The story of a man having his ribs removed is so old that it is literally biblical – but Adam’s reasons for abdominectomy were very different to those of Prince, if the rumours are to be believed. So just how did those stories about Prince getting bones removed to nosh himself off get started?
Every so often we come into a contact with a rumour that simply refuses to die; a shaggy dog story that does the rounds, week after week, month after month. Where do they all come from? We intend to find out. This month: Yoko Ono, the Cheeky Girls and Desert Island Discs.
Richard Desmond’s autobiography The Real Deal promises a look at Britain’s Most Controversial Media Mogul. But anyone reading it would be hard pressed to understand why he bills himself as controversial. We all understand what he means, but you wouldn’t get it from reading this book. He’s awfully, awfully quiet about all the pornography. Now why might that be?
The one person that every celebrity in Hollywood has on speed dial – even above their publicist and plastic surgeon – is Marty Singer. With a style and reputation that British lawyers can only dream of, it’s no wonder he’s the go-to litigator of choice for celebrities in the US.
Ten years after getting six million votes in The X Factor final, Steve Brookstein (the man who got six million votes in The X Factor) finally releases his tell-all book in which he reveals exactly what it’s like to get six million votes in The X Factor final. And also to have the entire UK media conspire against you.
There is still one question that remains from the fallout of the whole Dapper Laughs debacle. Namely: why on earth would ITV commission such a controversial comedian to make a blatantly sexist show? If you take Dapper out of the equation though, it suddenly starts to make a lot more sense…
I saw Lucy this week – it’s the new film by Luc Besson. That’s the Luc Besson who directed such classics as Leon and The Fifth Element, as well as wrote cult action flicks like The Transporter and Taken. It’s fair to say I like the man – his films are great. So with Lucy, I thought I’d be in for a treat, seeing as the trailer promised something between Limitless (which I enjoyed) and The Matrix (which I enjoyed). Tee hee, silly me – what I got instead was the most brain-bending stack of nonsense I’ve encountered in a very long time.
Jimmy Carr and Chris Moyles were just the smug and arrogant tips of the iceberg. Tax avoidance is rife in the celebrity class – from those too greedy to stay clear of the too-good-to-be-true schemes, to those too thick to understand what their financial advisers are telling them. But how do you make money from a tax scheme? Andy why do people keep picking on the poor old film industry?