There are conspiracy theories, and there is the notion that the prank calls to Andrew Sachs’ answer-phone by Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand were in fact a set up, calculated to: 1. Boost sales of Brand’s various merchandise, and/or 2. Kick-start Georgina Baillie’s career in pornographic films; and/or 3. Increase BBC ratings once Brand and [...]
Russell Brand, the man the Daily Mail likes to call “the lewd braggart”, has fallen on his sword over Manuelgate. Meanwhile his partner in crime, Jonathan Ross, awaits his fate, having been suspended by the BBC, while Georgina Ballie is rumoured to be closing a deal with a Sunday tabloid for her story. It’s all [...]
As all newspapers, but especially this one, report today, BBC Director-General Mark Thompson has suspended Russell Brand and the similarly gifted Jonathan Ross over the duo’s prank phone calls to actor Andrew Sachs. A “full investigation” will now be launched against a backdrop of an unprecedented number of complaints and the ire of the Prime [...]
Is Jack, the Washington DC lawyer who is presently engaged in disposing of (nearly) all of his worldly goods, a sage for our times? Jack began his journey to enlightenment last June when he grew tired of being mired in “an ever-expanding invisible chain of hopeless materialism.” As recounted on his blog, Jack decided to [...]
The scene: A windowless office deep within the White City labyrinth that is the home of the BBC. There we see Russell Brand, the famous comic genius, deep in thought as he contemplates a fascinating topic – his navel. His reverie is interrupted by the appearance of famous television presenter Jonathan Ross, who is accompanied [...]
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