Tag: twitter

  • RICKY GERVAIS: GOLDEN GLOBES’ MOST CONTROVERSIAL HOST?

    RICKY GERVAIS: GOLDEN GLOBES’ MOST CONTROVERSIAL HOST?

    Sexy dress! Sexy dress! Sexy dress. Sexy tux! Oh look Angelina turned up! Sexy dress… How do you solve a problem like making an overblown awards ceremony interesting?  For many, the 68th Golden Globe Awards spelled a night of back-patting and Academy Award predictions. For others, it’s watching the motion picture elite swan around, dine…

  • Paloma Faith, In A Manner of Speaking

    Paloma Faith, In A Manner of Speaking

    Paloma Faith, In A Manner of Speaking   JOURNALIST SALI HUGHES SAID – ACTUALLY, TWEETED IT, BEST: “Everyone going batshit mental over Paloma Faith: have you never said something on Twitter on a bad day, that made you sound a bit of a dick?” Exactly. The temptations are always there: to VENT AND TYPE FURIOUSLY…

  • MANCHESTER INDIE FILM: UK FILM COUNCIL ABOLISHED – AFTERMATH

    MANCHESTER INDIE FILM: UK FILM COUNCIL ABOLISHED – AFTERMATH

    THE GIFT OF HINDSIGHT can be a wonderful thing. In the average time it takes to get over a break up, two months have passed since Jeremy Hunt, Minister of Culture announced a number of cuts and “streamlining” initiatives that saw many public bodies merged, or simply culled. The public sector has forced its goodbyes…

  • 50 CENT URGED TO SAVE RHINO, ALSO SHOT NINE TIMES

    50 CENT URGED TO SAVE RHINO, ALSO SHOT NINE TIMES

    INFAMOUS RAPPER 50 CENT who was shot nine times, sustained all bullets and then survived is now being urged by ‘eblockwatch’, a community group in South Africa, to help a rhino who also took nine shots. 50 CENT URGED TO SAVE RHINO, ALSO SHOT NINE TIMES Phila the Black Rhino was shot by automatic weapons during two…

  • Kanye West Says Sorry To Taylor Swift

    Kanye West Says Sorry To Taylor Swift

    KANYE WEST HAS CHANGED HIS WAYS. A year since the 33-year-old notoriously crashed Taylor Swift’s acceptance speech, he has apparently controlled his ego and ‘found himself’ after suffering heavy criticism from fans and press following the incident. The Chicago-born rapper said sorry endlessly in public and on Twitter. Carrying the scars of a public backlash…

  • The Words of Sam Halpern (Twitter Genius)

    The Words of Sam Halpern (Twitter Genius)

    “DOES ANYONE YOUR AGE KNOW HOW TO COMB THEIR FUCKING HAIR? It looks like two squirrels crawled on their head and started fucking.” Harsh but true. Such three words appear to be the fuel behind the life and times of Sam Halpern, father of comedy writer Justin and now, more importantly, the Internet’s biggest no-frills…

  • MANCHESTER GRADS SET UP PARCEL SERVICE YOU CAN TWEET

    TWO GRADUATES from the University of Manchester have set up a courier service online which allows people to send parcels- without actually disclosing addresses or visiting a post office. The system works via social networking site Twitter, or through a standard email account. The recipient is asked through the website for their address and if…