenile fiction, coming a bit out of his element and giving the characters more of a voice, the plot more detail and making the subject matter a tad more serious.
Along with being a mystery, this novel is an exploration of what it’s like to be blind for a kid. There are lessons to be learned within these pages — about truth, integrity, faith, friendship, and much more. Scrimger’s attempt to write a more mature novel for young adults was a success, as long as he or she enjoys a little bit of thinking. But rest assured that all that happens in this novel is in fact from Charlie’s point of view.
By: Richard Scrimger
Genre: Juvenile Fiction/Mystery
