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Billie Piper’s “First” Interview
Who knew that the former songstress, former wife of Chris Evans, and now very successful actress, only got around to giving her first interview today?
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Cowboy Junkies
I missed the Cowboy Junkies when they visited in January, so I had to catch this very acoustic set at the Union Chapel in Islington earlier this evening. The Union Chapel itself is an octagonal auditorium dominated by a massive pulpit and is still used as a church. As the event was unreserved seating, and…
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Shaun the Sheep Scheduling
I wrote about Shaun the Sheep over there in the right hand column a few days ago, but the more I watch it, the more I think that it’s terribly “wasted” in a 3.45pm slot. That’s not to say that it shouldn’t go out at 3.45pm, but it’s very cleverly and wittily done, and I…
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Hanging on the Telephone
The “Participation TV” story isn’t going away anytime soon. Today’s Guardian has another full page on the scandal and an editorial – Hanging on the Telephone – to boot. I’m quietly (well not that quietly) proud about the editorial since I think, in some small way, I may have informed it a little. Just because…
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The Illusionist
So here’s a film I can talk about openly. I’m a bit of a sucker for films about magic, and Ricky Jay was a consultant on The Illusionist so I had to see it. We’ve had quite a long for this film, since it’s similar in story to The Prestige which came out around the…
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Sunshine (Part One)
Thanks to Gia, I saw Sunshine last night at a bloggers’ screening. There are strange rules coming down from Fox that say I can’t “review” the film until March 26, but can say how much I liked (or otherwise) the film in the meantime. So this is just a trailer of a review until I…
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Training Ride #1
Since I’ve decided to do this British Cyclosportive along the route of Stage 1 of this year’s Tour de France, I thought that I better start getting into shape and putting a few miles (or kilometres) under my belt. In retrospect, as I sit hear on my sofa with my legs up, going all the…
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“TV In Crisis”
I’m not sure how quickly the TV companies will be back making revenue from audience “interaction,” but today’s front page of The Mirror, while perhaps a little OTT, must make for disturbing reading.
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“Participation TV”
It’s all go today. Broadcast reports that ITV is losing £1.5m per week while it suspends its premium rate lines. The voting mechanism will be up and running for Dancing on Ice tomorrow, but there’s even a suggestion that ITV Play won’t be returning at all! Of course I doubt it’ll be replaced with anything…
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Premium rate TV phone-ins: ban them all!
An interesting discussion going on over at the Media Guardian Organ Grinder blog. Janine Gibson hates these premium rate phone-ins as much as I do.
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Magic For Beginners
Magic For Beginners by Kelly Link comes highly recommended, and I’d been looking forward to picking up a copy for a while. Happily, it’s in a current 3 For 2 at Waterstones, so I’ve been reading Link’s stories over the last few days. Her tales are very magical realism, and I really enjoyed them –…
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Yellowface/All The Lovers In The Night
Yellowface by R F Kuang I first came across R F Kuang with last year’s very enjoyable Babel, an alternate history of the British Empire told in a world where magic exists and is controlled by an elite group of individuals. Yellowface is very different, but no less enjoyable. It’s a book about books, and…
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