So we’ve a confession we’ve got a bit of a candy crush on Andrew Smyth from Bake Off.
(C) Love Productions – Photographer: Mark Bourdillon
Meet Andrew, he’s 25 and originally from Northern Ireland but now lives in Derby with three friends. He works as an aerospace engineer for Rolls-Royce designing jet engines for a living.
So where did he get his baking skills from? Well his Mum and his Nan had a hand in making Andrew one of the world’s greatest bakers.
(C) Love Productions – Photographer: Mark Bourdillon
The Apprentice returns to screens on Thursday 6 October for the twelfth series. Lord Sugar is once again joined by advisors Baroness Karren Brady and Claude Littner as they put 18 brand new candidates through their paces to secure his £250k investment in their business plan.
Here’s this year’s candidates:
Alana Spencer
Age: 24 Occupation: Owner, Cake Company Lives: Ceredigion, Wales
Aleksandra King
Age: 38 Occupation: Owner, Business Consultancy Lives: London
Courtney Wood
Age: 29 Occupation: Owner, Novelty Gift Company Lives: Essex
Dillon St. Paul
Age: 37 Occupation: Art Director, Fashion Magazine Lives: Dublin, Ireland
Frances Bishop
Age: 25 Occupation: Owner, Children’s Clothing Company Lives: Doncaster
Grainne McCoy
Age: 31 Occupation: Owner, Makeup Studio Lives: Northern Ireland
JD O’Brien
Age: 37 Occupation: Owner, Beachwear Company Lives: London
The second episode of Red Dwarf XI (Tonight on Dave at 9PM) is quite different from last weeks fast paced affair.
Red Dwarf XI / DAVE TV
After a brief domestic spat between space couple Rimmer (Chris Barrie) and Lister (Craig Charles) the gang are called together when Kryten (Robert Llewellyn) and Cat (Danny John-Jules) discover a mysterious escape pod.
Soon the foursome find themselves on board of a derelict space ship to investigate a mystery.
Slower and with and with an interesting flashback counterpoint this is another great episode. It is interesting how writer and director Doug Naylor manages to make the series look both familiar and modern at the same time.
What also helps this series is that there are still so many aspects of the relationships between the characters that can be explored.
Here’s the 5 coolest things that have been keeping us happy all month!
Groov-e Sel e Stick
Getting the perfect selfie – with your favourite drag queen is a serious business – however it will be considerably easier to get the right angles with this easy to use and set selfie stick. Fully extendable, with Bluetooth and a rechargeable battery. You’ll be taking perfect pictures before you know it.
This British brand has gone from strength to strength. Independently owned and run, Daimon Barber’s products have been and continue to be one of our editor’s favourite. The recent launch of the anti- fatigue face cream and facial concentrate are god sends. Gorgeously packaged, perfectly priced and luxuriously softening. Highly recommended.
Sometimes you just need to keep things simple – especially when it comes to your underwear. There’s nothing better than the feeling of soft cotton against your skin. Famed underwear brand Jockey has just released its new line of timeless uncompromising, seamless, natural cotton undies available in black and white.
We love a naughty T shirt – especially ones that say “I’m gay” without having to spell it out. Now you can own your very own way of letting the world that you’re o the market with TheGayShop’s “He’s my boyfriend” T shirt. High quality, breathable cotton printed and designed in the UK.
On our 3000 mile trips to prides this summer the only thing that could keep our eyes open mile after motorway mile was a good old cup of Joe. Costa trained six baristas in the UK to come up with their very own way of celebrating pride – with their limited addition Pride design. So cute.
Film director Ira Sachs has told THEGAYUK that homophobia is alive and kicking in Hollywood.
CREDIT: Jeong Park
Speaking before the general release of his new film Little Men (out today) award winning director and writer Ira Sachs told THEGAYUK.com that homophobia, and perhaps more worryingly internalised homophobia is alive and well in the film industry and that gay men were “the worst in Hollywood”.
When asked about the film industry’s record on diversity and whether the industry suffered from internalised homophobia, he answered,
“It certainly is”.
He continued,
“Gay men are some of the worst in Hollywood.
“Well, for understandable reasons, people live by fear and they make choices based on fear.
Ira Sach’s latest film, Little Men is a coming-of-age film following the story of two teenage boys whose relationship is put under pressure after their parents fall out over business terms.
He went on to explain why he thought that internalised homophobia existed in the film industry, suggesting that economic fears and job stability could be to be blame.
When the choice is about your job and your fear of what happens if you don’t succeed, if you take a risk that’s actually personal, so there’s a lot of reasons people choose to be safe.
An 18-year-old woman was held down and raped by a man and two men in Manchester’s gay village on Wednesday (21st September) morning. The attack happened at 2:50AM in Major Street.
The victim was thrown to the ground and held down as one of the women robbed her – the victim was then raped by the man before the three assailants fled the scene.
CREDIT: Google Maps 2016Manche
Detective Inspector Dave Moores said,
“This was a horrendous attack on a young woman which has, understandably, left her extremely distressed.
“I would urge anybody who recognises the description of these three and thinks they may have seen them in the city centre area between 2am and 3am to please contact police immediately.”
The first woman, who helped held the victim down, is described as:
Approximately 18 years old
mixed race
scrawny build
had her hair tied in a ponytail
spoke with a local scent The second woman, who committed the robbery, is described as:
In her early 20’s
mixed race
had her hair in a messy ponytail
spoke with a local accent The man is described as:
In his early 20s
white
slim build
clean shaven face
wearing sports clothing
Anyone with information should contact police on 0161 856 1911 Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
A mega fan has floated the idea of having a Lego version of Red Dwarf
With the rather spine tingling news that Red Dwarf is returning to our screens tonight a fan has revealed his plan to get Lego to sell an official Red Dwarf ship – complete with the ship’s famous characters Dave Lister, Arnold J Rimme, The Cat, Kryten and Holly – the ship’s computer.
The design which was created by user Bob Turner features Lister and Rimmer’s iconic bunk beds (includes the posters inside), a sliding airlock door and not forgetting one of the ship’s mischievous Skutters. The design has already recieved the support of 865 people as well as re-tweets from most of show’s cast – Craig Charles (Lister), Danny John-Jules (CAT), Doug Naylor (creator), Norman Lovett (Holly) and Clare Grogan (Kochanski).
Check out the design here and lend your support to get Red Dwarf in Lego form! Talk about Red Dwarf on our forum
What do Abba, Kylie, Scissor Sisters, Elton, Jason Donovan, Streisand and Musical Theatre have in common? Read on.
The official chart company have just published the list of the biggest selling album for each year from 1956 up until today and basically it seems you really have to appeal to the pink pound if you want a really big seller. Abba come up tops three times, Adele twice and loads of other very gay friendly artists are among the chart champs of the last 60 years even Su Bo make the list.
Unbelievably 11 of the list are from musicals and musical theatre so nothing gay there then. There is no room for any macho rock, hip hop, r&b, rock and roll or homophobic reggae. Basically if you don’t fit with the G-A-Y party Crowd, a pride float, the Royal Vauxhall Tavern dancefloor or on Gaydar radio then you ain’t gonna get those multi-platinum discs.
Gays just have more spare cash and we LOVE to spend it on our music. Therefore no Rolling Stones, AC/DC, Beyoncé, Rihanna, U2, Dance acts or any closet queer punk rockers.
1956 Carousel – OST, yep we have no idea either
1957 The King & I – OST (We could dance all night and year)
1958 My Fair Lady – OST, Where does it rain
1959 South Pacific – OST Some truly enchanted twelve months
1960 South Pacific – OST YEAR TWO (Still with musical theatre – where’s some Cliff?)
1961 GI Blues – Elvis Presley Soundtrack, Wooden Heart and 10 other poor fillers
1962 West Side Story – OST altogether “I feel pretty, I feel pre….”
1963 With The Beatles – Beatles (At last a studio album)
1964 Beatles For Sale – Beatles, predictable
1965 The Sound Of Music…It’s the biggest one of all!
1966 The Sound Of Music…Yeah AGAIN!
1967 Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band – Beatles, enough already buy some Motown
1968 The Sound Of Music …Still Going stronger than anyone else Four years on.
1969 Abbey Road – Beatles (Not a tonne of competition in the Sixties)
1970 Bridge Over Troubled Water – Simon & Garfunkel, because Clive Dunn never made an LP
1971 Bridge Over Troubled Water – Simon & Garfunkel still sailing on silver bird
1972 20 Dynamic Hits – K-Tel Various Artists (Remember K-Tel records and Ronco!)
1973 Don’t Shoot Me I’m Only The Piano Player – Elton John back when he was into girls
1974 Carpenters Singles ’69-’73, How did they beat the Wombles and the Goodies?
1975 Best Of The Stylistics, bet you didn’t see that coming
1976 Abba Greatest Hits, My My…..
1977 Arrival – Abba including Dancing Queen, Money,Money, Knowing Me etc
1978 Saturday Night Fever – OST and the whole world hit the dance floor.
1979 Parallel Lines – Blondie….We want more disco…..aagh Freak Out
1980 Super Trouper – Abba still feeling like number ones
1981 Kings Of The Wild Frontier – Adam & The Ants, unplug the jukebox
1982 Love songs – Barbra Streisand, hello…Duran, Soft Cell, Spandau, Wham, Human League?
1983 Thriller – Michael Jackson….obviously
1984 Can’t Slow Down – Lionel Richie……Where is Queen?
1985 Brothers In Arms – Dire Straits……No seriously where is Queen?
1986 True Blue – Madonna still no Queen but at least our goddess has finally arrived
1987 Bad – Michael Jackson looking in the mirror, buy some George Michael for chrissake !
1988 Kylie – Kylie Minogue got lucky over at SAW.
1989 Ten Good Reasons – Jason Donovan Mr Pete Waterman still unstoppable (# love U Sonia)
1990 But Seriously – Phil Collins…Never has an album been more accurately titled
1991 Stars – Simply Red…this is not going to be pretty
1992 Stars – Simply Red…again, now you are just taking the piss
1993 Bat Out Of Hell 2 – Meatloaf, what happened to the first Bat?
1994 Crossroads: Best Of Bon Jovi, the decade of dance and rave ….eh, no!
1995 Robson & Jerome – Robson & Jerome win the Blur vs Oasis battle
1996 Jagged Little Pill – Alannis Morrisette now isn’t that Ironic
1997 Be Here Now – Oasis just goes to show you can fool all the people all the time
1998 Talk On Corners – The Corrs…..So the store was sold out of Spice Girls CDs?
1999 Come On Over – Shania Twain, That impresses us
2000 1/Beatles – How many times can you buy the same old songs?
The legendary 80s group, Culture Club are making a return to the stage as Boy George reunites with his band mates.
CREDIT: PR Provided
One of the biggest bands of the ‘80s is back AND with the original line-up, playing their only UK show this year on Wednesday, December 14th, at The SSE Arena Wembley, London, with special guests, in their only UK performance, Kid Creole and the Coconuts.
The overwhelming excitement and outstanding rave reviews garnered on their world tour have driven the group to announce a homecoming show in London where the band will perform favourites from their albums including Kissing to Be Clever and Colour By Numbers, as well as their latest album Tribes.
Known for dominating the charts worldwide with their classic hits including “Karma Chameleon,” “Do You Really Want To Hurt Me” and “I’ll Tumble 4 Ya”. There is not a country in the world that doesn’t know the names of Boy George and Culture Club. The Grammy Award winners have sold in excess of 100 million singles and over 50 million albums, and were one of the biggest pop bands of the 1980s.
They achieved seven straight Top 10 hits in the UK, nine Top 10 singles in the USA and nine Top 20 singles in Australia. They had number 1 singles in over a dozen countries and multiplatinum album sales across the world, and were the first group since The Beatles to have three Top Ten hits in America from a debut album. They were also the first group in music history to have an album certified diamond in Canada.
The original band line-up is Mike Craig (bass guitar), Roy Hay (guitar and keyboards), Jon Moss (drums and percussion) and flamboyant front-man Boy George (lead vocals).
