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Earthrise and earthset

A blue Earth sets over the Moon’s horizon in pictures released yesterday by the Japanese space agency JAXA.
The images were taken by the Kaguya probe as it orbited the Moon at a distance of about 100 kilometres (62 miles). Kaguya, which is named after a girl carried into space by angels in a Japanese fairy tale, is part of the most detailed lunar mapping project since the American Apollo missions that began in the Sixties.
The first image of the Earth from space was taken in 1959 by the US Explorer VI while it passed over the Pacific.

One big step out of line

In Damian Whitworth's interview with Buzz Aldrin, the second man to walk on the Moon, (in today's times2) the former astronaut talks about the loonies who are convinced the Moon landings were an elaborate hoax. "I try not to add to their notoriety," says Aldrin. "They don't want to listen to reason." See how he dealt with one particular irksome conspiracy theorist...

Say cheese!

With an exponential increase in channels and a commensurate collapse of audience share programme makers like to fill their schedules with ‘ordinary people’ because, frankly, they’re so cheap. Regrettably they’re also not especially entertaining: Why couldn’t someone sign up this ordinary person? Jordan Greenhalgh took 987 Polaroids and made the most interesting film you’ll see all day

Will it de-blend?

You may recall us introducing you to the ‘will it blend’ series back in March of this year. Evidently French director, writer and all-round hipster Michael Gondry was paying attention because he’s now produced his own idiosyncratically surreal take on the genre – de-blending a shattered DVD in defiance of both entropy and good sense.

Ingmar Bergman: Cinema great, comedy inspiration

Yesterday the world lost Ingmar Bergman, a filmmaker revered by other directors as one of the greatest of all time. Perhaps a measure of his influence is the wealth of affectionate parodies shot by his admirers. We've collected a sample of the best below, along with archive Bergman interviews from Man Alive and The Dick Cavett Show.

..are you enjoying that sandwich?

There’s a lot of excitement about big budget special effects movies, and at the same time a lot of people want to see intimate dialogue-led art films. The important thing to remember though is that whatever kind of film you make, Pete and Dud got there first.

H-Pizzle in da house

We’re assured that the Harry Potter phenomenon is boosting teenage literacy almost as often as we’re told that Rap Music is degrading it. What would happen, then, if you put the two together? Silly fresh wizardry, that’s what. Check it out, muggles.

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But we trust you to enjoy eggs responsibly:

Un petit coup

French Internet viewers seem convinced that M.Sarkozy had treated himself to a refreshing cold drink or two during talks with President Putin at the G8 summit. See what you think:

Now you see it...

The best protected man in the world, and he still gets his watch pinched.

Disappointing postscript: Perhaps it wasn't Albanian sleight-of-hand after all, but good old fashioned Texan caution.