Eminem opens a venue

After Fall Out Boy's risky investment in a New York club, Eminem has opened negotiations to buy 8 Mile's St Andrews venue, which besides being in 8 Mile the place was also in 8 Mile, the movie, providing the backdrop for the bit where Eminem won all the prizes for being the best at rapping.

He's very keen now, but lets hope he doesn't get the survey back and start having a tattoo done on his butt of him knocking the place down with a JCB.

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We don't often bring you the joy of Ms Becky Bamboo's film reviews - we're not that sort of blog - but we're able to bend the rules when its 8 Mile, aren't we?

so, 8 mile was really fucking good. sure, the story is yer typical rocky, rah-rah underdog plot (amy said it was just coyote ugly with rap), but the performances are great (eminem is very good. really restrained and intense with these manic blasts of violence), the music rocks (the final rap battle was awesome - funny and witty), and it looks all grey and grimy. loved it. I thought kim basinger was a little out of place, but then I saw a picture of em's mom and she is a total glamour queen, so I guess that casting wasn't too far off.