When Dean Martin entered the set of his television show he often jumped on the piano to startle the pianist. On this ocassion the crew had substituted the piano for a dummy one - unbeknownst to Dean or the audience
Together with Stephen Fry, Colin McFarlane, David Cameron, Steve McQueen, Jeremy Clarkson and Nick Jones, I’ve written to the Health Secretary about prostate cancer.
Prostate cancer is now the most common cancer among men in Britain. It kills one man every 45 minutes, many after a diagnosis too late for treatment to succeed. Black men face a 1 in 4 lifetime risk, double that of the general population, and men whose fathers or brothers have had the disease face a similar threat.
In May the National Screening Committee refused to extend screening beyond a group of just 1,500 men with one specific genetic variant. Everyone else at high risk doesn't have guaranteed access to a test that could save their life. We believe that's wrong, and that the Secretary of State has both the evidence and the power to overturn the ruling.
More than 250 MPs from across the political spectrum have called for a targeted national screening programme, and over 100,000 people have signed petition demanding the same. A programme targeted at those at highest risk would cost £25 million a year, which is 0.01% of the NHS budget.
We are asking the Secretary of State to reconsider the Committee's recommendation and commit to a targeted national screening programme; to act now, rather than wait a decade for further trial data while men continue to die; and to ensure that risk, not luck, decides who is tested.
Me niego a creer que un día no escucharemos nuevas BSO de John Williams…
Pero hay algo que nadie podrá quitarnos: su música es para siempre y nos acompañará toda la vida
UN LEGADO ETERNO🎼❤️
Dolly Parton reveals that the real Jolene was actually just a little red-headed girl asking for an autograph.
“There was a little girl at one of our shows. She was a little red-headed girl, pretty as she could be. She came up to get an autograph.”
“She said, ‘Would you sign it to Jolene?’ I said, ‘Oh, that’s a pretty name, I’m gonna write a song about you.’”
“I said, ‘If you ever hear a song on the radio called Jolene, you’ll know it’s about you.’”
“I got back to the bus and I was singing, ‘Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene’ just so I wouldn’t forget the name.”
“That’s why the whole chorus is pretty much just saying the word Jolene.”
Harald’s grandfather and father escaped to England, where they led a government in exile. Famously Haakon, turning up at the BBC to make a broadcast to his people, was asked by a receptionist: “Where did you say you were king of, dear?”
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I was working at @930Club when Dolly Parton played and a drag queen dressed just like her stood in line all day to get in the front row and Dolly LOVED it. She changed the words of "Jolene" to sing "Drag queen" and sang them right to her. A class act and icon
Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library was the best contribution to child literacy ever made by a celebrity. Our paths crossed once, in the 90s, backstage at a talk show, and I was completely tongue-tied and starstruck. RIP Dolly. You were a complete, irreplaceable one-off.
Timelapse of the future USS John F. Kennedy, the second Ford class carrier, transiting a storm in the Atlantic Ocean during acceptance trials last week.
The Navy originally planned to take delivery of JFK in 2022, but that's been delayed until March 2027.
As President Bush takes a one-week trip outside of Washington, DC, contractors re-do the floor of the Oval Office.
Here is a rare view of the office in a nude state:
People born in the 70s really won the fcking life lottery. You got to grow up without social media, buy a house before prices went completely insane, build a career before everything became a damn hustle, and still experience technology taking off. What a time to be alive.
New Order’s “Blue Monday” played entirely on vintage Casio instruments.
Polaroids of the Pyramids cooked this one. Insanely good!
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