SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota (AFP) – Vinnie Jones, Hollywood tough guy and star of the Vinnie Jones Wake Up Call smiled and mouthed “thank you” to a jury that found him not guilty Friday of assault charges.

Jones was arrested for punching Juan Trevino-Barrera shortly after the man’s friend smashed Jones over the head with a beer mug during a brawl over a game of pool in the small city of Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

He told the jury that he was “driven by fear” and acting in self-defense when he saw Barrera approach him as he made his way to the bathroom to wash the blood off his face.

“My nose was hanging off. You could have put a quarter in it,” he testified.

Security video shows Jones punched Barrera, 24, three times before Barrera threw him to the ground.

Barrera, who also has a civil suit against Jones for damages and lost wages, acknowledged in court Thursday that he sold his story to a tabloid and stood to get more money if Jones was convicted.

He was also recently convicted on drug charges.

“We came here today and told the truth, and the people of Sioux Falls saw through that. They saw through Barrera and his antics,” Jones said after the verdict was read.

“I stood up for myself that night and I stood up for myself today,” Jones said.

“And justice has prevailed.”

After the verdict was read, Jones met with jurors outside the courtroom, thanked them and signed autographs. At least one autograph read, “Be good. Vinnie Jones.”

One juror said she felt Barrera’s story changed too much between what he told police, the tabloids and the jury.

“He back-pedaled a lot, and contradicted himself a lot,” Kim Westendorf told AFP.

After a football career in which he developed a brutal “hard man” reputation, Jones debuted as an actor in “Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels.” His other film credits include “Snatch” and “Gone in Sixty Seconds.”

When asked if he would like to return to South Dakota, Jones said, “Hopefully, if the wife lets me. Maybe straight to the lodge this time.”

As a big fan of Snatch, and Lock, Stock and two Smoking Barrels, (and TV’s Fly Fish the World), I was all over this app.

Waking up to the dulcet tones of Vinnie just brings a big smile to my face!

This app is plain jane and benefits from that, IMO.

You select the time you want, and you select the wake up call. That’s it.

Of course, for me the hard bit is choosing which wake up call. For a guy who’s acting career is fairly small, Vinnie has a plethora of classic lines. In this app, they are the cleaned up versions (slightly disappointing but still great.)

Once you’ve chosen from the list, you get a full screen video of VJ reciting the bit. These are great as messages to leave on answering machines, hey even on your own office phone!

The one downside is that the app is a bit quiet. Even with the volume cranked up to max, it’s a little light eh?

For that reason, and it’s admitted niche appeal, I’m giving this a 4/5.

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What if the Russians attacked the U.S.? What if Rob Schneider was our last hope? What if he was naked? Looks like Rob Schneider is back in his spoof mode with this epic and explicit trailer that looks to be a failing homage to the 80s classic Red Dawn. Naked Dawn stars Rob Schneider, Mena Suvari Vinnie Jones and is directed by Jake Szymanski.

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In freedom city (hmm sounds like liberty city!) you’ll meet a cockney gangster who thinks he’s Vinnie Jones. He issues missions to you from payphones. You’ll be taking out cops, picking up packages, dropping off gang members, stealing ice-cream trucks and ram raiding shops… to name but a few. Completing missions successfully will earn you enough money to unlock later levels and chapters.

Players of Payback can learn a thing or two about being a cockney gangster by downloading the Vinnie Jones Wake Up Call. This is a new app on the Apps store from Branded Research. Featured, are 27 new videos to choose from which include “It’s Been Emotional” and “Desert Eagle .50″ from the hit movie Snatch. From the movie Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels you can choose from video wake up calls like “Use Language Like That” and “I think the word you’re looking for, gentleman, is thank you.” Also included in the 27 are new videos of Vinnie jarring you out of your slumbers with one liners like “Oi, You! get Out of Bed!”

Graphically, Payback looks pretty good, and a definite step up from the GBA version of Payback. The viewpoint for the game is top-down 3D, similar in style to GTA 1 and 2, using a flat texture for street level, with buildings and other objects stretching up towards you. It works well, particularly in motion, adding to the feeling of a real, tangible living world. Unfortunately, there is some slowdown during explosions and when many objects on screen at once, but it’s not a huge factor.

Vinnie Jones reportedly wants to help Paul Gascoigne beat his alcohol addiction by taking him to a deserted island.

According to The Sun, the footballer-turned-actor believes that he can make Gascoigne connect with nature on the island by hunting animals and doing “man’s work”. Jones allegedly wants to document the experience with a video camera. A source said: “Vinnie thinks it’s terrible what Gazza has been going through and is convinced some tough love is needed. Vinnie loves hunting and fishing and reckons it does more to aid the soul than things like rehab.

“Gazza is a man’s man so it should be up his street. It will be a bit like a cross between Castaway and Lost with lots of survival tactics. With Vinnie and Gazza together it will be full of surprises.”

While Vinnie is getting his film crew together and making flight arrangements he should give Gazza an iPhone with the Vinnie Jones Wake Up Call iPhone application on it. Everytime Gazza feels like he needs a pep talk from Vinnie he can just watch him on the iPhone.

“If you struggle to get out of bed in the mornings, VINNIE JONES has the solution.

The movie hardman has come up with his own Wake Up Call application for Apple’s iPhone and iPod Touch that sees him screaming one-liners like “Oi, you! Get out of bed” at anyone brave enough to download it.

It’s also got 27 exclusive new videos of Vinnie Jones spouting his popular movie lines such as “It’s been emotional” from hit film Snatch and “I think the word you’re looking for, gentleman, is thank you” from Lock, Stock.

You’ll find it available for download on iTunes for £1.19.

Although knowing you’ve got that to wake up to will make getting to sleep a much harder task. “

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Vinnie Jones was spotted at football training with his LA based team The Hollywood All Stars. Jones (pictured) spent a few minutes before training in sunny LA laughing and showing off his new iPhone application The Vinnie Jones Wake Up Call.

“If an angry soccer hooligan can’t get you up, nothing will.” This is what The iPhone App Review website had to say about the Vinnie Jones Wake Up Call when they reviewed our App. On their rating system, the Vinnie Jones Wake Up Call scored 6/10.

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Price: $1.99 Score: 6/10

The Vinnie Jones Wake Up Call is for all those mornings when it will take nothing short of a tough-guy yelling abuse to get you out of bed. The app was developed by Branded Research in association with Jones’ himself and features 19 different quotes from his movies and 8 recorded just for iPhone.

The Vinnie Jones Wake Up Call is simple enough to use – choose a wake-up time, select a wake-up quote and you’re set.

There are a few quality lines, like this classic from Snatch,

* “The fact that you’ve got replica written down the side of your guns, and the fact that I’ve got Desert Eagle .50 written down the side of mine, should precipitate your balls into shrinking along with your presence. Now get lost.”

A selection of the others – some more appropriate as a “wake-up” call;

* “Oi Elvis! Two beers!”
* “If you think you’re hard, I’ll show you what hard is mate.”
* “A busy mind is a happy mind”
* “If you wanna be a pro footballer, you’ll never do it smoking like that son.”
* “Get up. It’s a man’s game”

The quotes in this app weren’t actually just pulled from their various movies, they were re-recorded with Vinnie himself. If you were planning on using The Vinnie Jones Wake Up Call for said purpose, rather than just comic relief, there is a unique wake up call for each day of the week, e.g

“Oi! It’s Monday morning – GET OUT OF BED!!”

I prefer to be woken up a bit more gently in the morning, but if you need the encouragement and don’t mind the $1.99 price-tag- The Vinnie Jones Wake Up Call isn’t a bad option.

If an angry English soccer hooligan can’t get you up, nothing will.

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Got an iPhone or an iPod Touch and just burning to to try the Vinnie Jones Wake Up Call? Get it from iTunes

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AppCraver is one of the top iPhone application review sites on the internet. They reviewed the Vinnie Jones Wake Up Call and gave it a stellar 9/10.

You can read it Here

Here are some excerpts from the review:

“iPhone users can rest a little easier tonight. You no longer have to wake up the blaring sounds of random digital noise from your alarm clock. The very English ex-professional footballer Vinnie Jones has released Vinnie Jones Wake up Call. If you’ve incorporated lines from popular Hollywood movies like Snatch, or Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels into your vocabulary you’re in for a real treat.”

“Overall, this app is pretty good. The visual interface is well done and visually interesting. The videos are high quality. The sounds are clear and easy to understand.”

The Official Vinnie Jones Wake Up Call is a video alarm clock application with new videos of ex-pro footballer turned Hollywood movie star, Vinnie Jones, spouting off his popular movie lines and his signature one-liners. Featured, are 27 new videos to choose from which include “It’s Been Emotional” and “Desert Eagle .50” from the hit movie Snatch. From Guy Ritchie’s movie Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels you can choose from video wake up calls like “Use Language Like That” and “I think the word you’re looking for, gentleman, is thank you.” Also included in the 27 are new videos of Vinnie jarring you out of your slumbers with one liners like “Oi, You! get Out of Bed!”

Got an iPhone or an iPod Touch and just burning to to try the Vinnie Jones Wake Up Call? Get it from iTune Here

Wanna keep updated with what is happening with the Vinnie Jones Wake Up Call? Become a fan of the Official Facebook Page HERE