Jase joins Dr Karl in protest!

Tops all-'round celeb Jason Donovan joined the likes of the Kennedy's, Gino, Corinne Grant and Gary Sweet in protesting against the proposed free-trade agreement with the US which will mean the scrapping of local content quotas (which would threaten our soaps).
"The Australian public has resoundingly wanted and supported local film and television production," Dr Karl said. "And the results of that support are reflected in the success of shows like Neighbours. But the show's very reason for being in the first place was to provide jobs to Australian actors and production staff."
Jase actually worked with Karl (or "Alan Fletcher" as he foolishly insists on being refered to when not in Erinsborough) on Neighbours when Karl wasn't Karl at all, and was some other guy called Greg who was a mechanic who worked with Charlene.
My evil plan to have Jase guest-star on Neighbours seems to be moving ever-closer to fruition!!!

Worst Neighbours characters ever (part 1):
Wayne: Helen's stupid nephew was stupid and fugly and boring. And he had weird lips which caused him to speak funny.

MTV, SWS & JT at the filums

[Justin meets Seann's lil' Justin]
The MTV Movie Awards were held in LA yesterday, and after the disaster that was Sarah Bitchelle Gellar's hosting last year, they decided to hire Seann William Scott and Justin Timberlake to host this year. That rules.
Despite the fact that I hate those uber-nerd Lord O' Tha Rings movies, I was delighted that Elijah Wood and Sean Astin won for best On-Screen Team (because Sean rules - and was in The Goonies - yay!).
Also cool was Yoda (and some old guy called Christopher Lee) winning for Best Fight in Attack Of The Clones. "Hmmm. Grateful am I to this award receive," Yoda said as he accepted his award. "To win, I did not expect. Promise myself cry I would not." He then went on to thank Chewbacca and Greedo. Apparently, in some flux-copasitor-style conundrum, Yoda hasn't made it to A New Hope yet, and thusly doesn't realise Greedo is dead. George Lucas' chin also made it, accompanied by George himself.
Eminem won Best Actor and Breakthrough Actor for 8 Mile and accepted with a pre-recorded tape (why can he no longer go to award shows?). "I can't believe I beat Mariah for Glitter," he said. Strangely, neither can I.

Big Bogan

I've just had a peep at the Big Brother intruders. Oh dear. You'd think that, after picking the worst bunch of housemates ever, they would have been extra careful with their intruders ... but no. Jamie (no, a different one to the one who already left) is a very campy man who says "Oh Noooooooooooooo" a lot. In fact, just like Johnnie did. Saxon proudly told everybody that he knew Jamie was gay the minute he saw him. Well, der. Guess what Saxon? So is Elton John.
When I saw Kim I thought, "How clever, they've dressed Ben in drag and sent him back in the house!" But apparently she is actually a woman. So far, I'm not impressed with her - she doesn't do anything Reg can't do a lot better. The show should be called Big Bogan, it really should be.

Cheesey Bits
*Geri Halliwell has finally spoken about the recent Spice Girls reunion dinner, and doesn't seem to think a proper reunion is likely. "A reunion? Things that were such a moment in time are hard to recapture, like an intense, burning love affair that can’t last and is hard to reignite," she blabbed. "I would be afraid it would never be the same again. Never say never, though. If it was a fun charity thing, who knows? Imagine us five with our Zimmer frames doing the zig-a-zig-aah."
*After a disasterous result for Britain in the Eurovision Song Contest (their entrant Jemini scored no points at all), Radiohead have announced they will enter next year, submitting a track from their 'artistic' wank of an album "Kid A". “We really want to do it," says frontman Thome Yorke. "We told our record company we’ll enter.” They'll probably still score 0, but it will be hilarious.

*Dannii Minogue recently spoke on Rove [Live] about sending a copy of her track "Vibe On" to Howard Stern because she says the song is based on a scene in Howard's movie Private Parts, in which a listener of his radio show gets her thrills by sitting on a speaker and listening to his voice. This is despite the fact that DM's lyrics seem to be an ode to personal power tools. Either way, Howie has now started playing the song on his top-rating radio show. Good work Dan!
*You might have heard about Eminem being sued buy a kid he went to school with named DeAngelo Bailey. Em claims DeAngelo used to bully him at school, and even broke his nose, so as payback Em called him a "fat kid" in his track "Brain Damage". Well, things have gone all wrong and Em has settled out of court and paid the bully hundreds of thousands of dollars because people were teasing him about the song. That sucks. And so do Bullies.
*Keanu Reeves is getting around 15% of the box office from The Matrix sequels - which could add up to US$200million. That rules. I mean, dude can't even act. Hopefully he will invest the cash in a Bill and Ted sequel.

Fun Quiz: How Fugly was TV's Melissa Joan Hart at school?

This Fugly.

Song Of The Day
"Would I Lie To You?" by Charles and Eddie. Remember them? Well, not them - nobody does - but the song?

Sunday, June 01, 2003

Happy Birthday Jase!

[Jase now and then]
Today is Jason Donovan's 35th birthday, which is awesome. Jase is my hero, and even if he isn't releasing any of his brilliant songs these days, at least he still has MDA, his TV show, in which he plays lawyer Richard Savage and is very good. And at least he has kiddies (Jemma and Zac). And at least if my evil plotting goes to plan he will soon return to Neighbours.
Maybe.
PS: More Jason news soon!