Look! Up In The Sky! It's Stubbleman!

If you didn't know already, there's a new Superman in town, and his name is... Henry Cavill!

Er, Henry WHO???

Apparently he's some British actor who was in The Tudors. Nope, never heard of him either. Gee, first Professor X, then Batman, then Spider-man, and now Superman. All the superheroes seem to be going Brit, aren't they?

Then again, Superman's always been played by some relatively unknown actor, Christopher Reeves, Dean Cain, Tom Welling, Brandon Routh, and now Cavill. The character is so well-known that having an establish face just won't make him believable, I think. Let's hope Zack Snyder and Chris Nolan know what they're doing...

And look! Teaser Trailer Dot Com already has a picture of him! Ok, a photoshopped picture of him, but hey, at least it shows he's got the general look of the character (ok, except maybe the stubble...)

Babes Of The Month - The Crystals Rock!

' The Crystals ' are Crystal Palace Football Club's new cheerleaders.

Read more about them at: The Crystals/Facebook

Watch them perform on the Sky Sports Soccer AM show

Transfer Deadline Day - No Rumours just Done Deals!

Updated regularly all-day today..............The January transfer window is now officially closed. Here are a list of the 'done deals.'





Chelsea have signed defender David Luiz from from Benfica for a fee of £21 million.

Liverpool have signed Andy Carroll from Newcastle for £35 million on a five-and-a-half-year deal.

Chelsea have signed Fernando Torres from Liverpool on a five-and-a-half-year deal for a fee of £50 million.

Blackpool sign Sergei Kornilenko on loan from Zenit St Petersburg.

Wigan have confirmed the signing of striker Conor Sammon on a three-and-a-half-year deal from Kilmarnock.

Fulham sign Eidur Gudjohnsen on loan from Stoke until the end of the season.

Huddersfield have signed 31-year-old striker Danny Cadamarteri until the end of the season.

Hibs have confirmed the signing of striker Akpo Sodje from Charlton on an 18-month deal.

MK Dons sign youngster Keanu Marsh-Brown on loan from Fulham.

Scunthorpe have signed Norwich defender Michael Nelson for an undisclosed fee.

Tottenham's Giovani Dos Santos has joined Spanish side Racing Santander on loan until the end of the season.

Everton have confirmed the signing of Greek teenager Apostolos Vellios. The 19-year-old striker has joined from Greek side Iraklis Thessaloniki for a nominal fee.

Lincoln extend loan of Arsenal defender Gavin Hoyte until end of the season

Blackpool have now agreed a deal to sign Jason Puncheon from Southampton.

Liverpool have signed Luis Suarez on a five-and-a-half-year deal from Ajax for a fee of £22.8m.

Reading have signed Canada Under-20 captain Ethan Gage and American youngster Erik Opsahl.

Leicester City confirm the signing of former Portuguese international goalkeeper Ricardo on a short-term contract until the end of the season, subject to an International Transfer Certificate

Torquay have signed Morecambe midfielder Craig Stanley on loan.

Southampton boss Nigel Adkins has raided his old club Scunthorpe to sign striker Jonathan Forte for an undisclosed fee.

Bristol City sign Scunthorpe's 25-year-old winger Martyn Woolford for an undisclosed fee on a three-and-a-half year deal.

Blackburn have signed Argentinian midfielder Mauro Formica on a deal until the summer of 2014.

Newcastle have signed Stephen Ireland on loan from Aston Villa for the rest of the season.

Aberdeen have signed Steven Smith from Norwich City on loan until the end of the season.

Crystal Palace have signed defender Dean Moxey from Derby County on a three and a half year contract for an undisclosed fee.

Parma have penned a loan deal for Juventus striker Amauri, ending speculation linking him with Fulham and West Brom.

Blackpool have completed James Beattie's loan move from Glasgow Rangers until the end of the season.

Glasgow Rangers have signed El Hadji-Diouf from Blackburn on loan.

Bolton have signed Daniel Sturridge from Chelsea on loan.

Aston Villa have signed Michael Bradley from Borussia Monchengladbach on loan to the end of the season.

Wycombe Wanderers have signed Anthony Straker from Aldershot on a month's loan.

Sheffield United have signed Neill Collins from Leeds on a two-and-a-half year deal.

Blackburn have signed striker Ruben Rochina from Barcelona on a four-and-a-half-year contract.

Derby's proposed loan deal for Liverpool's Daniel Ayala has been held up because Ayala has a hamstring problem. He will stay at Liverpool until it is healed and Derby will then sign him outside the window on an emergency loan, which is allowed in the Championship.

Blackburn's Jason Roberts has completed a remarkable turnaround and penned a new contract with Rovers.

Stockport have taken Rochdale defender Alan Goodall on a loan deal until the end of the season.

Stoke's Abdoulaye Faye will remain at the Britannia Stadium after the club blocked any possible move to Celtic.

Tranmere have been given permission by Sunderland to extend Michael Kay's loan deal.

Barnsley have completed the signing of West Ham's Frank Nouble on loan until the end of the season.

Bundesliga side Wolfsburg have signed Stoke City's Tuncay on a three-and-a-half year deal.

Liverpool have signed 17-year-old midfielder Conor Thomas from Coventry on loan until the end of the season.

Hull City have signed 19-year-old Manchester United striker Cameron Stewart for an undisclosed fee.

Leeds United have bolstered their goalkeeping options after signing Manchester City's David Gonzalez on loan for the remainder of the season.

Birmingham have confirmed the signing of 26-year-old Nigerian striker Obafemi Martins on a six-month loan from Rubin Kazan.

Nottingham Forest have completed the signing of US international striker Robbie Findley, 25, on a free transfer from Real Salt Lake.

Barnsley have signed Chelsea's reserve team midfielder Jacob Mellis on loan.

Bristol City have completed a 3 month loan signing of Wolves striker Andy Keogh.

Carlisle have signed Patrick Madden from Bohemians for an undisclosed fee.

Lincoln City have signed striker Scott Spencer on a free transfer until the end of the season following his departure from Southend last week, and also ex-Millwall man Ali Fuseini from Lewes.

Blackpool have signed Sunderland midfielder Andy Reid has for an undisclosed fee.

Marouane Zemmama has joined Middlesbrough on a three-and-a-half year deal for an undisclosed fee from Hibernian.

Preston North End have finalised the signing of Ian Ashbee on an 18-month contract from Championship rivals Hull City

Wigan have been given the green light by Manchester Utd for Tom Cleverley to stay on loan with The Latics, until the end of the season.

Brescia have announced the signing of Cristiano Zanetti from Fiorentina on a two-year contract.

Ipswich Town have signed Luton winger Andy Drury. The Tractor Boys activated a £150,000 release clause in the 27-year-old's contract to take him to Portman Road.

AC Milan have announced the signing of Nicola Legrottaglie from Juventus on a six-month contract.

Sergio Aguero has signed a contract extension with Atletico Madrid, despite interest from Spurs.

Oxford United have signed Colchester winger Simon Hackney on loan until the end of the season.

Cheltenham have signed striker Matt Green on loan from League Two rivals Oxford United until the end of the season.

Wolves have snapped up Brazilian goalkeeper Adriano Basso on a free transfer until the end of the season. The 25-year-old shot-stopper has been a free agent since leaving Bristol City last March.

Hibernian have captured Czech Republic goalkeeper Jakub Divis on loan until the end of the season.

Shrewsbury Town have bolstered their backline with the loan capture of West Brom's 19-year-old defender Paul Downing.

Scunthorpe United have brought in Nottingham Forest striker Joe Garner on loan until the end of the season.

Peterborough United have signed goalkeeper Paul Jones on loan for the rest of the season from League One rivals Exeter City.

Charlton have completed the loan signing of Leeds United left-back Federico Bessone for the remainder of the season.

Middlesbrough have completed the signing of Bayern Munich defender Maximilian Haas.

Nottingham Forest have signed Liverpool full-back Paul Konchesky on loan for the rest of the season.

Primera Liga outfit Real Zaragoza have signed Sunderland's Paolo Da Silva as expected.

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OMGODIVA! Gimme More Chocolates!!!

What's better than chocolate?
Godiva chocolate of course,
Yes, that brand of chocolate that I can never afford.
But is so goddamn awesome.
Mmmm, chocolate.
Yummy yummy chocolate.



Anyway, last week I got an invite to the Godiva Cafe in Pavilion to try out their new menu, which as far as I could tell, consists of some new cakes. Hey don't blame me, I was too busy chomping down chocolates to notice. heh heh.

Yeah, they were giving out chocolates throughout the entire event, and I don't think I've eaten so much chocolate in a VERY LONG TIME.

Funny thing is, I'm actually not THAT keen on chocolates (I'm not a fan of really sweet stuff in the first place), but when it came to THESE chocs, I jsut could not stop eating them, especially the dark chocolates....

I'm a real sucker for dark chocolate especially, and the ones they were giving out were AWESOME. Just leave it in your mouth, and as the outer layer of dark chocolate melts, the gooey center of liquid dark chocolate oozes out.... ish, now I want more!

They've got some Valentines Day stuff out as well:



Including one that comes with a bottle of Moet champagne!



Anyway, during the event, we were given aprons and divided into groups to decorate the plates of cake to win prizes. (Actually, we didn't have to decorate the cakes, just the plates. Heh heh).

Anyway, Kimberlycun was there in her new super-cute short hair cut!



Mama Shaolintiger was also there, and she was on my group! Here she is busy decorating one of our group's ca.. er plates.



Anyway, what happened was she and the other female reporter from a Malay daily did the decorating, while I stood around and took pictures (You DO NOT want me near any cake decorating activities, trust me).

Ok, I did A BIT of work, basically arranging the final presentation into this er... mess:



Funny thing is, Mama Shaolintiger later said that she did not know this was a competition, or she would have tried harder. But what she did was already great!

Sad to say, we didn't win the top prizes, but we still got a nice little bag of chocolates (which I finished off the next day in one sitting), AND we got to eat the cakes! My favorite was the Dark Chocolate Cake, which was SO RICH AND SO AWESOMELY CHOCOLATELY.

Actually, all the FIVE types of cakes they let us try were so rich and chocolately that we really could not finish them all, even between the three of us. Serves me right for stuffing my gob with so much chocolates before that I guess...

Anyway, I'd put up pictures, but by the time I thought of taking pictures we'd already tore into most of them, leaving a rather un-picturesque mess on the plates. Oops.

But here's a picture of the Dark Chocolate Cheesecake, just for kicks.



And here's a picture of the tiramisu (which sadly we did not get to try. :-( )



Suffice to say, I was on a sugar-high (and caffeine-high) for almost the entire day, which was a good high to be in. And thanks to the little bags they gave us on the way out, I got to be on ANOTHER chocolate high the next day... Oh dear. Now I have a craving for more chocolates. GAH!

21 Reasons To Love Adele

Back in 2008, in the wake of Amy Winehouse's sensational rise and subsequent fall, two young female artistes stepped into the void she left behind - Duffy and Adele.

Duffy's debut - Rockferry - was one of my favorite albums that year, and though her nasal vocal style took some getting used to, I loved that album, and even went for her concert in Singapore later that year. In contrast, I thought Adele's album 19 was a little tame compared to Duffy's, though she really caught my ear with songs like Chasing Pavements and Hometown Glory. Still loved that album though.

Fast forward 3 years, and both girls have new albums again, and this time around, Adele is the one who has the better album. Duffy's Endlessly was not bad, but if you hated her voice on Rockferry, you'd REALLY hate it on Endlessly. The nasal-ness of her voice is really more pronounced this time, and it was partly why I couldn't really listen to it for too long.

Adele's new album 21 however, is WAY better. At first, album opener Rolling In The Deep actually reminded me of something from Florence And the Machine; and I thought Adele was going all Florence on us. But the song does pregress into something a lot more than just a Florence rip-off. Rumour Has It is another foot-stomping rollicker, but it's the later songs that really stand out for me.

The ballads Turning Tables, One And Only and Lovesong (a cover of The Cure), are great, but for the album's most emotional, most moving and most emo moment, check out the album closer Someone Like You. Now THAT is an epic ballad, just some rolling piano, some very sad, sad lyrics, and Adele's voice at her most yearning and melancholic yet.

The other highlight of the album for me is Set Fire To The Rain. It's probably the most dramatic moment on the entire album. As moving and soulful as her voice is one Someone Like You, it's the complete opposite here. Here, her voice is soaring, powerful and hits all the most dramatic notes perfectly.

Forget all your Britneys, Swifts and Biebers. If you want REAL female pop music, one that isn't autotuned to death and consists of REAL singing, check out Adele's 21.

THUNDER! THUNDER! THUNDER... KITTEHS!

THUNDER!
THUNDER!
THUNDERCATS!
HO!!!!!!!!



Er wait, THAT'S the new Thundercats?
IS this Thundercats or Thunderkittehs?
Why does Lion-O look like he just stepped out from a Robotech anime?
(Oh wait, it's animated by a Japanese company.)
Why does Panthro look like he's from the Planet Of The Apes?
Why does Cheetara look like a punk rock chick rather than a cheetah?
Why Does Tygra... er never mind him, never liked him anyway.
And where is Wilykit and Wilykat?
And Snarf???
Actually, never mind. The less Snarf, the better IMHO.

Let's hope the new cartoon will be good!

A well-grounded football education - Notts County FC

*Ground Name: Meadow Lane (opened 1910)
*Address: Meadow Lane Stadium, Meadow Lane, Nottingham NG2 3HJ
*Main Club Number: 0115 952 9000
*Club Founded: 1862
*Club Nickname: The Magpies
*Ground Capacity: 19,588
*Current League status: Npower League One
*Official Club Website: www.nottscountyfc.co.uk
*Email address: office@nottscountyfc.co.uk

*Record Attendance: 47,310 vs York City, FA Cup 6th Round, 12th March 1955
*Record League Victory: 11-1 vs Newport County, Division 3 South, 15th Jan 1949
*Nearest Train Station: Nottingham station is a 10-15 min walk from the ground
*Pubs for away fans: Vat and Fiddle, Ye Olde Trip To Jerusalem and the Brewhouse Yard

The Ground:
County moved to Meadow Lane in 1910, but today it is a modern all-seater stadium with a near 20,000 capacity, excellent views and modern facilities. The Main Stand or Derek Pavis Stand is a single-tier stand that runs the length of the pitch, and houses offices and the changing rooms. At the far end behind the goal is the two-tier Kop. Away fans were housed there until the 2008/09 season. Now away fans are housed in a section of the Jimmy Sirrel Stand, named after the club's greatest manager. The stand runs the length of the pitch and has a flag pole on the front of the roof on the half-way line. Behind the other goal is the single-tier Family Stand. The ground sits on one side of the River Trent, located only 300 metres away from rivals Nottingham Forest's City Ground, which lies on the other side of the River Trent.

Meadow Lane - home of Notts County FC

Rivals:
Fiercest - Nottingham Forest. However, during recent stints in the lower levels of the Football League, rivalry has increased with Nottinghamshire neighbours Mansfield Town. Other clubs sharing local rivalries with Notts County are Derby County, Leicester City and Chesterfield United.

Famous/Celebrity fans:
Kenneth Clarke - Politician (former Chancellor)
Harold Shipman - Britain's worst ever serial killer was a Notts County fan.

Legends that have worn the shirt:
Dixie Dean - 1938–1939
Tommy Lawton - 1947–1951
Tony Hateley - 1958–1963
Jeff Astle - 1959–1964
Les Bradd - 1967–1978
Don Masson - 1968–1974
Mark Draper - 1988–1994
Tommy Johnson - 1989–1992
Also Jimmy Sirrel (Manager): 1969-1975 & 1978-1982

County Villans:
Sam Allardyce (Manager): 1997–1999
Tony Hackworth: 2001–2004
Darren Caskey: 2001–2004

Trivia/Facts:
Notts County are the oldest Football League club in the world, and are founder members of the Football League. They are set to celebrate their 150 year anniversary next year, 2012.

Cray Wanderers, based in Bromley, Kent were founded in 1860 and currently play in the Isthmian League Premier Division, the seventh tier of English football. If they are ever promoted to the fourth flight, they will take the place of Notts County as the oldest professional team in the world.


# Next time I shall be picking another English Football League club at random, in my efforts to give all my readers the opportunity of 'a well-grounded football education.'

Jimmy Eat Singapore!

Heads up, people! The Jimmy Eat World concert has been confirmed and the tickets will be available from 28 January onwards!

It's gonna be on 1 April, at the The Coliseum, Hard Rock Hotel Singapore, Resorts World Sentosa.

So don't stay in the middle, come up and chase this light with them! Who else is going as well!!!??!!

More details at the FB page.

The Trots could hamper Ancelotti - Betting News with Betfred

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It has been a long time since Chelsea have won two games on the bounce in the Premier League, and there is no tougher place to travel to than Bolton Wanderers as they seek to end this slump live on Sky on Monday night.

The Blues have had a high-profile period of struggle in recent months with only two wins out of their last ten in the Premier League. Carlo Ancelotti's side have shown signs of recovery after thrashing Ipswich in the FA Cup and then beating Blackburn last weekend, and the Premier League betting indicates that they are are still in with a chance of landing the title. Betfred currently make Chelsea fourth favourites at 15/2 to lift English football's biggest domestic prize.

The West London side go searching for their first back-to-back Premier League wins since October, when they travel to the Reebok Stadium to take on a Bolton side riding high in the table. The Trotters have only suffered one defeat at home all season, but Ancelotti's men are a short priced 8/13 to take all the points on Monday evening, to keep them in the title hunt.

Chelsea fans will be anxious to learn of the extent of the injury Frank Lampard sustained in training in midweek, and there is no sign of a return to first team action for either Alex or Zhirkov. However confidence in the Chelsea ranks should still be high, as they look to do 'the double' over a Bolton side they beat 1-0 at Stamford Bridge in December.

Bolton have not had the strongest form in recent weeks, with only one win in their last six, but there is no doubting the dangers Owen Coyle's side posses, especially considering some of the football they have played so far this season, and the football odds make them a generous 5/1 with home advantage, to heap more misery on the visitors.

The Trotters have signed David Wheater this week and he could be in contention to make his first start against Chelsea, where he would come up against a Blues forward line that has not been firing on all cylinders recently.

Chelsea know they cannot afford to lose any more games if they want to remain in the Premier League title hunt and they will need to rise to the challenge that will be posed to them by a strong and resolute Bolton side.

My Tip of the Weekend:

As already mentioned Bolton have only lost once at the Reebok Stadium all season and that record will remain intact as this game will be a draw, which is an 11/4 shot.
If you fancy that the game will end 1-1, that is 6/1 with Betfred.
Kevin Davies is a handful for any defence and at 8/1 to open the scoring, he would be a decent shout.

Monday 24th January: Bolton Wanderers v Chelsea, kick-off 8pm, live on Sky Sports1.

By Drew Swainston
(Guest writer from Betfred on behalf of Beer Footy and Birds!)

Someone Get Seth Rogen to STFU Please.

The Green Hornet.
Not a review.
Ok first things first:
The movie was not as bad as I thought it would be.
In fact it was quite entertaining.
But Seth Rogen pretty much spoiled it for me.



Damn that Seth Rogen is annoying.
Is it just me, or is he like damn NOT funny?
He's just bloody annoying here.
Annoying and mean-spirited.
That's supposed to be FUNNY?



He's gotta be the most unlikable SUPERHERO EVER.
Then again he ain't really a superhero.
Not like he got any powers anyway.
Kato's always the one who does the dirty work anyway.
Heck, everyone remembers Bruce Lee.
But who actually remembers the actor who played The Green Hornet?



Thank god for Jay Chou though.
(Damn, I never though I'd be saying that).
He may not say much,
And his pronunciation is a little suspect,
But at least he kicks-ass.
And he's got some cool facial expressions too.
He practically saved the movie all by himself.
Him and the car, of course.



Oooh, the CAR.
The BLACK BEAUTY.
That is one awesome car.
Damn now I want machine guns on my car.
Hey wait, didn't I want that last time after Death Race?
Hmmm, machine guns. On my car.
But who am I gonna shoot?



Yeah, I guess it's worth watching in cinema.
As long as you can stand Rogen's schtick.
Me, I wanted him to shut up about 10 minutes into the movie.
Everytime he opened his mouth I wanted to slap him.
Someone give Kato a spinoff, pronto!
(And make sure he keeps the damn car!)

Holy Cathaway, Batman! Yellow Spandex is Back!

In what has got to be one of the greatest casting decisions ever (or at least the most hubba hubba-worthy), Anne Hathaway has been cast as Selena Kyle aka. Catwoman in the upcoming Dark Knight Rises.

Not convinced? Here's a look at her... er, catty potential:



Hubba hubba. Look out, Batman, your little Dark Knight is definitely gonna rise.

Oh, and Tom Hardy's gonna be Bane. Judging from how scrawny he looks in Inception, he's DEFINITELY gonna need to beef up a little.

Oh, and while we're at it, here's a first look at the First Class... the X-Men: First Class, I mean, courtesy of Empire Online, who got it from MSN in the first place:



Goodbye black leather, hello yellow spandex.

The two in front are Magneto and Professor X, BTW. As for the rest.. I can recognize Mystique, Beast, Emma Frost... but that's it. Apparently Azazel and Havokare there as well, and Angel's a chick now. Hmm.

I have to say though, for a gal named Emma FROST, that girl sure is HOT. And in January too. Hur hur hur.

Here's another look at the White Queen, along with the Black King of the Hellfire Club, Sebastian Shaw (played by Kevin Bacon!):



For more pictures of the X-Men in plainclothes, go HERE.

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