“Have you all met The Gorillaz? You have? Brilliant! You talk amongst yourselves then”. That’s what you would be saying if you win our competition to win FIVE FOOT cardboard cutouts of the whole band!! You might not actually want to do that, it’s not cool, but the cardboard cutouts definitely are… and did I mention they were signed by the whole band! I didn’t? Well I should have done because they are. It’s a truly money can’t buy prize! Runners up will get a copy of the album “Plastic Beach” so get entering now.

So how to win? Just hop over to the facebook to answer a really quite easy question… What could be simpler! In other, but equally exciting news… VidZone has been updated! See below for full, fantastic and fun filled details below!

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Spiralling into you visual canal with the force of 1000 dizzy buffalo, these videos will excite amaze and leave you begging for a time machine so you can re-live the whole thing once again. Featuring brand new videos from Rihanna ‘What’s My Name’, Gorillaz ‘Doncamatic’, N.E.R.D ‘Hypnotize U’ and Susan Boyle ‘Perfect Day’.

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Great videos with a side order of curve balls to keep you amused and sometimes slightly bemused while you watch what the guys from OPM have picked for you. Go and take a look what they have picked this week!

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Mariah, you’re on fire! So watch out when it comes to Christmas else you are going to melt all the snow and people won’t like that… unless you blame Santa and say “Oh Santa! Why did you melt all the snow”. That btw, is a really bad attempt to crow bar the name of Mariah’s new single “Oh Santa!” into a sentence. Watch it and all her other hits here.

Exclusive Interview with Taio Cruz

Oh Taio, Taio, how do you get better and better artists to work with you? Answers to this and more in our exclusive interview with the man himself as well as his brand new single ‘Higher’ featuring Kylie Minogue.

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Hey Sack-watchers! It’s time for the latest LittleBigPlanet 2 Featurette Trailer – this time we’re focusing on the ingenious technological might of the Controlinator!

This unassuming looking little device is probably the single most powerful tool in the LittleBigPlanet 2 creative arsenal, because it unlocks the possibilities of “direct control”. This means that rather than controlling Sackboy alone, it is now possible to directly control all kinds of vehicles and contraptions. Whether it’s a racing buggy or a flying bumblebee with built-in honey-powered artillery, you can tweak every aspect – from the controls used to operate it, to the ways that gravity and inertia affect its movement.

Now, you might think that tweaking inertia values isn’t for you (although believe me, it’s far more fun and approachable than it sounds!) – but even if you don’t feel like putting on your creative hat and harnessing the possibilities of the Controlinator yourself, you’re going to find plenty of levels created by other users that utilise it in fascinating ways – top-down racers, side-scrolling shooters, rhythm action multiplayer face-offs, and much more besides… It’s thanks to the Controlinator that we can truly say that in LittleBigPlanet 2, it’s not just about platform gaming anymore!

Check out the trailer for a peak at the possibilities…

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If you haven’t already, be sure to take part in our quiz, where you have a chance of winning a monthly subscription to MUBI. Open to residents the following countries: Austria, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Luxembourg, New Zealand, Portugal, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. Last chance to enter is this weekend, it’s multiple choice so just check mubi.com if you need help with answers!

We’ve updated our film library on MUBI this week. Each week we add more titles to our library of films to watch, which is accessible under the WATCH menu. (And is to be differentiated from the DISCOVER section, which includes a large database of titles for information and interactive purposes, and is not indicative of the film library.)

Here are some of my personal highlights from the most recent update:

Star Spangled to Death (United States, 2004)

We are particularly proud to feature American experimental master Ken Jacob’s magnum opus in four parts. It is, to put it simply (!), an abstract, political-philosophical treatise on the contradictions of life in America in the latter half of the 20th century, using excerpts from other films and news footage to touch upon issues of race, religion, and warfare.

Available in: Austria, Australia, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Ireland, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom

The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum (West Germany, 1975)

Directed by two of the big names in the New German Cinema movement of the 1970s, Volker Schlöndorff and Margarethe von Trotta, this film is a searing adaptation of Heinrich Böll’s startlingly told novel about the titular heroine who spends a night with an alleged terrorist and has to deal with the police and media fallout.

Available in: Austria, Germany, Switzerland

The Deal (United Kingdom, 2003)

Stephen Frears found tremendous success in his exploration of the contemporary British monarchy in 2006 with The Queen, but he laid the ground work for that terrific film in 2003 with this picture, where actor Michael Sheen again plays Tony Blair, and the action is shifted to years earlier and the prescient, bitter power struggle of the Labor party to choose a leader.

Available in: Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden

The Silence Before Bach (Spain, 2007)

Part of our retrospective on Spanish experimental director Pere Portabella, this incredible, wide-ranging and meditative film, part documentary, part drama, part film essay, is a celebration and contemplation of the role of Johann Sebastian Bach’s music in the world today.

Available in: Austria, Australia, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Ireland, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom

Plastic City (Hong Kong, China, Japan, 2008)

Yu Lik-wai is one of contemporary cinema’s most talented cinematographers, having defined the gorgeous digital look of Chinese master Jia Zhangke’s vital filmography. But few know that Yu is also an accomplished filmmaker, here moving from Hong Kong to the cities and jungles of Brazil to tell a hallucinatory story of gangsters and dreamers.

Available in: Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands

The Roe’s Room (Poland, 1997)

From visionary Polish director Lech Majewski comes this stunning “autobiographical film opera,” where in a decaying building a young poet lives with his parents and through his imagination the energy of youth and the power of the natural world triumph.

Available in: Austria, Australia, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Ireland, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom

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While many of you are no doubt racing around Gran Turismo 5‘s Madrid track at home, we’re in the city itself for a launch event like no other I’ve seen in my time working with games.

We’ve got interactive installations all over the city, a night drive where we’ll have sports cars cruising around this gorgeous city and, of course, plenty of opportunity to play the game that everyone is talking about right now.

I’ll be taking pictures throughout the evening and adding them to the GT5 slideshow below; be sure to refresh the page to see the latest batch. I’ll also be popping in and out of the comments to let you know what’s going on and furiously tweeting from @PlayStationEU.

Created with Admarket’s flickrSLiDR.

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There’s quite a variety of new content releasing this week! With today being Gran Turismo 5 launch day, we’ll get started with some GT5 news. In the cinema we’ve got a new GT5 trailer for you to drool over if you’ve not picked up your copy of the game yet. Better yet, you’ll earn a GT5 race suit costume as a reward for watching! Make sure to grab yours, as we’ve secured some great GT5 prizes to give away and you’ll need one of the GT5 race suit costumes for a chance to win! If you haven’t already, make sure to check out the GT5 Facebook app.

Ever find yourself wanting a pet to add some life to your personal space? A loyal creature to take for walks through Home Square? In that case, say hello to the newest in Home essentials: Companions. Drop into the nDreams store this week, where they have the first two companions: Nipper and Benji. The best part? They’re zombies, so there’s no need to feed them!

Race over to Estates this week, where you’ll find the Lake House personal space. This spacious, extravagant, and modern waterfront estate comes complete with awe-inspiring views and is the perfect addition to your virtual real estate portfolio. With an open floor plan, this is the perfect place for hosting your next party!

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