Chris in character as John Lennon for upcoming BBC drama Lennon Naked, which will co-star Naoko Mori (Absolutely Fabulous, Torchwood) as Yoko Ono (no official pics of her in character yet, sadly). The drama should air on BBC4 in the… Read More ›
arts & entertainment
music, stage, writing, comedy, cinema, telly, arts, sport, crafts, photography – all this and more!
Somebody didn’t do their homework
How exactly does a journalist covering a major entertainment awards ceremony go there without having read the last week’s news on the nominees for the big awards like Best Actor in a TV series?
Ukraine’s Got Talent winner
Sometimes the weird things people forward around in email truly are extraordinary. This video shows the winner of “Ukraine’s Got Talent”, Kseniya Simonova, 24, drawing a series of pictures on an illuminated sand table showing how ordinary people were affected… Read More ›
Only one of these has been invited onto Britain’s Got Talent
Darren the Waving Goat Death Metal Rooster As far as I know anyway. Can you guess which one? BTW they declined the offer because it was too far to travel for the animal.
Quickhit: That Jennifer Hawkins magazine cover
Body image foundation defends nude Jennifer Hawkins cover
Sunday Silliness: Doctor Who doesn’t mind the Buzzcocks
In the week before Christmas, the BBC broadcast a special Doctor Who version of their music quiz show Never Mind The Buzzcocks (from whose format our Oz ABC show Spicks and Specks is derived). Sadly, not even UKTV on cable shows Buzzcocks, so we just don’t get it here.
Obligatory Doctor Who Tenth Doctor Finale Thread
First, an entirely spoiler-free bit of tie-in fun from Auntie Beeb adding Doctor Who graphics to the soundtrack of David Tennant driving a Reasonably Priced Car around the Top Gear testing track:
‘Avatar’ Indignation Thread
By popular request (and my need for a place to vent, still), this is the thread in which to point out plot holes, the rampant racism, (hetero)sexism and ableism, and general all-round problems with James Cameron’s new ‘epic’, Avatar. Also… Read More ›
Holidays Are For Wibble: Battlestar Rhapsody (spoilericious)
Why did I not know about this at the time? It’s a songvid of several seasons of Battlestar Galactica, set to filk of Bohemian Rhapsody. The random, apparently-obligatory (WTF is with that, things-that-are-otherwise-funny?) bit of misogyny in the middle is… Read More ›
Sydney Hoydenizens Do Karaoke!
So, the details for the much-anticipated karaoke evening, filled to the brim with Hoydenizen renditions of the Hottest 100 Women [link to http://hottest100women.blogspot.com/%5D as well as some trashy favourites, I don’t doubt, are below:
Hoyden About Town 