Sex and the City II - coming May 2010

Yep, I'm a guy who likes Sex and the City. My wife forced me to watch all six seasons of the TV series and the movie last year and I fell in love with the series, the characters and the clever, witty storylines which don't exclude the male perspective as much as I thought they would.

So naturally I was pleased to hear that filming for Sex and the City II had begun in New York City and that that the sequel would hit our screens next May.

Of course all the girls are back reprising the roles that have made them such household names around the world including Sarah Jessica Parker (Carrie Bradshaw), Kim Cattrall (Samantha), Cynthia Nixon (Miranda) and Kristin Davis (Charlotte).

Also seen on the streets of the 'Big Apple' during filming last week is Carrie's on-screen husband and regular Mr Big (Chris Noth).

Reports say the character of Mr Big was not wearing his wedding ring in one scene leading to speculation that the pair may break up again during the movie's storyline.

Writer-director-producer Michael Patrick King is also back at the helm to oversee proceedings. After the original movie last year grossed over $400 million dollars at the world-wide box office, a sequel was always going to happen.

My wife is not the only one looking forward to this one.

Fans call for Aus Idol to be AXED!

Former fans of Australian Idol have bombarded websites and forums expressing their disappointment in this year's contestants and want the long running Channel 10 series chopped!

Ratings for the seventh series of Idol have been way down on previous years. Last Sunday night's Wildcard episode couldn't even crack the 1 million mark only managing 992,000 nation-wide and was the lowest rated episode so far this season.

Fans have had their say on this year's series in big numbers on television blogs like TV Tonight.

One former fan known as Trev said: "Idol is an amateur show. Some acts are good, some not so and some atrocious. As I have mentioned several times earlier, I have not even bothered to watch it at all this season."

Another said: " I love Idol. I however have been disappointed by this season; the 6:30 start, crap judging, promoting the ‘tradie’ (pictured above) etc."

However, Idol still has many fans out there that will defend the show to the death. Blogger Ravi posted this in defence: "All those with Idol problems you need to go to axe swingers anonymous. It’s better to have a competition where the unexpected occurs rather than one where you know the winner from the start. It will get better and the fact there is no stand out may work to the shows advantage. Wild card night is for the best of the rest so it is no wonder it rated lower."

Personally, I have been a big fan of the series since day dot and haven't missed an episode yet this season, but I was really disappointed when producers axed Kyle and got Sony employee Jay Dee to replace him. I thought this was a bad move in my eyes as Kyle gave the show some bite and it was fun to watch him tell it like it is and so far Jay Dee has failed to impress me.

I also think the 6:30pm family friendly time-slot is hurting ratings figures as well and I just think after 7 seasons people are losing interest. It happened to Big Brother last year and unfortunately I think Idol may learn the same fate.

Are we ever going to see Tomb Raider 3?

This fantastic photo to your left is of the wonderfully sexy and talented Angelina Jolie posing as Lara Croft from the Tomb Raider movies.

The first two films were highly successful at the box office even though they were critically panned.

It's been six years since the second installment of the franchise was released and nearly every year since, speculation has been rife as to when a third movie would be made.

'Angelic' Jolie has an option in her contract for a third incarnation but sources out of Hollywood say she's in no hurry to take it up.

Paramount Pictures seem to be holding out for Jolie and while re-casting the character of Lara Croft has been suggested, no one associated with the possible film really want to go with anyone else in the title role, such is Jolie's incredible world wide popularity and association with the character.

An animated version of the movie has also been mentioned, in keeping with the highly successful computer game but so far nothing has come of that idea either.

It looks like, for the time being anyway, Lara Croft remains in movie land limbo.

Hopefully, not for too much longer.