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Southbank Centre hosts a night in July for all you Corbynistas out there. Jeremy Corbyn in conversation with writer Ben Okri on Friday 15th July. Tickets from 15 GBP: http://bit.ly/1tzBo4u
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“The whole carpe diem thing to me, as cheesy as it sounds, is a daily mantra” – Ryan Tedder
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* Gently easing into the weekend
* Kaylor: The heir to Chim
* Charts: This Girl is new No.1
>> A short message <<
Carrying on, as best we can
Sorry this has taken an extra day to get to you. Yesterday afternoon didn’t really feel like the right time for much flippancy or frivolity.
Today might not feel like it either, but for anyone craving a little lightness in what has otherwise been a pretty bleak week, we’ve pulled together a short, silly selection of stories to take you into the weekend.
Lots of love,
pb x
The Ketchup Song (Aserejé) by Las Ketchup has sold more copies than Bohemian Rhapsody.
>> Mirror, Mirror <<
Celebrities courting fame
The latest round of settlements to phone-hacked celebrities was made last week by Mirror Group.
Apologies were read out at the Royal Courts of Justice to a host of famous folk like Kym Marsh, Nigel Havers, Rhys Ifans and Davina McCall – but none of them were there to hear it.
The only celeb to turn up in person? Lisa off of Big Brother 3.
As if the week hasn’t been bleak enough: Claire from Steps is working on some solo music. More Carpenters than Steps though, she claims.
>> Big Questions <<
Who’s asking what this week?
Which celebrity couple broke up when she found out that he had been engaging the services of sex workers? She got her revenge by staging a dirty protest, smearing shit all over the walls of her now-ex’s apartment?
Iceland’s goalkeeper, Hannes Halldorsson directed the video for Iceland’s 2012 Eurovision entry: Greta and Jonsi’s Never Forget
>> Asylum tweeters <<
In a state of confusion
Five million tweets relating to Donald Trump have recently been analysed – and 5% of them were from Americans who threatened to emigrate to another country if he became President.
They could probably do with checking a map before they book their flights though, because two of the most popular ‘countries’ cited were… Alaska and Hawaii.
Three years ago Justin Hawkins from the Darkness lost his cat, Cully. This week they were reunited. Awww.
>> Carol service <<
The curse of the silent comma
BBC Breakfast came up with an idea for a new summer segment for their show. The plan was to send weather presenter Carol Kirkwood over to viewers’ houses so that she could present the weather from their gardens.
It was all set to go ahead until someone pointed out the working title wasn’t quite… well, working.
It was: ‘Come Over, Carol!’
Philip Green is a part-time admiral in the Monaco Navy. Which consists of four patrol boats it shares with the police and fire brigade.
>> New romantics <<
Kaylor: The latest Chim
If print media is hoping to turn its fortunes around by covering clickbait celebrity romances seriously, they’re going to want to do a little better than simply taking anything handed to them by publicists. Because not only are those stories horseshit, they’re not even interesting horseshit.
Response to the pictures of Taylor Swift and Tom Hiddleston snuggled up on the beach has been largely incredulous – with most fans joking that this is must be Tom Hiddleston’s way of telling the world he’s gay.
For a much juicier take on Taylor Swift’s love life (one that is no more spurious than the stuff you’ll have read in the papers) you’ll want to turn to Tumblr and run a search for the word “Kaylor”.
Niall 1D on bandmate Liam’s thing with Cheryl Cole: “There’s a little bit of a story behind it but I won’t be telling you that.”
>> Popbits <<
Two tunes for you
Sometimes when the news gets grim you just need to retreat with your headphones and put on a song. Here’s two new suggestions…
Something Happy:
This week’s new number one This Girl, by Kungs Vs Cookin’ On 3 Burners is a song to put a smile on the face
Something Sad:
Calum Scott’s heart-rending version of Robyn’s Dancing On My Own gets a major label release.
Charlie Sheen is the face of a new condom brand, Hex.
>> Freudian twit <<
Yewtree: Season Three
It’s always difficult to hear that a well-liked celebrity was, in all likelihood, a massive paedo. So to help make the recent news about Sir Clement Freud a little easier to swallow: apparently he was capable of being a total whopper to civilians.
The owner of a restaurant in Dublin (one that is widely acknowledged to be rather good, even by some of the more acerbic food critics) once had him in for lunch.
That was the plan, at least, but Sir Clem turned out to be such a “copper-bottomed cunt” to everyone there that he was asked to leave before his starter had even made it to the table.
Sending good vibes to Status Quo’s Rick Parfitt and Meat Loaf today, both of whom were taken ill on tour this week.
>> Summer Quiz! <<
Come join us in July
The next Popbitch Popquiz is at the lovely Smiths Of Smithfields on Tuesday 5th July – hosted by Tom Webb
A mix of trivia, gossip, music and a whole lot of silliness, our last event was fully booked weeks in advance. So book your team and table in here:
http://bit.ly/1U98Ffo
Gok Wan is selling three BOSE WiFi speakers for 300GBP. If you’ve been to his house you’ll “know they are super loud and brilliant quality”.
>> Legal drama <<
Thiel V Gawker, pt III
When Peter Thiel confessed he’d secretly been the one paying Hulk Hogan’s legal fees in the case against Gawker, he casually mentioned that it might not have been the only lawsuit he’d ponied up for.
Now perhaps this is all just a big coincidence, but Gawker got served with a fresh new legal letter this last week. One regarding an amusing article they wrote about the possibility of Donald Trump’s ludicrous hair actually being a $60K weave.
The lawyer who signed this letter to Gawker? Why, it’s Charles J Harder – the very same lawyer who led the Hulk Hogan case!
FYI: Worse news for Gawker; Harder is the protege of notorious legal bulldog Marty Singer:
http://bit.ly/1zmE7ig
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>> Hmmms <<
Storms, speeches, sand penis
Man accidentally sculpts sandcastle cock and balls on live TV:
http://bit.ly/1US21tU
Billy Crystal’s sweet eulogy at Ali’s funeral:
http://bit.ly/1YvvbSP
The June edition of Popbitch Magazine is now available to download for iOS…
http://bit.ly/1bexc8Y
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Thanks to: DN, J, __________, AM, LS, SW, theabominablehoman, BT, SK, SG, basking_trout, soapy_handerton
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Old Euros Jokes Home
A Scotsman walks into a pub. Usually there’s an Englishman, a Welshman and an Irishman with him but they’re all in France for the Euros.
Still Bored?
In the latest Media Masters podcast Sir Trevor McDonald talks about his career, the News at Ten, racism and the mafia. Listen here:
http://ow.ly/bNZC301gUw6
