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I was just thinking lately, how much I've enjoyed (and enjoying) being a part of Helium. It's such a great place to write, to read, and to participate with. I've looked at various places such as Helium, earning as you write sites, but none of them seem to

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Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: Be Kind, Rewind: 1 of 15
Be Kind, Rewind is a fun loving, sweet movie about friendship and community spirit. Jack Black suits these types of roles, where he gets to be himself and add some heart into the film at the same time. Black is a brilliant comedian, but it's films like Be Kind (as well as School of Rock, Shallow Hal) that really show his tale... More..
Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: Valentine's Day: 6 of 50
As is the usual case, I will be 'alone' on Valentines, unless I happen to per chance upon a special someone before the fourteenth comes along. In my social circle I have friends with partners, friends with spouses, friends who, like myself, cruise the single scene quite happily. I find that within this social group of some pa... More..
Entertainment > TV Show Reviews TV show reviews: The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air: 1 of 8
In the early nineties, the new 'Cosby Show' of family TV made it to the TV airwaves. Will Smith, having established a successful career, alongside Jazzy Jeff in the music industry, made his way to LA to see what options lay in his path. A chance meeting with Quincy Jones, meant that within weeks of arriving in LA, the pilot e... More..
Creative Writing > Memoirs Memoirs: How I became a fan fiction writer: 3 of 12
I only discovered fanfiction a few years back, in 2003. It was during a few various searches about a particular fandom that I fell upon fanfiction.net and the vast amount of fanfiction there. I spent a long time reading various fics covering the large range of genre surrounding my favoured fandom and was impressed by the vari... More..
Entertainment > TV Characters & Personalities Guide to the Jackass crew: 1 of 4
The Jackass crew consists of various men all willing to put themselves into varying degrees of weird and wonderful situations, just for the fun of it. Here's a low down of who is who in the Jackass Crew:Jeff Tremaine: The man behind the camera, Jeff is the director of the show and movies and one of the co-creators of Jackass.... More..
Entertainment > TV Show Reviews TV show reviews: Britain's Got Talent: 1 of 4
Finally a breath of fresh air hit the British airwaves last week as we were treated in glorious abundance to the 'Britain's Got Talent' TV show.Simon Cowells new baby certainly proved a smash hit amongst the population as all sorts of talented contenders were paraded in full glory on our TV screens.First there were four night... More..
Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: Jackass Number Two: 2 of 7
They said it was never going to happen. Jackass the series ended, and after a 'movie' containing some of the more 'dangerous' stunts they never produced for the show, it heralded the end of Jackass. The team split off and did other things, most of them going on the do tv show spin offs or try their hands at making movies.But ... More..
Entertainment > Celebrity Biographies Gene Wilder: Willy Wonka: 1 of 3
It may seem slightly ironic, that despite the love from fans of Gene Wilder's portrayal of Willy Wonka, Roald Dahl wasn't happy about the movie. Perhaps it was that Dahl didn't want to book made into a movie, or he didn't want it as a musical, or maybe he wasn't happy with Wilder's portrayal. However his is the one which stic... More..
Entertainment > TV Genres & Trends Reality TV: Why are we still watching?: 24 of 69
As all the decent TV shows seem to be finishing, or have finished I realised that the dreaded season of Reality Tv is about to start for another year. Although certain RT shows still run throughout various times, it seems that serial Tv shows run from a Autumn/Fall - Spring/Beginning of Summer run, leaving the mid summer show... More..
Entertainment > TV Show Reviews TV show reviews: Boston Legal: 4 of 11
Boston Legal is sharp, witty and completely politically incorrect, which is perhaps what makes it one of the best comedies to have hit the airwaves for some time. Following in a similar path as Ally McBeal (by the same creators of BL), Boston Legal is about a Boston Law firm, 'Crane, Poole and Scmidt' and it's resident oddbal... More..