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X Factor - don't try this at home

verso Toyota Verso The notion the X Factor and programmes like Britain's Got Sod All Talent are nothing more than a bit of harmless fun has been clearly demonstrated to be badly flawed. This is something I have repeatedly told...

Posted by Steve Orme on October 23, 2008 12:41 PM

Dark Knight scribe David Goyer says ALL recent Batman rumours are nonsense

SINCE The Dark Knight soared across the screens, boosted by Heath Ledger's manic and final performance as the Joker, everyone's wanted a slice of superhero sensation. It's led to all sorts of batty balderdash as the media embarked on...

Posted by David Bentley on October 8, 2008 2:01 PM

The next Batman movie: Who isn't in it, who wants to be in it and who should be in it!

HERE'S the latest round-up of rumours, reports, possibilities and polls on the villains for the follow-up to The Dark Knight. The big stars are clearly buzzing round the Batman franchise like bees around a honeypot as the movie powers...

Posted by David Bentley on September 4, 2008 9:32 AM

Muzak beats the love of food

I used to know a world famous improvising musician (sadly no longer with us) who, on tour, would spend a lot of time going up and down in hotel lifts. I recall doing an interview with him at Birmingham's Strathallan...

Posted by Sid Langley on August 27, 2008 7:59 PM

Cher rumoured to be in talks to play Catwoman in next Batman movie!

SINGER and actress Cher is rumoured to be in talks to play Catwoman in the next Batman movie, according to a somewhat dubious report in the UK's Telegraph newspaper. It all sounds like something from the litter tray, but the...

Posted by David Bentley on August 26, 2008 2:06 PM

We can but dream...

NOT enough of us girlies are big gaming fans so the computer bigwigs have apparently decided to team up with Paramount to make versions of some of our favourite films like Clueless, Mean Girls and Pretty in Pink. Does...

Posted by Alpa on July 30, 2008 8:00 AM

Janet Jackson's "Wardrobe Malfunction" Fine Thrown Out

A US appeals court has thrown out a $550,000 dollar (£275,000) indecency fine against CBS for the 2004 Super Bowl half-time show that ended with Janet Jackson's breast-baring "wardrobe malfunction." The three judges of the 3rd US Circuit Court...

Posted by Marion McMullen on July 22, 2008 9:35 AM

Cher Denies Marriage Rumours

CHER has denied reports that she married a Hell's Angel in Las Vegas recently. "She's not even in Vegas right now," the singer's representative, Liz Rosenberg, told People.com. The false report said that the 62-year-old singer and her beau,...

Posted by Marion McMullen on July 10, 2008 12:44 PM

Cher Trouble

A MAN has been arrested in the US for harassing Cher. Calvin Hutton Houghland, from Nashville, was charged with disorderly conduct and public intoxication after he repeatedly harassing the singer-actress at the town's famous honky-tonk Tootsies Orchid Lounge. Police...

Posted by Marion McMullen on June 26, 2008 8:41 AM