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Post by Pilleriin on May 25, 2008 1:50:27 GMT -5
It's so sad! He was protecting his younger brother. The fight happened because of a 'stolen cell phone', that's awful.
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Post by Lu on May 25, 2008 5:47:07 GMT -5
I haven't heard of it it's really sad.
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Post by Lu on Aug 9, 2008 12:39:18 GMT -5
Ok, this is not a big news, just a little one. Last night at 11pm a factory (or a warehouse, I'm not sure) near the factory where I work caught on fire. When I went to work this morning at 6am there were fire engines and firemen, they fetched water from the factory's well. When I finished my shift 8 years later the fire wasn't exstinguished yet. They said it was a big fire and since there's a very hot weather it'd take days to douse it. We had to work all time wearing a mask to protect ourselves from dust and smoke, it looked like a very foggy autumnal day...it was weird.
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Post by Carma on Aug 9, 2008 15:29:02 GMT -5
8 years* 8 hours? but the fire wasn't that big that you weren't allowed to work? I'd find it quite scary But I'm a chicken
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Post by Lu on Aug 10, 2008 9:19:31 GMT -5
8 years* 8 hours? hahahahahahahaha yeah, 8 hours ;D lol. a shift of 8 years is a bit too long. I thought the same, apparently they could easily control it into the building but not completely extinguish it. I don't think they even evacuated the near houses. I wasn't scared because when I arrived, there was only a lot of smoke, it'd be different if I had seen the flames.
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Post by jobean on Aug 11, 2008 23:28:07 GMT -5
ok this isn't really news but i didn't really know where else to put it. I'M SO ANGRY I COULD JUST HUNT DOWN WARNER BROTHERS. the release dates for the new harry potter movie have come out and i am v.v. not happy. We get the movie almost 3 weeks after the rest of the world!! harrypotter.warnerbros.co.uk/releasedates/
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Post by jobean on Aug 14, 2008 20:30:23 GMT -5
ok turns out the harry potter movie has been postponed even further:
Studio 'Muggles' postpone new Harry Potter film 09:30 AEST Fri Aug 15 2008 1 hour 59 minutes ago AFP VIEWS: 0 | FLOCKS: 0 | comments0 comments so far
Harry Potter fans clamoring for the next movie installment of the boy wizard's adventures will have to wait until 2009 after a decision to postpone release of the new film, officials said Thursday.
A statement from Warner Bros. Pictures said the original November release date for "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince", the sixth movie adaptation of J.K. Rowling's books, had now been shifted to July 17, 2009.
Warner president Alan Horn said the decision was taken to guarantee the studio a major summer blockbuster in 2009, and was partially explained by the Hollywood writer's strike, which paralyzed the movie industry this year.
"Like every other studio, we are still feeling the repercussions of the writers' strike, which impacted the readiness of scripts for other films -- changing the competitive landscape for 2009 and offering new windows of opportunity that we wanted to take advantage of," Horn said.
"We agreed the best strategy was to move 'Half-Blood Prince' to July, where it perfectly fills the gap for a major tent pole release for mid-summer."
A "tent pole" movie is usually a big-budget, heavily promoted film relied on by a studio to turn a profit rapidly.
Horn said a summer release date would benefit box office revenues, citing the most recent Harry Potter film, the second-highest grossing film in the franchise after the first instalment.
Jeff Robinov, president of Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group, said the change would not affect production of future Harry Potter films, the two-part "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," the final installment in the series.
"The good news (for fans) is that the gap will now be shortened between 'Half-Blood Prince' and the first part of 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,'" Robinov said.
The five Harry Potter films released so far have grossed more than 4.47 billion dollars worldwide since 2001, making it one of the most lucrative franchises of all time in terms of box-office.
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Post by Isa on Aug 15, 2008 7:43:23 GMT -5
Ugh, I know, that's the news I woke up to this morning You'd think they'd be satisfied with the money they've been making with all the HP movies so far, but apparently they want more...
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Post by Lu on Aug 16, 2008 6:52:46 GMT -5
Ugh, I know, that's the news I woke up to this morning You'd think they'd be satisfied with the money they've been making with all the HP movies so far, but apparently they want more... I didn't know about it. I was really looking forward to see the new Harry Potter movie in November.
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Post by Pilleriin on Aug 16, 2008 14:41:12 GMT -5
I just made a deal with my friend that she's going to come and visit me in Tartu in November and then we're going to the cinema to watch HP 6. Now I guess we have to change our plans.
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Post by Isa on Sept 27, 2008 19:43:45 GMT -5
I just heard that Paul Newman died of cancer today, he was 83 years old.
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Post by Isa on Nov 6, 2008 8:45:55 GMT -5
I don't want to turn this thread into an obituary column, but I just found out that Michael Crichton, the author of "Jurassic Park", passed away last Tuesday.
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Post by greengirlpenguin on Nov 6, 2008 11:55:14 GMT -5
I heard that to!
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Post by Dominique on Nov 28, 2008 18:34:47 GMT -5
I've been following the terrorist attacks in Mumbai and it's just so sad. So many people have died, I read this morning that the deaths could reach 200 and that gunmen are still holed up in the Taj Mahal. It was such an extensive and organised attack that it's worrying to think about. I was hoping to travel to India over the next year or so, I'm a bit worried about it now though.
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Post by jobean on Nov 29, 2008 5:12:57 GMT -5
It is really sad. I was reading that it could be days before the final death toll is announced. And there are still many missing Australians.
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