| Ben Lyons' Lookback at 2007
As 2007 draws to a close we are looking back over a very successful year at the cinema with blockbusters, independent and foreign movies all making their mark at the box office. E Entertainment's Daily 10 movie boffin Ben Lyons takes a look back at this year with his highlights and what to look forward too in 2008. The best film of the year, hands down, is Into The Wild. It's directed by Sean Penn and it stars Emile Hirsch, it's based on a true story, it's got a great score and soundtrack from Eddie Vedder, it's with Vince Vaughn and Catherine Keener if you haven't seen it you have to see it. .
Pembs fabric stars in Christmas film
David and Margaret Redpath, who owned 200-year-old Wallis Woollen Mill, near Ambleston, for many years, were puzzled when their son and granddaughter said they had spotted the fabric in a trailer for the new Warner Brothers film Fred Claus'. The distinctive weave of bright turquoise, purple, scarlet and orange is worn by Santa's mother in the film and is unmistakably the Redpath's unique Crown Prince fabric, in a traditional Welsh tapestry design, which the couple wove to commemorate the Investiture of the Prince of Wales. .
Jurors see school intruder in recording
A man claiming to want a job is allowed into Clarke Middle School, but he ducks into a room, dons a jacket with a hood pulled down low and furtively looks both ways before sneaking into a girls' restroom and trying to rape a 12-year-old student. That's what prosecutors claim 32-year-old Michael James Kirt did the morning of March 1, and on Wednesday they showed jurors in Clarke County Superior Court surveillance camera footage that caught everything Kirt did in the Baxter Street school - except while he was in the restroom where the alleged attack happened. The girl he allegedly cornered in a bathroom stall screamed and attracted the attention of school employees, one of whom testified Wednesday that Kirt was holding up his pants, which had fallen "below his butt" as he fled.
The TV wall-mount business must be fiercely competitive - I counted at ...
BBC journalists have done quite a bit of video from CES this year. You can see a round-up on the website here. Some of our stuff is also appearing on YouTube. You can take a look at Click's Spencer Kelly rounding-up Intel's ultra mobile plans on BBC Worldwide's YouTube page. And here's a video we made, whizzing around CES in a three-minute tour. UPDATE: Here's Rory's video on the public row between Intel and OLPC that I found on YouTube too. Permalink Comments (2) .
Slain Navy Diver's Family Still Hoping for Justice
The West German government denied U.S. requests to extradite him, putting him on trial there instead. Found guilty of hijacking, hostage-taking and the murder of Stethem, he was sentenced in 1989 to life imprisonment.
But in December 2005, despite U.S. objections, Germany freed Hamadi and allowed him to return to Beirut, where some reports said he had rejoined Hizballah.
Since Hamadi walked free, Stethem's family has been campaigning for Lebanon to hand him over. They met with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in February 2006.
A year ago, Hamadi was added to the FBI's list of "most-wanted terrorists," established after 9/11, with a reward of up to $5 million on his head.
(Two other Hizballah members indicted in the U.S. along with Mughniyah in connection with the TWA hijacking, Hassan Izz-al-Din and Ali Atwa, remain at large and are also believed to be in Lebanon.
Restoration of islands in Lake of the Isles set to begin
Weather and ice conditions permitting, forestry crews will begin restoration work on the islands in Minneapolis' Lake of the Isles next week. Non-native, invasive shrub species such as buckthorn and mulberry, as well as half-fallen trees that create safety hazards, will be cut down and burned to prepare for restoration of the islands' native habitat. Crews will start on Mike's Island and move onto Raspberry Island as time and conditions permit. Four crews will work in various sections of the island, creating multiple burn sites. They also will treat buckthorn stumps with herbicide. Large dead trees that are standing will be left, as they provide wildlife habitat. The majority of downed trees along the island shorelines also will be left because of their habitat value for fish and shore birds.
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