The Leveson Inquiry has thrown up a situation where a kiss and tell story about Motörhead singer Lemmy is an actual real life thing. Lemmy kissed a girl, his phone was hacked by some dickhead daily rag hack and said girl told. Brilliantly, Lemmy's lawyer said it was "perfectly fine" to run the story because Lemmy's reputation wouldn't be damaged. Well, durrr. It was a stripper, right? RIGHT?? Get in, Lem! This has all come about while News Of The World TV Editor, Sharon Marshall is being questioned about her semi-autobiographical [...]
Those of you who have been reading No Rock for a while will remember that back before Gordon Smart's dismal showbiz coverage, Bizarre was the awful kingdom of Victoria Newton. Her high spot was having to run a <a href=" http://xrrf.blogspot.com/2006/ 10/sun-would-quite-like-to-apo logise.html humiliating apology to Nigel Martin-Smith after she ran Robbie William's lyrical attack on the man . More recently, she'd been plying her trade at the now-defunct News Of The World. But unlike some other staffers there who were offered jobs in the middle of nowhere , Newton has been given a job right at the [...]
While they still remain reasonably high in the public conciousness (as seen by last week's celebration of Freddie Mercury's 65th birthday), it's safe to say that most people's knowledge of Queen is limited to the singles, Live Aid and a few key points. New label Universal, though, are trying to refocus attention on their history as an albums band, working their way through a 15 record career. While the first set of releases pushed at an open door with some genuine classics, this next four are perhaps a tougher sell. It all starts off so well [...]
Perhaps one of the biggest scandals of 2011 , and it's getting totally out of hand! During a hearing for the News of the World phone hacking scandal , billionaire media mogul Rupert Murdoch became the victim, when comedian Jonnie Marbles threw a shaving cream pie right into his face. Speaking of the incident, Marbles took to Twitter and said, "It is a far better thing that I do now than I have [...]
James M has been in touch to bring to my attention a story from Paul Gambaccini. Originally posted on the comments section of the New York Times, it was also picked up by Harry's Place . I hope nobody will mind me repeating the whole thing here, as its one of those stories that can't be retold too often: In 1984, when I was a DJ on BBC Radio 1, I received a phone call at the station from a reporter from the News of the World. He told me it was in my interests to meet [...]
As the News International scandal continues to spiral out of control with the resignation of Rebekah Brooks, the legendary Billy Bragg has offered his own musings on the affair. 'Never Buy the Sun' was written, rehearsed, recorded and released a single in the space of a few days and it's now available as a free download. [...]
Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News Andrew Milligan, PA Photos Jarvis Cocker used a copy of the last edition of disgraced tabloid The News of the World to mime wiping his bottom as he appeared onstage with reunited Britpop band Pulp at T In the Park in Scotland on the weekend. After miming wiping his behind with the paper, Cocker told the crowd on Sunday (10 July): [...]
As the Screws slithers out its last issue, time for a quick look back. There was a time when I'd pick up on the bigger music-y stories from their pages on a Sunday, but you'll have noticed that started to fade away shortly after Dan Wootton took over from Rav Singh. This was mainly because, while Singh was a comic creation, Wootton managed to run stories that weren't interesting of themselves. Nor was his stuff presented in a way that - unlike, say, Gordon Smart's work, to take a random example - had enough personality to be worth [...]
I had been going to post this on Thursday, but events moved on and I spent most of the evening staring slack-jawed at the television. Train2Game had done a ring-round of companies to ask about their advertising plans : HMV's head of PR Gennaro Castaldo added: "As it happens, HMV has not advertised in News of the World for some time and have no plans to do so." To be frank, that's probably more to do with HMV not having money to splash about on fancy advertising than any moral repugnance, but it's nice to know they [...]
What a week it's been. I'm quite used to following developing news stories in great detail, but rarely does so much news, with so many twists and turns, come in such a short space of time. Of course, the News Of The World phone hacking scandal is not new, the story has been rumbling on for years now. Illegal practices have been uncovered, people have gone to jail, and David Cameron's own press secretary lost his job along the way, thanks to his involvement. But until this week, the story was largely ignored by the mainstream press. Only [...]
News International (I do not need to tell you) is one of the most repellent organisations in the world, but this whole business might just end up working out to their advantage, in a twist of supremely Machiavellian achievement. NI decided to close the News of the World a long time ago, as you can see from this Guardian article detailing the plans being set in place to deal with its disappearance, dating from weeks ago. The sunonsunday.com URL was registered before any of this even kicked off. As much of a [...]
. . . this was the front cover of tomorrow's Guardian : Sadly, they've gone for the much more sedate: Thankfully, Steve Bell is on form:
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A couple of weeks back, the New York Times printed a letter of complaint from the News Of The World's managing editor Bill Akass . Responding to the Times' story about Andy Coulson and his team phonehacking their way through the great and the good, Akass snorted out this paragraph of disgust: Sources: In the days prior to publication the Standards Editor Phil Corbett wrote to all staff reminding them of the NYT's ethical guidelines with regards to anonymous sources. We were surprised therefore to see the finished article was based almost entirely on anonymous sources – [...]
The Charlatans UK , who played last night right here in Philadelphia, were on stage at local Fishtown favorite Johnny Brenda's. In the middle of the group's song "Tellin' Stories" (a track that was a special request from a fan who showed up early), talented drummer Jon Brookes (who has incidentally been lighting up the stage with his fantastic playing for the group's US dates) suddenly seemed to stop. The band and crowd slowly came to the realization that Jon needed medical attention and was having a seizure. Thankfully there was a doctor in attendance at the show [...]
Today's News Of The World has a "diary" where the JLS boys share their diary of their amazing climb from runners-up on a talent show to being That Band Who Were Runners-Up On A Talent Show: "The shoot was great. I fell in love with my video girl. "While we were trying to get into the moment on set, a kiss happened. Then again. She was amazing, but nothing materialised." Pssst... Ortise, if you check your spam box on your email, you'll find some advice that might be able to help you with [...]
You know there's something wrong when you read this : And it's Congratulations to bachelor boy Sir Cliff on the near-six-pack Yes, Cliff has stripped off for his 2011 calendar - only October, though, so you probably could go on holiday that month. Maybe it's a halloween costume? What's strange, though, is the fawning write-up the News Of The World has given to the launch: And if vintage Cliff continues to look this tasty in the next decade, then we've got something to say: Son, you'll be a calendar boy and [...]
There's rumours that the News Of The World will be slipping behind a paywall in the next couple of weeks, so perhaps they're splashing with a front page story about Olly Murs falling out with his brother because they're saving the good stories for when that happens. Olly's brother, The Other Murs, is miffed because Olly has drfited apart from his family because he's been so busy with his career (that's what it says here, although it doesn't say what the career might be - maybe shifts at Halfords?). It's one of those stories [...]
You'd expect the News Of The World's big splash that Susan Boyle is living on £300 a week would contain within it a buried denial from Simon Cowell's management team. It doesn't, though : The Boyle management sources last night confirmed Susan's allowance is just £300 a week but said she could have more at any time if she wanted. The News Of The World does at least offer some perspective: GLOBAL star Susan's weekly allowance is LESS than NHS hospital staff earn. When you put it like that, it doesn't [...]
Oh, for crying out bloody loud, I thought we'd sorted this out last year? But, no, the NOTW is fuming again that it actually involves people to cover several stages for three different media live from Glastonbury: THE bloated BBC is again sending an army of hundreds of staff to cover Glastonbury - defying orders to cut costs. Orders from who? Where there orders to reduce the budget for Glastonbury coverage? Isn't it an assumption that just because the number of people involved is roughly the same, that the costs haven't been reduced [...]
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