In an interview, actor and theatre director Kevin Spacey criticised the BBC for airing talent shows such as Any Dream Will Do and I'd Do Anything He said "I felt that was essentially a 13-week...
Every time we read a story about a young black man arrested and convicted of a gang crime (shooting or stabbing), we here people stating that it's a problem specific to ('naturally' more violent)...
From the BBC website today: Robbie Williams has apologised to the ex-manager of Take That and has agreed to pay undisclosed damages over an allegation he made about him in a song. In the lyrics of a...
All, This isn't a question, so much as a request. As you may be aware, Kylie releases her new CD on Monday. I've heard it, and it's only average, but I would like the regular posters on the News...
Surely if they were doing it in the privacy of his own room, and they were both consenting, no crime was commited? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_an d_west/7095134.stm
There was a recent thread where someone asked who sang the song on the new Bailey's advert. The answer given was Chica Chica Boom by Carmen Miranda. However, in the advert, the singer performs the...
You know we use the phrase 10BC and 650AD Well, before the birth of Christ, how were dates expressed? I know there are very few people around now who were alive in the BC era (apart from a couple of...
Which great Briton, who hasn't been represented with a major statue or monument, should be honoured? Doesn't matter if they're alive or dead, but they have to be British either born, by marriage or a...
The other night, I watched The Butterfly Effect, and whilst I enjoyed it, I realised at the end, that I'd got it confused, at least in part, with another film. I remembered a scene which I thought was...
What's the name of the band that Corinne Bailey Rae has recorded a single with? The song title is something like 'I Don't Know' and the video is animated and very weird.
I was given a guitar as a birthday present, and I want to play, but am an absolute 100% beginner. Can anyone recommend the best way to go about learning? I was thinking of picking up the basics with a...
What is correct: "I Googled the title of the film..." or "I googled the title of the film..." We use the word 'hoover' with a lower case 'h', but Google always seems to be capitalised. Which is right?