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Alex James Is Doing Everything He Can To Stop You From Liking Britpop

Blur bassist Alex James at an exhibition showing the environmental effects of cocaine production on Colombia, in Trafalgar Square, London.

NOSTALGIA is a wonderful thing, regardless of … (read more)

Posted: 14th, January 2014 | In: Celebrities | Comment

Kanye West Batters Someone For Being Racist

 

 

2013 really was Kanye West’s year. He was brilliant, divisive, outspoken, produced a host of great tracks for other artists, self aggrandised, made a bafflingly good album, argued, made crazy … (read more)

Posted: 14th, January 2014 | In: Celebrities | Comment

Justin Bieber And 20k’s Worth of Egg Damage: How The Star Faded Like Nilsson Said

THE funny thing about Justin Bieber is just how according-to-type he is. He started off life as a gyrating foetus and slowly turned himself into an enfant-terrible. We could all … (read more)

Posted: 13th, January 2014 | In: Celebrities | Comment (1)

British Board of Film Classification Gets All Wussy Over Horror Films

American actors Bruce Davison (left) and Ernest Borgnine in a scene from the horror film “Willard”

 

WITH cinema a feeble force in today’s world of Grab What … (read more)

Posted: 13th, January 2014 | In: Film, Reviews | Comment

Are Disney ‘Gender Bigots’? Meryl Streep Thinks So…

This is a December 23, 1965 photo of film animator and producer Walter Disney, in his office pretending to read a script with a dog, seated … (read more)

Posted: 9th, January 2014 | In: Celebrities, Film, Reviews | Comment

The Bluffers GuideTo This Year’s Coachella Line-up

THE Coachella Festival is back, announcing the 2014 line-up, much to the excitement of people on Tumblr who are hipster enough to fawn over it, but alas, too poor to … (read more)

Posted: 9th, January 2014 | In: Music, Reviews | Comment

Kaiser Chiefs’ Ricky Wilson Shows Rare Honesty About Doing The Voice

MUSICIANS aren’t known for telling the truth very often. When they break up bands, they cite ‘musical differences’ rather than ‘we all pretty much hate each other now and couldn’t … (read more)

Posted: 9th, January 2014 | In: Music, TV & Radio | Comment

The Baftas 2014 Nominations Are Announced!

2014’s Bafta film nominations have been announced, which is particularly good news for London’s cocaine dealers as they prep themselves for one of their busiest awards of the year.

Leading the … (read more)

Posted: 8th, January 2014 | In: Film, TV & Radio | Comment

Jay Z Invites 12 Year Old On-Stage And Invites Him To His Clique

THERE’S no hiding it – Jay Z is not nearly the artist he once was. However, what he’s given to hip hop is enough for him to coast along forever … (read more)

Posted: 8th, January 2014 | In: Reviews | Comment

Rare Nirvana Footage Appears Online (And Other Greatest Vids)

RARE footage of Nirvana playing their last ever LA gig has been put online by someone who knew the band. Within months of the recording, Kurt Cobain would cut his … (read more)

Posted: 7th, January 2014 | In: Celebrities, Music, Reviews | Comment (1)

Lady GaGa Is Mismanaged, Causing Redundancies And Other Pop-Woes

WHEN Bad Romance landed, it looked like Lady GaGa was going to conquer the whole world, forever.  For a time, she could barely put a foot wrong. Each video was … (read more)

Posted: 6th, January 2014 | In: Celebrities, Music | Comment

The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute To The Beatles May Well Be The Worst Karaoke Gig Ever

AMERICA’S fondness for The Beatles is unwavering and borderline bizarre. Of course, The Beatles are brilliant and hugely significant, but it isn’t like The States have a plethora of heroes … (read more)

Posted: 6th, January 2014 | In: Celebrities, Music | Comment

Morrissey Is Writing Books Because No-One Likes His Records Anymore

FANS of The Smiths, and in particular Morrissey, are a weirdly devoted bunch. Their fervour isn’t matched by the output they receive from the Grand Miserablist.

The Smiths, of course, deserve … (read more)

Posted: 3rd, January 2014 | In: Celebrities, Music, Reviews | Comments (3)

Azealia Banks: Once Promising, Now Dead In The Water

WHEN 212 crash landed, Azealia Banks looked for all the world like she was going to be the most famous human on the planet. She had it all – a quick … (read more)

Posted: 3rd, January 2014 | In: Reviews | Comment (1)

Solskjaer Takes Cardiff City Job To Prove Just How Mental He Is

HE may have worked under a demanding boss under Alex Ferguson at Manchester United, but Ole Gunnar Solskjaer must be the most mental, masochistic man in football for taking the … (read more)

Posted: 2nd, January 2014 | In: Sports | Comment

BBC Wusses Out Of Top Of The Pops Anniversary Special Because of Jimmy Savile

THIS year would mark the 50th anniversary of Top Of The Pops. The show was, until relatively recently, a cornerstone of British television. A mixture of people’s interest shifting to the … (read more)

Posted: 2nd, January 2014 | In: Music, Reviews, TV & Radio | Comment

Behold! An amazing T-Rex Optical Illusion

EVER vomited, hard, because something was screwing with your mind? Usually, it is an optical illusion that will do it, giving you a nausea unparalleled, to the point where your … (read more)

Posted: 31st, December 2013 | In: Reviews | Comment

Are You Ready For Candy Crush, The Movie?

WE’VE entered a strange time for films. Films everyone can remember first time round are being remade, Ryan Reynolds is still getting work and, weirdest of all, films are being … (read more)

Posted: 27th, December 2013 | In: Film, Technology, The Consumer | Comment

DiCaprio Annoys PETA Who Want Jar Jar Binks Rather Than Animal Actors

 

IN his new film, Leonardo DiCaprio does something really, really awful – persists in having that Nearly Beard. However, it isn’t Leo’s goatee that has caused a kerfuffle, rather, PETA are going … (read more)

Posted: 20th, December 2013 | In: Celebrities | Comment

Heather Mills Attacks Olympic Official, Allegedly

REMEMBER Heather Mills? She was a model who no-one was that fussed about, then she had a terrible accident and everyone rightly gave her props for not letting her missing … (read more)

Posted: 19th, December 2013 | In: Celebrities | Comments (5)

10 Things Younger That Keith Richards

TODAY, Keith Richards is 70 years old! We have to admire him, seeing as he’s about 1% blood and the rest is made up of cigarettes, drugs and urinal cakes.

The … (read more)

Posted: 18th, December 2013 | In: Celebrities, Key Posts, Reviews | Comment

Petition Asks David Cameron To Put An End To Dirty Music Videos

YOU may not know, but Robin Thicke is the first man ever on Earth to be featured in a clip with some naked women for spurious reasons. We checked on … (read more)

Posted: 18th, December 2013 | In: Celebrities, Politicians | Comment

Platini Wants To Replace Yellow Cards With Sin Bins

REMEMBER when Michel Platini was nothing more than a wonderful, wonderful footballer? Those were great times. Platini would grace matches and do wonderful things and then he’d disappear until the … (read more)

Posted: 18th, December 2013 | In: Sports | Comment

No Date Set For Digital Radio Switchover Because So Few People Care

DO you listen to the radio? Only at work or when there’s a football match on when you’re driving? Well, you won’t be forced into a digital switchover, as happened … (read more)

Posted: 17th, December 2013 | In: Reviews, Technology, TV & Radio | Comment

How To… Party In Public At Christmas

 

CHRISTMAS is pretty much here and you’ll no doubt be going out and getting drunk and dancing and all that fun stuff. However, hate to break it to you, but … (read more)

Posted: 17th, December 2013 | In: Key Posts, Reviews | Comment

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