Popbitch Popquiz // Latest Edition
Featuring eight brand new rounds of pop gossip and guesswork, the latest Popbitch Popquiz includes erotic imposters in Spitting Images; half-brained celebrity tweets in Twitter Twatter; a Nick Cannon offspring crossword, “K-Pop or KKK-Pop?” and much, much more…
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| “She was a pop star, then she got pissed for five years with an old man” – Billie Piper (on Billie Piper) |
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* Shaun Ryder’s handy snack
* Christmas at Cilla’s
* PLUS: Next year’s sounds |
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| >> Picture this << |
| The threesome from hell |
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With Milo Yiannopoulos now fired from the Kanye campaign, at the same time his former flame Conor Burns MP has had the Tory whip reinstated – a quick story about the pair of them that we’ll probably never get a better chance to mention again.
George W Bush wasn’t the only top-tier politico that Milo was introduced to during the pair’s short-lived ‘thing’. Conor’s go-to photo when showing off his boyfriend to people was one of him and Milo at dinner with… Margaret Thatcher. |
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| Kyle Walker says he wants to adopt Dave the stray cat at England’s hotel base. John Stones has made his claim for Dave’s one-eyed mate, Paul. |
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| >> Foiled! << |
| A plan up in smoke |
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One of the unfortunate bystanders in the whole Kayne/InfoWars/Hitler fiasco was YooHoo: the chocolate drink that Kanye brought on set in order to do his impression of Benjamin Netanyahu (“Netan-YooHoo”).
We’ve always enjoyed it when unassuming brands get accidentally wrapped up into the worst stories imaginable. Like when Josef Fritzl used an Esselte-branded folder to cover his face on his way to court; or when Pukka Pad kept getting mentioned by name in Justin Lee Collins’ harassment trial.
One of the best examples involved Shaun Ryder. He was once photographed for Select magazine and was asked to hold something of personal significance to him. He posed with a fistful of KitKats, saying he liked them because they “kept him going through our long, arduous tours”.
Nestlé was initially thrilled at the publicity – until they found out Shaun was joking. The bit of the KitKate he liked best was the foil wrapping. Which he used to smoke heroin. |
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| Shaun was once asked by a young Smash Hits reporter why he had a piece of foil with him. He told her that he was going to make a baked potato with it. |
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| >> Black market << |
| Little Saint Nick |
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A clip of Cilla Black singing All Night Long from her 1983 Xmas Special has gone viral on social media over the weekend – and for good reason. It’s absolutely excruciating.
Usually when celebs mock up these sorts of “house parties” in a studio they look nothing like their actual homes. We’re willing to bet that Cilla’s house ended up looking pretty similar though, if only because she likely would have nicked a lot of the trinkets from set.
Cilla was one of the most prolific kleptos working in telly in her day. The famous industry story about her is that she’d always steal two champagne flutes from green rooms whenever she appeared, eventually amassing a collection in her house of around 300. She did the same with catering too. Not only would she scoop up every single morsel put out and take it home with her, she’d take the actual platters they came on as well. |
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| Reach are making staff in their newsrooms pay for their own Xmas parties again. The choices on offer: donate £25 to charity, use that same £25 as a deposit to attend the office Xmas party or – if they ask for it specifically – they can get it as a festive bonus. |
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| >> Footing the bill << |
| The house that toe-jobs built |
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In Thursday’s issue we alluded to some of the negative fallout from Sarah Ferguson’s toe-sucking tabloid scandal. It wasn’t doom-and-gloom for everyone involved though…
claret_badger writes:
“My boss bought a flat in Port Isaac Cornwall and got chatting to the neighbour. The Victorian properties are quite nice with amazing views of the sea. Not cheap. The neighbour was quite happy to divulge that he was the guy that took the Fergie toe-sucking photos, the profits from which bought his place.” |
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| >> Sounding off << |
| A magnificent seven |
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Radio 1 has just released its “Sound of 2023” long list, made up of the artists they think you should be watching next year. A handful of them meet with Popbitch’s highly discerning ear too – so to spare you doing battle with the whole thing, we made a truncated little highlights playlist.
Get a headstart on next year by listening to these.
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| Five of the Top 10 US Billboard Hot 100 Hits in 2022 were Brit songs: Harry Styles As It Was; Ed Sheeran’s Shivers; Glass Animals’ Heatwaves; Elton and Dua’s Cold Heart and Adele’s Easy On Me. |
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| >> Popquiz << |
| This week’s audio rounds |
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This week, to gradually ease us into the festive season, we’re revisiting a theme from last December for our audio quizzes. Each day, we’ll upload a three minute mix made up of songs by artists that appeared on each version of Band Aid.
All you need to do is figure out the artists (a point for each) and what they’re singing (a second). Couldn’t be easier.
Monday’s theme: Band Aid (’84)
Tuesday’s theme: Band Aid II (’89) |
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| If you want to play last year’s Band Aid audio rounds – or any of the 280-odd rounds now available – you can find them all in the audio quiz archive [here] |
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| Thanks to: AA, misterswan, J, w_o_e, TH, pauline, claretbadger
Sorry: for the delay to Second Serve this week. Had some technical issues with the Popbitch site yesterday. |
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Old Jokes Home
The Fleetwood Mac satnav might be bad, but it’s not as bad as the Bonnie Tyler one.
All that does is tell you to turn around.
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The Daily Audio Quiz archive is [here] |
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