A less than ideal companion for your long haul flight… Airline passengers in Indonesia were given a bit of a scare this week after spotting a 12-inch scorpion crawling out of one of the overhead lockers during a flight from Jakarta to Pekanbaru. The scorpion – known locally as kalajengking – was seen crawling around the […]
A presidential campaign could well be on the cards Idyllwild, which is apparently a real place in California, America, elected Maximus Might Dog Mueller II as its mayor. The landmark election candidates, which took place a few months ago, consisted of 14 (fourteen!) dogs and two cats, for some reason. They are arguably even more distrustful […]
Good news for good boys. The Elon Musk led electric car company Tesla is releasing a new ‘Dog Mode’ on its cars that will keep your doggos and/or puppers safe in the car whilst you are away. They are updating their Cabin Overheat Protection feature they launched in 2016 so it can now keep dogs […]
Unreal. Netflix has released a photo teaser of the upcoming Black Mirror special that is set to drop onto streaming services on the 28th of December. Titled ‘Bandersnatch’, you can find its page already set up on the streaming service, complete with the caption: ‘Be right back.’ The special episode is rumoured to clock in at […]
Who’s excited? Whether it’s the Stormzy Scholarship, winning the Ivor Novello award, releasing his autobiography Rise Up and launching a publishing imprint with Penguin Books or now this, a headline slot at Glastonbury 2019, the #Merky rapper is absolutely killing it. He’s also going out with Maya Jama, which must be nice. That must be pleasant. There […]
A mass shooting has taken place in Thousand Oaks, California A mass shooting has taken place at Borderline Bar & Grill in Thousand Oaks, California on one of the venues College nights, attracting students from California Lutheran University and California State University, Channel Islands. Police officers were called at 11:15 pm local time on Wednesday night […]
Goodnight sweet prince Apu Nahasapeemapetilon is being written out of The Simpsons, according to a producer of the long-running show. Whilst Matt Groening, creator of the iconic three-fingered characters, has defended Apu, it appears his time has run out. Hari Kondabolu’s documentary The Problem with Apu firmly put a spotlight on the problematic character, and […]
The next Bond film will almost certainly be Daniel Craig’s last The search rumbles on for a new James Bond, aka 007, the martini-sippin’, tuxedo-wearing, fisticuff-having secret agent with extremely questionable ethics and an entire personality derived from making other people feel like shit. Truly, the Great British hero if there ever was one. Barbara […]
Creepy. One of Stephen King’s most notoriously disturbing novels is coming to cinemas next year in the form of Pet Sematary, a darker than dark meditation on life, death, and whatever the fuck there might be in between. The upcoming film, directed by Kevin Kölsch and Dennis Widmyer, appears as though it will closely follow the plot […]
Big, big news in the chocolate world So M&Ms have decided to flip the script and launch five new chocolate bars, set to hit shelves – and mouths, and freshly ironed, crisp white t-shirts – this December. The flavours, unfortunately, are nothing new as the Fab Five are: classic milk chocolate, peanut, crispy, mint and […]
Barbara Broccoli, a producer in the James Bond film series, has stated that 007 will “probably” never be played by a woman. Daniel Craig is currently set for his last outing as MI6’s finest in the upcoming film, due out sometime in 2020. The producer did, however, address a real problem in the film industry […]
Selfies… a dangerous, dangerous artform as it happens. Some people don’t like taking selfies, and it turns out it’s a good thing and might just help keep you alive after the news that a staggering 259 people have died taking ‘extreme selfies’ between 2011 and 2017 according to a global study. Researchers at the US National […]