The Guardian (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
Some of today's comics are guilty not so much of being offensive, but of just not being clever, funny or flexible enough to do their jobs without being offensive When did British comedians get so whiney? It's getting difficult to open a newspaper without coming across a comedian feeling "oppressed" by the "culture of fear", especially at the BBC, wailing about being censored, poor...
LAist (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
The season finale of "Curb Your Enthusiasm" is Sunday night at 9pm on HBO Weekend Edition We're very much looking forward to Sunday's "Curb Your Enthusiasm" season finale. The "Seinfeld" reunion has been played perfectly - not overemphasized and very realistically positioned for the best comedic effect. A comedian on the circuit told me that "Curb" wasn't funny,...
TV Squad (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
At 8, CBS has a new Ghost Whisperer , followed by new episodes of Medium and Numb3rs . NBC has a new Law and Order at 8, then new episodes of Dateline and The Jay Leno Show . The CW has a new Smallville at 8. PBS has a new Washington Week at 8, followed by new episodes of NOW and Bill Moyers Journal . MyNetwork TV has a new Smackdown! at 8. The season finale of DietTribe airs on Lifetime at 8. Nickelodeon...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Viewers are not interested in what our presenters earn, says corporation The BBC will reject calls to publish the individual salaries of top stars, citing private polling that shows licence-fee payers do not regard it as a priority. Managers at the corporation are determined to resist pressure from the Conservatives to reveal details of the amounts paid to big names such as Jonathan Ross, Graham Norton...
Media Law Prof Blog (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Mark Lawson evaluates what may be a much more timid BBC after outrageous episodes such as the Russell Brand/Jonathan Ross mess. Artists are now complaining that the venerable network is now too cautious, "dumbing down" offerings because of fears over...
LOL Factory (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Some of you may remember the Pokerface mash-ups with Cartman from South Park or Christopher Walken reading of the lyrics on the Jonathan Ross Show. Well, here's a mash-up of all 3. Yup, and it's quite good.__imported from LOLFACTORY.BLOGSPOT.COM [ This is a content summary only. Visit http://lolfactory.blogspot.com for full links, other content, and more! ]
Cultsha (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
The Great British moral public outburst has struck again. Following complaints from as many as eight viewers that the Marks & Spencer’s Christmas TV advert objectifies attractive women, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has been called in to investigate. Not since Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand discussed ‘land sharking’ an old man’s granddaughter, while live on...
FILMdetail (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Hot on the heels of Christopher Walken's spoken word rendition of Lady Gaga's Pokerface on Friday Night With Jonathan Ross, Half Mast/Hat has done a mash up with Eric Cartman from South Park thrown in for good measure.
The Daily What (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Mashup of the Day: Epic mashup of Eric Cartman performing “Poker Face” on South Park , Christopher Walken reading “Poker Face” on Friday Night with Jonathan Ross , and the “Poker Face” music video is epic. [ via .]
The Observer (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Classes on goodies and baddies, endless rows about jokes in poor taste . . . is an increasingly cautious BBC suffocating new comedy and drama? Mark Lawson on the climate of fear at Broadcasting House On Saturday, it will be one year since the BBC Trust ruled on Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand's dirty phone calls to Andrew Sachs. These represented "deplorable intrusion with no editorial justification",...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Jonathan Ross to return as host, while BBC1's Outnumbered receives five nods including best sitcom Alan Carr and Michael McIntyre have topped the list of nominations for this year's British Comedy Awards, with three each. Hosted by Jonathan Ross after his absence last year following the "Sachsgate" scandal , the awards will see McIntyre and Carr go head to head in both the best comedy entertainment...
The Untrusted (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
Elizabeth I became Queen of England in 1558. The Suez Canal was inaugurated in 1869. Nine Czech students were executed, 1200 were sent to concentration camps, and Czech universities were closed in 1939 for anti-Nazi demonstrations. Tenzin Gyatso became the 14th Dalai Lama at the age of 15 in 1950. And in 1989, riot police suppressed a student demonstration in Prague, sparking the Velvet Revolution....
The National Pages Blog (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
Jonathan Stephen Ross born 17 November 1960 is an English film critic and presenter of radio and television. Working extensively with the BBC, Ross has presented The Film Programme since 1997, his own chat show, Friday Night With Jonathan Ross since 2001, and a radio show on BBC Radio 2 beginning in 1999. He also appeared for [...]
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
The UK public sector covers millions of workers, performing thousands of jobs. What do they get paid - and how does it vary? • Get the data • What do people get paid? The latest salary survey results The race to slash is on, with mainstream politicians calling for cuts in spending on public sector employment . There are now 6.026 million people working for the public sector in Britain, according...
Scottish Actors (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
I missed Gerry's birthday. Again. Last year I was in the country and this year I got bogged down by writing assignments. Anyway, I hope he had a wonderful 40th birthday last Friday. He was on Friday Night with Jonathan Ross for his birthday which you can watch below. The episode will air on BBC America on Friday, November 20 in the US. You can watch video of Gerard Butler's arrival with his Mom to...
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