Archive for the 'Celebs'

Patrick Swayze has lost his battle with Cancer and has died at the age of 57. Swayze, best-known for his roles in Dirty Dancing and Ghost,was diagnosed as suffering from stage 4 pancreatic cancer...
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Oprah Winfrey is probably the one woman in the world that could get away with filling Chicago’s Magnificent Mile (Michigan Avenue) and getting 21,000 people to dance to the Black Eyed Peas...
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Want to be a star? Looking for a bit of acting work? Want to be in an up and coming film? Loved Jade Goody? I promise you this is a genuine posting over on Gumtree.com: For our friends with...
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Sometimes you’ve just got to admire a man who stands up for himself. Chris De Burgh certainly did in his response to a fairly negative review in the Irish Times recently. Here’s the...
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Surreptitiously checking awfulplasticsurgery.com, so you don’t have to. Well, it’s time once again for that crass, cringeworthy, and most unfortunate facet of pop culture … the...
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Surreptitiously reading Heat, so you don’t have to. Anyone else like a bit of fluffy celebrity gossip with their cuppa? Ever been frightened by the “culture” part of pop-culture? Do you...
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I first met Mr Mike Scott (he of The Waterboys) at the Abbey Theatre, at the launch of their 2009/10 season. The striking poster above caught my eye immediately and I turned to David, the...
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Remember I posted about Ben Stiller joining Twitter? Here he is teaching legendary actor Mickey Rooney, who’s 88, about it. Read more
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For all the High School Musical, School of Rock and even, to an extent, Grease fans out there, the movie Bandslam, in cinemas now, is one to see. A bit American Idol, a bit X Factor, a bit...
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