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‘Doctor Who’ Cosplay Addendum: Katy Perry Dresses Like A Dalek

Fraser McAlpine — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 19:39:56 +0000

The essence of good cosplay is getting the spirit of the thing or person you are dressing up as, and have a lot of fun, rather than painstaking accuracy, a bad back, and sore fingers from excessive gluing. So don’t be scared of ...

Katy Perry Divorces Russell Brand With A Love Heart And A Smiley

Fraser McAlpine — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:35:19 +0000

A signature must have a very different meaning when you’re in the public eye. People asking for autographs all the time, it can’t feel like you’re giving as big an assurance of your word as it does to those of us who ...

Russell Brand is Divorcing Katy Perry

Kevin Wicks — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 21:55:02 +0000

They buried the announcement on the cusp of a holiday weekend: one of Hollywood’s biggest transatlantic couples is no more, as British comedian Russell Brand has filed for divorce from American pop star Katy Perry. “Sadly, ...

News Roundup: Ricky Gervais on the Emmys, Joanna Lumley for ‘Downton Abbey’ Guest Spot and the Beckhams’ New Baby Photos

staff — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 17:22:31 +0000

• Ricky Gervais may have taken his fair share of crap for his caustic delivery at this year’s Golden Globes, but that didn’t stop Emmy voters for nominating the 68th annual awards show in the Outstanding Special Class ...

Five British Husbands And Their American Wives

Fraser McAlpine — Fri, 20 May 2011 14:28:26 +0000

The rules of love are difficult to define, constantly changing, draconian and libertarian at one and the same time, and hard to read through all the steam, but there are common threads which unite generations. Beautiful women fall for ...

Oi! Katy Perry! Hands Off Mary Poppins!

Fraser McAlpine — Fri, 06 May 2011 14:17:13 +0000

OK, this might start off looking like a slightly Ameriphenic news story, perhaps, but bear with me, the point will become clear.

UK Chart Report: Too Distracted For Pop Music

Fraser McAlpine — Mon, 02 May 2011 12:14:35 +0000

Let’s be honest, none of us have been paying much attention to musical matters over the last week, have we? What with the Royal Wedding and the new series of Doctor Who (and today’s news events), there’s not really ...

UK Chart Report: LMFAO At No.1, And Snoop’s Bizarre Royal ‘Gift’

Fraser McAlpine — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 11:52:32 +0000

This week’s chart is another sedate affair, I’m afraid. Some shuffling around at the top end of things, a bit of jostling here and there, the steady creep of a couple of notable slow-burners up to the high end of things, but ...

Adele: ‘I Love Katy Perry’s Boobs, But You Won’t See Mine’

Fraser McAlpine — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 20:22:01 +0000

One of the reasons Adele is one of the best music performers in the world right now — apart from the tunes and the voice and stuff — is that she could not be more down to Earth if she was lying on the floor, at sea level.

No Sex Please, We’re Coldplay Fans

Fraser McAlpine — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 17:33:44 +0000

*Rubs hands together* Oh here we go! There is nothing more fun that a survey which takes two pieces of unrelated information about people, runs them through a number-crunching logarithm and extrapolates a fun theory from the results.