The Big Bus drove so Airplane! could fly.
Both are loving skewers of 70s, star-packed disaster epics. Dropping four years earlier, The Big Bus essentially wrote the playbook; same comic structure, archetypes, and deadpan delivery, setting the runway for Airplane! to perfect it.
btw the reason Poundland is going under is exactly what you think - they got bought by a venture capital firm, the firm forced Poundland to take out a £30m loan to give shareholders a gigantic payout, and now they can't pay back the loan and are going bust.
Empire pays tribute to Patrick Stewart with a special subscriber cover, illustrated exclusively by Thomas Walker.
It features new art of Stewart as Xavier, alongside one of the character’s great quotes: “We’re not as alone as you think.”
Read more: https://t.co/WUvN7kruyZ
Here’s EVERYTHING revealed today so far for Star Wars’ 50th Anniversary in 2027!
• New 50th logo & John Williams score
• Original 1977 Star Wars in IMAX
• New 50th anniversary poster
• New Star Wars documentary
• 7 new LEGO Star Wars sets
• New Hasbro Star Wars figures
• Star Wars x Adidas
• Star Wars x Aston Martin
• Star Wars x M&M’s
• Star Wars x Steinway & Sons
• Star Wars x Hajime Sorayama
• Star Wars in concert at the Hollywood Bowl
• New merchandise & experiences
And this is just the beginning!
The suit Ahmed El Shanawi #tinkerbell wore in BLIND RUN , was owned by him, Ahmed often wore the suit when he was comparing in the evenings in London at various clubs. #theprofessionals
Preparations are underway for our Remembrance Day service and local flyovers.
Can’t make it out to the museum? Watch/stream live on @CHCHTV TV or stream on their YouTube channel at 10:30 am.
Lest we forget.
Since I posted last night about ‘maybe’ replacing your recently removed David Walliams books with Lucy Beaumont’s Drinking Custard: Diary Of A Confused Mum, you (and the followers of everyone else who suggested this) have all managed to not only clear every last copy from Amazon, but you’ve also propelled the book to the ‘Number One’ spot on the following Amazon book charts:
- Motherhood
- Child Discipline
- Parenting (Kindle)
- Parenting & Family Humour
This is obviously awesome news and well-deserved. More than 4.5m of you saw the post on my Facebook, Insta and X which is also a bit mad - usually I only get those sorts of numbers by telling some far-right dipstick to **** off.
However, a decent number of you pointed out that it’s important to support independent bookstores instead, and I should have added a link to Bookshop dot org sooner as this enables loads of these retailers to sell the book online. I’ve updated all of the original posts with a link now. So, to keep supporting Lucy and buying the book:
ORDER FROM AN INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORE - https://t.co/WqXO5dv6x5. Someone who works in the business has confirmed that it’s out of stock with the publisher, meaning that supporting these guys will have the same sort of wait as you would have when ordering from Amazon, so why not? Also, Bookshop dot org distributes a cut of all sales back into independent bookstores as well, which is awesome. They have an instant ebook version too! (affiliate link).
ORDER FROM AMAZON (if you prefer) - https://t.co/AriOy26bSj. They also have it on Kindle and Audible.
Of course if you would rather just borrow a copy as the author still gets something called PLR which I think refers to royalties, have a look in your local library. I found this one at Basildon Library earlier just to the right of the main reception desk. Essex Libraries have a nice little app that showed me where I could find my nearest copy, and your local libraries should have one too.
Again, thank you and well done for doing the right thing!