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* Gaga’s stunning chills
* Posh people’s jokes
* Charts: Derulo still No. 1
>> Rumours <<
Taking the Mick
Good to see Fleetwood Mac still going strong and playing the Isle of Wight festival.
Mick Fleetwood’s drumming sounds as powerful as ever, which we’re sure isn’t anything to do with a second drum kit hidden from view by a curtain at the back of the stage.
Popbitch is overjoyed by Danny Dyer and Richard Blackwood in Eastenders. More good news? Gaffney’s back! (Add Danan and it’s the best show ever.)
>> Crapper laughs <<
Jokes for posh people
Proving that having money and privilege is no guarantee of wit or humour, we’re told David Cameron has a longstanding family nickname.
That nickname?
Fat Dave.
Police on patrol in Brent Cross spotted stopping their work to take selfies with… Michelle Collins!
>> Big Questions <<
Who’s asking what this week?
We’ve all now heard that Patrick Troughton died while enjoying a Doctor Who fangirl – but could it also be true that this fangirl was the same DW super-groupie who also lived with The Brigadier and then gave Tom Baker a dose?
Warwick Davis seen on a cool purple mini-segway, bombing up Shepherds Bush Rd.
>> Press-ganged <<
Slow news days for Gaga
Lady Gaga got some breathless media praise for singing Imagine at the opening ceremony of the European Games in Azerbaijan.
Weird how that praise only started getting published on June 16th though, given that the opening ceremony actually took place on the 12th.
And doubly weird how all the showbiz news outlets had exactly the same reaction. Hers was a “stunning version”, which would “give you chills”.
MTV – “Stunning… chills”
Mashable – “Stunning”
Buzzfeed – “Chills”
News Cult “Stunning”
Zimbio – “Stunning”
Eonline – “Chill-inducing”
You’d almost think PRs for Gaga and Azerbaijan were so keen for people to gloss over the human rights issues being raised by the games that they sent out a press release to people they knew would just rehash their words without any question or comment, wouldn’t you?
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The Mathematics of Love: an evening talk by Dr Hannah Fry, Soho, 8 Sep. What’s the chance of finding love? The probability it will last? Can game theory help decide who to approach in a bar? 20% off tickets (inc. book and glass of wine) now 28GBP with code POPBITCH:
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>> Arnie’s double <<
“I’ll be out back”
Claridge’s was swarming with autograph hunters last week, all hoping to get a moment with Arnold Schwarzenegger who was staying there while promoting the new Terminator movie.
One person hoping to make the most of the situation was perennial chancer Alex Zane, who spent an inordinate amount of time loitering about outside the hotel, smoking and deliberately trying to catch the eye of the crowds, so that he’d be recognised.
Sadly, not a single Arnie fan took a blind bit of notice.
Pub heaven comes to Battersea! The Grove launches tonight 279 Battersea Park Rd. (From those nice people at the Lord Nelson, Southwark) Come along – homemade shots, canapes etc
>> Phone vex <<
Banging on the telephone
Stewart Lee and Harry Hill have both gone out of their way this year to make digs about their ex-agent Jon Thoday.
The Avalon comedy supremo (who recently announced his desire to buy BBC3) isn’t known in the industry for his sweet temper.
Our favourite tale so far: When someone dared to put the phone down on him, he got his PA to ring that person back, just to say “No-one does that to Jon”. And then slam the phone down.
Cats – first YouTube phenomenon to make a successful transition to TV? Channel 5 this week, Psycho Pussies: When Cats Attack. Next week, 90 Cats and Counting: Cat Crazies.
>> Tom Foolery <<
A conservative response
Tom McRae showcased his excellent new album in London recently and couldn’t help giving post-election commentary between songs. About how much he hated David Cameron and the government. Repeatedly.
Right in the front watching was Jeremy Vine, with a mate. As they were leaving, McRae’s sister went over to thank the presenter for coming. She pressed a CD into his hand, and then gave one to his friend, suspecting he was a BBC colleague.
As they walked off, someone commended her for having the nerve to hand over CDs. “Why?” she asked. “Well, that was Craig Oliver. David Cameron’s Director of Communications…”
The curse of Geri? George Michael in rehab, Robbie’s career stalled, now Mr Halliwell (a.k.a. Christian Horner) to be axed by Red Bull?
>> Tears of a clown <<
Nigel’s salty splashes
Is there anywhere in Britain more confusing to work than UKIP? First leader Nigel Farage resigned. Then he unresigned. Then his deputy, Suzanne Evans, was sacked. Then she was, er, unsacked.
Backstabbing and plots are everywhere you turn. It’s not like the old days.
You only have to go back 18 months to when UKIP MEP Godfrey Bloom was sacked for calling women “sluts” and hitting Michael Crick with his UKIP brochure.
Back then, Farage sat down and cried after having to sack him.
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Kabul has a mystery streaker. The man gets ’em off and gets out and about to protest unemployment.
>> Warner bothers <<
Prized Apart no BBC prize
Karma seems to have struck former BBC Commissioner Karl Warner, who left the BBC to set up his own production company Electric Ray. Warner took the IP for the show Prized Apart with him (even though it had been developed in-house) and then promptly gained gain a Saturday night BBC commission!
After howls of outrage an inquiry was held and rules changed to prevent this kind of thing happening again.
And Prized Apart? It’s tanking and haemorrhaging viewers.
So Warner loses his once-good industry reputation, and for what? A show described in the Mirror this week as “a flop gameshow… that could well have been brought to the table by the flaky bloke with the big glasses from BBC2’s spoof of the BBC, W1A.”
Ouch.
A report on global corruption has three countries tied for the top spot: Somalia, DRC and North Korea.
>> Let’s get quizzical <<
The Popbitch Summer Quiz!
Come join us on Tuesday 7 July, for the Popbitch summer quiz at Smiths, Spitalfields (Shoreditch) 7pm, 5GBP each. You don’t need to be a gossip-hound to win. There’s plenty of silly rounds to enjoy.
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>> Hmmms <<
Hotels, Jobs, Minions
Ah, 80s TV. Rock Hudson and Bea Arthur sing about drugs:
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Someone’s taking requests for mucky pictures of the minions from Despicable Me:
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Only 99GBP – Dinner, B&B for two, Laura Ashley country hotel, Herts:
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Ever wondered what the celeb parties in OK! were actually like? Wonder no more:
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Now he’s dead we’re coming round to James Last:
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Radio Times claims its Game of Thrones v Dr Who to be Queen Victoria…
http://bit.ly/1Ne8N8m
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Thanks to: PR, posh_duckhunter, JD, tatey, JF, AM, RG, monstris, JM, SA, deep_stoat
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A/ A Megasaurarse
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