Schteeve van der McClaren gets some more stick for his phoney Dutch accent and his similarity to the Joker from Batman....

Perm + big nose = twins...

“Prime Minister” March 1st, 2009 There are two stories in “Prime Minister,” and each of them is absolutely perfect for this surrealist world we’ve created. The show has leaned heavily this season on the humour to be found in New Zealand’s low level of cultural awa...

Ben Stiller reportedly flipped out over his Oscar script the day before this year's show. But the Joaquin Phoenix impersonation he came up with as a replacement was hardly original. Frank Coraci had done the same bit just the night before at the Independent Spirit Awards, Page Six reminds us. Stille...

Big Jonny and Little John cast their eye over the January transfer window....

... to Pedro Feliciano, for his induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Who knew? I believe that makes him the first lefty specialist to get into Canton. Ray Guy must be pissed. As long as we're on a football theme, I guess you want a Super Bowl prediction from someone who calls himself a soot...

In yet another news article on yet another of-questionable-value fMRI study, hard-hitting Discovery news came up with this doozy of a headline: How Visiting Your Family Warps Your Brain Really now? Warps your brain? Wow, I can’t wait to read how someone who visits their family actually finds s...

Everyone I know who watched the Strictly Come Dancing Results Show on Sunday evening expressed regret at Austin leaving, but also horror at the way Barry Manilow looked. I saw Bazza as a guest on Graham Norton last Thursday night and it's fair to say that he's had a facelift or seven. A facelift or ...

From Bodleian Library MS Bodl. 693, a fifteenth-century gradual (think "medieval songbook"): Oh, sweet merciful crap!  Did Matt Groening, of the Simpsons, Life in Hell, and Futurama, steal his trademarked overbitten cartooning style from an anonymous fifteenth-century English scribe?  The evidence...

Schteeve van der McClaren gets some more stick for his phoney Dutch accent and his similarity to the Joker from Batman....