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You may be able to confirm of deny, but my (American) brother-in-law reckoned his accent in Roger Rabbit was 100% spot-on Chicago. To me, it sounded like an Englishman doing a generic American gangster/gumshoe accent, which tend to be more New York-ish. It's def not a spot on Chicago accent. I think that was his first role playing an American, and he did it brilliantly. I have an ear for accents, so I could tell he was English. But most people couldn't. And in his subsequent roles playing Americans, his accent got much better. In fairness to your B-I-L, sometimes the a Chicago accent can sound like a NY accent. For a spot on Chicago accent, watch anything the late Dennis Farina was in.

R.I.P. Bob Hoskins. He deserves his own thread, IMO. Incredible actor with amazing range. Too often overlooked when talking about the great actors of the world. Hoskins was right up there with them.

Political Correctness.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gjx2S3BZ1jc

Pretty stunning news conference today with the commish banning Sterling for life and forcing a sale of the club. Amazing stuff. I didn't think they'd come down so hard on him.

Youtube videos that won't play on tablets

Bait for you to keep clicking on their site.

I hate that. Every flipping teenager plays computer games. Holy shit. This teenager was obsessed with junk food. McDonalds made him do it!!! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Twinkie_Defense

I don't honestly believe that anyone, let alone a 15-year-old kid, would repeatedly stab someone in the back and neck if they were of sound mind. The piece even said the kid had a history of depression. Something else that could be possible triggers are these medications, whose potential side effects are absolutely frightening. Sometimes I think they do more harm.

True. And just how mental are Derby for playing on a baseball field for so long.

I really hope Atletico win tomorrow

Credit to Ramos though, well taken goals.

Shocking defending from Bayern

Liverpool's title ambitions.

'98 for me. By that time, I was totally immersed in football, it had become an obsession. I adopted England as my second team, and watching the Argentina match almost gave me a heart attack. Good memories of drinking lots of beer too! (Sober these days...) Some classic goals as well, I'd forgotten about some of them, notably the two Denmark goals in this video.

I missed that, what was the minute's silence for?

An empathy deficit is prominent in the Autism spectrum as well. I think there are probably a lot more people with Autism and Asperger's than who are psychopaths or sociopaths. Like the school shooter in Connecticut. Asperger's Syndrome. Total lack of empathy.

Strange how much he's regressed this season. He's never really strung together 2 games where he's played well at all. In fact, most games he's almost invisible. If we get some sugar daddy owner, Weimann is outta here, IMO.

There was a teacher who was raped and stabbed to death by one of her students a few towns away from where I live. Happened last year. It was after school hours and she was tutoring him in mathematics. Helping the kid. And he does that to her.

That is a really nice looking shirt (Fiorentina) Both Holland shirts are nice and clean looking too. The less "busy" they make these shirt the better, IMO. That's why I love Umbro. They consistently make the most understated shirts. I'm jealous that Everton have them now...

Liverpool want to sign Lallana, apparently. Would be a great signing.

Why would anyone do this? Schadenfreude

Gary Neville is calling for a British manager at Manchester United, naming Ryan Giggs specifically...not sure what the logic is there, they just sacked a British manager for overseeing their worst season in a generation...surely they should hire the best qualified candidate?

I hate pinstripes