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Kylie and Dannii Menage

 

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* Steve Coogan’s fancy bedspread!
* Dr Fox’s first impressions!
* PLUS: A happy ending for Stormy!
>> Bulbous salutations <<
Fun guys, stick together
 

As it’s party conference season, no doubt lots of you are reading this week to see which MP has been waggling their knob around in the bogs. Most of the properly extravagant stuff usually happens at the Tory conference, which is next week – but we didn’t want you to go without any icky dick tales in the meantime. So here’s a different one.

According to someone who has had relatively extensive exposure to it, Piers Morgan has got more in common with his big buddy Donald Trump than most of us realise.

If Stormy Daniels’ description of Trump’s toadstool is accurate, then there’s really not mush room between the two of them at all.

Someone needs to hit F5 on Spotify’s algorithm. An email blast this week was promoting a Chas & Dave gig at De Montfort Hall on October 28th.
>> For Fox sake <<
Kylie and Dannii menage
 

They say you never get a second chance at a first impression, which is presumably why “Dr” Neil Fox has taken such care to craft a real zinger.

Once, when presented with a stranger that he wanted to impress, Foxy held out his hand to shake, telling them it was the hand of the only man to have shagged “both Kylie AND Dannii Minogue”.

Heard a worse introduction from a celeb? hello@popbitch.com

TMZ reports that Bill Cosby’s first meal in prison was a chicken patty with gravy, mixed veg and mash, with vanilla pudding for afters. Delicious!
>> Big Questions <<
Who’s asking what this week?
The lead singer of which very credible indie band is moonlighting as the go-to high-end weed dealer for the celebrities of downtown Manhattan?
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>> Storm relief <<
Nothing like a happy ending
 

It’s caused a hell of a lot of turbulence in the news cycle, but there hasn’t been a satisfactory conclusion to any of the Stormy Daniels stories yet.

Except for one. Remember the journalist who set up an interview with her for Rolling Stone earlier in the year? Since Stormy separated from her partner, the two of them have apparently started banging.

Congratulations to Kevin from Liberty X who’s taking Marti Pellow’s place in Wet Wet Wet. Looking forward to seeing how he blasts out Sweet Little Mystery with an armful of skag.
>> Cox fight <<
Chilling party talk
 

anon writes:
“Years ago, I was involved in making a documentary about Russian history where Brian Cox came in to do the voiceover. Sadly, Cox turned out to be a moody old git. Most annoying was his habit of checking every line with his daughter who he’d brought along to watch (she was doing Russian at A Level). Based on her advice, he insisted on changing half the script that had been months in the making, often to the detriment of the film. Things got so testy that the dubbing mixer had to step in before Cox and a member of the production came to blows.

“Many years later, I was at a party and got chatting to someone who loved the series Deadwood as much as I did. I told her that my one caveat about the series was its inclusion of Brian Cox, who I couldn’t stand after he’d turned up at a VO recording with his daughter. I told her I thought Cox was basically “a cunt” and explained why.

“She smiled at me, and asked if I was joking – because she was his daughter and she remembered that day very fondly.”

We may have done Mark Lamarr a slight disservice. Apparently he told many audiences at Never Mind The Buzzcocks that they were the worst audience they’d ever had and they should fuck off – not just the one in on 9/11.
>> Funny money <<
Coogan’s fancy bedspread
 

They’ve both hit the big time now, so this sort of sight isn’t likely to faze either of them any more but, back when they were buddies starting out, Steve Coogan once brought Zoë Ball up to his hotel room for a drink.

He opened the door, whereupon Zoë clocked a load of £20 notes scattered all over his bed. Zoë asked him “What’s all that?”

“That…” Steve replied, in exactly the way you’re imagining “…is £2,000.”

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>> Self love <<
What’s in a name?
 

Strictly’s Kate Silverton is known to certain friends and acquaintances as ‘Freya’, but where did she get that nickname?

Freya Media Limited used to be the title of Kate’s own media company, which was supposedly named for the Norse goddess of love, sex and attraction. So whoever first thought to call her ‘Freya’ as a personal nickname must have had an extremely high opinion of her.

And who was that person? Why, none other than… Kate Silverton!

FYI: Silverton’s media company changed its name in 2011. It’s now Pangolin Media Limited. Cute.

Nominative Determinism of the Week: The Port of London Authority worker featured in the BBC’s coverage of the beluga whale in the Thames story… Tanya Ferry!
>> Stone broke <<
The Andrew Lloyd Webber approach
 

55 years into their career, the Rolling Stones are on course to be the highest-earning touring rock band in 2018. How do they manage it?

The Stones’ touring company set up a meeting with their support bands’ management to decide how to best cut overheads. The meeting was so detailed that even the decision to remove premium biscuits from the bands’ riders was discussed (and actioned).

Mick Jagger seems to take this sort of cost-cutting very seriously as he attended the meeting in person. In fact, he flew in by private jet to do so.

Madonna and Stella McCartney call each other Melly and Stelly on Instagram.
>> Albarn-stormer <<
A bit of a blur
 

It’s always been Britpop canon that Oasis were the ones who’d spill your pint and start a brawl in a bar, while Blur were just a bunch of southern art-school softies – but maybe that’s not the case.

Someone who got chatting to Gorillaz’ Jamie Hewlitt at a bar one night got a taste of Damon Albarn’s dark side.

Albarn came over to collect Jamie, telling him it was time to go. When Jamie tried to introduce Albarn to the guy he’d been talking to, instead of saying a word, Albarn turned to him and picked up the guy’s full pint of Guinness. He downed most of it in one, before slamming the dregs down on the bar, turning back to Jamie and saying, “Come on. Let’s go.”

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>> Hmmms <<
Cheetos, doggers, Phil Mitchell
 

BBC Television Centre is now luxury flats. And who better to market them than… Savills?
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Coldwar Steve has got an exhibition coming up
[See details on The Social]

Local News Of The Week
[Read on Lincolnshire Live]

International News Of The Week
[Read on NME]

How alleged sexual harassers kept their jobs under the eye of Andy Lack
[Read on The Daily Beast]

Bradley Cooper really doesn’t like being interviewed
[Read on NYT]

The 2018 Most Marketable Athletes chart has been revealed. No 1? Paul Pogba…
[See at SportsPro Media]

Thanks to: PL, KA, LC, S, O, SG, AB, MH, JH, RS, MM, AH
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It’s one of the benefits of Heinz site.Still Bored?
We were guests on the most recent episode of The The One Show Show – the rather excellent podcast which dissects the contents of The One Show each week. Our episode involves Danny Dyer on peacock shagging, Bonnie Langford on horse shit and how Roger Moore invented the Magnum
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