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Sam Fender Celebrates Victory With Gregg’s-Filled Party Bus
Sam Fender was looking dapper as ever he hit the red carpet at the Brit Awards on Tuesday evening in London. Sam and co were nominated for a whopping three awards against big names in the industry such as Adele, Dua Lipa and Little Simz.
The Geordie lads looked absolutely ecstatic as they took home the trophy for Best Rock/Alternative act, this award was based purely on fan votes via TikTok. The North-Shields singer sadly lost out to his two other nominations with stiff competition from Adele who bagged the awards instead.
This year, Best Male and Best Female awards were scrapped to be more gender inclusive, now just represented by one, Best Artist award. Many have argued if there was still a Best Male category, Sam would have walked away with two Brits.
However, the true star of the show was saxophone player Johnny Blue Hat, who represented the Toon in style by wearing a vintage Newcastle top for the whole occasion. During his acceptance speech, Sam gave shout outs to the fans who voted, his manager Owain and everyone back in the North-East, including beloved charity North-East Homeless.
Fender also got a big helping hand from Greggs for his Brits celebrations as he revealed the bakers had sorted him out with some pasties or his party. He was interviewed on the Brits red carpet for ITV2 and it was then that he told host Clara Amfo of his plans for after the ceremony. During the interview, Clara asked Sam if the party bus was making a return for 2022, to which he confirmed it was, before adding: “Greggs have sorted us out with load of pasties again…so it’s going to be full of carbs!”
In 2019, after winning the Critics Choice award, Sam travelled around London in style in a party bus. Him and pal Radio 1 presenter Greg James were seen partying in Alan Shearer and Sting masks. Classic.
Our thoughts are with a very hungover group of lads this morning. At least you’ll have plenty Gregg’s to get through though boys.
Entertainment
Yorkie’s ‘not for girls’ advert from 2002 has gone viral and people can’t believe it aired
With over two decades passing, some people are only just discovering the Yorkie ‘not for girls’ advert from 2002, and they can’t believe it.
That’s right, over 20 years have passed and younger generations are only just coming across the advert for Nestle’s thick milk chocolate bar, with mixed opinions on it.
Many can’t believe it made it onto TV, while others think the advert was ‘proper genius’ and ‘just a joke’. Either way, all would agree it probably wouldn’t go down so well today.
The Yorkie slogan in 2002 went as follows: “Five big chunks of masculine chocolate. Yorkie… it’s not for girls.”
The advert shows a woman disguising herself as a man to try to purchase a Yorkie bar from the shop.
One person recalled: “As a girl I simply accepted the fact I would be arrested for attempting to buy a Yorkie.”
While another chimed in: “Yep, and I remember the massive kick off. I haven’t bought a Yorkie since.”
Others said they thought it was a great marketing tactic from Nestle seeing as it caused many women to head out to buy a bar in defiance, and many men choosing the chocolate while enjoying and benefitting from the ride – a successful marketing campaign, for sure.
Do you remember the advert well? See the video below either for the first time or to brush up on your early 2000’s tv knowledge!
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Broadcaster Sir Michael Parkinson has died at the age of 88, the BBC has announced.
The former journalist was one of British television’s most famous faces through his talk show Parkinson, which initially ran on the BBC from 1971 to 1982.
He relaunched the show on the BBC in 1998 before it moved to ITV in 2004, until he retired the programme in 2007.
Over more than 800 episodes, Sir Michael interviewed some of the world’s most high-profile figures – including Muhammad Ali, Sir Elton John and George Michael – and helped make comedian Sir Billy Connolly a household name.
But despite his long and industrious career, Sir Michael’s 2003 interview with Meg Ryan went down in history as one of his most memorable shows.
The chat show king was faced with a stony-faced Ryan, who delivered one-word answers as she promoted her poorly received erotic thriller The Cut.
More than 20 years later, he offered an apology to the actress and admitted neither of them were on “top form”.
In 2013, Sir Michael revealed he was being treated for prostate cancer – but said he had no intention of stopping working.
Netflix have released a brand new film starring Gal Gadot, titled “Heart of Stone”. The American spy action thriller is centred around Rachel Stone, an intelligence operative who stands between her powerful global peacekeeping organization and the loss of its most valuable and dangerous asset.
A certain clip from the film has been going around Twitter recently though due to the costume of one of its characters.
During an intense chase scene where Rachel Stone (Gal Gadot) is fleeing from the pursuing gunmen hunting her down, one of the characters can be seen to be wearing none other than Middlesbrough’s home shirt from the 09/10 season!
One Twitter user wrote, “@Boro, how the hell did this happen? Sat watching the new @GalGadot film and a bloody Boro fan is trying to kill her!!!”
You can see the clip here! – https://twitter.com/borochubster/status/1690486750362165248?s=46
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