An Aptly Named Program
I switched on the television to get the News at Six on the BBC. Instead I’ve got the most aptly named program called Pointless Celebrities.
Are they anything else?
Celebrities And Science
Sense About Science, has published a article called 2012 Celebrities and Science.
There are the usual wacky ideas, but it is good to see that s0me celebrities have asked Sense About Science to help them get their facts right.
Piers Morgan Annoys The Gun Lobby
According to this article on the BBC, Piers Morgan has annoyed the gun lobby in the States, so much they want him deported.
Piers Morgan’s response has been robust.
“If I do get deported from America for wanting fewer gun murders, are there any other countries that will have me?” the 47-year-old joked after the 25,000-signature threshold was past.
Later, he added: “Wanting America to ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines isn’t anti-constitutional – it’s called ‘common sense.'”
As to Larry Pratt of a group called Gun Owners of America! He’s what we call on this side of the Atlantic; a complete pratt. I remember someone with a similar name being referred to as Pratt in name and pratt in nature.
The X Factor Winner Is Not News
The BBC has been reporting who won X Factor last night.
This is not news and why do we clog up the airways with things like this?
Choosing A Celebrity President
There’s this bit of fun on the BBC’s web site.
I answered it honestly and certainly got someone, who would do a better job than many politicians; Oprah Winfrey. Although, I’m not a fan and I’ve never seen any of her television programs or films. In fact, if you showed me a picture of her, I doubt I’d recognise her.
I then reversed my answers and got someone called LL Cool J. I certainly haven’t heard of him and from what I read on Wikipedia, I haven’t missed much.
Has Gwyneth Got The Zip Undone?
There’s something strange about the picture of Gwyneth Paltrow in this article in the Standard.
Look under her left arm, at the cut out in the dress. It looks like she’s got the zip open. Or is it one of those straps to put the dress on a hanger?
Jimmy Savile
Everybody seems to have it in for Jimmy Savile these days.
I won’t defend him, but as the guy is now dead, and no recompense can be made from the man or offences charged, surely it is one of few cases, where to let sleeping dogs lie, may well be the best thing to do.
There have been similar cases in the past, including murders that might have involved a much-loved and dead at the time boxer. These have been forgotten by most.
But the bigger you are, the more likely it is, that the tabloids and the general public will want to cut you down.
I saw Jimmy Savile once walking down Portland Place by the BBC, with a big cigar clamped in his teeth and a couple of blonde young ladies about twenty or so on his arms.
Nick Ross’s House
There has been a lot of talk in the paper about the profit TV presenter, Nick Ross, has made on his house. It’s all here in the Telegraph.
To turn an investment of a million into thirty five, shows a certain skill, but it more probably is down to a lot of luck.
But then like me, he’s one of that select club of Leo pigs, born in 1947! These seem to get their fair share of luck; good and bad. I could also include Roy Hodgson, Maddy Prior and Katherine Hamnett. Hewlett-Packard was also incorporated two days after I was born on the 18th.
It’s all very strange, but just coincidence.
Duchess Pictures Row Goes From French Farce To An Irish One
It would appear from what I’ve read and heard on the radio, that both in France and Ireland the reason for publishing was to try to prop up rapidly dwindling circulations. According to a well-know media commentator, one of the most likely outcomes in Ireland, as both the owners have disowned a unilateral decision of an editor is that a hundred jobs might be lost.
I think that the Duke and Duchess have been a bit slow here. The damage has been done and nothing will repair it. But a substantial donation to his favourite charities might help.
I also think they’ll be also be more careful where they sunbathe.
Actress Or Actor?
I thought that these days, the term actress wasn’t used, as female actors, prefer to be called actors.
But the BBC has just used the term, Actress under Keira Knightly‘s name on an interview this morning. However, Miss Knightly is referred to as an actress on Wikipedia.
So it would appear that different organisations have different rules.
The Anonymous Widower 