A Curious Girl's Guide to Life (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago
I've never been a fan of Dame Shirley Bassey. She always seemed like a relic from a different time. I was vaguely aware of songs like Diamonds Are Forever, Hey Big Spender, and the lady from Tiger Bay in her sequinned gowns. But she was never competing for attention on my ipod.Until yesterday.A couple of weeks ago, I heard Dame Shirley on Dermot O'Leary's radio show. She's done a Tom Jones with
nufc1892 blog on Absolute Radio (Free subscription) | yesterday
High-maintenance women were much in evidence last week – with entourages and outrageous wishes. Do you turn right or left when entering a plane? Do you ask for a pint in a nightclub or demand Cristal? When negotiating a contract, would you generally prefer payment by cash, cheque or in kittens? If you give the former answer to any of these questions and you are reading this in the paper rather...
icWales (Free subscription) | yesterday
DAME Shirley Bassey has revealed she can’t read a note of music – and would be happy if she never had to perform live again.
forallouryesterdays blog spot (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
Synopsis It's week 10 of the competition and the pressure is on as the seven remaining couples hit the dance floor to perform either a ballroom or Latin dance. No-one can risk putting a step out of place - or they may be the contestants who leave the competition for good. Once the judges' scores and viewers' votes are combined, the two couples with the lowest result will perform again in the dance-off....
Belgian Waffle (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
In further tales of limited connectivity, I am in St Pancras. The wafflechild has just left me with many imprecations not to lose any more vital things or get lost and only just stopping short of writing my name and his phone number on my forehead in magic marker. He's not wrong. I have been horribly, pathetically chaotic in the last couple of days. Useless. I suppose the enforced competence of moving...
LGBT History Month UK (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
We seek them out so you don't have to. This is our weekly non-exhaustive round up of upcoming LGBT programmes on the radio and television. Inclusion of a programme is not a recommendation. Some of the programmes listed below will be available online on the respective network's websites. Enjoy! Owt on’t’telly? A round up of LGBT progs and personalities on British TV. Cast Offs on Channel...
Diary of an ordinary Girl (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Hello All I hope you are all safe and well in this horrible weather! Wasn't the Children in Need concert amazing last night. If you didn't see it then go to bbc.co.uk to the I player and you can watch it on your computer - Take That, Robbie Williams, Dame Shirley Bassey, Lilly Allen, Snow Patrol, Cheryl Cole, Katherine Jenkins, Sir Paul McCartney... to name a few - just brilliant! Today's little show...
The Thoughts of Chairman Bill (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
As I write we’re about to get a European President (I’m off up north to Slackistan at sparrow’s fart, so this is a time-release post). This caused me to contemplate on what gives us a European identity. We have a work ethic – and yet some nations don’t. Some are deeply religious – a growing number are atheist. Some have stable democracies – others change their...
Scottish Actors (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Sean Connery has signed on to CGI animated movie Sir Billi while Shirley Bassey will sing the film's theme song Guardian of the Highlands . Bassey sang the theme songs for Bond films Goldfinger and Diamonds are Forever . According to THR , "the movie centers on a retired, skateboarding veterinarian who lives in a remote Scottish village and who spearheads the rescue of an illegal fugitive who...
The Style PA (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
When I saw these pictures of Dame Shirley Bassey I was pretty much amazed. Just like Tina Tuner, she could pass for a woman half her age. It makes me feel like I should make more of an effort to glam up every once in a while. Dame Shirley Bassey, has been revealed as the guest for this Saturday’s Strictly Come Dancing and will be performing ‘This Time’, written by Gary Barlow. Judge,...
Digital Spy (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Dame Shirley Bassey is to perform on this Saturday's Strictly Come Dancing.
Michael-Sheen.co.uk News (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Michael Sheen is to appear on the BBC’s Graham Norton show. He will be appearing on Monday 23rd November, along with other fellow Welsh guests Dame Shirley Bassey and Rhod Gilbert. All remaining equal, I should be able to offer a download for those not able to catch the show. Source: Graham Norton Show
Anorak News (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
In 2000, this is what was hot on showbiz. Anorak's reviews of the decade in pictures - with Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, Jennifer Aniston, Michael Cain, Jude Law, Sir Richard Branson, Billy Bob Thornton, Leonardo Di Caprio, Giselle Bundchen, Dame Shirley Bassey, Victoria Beckham, Model Kelly Brook, Madonna, Sir Bob Geldof, Paula Yates, Big Brother, Robert Downey Jnr, Guy Ritchie and Halle Berry...
MTV Movies Blog (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't Sean Connery supposed to be drinking delicious dragon's tears from the Holy Grail while surrounded by a harem of every beautiful Bond girl in cinema history? That was the impression I was under regarding the beloved actor's retirement plan — as it turns out, I was misinformed. The erstwhile Henry [...]
IndieLondon (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
SEAN Connery and Dame Shirley Bassey are to reunite on a movie project for the first time since Goldfinger . Dame Shirley is to sing the title song of new animated movie Sir Billi , which features the voice of former 007 Connery. She will perform the title song, Guardian of the Highlands , according to the Hollywood Reporter. Billi follows a retired, skateboarding veterinarian from a remote Scottish...
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