Veteran wrestler James Harris – better known as Kamala to fans around the world – has died aged 70 Kamala was a familiar face to fans of WWE in the mid-1980s (back when it was known as WWF), most memorably challenging Hulk Hogan to a series of WWF Championship matches in late 1986 and early […]

6 years ago

Ronnie says he’d have to “lose an arm and a leg to fall out of the top 50” Ronnie O’Sullivan is an absolute legend in the world have snooker – he has been a pro for 28 years, and still remains one of the best players in the world. Last night, the 44-year-old beat Ding […]

6 years ago

“That will teach me to try and say joggers and dog walkers in the same sentence!” As you might have noticed, we’ve had a lot of incredible weather over the last few days. So much so, that BBC News sent weather presenter Carol Kirkwood out to the lovely Greenwich Park for this morning’s broadcast. As […]

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Let the endless arguments commence A YouGov poll has found that 59% of British people do not consider a Magnum an ice lolly. The extremely important and controversial research also found that 47% of people would not consider a Feast an ice lolly, and that 24% of those asked would not say that a Solero […]

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Don’t know which is worse: hot sweaty jungle or cold miserable castle So, you know the usual format of I’m A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here, right? A bunch of celebs are shipped off to the jungle in Australia and forced to camp out and eat bugs and stuff. Well, as you might have noticed, […]

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Cranston says he would love to play Walter White on Better Call Saul Earlier this week, Bryan Cranston announced that the cast of Malcolm in the Middle was reuniting for a charity table read of that show’s pilot – but it turns out that’s not the only former show he would like to go back […]

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The Keanu Renaissance continues It has been confirmed that the fifth John Wick movie is coming, and it will shoot back-to-back with John Wick 4. The announcement was made by Lionsgate CEO Jon Feltheimer on an analyst call this week, according to Hollywood Reporter. “We’re also busy preparing scripts for the next two installments of our John […]

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Cheer up mate, you’re back in the Premier League On Tuesday night, Fulham won promotion back to the Premier League, by beating Brentford in the play-off final. That’s not really the important thing here though. The important thing is that someone on Twitter took Fulham manager Scott Parker’s post-match interview, and put it over the […]

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Former WWE tag team star Marty Jannetty has appeared to claim that he made sex attacker ‘disappear’ in a troubling Facebook post that also uses an offensive slur In the post from Wednesday morning, he recounts a story where he claims he “made a man disappear”. https://twitter.com/BLPMikey/status/1290982041161469955 “I was 13, working at Victory Lanes bowling […]

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The show will return without original creator John Kricfalusi, who was accused of sexual misconduct in 2018 The classic Nickelodeon cartoon Ren & Stimpy is being revived by Comedy Central. According to Hollywood Reporter, the show will return in a “reimagined” new take, with a new creative team. It is just the latest classic animation […]

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“Close to two dozen federal agents” were seen entering the property The FBI has confirmed that an armed swat team has undertaken a raid on the home of YouTube star Jake Paul. The spokesperson did not confirm the reason for the raid, but BBC News reports that guns were seen being removed from Paul’s house […]

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The story of how the wrestling/hip-hop mash-up happened is just as interesting as the game itself Hip-hop. Video games. Wrestling. Those are three of the greatest things in the world. So it is surprising that it took so long for somebody to put them all together in the same package. But that’s what made the […]

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“We can’t just kill everyone!” “That’s exactly what we are going to do!” The trailer for the second season of Amazon’s great superhero satire The Boys in here, and it is just as crazy and violent as you’d expect. Karl Urban and the rest of his superhero-hunting crew return, but now there is a deadly […]

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The satirical puppet show is back The puppets of prime minister Boris Johnson and his chief advisor Dominic Cummings from the new reboot of Spitting Image have been revealed. Spitting Image has released images of their first two puppets, ahead of the revival of the show on BritBox. pic.twitter.com/TAJncgknig — Scott Bryan (@scottygb) August 5, […]

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The hat is back Jurassic Park remains one of the great pure blockbusters. Steven Spielberg has made arguably better movies, but maybe none as thrilling and exciting. The special effects may no longer be cutting edge, but they are so artfully crafted you never lose your sense of wonder. And Jeff Goldblum has never been […]

6 years ago

The HBO interview with Donald Trump has racked up millions of views in one day due to its surreal nature, but no, Armando Iannucci did not write it

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“I look like Mick Jagger, don’t I?” Ross Kemp is a tough man. Not only did he portray the hardest man in soap history, he has also travelled the world making hard hitting documentaries with some of the world’s most dangerous people. (And that episode of Extras was just fiction, ok.) However, the man most […]

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You’re not the boss of me now… Bryan Cranston has announced that a Malcolm in the Middle reunion is happening. In an Instagram post, he said the original cast of the 2000s sitcom will reunite on Zoom to read the script from the pilot episode, this Saturday evening. It is to mark the show’s twentieth […]

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The One Where You Do Yet Another Quiz A recent study has revealed that people born between 1984 and 1996 have, on average, spent approximately 36% of their lifetime watching reruns of Friends. Whether that be on Netflix, Comedy Central, Channel 5, E4, or even on VHS, you have almost definitely spent a large proportion of […]

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Just like The Undertaker, the XFL keeps rising from the grave Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson is part of a group that has just purchased Vince McMahon’s ill-fated American football league, the XFL. As reported by Sportico, the wrestler-turned-actor has joined up with private investment group RedBird Capital to purchase the league. Johnson’s producing partner and […]

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“I’m not José, I’m José” José Mourinho wants to make sure you know how to pronounce his name correctly in this new clip from the upcoming Amazon All Or Nothing: Tottenham Hotspur documentary. The clip comes from the next instalment of Amazon’s all-access sports films. The first football instalment, focusing on Manchester City, was certainly interesting […]

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The definitive telling of Klopp’s story so far After three decades, Liverpool are finally champions of England again. But you probably knew that already. And so, Channel 4 are marking the occasion with a documentary dedicated to the man who guided them to the title, the one and only Jurgen Klopp. Jürgen Klopp: Germany’s Greatest […]

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Together at last Robert DeNiro and Al Pacino in Heat. Superman and Batman. King Kong and Godzilla. Some team-ups just seem destined to happen. Written in the stars. And here’s another one: Sir David Attenborough is going to team up with Dave for a special episode of Planet Earth. Yeah, so the great BBC documentarian […]

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Seasoning is sacrilege Summer is here, and it is time to get the BBQ out. Though, of course, with the BBQ comes the inevitable arguments about the best way to prepare a burger. So we got an expert in to settle it once and for all for us – DJ BBQ, the man who literally […]

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“One of my arms has become a penis!” Robert Sheehan and Tom Hopper are both stars of the great Netflix kinda-superhero show The Umbrella Academy, playing Klaus and Luther Hargreeves respectively. And while they play brothers on-screen, they’ve also become very good mates IRL. So, ahead of The Umbrella Academy‘s eagerly awaited second season, we caught […]

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Scotland is known for a number of things Kilts, bagpipes, whisky, tartan, beautiful countryside and architecture – these are just some of the things that Scotland is well known for around the world. But there is one other particular thing that the country has a reputation, the vast quantity and variety of its takeaways and […]

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“You ask any DJ, and they’ll love Kevin and Perry Go Large“ Superstar DJ Jonas Blue burst onto the scene in 2017 with his tropical house cover of Tracy Chapman’s 1988 hit ‘Fast Car’, which got to number 2 in the UK charts. And since then, he’s done it all, racking up millions of streams and […]

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Swearing at Roy Keane seems like a stupid thing to do Few footballers have retained a tough man reputation quite as well as Roy Keane. The former Manchester United and Ireland captain took no prisoners during his playing days, from kicking Alf Inge Haaland into a parallel universe, to telling Patrick Vieira to pick on […]

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It’s one of the most memorable scenes in recent cinematic history Children of Men is a modern classic. Directed by Alfonso Cuaron, the film is set in London in 2027, a time when two decades of human infertility has left society on the brink. Terrorism is rife, and authoritarianism has taken over. Asylum seekers are interned […]

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Few wrestlers had the staying power of The Undertaker The Undertaker has retired after 30 years in the WWF and then WWE. A legendary wrestler, he reinvented himself on numerous occasions, from Deadman era alongside Paul Bearer, to his time with the Ministry of Darkness and his year as the American Bad Ass. Due to […]

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For a time they were some of the biggest games around In gaming, just as in other areas of life, fads and trends come and go. Certain genres of video games are incredibly popular for a while, and it can seem like they’ll never stop being made. Then, in a flash, they’re gone as quickly […]

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Netflix has a lot of horror films, most are crap though Despite the mixed quality, there are some gems on the streaming site, and one of the latest to be added is the 2018 horror film Hereditary. Starring Toni Collette, the film looks at the Graham family, who slowly come to terms with their family’s […]

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Stop looking for tells, start doing the maths Do you suck at poker? Do you want to stop losing to your mates? European poker tour champion Liv Boeree has some crucial tips every player needs to know. Looking for tells? That’s not as important as you think. And stop being so passive – if you’ve […]

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The Deadman goes for one more ride WWE superstar The Undertaker has had a career that has lasted over 30 years – and he is still writing new chapters to that legend. And thanks to the UK’s biggest WWE podcast Gorilla Position, we can bring you this exclusive look at the Undertaker: The Last Ride […]

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The Dreamcast is fondly remembered When we think back to the consoles of the 1990s, the majority of our minds will immediately go to the PlayStation and PlayStation 2. But for some, the console that they remember the fondest is the Sega Dreamcast. It was, unfortunately for fans and the company behind it, dwarfed by […]

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Few modern dramas have had the impact This Is England had When it was released in 2006 This Is England received universal acclaim, and went on to receive the the BAFTA for Best British Film in 2007. The film centres on the story of Shaun, a schoolboy who lives in the Midlands in the 1980s. His father […]

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Blue Story – the directorial debut of rapper-turned-filmmaker Rapman – was one of the most acclaimed British movies of last year It is an uncompromising look at the real-life ‘postcode’ gang wars in South London where Rapman grew up. The film follows teenage friends, Timmy (Stephen Odubola) and Marco (Michael Ward), whose lives are torn […]

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Famous people get Googled a lot If you are a famous person, chances are you’ve occasionally given in to temptation and Googled yourself, to see what people are curious about when it comes to you. It’s a natural thing to do. Ricky Gervais is more famous than most famous people, so it stands to reason […]

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Animal cruelty was a constant theme throughout the show Netflix show Tiger King was a massive hit for the streaming platform and was, for a considerable period of time, all viewers could talk about while they were watching it. The show centres on the business and personal life of eccentric zoo owner Joe Exotic, who ran the Greater […]

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Who shot Mr. Burns? That was a question that occupied the minds of television viewers for a whole summer during the 1990s. The episode, the season six finale, aired originally in the United States on May 21, 1995, and fans of The Simpsons had to wait until September to find out who in fact shot the owner […]

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“None of Del Boy’s French is making any sense at all!” Only Fools and Horses is one of the greatest British sitcoms of all time. Running between 1981 and 2003, Peckham’s Del Boy and Rodney won the hearts of the nation with their dodgy schemes and romantic exploits. The show spawned several spin-offs and even […]

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A pandemic is not a normal thing to live through No matter how many disaster movies we’ve watched, and no matter how times we’ve seen these and thought ‘Oh, I’d be fine in an apocalyptic world’, the truth is that a major change to the world and to our daily lives, such as this, has […]

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What is a faithful representation of British school life? Plenty of British television shows have tried to accurately portray life in a British school. Grange Hill, Byker Grove and Bad Education – no, we don’t remember it either – all gave it a good go, but when you get down to it, few shows hit […]

6 years ago

Entertainer first, boss second, internet star third Rob Locke is an actor and TV presenter who has appeared in hit shows like CSI, Ray Donovan and Two Broke Girls. However, last week he became an internet hit, not for any of those shows, but instead for his appearance on home shopping channel Ideal World, which is also broadcast […]

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Fuck Did you laugh? Perhaps not. But that doesn’t mean that swearing isn’t funny. It just means that swearing in isolation, without context, isn’t funny. Used correctly a swear word can be just as effective as the wittiest retort in your head. But what is it that actually makes swear words so funny? What’s the […]

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“Can I have two pints please – one for me, and one for Vin Diesel” Have you ever wanted to go for a beer with a Hollywood star? There are likely many things stopping a famous actor joining you down The Dog & Duck, but one big thing is the distance. Most of them live in […]

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“Would I make tea in the microwave? In Britain that’s sacrilegious” Wrestler-turned-actor Dava Bautista is known for being a tough guy. But how does he handle some of life’s minor – but also mortifying – awkward mishaps? Big Dave’s latest film My Spy sees him take on the role of a hardened CIA agent on a […]

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“It’s like blood and liver or something?” The English might not be known for their extravagant cuisine, but there is one thing they can definitely be proud of: the full English breakfast. The exact line-up of elements is the subject of fierce debate, but generally, it should include some combination of sausages, eggs, toast, fried […]

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“Little brothers are annoying. They just are.” Tom Holland is best known for playing Spider-Man – but he has now made the move from Marvel to Pixar, as he lends his voice to the god-like animation studio’s latest movie Onward. Set in a world filled with magical spells and fantastical creatures, Onward follows the exploits of bickering teenage […]

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It’s Christmas dinner, everyone has had a drink, and the inevitable happens… Dr Adam Rutherford is a scientist and author of How To Argue With A Racist – a vital new book that uses history and science to debunk the myths and arguments put forward by bigots. Here he explains what to say in those […]

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