Susan Boyle - Movie Star

Scottish singer Susan Boyle is to make her big screen debut this Christmas.

She will appear opposite Les Miserables star Samantha Barks in period film, The Christmas Candle.

Based on a novella by US preacher and author Max Lucado, the film is set in an 1890s English village where blessed candles answer people's prayers.

Susan, currently filming on location, said: "It's very cold... I'm wearing long johns under my bustle."

It is not yet known what role Boyle will play in the film, but we can expect some familiar faces as Doctor Who and The Hobbit star, Sylvester McCoy also fathers in the film.

Regent Street Flooded!

London's busiest shopping street, Regent Street, remains under repair due to a burst water main causing huge flooding.

Regent Street was closed to traffic between Conduit Street and Piccadilly Circus and up to 15 shops were blocked off by firefighters trying to clean up the leak following a mass rupture near Vigo Street.

Engineers soon isolated the main and stopped the water flow

A BBC spokesman commented Saturday night that 'He was sorry for the disruption' and that 'The cause of the rupture is not yet known.'

The spokesman said traffic management would likely be in place for at least two days, but that businesses were expecting to open normally on Sunday.

"It looks like the road exploded," were a few comments made by passers by. Not only have Bus routes been diverted but the thousands of tourists that visit Regent Street each year have been disappointed by the disruption to their shopping sprees!

Titanic has a twin

The titanic has a twin. They are building a titanic two and it will be built in China.

Some people think it will take three years to finish. When it is built the titanic two will sail across the Atlantic Ocean like as a tribute to those who had built the original one.

Loads of people are not happy about the plan because through a relative of the original captain has said that it is a poor state.

There were more than 1,500 people that died on the titanic when it hit an iceberg on the 14 April  1912 and then sank  the following morning.


  

Shrek And Fiona Get Married!!!

I bet when you grow up and get married you will want it to be a fairytale wedding.
Well, one couple did just that, a couple from jersey got married dressed up as Shrek and Fiona. The bride Heidi and the groom Paul got the idea while they was watching Shrek with their son.
But to do this they had to get a special permission from the Jersey government and even their guess dressed up as fairy tale characters too!

Paul said:"Shrek represents true love. It doesn't matter who you are or what you look like, if the love is there then that is what it is about."

Oscars

Adele has won an Oscar for best original song with James Bond theme song Skyfall. It's the biggest award the singer has won and is the the first bond theme to win an Oscar.

Brave has also won an Oscar and beat 'Wreck It Ralph' and 'Frankinweeni.'

Best actress went to Jennifer Lawrence for her part in Silver Linings Playbook.

Lincon actor Daniel Day-Lewis broke Oscar record by winning best actor 3 times.

Argo won best film and the truly brilliant Life Of Pi won 4 awards, including Best Director and Best Visual Effects.

If you're wondering who else picked up an award, here's a list of all the winners in full.

BEST FILM - Argo

BEST DIRECTOR - Ang Lee - Life of Pi

BEST ACTOR - Daniel Day-Lewis - Lincoln

BEST ACTRESS - Jennifer Lawrence - Silver Linings Playbook

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR - Christoph Waltz - Django Unchained

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS - Anne Hathaway - Les Miserables

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM - Amour

BEST ANIMATED FILM - Brave

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY - Django Unchained - Quentin Tarantino

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY - Argo - Chris Terrio

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - Life of Pi - Claudio Miranda

BEST SOUND MIXING - Les Miserables - Andy Nelson, Mark Paterson and Simon Hayes

BEST SOUND EDITING (Joint winners) - Skyfall - Per Hallberg and Karen Baker Landers and Zero Dark Thirty - Paul NJ Ottosson

BEST ORIGINAL SONG - Skyfall (Skyfall) - Music and Lyric by Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE - Life Of Pi - Mychael Danna

BEST COSTUMES - Anna Karenina - Jacqueline Durran

BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM - Searching For Sugarman

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT - Inocente

BEST FILM EDITING - Argo - William Goldenberg

BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM - Paperman

BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM - Curfew

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS - Life Of Pi - Bill Westenhofer, Guillaume Rocheron, Erik-Jan De Boer and Donald R Elliott

BEST MAKE-UP - Les Miserables - Lisa Westcott and Julie Dartnell

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN - Lincoln - Rick Carter and Jim Erickson.

Man Found In A Forest

32 year old Daniel Flores Garcia was on an expedition on an island off the southern coast of Chile when he got lost in thick forest.

There was a big search for him but it failed. He was finally rescued when children on a boat in a nearby lake spotted him. He survived for 20 days by eating plants and insects and drinking whatever water he could find. Apart from dehydration and weight loss the man seemed to be in good condition.

Hot Air Balloon Crashes In Egypt

18 people have being killed from a hot air balloon crash carrying tourists in Egypt. 3 out of the 18 people were known to be British. This happened because the balloon crashed into fields near the Egyptian city of Luxor.

Reports suggest, tourists from France, Hong Kong and Japan are thought to have died, but it is also thought that the pilot and two other British passengers survived.

Luxor is home to some of Egypt's most famous ruins and it lies on the banks of the River Nile.

(Keep updated for more information).

Armstrong To Be Sued By US Government

The American Government are going to sue ex Tour De France winner Lance Armstrong for doping.

Armstrong lost his seven Tour De France Titles after admitting to cheating by using drugs to make him cycle faster and harder, breaking many records. He cycled for the US Postal Service Team, which was paid for by the public. The government want the $30 million sponsor money they gave him back, regardless of whether he cheated whilst on the team or not.