Tag Archives: Russell Brand

12 British Actors Who Got Started In Soaps

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on May 20th, 2013

Never mind the Billboards, the real trophy-doling fun of the weekend happened on Saturday night, at the British Soap Awards, in which the great, the good and the downright torrid rubbed fake-tanned shoulders and practised the most ...

Come In Russell Brand, Your Time Is Up!

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on January 14th, 2013

Or: why Adele’s acceptance speech is proof that Hollywood doesn’t understand the charisma of musicians.

Celebrity Hook/Break-Ups of 2012

By Brigid Brown | Posted on December 26th, 2012

Let’s take a peek at who got together this year and others who called it quits.

Harry Styles & Taylor Swift

Brit Spotting: Does Russell Brand Have a New Bird?

By Brigid Brown | Posted on September 5th, 2012

The life of a stand-up comic is rough. Long, lonely nights on the road landing you at gross dive bars. Just ask Russell Brand. Well, maybe he’s the exception.

Russell Brand On Community Service And The London Games

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on July 31st, 2012

There are times when it feels as if the thoughts of Russell Brand – about anything at all – are the last thing anyone needs right now. Having weathered his hot moment from sex-addicted popinjay of stand-up to painfully generic ...

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

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on February 9th, 2012

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

By Kevin Wicks | Posted on December 30th, 2011

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, ...

WATCH: Russell Brand and Catherine Zeta Jones In ‘Rock Of Ages’ Trailer

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on December 15th, 2011

Well now here’s a trailer that creates more questions than it answers. For example: Russell Brand, is he always going to play a rock star (or a millionaire who acts like a rock star) in films?

Ben Stiller Recreates Classic British Kids TV Show ‘Rentaghost’

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on October 13th, 2011

I can hardly believe I’m writing this. When I was very young indeed, there was a show on the TV called Rentaghost, about an agency which hired out spooks and spectres for haunting purposes.

News Roundup: Superheroes Tackle Disability In ‘Superior’

By Fraser McAlpine | Posted on October 6th, 2011

If you saw Matthew Vaughn’s movie adaptation of the Mark Millar comic book Kick-Ass last year, you’ll know these are two men with a really good handle on the backstory behind superheroes, and how the mythology works, even ...