Boardwalk Empire

This starts tonight at 9PM on the new Sky Atlantic channel (for those lucky enough to have it of course). With Martin Scorsese at the helm and Steve Buscemi as the lead, this looks very interesting. Read all about it at The Guardian.

Another One Bites the Dust

Quite why Richard Keys blames the game is baffling. Regardless he’s gone – lesson learned everybody?

Media Treatment of the Death of MJ

I think its quite useful to see how the media have treated the death of Michael Jackson. Will we have a realistic appraisal of his life? A deification similar to the treatment of Princess Di? Will they turn on him like a pack of hounds after all the slur and gossip? I think we know the answer already – but it will be interesting to see how it develops over time. Perhaps this is all a little unfeeling? But I don’t think so. Jackson played the media game as well as anybody.

First up are the BBC. A typically unambiguous report.

The Mirror has a tabloid slant – Wham bam thank you mam!

Sky News have a range of reports but dwell on the technology.

My favourite is the Morning Star where you wont find anything. Hurrah!

Even IMDB get in on the act.

Those antipodeans at the Sydney Morning Herald concentrate on the his wealth or lack of it.

Meanwhile at CNN they are ‘up-to-date’ and are already talking about the autopsy.

Take a look through all of these reports and more and see what you think.

Top 11 Comic Book Heroes

Here is a list of top 11 comic book heroes as nominated by our very own hero Phil ‘The Crow’ Perrins.

What do you think? Do you have any other suggestions?

11. Kevin Spacey – Kex Luther (Superman)

10. Alfred Molina – Doc Ock (Spiderman 2)

9. Kelsey Grammar – Hank McCoy (X-Men 3)

8. Christopher Reeve – Superman

7. Brandon Lee – Eric Draven (The Crow)

6. Liam Neeson – Ra’S al Ghul (Batman Begins)

5. Robert Downey Jr – Tony Stark (Ironman)

4. Hugh Jackman – Wolverine

3. Heath Ledger – The Joker (Batman: The Dark Knight)

2. Christian Bale – Batman 

1. Patrick Stewart – Professor Xavier (X-Men Trilogy)

Plenty of controversy here I’m sure.