by Miranda Schiller @mirandadadada James King (Will Ferrell), millionaire hedge fund manager, is convicted for fraud and embezzlement. He is quite obviously innocent and merely used as a tool in the game by his boss and “ex-future father-in-law” – his hot fiancée leaves him soon after she hears the verdict: Ten years in a maximum security prison. This being the sort of 'bloke' comedy it is, his greatest fear facing ten years of incarceration is to be raped by other...

By Milly Cooper With a band that is Nashville born and bred expectations are high and The Apache Relay are certainly up to the challenge. With two albums under their belt already they’re gearing up to release a third in April and there are an awful lot of people excited to hear it, including us. We were thrilled when singer Michael Ford Jr took the time to chat to us about the upcoming album, the artistic vision for the band,...

By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor Drawing on culture to promote well-being: communities united by their precarious circumstances Leading academic Matthew Johnson, Aboriginal community leader Mary Graham and Ashington community researcher Tony Bennett, examine how so-called ‘good culture’ can unite communities on opposite sides of the world. The Northumberland pit village of Ashington and Aboriginal settlements around Brisbane are communities united by their experience of relatively stable and long-established social systems being dismantled and replaced by apparently ‘precarious’ ‘circumstances’ including unemployment,...

By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor Who would you want as a boss? A car enthusiast with a decent right hook? Well, it appears Generation Y would love him to be their leader. The BBC’s loss is Generation Y’s potential gain. New research by social job referral site GigPlug reveals that 19 per cent of Generation Y and 10 per cent of baby-boomers ranked Clarkson as their ideal boss. The other two main competitors in the list are Mark Zuckerberg with...

By Matt Keay @mattadamkeay  The media circus surrounding Amanda Knox’s circumventing perambulation of the justice system was very difficult to ignore. Back in 2009, and beyond, the details of the case were pored over in the tabloid press. It was inevitable that a cinematic adaptation would eventually transpire. The Face of an Angel is that film, albeit with names changed and details fudged. Michael Winterbottom, (24 Hour Party People, The Trip), directs what he refers to as a ‘tribute to...

Sport News 24/7 By Sean Simara  @Sean_FootyMad  @TLE_Sport The stars are coming together in the East as the NBA play-offs are fast approaching.  The question is: can anyone derail Lebron's Cavaliers train? 'The King' looks set to take his new team to the NBA Eastern Finals unless there's a big upset along the way.  As I have mentioned before Lebron James is the best player and biggest name in the NBA and this season he returned to his home team...

By Jonathan Hatchman, Food Editor, @TLE_Food Two decades into their magical career of crafting bespoke cakes and a whole range of extraordinary chocolate treats, Christine Taylor and Christine Garratt’s Choccywoccydoodah have finally released their first ever cook book – “Choccywoccydoodah: Chocolate, Cake and Curses”. Following on from the flourishing of two successful stores, in Brighton and in London, as well as having starred in five series of their television show with celebrity fans including Whoopi Goldberg, Gok Wan, Derren Brown,...

By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor It was a raucous affair, like the last day of term at school before the summer hols, but without Hungry Hippos, Connect Four and any form of discipline. Over at the BBC, news of the tragic air disaster had been dropped, the BBC said it was a decision they had not taken lightly, but a car enthusiast with a decent right hook had been sacked. So it was a momentous day, “remember where you were...

By Alex Jones (@alex_jonze) It’s rare a band comes to the stage of releasing their seventh album and still has the world eager to hear what it will sound like. By now artists have usually laid their cards on the table for all to see, genres explored and boundaries well and truly pushed. And whilst this is certainly true of Muse, the stadium-sized trio still has the eyes (and ears) of the music world upon them. Their new record is...