We here at Entertainment Manchester are not dictators. We don't want this site to become a one way street where we tell you what we're watching, reading and listening to. We want a bit of communication, a dialogue between you and us rather than a droning monologue. So, every now and then we'll encourage you to tell us what you're up to and what you think of it. To get the ball rolling, here's what we're doing.

The Writer:

WATCHING: Marie Antoinette on DVD. Still under-rated and misunderstood, Sofia Coppola's third feature is about as intoxicating as films come. Sure, it's bad history, but Coppola's mastery over colour and light and a turn from Kirsten Dunst that should have been recognised by the Academy ensure that Antoinette is still one of the best and most overlooked films of 2006.

LISTENING TO: I'd love to be able to say I'm currently listening to one of those ultra-hip bands that everyone else seems to love like The Kooks, The View, The Gossip or any one of the number of bands whose names begin with the word 'the’. But I'm not. Sorry. Instead, I'm dipping in and out of Jon Brion's superb score for the equally lovely Punch Drunk Love.

READING: A Man on the Moon by Andrew Chaikin. A superb, detailed but thoroughly entertaining account of America's Apollo moon missions throughout the 60s and 70s. Wanna know what astronauts do when they need a whizz in outer space as well as all the scientific info on how they get up there in the first place? This is the book for you.


The Editor:

WATCHING: 24, just about. Being a Virgin Media customer, I lost half of 24 on Sunday when they switched it off (a 'technical error'. hmm...) and it looks like Sky One will be gone from there from midnight on Wednesday, so it looks like I'll have to either get it recorded every week by someone else or switch to Sky. Dammit Chloe, Jack Bauer wouldn't stand for this shit. Filmwise, the last thing I saw was Thunderball, not a fantastic Bond film, but a pretty decent one nonetheless.

LISTENING TO: 30 Seconds To Mars' new album and Charlotte Hatherley's new album. The former is Jared Leto's surprisingly impressive band who mix a bit of predictable emo/screamo angst with some slightly classier goth-pop inspired by The Cure. Leto himself is a good actor, so certainly convinces with his emotional trauma more than most pretty boy singers, even if it all gets a bit dull about halfway through. Hatherley meanwhile is the former Ash guitarist who has taken a massive leap forward stylistically with her second solo album. It'll be reviewed in full this weekend...

READING: I've been reading War and Peace for about 10 months now, which is embarrassing for someone who usually reads so much. It's an amazing book and I'm really enjoying it, but it's so very long. I'm on holiday next week (so forgive a slower than usual updating of the site!) so my aim is to finish it and start a new Jay McInerney book that I've been waiting for read for ages...

What are you watching, listening to or reading? Let us know!