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Pet Shop Boys spurn rescue shelter remix


Print Story Electro-pop pioneers Pet Shop Boys turned down a request from animal rights group PETA Europe to adopt a more creature-friendly name, the band revealed on their website Thursday.
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals suggested Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe rename themselves Rescue Shelter Boys to draw attention to the plight of animals raised in pet shops.

"Dear Neil and Chris, You have many loyal fans of the Pet Shop Boys here at PETA. Will you please consider changing your name from the Pet Shop Boys to the Rescue Shelter Boys?" pleaded a letter to the group from Yvonne Taylor, PETA's special projects manager.

"Most dogs and cats sold in pet shops are sourced from profit-hungry breeders who may have bred them in cramped, filthy conditions.

"For every bird who reaches a pet shop, three others have died during capture, confinement and transportation.

"Hamsters, mice and other rodents are often bred by the pet shops themselves, leading to inbreeding, genetic weaknesses, physical deformities and behavioral disorders.

"By agreeing to change your name to the Rescue Shelter Boys, you would help raise awareness about the cruelty involved in the pet trade and encourage your millions of fans to consider giving a home to an abandoned or unwanted animal from an animal shelter. So, what do you say?"

The pair, whose hits include "West End Girls", It's a Sin" and "Suburbia" declined the request, claiming they were "unable to agree," but said it "raises an issue worth thinking about."

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Star Trek's saucy porn spin-off


Story Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock will fulfill many Star Trek fans' wildest fantasies when they stage a threesome with Lt. Uhura in the porn movie adaptation of the sci-fi series. Skip related content


Kirk and Uhura shocked TV viewers in the 1960s when they shared the first bi-racial kiss on TV - but X-rated moviemaker Axel Braun goes far beyond the final frontier for Hustler Video's This Ain't Star Trek XXX movie.

And he's sure actors Evan Stone (Kirk) and Tony DeSergio's (Spock) threeway with Jada Fire's Uhura will be a highlight of the new DVD, which will be released on the same day as J.J. Abrams' new Star Trek movie.

Braun says, "There are five sex scenes in the film but I'm sure the Spock, Kirk and Uhura scene will be one a lot of Trek fans will be keen to see."

And the director insists he has not set out to poke fun at Trekkers with his new film - he's taking it very seriously.

He tells WENN, "I was a big fan and I think the fans who see this DVD will be pleasantly surprised.

"The cast knows this is not something to be taken lightly - Evan, who is one of the world's top porn stars, agreed to cut off his famous blonde hair and dye it dark to play Kirk and Tony DeSergio shaved his eyebrows to play Spock.

"Sasha Grey, who is a pin-up in the porn world, even agreed to wear vulcan ears for this."

And the plot is deadly serious - the Star Trek crew stumble across a spaceship and find the bodies of the villainous Khan and two alien slaves in suspended animation. Captain Kirk and his crew bring the trio onboard the Enterprise, where Khan attempts to take control after seducing the spaceship's historian.

Braun adds, "This isn't a spoof. I have never wanted to mix comedy with sex."

The director admits he never approached any of the original Star Trek castmembers to appear in his sex movie - but he'll be sending them all a copy of the This Ain't Star Trek XXX DVD.

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England fans stranded in one way street

Two English football fans in Cologne lost their car after mistakenly thinking they had parked it on a road called 'One Way Street'.

The pair wrote down 'Einbahn Strasse' - which means one-way street in German - so they didn't forget where they'd left the hire car.

But when they came to find it again they found that every second street in the inner city was called 'Einbahn Strasse'.

It was only when they found a policeman that they were told the sign was to inform drivers that they were on a one-way street.

They finally managed to find their vehicle hours later with the help of the German police.

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Fans try to ring Dr Who

More than 2,500 people tried to ring Dr Who after his mobile number appeared in the TV show.



The timelord's sidekicks called the Doctor, played by David Tennant, on 07700 900 461 in the series' penultimate show.

Since then, more than 2,500 fans have tried to get through but were left disappointed,

One fan complained on the BBC website: "I phoned it but there was just an annoying network message."