BBC News: Billy Connolly has cancer surgery, diagnosed with Parkinson's

So sad to hear about this. I adore Billy Connolly, he just cracks me up. I've always wanted to see him live, but tickets for his gigs sell out like hotcakes.

So sad to hear about Neil Armstrong's passing. The world seems a little smaller today, a little more lost in space. A little bit further away from the stars ( Read more... )

Sam Neill is following me on Twitter.

*dies a little*

Yes, I know it's me and about twelve million other people, but that doesn't matter. Let me have my moment of reflected celebrity glory.

I shall refrain from squeeing on Twitter about how I totally still would, even though he's in his sixties. Don't want to frighten the poor man away.

Okay, so Enrique Iglesias said a while back, before the World Cup, that he would water-ski naked off the coast of Miami if Spain won the World Cup. And apparently he kept his word.

If that really is Enrique, then kudos, dude. Major dude. I already liked the guy after he pulled a gay guy out of the audience at one of his London shows and sang 'Hero ( Read more... )

Come on, flist, I want to know your weird crushes. You know, the men and women that you just can't explain why you like, can't even understand it yourself, the ones that make people go '0_0'. You know the ones.

And fandom ones don't count. Most people I know don't get my crush on James May, but I know my Top Gear fen understand. Ditto with Matt ( Read more... )

I'm catching up on some new shows I never quite got around to watching, namely The Philanthropist and Lie To Me. But first off, a question.

Is there a dearth of male American lead actors or something? I only say this because, well...Dominic West in The Wire - English; Tim Roth in Lie To Me - English; James Purefoy in The Philanthropist - English ( Read more... )

I was flicking through the channels and I came across an old Western called The Law and Jake Wade on Five. I'd never heard of it, but I love Westerns, so I was watching it for a wee bit, and who should pop up but DeForest Kelley! I knew he'd done a lot of Westerns but I've never seen any of them, and then there he was, looking kinda hot in his ( Read more... )

To be honest, I was sick of the whole thing right from the start. Yes, she has a good voice, but I've heard better and I wasn't blown away. I found the whole thing unbearably patronising - 'oh look, the dowdy Scottish lady can sing...awwww'. If a young twenty-something blonde stepped onstage and sang like that, no-one would blink. But a frumpy ( Read more... )

Arise, Sir Christopher Lee!

Now, Your Maj....about Patrick Stewart...

Emilio Estevez is looking scarily like his father. I mean, he always did have a much stronger resemblance than Charlie ever did, but it's getting uncanny. I mean, lots of people resemble their parents, but they don't always tend to mirror the damn aging process too. When he was younger Emilio looked exactly like his dad did at that age, and now he' ( Read more... )