Article Archive for December 2005
Back in May, Dave Chappelle legged it off to Africa without making all of the third series of Chappelle's Show for Comedy Central like he said he would. But now Dave Chappelle is back.
Well, he's kind of back at least. Comedy Central has announced that it is to cobble together a load of the stuff that Dave Chappelle filmed for Chappelle's Show before he buggered off and show that instead.
Time to take part in the hecklerspray Celebrity Haiku Competition: your chance to scribble out an ancient form of Japanese poetry about a famous figure!
This week it's the turn of dull-as-bricks 'rapper' and shoe salesman 50 Cent.
But first lets take a look at last week's winner...
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It's one thing to see pictures of Jennifer Aniston topless in GQ magazine, but don't think for one second it means you can take pictures of Jennifer Aniston topless in secret from a mile away.
A cheeky member of the paparazzi is said to have taken some sneaky snaps of a topless Aniston recently, and Aniston's lawyer has promised that all kinds of awful things will happen if the tit pics ever see the light of day.
Hey you! Do you know a lot about football? Can you name the last person to score a penalty in the FA Cup but still lose the match? Do you think that's important information for a grown-up to know?
Well, luckily for you, there's a new DVD game for you to buy and play and show everyone that you know more about football than
...Stevie Wonder has got some mental musings going on behind those sunglasses.
Like some crazy AM radio Alabama preacher, he has announced that he thinks the death of John Lennon might have been something altogether more supernatural than the tragic action of a maniac gunman.
Apparently the whole sorry shebang of Lennon's murder was "inevitable"... and all because of the ex-Beatle's lack of faith in religion.
There's a weird obsession in the UK about getting a Christmas Number One. For some reason, useless ballads with bell noises all over them capture the British imagination like nothing else.
And that's why we're starting to take a look at the betting odds for the 2005 Christmas Number One - SportingOdds.com currently has a list of 43 festive tunes that are in contention to be crowned top of the seasonal pops. Some are good, most are crappy and all are just waiting for you to place some money on them.
So here's the very first instalment of our Christmas Number One betting odds, with help from SportingOdds.com...
So poor old shrieking redhead Patsy Palmer has been eliminated from Strictly Come Dancing just before this week's semi-final. And, less relevantly, Patsy's bigmouth partner has gone too.
That leaves just four Strictly Come Dancing contestants left in the running: Zoe Ball, Colin Jackson, James Martin and Darren Gough. One of them has to win - but which one? It's no good trying to work it out from the judges - their puffy faces seem to only be able to talk in laboured puns all the time. And it's no good trying to work it out from Bruce Forsyth - he's now officially the most confused man on the TV.
No. You should work out who's going to win by looking at the betting odds. And we've got part one of the Strictly Come Dancing betting odds right here, with help from Betfair.com...
The best thing about the new Rocky film is that it very clearly mirrors the life of Sylvester Stallone. Rocky and Stallone are both old has-beens trying to recapture the glories of their youth.
And, like Rocky's probable fight in the new film, everybody seems to be willing Sylvester Stallone on to make a success of his latest project. That explains the delirious reaction to the news that Stallone has started filming scenes for Rocky Balboa, the sixth Rocky movie.
