Russell Brand

TV review: Religious horror is an unholy mess

Published Date: 14 November 2008 Apparitions, BBC1 Rich Kid Poor Kid, Channel 4 HERE'S a fun game to play while watching Apparitions: just how many people can one programme manage to offend? First, fans of Mother Teresa, as the...

Loved up Russ flies in his Mrs

RUSSELL BRAND’s Shagger of the Year campaign has been derailed. The comic, who is in New York building his career, has been missing girlfriend SYDNEY JO JACKSON so much he forked out on a ticket for her to join him. I wonder...

Gang Show showcases future stars

Published Date: 14 November 2008 THINK of Boy Scouts and Girl Guides and you instantly think of pitching tents, building camp fires and earning badges – right? Well, now you can officially add poking fun at Edinburgh's trams...

Russell Brand, graverobber

‘Most people in comedy are saying so little and risking so little. One time I woke at a friend’s in a panic because I couldn’t see. I looked everywhere until I noticed they’d fallen out the window and were in a pool of vomit...

End the 'don't give a damn' culture

Lord Ouseley* addresses IRR's fiftieth birthday celebration conference on the connection between the lacks in political leadership and public morality and the crisis of youth out of control. And I think it's very important to...

All-Star Voice Talent Announced for Despicable Me

Universal Pictures announced today principal voice talent for its inaugural 3-D CGI feature, Despicable Me , the studio's first film from billion-dollar animation producer Chris Meledandri ("Ice Age" franchise, Robots , Dr....

Steve Carell Is Despicable

All-star voice casts really have no effect on making animated movies even better-- Pixar's movies are great without them, thank you very much-- but it sure is fun to see all those names in one sentence. Like with today's...

BBC Radio Bristol presenter fired over ‘racist’ phone call

A United Kingdom radio presenter with the BBC was fired on Saturday, and replaced, after an allegedly racist off-air phone call. Sam Mason of BBC Radio Bristol had earlier called up a taxi firm to arrange a booking for her...

Live From New York, It's New Saturday Nighters (E! Online)

Josh Grossberg Josh Grossberg – 29 mins ago E! Online – Live From New York, It's New Saturday Nighters(E! Online) – Never heard of Abby Elliott and Michaela Watkins? Well, they just might be the next Tina Fey and Amy Poehler,...

Gossip or Gospel Are Women the Real Victims of the Celebrity Culture

Following Kerry Katona's disastrous interview on This Morning last week, a group of British academics claim that the harsh backlash she received was fuelled by a sexist bias found at the heart of 'bitchy' gossip programmes and...