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May them be native English speakers, or people having spent some time in the UK/Ireland, or just lovers of the language, the accents or the countries ;  when in France Anglophiles suffer. They suffer from a terrible disease which can strike at any moment: the Englishnessdom deficiency! Thus, to deal with these Carentia Anglicus (medical terminology) outbreaks, each of the aforesaid drug addicts has his miracle remedy: some start some Bird’s Custard or Marmite import-export business, some... (more...)

Finding English speaking plays in France is quite a tough task, and it gets even worse if you are taking a bucolic stroll in the wonders of Mayenne’s countryside… And yet, if luck is on your side, you may come across some random atypical and stubborn individuals whose culinary culture consists merely of some cucumber sandwiches, tea, muffins or of the very basic bread and butter. But those so-called “random individuals” are also naïve and fool enough to think they could... (more...)

Here are two exclusive pictures for two highly awaited 2011 movies, Sherlock Holmes 2 and the second part of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.   Sherlock Holmes 2 While several images of the shooting have already been released, a new picture has pointed the tip of his nose this week. Holmes and Watson are back in a relaxed and colourful environment, just like in the first movie. And this is just great!   New photo: Previous snapshot:   Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Part 2) The first... (more...)

It’s not possible to walk for more than 30 seconds without being harassed by some Tangled poster! After all, it’s pretty normal.: although it does not inspire me anything, it’s still a Walt Disney movie. And not just any! This is indeed the 50th of the long series of animated films created by Disney Studios. For the occasion, Disney has compiled excerpts from each of these films in a short video lasting around two minutes. The 50 masterpieces march in the chronological order... (more...)

This is not a scoop, the blog has been put in brackets for a few weeks! Times are hard and the survival instinct is back! For a few weeks (and only a few weeks) priorities are no longer about writing eBooblog but rather about writing my bloody Master’s thesis, and even more about finding small jobs (extras on the Bateaux Parisiens (see picture) which give me blisters) to bail out or about looking for a studio apartment in a more than hostile French capital! All of which must of course be punctuated... (more...)

While The Social Network, the movie about the creation and evolution of Facebook, will be released in October, producers Michael London and John Morris are planning to devote a film to another giant of the web: Google!   According to the website Deadline, they are trying to acquire the rights to Googled: The End Of The World As We Know It, the Ken Auletta’s book on Google’s success story.   The film will show how Larry Page and Sergey Brin founded and developed search engines’... (more...)