Spiced Mandarin Orange Muffins

1 (11 ounce) can mandarin oranges
1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1-3/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
1/2 cup sugar
1/3 cup shortening
1 egg
1/4 cup milk
1/4 cup syrup from mandarin oranges

Topping:
1/4 cup melted butter
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon


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Martin Joins The Pirates Band of Misfits - Aardman (creators of Wallace and Gromit)

Sony and Aardman Animation have teamed for a new 3D stop-motion animated film, called The Pirates! Band of Misfits, based in part on Gideon Defoe‘s book The Pirates! In an Adventure With Scientists.

Aardman co-founder and Chicken Run co-director Peter Lord is directing the film, which is animated in the now-classic Aardman clay figure style, actors included, Martin Freeman, Hugh Grant, David Tennant, Imelda Staunton, Jeremy Piven, Salma Hayek, Brian Blessed, Brendan Gleeson, Russell Tovey, and Ashley Jensen.

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