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“We need another Gandhi in this world, we are so lost. It makes me sad to be honest. I don’t know why people think I’m an idiot thinking it” – Lee Ryan
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* World’s Top Bootleg
* America’s Top Wieners
* Charts: Murs v Girls Aloud for no 1
>> X-it <<
The jokes are on them
It’s stressful behind the scenes at X Factor, as a “joke” act could win. Rylan was just supposed to be a bit of media fodder, like Wagner, but as he’s now the only candidate who makes it look fun, is picking up support.
Producers don’t know what to do with Cruise Ship Chris. In previous years they’d have stuck him on early and given him faint praise (usually a fatal double-whammy) but with phone lines open all show, due to greed presumably, that no longer works. James is the only remaining act with the Cowell seal of approval, so let’s see if the show’s PR machine cranks up a gear…
FYI: Already this week in the tabloids:
* James fans vow to get him into final
* James comes out fighting/invigorated
* Tulisa now pushing for James and Jahmene
FYI 2: More X Factor/IACGMOOH tips and news coming soon.
One Direction are US number one this week – the first time a British band have had their first two albums top the chart.
>> The dark lord <<
Life imitating art
Poor old McAlpine, we can’t help but feel that his days as the subject of internet forum rumours are not over, despite his libel cases against BBC, ITV, Twitterers.
This passage is from a politics book published in 2000, called The New Machiavelli. In it, the author gives advice on how to trick the media and use it to your advantage:
“Another useful plot is the false accusation. First, create a situation where you are falsely accused. Then, at a convenient moment, arrange for the false accusation to be shown to be false beyond all doubt… Further accusations will then be treated with great suspicion.”
pg 176, The New Machiavelli (2000) Author: Alistair McAlpine
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XMAS TREES
Looking forward to traipsing round a garden centre in the freezing cold in search of a non-depressing Christmas tree this year? No. Of course you’re not. So let Good Elf pick your tree and deliver it to your door.
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>> Hacked off <<
Who remembers Nativity 1?
Jessica Hynes and Marc Wootton have been doing press for their new film, Nativity 2. During his interviews Wootton has been asking journalists whether or not they liked the film. If it’s a negative (and sometimes their faces tell him what they’re really thinking), he rats on them to Jess. Purely coincidentally, no doubt, those hacks rarely get an interview with her.
Jessica Hynes’ first name is not really Jessica. It’s Tallulah. Which is odd as she really does look like a Jessica.
>> Big Questions <<
What people are asking this week
Will the “Harry 4 Grimmy” rumours start gaining momentum, now that the tabloids have Harry Styles dating America’s favourite beard?
On Jeremy Vine’s show yesterday, did the 12.30pm Radio 2 discussion of the grooming of children by gangs really cut straight into Chic’s My Forbidden Lover? (We salute the sense of humour of anyone responsible).
Cate Blanchett was spotted this week at Sydney Theatre Co “running from the bar at the end of the wharf into the theatre at final call – great turn of foot in heels”.
>> Spew romance <<
Pricey’s back on the prowl
shagpile_perm writes:
“Katie Price tried it on with my 21 year-old friend Sunday night. She wouldn’t let go of his hand, even when she threw up. Whatta lady.”
In 2012, according to Forbes, the world’s ten highest-paid DJs pulled in $125m – roughly the wage bill of Aston Villa.
>> Train spats <<
How toffs bicker
Fans of slowly-escalating cat fights between posh people will be delighted to hear that the Rothschilds are mounting an attack against the government proposal to run a high speed train line near the grounds of their ancestral family home.
Perhaps they finally got round to reading Issue 579 of Popbitch in which we mentioned back in January that George Osborne (whose feuds with Nat Rothschild have been a staple of political gossip for years) had a hand in planning the HS2 route?
AM writes: “So nearly stood next to Michael Gove at a urinal this week, but failed and DNSHC. Feel I have let you all down, let PB down, but most of all let myself down.”
>> PC-See ya! <<
Waiting for Leveson
With only a week to go until the Leveson Inquiry reports back, the amount of tabloid noise on the self-regulation issue suggests they’re expecting a rough ride from his lordship. And even the PCC, who used to be described as toothless seems to have decided, in the interest of its own survival, that the rights of celebs and TV stations come above the right of the public to be kept informed.
This week an IACGMOOH contestant looked to be having a meltdown on television. As ITV broadcast it to millions of people, you’d think it would then be in the public interest for newspapers to explain to viewers what it was they had witnessed. Not least to highlight the effect that we, the public, can have on emotionally sensitive celebs when we subject them to light torture for our personal amusement. So what did the PCC do? Happily sent out letters telling its members not to touch the story.
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FASHION
Canada’s coolest t-shirt shop is back in Popbitch, with loads of new designs which can get to you in time for Xmas. Flemish Goat is a winner! Take a look:
http://baltrakon.com/en/
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>> Royal mess <<
St James pulls a Schofield
August 2012: St James Palace sends letters to the press, banning them from printing naked pictures of Prince Harry taken in a hotel in Vegas, claiming they are an unjustified intrusion of privacy.
November 2012: St James Palace sets up a candid photoshoot of Prince William at work. In the background of the shots, private information is clearly visible on computer screens. St James Palace publishes them, causing a huge security breach at the MOD.
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>> By George! <<
Gold medal for PB horse
Last week we told you to place a bet with Coral on the Popbitch horse, George Baker. He only went and bloody won! It’s taken us almost two years to find out, but this is what happens when you own a winning racehorse:
1. You are taken into a small room and given champagne and crisps.
2. Andy Carroll and Kevin Nolan – who are also in the owners’ bar – celebrate with you. (Polite and friendly to everyone in the crowd, they were in danger of giving footballers a good name).
3. Alex Ferguson – who also keeps horses with your trainer – texts to complain he wasn’t given your horse as a tip.
4. Your horse appears in Zoo magazine.
5. You watch the race again and again online:
http://bit.ly/10iV2yC
Please stop all this now – a Jeff Buckley jukebox musical (a retelling of Romeo and Juliet) is in development in NYC.
>> Greekbits <<
Good news from Athens
This is the greatest pop music and video bootleg you’ll see this year:
http://bit.ly/ScYaJd
It’s by Athens based Robin Skouteris, a supremely talented producer/video director. And we can’t recommend him enough.
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GIFTS
Take the sweat out of Xmas shopping – funny Xmas cards plus xmas gifts, large and small:
http://www.lovelyjojos.com
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>> America’s top Wieners <<
Nom Det Thanksgiving Special
It’s a sad day for the world when even San Francisco bans nudity. Anyone over the age of five is now barred from showing their “genitals, perineum or anal region” in public, announced district supervisor Scott Wiener.
Scott is not to be confused with the US’s most famous Weiner, Anthony. He, of course, was the congressman who found fame last year after tweeting a photo of his genitals, perineum and a small bit of his anal region to a woman who was not his wife.
FYI: Runner up Nominative Determinism of the week – Apple employee, Sam Sung.
http://bit.ly/Th2VCr
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LOVE
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>> Hmmms <<
Savile, romance, pandas
Wonder what Savile chose on Desert Island Discs? Wham, for one:
http://bbc.in/XEUODd
Review of the year family fortunes. Answer some Qs for us?
http://svy.mk/UV2E4o
Want to get yourself something nice for Xmas? This competition ends soon, and only has 9 entries so far…
http://ow.ly/fuHTG
One Rogue Reporter – extra shows next week at Soho Theatre. Popbitches can get 15 quid tickets for 13.50 using code POP:
http://bit.ly/10yOZFh
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Thanks to: D_Doghouse, whitemaninhammersmithpalais, peewee, BC, theabomimablehoman, shagpile perm, celtiagirl, intheissynoho, CB, T, P, PM, bestnameshavegone
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Old Jokes Home:
I was stopped in Boots the other day by an assistant who asked me what my favourite grooming products were.
I replied, “A packet of chocolate buttons and a half a bottle of vodka works for me.”
Still Bored?
More baby red pandas. This time playing in the snow:
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