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| “If I was Oliver Colman, I’d be earning a fuck of a lot more” – Olivia Colman |
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* Scrabble with the stars
* Brooklyn borks another job
* PLUS: Who’s Laura Marling? |
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| >> OnlyTans << |
| A hotbed of activity |
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Why go to all the expense of hiring a fancy studio to stage your X-rated glamour shoots, when there’s plenty of perfectly serviceable places you can get your bits out for the internet.This weekend Danniella Westbrook was shooting some explicit content for her OnlyFans subscribers at Megatan Lounge in Loughton – doubling up her standard sunbed session as a premium nude shoot. |
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| Vick Hope says she and husband Calvin Harris spend their evenings playing Scrabble. Current scores: Calvin has won 84 games, to her 75. |
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| >> Phantom menace << |
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NB writes:
“Struck by your recent item about ‘Norah Moans’, I remembered being told (a couple of decades ago, admittedly) by a theatrical personage that when Michael Crawford came to the end of his long Phantom of the Opera run, during which he had been unstintingly obnoxious to the stage crew at every opportunity, they clubbed together to buy him a retirement-style gold watch.
“On the back was engraved ‘You cunt.'” |
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| Imogen Poots said that her most embarrassing moment came when she asked a young woman if she had ever heard Laura Marling, to which the reply came, “I am Laura Marling.” |
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| >> Shephard and Hyde << |
| The many faces of Ben |
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A couple of weeks back we mentioned that Cat Deeley was an apt replacement for Holly, but there’s also been some chatter that Ben Shephard’s nice guy routine might well be tested to the limit on This Morning.
Back in Ben’s GMTV days, when he was often sent to red carpet events to interview the stars, showbiz journalists around him remember a Jekyll and Hyde personality.
He had an impeccably chummy persona with celebs when the camera was rolling. But as soon as the camera stopped and the celeb moved on, he was an incorrigible gossip with his crew, making everyone laugh with really bitchy comments about his interviewees’ appearances up close. |
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| C writes: “Anton Du Beke was at my goddaughter’s christening and the priest remarked at the end how much he looked like the dancer from Strictly Come Dancing. I said “Well, that’s cos he is” and laughed. That laugh was quickly curtailed when I was reprimanded by the priest for lying in church.” |
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| >> A career hi << |
| Brooklyn borks another job |
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Poor old Brooklyn Beckham. Even his wife thinks he’s a dimwit.
Nicola Peltz-Beckham wrote and directed a film that got released in the US last month: Lola. Brooklyn was supposed to have a cameo in it. According to his wife, he only had one line (“Hi”) but he couldn’t say it an American accent, nor could he stop staring directly into the camera while speaking.
So Nicola cut him, “I was like, ‘Oh god, we have to move on, good lord’.” A move she said made Brooklyn, “actually really upset”. |
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| Michael Jackson’s youngest song Blanket has changed his name. He now goes by “Bigi”. |
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| >> The humble Warrior << |
| Gladiator learns his lesson |
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Another reader from the St Asaph area has been in touch to explain why Warrior was always so reticent to get involved whenever scraps broke out at The Talardy when he worked the doors there.One night, punters recall an altercation taking place between Warrior and another guy who was a good half-foot shorter than him. Warrior was busy giving it the big I Am, apparently unaware that the shorter guy he was lording over was local boxing legend Craig Winters. When the trash talk stopped and the punches started flying, Winters proceeded to kick Warrior’s arse up and down the club, pretty much wiping the floor with him.
Funnily enough, after that night, Warrior stopped getting so involved with the fights. |
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| The only type of spirit to see its sales grow in the US over the last year: tequila (up 6%). Whisky held steady, vodka dropped a little, but everything else saw a 3-5% fall in popularity. |
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| >> Popbits << |
| This week’s audio quizzes |
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This week, we’re going to have our 600th daily music quiz. God knows how we’ve managed to cobble so many together – but last week saw quizzes on Guy Ritchie, Actors on Desert Islands Discs and French House.This week, we have another set ready for you to pull apart and identify. Each two-and-a-bit minute mix contains ten songs. You just have name each song’s title and each song’s artist – and give yourself a point for every correct answer you give.
Monday’s Theme: Drag Race UK Lip Syncs
[Play it here] |
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| From Klingon covers to medieval interpretations, CIA torture tracks to songs that sample musicals (more similar than you might imagine) – there is over a full day’s worth of music quizzes in the archives. Available to play [here] |
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| >> Hmmms << |
| A few quick things |
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Nu-media post-mortem long reads, pt.1: An oral history of Pitchfork
[Read on Slate]
Nu-media post-mortem long reads, pt.2: The coffee machine the explained Vice
[Read on Defector]
A list of rejected names in Iceland
[Male | Female] |
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| Thanks to: CF, TO, boris_bogtrotter, bobbifleckmann, V |
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Old Jokes Home
Did you hear that the man who invented the Knock Knock joke is finally being recognised.He’s getting the No Bell Prize. |
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