The legendary girls from St Trinians had their premiere last night in Leicester Square. St Trinian's is the 2007 film of the 1950s film series is getting certain bits of the press excited, with a cast that features Rupert Everett in drag, Russell Brand twatting about with no noticeable change of costume or persona, Colin Firth striding about being humourless and lots of attractive women playing schoolgirls. Celia Imrie and Anna Chancellor both have......

The cold weather - and holiday festivities - descended upon Gothamist. The Rockefeller Christmas tree was lit, Broadway stagehand finally ended their strike, and NASCAR decided to run their victory lap through Times Square. There were disturbing photographs revealing the working conditions in which many city manholes are produced and ninjas were also a hot topic, either robbing homes or entering into alibis. But the city was really rocked by how Rudy Giuliani's visits......

SFist witnessed a new apartment building tszuj the skyline with spectacular, gaudy turquoise aplomb, the (informal) renaming of the Mission/SOMA neighborhood border, the return of the Maltese Falcon, the Mayor Gavin Newsom mea culpa-ing over his Hawaiian getaway during the oil spill, and double-decker buses hitting the streets of San Francisco. Oh, and some baseball player named Barry Bonds is a liar whose pants, it seems, are totally on fire. LAist continues to cover the......

Residents of Stoke Newington, you should be proud. Local proprietor Kirit Ved is flying the Stokey flag all the way up in Birmingham where, at a glittering ceremony, he has just been named Independent Newsagent of the Year 2007. VED News, on Church Street in N16, was singled out by the judges for its impressive range of newspapers and magazines from around the globe. Reflecting Hackney's polyglot populace, Mr. Ved stocks titles from the......

Londonist got the big scoop of the week with what may be the first images of notorious street artist Banksy in action. They also got on a runaway train without an operator provoking a response from the transport authorities. Elsewhere, London's answer to Central Station is about to open for business, and Londonist got a sneak preview. Meanwhile, spooky goings-on beneath London Bridge, where a cache of skeletons provided an apt story for Hallowe'en.......

We’re gob-smacked we are that Brits have a bad bed rep. As far as the eye can see, quite literally, we’re about as randy as a canine on heat. Sexual sighting number one: freshers strip during freshers week – now that sure is an original way to make friends (although the residents of Kingston might argue to the contrary). Sexual sighting number two: Swedish porn at the ICA. This really qualifies as six sightings,......

Just in case you haven't yet turned on the tv, a radio, glanced at a newspaper and this is the first internet page you've opened since yesterday, it's true. The might Led Zeppelin are reforming for a one off benefit show in aid of Ahmet Ertegun, the founder of Atlantic records who signed them way back at a time when dinosaurs really did rule the earth and died last year. Tickets to the November......

The International Workshop Festival has been rumbling away in the city since 28 August, allowing the bold and brave to take part in workshops and experiments in performing arts with specially invited artists and practitioners. As the festival draws to a close, a curious couple of performers and experiments have cropped up on our radar. Anyone willing to take part is definitely a friend of ours, and we want to hear from you what......

Chicagoist is gearing up for this weekend's annual Air & Water Show along the lakefront. In what's becoming an annual tradition around there, staff member Todd McClamroch even got to fly with one of the participants. Chicagoist's decidedly opinionated readership was also appalled that one of their staffers found a popular local brewpub to be a great place to bring a kid. They also think that an unlikely activist for immigration rights should just take......

Meat Raffle has been putting on exciting live acts and banging out the hits upstairs at Shoreditch BarCatch for nearly 18 months now. So we thought it was quite time enough to get in touch with promoter and DJ 16oz Stewart, who used to run TVOD in Manchester, to get the lowdown. When and why did you set Meat Raffle up? February of 2006. To show off our exciting records and get a few......

Check your deodorant and covered-toe footwear at the door – a new supermarket has arrived in Kensington and it isn’t afraid to embrace its inner hippy. Whole Foods, the retail food chain so popular in America and now spreading to these shores, is all about organic. From the ‘make your own muesli’ mixing station to the in-house bakery with 35 varieties of bread, Whole Foods is gaga for going green. The minimalist packaging and......

While a new guide from travel publishers Lonely Planet notes that London "has a buzz unlike any other European city", this may not so much describe our cultural offerings as how pissed we are. In addition to binge drinking, the recently published book adds junk food overdosing, porn addiction and fame obsession to the list of our offences. This edition fails to mention, however, neither Pete, Lily nor even Peaches, so we got bored,......

Japanese animation is a bit of a mixed bag nowadays - when it first reached our shores, you could only get hold of Akira and ultra-violent tentacle porn. Nowadays, it's available for all ages and tastes - with TV shows and movies ranging from pre-school simplicity to complex interleaving plotlines. Pity, then, the poor marketing executive, confused about how to promote the latest DVD release of Naruto - an anime series about "a loud,......

LAist is experimenting with blogging dates from J-Date, but finds the best men are found offline. Some date vicariously online and that is one reason why porn is big -- really freaking big -- so they ask if they should cover XXX since the heart of it lays in the city's San Fernando Valley. A writer grapples with her food porn photography obsession, another gets censored on Flickr, one gets scooped by the LA......

The nicer the weather gets, the busier we get across the Ist-A-Verse. But we like being busy. Here's a peek at what we've been up to since last week! Chicagoist had an interview with Audrey Niffenegger, whose popular book, The Time Traveler's Wife, was based in their fine city. They also had a heated discussion about Rush Limbaugh's controversial Barack Obama parody, talked about whether Uncle Julio's Hacienda is a good place to get......

This week – rage causes a lot of trouble in 28 Weeks Later and the memoirs of Nelson Mandela’s prison guard are opened in Goodbye Bafana. In 28 Days Later the Rage virus spread throughout Britain leaving it full of dead people and those that had killed them. Now, in 28 Weeks Later, the US Army has come to restore order, repopulate the city of London and, during the same process, also reunite families. Among......

Speaking of accessibility, one scheme offering a (sadly non-literal) hand to the differently abled is a new porn site for the blind. (Yes, yes, the gags are obvious.) Metro describe how this cavalcade of aural sex can be enjoyed: The X-rated site features erotic stories read out by scantily-clad women. Users can also listen to graphic descriptions of saucy photos. For those who are not blind but are visually-impaired, a ‘zoom’ button lets them......

Burlesque entertainment. It's been with us for a century and a half, giving us provocative glimpses of female flesh, more nipple tassles than are strictly necessary, and performers with names that teeter on the thin line between cartoon characters and porn stars. After its recent revival in the U.S., it was only natural that we'd slip into the neo-burlesque renaissance on this side of the pond... and this week, London has its first Burlesque......

Londonist loves a good recycling story.We found out today that there are apparently 75 million old mobile phones hanging around in the UK. Surely something a bit better than "keep it in a drawer and forget about it" can be done with all those old Nokia 3210s? Apart from using them as impromptu weapons in case of a break in, of course. And think about old computers as well - we're hanging onto our......

We at Londonist try to cook with seasonal vegetables where possible and a trip to Borough Market early on Saturday (always go early before the gastro-porn tourists arrive, or on a Thursday when many of the stalls are now open) saw us staggering home with armloads of rhubarb. This long, pink creature is one of complexities. It is actually a vegetable yet we choose to use it as a fruit and it’s silky texture......

Fluffy mashed potato, sizzling juicy sausages, tasty lip-licking gravy... Mmm we're almost sounding like an M&S food porn advert - but instead we're talking about Mother Mash. It's a "new take" on the traditional sausage and mash food den positioned expensively on Ganton Street just round the back of Carnaby Street. Happily we can report that at £6.95, prices don't reflect it's location too much. The concept is as follows. You take your seat......

Here's one that'll shift some papers. Prisoners are being kitted out with email. PRISONERS are to be given email access for the first time in a bid to cut reoffending. The project is designed to help inmates learn new skills for their release and to keep in touch with family and friends. A pilot scheme will start at Wandsworth jail in South London, but only when a system is in place to prevent "potential......

Ok there's a lot going on here. First and foremost is the photographer’s Flickr handle of dicksdaily. As the British outpost of the Gothamist network we believe it important to fly the Benny Hill flag as often as possible. Secondly Mount Street Gardens's lion seems to have a gun barrel protruding from its maw. Now we know it's a fountain, but we love the idea of big cats with armed snouts more than sharks......

Note: 'Fingerfucked by the Prime Minister' is now our favourite song. Of course the Times London Film Festival is yet to start and there's a kabillion and one screenings ahead of us but Joachim Trier's Reprise is going to be hard to top for sheer freshness and warmth. Simply put it's a brilliant piece of film making. A group of friends whose lives revolve around literature and music unravel a charming punkrock story through......

Some great quotes today up on Contact Music regarding Ashlee Simpson's West End debut. Quote one from Ashlee: "The cast are going to take me to a traditional English pub where the floors are sticky." Must. Resist. Insertion. Of. Masturbation. Gag. Quote two from big sis Jessica: I was weeping. I was so proud. I couldn't be more proud of her. My face is swollen, I have butterflies, and she pulled it off perfectly.......

This week – fantasy pinup finds happiness in soft porn (The Notorious Bettie Page), a small screen classic gets a Hollywood makeover (Miami Vice) and the American oil industry crushes its rivals (Who Killed The Electric Car? ). Brought to us by Mary Harron (I Shot Andy Warhol, American Psycho), first up is The Notorious Bettie Page. As Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian sets out, “50s nude pin-up queen Bettie Page is the subject of......

This promo for the Great London Duck Race (on July 30 at Battersea Park, more nearer the time) is worth watching for two scenes: 1: The bit where the bloke in the oversized duck costume gets stuck in the Tube barriers. 2: The bit where the duck buys porn.......

LinkMachineGo has been keeping us up to speed with the fallout over Alan Moore's Lost Girls: Comic row over graphic Peter Pan / Sex acts' Wendy is Panned / Hospital worry at "porn" take on Peter Pan's Wendy / Alan Moore's erotic Lost Girls / Rich Johnson on Lost Girls / Rich Johnson Reviews Lost Girls You know already then that this is going to be awesome. Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children has......

Protest: Where do you stand on the great lads mags debate? This is a perfect week to take sides - or at least engage in some spirited argument, because back-bench MP Claire Curtis-Thomas is kicking off a debate in Parliament about whether lads mags and newspapers such as the Sport should be classed as pornography. Meanwhile, Object will be holding a protest outside Parliament on Tuesday 27th June, and distributing 'porn flakes' to passers-by......

LAist is flashing a sad peace out to their editor Carolyn Kellogg with one hand and bumping knuckles with their new head typist L.A. blogger king Tony Pierce with the other. Where do ist editors go when they hang up the 'editorial we'? They take on MySpace, apparently. At least Ben Brown does. Austinist reminds of the just rewards of less savory careers this week and then they witness the Arctic Monkeys and We Are......