Circus Design Blog

Black Swan Natalie Portman

Earning Natalie Portman a nomination for best actress, the deranged drama centred around ballet and fittingly titled The Black Swan is a film that will lead you gasping and thrilled to have survived the experience.

Portman plays Nina Sayers, a young ballerina that is sexually naïve, beautiful, and unfortunately prone to mental illness due to her family genetics.  In order to take on the role that every ballerina dreams of Nina must dig into the dark side of her mind, which leads to anxiety attacks, hallucinations, and plenty of other side effects of mental deterioration that artistically are timed to match her rehearsal progress and brilliance on the stage.

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Entertaining Friends

Every now and then I really need to ‘scratch that itch’ and organise a little dinner party. I really think entertaining is something that is intrinsic to all of us; the wanting to creating a treat for close friends, to bring them together in your environment.

Living in a small flat, I have been going over in my head, trying to work out how this will be possible. I think my problem has always been about putting too much effort in, making it all too grandiose. Since last week however, my opinion of what it takes to have a good time at a friend’s party has changed. Just last week I was invited to a party and we all sat around in her bedroom on the floor. We sat in a circle- with a big mountain of different types of alcohol in the middle- and continued to sit there for hours.

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Smartphone comparison

As smartphones continue to get more advanced you need to look at the tiny machines a little closer now when making a decision if you want to get the best smartphone for your purposes.  There is no doubt a wide difference when it comes to usage as the iPhone is the premier choice for those after a multi-media player, while HTC has made some excellent gaming smartphones and Blackberry is known for producing smartphones that are packed full of everything you need to work from your phone instead of just at home.

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iPhone 4 applications

Half the fun of having the iPhone 4 is loading it up with applications that allow you to do pretty much everything short of taking over the world, although there is likely an app that lets you pretend you can.  If you have an iPhone 4 but have been a bit lazy about trying out the best apps that are out there here are a few that you need to check out.

First of all, you have to download the iMovie app, which is how you can turn the 720p HD video into a professional film practically in just a few minutes.

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Summer holiday deals

If you are one of those people who likes to get their summer holiday plans taken care of early so that you have something to look forward to at the end of winter you are in luck because right now is the best time to take advantage of early bird holiday sales.

Whether you plan to holiday within Britain or are thinking about taking a more adventurous holiday outside of our borders there are plenty of hotels and flight deals already posted from some of the leading travel agencies.

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