The Sun Sets on the Next DeNiro

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You have to go through each section of the experience one-by-one and at the quiz game part of the show, Benedict was on his own. He was asked to name as many fictional detectives as possible.

His first answer? Sherlock Holmes.

Celebrities using their fan followings in the wake of this to solicit donations for friends or pet causes might be doing this for good reasons – but young Angelenos have started to complain that the poorer neighbourhoods affected aren’t getting anything like the same sort of attention. Instead, they claim, they only get to see what else is going on via TikTok. And this has fuelled a nice, new conspiracy theory.

That the proposed ban on TikTok this week is not just a coincidence of timing – but proof that the rich, powerful and famous don’t want Americans to see beyond their approved narrative.

The fact that a host of celebs have used their social media power this week for nothing more than to help Heidi Montag’s terrible old pop album reach no 1 on iTunes, well, it doesn’t really help the argument against.

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His achievements were many and varied, but Danan’s crowning glory surely has to be his fateful performance at the 2007 Xmas lights switch-on in Preston city centre.

Losing himself in the moment, the overexcited Danan bounded up onto the stage to greet the crowd of children, parents and pensioners by screaming the immortal words into the mic “MAKE SOME MOTHERFUCKING NOISE, PRESTON!”

Whereupon he was immediately hoiked off-stage, slapped with a penalty notice by a waiting copper, given an £80 fine and was fired from the starring role of Jack in the local panto. But, on the plus side, he earned our everlasting love and respect.

Danan was once hired by teen magazine Bliss to compere a High School Prom night at a school in Durham. Delightfully oblivious to his surroundings, he kicked proceedings off by yelling: “COME ON! LET’S GET THIS FUCKING PARTY STARTED, YOU FUCKERS!”

Within seconds, the headteacher had stormed the stage, demanding he apologise for his inappropriate language in front of everyone.

This is the story:

“We gave Paul several chances but at the last minute he would always let us down and we’d have to draft in last minute replacements –  Alan Carr, Jason Manford etc. One week we decided to cover the Dian Fossey Gorilla run, where several thousand poshos dressed as gorillas run a 10k around London for larks and charity. Paul agreed to do it but as recompense for his past unreliability we dressed him as a banana and placed him at the front of the pack for the start.

“To be fair he was on time despite being on a massive bender the night before, but you could see the coke sweat on his top lip in the close up before we crash zoomed out to reveal the baying crowd of gorillas behind him ready to chase him down.

“And to his credit he ran the whole race but the next day The Sun ran a double page article about what happened on the course. It turned out some of the ‘gorillas’ weren’t very charitable. Paul was gutted. He felt it had damaged his image as he was “hoping to be the next DeNiro”.

“As much as he was daft as a brush he was a sweet guy who meant well and we liked him very much. So his passing is truly tragic.”

Back when he was doing his first ever promo video, young Robbie was asked by a well-meaning runner if he needed anything.

Staff were used to diva demands from the talent (Mick Hucknall once requested four different red sweets so his tongue would be precisely the right colour on camera), so they were braced for the worst.

Luckily, Robbie simply replied: “Ooh I’ll have a big plate of minge”.

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It’s been fairly quiet for newly elected MP for Bolsover, Natalie Fleet, so far. But constituents are starting to notice that her mum was recently convicted of animal abuse by her local council.

Her mum, Tracy Hovell, made more than £140,000 breeding dogs from her “Briemdoodles” business at her home in Sutton-in-Ashfield.

She’s now been disqualified from breeding animals, participating in the keeping of animals, dealing animals and transporting animals. Though she was allowed to keep one doodle as a pet.

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It’s called In Dark Corners and it follows a British paedophilic pressure group from the 1970s and 80s.

All very serious stuff. So it’s a shame Alex’s phone, not switched off, rang while live on air.

The ring-tone? The intro to Air’s one hit wonder, “Sexy Boy”.

Not only have the BBC banned staff from having newsroom visits from their children (bit of a bummer over the festive hols), but efforts to tighten up child safety regulations have now gone even further.

Employees are banned from having their own children sitting in reception to briefly wait while they pick up kit, documentation or forgotten lunch boxes.

Can’t think what management is so worried about.

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Bats use storm fronts to surf the skies

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Why do TV title sequences have so much stuff?

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As Burns Night approaches, it’s a good time to reflect on some important work

[Haggis Wildlife Foundation]

This is a particularly poignant film, documenting the habits of several species of wild haggis

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Where does Tbilisi’s nightlife go from here

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A: Patio furniture.

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Carlton is one of the biggest Aussie rules football clubs and their president accidentally posted a private dick pic message meant for a lady friend onto X for the whole world to see. And yes, of course, his account was “hacked”.

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