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The Alternative 2011 Oscar Nomination List

If you haven't already seen them - perhaps by avoiding all contact with any outraged Christopher Nolan fans - you can read yesterday's actual...

Oscar Nominations 2011 – What Does It All Mean?

All things considered, this afternoon’s 83rd Academy Awards nominations weren’t particularly surprising. Everyone knew The King’s Speech would clean up. That The Social Network...

Ricky Gervais’ Golden Globes Gags? They Didn’t Go Far Enough

Is there a community so far-removed from reality, so ripe for ridicule and so utterly, utterly deserving of it as Hollywood? At the...

Banksy, The Simpsons, and a 21-Year Fuck You To Fox

Imagine, if you will, walking ino your place of work, summoning over your boss, and calling him/her 'borderline retarded'. And then doing the same...

Walk On Stage With Stone Temple Pilots

Alt-rock veterans Stone Temple Pilots played London's Brixton Academy on June 16, 2010. Check out this backstage footage of their pre-show build-up.

This Is England ’86 Was Harrowing And Hilarious In Equal Measure

This review contains spoilers Last night I did an almost unprecedented thing. Midway through the fourth and final part of a programme that I'd been...

Is Sacha Baron Cohen The Right Choice To Play Freddie Mercury?

We learned this morning, via a BBC interview with Queen guitarist Brian May, that this guy: ...is to play the role of this guy, in...

Tom DeLonge (Blink-182) – Does Rock ‘N’ Roll Kill Braincells?

Testing musicians’ memories after a lifetime of abuse. This Week: Tom DeLonge (Blink-182)What were the two cover versions featured on ‘Flyswatter’, Blink’s first demo...

Serge Pizzorno (Kasabian) – Does Rock ‘N’ Roll Kill Braincells?

Testing musicians’ memories after a lifetime of abuse. This Week: Serge Pizzorno (Kasabian)Can you name any of Jay’s (Mehler, guitarist) previous bands? “Mad Action was...

T In The Park 2010 – 30 Seconds To Mars Walk On

NME joins 30 Seconds To Mars as they prepare to walk on stage at T In The Park 2010. Follow them on and see...