Mourinho plays down Chelsea 'title favourites' tag

Jose Mourinho is still refusing to describe Chelsea as favourites in the Premier League title race, and claimed the fact they are now four points clear as “not a realistic situation.”

With Arsenal and Manchester City playing in the FA Cup this weekend, Chelsea have the chance to go seven points clear as they host a Tottenham team that have not won at Stamford Bridge since 1990. That has led to many bookmakers placing Mourinho’s side as favourites for the title, but the Portuguese disputed that status.

“No,” Mourinho said when asked about his side's standing. “I just say we have to try and win our next match. It doesn't matter the opponent, the competition, the stadium. We just try and win. There's nothing hidden. We try and win the game. That's the objective.

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'Noah' and 'Nymphomaniac' Banned in Middle Eastern Muslim Countries

Darren Aronofsky's "Noah" led by Russell Crowe is facing ban in some Muslim countries, The Hollywood Reporter learns. Lars von Trier's sexually-charged pic "Nymphomaniac" starring Shia LaBeouf is also having the same problem.

Qatar, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates have already confirmed that "Noah" would not be showing in the countries. Jordan, Kuwait, and Egypt are expected to follow, despite the fact that the biblical drama has already locked March 26 as its Egyptian release date.

In Egypt, Sunni institute Al-Azhar says the movie is "contrary to faith and to the fundamentals of the Islamic Sharia [law]." It also "contradicts the stature of prophets and messengers ... and antagonizes the faithful," the organization adds in a statement.

"Al-Azhar renews its rejection to the screening of any production that characterizes Allah's prophets and messengers and the companions of the Prophet [Mohammed]," it states. "Therefore, Al-Azhar announces the prohibition of the upcoming film about the Allah's messenger Noah -- peace be upon him."

Meanwhile, "Nymphomaniac" is banned in Turkey. "This film is in the porn category... because of its explicit sexual scenes," the country's cinema general director Cem Erkul explains. "It also depicts extreme violence against women."

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The Canadian Government is Demanding More Canadian "ehs" with the "oohs" and "ahs."

Canada's porn industry isn't Canadian enough, claims the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission.

On Wednesday the CRTC warned AOV Adult Movie Channel, XXX Action Clips and Maleflixxx that they weren't reaching the 35% threshold for Canadian-produced content — which comes to about eight and a half hours a day. Now all three channels will have to come to a hearing on April 28, where they will be questioned on their lack of compliance (and not in a sexy way). Channel Zero, the Toronto-based owner of the three channels, has previously insisted that the lack of Canadian content was a clerical error.

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Everton won't stand in the way for Arsenal's fifth FA Cup success under Wenger

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has stressed he will not consider resting key players for Saturday’s FA Cup quarterfinal against Everton, even though his side face a crucial Champions League clash against Bayern Munich just three days later.

Wenger named a much-changed team for his side’s FA Cup fifth round clash against Liverpool last month, which came a few days before the first leg of the Champions League last-16 clash against Bayern at Emirates Stadium.

With Arsenal facing a huge task to overturn a 2-0 first leg deficit at the Allianz Arena, Wenger has confirmed the FA Cup will be his priority before he begins to turn his attentions to the daunting trip to Germany.

“It’s the quarterfinal of the FA Cup. We want to do well and we want to qualify and to win,” he stated. “This is one of the priorities. The top priority is always to do well in the Premier League.

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Malaysia Airlines Flight no MH370, Boeing 777-200 crashes in Thu Cho Island near Vietnam

Malaysia Airlines flight 370 is has crashed 153 miles off of Vietnam’s Tho Chu island- the Vietnamese Navy confirms. The flight, operating Kuala Lumpur (airport code: KUL) to Beijing (airport code: PEK), disappeared and “lost contact” with the airline according to AFP. Malaysia is currently working with  Search and Rescue officials to locate.  The plane lost contact approximately two hours in to the usually six-hour flight.

We are deeply saddened by this incident and await the results of the accident investigation.  The plane believed to be involved is 9M-MRO, a Boeing 777-200ER delivered in May of 2002.

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'Deliver Us From Evil' Trailer

The first trailer for horror movie "Deliver Us from Evil" has arrived. It opens with a conversation between Eric Bana's character and Edgar Ramirez's. The latter warns that there are two types of evil in this life; secondary evil which the evil that man do and primary evil which is something else entirely.

Bana plays Ralph Saatchi, a New York cop who meets a renegade priest (Ramirez) when he is pulled into a case which the priest convinces him, against the officer's religious beliefs, is demonic related. Together they work to solve the case and combat the paranormal forces working against them.

Directed by Scott Derrickson and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, the film is inspired by the actual accounts of NYPD sergeant Ralph Sarchie. Olivia Munn and Joel McHale are in supporting roles. It will start haunting theaters in the U.S. on June 2. 

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