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‘Doctor Who’s Day Roundup: Who’s ‘Who’? Who Isn’t!

Fraser McAlpine — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 19:08:07 +0000

The stretch of time between the announcement of a retiring Doctor Who actor and that of their replacement is a fevered one indeed. Every possible human entertainer with a face is examined by fans as a potential new Time Lord, then ...

David Walliams Welcomes Baby Boy

Brigid Brown — Tue, 07 May 2013 15:56:44 +0000

Little Britain’s David Walliams, 41, and his wife Lara Stone, 29, welcomed the birth of their first child, a baby boy, on Sunday, May 5, 2013, reports The Independent.

Call Off The Shots: Girls Aloud Split Up

Fraser McAlpine — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 11:31:11 +0000

It must be lovely to be a rocksnob. Imagine how much time you save in your music-loving day having your decisions already made for you.

‘The X Factor’ Goes To College

Fraser McAlpine — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 19:39:08 +0000

I don’t know why no one saw this coming before it did…

Bishop Aukland College in County Durham has launched a bespoke 17-week course that claims to prepare performers for an audition on The X Factor.

Celebrity Hook/Break-Ups of 2012

Brigid Brown — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 00:51:06 +0000

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

Harry Styles & Taylor Swift

Tom Hiddleston Supports Aspiring Filmmakers

Brigid Brown — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 18:52:05 +0000

Thor star Tom Hiddleston, Anglophenia’s Fan Favorite: Men of 2012 winner, is currently acting as a judge as part of the Jameson Empire: Done in 60 Seconds short film competition, reports the Belfast Telegraph.

WATCH: Spoof Stone Roses Documentary ‘The Second Second Coming’

Fraser McAlpine — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 11:44:24 +0000

We’ve all seen those rock docos where an endless parade of talking heads trot out their half-baked ideas about bands and music and how things are made and what they do when they are made and all that. It’s a format which is ...

Five Great British Next-Big-Things That Never Were

Fraser McAlpine — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 14:06:35 +0000

They set off from London, eyes bright with optimism amid claims that America is theirs for the cracking, only to return, months later, as worn out husks. Here are just five British would-be conquerors who came back defeated:

Simon Cowell Is Sending The Winner Of ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ Into Space

Fraser McAlpine — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:31:08 +0000

I’m not sure if you can follow a remorseful quote about being too arrogant with a declaration that you’ll be sending the winner of a TV talent show into space to broadcast to the entire planet, but then Simon Cowell is not ...

A Very British Christmas Part 9: Top of the Pops

Fraser McAlpine — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 17:32:41 +0000

So far, we’ve looked at the Christmas meal, the pudding, the collapse into a TV coma afterwards and everything that happens on Boxing Day, but what of Christmas morning itself? What of that precious time where the children of the ...