Terms and Conditions: 2020 Women’s Six Nations Prize details: 5x pairs of 2x tickets England Women vs Ireland Women – 2020 Women’s Six Nations, Castle Park, Armthorpe Road, Doncaster, United KingdomDN2 5QB on Sunday 23 February 2020 12:45pm Terms and Conditions To enter the competition on Twitter entrants, need to retweet the competition tweet, posted […]

6 years ago

Terms and Conditions: Guinness Six Nations Prize details: 3x pairs of 2x tickets Wales vs France – Guinness Six Nations 2020, Principality Stadium, Cardiff, United Kingdom on Saturday 22 February 2020 16:45 Terms and Conditions To enter the competition on Twitter entrants need to retweet the competition tweet, posted by @JOE_co_uk, on Instragram entrants must […]

6 years ago

Brought to you by BBC Three “Keep your enemies close. Keep your friends close as well, because they are your friends at the end of the day.” BBC Three’s This Country is easily one of the greatest comedies to debut in recent years. Real-life brother and sister duo Daisy May and Charlie Cooper both write and star […]

6 years ago

There’s more to the Sandman than just Punch Drunk Love There are a lot of injustices in the world right now, but one of the biggest is that Adam Sandler didn’t even get an Oscar nomination for Uncut Gems. The exhilarating thriller, set in Manhattan’s Diamond District, sees Sandler play jeweler Howard Ratner, who makes living […]

6 years ago

How would you hurt someone with a Henry Hoover? If you’ve ever watched a WWE hardcore match in your life you’ll know that the fighters can use pretty much anything they please to injure their opponents. They tend to be items like foldable chairs, baseball bats wrapped in barbed wire – an entity that really […]

6 years ago

“An argument ensued, and he ended up strangling my dad then setting him on fire” In 2011, the father of comedian Chris McGlade was brutally murdered. 77 year-old Terry McGlade was strangled by his friend Malcolm Harland, following an argument. Harland then tried to cover his tracks by setting fire to his victim’s bungalow. It is […]

6 years ago

Harley Quinn vs The Huntress Originally debuting in the 1990s Batman animated series, Harley Quinn has long been a cult favourite amongst comic fans – but it was when she was brought to life by Margot Robbie in 2016’s Suicide Squad that the character became a pop culture icon (and went on to inspire a […]

6 years ago

The Mayor of London has a message for Brexit Day Three and a half years after the referendum, the UK is set to leave the European Union today, 31st January 2020. It is a day filled with raw emotions from both sides. Despite this, Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has remained dedicated to progressive European values […]

6 years ago

Childbirth hurts a lot more than a chair shot There is a reason why WWE television always carries those “Don’t Try This At Home” warnings. Being a wrestler is tough – you’ve got to take the bumps, the chair shots, and occasionally being run over by Rikishi. With this in mind, we caught up with […]

6 years ago

For years, Samoa Joe was one of the defining figures of independent American pro wrestling His work in TNA and Ring of Honor was beloved by the sort of hardcore fan who rejected Vince McMahon’s mainstream empire. Samoa Joe’s powerhouse, MMA-inspired style brought a captivating intensity to legendary bouts with the likes of CM Punk […]

6 years ago

What are you trying to tell me? That I can dodge bullets? The Matrix is a movie that changed Hollywood cinema. Back in 1999, we had seen nothing like Bullet Time before. The melting pot of anime, kung-fu, cyber-goth fashion and solipsism was an absolute mind-fuck for anyone who was a teenager at the turn of the […]

6 years ago

Who’s tougher – wrestlers or boxers? What would you rather subject yourself to: hopping into a ring to get thrown around by a professional wrestler or stepping into the ring to have your actual face punched off by a professional boxer? Admittedly, neither option is particularly attractive. Yes – wrestling is scripted and, unlike boxing, […]

6 years ago

What name will Joe / Will go under this time? Netflix’s supremely successful stalker show You is to return for a third season, the streaming giant has confirmed. It’s quite an achievement for the psychological thriller – You was originally commissioned by US cable channel Lifetime, but failed to find an audience. It was only […]

6 years ago

Lots of films have fighting scenes Pretty much as long as there’s been cinema, there have been scenes featuring hand-to-hand combat. Back in the silent movie days these were little more than the likes of Charlie Chaplin and Rudolph Valentino winding their arms back like some kind of wind up toy car, but over time these […]

6 years ago

Slang varies wildly from place to place In one area of the world, a ‘big bag of cans’ means one thing and one thing only, while in another area of the world it can mean something entirely different. The word ‘scran’ will evoke a certain reaction from a person in particular areas of Britain, but […]

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“I had seen how much free stuff Ricky got sent, and that was another reason to put myself in the show” Writer, director and actor Stephen Merchant is one of the UK’s most recognisable comedy stars – and not just because he’s 6ft 6 tall. After co-creating The Office with Ricky Gervais, he took a larger on-screen role […]

6 years ago

“Tall people are stupid” Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart are Hollywood’s greatest double act right now, and are frequently just as entertaining in promotional interviews as they are in their movies – sometimes even more so. After appearing together in the likes of Central Intelligence and Hobbs & Shaw, they have reteamed for Jumanji: The Next Level, the […]

6 years ago

“We all have our secrets – we just didn’t get to yours yet” The first trailer for the 25th James Bond movie No Time To Die is here, and it looks to continue with the super-serious vibe Daniel Craig has brought to the character. Most excitingly, we get a look at Rami Malek’s bad guy, who wears […]

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“It’s gonna be a hell of a reunion” Despite debuting in the Marvel Cinematic Universe all the way back in 2010’s Iron Man 2, Black Widow has remained just a supporting character throughout the Avengers and Captain America movies. But, after years of rumours and development hell, in 2018 it was finally confirmed that Scarlett Johansson would be getting to star […]

6 years ago

Not enough people have seen The Rocketeer tbh Superstar indie director Kevin Smith is back with a new movie – this time he returns to his iconic duo Jay and Silent Bob once again, played by himself and his childhood friend Jason Mewes. Jay and Silent Bob first appeared all the way back in Smith’s […]

6 years ago

From social media to stand up superstar Mo Gilligan – aka Mo The Comedian – is now one of the UK’s most popular stand-ups, with his own Netflix special, a recently announced world tour, and stint co-hosting The Big Narstie Show. But Gilligan got there not by plugging away on the stand-up circuit, like so many […]

6 years ago

Brought to you by Open Money “The world currently is awash with food, yet we have such widespread hunger” This week’s guest on Pioneers with John Amaechi is Tessa Clark, the co-founder of OLIO, a food sharing app that connects neighbours and local businesses to one another. It has even been dubbed the ‘Tinder for […]

6 years ago

It’s one of sports TV’s most iconic moments Chris Kamara is one of the most beloved sports presenters in English football. As one of the members of Sky Sports’ Soccer Saturday and now one of the hosts of Goals on Sunday, Kamara is as well known among the younger generation of fans for his punditry and […]

6 years ago

This is how Rick and Morty came to be With season four of Rick and Morty finally here (and hitting E4 in the UK on November 20), we decided to delve back in time to show you the origins of a show which has become a cultural phenomenon. This is the story of Doc and Mharti, […]

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Brought to you by Open Money “If we continue to eat the food we currently have, there’s a big problem” Julian Hearn, the founder of powdered food product Huel, is the latest entrepreneur to sit down with John Amaechi OBE on the Pioneers podcast. Hearn launched Huel, intended for busy, time-poor people, a little over four […]

6 years ago

The End of the F***ing World was one of the real surprise TV hits of the last few years Based on the cult comic by cartoonist Charles Forsman, the Channel 4 / Netflix co-production came out of nowhere to be one of the most talked-about shows of 2017, both in the UK and the US. The […]

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Brought to you by Open Money “I got a D”  This week’s guest on Pioneers With John Amaechi is Holly Tucker, who is the founder of Europe’s biggest small business site, Not On The High Street. With annual turnover north of £150 million and sellers adding nearly £600 million gross value to the UK economy, it’s no surprise that she was awarded an MBE […]

6 years ago

“This is on a Physics test!?” Superstar astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson is one of the most famous scientists on the planet- for two decades he has been Director of the Hayden Planetarium at the Rose Center for Earth and Space in New York City, he hosted the hit documentary series Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey, and is the author of several bestselling […]

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“I thought, ‘Sepp Blatter is really old, can I really prank this guy?’ Then I remembered he was the epicentre of FIFA corruption” Comedian Simon Brodkin is known for two things: playing characters like cheeky chap Lee Nelson and preening Premier League footballer Jason Bent; and his elaborate pranks, which have included handing Theresa May […]

6 years ago

Brought to you by Open Money “My favourite moment was in 2013, standing on Mont Ventoux, and around the corner in the yellow jersey, is Chris Froome” Cycling wear mogul Simon Mottram talks about the challenges of partnering with Team Sky as they dominated the Tour de France, on the latest episode of Pioneers with John Amaechi.  Mottram worked for 20 years in branding, […]

6 years ago

Newcomer Marchánt Davis was picked from obscurity to star in the new film from the genius behind Four Lions and Brass Eye A new Chris Morris project is always an event. From the surrealism satire of The Day Today, to the controversy of Brass Eye, the bleakness of Nathan Barely and the unexpected humanity of Four Lions, Morris has […]

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Brought to you by Open Money “I think the numbers speak for themselves”  Entrepreneur Anne-Marie Huby started her career as a journalist, first on the radio in Belgium, and then for the Birmingham Post, before becoming the UK head of charity Médecins Sans Frontières.   It was in 1999 that she co-founded JustGiving, the UK’s first online charity platform, with Zarine Kharas, and by […]

7 years ago

There was a point in the 1990s when it looked like the future of video games was all about Full Motion Video CD ROM technology allowed for games to include real filmed video footage, of real actors, and have players interact with it. Instead of blocky pixel art characters, you now had ‘superstars’ like Mark […]

7 years ago

A perfectly cromulent Martin Scorsese cover version from the guy that directed The Hangover The long-awaited, ultra-hyped, and already much-discussed Joker origin movie sometimes feels like it might be about a lot of things – about class, about mental illness, about masculinity gone wrong. But really, despite a jaw-dropping lead performance from Joaquin Phoenix, it is just a movie about […]

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“We extend our deepest sympathy to all victims and families impacted by these tragedies” Warner Bros has issued a statement responding to the controversy around the new Joaquin Phoenix-starring Joker movie, calling on “policymakers to enact bi-partisan legislation to address this epidemic [of violence]”. The film, focusing on Batman’s greatest villain and reportedly not featuring the […]

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Things don’t look good for Jesse We are less than one month away from El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie dropping on Netflix. And finally, following an ‘announcement video’ in August, we have a trailer. Admittedly, it’s a trailer that doesn’t show very much. Just Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul) sitting in a car, in the dark. We […]

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After over two decades, Ash Ketchum has finally become a Pokemon master, in the latest episode of the animated series  Ash Ketchum started out like most of us. Just a kid, with a dream. A dream to be the very best, like no one ever was.  Twenty-two years ago, the Pokemon anime first aired in Japan, in April 1997. […]

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“You don’t do push-ups and sit-ups in combat” The US military recently updated its fitness test to better reflect the realities of combat – because being able to do a lot of push-ups or sit-ups doesn’t really reflect who you can handle your body under life-threating pressure. To see how intense it really is, we […]

7 years ago

After nearly a decade of flops, two new movies herald the return of true movie star By the late 2000s and early 2010s, Brad Pitt had truly shed his pretty-boy persona to become a fascinating actor, giving movies like The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, Moneyball and Inglourious Basterds. But it’s been […]

7 years ago

Pennywise is back The 2017 adaptation of Stephen King’s beloved clown horror It was able to condense the epic tome down into workable cinematic form by chopping its narrative in half. It focused just on the protagonists’ battles with demon Pennywise as children (set during the 1950s in the novel, but updated to the 1980s […]

7 years ago

It is an all too familiar story, both here and in the US A manufacturing plant goes out of business, due to advances in automation, and it being cheaper to have the product produced elsewhere in the world. Hundreds of working-class men and women lose their jobs, and a once-thriving community becomes critically wounded. Yet […]

7 years ago

One day during the late 1970s, Nintendo employee Gunpei Yokoi was riding the bullet train in Tokyo, when he noticed a tiny little action that would change the world Yokoi saw a bored executive playing with an LCD calculator on his commute. This seemingly mundane occurrence sparked something in Yokoi. The sight of the man […]

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The ultimate South Park character quiz, for hardcore fans.

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As a Queen’s Park Rangers fan, I have spent an irrational amount of time defending Ian Holloway Last year, when QPR unceremoniously dumped Ian Holloway for Steve McClaren, I stood up for him. Holloway might not be a brilliant manager, but he was a dependable hand, is liked by the fans, and at the right […]

7 years ago

Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss are officially returning for The Matrix 4, with Lana Wachowski directing Back in the summer of 1999, there was one sci-fi action movie that everyone was getting themselves ridiculously excited about. That film turned out to be The Phantom Menace. We all know how that turned out. However, the real […]

7 years ago

*cough* It’s not exactly an original observation, but true crime is having a moment right now. Not just in the case of documentaries like Making A Murderer, but also big-budget TV adaptation of real cases like American Crime Story fictionalisations of the OJ Simpson trial and the murder of Gianni Versace. But now, finally, we are […]

7 years ago

Now that we have your attention… Once Upon A Time In Hollywood is now finally out in UK cinemas. The ninth film from Quentin Tarantino is arguably his most grown-up and unusual film yet. Gone are the tightly-wound plotting and genre riffing of Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs and Inglourious Basterds. Instead, Once Upon A Time In Hollywood is, for the most part, […]

7 years ago

Michael Dapaah, the UK comedian behind viral hit Big Shaq, is back with a second series of his YouTube show #SWIL. #SWIL – aka Somewhere In London – features not only Big Shaq, but a host of other characters played by Michael Dapaah, including both new creations and returning favourites. The second series sees them […]

7 years ago

“It’s been out for three weeks in Japan” Originally airing in 2005, the Channel 4 comedy Nathan Barley was not a ratings smash when it first debuted. It’s not surprising, really. Created by Chris Morris and Charlie Brooker, it was based on a character from Brooker’s cult fake-listings website TVGoHome, and focused on the insular world of the East London new […]

7 years ago

Watching the skies with the former Blink-182 guitarist Tom DeLonge has had a hell of a career second act. Some musicians make world music albums when they get older. Some make a hamfisted attmpt at acting. Others launch a boutique whiskey brand. But not DeLonge. The Angels & Airwaves and Blink-182 singer-guitarist is now taking […]

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