The Mayor of a city supposedly undergoing a two-wheeled revolution made several wrong turns yesterday. He plucked a disputed figure from memory and used it effectively to accuse cyclists of causing their own deaths by breaking the rules of the road. In doing so, he appeared to forget the six red lights he was filmed jumping in 2008, when he also failed to stop at a zebra crossing and mounted the pavement. Johnson's office swiftly apologised for those misdemeanours, promising that he would be "more careful in the future". But the Mayor's biggest crime against cycling has been to fuel rather than tackle a culture of animosity that is more dangerous to riders, including himself, than any breach of the Highway Code.Johnson has called cyclists ... Continue reading →

Tom Hardy. In the Cannes Film Festival entry Lawless, Tom Hardy plays a bootlegging brother of Shia LaBeouf who manages to convey the import of an entire monologue with a single, hesitant "um" or "uh." In real life, though, the talkative Hardy is the exact opposite of his character, and in a free-wheeling conversation with Vulture on the Croisette, the British up-and-comer (best known for his roles in Inception, Bronson, and Warrior) was game to discuss just about anything. Read on for Hardy's thoughts on fame, fuck-ups, and future projects like The Dark Knight Rises — where he plays the masked villain Bane — and George Miller's long-in-the-works remake of Mad Max, which will have him taking over the lead role from Mel Gibson. You ... Continue reading →

@empiremagazine *NERD ALERT* you missed a bit - I'm pretty sure this is Silva/Bardem drowning 007 at 1:15 http://t.co/vpBRlfEh Continue reading →

Shit, I'm going to be watching this all day! This is just brilliant! Feels like Taxi Driver mixed with From Here To Eternity, and John Huston, and it's like WOOOOOW! I'm going to jerk off to this cuz its that good! JezebelFilmsLtd 10 minutes ago Continue reading →

@lukeblackall doing journalism in Cannes http://t.co/V6bleLxO Continue reading →

MeatLiquor, which resembles a squatted abattoir where the pickles are deep-fried and the burgers are made with a gonzo approach, has followed a trajectory similar to a band. Yanni Papoutsis launched the enterprise first as a van (the MeatWagon), then as a backstreet pop-up in Deptford, known as the MeatEasy. The late-night beef sessions there have acquired something of the mythology of early Stone Roses gigs at the Hacienda, which probably makes MeatLiquor, the equivalent of a major label debut, and MeatMarket, the forthcoming venture, the difficult second album.The clientele is so devoted that the term “fan” seems more appropriate than mere “customer”. They tweet; they snap; they blog; they network. At the MeatEasy closing party, there was an onsite tattooist. Anyone who submitted to ... Continue reading →