Ellen Tannam is uncomfortable writing bios for things but here we are. She is a Dublin girlo whose pastimes includes petting every dog she sees, eating chicken nuggets and trying to guess who celebrity blind items are about. Her favourite emoji is the upside-down smiley face. She likes to write about popular culture, LGBTQ issues, feminism, technology, music and baby animals. Likes include chocolate and cacti. Dislikes - people who are rude to retail staff, cheese, and people telling her McDonald's is bad for her. She knows.
The Pet Shop Boys are pop icons, so naturally music fans’ ears prick up whenever there’s an interview with either Neil Tennant or Chris Lowe. One-half of the band, Tennant spoke to Noisey about the state of pop music today and considering he’s basically a high priest of the genre, y’all would want to listen. […]
Bruce Springsteen is a super sound music legend, and his legions of fans here were delighted when there was an announcement of two dates in Croke Park in May. Sadly for many it proved hard to get their paws on tickets for the dates on Friday the 27th and Sunday the 29th of May, but […]
We’ve all been there, pal.
Total spoiler alert, everyone.
This is mad. Employees of a branch of Burger King in Coon Rapids, Minnesota were tricked into smashing all the windows of the premises to ‘keep it from exploding’. According to local news station KSTP, the incident happened on Friday evening when employees received a phone call claiming to be from the fire department of […]
Ireland’s inclement weather has hit Munster pretty hard today, Cork in particular. There is currently a Status Orange Rain Warning in place for Cork and a Status Yellow warning for Counties in Kerry, Limerick, Tipperary and Waterford. Both warnings are valid until 6am on Monday the 11th of April. A Status Yellow Wind Warning is […]
We seem to be using it very differently these days.
This is pretty scary. Esteemed US paper The Boston Globe has printed a fake front page showing what they imagine the future to be for America if Republican nominee Donald Trump actually succeeded in the presidential election later this year. Headlines include markets falling, mass deportations and other frightening prospects for the country. One way […]
The daughter of the late Fast and The Furious actor Paul Walker has reached a settlement with the estate of the man driving the car in which he and the star died in 2013. Meadow Walker received $10.1m from the estate of Roger Rodas, who was the driver of the 2005 Porsche Carerra when the […]
X-Factor bosses are currently in negotiations around who will be on the judging panel for the next season and it looks set to be a Louis versus Louis situation. According to the Mirror, Simon Cowell is pushing for the return of boyband manager Louis Walsh while another boss is leaning towards snagging a member of […]