Kim Kardashian attends The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating "Charles James: Beyond Fashion" on Monday, May 5, 2014, in New York.Evan Agostini
NOT A FAN
In what may be a rare display of a politician showing solidarity with the common man, British prime minister David Cameron says he does not understand the appeal of Kim Kardashian and her clan.
The Telegraph reports on the admission made by the prime minister earlier this week during his appearance on the U.K. radio station Capital Xtra.
During the course of the interview on Capital Xtra, which labels itself an "urban dance music station," Cameron was asked to choose between three current reality-TV programs: Big Brother, Love and Hip Hop or Keeping Up with the Kardashians.
The PM's response: "I've just dropped the microphone in shock at that question…"
Once recovered, Cameron said, "I'm not a Big Brother fan – I have watched it. I haven't quite got into why everyone is interested in the Kardashians, so I'm not doing very well on that one. So maybe I'll try the hip hop show, that sounds a bit better."
As for the type of TV programming that he does watch regularly, the 48-year-old Cameron allowed, "I like watching cooking programs. I find that more relaxing."
You can listen to audio excerpts from Cameron's appearance on Capital Xtra here.
In the same sit down, Cameron was asked to choose between three modern rap artists that he might like to record a campaign song in order to "claw back the youth vote" for England's upcoming general election scheduled for May 7, 2015.
His options: Jay-Z, Australia's Iggy Azalea or British rapper Tinie Tempah.
In the best political fashion, Cameron declined to choose a favourite from the three and instead proposed another option.
"The track I would like to have, but this really makes me sound so old, is Let's Stick Together by Bryan Ferry, because I think that's the message for the election."
Take note that Let's Stick Together was originally a hit for the American blues-rock band Canned Heat in 1969. Ex-Roxy Music frontman Ferry released his own version of the song in 1976.
And finally, Cameron was presented with three restaurant alternatives from which he might order lunch for a gathering of world leaders.
The choices: The family-themed U.K. restaurant chain called Harvester, the popular takeout chain Nando's or a Gordon Ramsay pub.
And this time, the prime minister did not equivocate.
"I've been to a Gordon Ramsay restaurant, I've been to Nando's and I've been to a Harvester," said Cameron. "I think Nando's is the best value for the money."
DON'T BLAME ME
Nobody can fault George Lucas if the new Star Wars movie tanks. During a recent interview with CinemaBlend, the man who helmed the original 1977 movie and subsequent five films says his proposed story ideas for the upcoming seventh instalment titled Star Wars: The Force Awakens were ignored by the entertainment giant, which purchased the franchise in 2012. "The ones that I sold to Disney, they came up to the decision that they didn't want to do those," said Lucas. "So they made up their own. So it's not the ones I originally wrote." Currently filming in London and other locations, Star Wars: The Force Awakens is slated for theatrical release on December 18, 2015.
Source: Entertainment Weekly
YO, ROCKY!
How would you react if you spotted a bona fide movie legend at an iconic cinema landmark? Time reports on a group of tourists who received a big surprise while visiting the City of Brotherly Love last weekend. In what has become a tourist tradition, the three young men decided to run up the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, just like Sylvester Stallone did in the 1976 box-office hit Rocky. When the trio got to the top, they were shocked to see Stallone himself waiting for them. Stallone, who was in town filming Creed, the seventh film in the Rocky series, graciously posed for selfies with the three men and signed autographs.
Source: Time