Or, Dear Martin Creed: I didn’t really want to run in your exhibition anyway Been to see the sprinters at the Tate Britain yet? Whatever are you waiting for? Whilst you’ve been working, eating, sleeping, living – they’ve been running running running: some 310 km …
Our weekly roundup of film reviews returns, courtesy of James Bryan… This week, Stallone takes us back to a simpler age in Rambo, Jack Black goes pretend low budget in Be Kind Rewind, Bono gets his ego blasted out in 3D in U2-3D and Norah …
Photograph of memorial outside Heath Ledger’s NYC apartment Gothamist learned that actor Heath Ledger was found dead in his SoHo apartment, cause of death unknown so far (but apparently the masseuse who found him called Mary-Kate Olsen before 911). Bostonist considered sending a link about …
Hooray! It’s nearly Halloween! Jack-o-lanterns a plenty, scary masks and annoying trick or treaters who get hyped up on way too many e-numbers (and probably a few cans of cider nowadays). Still, there’s so much stuff going on this year, you’d be a fool to …
Writing for Londonist is not without its perks. A perfect example of such perkiness is an unsolicitated email we recently received enquiring where to send some sample products from Hotel Chocolat, a self-described “British-owned phenomenon brazenly committed to real, authentic chocolate.” An eager response resulted …
This week – Rocky has another bite at the boxing apple (Rocky Balboa) and Cate Blanchet gets shot in the neck and all manner of problems arise (Babel). The general feeling in the press about Rocky Balboa, the sixth Rocky film, has been one of …
We have to admit that we’ve never seen Rocky V. We drew the line after the one where he beat the USSR to a bloody pulp, but that’s not to say we don’t love Stallone. He has a rough ride for some of his movies, …
This wins the award for weird London event of the week …! Sorry, no link – if anyone can shed light on who the mysterious author of this emailed forward is, please speak up now. It has it all: Druids, Blake, poetry, beer, omnisexuality, a-financiality …
From the We Should Have Seen It Coming Department: The budget for the London 2012 Olympics could reach £5bn, more than double the original estimate, after games officials admitted yesterday the final cost is likely to be “significantly higher” than first predicted. The fears were …
Even though we are way way past school age, we still get a little melancholy at the close of summer. Fortunately, our friends across the -ist network know that the shenanigans don’t need to end just because the big yellow buses are back on the …
A very very quick heads up here, because if we’re not quick it will totally sell out. Unfortunately it’s pretty sold out already, with 3 £100 tickets, and some £350 tickets left. If you’re a Rocky Horror Show fan though then this is your dream …
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