Transport yourself to 1985, Shakin’ Stevens had the number one hit Merry Christmas Everyone, babycham and pina coladas were flowing, multi-coloured tinsel decorated every tree and the must have toys were Teddy Ruckspins, Cabbage Patch Dolls, Transformers, and Ataris.
It was a classic era for filmmaking, Back to the Future, Legend, The Breakfast Club, Beverly Hills Cop and of course The Goonies (“Hey You Guys!”). But one film that will forever be known as one of The Best Christmas Films Ever is of course, Santa Claus: The Movie (1985). It is a delightful blend of Christmas magic, 80s nostalgia, and standout performances from the dynamic duo of Dudley Moore and John Lithgow.HeyUGuys HQ got particularly excitable when we heard this classic was getting the 5 Star, 4K treatment and could not wait to get our hands on a copy. The remastered film is now available on 4K Uhd for the first time,...
It was a classic era for filmmaking, Back to the Future, Legend, The Breakfast Club, Beverly Hills Cop and of course The Goonies (“Hey You Guys!”). But one film that will forever be known as one of The Best Christmas Films Ever is of course, Santa Claus: The Movie (1985). It is a delightful blend of Christmas magic, 80s nostalgia, and standout performances from the dynamic duo of Dudley Moore and John Lithgow.HeyUGuys HQ got particularly excitable when we heard this classic was getting the 5 Star, 4K treatment and could not wait to get our hands on a copy. The remastered film is now available on 4K Uhd for the first time,...
- 11/23/2023
- by Fiona Francia
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Elvis Presley had one of the biggest and best careers in the history of rock ‘n’ roll music. Despite this, he left numerous great songs behind, including the song Bruce Springsteen wrote for him. In his autobiography, Springsteen discussed the new kinds of music that enthralled audiences when he wrote a tune for the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll. He also implied the “Hound Dog” singer had lost his way.
Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Fire’ was meant for Elvis Presley
In his 2016 autobiography Born to Run, Springsteen discussed the musical landscape in 1977, the year the “I Want You, I Need You, I Love You” singer died. “Out went anything that smacked of frivolity or nostalgia,” he remembered. “The punk revolution had hit and there was some hard music coming out of England. The Sex Pistols, The Clash, and Elvis Costello all were pushing the envelope on what pop could be in...
Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Fire’ was meant for Elvis Presley
In his 2016 autobiography Born to Run, Springsteen discussed the musical landscape in 1977, the year the “I Want You, I Need You, I Love You” singer died. “Out went anything that smacked of frivolity or nostalgia,” he remembered. “The punk revolution had hit and there was some hard music coming out of England. The Sex Pistols, The Clash, and Elvis Costello all were pushing the envelope on what pop could be in...
- 9/11/2023
- by Matthew Trzcinski
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have set off on their three-day national royal tour aboard the Royal Train.
Kate and William will cover 1,250 miles over three days on a national tour to thank individuals and communities for their work during the coronavirus pandemic. On 7 Dec. 2020, the couple set off from London's Euston station, where they kicked off with a special tribute to transport workers from Transport for London and Network Rail, chatting to workers about their experiences as key workers during this difficult year. They were also surprised with a special performance of "Merry Christmas Everyone" by Shakin' Stevens.
To celebrate their arrival and the beginning of the tour, Network Rail staff altered the departure board at Euston to read, "Warmerhampton instead of Wolverhampton, Coventry Carol instead of Coventry, and Northpolehampton instead of Northampton." Prince William has taken a number of trips on the train before, but it's believed this is Kate's first.
Kate and William will cover 1,250 miles over three days on a national tour to thank individuals and communities for their work during the coronavirus pandemic. On 7 Dec. 2020, the couple set off from London's Euston station, where they kicked off with a special tribute to transport workers from Transport for London and Network Rail, chatting to workers about their experiences as key workers during this difficult year. They were also surprised with a special performance of "Merry Christmas Everyone" by Shakin' Stevens.
To celebrate their arrival and the beginning of the tour, Network Rail staff altered the departure board at Euston to read, "Warmerhampton instead of Wolverhampton, Coventry Carol instead of Coventry, and Northpolehampton instead of Northampton." Prince William has taken a number of trips on the train before, but it's believed this is Kate's first.
- 12/7/2020
- by Tori Crowther
- Popsugar.com
Jenny Morrill Dec 20, 2016
Russ Abbot, Bullseye, Noel Edmonds and a film we all watched in the same room. Christmas TV was more exciting in the 80s...
Cast your mind back to when Christmas Day wasn't about Doctor Who followed by sticking something on Netflix until it was time to go watch the annual fist fight outside the pub.
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In the 80s, Christmas was about seeing which fantastic fare the TV had decided to bless us with. Of course, the more prepared among us knew this well in advance, having eagerly pored over the Radio Times/TV Times to check that Jimmy Cricket's Family Laugh 'n' Waz would be shown. There it was – right after Reflections On The Eucharist With The Reverend Paul Leyland.
Russ Abbot, Bullseye, Noel Edmonds and a film we all watched in the same room. Christmas TV was more exciting in the 80s...
Cast your mind back to when Christmas Day wasn't about Doctor Who followed by sticking something on Netflix until it was time to go watch the annual fist fight outside the pub.
See related Looking back at Martin Scorsese's The King Of Comedy The Wolf Of Wall Street review The Wolf Of Wall Street & Scorsese's confrontational films
In the 80s, Christmas was about seeing which fantastic fare the TV had decided to bless us with. Of course, the more prepared among us knew this well in advance, having eagerly pored over the Radio Times/TV Times to check that Jimmy Cricket's Family Laugh 'n' Waz would be shown. There it was – right after Reflections On The Eucharist With The Reverend Paul Leyland.
- 12/8/2016
- Den of Geek
Like a long-lost childhood friend returning after years in the wilderness, Kurt Russell is finally back on leading man duties in new heist caper The Art of the Steal. To celebrate the perennially-mulleted icon's return to the big screen, here's a look at five of his classic roles...
Elvis Presley - Elvis (1979)
Made just two years after the American icon's tragic demise and therefore placed under intense scrutiny by a still-devastated public, John Carpenter's TV movie Elvis managed to win over those suspicious minds with a terrific portrayal of the hip-shaking star by the Emmy-nominated Russell.
Such an iconic, identifiable, and effectively deified figure was never going to be a simple task to imitate - just look at the casting issues over Freddie Mercury in the planned biopic. It speaks volumes for Russell's versatility that he donned the blue suede shoes with such assurance to deliver a rousing performance...
Elvis Presley - Elvis (1979)
Made just two years after the American icon's tragic demise and therefore placed under intense scrutiny by a still-devastated public, John Carpenter's TV movie Elvis managed to win over those suspicious minds with a terrific portrayal of the hip-shaking star by the Emmy-nominated Russell.
Such an iconic, identifiable, and effectively deified figure was never going to be a simple task to imitate - just look at the casting issues over Freddie Mercury in the planned biopic. It speaks volumes for Russell's versatility that he donned the blue suede shoes with such assurance to deliver a rousing performance...
- 6/20/2014
- Digital Spy
It wasn't exactly a golden episode of Britain's Got Talent this week in terms of talent, but there was still a diamond or two amongst all the roller skating, wig-swapping, line dancing rough.
Make your voice heard by telling us your favourite and least favourite of episode three's acts in our exclusive Bgt poll.
The Best
Asanda Jezile
We at DS think this kid is fierce, but what about you? Is pose-pulling little diva Asanda a diamond?
Luminites
Belting voices and banter to match, Luminites are certainly going to win a few fans at home. Did it hurt, or was it so good?
The Duelling Pianos
They may not exactly be the most marketable or polished act to appear on this year's Britain's Got Talent, but we know you were bobbing your head along and pretending to be a Dambusters plane. Don't lie to us.
Aaron Crow
Even though he's...
Make your voice heard by telling us your favourite and least favourite of episode three's acts in our exclusive Bgt poll.
The Best
Asanda Jezile
We at DS think this kid is fierce, but what about you? Is pose-pulling little diva Asanda a diamond?
Luminites
Belting voices and banter to match, Luminites are certainly going to win a few fans at home. Did it hurt, or was it so good?
The Duelling Pianos
They may not exactly be the most marketable or polished act to appear on this year's Britain's Got Talent, but we know you were bobbing your head along and pretending to be a Dambusters plane. Don't lie to us.
Aaron Crow
Even though he's...
- 4/27/2013
- Digital Spy
Whenever depression looms for Joe Queenan, it's time to turn to Johnny Hallyday. What is it about the films of the French Elvis Presley that holds the answer to all life's woes?
The other day I was feeling unusually melancholy, what with the economy in the tank and construction workers building evil McMansions next to my house. One of my friends suggested I watch a Hong Kong gangster movie called Vengeance. He said the film was completely insane and would take my mind off my troubles. I told him all Hong Kong gangster movies were completely insane, but he fired back: "No – this one is really insane."
He was right.
Vengeance, released in 2009, is actually a Franco-Hong Kong collaboration that pools the resources of the legendary actor/director Johnnie To and those of the legendary rock star/actor Johnny Hallyday, the French Elvis Presley. Hallyday, né Jean-Philippe Smet, is in fact Belgian,...
The other day I was feeling unusually melancholy, what with the economy in the tank and construction workers building evil McMansions next to my house. One of my friends suggested I watch a Hong Kong gangster movie called Vengeance. He said the film was completely insane and would take my mind off my troubles. I told him all Hong Kong gangster movies were completely insane, but he fired back: "No – this one is really insane."
He was right.
Vengeance, released in 2009, is actually a Franco-Hong Kong collaboration that pools the resources of the legendary actor/director Johnnie To and those of the legendary rock star/actor Johnny Hallyday, the French Elvis Presley. Hallyday, né Jean-Philippe Smet, is in fact Belgian,...
- 12/9/2011
- by Joe Queenan
- The Guardian - Film News
The film-maker has turned William and Kate's celebration into an Asian song-and-dance routine
Last Sunday, guests at the Selsdon Park hotel in South Croydon must have been surprised to witness a prelude to the royal wedding in which Prince William and Kate Middleton discussed their impending nuptials in song and celebrated their love with a set of nifty dance moves.
Bystanders would have noticed a few details out of place, however. This was not the real royal couple: it was a pair of Asian stand-ins – one wearing military uniform and a sash, the other resplendent in a replica of Kate's blue Issa dress – and the whole set-up, with two teams of backing dancers, was reminiscent of a scene from the 1973 Bollywood classic Bobby.
They would have also noticed, in the background, a small film crew led by Mj Delaney, the 24-year-old Londoner who had a viral hit last summer with...
Last Sunday, guests at the Selsdon Park hotel in South Croydon must have been surprised to witness a prelude to the royal wedding in which Prince William and Kate Middleton discussed their impending nuptials in song and celebrated their love with a set of nifty dance moves.
Bystanders would have noticed a few details out of place, however. This was not the real royal couple: it was a pair of Asian stand-ins – one wearing military uniform and a sash, the other resplendent in a replica of Kate's blue Issa dress – and the whole set-up, with two teams of backing dancers, was reminiscent of a scene from the 1973 Bollywood classic Bobby.
They would have also noticed, in the background, a small film crew led by Mj Delaney, the 24-year-old Londoner who had a viral hit last summer with...
- 4/17/2011
- by Killian Fox
- The Guardian - Film News
Lady GaGa has revealed that she doesn't like the Christmas season. The singer, who returned to London's O2 Arena last night for the third UK stint of her Monster Ball tour, made the statement after performing a rendition of Shakin' Stevens's 'Merry Christmas Everyone'. During the song, The Sun reports that the 'Telephone' star pulled a Santa doll from the audience and attempted to (more)...
- 12/17/2010
- by By Robert Copsey
- Digital Spy
The Chippendoubles have unveiled a Christmas single. The idea for the track, titled 'A Christmas Cowell', came from the Britain's Got Talent semi-finalists' David Beckham lookalike, Pa reports. Andy Monk, the troupe's Cowell double, said: "It's a really chirpy, catchy, memorable Christmas song in the style of the ones from the '70s or '80s perhaps. "[Like] Shakin' Stevens, Slade, that sort of thing, because we thought that was lacking this year so we (more)...
- 12/8/2010
- by By Mayer Nissim
- Digital Spy
The comedians play companions in their new TV series, The Trip. But their real-life relationship runs far from smoothly
It is somewhere in the region of lunchtime at the Inn at Whitewell, and from the dining room carries the gentle roar of the feast: spoons brush soup plates, wine glasses kiss, and conversation gathers and swells. Outside, it is a sharp, bright day and here in the Trough of Bowland, the light skims across the bare branches and seems to settle among the hills of the Hodder Valley.
Back indoors, sitting beside the log fire, is the comedian Rob Brydon. He is sipping a glass of red wine and surveying the local newspaper, pausing, occasionally, to bask in the warmth.
Into his post-prandial idyll stalks Steve Coogan; taller, sharper, slightly harried, he sits down heavily and scowls. Brydon, impervious, lowers his newspaper. "I have ordered you a sticky toffee pudding,...
It is somewhere in the region of lunchtime at the Inn at Whitewell, and from the dining room carries the gentle roar of the feast: spoons brush soup plates, wine glasses kiss, and conversation gathers and swells. Outside, it is a sharp, bright day and here in the Trough of Bowland, the light skims across the bare branches and seems to settle among the hills of the Hodder Valley.
Back indoors, sitting beside the log fire, is the comedian Rob Brydon. He is sipping a glass of red wine and surveying the local newspaper, pausing, occasionally, to bask in the warmth.
Into his post-prandial idyll stalks Steve Coogan; taller, sharper, slightly harried, he sits down heavily and scowls. Brydon, impervious, lowers his newspaper. "I have ordered you a sticky toffee pudding,...
- 10/26/2010
- by Laura Barton
- The Guardian - Film News
Shakin' Stevens's solicitor has said that the singer will appeal after he was found guilty of assaulting a press photographer. The 62-year-old, real name Michael Barrett, was convicted of hitting Hugo McNeice with a microphone during a hotel gig in December 2008, BBC News reports. Stevens was fined £300 for assault and criminal damage and also ordered to pay £479 in compensation for McNeice's camera lens after the incident at the (more)...
- 1/13/2010
- by By Mayer Nissim
- Digital Spy
Band Aid 20's 'Do They Know It's Christmas' is the most successful festive song of the decade, according to the Official Charts Company. The charity song, which features artists including Bono, Dido, Robbie Williams and Estelle, spent four weeks at No. 1 in 2004 and sold a total of 1.1 million copies. The Darkness's 'Christmas Time (Don't Let The Bells End)', which was held off the top spot by Gary Jules hit 'Mad World' in December 2003, was the second biggest-seller of the decade. Christmas songs by The Pogues, Mariah Carey, Shakin' Stevens and Slade also make up the chart, despite being released in previous decades. Dance act Cascada's rendition of Wham's 'Last Christmas' is the sixth best-seller, one place ahead of the 1984 original version. The original Band Aid single, organised by Bob (more)...
- 12/9/2009
- by By David Balls
- Digital Spy
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