captain boo: February 2009

spotted

Christian Cooke from Demons (and Ross the soldier in The Sontaran Strategem) walking down Oxford Street like a vision of pouty loveliness.

Certainly brightened up my lunchtime.

Smite Me

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bring on the pretties

I'll post later about the Oscars (Mickey Rourke lost? wtf?!), but will leave you with this for now.

Edward Cullen and Troy Bolton get chummy at the Governator's Ball. It's like a tweenies wet dream.

Dreamboys

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So, Little Miss Squeaky (aka Duffy) walked off with 3 awards. Best British Album? Have the judges not heard The Seldom Seen Kid? Bloody genius, it is. A better new act than The Ting Tings? Hardly. I won’t bore you with the language aimed at the TV every time her not very dulcet tones came over the loudspeaker. Let’s just say it wasn’t suitable for kids.

Performance highlights were definitely Estelle & The Ting Tings (totally awesome), Coldplay (I can’t stand them normally, but Viva La Vida is a cracking song) and the Kings of Leon (simple, but perfect). Worst performance has to go to Girls Aloud. I love them, but they were so out of tune. Apart from Nicola, who managed to hold it together.

The much anticipated performance by Lady GaGa turned out to be 2 lines and very odd clothing. Brandon Flowers’ introductory speech for the Pet Shop Boys had to be the most perfect one ever – not at all gushy, but totally from the heart.

Inappropriate question of the night goes to Guy from Elbow to The Hoff:

"Are you up for a bit of a drink later on, David?"

"I'll leave the drinking to you," replied the Hoff.

Obviously not seen that video, then.

Till next year.

The Ting Tings & Estelle - Live at The Brit Awards 2009

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the brits

It’s the time of year where the British music industry get together for an almighty piss-up (and give out an award or two). Hosted this year by the two “comedians” from Gavin & Stacey and some singer called Kylie, the Brits have generally been a complete mess – I give you 5 words: Samantha Fox and Mick Fleetwood *shudder*. Though I think they’d be hard pushed to be worse than last years’ presenters, the Osbornes. Shambolic, was the word for it.

Whilst music sales are slowly plummeting, the Brits people decided to introduce a new ruling this year that to qualify for nomination, you had to have a chart position in the top 40. Previously, a top 75 position would’ve sufficed. Consequently, acts like Laura Marling, who received very, very good reviews are overlooked. It just doesn’t make sense - especially when Ian Brown and Paul Weller receive a nomination every fricking year.

Performers tonight are Coldplay (the Beatles did the military thing 40 years ago, dumbos), Duffy (nails on a blackboard), Kings of Leon, Girls Aloud, Take That and U2 (no doubt playing their crappy new single) and the Pet Shop Boys, who receive the Outstanding Contribution Award.

At the end of the day, I’m not too fussed who wins to be perfectly honest, but as long as Duffy comes away empty handed, I’ll be sound as a pound.

The Brits will be shown on ITV1 from 8pm tonight. No doubt with the customary 15 minute delay in case of any rude words. Boring buggers.

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QotD: Honey! I'm Home!

What's the first thing you do when you get home from work?

Feed Miss Millie before she yells the house down, then put my jammies on.

Feed me.jpg

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it's just getting stupid now

OK, so I'm sorry Heath died, etc., etc. but is this really necessary?

Ledger fans demand the Joker retired from film

LONDON, England (CNN) -- A group of Heath Ledger fans have taken their reverence for the late "The Dark Knight" star to a whole new level.

Followers of the actor, who electrified audiences with his chilling reinvention of the Joker in the second Batman blockbuster, are calling for the character to be retired from the movies permanently.

Ledger supporters at new Web site, The Ultimate Joker , launched a petition last week calling for studios to remove the Joker from any future Batman movies. The petition currently has 2,431 supporters.

"We think Heath deserves this honor," the site's team leader, Fer Barbella, told CNN from Buenos Aires, Argentina. "He is the ultimate Joker.

"We are Batman fans from the comics and from the movies," he said, "After we saw 'The Dark Knight,' we thought this Joker was really the best. It deserves to be withdrawn from any Batman sequels.

"When Michael Jordan retired, they withdrew the number 23 jersey as an honor. It's the same thing with Heath."

Barbella said he thinks any new performance just won't be able to top Ledger's.

"He upgraded the character in a thrilling way," he said. "Although a lot of actors would love the chance to play the Joker, as Batman fans and now Heath Ledger fans, we think no one could ever perform it as well as he did."

The Web site is the brainchild of Barbella, 34; Nico Pimentel, 33; and Natalia Rodoni, 33, all advertising creatives in Buenos Aires.

The trio say that if they collect enough names, they may go to the studio to present their petition.

"As soon as we start seeing that we have more than 50,000 names on our Web site, perhaps we will go to the Warner Brothers gate and do a bit of activism," Pimentel said.

The huge buzz around Ledger's performance as the Joker last year stemmed from his update of the iconic character played by camp comedian Cesar Romero and as a hateful clown by Jack Nicholson.

Ledger's Joker was a very different proposition from those that had come before: In a ripped, stained suit, with clown makeup smeared across a scarred, twisted mouth, his Joker was a nihilistic, sociopathic prankster. "Why so serious?" he sneered in a performance that received rave reviews from critics globally.

The actor was found dead after overdosing on prescription drugs at his apartment in New York on January 22, 2008, shortly after concluding work on "The Dark Knight."

Ledger has been nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of the Joker, having been awarded a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor and a BAFTA for Best Supporting Actor.

Barbella says that the Web site and petition are their award: "The Academy gives an Oscar," he said. "This is a new award from the people. A user-generated award."

It's bad enough that he'll probably get the sympathy Oscar without idiots like this calling for the end of the Joker. I don't remember people saying the same about Superman or Dumbledore.

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show some love

Newbie

Dr Who newbie, Matt Smith, has been speaking to the lovelies over at Dr Who Magazine about fanmail, costumes and general Dr Who-ness

"New Doctor Who Matt Smith says he has received fan mail even before shooting any scenes for the new series.

The actor, in his first interview since landing the part, told Doctor Who magazine he would "try to respond to all of them".

Smith, 26, added that he goes "largely unnoticed" at present, adding: "I am enjoying my anonymity.”

Smith, who was in Brazil when the announcement was made, said that he would make his Doctor "as varied, brilliant, dark, unpredictable and happy and sad as I can".

"I'm really going to work my socks off in the next few years and do my best to enjoy it as much as I can," he added.

Enjoy the anonymity, sunshine. It won't last.

Speaking about the outfit, Matt says:

"I'm a big fan of long coats and rather dashing scarves in everyday life, so who knows?"

Sounds highly intriguing.

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snow day

London has been brought to pretty much an entire standstill due to the amount of snow that fell overnight. We have around 7-8 inches here in West London. So, for the first time ever, I'm having a snow day :). I did attempt to go to work, but when I got to the station I was told there wouldn't be any trains for at least an hour. Then I received a text from my boss telling me to stay at home - and who am I to argue with that?