Weekly buzz news round up!
Quick round up this week with lots of tit bits for you to digest.
With this year seeing the release of the new Simpsons movie, 16 US cities called Springfield have been asked to fight it out Itchy & Scratchy style (not really) to host the movie world premiere. 20th Centruy Fox will choose the best short film by the citizens about their real life communities. Wonder if any similarities will swing the voting? I for one would be propping up the bar in the real Moe’s Tavern.
Richard Madeley of Richard & Judy fame has lived up to his name (DICK) by interrupting his Channel 4 show to warn off his daughters mugger. Chloe Madeley was talking on her cell phone when a girl (read chavette) ran up and swiped it from her. In typical ‘down with the kids’ speak, Richard said “she got jacked on the street” and “had her hair pulled”, he then prompted to shake his fist at the camera, in a gesture to the would be mugger.
Movie fans were salivating at the prospect of getting their hands on some classic movie costumes & props last week, with the sale of the contents of costumiers Angels rather large store cupboard. Items on sale included Monty Pythons the knights helmets from The Holy Grail (Terry Jones’ went for £11,000), Tom Baker’s Doctor Who costume (which went for 12 times the expected price for £24,600), and the piece de resitance, Alex Guinness’ Obi Wan Kenobi Jedi Cloak from the original Star Wars, A New Hope, which went for a whopping £54,000. Man alive!
In music news, just before being inducted into the US hall of fame, veteran 80s rockster Eddie Van Halen has gone into rehab to fix his booze problem. Looks like this will delay the bands return to tour with the mighty Dave Lee Roth.
Also UK mod-rockers The Jam are all set to reform, but without ubiquitous frontman Paul Weller. They’re set for a 20 date UK tour in May, having not toured together for 25 years after their 1982 split. The Jam without The Modfather? Surely some mistake!