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* Danny Dyer’s dangling anecdote
* Flying high with Peter Capaldi
* PLUS: Opening old metal wounds |
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>> Hands free << |
Hanging out in the lavs |
How hard has Jeremy Hunt been working on preparing today’s Autumn Statement? From the sounds of it, it’s been non-stop.
Someone who found themselves standing next to Hunt at the urinals this last week noticed he was so glued to his phone throughout, using both thumbs to tap away on it, that the bulk of his piss took place without a guiding hand. |
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Selena Gomez named her donated kidney “Fred” after Fred Armisen, because she loves Portlandia. |
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>> Three’s company << |
An ambitious crossover event |
The big TV storyline this Christmas will be Danny Dyer’s farewell to Albert Square in EastEnders. We’ll be sad to see Danny go for many reasons, not least because of the second hand gossip we hear from people on set who say he’s an excellent font of celeb anecdotes.
Fingers crossed there are enough filming days left for someone to squeeze a bit more detail out of him on the tantalising titbit he once dangled that involved a historic little love triangle involving him, Gillian Anderson and a hugely respected KBE… |
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>> Big Questions << |
Who’s asking what this week? |
Which celebrity tries to avoid incurring any online scrutiny by getting the young ladies he dates to scrub their social media accounts so that nosy journalists can’t start sniffing around them? |
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[Enter here before 12:45pm GMT on Mon 21st Nov] |
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>> Text appeal << |
An early tele appearance |
We knew a bit about Daniel Bedingfield’s early work before he made it big with Gotta Get Thru This. He composed the hold music for the phone switchboard at Lewisham College. He spent some time working as a web developer, where colleagues remember he kept a stick of celery on his desk as a mascot.
But this week we heard something about the Bedingfield CV that might be one of our favourite bits of pop trivia since we learned that Britney Spears’ Toxic was written about Supervet Noel Fitzpatrick.
Daniel Bedingfield used to be one of the question setters for the Teletext quiz “Bamboozle!”
Know of any other good pre-fame celebrity jobs? hello@popbitch.com |
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Edie Campbell has an HGV driving license. |
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>> Black cabbath << |
Taxi for Mr Dickinson! |
Sharon Osbourne was in full MTV-era form this week, giving a foul-mouthed interview with Consequence, saying of Iron Maiden’s frontman: “Bruce Dickinson is a fucking prick. Well, no, he’s not a prick because a prick’s nice. He’s a fucking asshole.”
The root of the beef between Sharon and Bruce is usually traced back to Ozzfest 2005 where, on the final night of a fractious tour, Bruce got pelted with eggs by the crowd. Sharon admits to having orchestrated the pelting in return for Bruce slagging Ozzy off on stage – and given that she’s shat in people’s suitcases and pissed in their JD bottles, he got off pretty lightly.
We think the bad blood goes back a bit further though. Bruce Dickinson tells a tale about a night on the lash with Ozzy back in the 80s, where Ozzy was supposed to have cut out drinking, but ended up having one last night on the double brandies and beers with Bruce. A few bevs in, Ozzy started mapping out a scheme for the pair of them to nick a taxi. Bruce would call it, Ozzy would sneak up on the driver and bop him over the head, then the two of them could steal it and take it out for a spin across some fields.
Sadly the plan was nipped in the bud as Sharon overheard them and marched Ozzy away. Bruce says he didn’t see him for years after that. |
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Who would win in a fight between a baboon and a badger? Garth Marenghi says “Baboon”. |
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>> Cabin fever << |
Tales from 30,000 feet |
Monday’s Club Popbitch email was a David Walliams special: including one story about how – since the passing of Cilla Black – he has become cabin crews’ most notorious customer. This reminded us it’s been a while since we last checked in on various celebrity passengers – so here’s some updates on what in-flight staff have to say.
RUDE: Boy George, Shirley Bassey
NICE: Sharleen Spiteri, Idris Elba, Aqua, Blur
EXTRA NICE: Peter Capaldi, who not only handwrote a message of thanks to the pilot, but did a little drawing of the plane for them too (“quite good”). |
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>> Captain sensible << |
Not what Fatboy expects |
Aboard a flight one day, the pilots were informed that one of the passengers flying was Norman Cook. So, as a subtle little nod to their star passenger, the captain decided to pepper his onboard announcements with the occasional Fatboy Slim reference (“Right here, right now we’re at 35,000ft” etc).
The crew all thought it was fairly amusing but Norman Cook didn’t. At baggage reclaim, Norman made a point of seeking out the captain to tell him quite sternly “That is NOT the behaviour I expect of a captain!” |
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When flying, Bear Grylls likes to watch his own programmes on the in-flight entertainment. |
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>> Re-edit << |
The Times, it is a-changing |
It can be hard to let go of a job after you’ve been there for years. Former Times editor John Witherow is finding that now, watching the paper he edited for a decade become a more middle-brow offering under former Sun and Mail editor Tony Gallagher.
Perhaps it was news that Gallagher is looking to poach the Mail’s sportswriter Martin Samuel that prompted him to try to grab back the reins, but Witherow has been spotted increasingly often pacing the Times’ corridors, suggesting features to Gallagher and sitting in on strategy meetings (which staff say he used to avoid like the plague when he was actually the editor).
This burst of activity has earned him a new nickname in the office – after the well-known TV character who kept hanging around the car park of his old office after being made redundant.
“David Brent”. |
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Adrian Chiles hasn’t let all the recent praise for his column change him. Reliable as ever, this week’s column begins: “I have long been quietly proud of my bladder control.” |
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>> Centenaripede << |
The original inspiration? |
BBC Four has been scouring the archives, playing a selection of old shows in honour of the Beeb’s centenary. Last Sunday they played an episode of Roy Castle and Cheryl Baker’s classic Record Breakers – and what an episode they picked.
Originally broadcast in October 1991, the episode description in iPlayer reads “Today’s record breakers include the world’s longest human centipede”.
Not only does it include VT of the record breaking attempt in Dublin, it also features an in-studio demonstration where Roy and Cheryl try to assemble their own human centipede live in the studio. With twenty-odd kids.
[From the 12’00 mark] |
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Rebel Reel Cine Club presents Withnail and I at the Arthouse, Crouch End, 24th Nov, 8pm. Enjoy a screening with Miss Blennerhassett’s cocktails, watch-a-long bingo, Camberwell carrot cake and more – with a Jeffrey Munday DJ set after the film.
[Book at rebelreelcineclub.com] |
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>> Hmmms << |
Bladders, arses, balls |
Feed Matt Hancock more balls, arses and shit
[A browser game]
Ivana Trump’s Manhattan townhouse is up for sale
[$26.5m if you fancy?]
Headline of the Week: “Japanese Man Gets Skipping Rope Stuck In Bladder After Inserting It Into Penis”
[Read on Independent]
Someone’s actually made a prototype of that chess-cheating anal bead device
[But does it work?]
A journalist accepts every PR pitch they get for one day
[Read on Slate]
“The glory hole of apples”,
“Long Island’s sand-filled condom”,
“A pandering litigious gigolo”
[Apples: a definitive ranking]
Paris Hilton’s metaverse looks like a child’s candyfloss nightmare
[Visit here] |
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Thanks to: J, HC, AC, EIB, WT, PD, CS, MC, QT, CM, H, PR, wiener_balcony, b_w_t_a |
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Old Jokes Home
Q/ Why did Christopher Robin get cholera?
A/ He was always playing with Pooh.Still Bored?
Who said it: Elon Musk or Mr Burns?
[Play on New Republic] |
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