Frickin' Cute!

Last night Kermit and Rowlf got together to sing the Rainbow Connection, probably the best song in the world that does not involve Beyoncé.

But what makes this performance even more special is that this is only the second time that Rowlf has spoken since Jim Henson's death in 1990. Rowlf was Jim's favourite character, and after he died the Muppets cast and crew decided they ought to mute him out of respect (they probably didn't use the words 'mute him'), aside from a small speaking part in Muppets Treasure Island. This is only the second time that Rowlf and Kermit have sang together- the first was during the closing scene of the 1979 Muppet Movie.

Not so fun fact: Jim Henson died of 'sleeping pneumonia'- he felt sick, but "didn't want to worry anyone". Whatta guy.

Fergie: Pre-Self-Destruction

Fergie of Black-Eyed-Peas fame was once a child called Stacey Ferguson. she was young and innocent, and completely unaware of the fact that she would grow up to be a meth head, and wet herself on stage. As a youngster, she appeared on 80s US tv-show 'Kids Inc', and she was pretty awesome:

She was only 8 in that video! I've heard her sing live, and she really does have one of the best voices I have ever heard, if not the best.

It's also impossible to tell that she grew up to be Fergie. If ever there was an advert to prevent people from having surgery performed on their face, it should be this video compared with a modern Stacey. Kinda sad.

The Great Dead (because they are dead, but still great)

Cary Grant (or Archibald Leach, as his mum called him) was born way back in 1904, and passed away in 1986. He secretly worked for British Intelligence during WWII, trying to out Nazis. This mixture of suave, sophistication and bad-ass helps explain why Ian Fleming modeled the James Bond character on Cary Grant.

If you've ever seen (the totally awesome) film Charade with Cary and Audrey Hepburn, you'll know that his looks never faded- he still looked hot at 59.

Cary Grant: your great, and I would.

Will Smith: Smart, or Exceptionally Dumb?

Word on the street is that Will Smith was offered a scholarship to MIT, but decided to defer and then just never turned up.

I had never questioned this, but a friend of mine did, so I thought I would do some snooping.

It turns out, his mum had a friend who was on the admissions board, and they 'needed more black kids'. I don't think it counts as a bone fide scholarship if you didn't think of packing it in to become a sales assistant or a waiter at some stage during the application process. Not that there is anything wrong with that- there is no profession more noble than that of the woman that gives us clothes and the man that provides food.

In the same interview, Will explains that his children are being home schooled, because in real life they will have no need for historical dates, but they will need to learn about Aristotle's social theories when they are 7.

Now, tell me Mr Smith, where exactly does Aristotle promote pimping out your children? That's what I thought.

You can read more here:

http://www.rd.com/family/will-smith-interview/

But let's not hold it against him- he is of course exceptionally attractive.

Scientific Proof the Prayer does Work

Every night for two years I have been getting down on my knees and begging for the Famous Five to get back together.

But Enid Blyton is long gone, and I really need to be more mature with regards to my reading material.

So I decided to centre my efforts on getting Girls Aloud back together. And tonight, Perez Hilton (God in my eyes) reported that GA will be doing a reunion tour in 2012. WOO and HOO indeed.

Now, before this weekend I wouldn't have believed a word of this, but it would seem that now that Cheryl Cole is going to the U S of A and thus committing career suicide, there will be nothing to hold them back.

Why career suicide? Well, because I don't think anyone was particularly impressed by this years solo efforts, and the pop-music-loving public did not take well to Nuhdeen's abdication, so this is the metaphorical lead balloon on its downward spiral. And me and my debit card will be carefully positioned next to the Ticketmaster website, just waiting for the shiz to hit the fan.

Now, let's remember them when Cheryl still had a snaggle tooth and Kimberly had yet to capture my heart:



Fun fact: this song was written by Lene Nystrøm, or as she is better known, that woman from Aqua.

He has my vote

Though I'm quite sure that (despite the fact that I'm a British citizen) I am only allowed to vote for candidates with some sort of terrorist links.

But look at this man. Isn't he a specimen of beauty? Granted he and Sonic the Hedgehog have the same hairdresser, but he still gets my heart racing. We could have a foreign affair.

PS his dad is a Marxist theorist, so I think he could take me home to meet the family and I may be able to impress them with my knowledge (read: boobs)

I wish my parents were this funny

But I'm not as lucky as Ben Stiller. I came across this video earlier and I nearly cried laughing. There are 17 of them! Ben's mum and dad have an online pop-culture talk show, where there say whatever comes into their heads for 90 seconds. Sort of similar to this blog but with old people.

My favourite part is when Anne Meara compares Snooki's poof to a tumour.

Episode 2: "The Jersey Shore" @ Yahoo! Video

In another episode she tactfully asks 'What happened to Kris Jenner's face?'. Hilariously, her husband is able to discuss in detail the Kardashian family tree.

And if your wondering where you recognise Anne from (which I'm sure you are), it's Sex and the City, she is Steve Brady's mum. Fun fact!

I know I should be studying, but...

I genuinely just don't care about ICSID, and I have absolutely no idea what relevance CMS Gas holds for me, so I am going to watch this:



How did the Beast not hear all this going on???

Some random Beauty and the Beast facts: Lumiere is voiced by Jerry Orbach, who played Baby's dad in Dirty Dancing (hot old man alert), the film was the first animated picture to be nominated for athe best picture Oscar (Up! was the second) and it won Oscars for best score and best original song (for Beauty and the Beast, though 'Belle' and 'Be Our Guest' were also nominated. All those songs begin with 'B'. Weird).

The Beast is so much more attractive as an animal than a Prince, no?

Fun Fact

I thought I would take a moment to brush up on this Wikileaks story today, because I've been neglecting the news for celebrity gossip for the greater part of this century.

Anywho, I decided to read about one of my favourite countries ever, Nicaragua, a State that Public International Law has actually made me feel quite sorry for. Imagine my surprise when I found out that the Nicaraguan President shares a surname with one of my top-ten directors of all time!

Yep, Mr President Daniel Ortega shares a name with Disney genius Kenny Ortega, the man who blessed us with the High School Musical franchise and the cinematic triumph that was Hocus Pocus. (He was also the musical director behind what would have been Michael Jackson's 'This Is It' concert, but we all know how that turned out)

Unfortunately, a surname is probably all these two share- one wants to keep kids off the streets by teaching them about the joys of song and witchcraft, while the other has opened the little tykes up to a whole array of narcotics.

Great fun to be had, no matter which Ortega you favour!