March 10, 2012
Oh dear… more drama in the heady/exciting world of UK entertainment this morning. Actor Adam Deacon was supposed to appear as a guest on the popular Sky 1 morning show Soccer Am today to promote his new film Payback Season, but was a no-show. So throughout the morning hosts Max and Helen were firing sly shots at Adam. Max called Adam “lazy” and viewers were told that he “couldn’t be bothered to get out of bed”. As you can imagine this didn’t […]
December 9, 2011
13 year X-Factor USA contestant Rachel Crowe was voted off the show last night.. and then this happened… …. X-Factor USA should perhaps think about introducing an age limit to avoid scenes like this. It’s almost as if Rachel isn’t used to hearing the word “NO” in her household and used to getting her own way. I acknowledge the fact that she is still a child and at that age I would expect to see a few tears and the look of […]
October 24, 2011
Four-part channel 4 drama Top Boy which starts on Monday 31st October has been criticised by the mayor of Hackney Jules Pipe for perpetuating negative stereotypes of black people. Hackney council also banned filming of the drama on its council estates. Jules Pipe said of the decision, “Estates aren’t film sets – they are people’s homes. Hackney’s film office… considers whether the portrayal would have a detrimental effect on the reputation of the area. In this case, it was not fair on residents… having […]
July 10, 2011
Via The Daily Mail Dizzee Rascal (real name Dylan Kwabena) was hauled off a plane at Heathrow yesterday for allegedly hurling abuse at a stewardess – and now he could face a life ban from British Airways. The rapper is said to have hurled foul-mouthed insults at the stewardess as he sat in First Class. He had been on his way to Portugal to the Optimus Alive! festival, where Coldplay and Foo Fighters were also on the bill, but as a result […]
March 17, 2011
On the 7 March Bill Cosby and mogul Russell Simmons both attended The Jackie Robinson Awards Gala in New York, but sometime during the evening Bill turned to Russell and told him to “get the f**k out of my face”, after Russell told the Cosby Show star he “loved him”. In 2009 the two clashed after Russell publicly criticised Bill for his State of Emergency campaign which he created to help promote socially conscious rap music, but on the night of the […]
May 28, 2010
It’s been officially announced that singer Alicia Keys is expecting her first child, and will marry her lover producer Swizz Beatz in the summer. Congratulations to them both. I wish them both the best of luck.
March 23, 2010
It looks like The Sugababes train is about to crash and burn! That Grape Juice reports that the “new look” group’s latest album Sweet 7 isn’t performing as well as hoped in the UK Album Chart, and rumour has it the Babes have been dropped by their production label Roc Nation. The fact that the group is no longer featured on the ROC Nation website speaks volumes. ……………………………………………………………… Did they really think that the Sugababes brand would survive after the last remaining original member […]
January 25, 2010
Singer Javine Hylton is hoping to make a ‘come back’ by appearing on the popular Channel 4 cooking show Celebrity Come Dine With Me, and also plans to release a new single. The singer’s rep disclosed to Overground Online , ‘Javine’s feeling really positive about 2010. ‘She’ll soon begin work on a music project with a well known producer, and is releasing brand new material later this year.’ I wonder who the “well known producer” is? Could it be Pharrell? Dr Dre? Just Blaze? Rodney Jerkins??? The […]
December 8, 2009
Oh dear this doesn’t look good. I’m guessing that the ‘unidentified’ woman is his wife Elin. Via BBC News An unidentified woman has been taken away in an ambulance from a house on the street in Florida where golfer Tiger Woods lives, reports say. Local television stations in Orlando said a call for an ambulance had been received from Woods’ home in the gated Isleworth community at 0236 (0736 GMT). TV footage showed a woman being wheeled on a stretcher into a nearby […]
December 2, 2009
Well, well, well…. superstar golfer Tiger Woods is a dark horse isn’t he? It’s all coming out now…. I didn’t know he had it in him! First the car accident over the weekend (while fleeing from his angry wife) and now his ‘alleged’ former mistresses are all crawling out of the wood work. Now here comes his apology…. Via TigerWoods.com I have let my family down and I regret those transgressions with all of my heart. I have not been true to my values and the behaviour my […]
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