Bookmakers Paddy Power have in the past managed to court some controversy regarding their marketing strategies, such as being the only bookmakers to give odds on the first species to be driven to extinction by the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and on an assassination of U.S. President Barack Obama. Their television campaigns have also come [...]
Archive for February, 2012
That Awkward Interview With The Bloke From Jaws.
February 29th, 2012
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It’s becoming increasingly apparent that the only interesting characters sliding around Hollywood these days are the older fellas. Just to emphasise this point watch the rather awkward red carpet interview above, given by a three-sheets-to-the-wind Richard Dreyfuss, (Jaws, Close Encounter Of The Third Kind), to an unfortunate man in a tux with a microphone. Apart [...]
Afternoon Doubloons – Links In Brief(s)
February 28th, 2012
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Lucy Liu will play Dr Watson in American TV Sherlock Holmes series called Elementary…surprisingly this isn’t a joke – (Empire Magazine) Great story about infamous punk band MC5 playing at a Catholic high school back in 1969 – (Just Kill Yourself) Wikileaks and Anonymous have teamed up to publish some fascinating information about an intelligence [...]
Charlie Brooker’s Poem About The Sun.
February 28th, 2012
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Writer and broadcaster Charlie Brooker launched into an amazing poem about Rupert Murdoch’s tabloid rag The Sun last week, during a live broadcast of 10 o’clock Live. Here it is in all it’s glory.
Angelina Jolie’s Leg Has A Twitter Account.
February 27th, 2012
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(via Old Ghost) Now that the single most over-bloated, obscenely funded, self aggrandising award ceremony involving wealthy people who pretend for a living is finally over, the one highlight which seems to be still running, (excuse the pun), is Angelina Jolie’s leg and it’s magical appearance last night. Never ones to rest on their laurels [...]
Eminem Vs Only Fools & Horses.
February 27th, 2012
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This has been doing the rounds on Facebook, a delightfully clever mash-up of Eminem and the classic TV theme tune to Only Fools And Horses. Fans of John Sullivan might be advised to skip this tune entirely.
