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There was a time about two years ago when all anybody could talk about was the Serial podcast. The first Serial was downloaded over a quarter of a billion times, and was a major part of the massive uptick in podcast consumption today. To this day, the case still rumbles on and people still argue […]
It was reported last night that rock and roll icon Chuck Berry had passed away at the age of 90. One of the most influential musicians to have ever existed, with songs such as “Johnny B. Goode”, “Sweet Sixteen” and “Maybellene” amongst others still played regularly to this day, his passing was met with a […]
In what has to be one of the worst kept secrets / most obviously true rumours in some time, Ed Sheeran has just confirmed that he will be headlining Glastonbury later this year. Sheeran took to his Instagram account to film a little video to make the announcement while on stage in Zurich as part […]
There are plenty of ‘Castles On The Hill’ in this show… According to Enterainment Weekly, the showrunners David Benioff and Dan Weiss announced at the good news at the South by Southwest film festival this weekend. We wonder if they’ll get him to ‘Sing’? Or if he’ll die violently and we’ll get to see his […]
In terms of “weird things that happen between famous people”, this is certainly up there. Pamela Anderson writing a weird sometimes-rhyming, sometimes-not-rhyming poem in honour of Wikileaks found Julian Assange is now a thing that has happened. Although we probably shouldn’t be too surprised, as Anderson has actually visited Assange several times while we lives […]
Big budget blockbusters don’t need our help when it comes to getting attention. Not that we don’t love talking about amazing (and even not-so-amazing) blockbusters until you’re pleading with us to stop, but we’re always on the look out for that less-well-known movie that has the capacity to blow us away. In the last few […]
In the same episode that saw the return of Alec Baldwin as the Commander-In-Chief, the actual host of this week’s show was none other than Scarlett Johansson. While there were some genuinely great sketches throughout the episode, this one in which Scar-Jo plays Trump’s wife Ivanka is the one that has got everyone talking. From […]
Now that we’re finally getting some slightly better weather, now can be a good time to get a little bit more outdoorsy. At the start of 2017, I decided to start a #OneHikeAWeek resolution, and while bad weather and just general life-living has stopped me from sticking to it too strictly, I have done ten […]
If you haven’t seen it yet, then you’ve no longer got any excuse. Room was one of the best movies in 2016 and it’s finally getting shown on TV tonight. Nominated for four Oscars – including Best Picture, Best Director for Lenny Abrahamson, and Best Adapted Screenplay for Emma Donoghue who worked from her own […]
In a night filled to brim with talking points, one of the major ones was when last year’s Best Actress winner Brie Larson was presenting the award for Best Actor. When it was announced that Casey Affleck had won for his role in Manchester By The Sea, everyone noticed how Larson stood stock still behind […]
Which God did we please? Only a few days ago we were reporting that Steps were coming to Ireland (with support by The Vengaboys, no less!), and now this?? Their new single Scared Of The Dark is the first track from their upcoming album Tears On The Dancefloor, and for fans of Steps, we’ve got […]
A 42-year-old law lecturer at the Queensland University of Technology has been charged with pretending to be Justin Bieber online and soliciting explicit pictures of minors. According to NBC News, the man was first charged back in November 2016, but this week was officially charged with 931 child sex offences, including the possession of child porn. […]