From the monthly archives:

May 2005

Family Guy Returns Triumphant

by C J Davies

What do TV executives know? A big piddling nothing, that’s what. Back in the heady days of 2002, some bigwigs at Fox noticed that a little cartoon called Family Guy (DVDs/CD/Books) – as good as early-90′s peak Simpsons (DVDs/CDs/Books) any day of the week – simply wasn’t getting the viewers, and rather unceremoniously pulled the [...]

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Ewan McGregor Does Not Hate Star Wars

by Chris Laverty

Ewan McGregor (DVD) is learning his mouth can soon become as talked about as his penis. Though, as with the latter, it depends on what’s coming out of it. Recent reports have hinted at Ben Kenobi’s apparent dislike of George Lucas’ new Star Wars (DVD) trilogy, saying they’re not a patch on the original movies.  [...]

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Eurovision Odds – Albania, Andorra and Austria

by Stuart Heritage

Surprisingly, the 2005 Eurovision Song Contest is less than three weeks away. Only 18 days to go until all the peaceful negotiations that Europe’s leaders have involved themselves in over the last year are ripped apart in a frenzy of dancing, singing and, well, weirdness. hecklerspray have again teamed up with Betfair.com to look at [...]

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Linkin Park And Warner Music – Rock And Roll Share Price Strop!

by Stuart Heritage

The spectrum of Rock and Roll bad behaviour is a wide one. At one end, you have Motley Crue (books/CDs) and Led Zeppelin (books/CDs) apparently putting fish up girls’ bums. In the middle somewhere are The Sex Pistols (CDs) saying "rotter" on television. And at the far end, past Cliff Richard (CDs) and Daniel Bedingfield [...]

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Barrymore Set to Marry Boyfriend

by Chris Laverty

His former wife Cheryl dies of cancer only a month ago, and just a week after gay weddings are made legal in New Zealand, Michael Barrymore starts scribbling out wedding invitations. He really doesn’t care what people think, we’ll give him that. His former wife Cheryl dies of cancer only a month ago, and just [...]

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Cher Finally Retires

by Chris Laverty

Countless false starts and the unnerving feeling she’d never leave have taught us to be cautious. This time however Cher (CD) really is going, retiring forever to a life of needlework and coupon cutting. Trust us, even Cher doesn’t change her outfit twelve times in one gig unless something important is occurring. If you never [...]

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Angelina Jolie Is Not A Wicked Witch, According To Angelina Jolie

by Stuart Heritage

Enormo-lipped actress Angelina Jolie (DVDs) has added another layer to the fast-becoming-tedious divorce of Brad Pitt (DVDs) and Jennifer Aniston (DVDs). The story, in brief, is this. Brad and Jen get married, Brad makes a movie with Angie, and they become friends, Brad and Jen divorce, world falls asleep. So what’s happened lately, in this [...]

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Wayne Rooney Is No Role-Model

by Stuart Heritage

There’s so much bad behaviour everywhere you look these days. Riding high in the box office is xXx2, not so much a film as one long angry explosion. On TV this week is the final of The Apprentice, a show where every episode is opened by a man with a crap beard saying "bullshitters" and [...]

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Hasselhoff Gets Bollywood Oscar

by Chris Laverty

Without an agonisingly repressed snigger or hint of irony, David Hasselhoff is a big star in India. Knight Rider (DVD) and Baywatch (DVD) still regularly run on TV over there and they can’t seem to get enough of his ‘life saving’ antics. "I’m proud of shows like Baywatch and Knight Rider because it’s about saving [...]

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Peter Kay Still Doesn’t Know Way To Amarillo

by C J Davies

… and dear god, hecklerspray wishes someone would tell him. Seven weeks on and horrorshow Is This The Way To Amarillo is still reigning over the charts like some hollow-eyed vulture circling the remains of popular culture. Not only is it irrefutable proof that the whole concept of the charity single is Satanic in itself, [...]

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