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By Arees Zafar

Vin Diesel will return for xXx: The Return of Xander Cage the third film in the xXx action franchise. Rob Cohen, who directed Diesel in the first xXx film, will also return to direct this third flick. The pair teamed on the 2002 original, which starred Diesel as Xander Cage, an extreme sports enthusiast who gets drafted by the government for a dangerous mission.

 

Movie Facts!

The Incredible Hulk:

• Director Louis Leterrier had been interested in directing Iron Man, but when Jon Favreau took that project Avi Arad offered him a sequel to the Hulk.

• Betty Ross buys Bruce some purple pants. In the comics, the Hulk is almost always seen wearing purple pants.

• Hulk creator Stan Lee has a cameo as the man who drinks the soft drink contaminated with Bruce Banner's blood.

• Two stars of The Incredible Hulk TV series have cameos. Bill Bixby, who played David Banner, is seen on TV and Lou Ferrigno, who played the Hulk, portrays a security guard and voices the Hulk in the film.

• William Hurt based his performance as General Ross on Captain Ahab, the obsessive captain who endlessly chased Moby Dick.

• According to General Ross, the serum project that mutated Bruce Banner into the Hulk was developed during World War II. This is a reference to Marvel Comics' next film, The First Avenger: Captain America being released in 2011; he was created with the use of a special serum. Even the serum is the colour of Captain America, blue serum with a red top.

• In the DVD deleted scenes, a scene was shot where Bruce Banner arrives at the Arctic to commit suicide. If you look closely you can see Captain America and his shield frozen in the ice.

•Tim Blake Nelson's character, Samuel Sterns, gets the Hulk's blood in a wound in his head. His head starts to mutate and grow and then he smiles. This is a foreshadowing of his role as the main villain, The Leader.

 

Movie to watch out in November

Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa

All the loveable characters are back in this sequel to Madagascar. Alex the lion, Marty the zebra, Melman the giraffe, Gloria the hippo and the penguins. Left marooned on the distant shores of Madagascar, the New Yorkers have hatched a plan so crazy it just might work. With military precision, the penguins have repaired an old crashed plane. Once aloft, this unlikely crew stays airborne just long enough to make it to the wildest place of all -- the vast plains of Africa itself where our zoo-raised crew encounters species of their own kind for the very first time. While discovering their roots, they quickly realise the differences between the concrete jungle and the heart of Africa.


The Music Page

 

By Sameen Amer

The Beat

"The response to our album was great in Pakistan and it was one of the best selling albums of the year, so I would like to thank our fans and the people who helped Akash. We were on a break lately but now we are coming back with four new videos: 'Rock Funda', 'Na Mil Saka', 'Piya', and 'Ajnbai'. Also our album 'Aks' is all set to be released in USA and UK and we are focusing on it these days, so we need prayers from our fans. In mid-November, we are touring India and right after that we will release our album in India. We are also working on our second album; we've mentioned in our TV and radio interviews that we won't release our album too late, and we intend to keep our promise to our fans."

– Akash frontman Sam

 

- Radiohead's Thom Yorke has collaborated with Bjork on the new single Náttúra, providing backing vocals for the track. The proceeds from the song will be donated to the Náttúra Foundation which campaigns for environment preservation.

- Beyonce's third solo set, a double album titled I Am…Sasha Fierce, is slated to be released this month. Music videos of If I Were a Boy and Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It) will be released to promote the album.

- The upcoming Gnarls Barkley release Who's Gonna Save My Soul will include the new song Mystery Man, and a live version of Neighbors, along with four different versions of the song Who's Gonna Save My Soul which previously appeared on their second album The Odd Couple.

- Eminem's fifth studio album, Relapse, is expected to be released on the 1st of December and will be preceded by the single I'm Having A Relapse. The rapper recently released his autobiography titled The Way I Am.

 

Stereo

What is in Wajd vocalist Jehanzeb's CD player right now?

A Crow Left Of The Murder by Incubus

There is always something good lying with you in your CD box sometimes that you might have just bought and then ignored. For me, this was the case with the album A Crow Left Of The Murder by Incubus – an American alternative/experimental rock band. There are two elements that I loved about this album: one, it is very well produced, and second it contains a good thought overall. Being a musician I just like the way all members jammed throughout the album and one does feel as if it is some "deliberately fit-in sort of stuff", everything feels like a necessary colour of a painting. I also like the socio-political element in the album, the way it encompassed World War III, Bush driven terrorism, oil and gas crises, and the devastated life of a rock star; it grabs my heart. I will give it a 9 out of 10. Plus, it does have love songs as well. So it's a complete meal for all.

 

 

 

Jukebox

Band: AC/DC

Albums: Black Ice

Trivia:

v Australian rock band AC/DC was formed in 1973 by brothers Angus and Malcolm Young.

v Black Ice is their 15th studio album and follows their 2000 set Stiff Upper Lip.

v Released in October 2008, Black Ice debuted at number one in 29 different countries.

v The term "black ice" refers to "thin coating of glazed ice on a surface", "which is hazardous for driving or walking". According to Angus Young the name comes from "playing gigs in his native country Scotland."

v Rock 'n Roll Train was released as the first single from the album; its video was recently released in Excel format, making it "the world's first music video in an excel spreadsheet"!

Top 10 English Albums

1. Black Ice – AC/DC

2. Lucky Old Sun – Kenny Chesney

3. Off With Their Heads

– Kaiser Chiefs

4. Death Magnetic – Metallica

5. Perfect Symmetry – Keane

6. Year Of The Gentleman – Ne-Yo

7. Little Honey – Lucinda Williams

8. Catfights and Spotlights

– Sugababes

9. Back Again - No Matter What

– Boyzone

10. Jennifer Hudson–Jennifer Hudson


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