Raising Helen

Advantages: Certificate PG so it's suitable for nearly everyone
Disadvantages: The cinema is expensive and this film is very average

...This film is due on general release in the UK shortly but I thought I'd write about it as I had a sneak preview. This PG film directed by Garry Marshall stars Kate Hudson as Helen Harris, a woman who "inherits" guardianship of her nieces and nephew when her sister and brother-in-law die in an accident. Joan Cusack and John Corbett co-star. The children are played rather well by Hayden Panettiere (Audrey), Spencer Breslin (Henry) and Abigail­ Breslin (Sarah). Helen's glamourous New York modelling world is turned upside down as she tries to be a parent. Her sister Jenny already has children and can't resist interfering. Gradually the two women come to an understanding, as they also come to terms with the loss of their other sister. Jenny doesn't work and she's rather self-righteous but she's actually quite jealous of her sister...

Mel27 20.08.2004 · Read review
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Helen of Troy

Advantages: Gives a Slightly Different Version of Events
Disadvantages: Is A Bit Long

...Alexandros takes pity on him and saves him bringing him up as his own son and renaming him Paris. A few years later the now grown up Paris played by Matthew Marsden, chases a stray goat into a cave. Overheated from the run he takes a sip of water and starts to feel dizzy and a vision appears before him of the three goddesses Hera, Athena and Aphrodite. The goddesses are having a debate about who is the fairest among them and they have decided that Paris is to choose the winner. In order to sway his judgement they each offer a prize for picking them. Athena offers great wisdom, Hera offers great Kingdoms and wealth and Aphrodite offers the most beautiful woman in the world and shows Paris a vision of Helen. At the same time that Paris is looking at this vision of Helen, she is also seeing his face through a vision in a pool. When we...

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Helen Fielding and the Underactive Imagination

Advantages: It can pass the time
Disadvantages: Nothing really original

...As popular as the first two were, there could never have been a third Bridget Jones book. After all, what else was there for her to do? She's caught her man, so perhaps marriage and kids, but it would have been difficult to make that funny. Think about it: "7.02 a.m. Changed baby's nappy. 7.05 a.m. Changed nappy again. How can something so small create so much waste?" It's amusing, but a year of that would have got very boring very quickly. It was time for Helen Fielding and her readers to move on. More accurately, in fact, it was time for her to go full circle. Fielding's debut novel, "Cause Celeb" was written in the standard style, without the diary format, although told largely in the first person by a female lead character. So the same style is used for "Olivia Joules and the Overactive Imagination". Olivia Joules is...

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St Helens Goats Milk

Advantages: Tastes just like dairy milk
Disadvantages: a little more expensive than dairy milk

...ears. Goats milk is essentially the same as cows milk in terms of nutritional value but goats milk has about 20% less cholestrol than cows milk. It also containts less folic acid therefore expectant mums would require folic acid supplements to make up the difference if they made the switch. Other than that they are the same. There is no difference in taste or smell at all and when used as an ingredient in receipies e.g cakes, custard etc it behaves the same as cows milk. St Helens Goats milk comes in both whole and semi-skimmed forms in either 750ml or 1L cartons. I buy the Whole Milk 1L carton from Sainsburys. Unfortunately I can't remember how much it costs. £1.89 rings a bell but it seems rather expensive now that I see it written down :). Next time I'm there I'll take a closer look and update the review if necessary. Anyway...

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Helen's Dance Workout

Advantages: Easy to learn and easy to follow. A Fun Workout!
Disadvantages: No chapter that just does the full routines

...Helen Adams' Workout DVD. Just after Christmas, I purchased a 3-in-1 DVD collection including Helen Adams Dance Workout. Due to being busy and moving house, I never got around to doing any of them, but with a bit of time on my hands and a few extra inches on my waist and hips, I thought I'd give one of them a go. And I picked Helen first. I can remember her as a favourite from a certain reality TV show however many years ago so thought her DVD might be the most fun of the three. Day One: I took some body measurements ? hips, waist, bust and ?big? (so called as it is the widest part of me and inbetween my hips and waist) and tried out the DVD. I'm not boasting here, but I try to do exercise regularly. I often do a bit of boxing, skipping, cycling and sit-ups and have to admit that I found the aerobic part of the DVD slightly tame...

elisemarie9 20.07.2007 · Read review
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Brilliant Book - By Helen Fieldings

Advantages: Funny, Witty Excellent Read
Disadvantages: None - i loved it

...Today - 26 April 2007, i picked up a book which is shocking cause i hate reading, and to my disbelief i realy enjoyed it. I was given Bridget Jones Diary By Helen Fielding and knew i probably would never read it. But today, i had a very long traveling day on a train so decided to take a book with me - this one. Started Reading it, and noticed that i could see Rennee Zelweggers face from the Movie Bridget Jones Diary. As i started reading it, i noticed i couldnt put it down, i read for three hours straight, til i got to my destination and three hours back til i got home. This book related alot to myself, with the weight, and i enjoyed very much reading the life of an average twenty something single female. The story was very interesting, the writer was brilliant at describing each aspect of the story and all the characters. Well...

lesleyanne18 26.04.2007 · Read review
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Helen's beautiful cakes!

Advantages: Amazing, beautifully designed hand crafted cakes for all occasions!
Disadvantages: None!!!

...When you have a special occasion coming up, a milestone birthday, a special anniversary, a christening, wedding, it's never enough to buy a cake off the shelf in asda, everybody else has those cakes, they're not designed specifically for you, and they tend to be character cakes which have just had an icing photo placed on top. Instead you think you'll go to a cake maker, especially for Christening and Wedding cakes, but sometimes, you can go into these shops where you feel a little harrassed into buying something, and you can't really be "objective" shall we say, with the owner stood behind you. Instead when I got married, I used the small, and relatively newly established company, cakedesignsbyhelen. I know the owner personally and so that is how I knew about her cakes. A little History Helen is a young woman, in her...

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Queen Helene Natural Cocoa Butter Facial Scrub

Advantages: The Product works,
Disadvantages: The smell, It can be quite pricey

...The Natual Cocoa Butter Scrub is a great product in its own right, however personal preferance tends towards the Mint Julep scrub, based on mainly smell. However the Queen Helene brand produces mainly complimentary products especially the Queen Helene Moisturisers and Cremes. The product works, with an evident consistency of a scrub containing parts of walnut shell as the main means of exfolient. With the pure cocoa butter smoothness and the distinct smell, which is either loved or hated based on conversations I have had with other users. However all the ingredients of the Queen Helene Scrub, and indeed all there products are Natural, and thus i feel it gives that added self-assurance that im not plasting chemicals all over my face. However similar products are available produced by different brands, again its a question...

teddyrb83 31.05.2007 · Read review
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Helen creates heavenly masterpieces.

Advantages: Incredible personal cakes
Disadvantages: Too many choices!!

... CAKE DESIGNS BY HELEN www.cakedesignsbyhelen.co.uk Looking for a really special cake ?You just look at this website and I can assure you you will find just what you?re looking for. WHO IS HELEN? Helen Harrison is a thirty-something mum of four daughters, who lives in Cheshire. She has been creating these culinary masterpieces now for twelve years. She started off inheriting her mum?s icing equipment and making cakes for the family, but this soon escalated when other people saw her cakes and put in their orders, all her orders came from word of mouth. Anyone dealing with her are guaranteed personal and pleasant service from Helen herself. WHAT TYPE OF CAKES? The types of cakes are endless, wedding cakes, christening, anniversary, birthday etc etc - whatever the occassion Helen will...

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Helen's Hell

Advantages: easy read, funny in parts, poignant
Disadvantages: none

...Helen Bradshaw is 26. She lives in a rented flat with her two flatmates - Marcus her landlord and her friend Luke. She drives a bashed up old Toyota car and works on a women?s magazine. Her boyfriend is Jasper, but things aren?t going too well and she?s thinking of dumping him. Then her life collapses ? her father has a massive heart attack and she rushes to be by his side. The next few hours are spent at the hospital with her mother and Nana Flo. Helen has never been close to her Dad and finds it hard to relate to him, even as he lays unconscious in a hospital bed. She wants to tell him she loves him but can?t, so reads extracts from a newspaper out loud instead. This gives us an insight into the troubles with her family. Her mother is a teacher but after Helen?s dad dies, she takes it very badly and cannot cope ? she even...

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