Stinger!

How can you not love Neighbours' lovable scamp Scott "Stingray" Timmons?
I mean, apart from the fact that his name being Scott - the same as all-time Neighbours hero Scott Robinson - is utter, utter sacrilege? Sure, they quickly gave him a fish-related nickname, but his real name is still Scott, and that hurts. I mean, I hope they haven't told Jase because he may cry (You know, he's emotionally precarious at the best of times, bless him). To add to that, Tad was already Toadie's long-lost cousin, couldn't they have thought of something else? And if Toadie is "looking after" him, then why does he live with Susan?
Oh, this was supposed to be good things, wasn't it?
Although they're going a bit OTT with his ADHD, anyone who calls people "cake taker" is a hero of mine.
Plus, a mooning plot? Well, that's just sheer brilliance!

Jake Bites The Dunst
(That's all I could think of - okay?!)

The "former" couple this week
Just a few weeks ago Kirsten Dunst and Jake Gyllenhaal announced they had split. But now, they're all hanging out together in LA, leading one to believe that they are all back together again or something.
And this the same week that Kirsten announced she and Jake loved doing it in public, including a raunch session in a changing room in a London store.
"Other shoppers heard a lot of moaning and groaning and then stared at us when we came out looking very red-faced", Kirsten recalled. "We did it in cars, bathrooms - even on the beach. The only place we chickened out of was a hotel corridor because we thought we might get thrown out if we were caught."
Let's hope they had CCTV!

Save Mary-K-ate!

Some clever cats, moved, as we all were, by the tragic announcement of the less attractive Olsen twin, college-bound Mary-Kate's, slimming disorder, have designed this swanky t-shirt in order to not only show support for the sickly sister, but also raise awareness of the dangers of only eating one thinly sliced tomato a day (Beyonce take note).
While there is little doubt they don't need my help at all what-so-ever in selling these public-service inspired fashion pieces, you can do your bit by donning a T, which you can by at the fellow bloggers site Save Mary-Kate.
And, when purchasing said posterioral adornment, do save a thought for poor Ashley-Kate Olsen. Not only did she miss out on an Emmy nomination to her gaunter womb-sharing sibling (no doubt due to her "edgy" look which turned So Little Time into more of an ironic post-Clueless pretty-angst melodrama, rather than the witty pre-teen pratfall-filled sitcom it was no doubt conceived as being), she also cruelly missed out on the planet's out-pouring of grief when M-K booked into rehab. Yes, it's Ashley-Kate - the forgotten Olsen - who we should be thinking of now.

Return Of The Mc
Thank goodness somebody has had the good sense to send some employment Craig McLachlan's way. You know, back in the day he was the funniest person on TV (and yes, that includes you Mr Somers), despite the fact that, rather than being on a sitcom or something, he was the wacky handyman Henry Mitchell/Ramsay on Neighbours.
After his Gold Logie win, and the departure of the Kylie, Jason and Guy, he became the highest paid member of the cast (The OC star Alan Dale - it will never get unfunny saying that - was not happy). And then went on to star in Home and Away as "cool teacher" Grant Mitchell ... and then ran away to England where he was in the excellent Bugs (which went horribly car crash when he left) and some awful TV movie in which he pashed Catherine Zeta-Jones.

Craig in the perennially hi-larious "towel stuck in the door when Aunt Eadie paid a surprise visit to Bronwyn" scene.
But, of course, he also had a tops band called Check 1-2 who released "Mona". I mean, I always preferred "I Almost Felt Like Crying", and even "Rock The Rock", but whatever. Also, after he ditched the band, "On My Own" was an awesome single ... "I Hear You Knocking" was .... a bit less so.
Anyway, despite the fact that he is undeniably ace, Craig hasn't had that much of a profile (aside from that Chase For Skase movie and his ace Australian historical telemovies that he seems to do every year) until now.
And for that we have to thank .... McLeod's Daughters. I know, I feel squicky about it too.
I have to say, I am kinda perplexed by McLeod's Daughters. I understand that a lot of people watch it, but quite why anybody wants to watch boring country people whinge as they throw bails of hay onto the back of utes, I don't know. But that said, I am really glad that somebody is recognising the brilliance of C-Mc and even my pal Michala Banas, for that matter. (I have a very funny story about the first time I met her. Sadly, I can't share it here. At all.)
Anywhoo, the other week Craig did an excellent interview in The Daily Telegraph, in which he talked about Neighbours and Check 1-2. ACE! I will rip it off now ...

On Neighbours collector cards:
"You know some things have scarred me for life. There was one ridiculous card that had Henry in a ringmasters costume with a chocolate-coated ice cream in his hand. Every now and then, someone, somehow, will come up to me with that damn card. It's like the Amityvile Horror. I always sign it Peter O'Brien (laughs). But it's amazing that 20 years down the track, that period of Neighbours still has such resonance with people. I was chatting to a journalist a couple of days ago and he asked me about the old days of - dare I say it - Check 1-2, which I don't really talk about anymore because it's mixed emotions for me. It was great while it was happening, but whenever there's a radio poll about the world's most annoying song, it's 'Mona' ... What's really cool for me is chatting to this guy the other day, 'Mona' was the first record he ever bought and now here he is, grown-up and still has a huge affection for that period of his life and he's asking me, 'Well, come on man, where's the next record? I've been waiting!'"

On Check 1-2 stuff on ebay:
"How funny. You know what will be interesting? With yours truly cropping up regularly on television again we'll see what happens to those "rare" items. let's see if it raises the 7" from $1.50 to the $150 bracket. We may have to ring in some dummy bids."

Dear Craig, I salute you!