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* Banksy’s new cock-up
* Two’s company for activists
* Charts: Meghan’s bass is still no 1
>> Gay-dur <<
The Hoff’s sick beat
David Hasselhoff was a guest speaker at the IAB (Internet Advertising Bureau) Engage conference yesterday at the Barbican.
He soon managed to get himself on shaky ground. The Hoff recalled being asked at the Oxford Union if KITT was gay and answered that “A car being gay is more sick than being gay” – before realising how that had come across and having to add “But being gay is cool!”
He also talked without irony about his gig on the Berlin Wall, then segued onto his current work in that famous bastion of freedom and democracy, the UAE.
One of his themes was that the press tells lies and Twitter allows him to put the record straight. So here we go…
Fashionable in 2015 – fragrances that smell of animals, we’re told by a perfumier.
>> Currant fun <<
Red face, red top
The Sun’s anti-ISIS campaign seems to have caused a great deal of mirth among News UK employees. One of their big ideas was to photograph every member of staff holding up a sign with their own particular reason for being against ISIS.
Until it was pointed out that perhaps being anti-ISIS wasn’t really such a radical stance. And that photos of Sun journalists trying not to laugh while holding up signs like “I’m against beheadings” might not advance the cause that much.
Popbitch’s favourite person on the US Sex Offender’s Register… Mr A Arthur Wanke.
>> Big Questions <<
Who wants to know what?
Which celebrity hairdresser was a little upset not to be invited to a certain celebrity wedding this summer? Not least because he claims he was having dinner with the groom and his boyfriend only a few months before.
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>> Hole in one? <<
Two’s company for activists
Becoming an activist on behalf of an international charity is a much sought-after position, despite its drawbacks (say, being thrown in jail by Putin while in Russia on Greepeace business). But it is one sector where female applicants are doing incredibly well at getting hired.
Getting the right photos and videos out of dangerous and politically sensitive situations is key, and activists receive serious training to get this right. So why are women hired so often? One of them tells us the secret. You’re taught that in emergency you’ll need to find somewhere incredibly safe for the memory cards, film or USB sticks that you’re smuggling back to UK.
And women? Have two usable holes, not one.
Handy.
Caroline Pidgeon, leader of the Liberal Democrat London Assembly Group, has said she supports plans to ban smoking in Trafalgar Square…
>> Goldenballs up <<
Byrneing his bridges?
Jack Wilshere cemented his starring role for England this week by signing up with a new management company, 10Ten. Formed by Terry Byrne (who is best known as Goldenballs’ former sidekick), who has another company, 1966, which looks after the commercial rights of the England football team.
So the man who sorts out the England team’s commercial deals is also the agent for just one of those players? The FA don’t seem to have realised the problem. But the agents of some of the other players do. Two, in particular, are rallying the rest to lobby the FA to disallow what they say is a conflict of interest.
FYI: Another client is Sky’s touchline reporter, Geoff Shreeves. Sports reporters are already looking forward to seeing Geoff deal with any future incidents involving little Jack.
Remember how we told you Scott Disick was selling stories about friends and family to the celeb weeklies? Seems like Tori Spelling is looking to utilise the same business model.
>> Secret Agency <<
Baby it’s cold Outside
Many of the high-flyers at London’s best entertainment PR agencies were surprised to receive a call from a rival agency recently, inviting them to meet up to discuss their futures.
They were even more astounded when it turned out that this agency – Outside Organisation – was pretty much suggesting that they all join forces underneath Outside’s umbrella to create one big supergroup-style PR agency. But – for the small number curious enough to take this meeting at a private members’ club – they were positively flabbergasted to find that the man wielding a PowerPoint presentation, trying to persuade them into it was none other than Sun-reject Dominic Mohan.
We await any further developments with bated breath.
Reasons The Music Industry Is In Trouble, No.521: Universal Music thought it was a good idea to put out a compilation called “Selfie”.
>> Cock up <<
Graffiti on graffiti
pauly writes:
“There’s an arts festival going in Folkestone, the Triennial. Every three years we get a load of public artworks. Banksy’s been down and made his unofficial mark which generated much interest. The owners of the arcade it’s on put a big perspex sheet over it to protect it and stood a guard in front of it. They must have been snoozing while someone painted a cock on it. I’m guessing it’s just on the perspex and the original graffiti is still good, but who knows what will happen next. It’s a nice little soap opera though.”
The genesis of Genesis: the band was given copies of Crosby, Stills and Nash records when starting out to help them perfect their sound.
>> As it ‘app-ens <<
Jingle Jangle Dupery
Issue Nine of Popbitch Magazine is out today. In it, we look at the unexpected rise of #Justice4Jimmy and the Jimmy Savile Truther movement, comedian Kim Noble compiles a gallery of curiosities for you, and we get an insider’s explanation of how the celebrity glossies get their sources.
It also contains the greatest picture of David Sullivan you will ever see – and reveals which well-loved celebrity was given the nickname ‘Chicken Fucker’ at his dildo factory.
There’s dozens of pages of smut and silliness, as well as some proper serious reads – and it’s only £1.49.
Download it for your phone or your tablet now.
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>> Hmmms <<
Lots of lovely links
Eavesdropping on Ben Fogle:
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Ridiculously good Pact coffee through your letterbox. Your first 250g for just £1 (normally £6.95) with voucher code start10:
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Earth Wind for Hire:
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The pet care company with the most google hits?
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Can I have a pair of glasses with that menu? No!?
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GG Allin masks – perfect for Halloween:
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Hold the press – X Factor liability Kitty Brucknell has entered Switzerland’s Eurovision contest:
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Counter-intuitive piece on the Obama presidency:
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Old Jokes Home:
Q/ What do you call a gangly insect that flies in your face then explodes?
A/ Jihaddy-longlegs
