UK News

UK NEWS: FORMER FOOTBALLER AND ANTI-RACISM CAMPAIGNER RESIGNS OVER RACIST SLUR

February 23, 2013

Via Yahoo Sport The Football Association has accepted the resignation of anti-racism campaigner Paul Elliott from all his positions within the organisation after he made “discriminatory abusive comments”. Elliott, a former Chelsea and Celtic defender, allegedly aimed a racial insult via text at ex-Charlton player Richard Rufus in an argument over a failed business venture. Both men are black. The Sun reported that Elliott, 48, texted Rufus the words: “Ur (sic) a stupid man nigger. You dog. Ur history my friend.” Elliott, […]

BRITISH ACTOR DAVID HAREWOOD LANDS ROLE IN NEW US PILOT SHOW

February 21, 2013

Shadow and Act reports that British actor and Homeland star David Harewood has signed on to co-star in the CBS CIA-set pilot Anatomy of Violence, written and produced by Homeland writers and producers Howard Gordon, Alex Cary and Alex Gansawhich. According to the website Anatomy of Violence will centre around” a criminal psychologist (Dr Raines) with an expertise in sociopaths who partners with a young female detective with whom he shares a conflicted past.” Harewood will play Alejo, the special agent in charge, a respected profiler and […]

UK WEB SERIES: BATTERSEA STREETS (PILOT)

February 21, 2013

About Battersea Streets: We follow five gorgeous guys and girls, a mixed bunch of characters, who deal with pursuing their dreams to become the next big dance sensation. The only problem is, they are still at college, inexperienced and have no idea of what it takes it get to the top but the journey they take will change their lives forever. Each with their own issues and problems at home they want to go to the top but do they have what it […]

UK SHORT FILM: FILL ME IN (WOULD YOU GIVE HIM A SECOND CHANCE?)

February 16, 2013

Sebastian Thiel presents ‘Fill Me In’ a short film written by Gus Miller that explores how a young man’s venturesome day gets turned on its head through the perspectives of the people around him. Would you give him a second chance? … Would I give HIM a second chance? I sure would.. and a third and a fourth and a fifth and a sixth…. Hahahaha. Fill Me In has also entered in the Sundance London 2013 Short Film Festival. Your thoughts please….

IDIOT OF THE DAY: FOOTBALLER’S FATHER FOUND GUILTY OF ASSAULTING SON’S EX-GIRLFRIEND

February 16, 2013

Via The Daily Mail The father of footballer Danny Simpson has  been found guilty of assault after a bust-up with his son’s former  girlfriend. Bodybuilder Peter Samms confronted Stephanie  Ward, 25, after she revealed how the Newcastle United star had ‘cheated’ on her  with X-Factor judge Tulisa Contostavlos in a national newspaper. Samms, 46, barged into Miss Ward’s home in  Worsley, Greater Manchester, just hours after she had aborted the child she was  carrying with the footballer. During the confrontation, last November,  Samms acted in […]

UK WEB SERIES: SPIN (EPISODE 4)

February 13, 2013

“SPIN” is a UK based web series that shows the lives of several young individuals and how they ‘spin’ into each other’s lives unknowingly, due to one thing or another. Missed previous episodes? CLICK HERE to watch episode 1, episode 2 and episode 3.

UK COMEDY EVENT: THE LOL SHOW – ABOUT 2 BLOW

February 13, 2013

LOL Show presents UK Tour ”About 2 Blow”. A live stand up and improv show featuring 7 of the Britain’s most talked about young urban comics such as Babatunde, Axel, Mikey Carpenter, Dane Baptiste, Aurie Styla, Mo The Comedian and Travis Jay. “URBAN” comics? is this now the acceptable term used when describing black comics? When I hear black British comics referring to themselves as being “URBAN comedians” I just shake my head. Pure foolishness. But anyway I digress… The line up is being touted […]

UK PR ANTICS: SOUL SINGER MICA PARIS SHOWS OFF BOYFRIEND/MANAGER IN HELLO MAGAZINE

February 12, 2013

British Soul singer Mica Paris (43) appears in this week’s Hello Magazine with her new beau Prince Frederick Alexander Von Preussen (28) who according to the Daily Mail  is 346th in line to the British throne. Prince Frederick is also Mica’s manager and the couple have apparently been together for four years. In the interview with Hello Mica gushed: ‘there’s no one else I’d rather marry than Alex because he’s flipping amazing.’ When asked about the difference in their “backgrounds” Prince Frederick replied: […]