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* Comedy doppelgängers!
* Elton’s first martini!
* PLUS: More music video cameos |
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| >> Horse play << |
| Newsroom rumours |
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The horse-loving lady who gave Harry a good pumping in the field at the back of a pub has decided to break cover and reveal herself as Sasha Walpole, a former stable hand at Highgrove House.
It’s always nice to put a name to these stories, but we must confess to being a little disappointed. We were holding out hope that there might have been something to the rumour that was making its way around even some of the more reputable newsrooms.
That the woman who snipped Harry’s wick was… Liz Hurley. |
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| Liz Hurley used to make interns at her production company break in her shoes for her by having them walk along Kensington High Street in them. |
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| >> Double trouble << |
| Celeb Doppelgängers: comedy edition |
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Bob Mortimer mentioned on an old episode of Richard Herring’s Leicester Square Theatre podcast that he once had an autograph handed back to him because he wasn’t Kevin Spacey. (Always remember: Kevin Spacey worked with the Old Vic; Bob worked with a Middle Aged Vic).
Even though he’s much more famous, Jason Manford keeps getting mistaken for the guy who does the Plusnet ads.
Hal Cruttenden signs autographs as Martin Roberts off of Homes Under The Hammer so as not to let fans of the show down. |
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| Spotted yesterday: Will Self walking out of the M&S in Brixton, setting off the alarm as he went. |
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| >> Oh, brother! << |
| The wit and wisdom of Goss |
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Matt Goss gave a new interview at the weekend, and it was excellent value as always. It’s just a shame that Lee Ryan has been stopped from doing press ever since he was found guilty of harassing BA cabin crew – otherwise we could have had a 2023 round of our favourite quiz: Lee Ryan or Matt Goss?
Instead, you’ll just have to enjoy some selected highlights of Matt’s:
* “When I was single, a dating site I was on sent me an email saying ‘We don’t appreciate people pretending to be celebrities'”
* “I want to eat burgers every night and four Toblerones every day, but my love of clothes stops me”
* “I don’t think drugs are rock’n’roll but turning up to gigs in helicopters, being driven on stage in a Rolls, having lunch with Princess Diana, meeting the Stones in Kansas City, singing for Joe Biden, being the youngest guy to headline Wembley Stadium… My life has been rock’n’roll. I’m rock’n roll”.
* “My friends are known as MGM – the Matt Goss Mafia” |
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| Pictures of Shania Twain looking remarkably youthful were all over social media this weekend. We actually dropped the Shania Twain skincare regime in Popbitch #41: she uses cow udder balm as a moisturiser. |
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| >> Standing charges << |
| The story of the shoot |
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It’s a minor miracle that a video ever got shot for I’m Still Standing if Elton John’s reminiscences are anything to go by. Midway through the shoot in Cannes, Elton took a short break in his hotel bar with Duran Duran. There, Simon Le Bon ordered him his first vodka martini, which was followed by a further seven or eight – and few lines of cocaine.
A heavily refreshed Elton then ran back to the shoot, took off all his clothes and started rolling about on the floor, demanding the cameras start filming. His manager, John Reid – dressed in full clown costume and make-up, as part of the video – tried to intervene. Elton punched Reid so hard in the nose, crew were convinced it was broken.
Reid didn’t stick around long enough for them find out. Without changing his clothes, or wiping his face, he jumped into his car and drove to Calais to catch a ferry, where he alarmed everyone in his blood-soaked clown costume.
Meanwhile, Elton was coaxed back into his clothes by his PA and taken upstairs to sleep it off. Which he did. After smashing a hotel room to smithereens, trashing every last bit of furniture. |
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| >> Popquiz << |
| This week’s audio rounds |
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Last week saw quizzes on the themes of Girls Gone Solo, Boys Gone Solo, Prince and more. This week sees another five, served piping hot off the griddle. Each one contains a nutritious mix of mechanically reclaimed flecks ripped from ten different songs, and reformed into one gristly mix.
All you have to do is identify the ten songs in there. Give yourself a point for every song title and a point for every artist you successfully identify.
Monday’s theme: Foreign Covers II
[Play it here] |
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| You can always find the most recent audio quiz [here] and we keep a full archive of the quizzes so far [here]. |
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| >> Hmmms << |
| A few quick things |
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Pingu x KRS-One
[Noot Noot]
What can Napster tell us about the future?
[Read on Vox]
Shock news of the weekend: The reality version of Squid Game turned out to be unpleasant
[Read on Variety]
Keanu Reeves is surprising locals in pubs again
[Read on NME]
Gwyneth Paltrow singing Gary Glitter
[…in 2011] |
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| Thanks to: bobbi_fleckmann, SQ, LH, MB, HD, DB |
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Old Jokes Home
My doctor told me I was going deaf three years ago.
Haven’t heard from him since. |
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