THE WORLD *head in hands*
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The Ten O’Clock News: “and the Oscar goes to… every fuckin’ person who was involved in this goddamn hearbreaking real life fuckin’ example of human evil!”
So I think something like two-thirds of this year’s Oscars nominations are based on true stories – 12 Years a Slave, The Wolf of Wall Street, Dallas Buyers’ Club, etc. (I’m assuming they’re nominated. I’ve seen them in the press, you know?!) On an almost entirely unrelated note, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s latest musical Stephen Ward Continue reading
DISCUSS., February 2014, Films, Government and Politics, Newspapers, The Ten O’Clock News, THE WORLD *head in hands*’12 Years a Slave’, ‘Dallas Buyers’ Club’, ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’, ‘The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas’, ‘The Wolf of Wall Street’, ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’, dodgy Japanese toilets, Endal the dog, films that should be made, Indifferent Ignorance, musicals, Oscars, Profumo scandal, Stephen Ward, The Ten O’Clock News, Ugandan tabloids -
The Six O’Clock News: Women in Sport, Trolls on the Internet and Everyday Horrible People
I haven’t been watching enough of the Winter Olympics, which should probably change because it sounds like the universe is about to take up curling. This week’s news is a little old but definitely relevant. Beth Tweddle’s Twitter Q&A saga: Let’s judge women on their work, nothing else The Independent pointed out that when Beth Tweddle did Continue reading
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The Six O’Clock News: a Valentine’s News Round-Up!
Happy Valentine’s Day, unless you’re ill and alone and watching TV this fine Friday evening. Ugh, Valentine’s. According to The Guardian, in some cultures Valentine’s is becoming synonymous with “my female partner will have sex with me whether she wants to or not” and, despite the small sample size of Cambodian participants, it’s not a Continue reading
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The Six O’Clock News: You Really Can Escape the Winter Blues!
It’s cold. It’s dark. School is very much back and no one can quite believe that it’s only been three weeks since the day after Boxing Day. We all sort of want a summer holiday, but we cannot take one… Students Edward Bunyan, Indira Gainiyeva, Who Ran Away To Caribbean From Stonyhurst College ‘Found’ Or Continue reading
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