In praise of Sandra Bullock >>

Just before prizegiving, Steve Martin asked the Oscars audience: “Who doesn’t love Sandra Bullock?” Alec Baldwin added, before looking skywards: “Well, tonight we may find out.” Seems almost everyone does indeed love Sandra Bullock. Carey Mulligan may have starred on the “Blink” episode which landed Steven Moffat the job as Dr... Read more

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Iraqi David beats Na’avi Goliath at the Oscars >>

So David beat Goliath, in Na’avi form. The 82nd annual Academy Awards saw the little guys of The Hurt Locker helmed by the tall woman, Kathryn Bigelow, take home six gold statues at the expense of the early favourite Avatar, which nabbed three. There were a reported 180million households watching. It would be a fair few more in this country if Sky... Read more

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A quick stroll through Tony Blair’s ‘Journey’ >>

Publishing news. Conclusions from the just-released cover of Tony Blair’s new book The Journey, published by Random House, as opposed to Randon Pop star’s House, where he and Cherie spend their summer holidays. 1 The title is toe-knottingly awful. If you will avoid Question Time and Newsnight interviews in favour of Fern Britton and Blue Peter,... Read more

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How proportional representation has changed the Oscars >>

Even in the most predictable Oscars in years, there are aspects which will inspire some feverish guessing. Consensus (or previous awards) suggest the acting categories are on lockdown for Christoph Waltz, Mo’Nique, Jeff Bridges and Sandra Bullock, although there has been a converging buzz around BAFTA winner Carey Mulligan. The most noteworthy acting... Read more

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6Music – what happens if 6Music is axed >>

The BBC have left the door open for public protests to bring a reprieve to the end of digital radio station BBC6 music. The next 18 months are about to tell us whether Mildly Narked of Dennistoun is going to have the same impact on the BBC as Disgusted of Turnbridge Wells. While complaints from (largely but not exclusively) the latter saw off Jonathan... Read more

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New Yorke, New Danger >>

For all those moaning about his havering on the Lisbon treaty, the environment and the rate of VAT, David Cameron has made his policyposition on one matter crystal clear – he flippin’ loves Radiohead. Short of having Stanley Donwood design Conservative campaign materials, Dave couldn’t make it any more obvious. He turned up to a Friends... Read more

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Oi BBC, here’s why 6 is far more than two 3s >>

Mystic Meg need not have sleepless nights. Thursday morning, a piece is written in this section about Odeon’s fall-out with Disney only for them to make up hours later. Then a piece about how BBC6 Music must be saved for the nation was penned in this section last week and on Friday morning, a convincingly authoritative report in The Times business... Read more

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Blue steel yourselves for Zoolander: the sequel >>

Exciting news for all those who have been perfecting their Blue Steel in the mirror for the past nine years. (And if you don’t know what Blue Steel is, shame on you) . The rest of you: if you want to know about the Zoolander sequel, if nobody has any objections, I believe I might be of service. Zoolander is the Marmite of film comedies –... Read more

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Cowabunga: Simpsons creator leads alt-rock festival >>

Often, a music venue is synonymous with an a series of acts. The Glastonbury festival – from Marc Bolan and T Rex in year one to Muse this. The Rainbow in London’s Finsbury Park will go down in history as the place where Jimi Hendrix first set his guitar alight on stage and Bob Marley, Van Morrison and The Ramones had a similar effect on the... Read more

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Odeon and Disney make up over Alice >>

So Odeon and Disney have made friends over Alice in Wonderland and the hatters are slightly less mad than they were this morning. After the UK’s biggest chain and the House of Mouse fell out over a DVD release date, just in time for tonight’s premiere, the two sides have arranged an uneasy truce after Odeon, appropriately enough, folded... Read more

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