Vancouver 2010

I am rather excited that the Winter Olympics open in Vancouver this evening! The Opening Ceremony is a three-hour extravaganza which will be aired on BBC Two at 01:45 GMT Saturday Morning. The Opening Ceremony will also première the star-studded ‘We Are The World’ cover that the US have done to help the people in […]

90210 – 9th February 2010

Yup, that’s right kids, it’s Beverley Hills 90210 Day! Despite my love of numbers, it actually took for someone random on twitter to point this out to me (in my defence, I work in the past!), and so I figured it well worth an airing of this classic theme tune. All together now…”do dooo do […]

Morgan Freeman: Invictus (6 Nations)

Anybody who has been around me the past few weeks will know that I have raved wildly about the movie ‘Invictus’ and how much I am looking forward to seeing it. Well, I am off to see the film tomorrow, and will post a review (UPDATE: REVIEW HERE)- this post is actually about Morgan Freeman’s […]

Betty White: Snickers ad

OK, OK, OK, so I’m not one for posting advertising gimmicks normally…. well…OK I am, but they have to have a good hook and really stand out… so with that in mind… I absolutely love this Betty White snickers advert! The ad had it’s preview during the Super Bowl last night. I watched the first […]

Happy Birthday Gari’s Blog!

Today marks the second anniversary of this blog…. woo! It’s been a fab two years, with over a quarter of a million visitors (a conservative WordPress estimate; other counters reckon as many as 400k unique visits). I’ve blogged about countless topics ranging from my first love, musical theatre, through to hawties such as Aaron Johnson; […]