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1987: Jerry Sadowitz branded Jimmy Savile a child molester; 25 years later the world catches up.
2012: The world brands Jimmy Savile a child molester; Jerry Sadowitz plans to prove Sir Jim’s innocence…
Leicester Square Theatre from 11 December
http://bit.ly/Q6aKLe
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“Nobody will ever know what you have done for this country Jimmy” – Prince Charles, on the occasion of Savile’s 80th birthday
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* Dane, Danan and Daniel
* Downing St paedo update
* Charts: Robbie’s Candy is number one
>> No flies on Digby <<
Keeping up with the Joneses
This morning, Lord Digby Jones was addressing HRH The Princess Royal and the Project Management Institute at the O2 arena, on the subject of globalisation.
His flies were down for the entire speech.
FYI: Before you start feeling too sorry for him, remember that his Desert Island Discs choices included Simply The Best by Tina Turner and Bryan Adams’ Everything I Do (I Do it For You).
On the list of hurricane names for 2013? Rebekah. (It’s going to be quite the year for her, isn’t it?)
>> Bedders plays cock <<
Prudish fans get a shock
Once was the time where pop fans would have done anything to catch sight of their favourite popstar’s knob. Now Daniel Bedingfield offers a fleeting glimpse of his in his new video, and how do his fans react?
* “I adore your music but the video is not to my taste”
* “Lots of sex/nudity in your new work! Not exactly thrilled with that element”
* “The language and the nudity are both wrong”
Poor Bedders.
Headline of the week – from the Sunday Sun “Britney Spears banned from the internet”.
>> Big Questions <<
What people are asking this week
Does Elle Macpherson really pretend to be foreign to get out of talking to ordinary people? Someone who swears blind they got in a lift with her at a charity event asked her how she was doing and got the following reply: “Soory. Englis velly bed.”
Which current BBC TV favourite is worried that his fondness for getting his cock/arse out to show his co-stars is going to get him into trouble, in this post-Savile era?
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Play Music Chains, the new Social Music Game on the iPhone. Show off your music knowledge
http://www.music-chains.com
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>> Dismayed in Chelsea <<
Reality stars get snubbed
Strawberry Hill House once played host to such distinguished figures as Disraeli, Gladstone and Prince Albert. Now, the Made In Chelsea lot are wanting to add their names to that list.
They’ve tried to host their end of season party there three years on the trot. Staff at the house ignored their requests for the first two years, hoping they’d simply go away. After a third year of trying though the staff have relented and replied. Saying no.
One quarter of the candy sold in the US each year is bought at Halloween.
>> Travisty <<
Dave’s special hobby sidelined
You may not know this about Dave Lee Travis but he actually has quite an artsy side to him. A keen snapper, the Hairy Monster’s speciality is taking photos of young women, mainly nudes and semi-nudes.
Weirdly, all of his works that were available to browse and buy on the South Gate Gallery website have been taken down sometime in the last couple of weeks.
Why? Who knows. Maybe they all got bought…
http://bit.ly/T1vqku
43% of all print books published in the US in 2011 were self-published. (A total of almost 150,000.)
>> Right turn <<
Waging war through premium cars
Rupert Murdoch’s clever way of getting his own back on phone-hacking scourge, The Guardian? The imminent Sunday Times Driving classified site, (which will sit in direct competition with Auto Trader, the magazine that bankrolls the Guardian). And what makes him so sure it will damage Auto Trader? Rumour is he’s convinced Sunday Times columnist, Top Gear’s Jeremy Clarkson, to be the face of it.
Finally! We can report the inappropriate language referee Mark Clattenburg used to a Chelsea player. He called Fernando Torres a “striker”.
>> Talk talk <<
Name dropping with the stars
We’re always happy to offer a right of reply in these pages. So here is David Baddiel, who last week was said to have been spotted by a reader “with friends, talking loudly through Amanda Palmer’s show” at Koko. Turns out that wasn’t entirely accurate.
David tells us what happened was he “watched about 5 songs, then, for a short period, went to sit in the back bar where it is, I believe, acceptable to talk.”
And also, they weren’t just friends he was with. They were Jonathan Ross and Jane Goldman. So there.
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Casa Trippi – a hedonistic novel that will make you feel fuzzy with the haze of 90’s Ibiza. You’ll never look at ketchup the same again…
http://amzn.to/TwtRgJ
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>> Conspervatives <<
Downing St Paedo Update
Following Tom Watson’s recent parliamentary comment about a 1980s “powerful paedophile network linked to parliament and No 10”, gossip has moved on from celebrities to politicos. And before you dismiss this as a bit David Icke-esque, it’s probably worth recalling that Mrs Thatcher claimed her favourite songs were “Two Little Boys” and the filthy perv anthem “Save All Your Kisses For Me”. Proof enough for us that No 10 was up to its eyeballs in it…
FYI: The final lyrics to Save All Your Kisses For Me? “Won’t you save them for me / Even though you’re only three”.
Last weekend, visiting Blenheim Palace (stately home/Churchill’s birthplace) was Carson the butler, from Downton Abbey.
>> Danan’s Drama Club <<
He’s fully CRB checked
In 2007, Paul Danan was sacked from his job in Preston’s local panto after failing to control his potty mouth when switching on the city’s Christmas lights, shouting “Make some motherfucking noise, Preston!” at the family-friendly event.
Has he learned his lesson? We hope so, as this week he opens his new drama club in Hertfordshire – for ages 6 and up.
http://bit.ly/Rx7ZzI
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Viscera/Infra/Fool’s Paradise – Scarlett/McGregor/Wheeldon – The Royal Ballet – Three ballets in one night. Performances 5, 7, 12, 14 November at 7.30pm. 25GBP seats now only 15GBP and 15GBP seats only 10GBP. Ts&Cs apply. Select performance date and enter the promo code “infrapb” into the “Do you have a code?” box:
http://www.roh.org.uk
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>> Hmmms <<
Dane, Dean, DLT
We did manage to track down a few of DLT’s artworks:
http://bit.ly/SswlNp
Only 8 weeks until Christmas. Time to get your shit together with all these fabulous cards:
http://www.deanmorriscards.co.uk/
Japan’s new advances in football technology, the ‘super great toilet keeper’:
http://vrge.co/WYuPoN
US Election – download this app now to get everything you need to know for next Tuesday:
http://bit.ly/VFJAI8
Gossip on the royals in Pakistan (via an American tabloid):
http://bit.ly/ShpX8x
Win a GBP 50 Gift Voucher for new interiors and gifts boutique Oscar and Eve. To enter, email: info@oscarandeve.co.uk with ‘Christmascameearly’ in the subject line. More info on their 5th Nov launch next week:
http://www.oscarandeve.co.uk
Eight great chefs – eight great chillis? Sat 17th November, Hackney:
http://www.chillistandoff.com/
Halloween Frightfest – everything you need to know plus loads of stuff you really don’t:
http://bit.ly/TVWoZn
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Popbitch Pop Quiz returns to The Player (now with added Lucky Chip Slider Bar). Join us for MONDAY fun, including world’s best urban legends and Will’s Magic Numbers Accordion Round 12 Nov, 7pm, The Player, Broadwick St, Soho W1
http://www.wegottickets.com/event/192745
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Thanks to: bad_horsey, mount_st_nobody, @miralsattar, GS, Ruprech the Monkey Boy, thegingerprince, faykeorgasm, petsco, JT, AM, A, trellis, monstris, C, theabominablehoman, GA
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Old Jokes Home:
Eric Clapton has just been saying how Savile’s career really took off in 1967 when, backstage at Top of the Pops, he introduced Cream to the Small Faces.
Still Bored:
Animals playing dead. The hamster is phenomenal:
http://bit.ly/Y6np1T
