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"I'm a human being and I share the planet
with idiots" - Colin Farrell

"In European countries there are more princes
than dentists" - Tara Palmer Tompkinson
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* Charts: Florence v Maroon 5 for number one
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>> Jacking up the prices <<
Whitehall flexes financial muscles

Yahoo were looking to produce some short
videos of fun facts about the Olympics
for the summer. They approached comedian
Jack Whitehall to see if he might be
interested in doing the voiceover.

So how much were they told he wanted
for the two days work?

750k.

The project was quietly shelved.


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Parlez-vous Popbitch: Bingetweeter. Someone
you never hear from goes Twitter mad for a
brief period and then just disappears.
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>> Rent-a-rapper <<
The perils of corporate hire

Professor Green has today renewed
his tenure as Brand Ambassador
for Chinese phone company, ZTE. The
official press statement quotes Green
as saying: "ZTE is a great, innovative
brand that is really shaking things up
with their new mobile phones."

It was announced this week that the
FBI is investigating ZTE over allegations
that it sold banned US computer gear
to Iran. As Green said, ZTE are really
shaking things up. But we're yet to
hear his comment on this.


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Lost Boys Kiefer Sutherland and Jason Patric
have been out drinking together in NY's west
village. No sign of Corey Feldman, sadly.
Nor Corey Haim's spirit.
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>> Big Questions <<
What people are asking this week

Which member of One Direction seems
to want to be such a prolific shagger
that access to much of UK's female
population might not be enough for
him? Some photos of him have been
floating around on Gaydar.


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>> Low profile <<
Ex-MP spoils the mood

Were you at Latitude last weekend?
Did you try to watch Low but found
yourself annoyed by some middle-aged
bloke standing in the centre of the
tent with his back to the stage,
talking loudly and obnoxiously to
his mates throughout the set?

If so, it was Geoff Hoon.


(FYI: We're told Hoon did like some
other acts. Including Perfume Genius.)


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Mick Jagger was walking around the Edvard Munch
exhibition at Tate Modern last week. He was
completely immersed in the audio guide.
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>> Rock 'n payroll <<
The best of corporate pop

The G4S corporate song rightly got a
lot of attention this week. But when
it comes to corporate songs, the big
accountancy firms can't be beaten.
Our all-time top three:

* Ernst and Young's version of
gospel classic Oh Happy Day.

* PwC's extraordinary 90s rap
Downright Global

* KPMG's A Vision of Global Strategy
- which now comes with its very own
drum and bass remix. Probably the
best thing you'll hear all year.

Listen:
http://bit.ly/NzEFrM


Are we missing any? Send @popbitch
or hello@popbitch.com:


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Chinese hurdler Liu Xiang is to avoid London's
"wet and cold" weather until he competes at
the Olympic Games, according to his coach.
The coach's name? Mr. Sun
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>> Dressed for success <<
Feminism yet to hit culture dept

Not quite sure this government have
got their head around feminism?

Kay Burley, on LBC, to Jeremy Hunt:
"Is your wife swept away with
the tide of 50 Shades Of Grey"?

Jeremy Hunt:
"Wow! I think she's thinking about
what she's going to wear to all these
official occasions for the Olympics,
so probably the answer is no."


FYI: Jeremy Hunt is a qualified
football referee.


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Tara Palmer Tompkinson says that she has a
new album coming out, which sounds like
"Dido-meets-the-Corrs". Wow.
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>> Dropped stock <<
Laid off from the hit factory

The thousands of Stock Aitken and
Waterman fans upset at the cancellation
of the Hit Factory Live show - you
might like to know that there's at
least one thing you can be happy about.

Sinitta was looking to use the live
gig to announce a new album.
And now, it might not happen.


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Popbitch's favourite celebrity of the year
so far? John Travolta. For taking his wife
on a romantic break... to Mykonos!
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>> Page turner <<
Biting the brands that feed

The Observer ran an interesting piece on
Sunday about how the billionaire
brothers behind the US Tea Party were
trying to launch an unsettling
advertising campaign in UK to derail the
bid to outlaw cigarette packet branding.
http://bit.ly/QaFf13

The very next page? The full-page advert
that the previous piece had attacked.


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Phil Tufnell on who would win in a fight
between a baboon and a badger?
"Baboon - bigger teeth and pinker arse".
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>> Pet theory <<
PR guff of the week?

A company called Pets at Home got a lot
of press this week for a recent survey
they conducted. Unsurprisingly, the
survey somehow found that pet ownership
has beneficial rather than negative
effects.

Our favourite result: 55% of children
who own chinchillas feel more
intelligent than children who don't.

Suppose we should be thankful for the
other 45%...

FYI: Pets at Home's strapline is "Where
pets come first". How considerate.



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16 Sept. City life, 1930-1980 captured by
international photographers like Carter-
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"Popbitch AL" in the subject line to go in
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>> Hmms <<
Otter, mink, triathlete

Packing heat in New York?
http://econ.st/NBMpa3

Strangest use yet of a picture of Jordan
to illustrate something?
http://bit.ly/SJiy30

Otter v Mink:
http://bit.ly/NSEML2

Otter v Triathlete:
http://on.wtsp.com/MaovT3

Matt Taibi's latest piece on Wall St:
http://bit.ly/MJYXeJ

David Attenborough on the weather:
http://ind.pn/OIOcIV

A proper restaurant review column:
http://bit.ly/P5saRM

Looking for a holiday home in the
States? How about Jeffery Dahmer's
childhood house:
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Old Jokes Home
Q. How many G4S security staff does it
take to change a lightbulb?
 
A. Six soldiers and a policeman.



Still Bored?
On Monday 23 July, Windsor hosts its last
Monday evening race meeting before the
Olympics break. It's ITM Irish Night, with
the Saw Doctors playing live, tickets from
only 16GBP, you can get a boat to the
racecourse, and it's likely to be sunny!
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