Topic: UK

How Quickly Do You Think This Nurse Got Fired After Almost Letting Two Radio Hosts Talk To Kate Middleton In The Hospital?

Apparently if you want to hear how Kate Middleton is doing, all you have to do is call this hospital with an awful British accent. More »

Elementary Makes Sherlock Holmes Super-Sexy For American Audiences

How do you make a Sherlock Holmes TV show without copying Sherlock? Make your protagonist a bad boy who screws a hooker and shows off his tattoos in the first seven minutes! More »

We Admire The Sun‘s Commitment To Putting Out Naked Prince Harry Photos, Even If They’re Fake

What do you do when the Royal Family won’t let you publish naked Prince Harry photos? Have a newspaper writer — conveniently also named Harry — drop trou and recreate! More »

The UK Inbetweeners Would Beat Up The U.S. Version For Lamely Trying To Recapture Its Coolness

The U.S. version of The Inbetweeners is nowhere near as raunchy and absurd as the UK original, which means it’s not funny at all. More »

Did Benedict Cumberbatch Seriously Take A Swipe At Fellow British Phenomenon Downton Abbey?

The Sun says that in discussing his new miniseries Parade’s End, star Benedict Cumberbatch went after Downton Abbey as being unsophisticated. More »

Seeing The Spice Girls Rehearse For The Olympics Closing Ceremony Is Exactly What I Want, What I Really Really Want

I may have missed the opening ceremony of the Olympics two weeks ago, but I was able to surmise that it was super fucking weird, thanks to Facebook, Twitter and all major media outlets. I was sorry to miss out on the Mary Poppins vs. Voldemort battle, and even sorrier to miss out on Mr. Bean. You know what completely atones for both of those things? More »

It’s The Cruelest Irony For Justin Bieber To Tease Prince William About His Baldness

“I mean, there are things to prevent that nowadays, like Propecia.” What a little shit, strutting around with his Road Runner haircut. More »

Thank God The American Pilot For The IT Crowd Was Rubbish

Even with The Watch‘s Richard Ayoade reprising the role of oddball Moss, NBC’s attempt at recapturing The IT Crowd‘s absurd humor failed. I feel kinda sorry for Joel McHale for trying to make this work but never being able to live up to Chris O’Dowd‘s performance. Watch it now! More »

Watch Olympic Gymnast Aly Raisman’s Parents Hilariously React To Her Uneven Bars Routine

While Aly Raisman flew through the air at last night’s qualifiers, her parents were riding a roller coaster of emotion. Watch the video! More »

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The Daily WTF: The Hotel Owner Who Replaced Bedside Bibles With Fifty Shades Of Grey Is Our New Hero

British hotelier Jonathan Denby defends his taboo decision to replace religion with BDSM: “Tonight millions of women will be curling up in bed with a good book and you can bet your life it won’t be the Bible.” More »

The Daily WTF: Mary Poppins Might Fight Voldemort At The Olympics, Fulfilling Childhood Dreams We Didn’t Know We Had

Yes, yes, a million times yes. More »

Please Don’t Let There Be A Love Actually Sequel

Universal wants Richard Curtis to write Love Actually 2, but all we would get is America’s idea of an ensemble romantic-comedy. (None of which have done well even though they tried to copy this beloved 2003 film.) More »

Kristen Stewart Is Glamour UK’s Best Dressed, Proving A Stoney Stare Goes With Everything

Kristen Stewart has a another title to add to her resume among the endless MTV Movie Awards; UK’s Glamour Magazine has named her best dressed. I guess that means black is the new black. More »

Video: Russell Brand Argues Earnestly For Treating Drug Addiction As An Illness

Honestly, it’s jarring to see Russell Brand speaking so seriously, not goofily, to Parliament about the importance of treating drug addicts with compassion. More »

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