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* Sex, drugs and stolen rollers
* Drummer-on-drummer action
* PLUS: Wetten das it end? |
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>> Holly moly << |
The nation’s sweetheart |
Yet more tales of Holly Willoughby’s diva behaviour reach the Popbitch inbox. One person who worked with Holly to promote a book she’d co-written (or at least, that someone had co-written) didn’t have an altogether positive experience.
Holly spent the entire day with this poor, beleaguered publicist ignoring them. Instead, all discussion had to be directed at Holly’s manager and Holly’s manager only, who fawned around her all day long.
The same poor manager who had to remind Holly to say goodbye at the end of the day, with a strategic whisper in the ear.
For what it’s worth Fearne Cotton – the other co-writer on the book – chatted away to everyone and gave out goodbye hugs, unprompted. |
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Katie Price’s “Mucky Mansion” is back on Rightmove after a £1.5 million sale fell through. |
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>> Ruthless << |
It must be love |
Amid all the tabloid drama of the Eamonn Holmes/Ruth Langsford divorce, Eamonn’s new girlfriend keeps getting papped looking like the cat that got the cream.
She’s obviously very smitten with her new catch. This week they jetted off to Barcelona together – and Eamonn was spotted at Heathrow at the crack of dawn barking orders as he zoomed about on his wheelchair.
Followed around by his 42-year-old new squeeze, who was trudging behind, clutching all of his luggage.
Ah, young love! |
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Kelly Brook’s first date with her fiancé was at The Box nightclub where a performer dressed as a Hasidic Jew smashed a giant pretzel over his head. |
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>> Role model << |
No paps, please |
Also jetting off this week: Norman Cook, spotted trying to go incognito at a Frankfurt departure gate, waiting for a much delayed flight back to London.
He was on his tod with no PA or manager to be seen, clearly trying to keep a low profile. An effort somewhat undermined by his Fatboy Slim-branded overnight suitcase.
And the fact that when the plane finally turned up, he was sat in Seat 1A. |
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Giorgia Meloni would smoke and drink Aperol Spritzes during her meetings with Rishi Sunak. |
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>> Foof fighter << |
Nirvana for shaggers |
Back before Dave Grohl made (and subsequently ruined) his reputation as a family man and the so-called “nicest guy in rock”, he was a proper shagger.
His appearance at Reading Festival in 1991, in Nirvana’s heyday, was apparently a particularly messy one.
Dave was caught administering some drummer-on-drummer action to Lori Barbero of Babes in Toyland, underneath the main stage – while their contemporaries Sonic Youth were playing above them. |
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The Hermes Birkin bag is now officially a better investment than gold. |
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>> Bye bye baby << |
Sex, drugs and stolen rollers |
The Bay City Rollers have just had their tour bus (a decidedly unglamorous white splitter van) nicked from outside a Premier Inn in Birmingham.
You may be thinking: why would the Bay City Rollers be touring in a nine-seater transit van and staying at a Premier Inn? While the band’s name is famous, their current line up is less historic, made up of touring musicians and normies who are now faced with the prospect of replacing some pretty spenny and irritatingly specific equipment.
Along with the van, the thieves made off with plenty of guitars and a drum kit, all painted tartan. Not exactly inconspicuous items to shift. |
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Orson Welles was the original choice for Darth Vader’s voice, but George Lucas worried he was too well known – so the role went to James Earl Jones instead. |
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>> Wetten das it end? << |
Bitte better time keeping |
After learning of Stephen Mulhern’s hours and hours long filming sessions for the You Bet! reboot, we were interested to hear that the show’s German original, Wetten Das? were similarly drawn out.
Broadcast live on Saturday nights, the show would begin at 8.15pm and go on past midnight. English speaking guests – like Hugh Grant and Liz Hurley – would have to endure it while wired up with earpieces for simultaneous interpretation so they could follow all the jokes.
Sounds like a hoot. |
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The Harlem Globetrotters have teamed up with The Wiggles to release a new song. Unfortunately the resulting single, “Bouncing Balls” doesn’t sound hugely kid friendly. |
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>> Popbits << |
This week’s audio quizzes |
Last week, we ended up on a bit of an E4 kick – giving you rounds from the soundtracks of Made In Chelsea, Inbetweeners, Hollyoaks and more.
This week, we’ll spare you too much more of that. But we’ve got another set of quizzes for you. Same routine as always – we’ve chopped ten songs together into a two-and-a-bit-minute mix.
Your job is to sift through the remains and see what you can identify. A point for each song title and a point for each artist.
Monday’s Theme: In Memoriam
[Play it here] |
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We’re creeping up on 700 audio rounds in the archive now. If you want to waste the next few weeks of your life – get on them. [Play them all here] |
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Thanks to: RL, B, DS, RW, TE, JG, HH, V20, PM, PR, CC, SK |
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Old Jokes Home
Q/ What do you give the dentist of the year?
A/ A little plaque |
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