Just think what they'll do when they see her get a good old fisting.

What made me smile is that it is being filmed in Torquay, probably the worst setting for a romantic comedy this side of Stoke!

I don't think there was ever a new commercials thread created, so I'll dump this here.

My good friends grand:pm have a song featured in a new American Nike commercial!

The commercial's a bit odd, but you can view it by clicking here and then clicking on Videos.

Yer tis!.

Plops.

Thanks, Paul.

My fist into her face doesn't count.

This isn't a story really, but I thought some of you might like to make up your own.

Slideshow of an abandoned and rotting roller coaster.

It's amazing what 30 years of neglect can do.

that's ace...

I love that!

Has anyone else had problems accessing Digital Spy over the last week or so? (it seems to be down most of the time).

Some of those pictures are really beautiful.

Shit. I need to visit this.

Hollywood so needs to use it in a coming-of-age flick.

Or a Planet of the Apes rip-off.

Too soon after the tragedy of the last one.

People need time to heal.

But what if it was Turkish or Bollywood in nature?

If it were Bollywood it'd be a musical, and The Simpsons already did that.


Altogether now..........

'I hate every ape I see, from Chimpan 'a' to Chimpan 'zee'.............'

No, you'll never make a monkey out of meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee...

My thoughts exactly. Jolly nice find, Mister Craig.



Works fine for me at the moment.

http://www.paulschneider.com/

well, it made me chuckle...



in other schneider related news, all the real girls, in which he stars with zooey deschanel is only £3.99 at hmv.com...

now, if only i could get hold of the dogme film he made...

The trouble with todays spoofs.

I watched the first 5 minutes of Epic Movie the other day and it was the equivalent of having an annoying person nudging you in the ribs and saying "Look, it's like that bit from that film." and that's the only joke, it's like that bit from that film.

I've been thinking, for quite a while now, that making heavy use of "knowing" nods to other shows and films has been getting a bit old. I've never seen any of the Scary Movie films, or their successors, but the kind of referencing that took place in Buffy and Farscape etc has really had its day, mainly because everyone started to do it.

It's simple, disposable dross that's easy to pawn off on underdeveloped teens looking for an unchallenging, unsophisticated way to spend 80 minutes. And since there are millions upon millions of them (dumb teenagers, that is), it'll make its budget back in a weekend or two.

Remember, movies are about market economics more than story, or craftsmanship, or, God forbid, art. But you already know that.

I wasn't actually taking about the Scary Movie type films above, I was referring to the genre referencing that takes place in shows like Heroes, Doctor Who and Primeval etc.

I just feel there are too many shows doing this now, and whilst John Crichton making an off the cuff remark about not being Luke Skywalker may have been original and funny ten years ago, I feel the effect of a genre reference now has been diminished because too many shows are doing it.

Not only that, but it serves to date the shows horribly.

A reference in Doctor Who last year about 'blogging', will look terrible in a few years' time.

#La Breeeeaaaaaaaa.......TAR PITS#

But then in some shows it can work. Reaper references popular culture heavily, much like a lot of Kevin Smith's films, and it works. Not everything is made to last the test of time, some entertainment is made for the here and now.

It's strange talking about how pop culture reference can't work in the long run in tv programmes on a forum about Spaced which is pretty much nothing but.

Tarantino films, Kevin Smith films.....

References to contemporary culture aren't really what I'm talking about.

The original William Hartnell stories featured the Beatles, for instance, and that helps to make the show more of its day, which is as I think it should be for Doctor Who.

I'm talking about referencing specific genre material, such as Crichton making Yoda jokes in Farscape, the Death Star painted on the side of the geek van in Buffy, the Doctor mentioning Arthur Dent in the Christmas Invasion etc.

Good though some of these jokes were, I've noticed this sort of referencing turning up more often, and I just feel that it is getting a bit repetitive.

Like Marty McFly running away from Biff Tannon for the 3rd time.











I'll let that simmer.

Congrats to Kelly and Dougie

Lovely message too. J-Lo and other trumped-up ho-bags could learn a thing or two about joy and humility from this couple.

Seconded.

Wow, that film was only 2 years ago? My God, she has quite an acting age range if she was playing a schoolgirl at age 29. No wonder Ewan McGregor took her home from a club without realising her age!

Funny, I could swear it was more than two years ago...

Too slow.

Time's shifted back 10 years, which means I'm still at college? Great, I can start again and fuck everything up afresh.

To be fair J-Lo is a lot more famous than Kelly, and public interest in her is substancially higher.

My cousin has worked with Jennifer, and apparently she's lovely, polite and professional.

I suspect 90% of stories about her are bollocks. After all she was engaged to Affleck, and he's hilarious.

I think 'Jenny from the Block' earned her all the contempt she deserves.

And no, she wasn't being ironic with that song.

I on the other hand will forgive her for pretty much anything for being so excellent in Out of Sight.

The Cell anyone?

Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeesh.

No offence, but I'd take the word of someone that's met her, and worked underneath her, more than someone who's read stories about her in the papers and dislikes her because of the lyrics to a pop song.

When Katie first met her, she was in a room of about 20 people, Jennifer spotted she hadn't met her yet and came over and introduced herself personally (as Jennifer, not J-Lo or any other such bollocks). This sort of humility and courtesy is not common in the fashion industry. Throughout working with her (Katie was an assistant stylist for her fashion show) Jennifer was kind, professional and had a sense of humour when things went wrong.

That's really all you want from someone in a position of authority. Katie was also very impressed by how hard she worked, and how hands on she was in presenting her collection. This wasn't something she just slapped her name on (like a lot of other celebrity clothes lines). Apparently every second of her day is accounted for, she essentially runs her own empire.

I don't fancy it myself.

If that's the case, and she is so nice and humble, then why does she project the image of a spoiled diva, with the ridiculous riders, the immense entourage and the media circus?

I'm not saying she isn't what your cousin says, I'm just wondering why she allows herself, and occasionally seems happy with, the image of a woman so full of herself that she demands everything in her dressing room be white.

I wouldn't want that.

That's because, of course, you'd have pink.

Because I'm a pretty little girl. [/Bing]

I have no idea. Once started rumours do tend to snowball. The riders are most likely made up, or not written by her. 'Entourages' frequently make demands on behalf of their clients, that aren't specifically requested. I have first hand experience of this at work, where the talent's 'people' will make over the top demands in advance, and be very rude, but the performers themselves are a delight, easy going and undemanding.

Who knows why she has this reputation. Katie only mentioned how nice she was, because that sort of behaviour is unusual in an industry full of diva strops, where subordinates are uniformly treated like shit.

I'm sure she's not bothered by it, by the sounds of it she's too busy to care, and she can always cry herself to sleep at night on her bed made of money.

I only brought it up because I find it interesting how the infamous can defy expectations, and as an example of how the media often creates its own monsters.

You take your money, you make your choices. I often think la Beckham seems very funny, savvy and self-aware when I see her actually talking, but I certainly don't feel sorry for any vitriol printed about her. You invite the media into your life, its very much a two-way street, and they both get something out of it.

I'm sure Jennifer isn't naive enough to think tabloid stories have no effect on the public's interest in her, and whatever she's trying to sell them. Which is most likely why she doesn't bother trying to destroy the image of her they've created.

It's much more important to make a good impression on the people you actually meet and work with, rather than people who've never met you.

You're right, but keeping up an image like that can lead to a downfall, just look at Mariah Carey. She played right up to the image of 'demanding diva'.

Diana Ross did the same.

Still, congrats to Kelly MacDonald, eh?

Mariah Carey is huge. I believe she's just gone to #1 in America with her new single (her 18th number one over there).

People love the whole diva thing. All publicity is good publicity. Unless it's related to child pornography.

The single word, or the means by which you have to read the entire message?