Goldfish start a fire

WTF: Weekly Trivia File

Rob Brydon is scared of parmesan cheese. 'He can’t be anywhere near it,' says Gavin & Stacey co-star Ruth Jones

  • Al Murray made an appearance at the Brit after-show gig alongside Killers and Coldplay, and got the crowd singing Queen songs.

  • Simon Pegg is to become a father for the first time in June. He said: 'We haven't announced it yet as we want to keep it hush-hush. I'm hoping for a baby girl, but I really don't mind what we have. We're thinking of having it in America as the baby will then have dual citizenship.'

  • 30 Rock star Tracey Morgan's Manhattan apartment has been gutted by a fire - started by a faulty light in his fish tank.

  • Karen Dunbar attempted to gatecrash the premiere of Armando Iannucci's In The Loop at the Glasgow Film Festival, but was turned away at the door.

  • Make what you will of this act…

  • SPOTTED: Mischa Barton and her boyfriend, Kooks rocker Luke Pritchard, at the Porthole Comedy Club in Kilburn, North London. Send your comedy club celeb sightings to feedback@chortle.co.uk

  • Steve Coogan wants to turn his back on the UK and become a US citizen. He told Scottish comic Craig Ferguson – who has just become an American himself: 'I'd be very tempted to do that. I really would. I need to get more work out here first though.'

  • The Laugh Garage Comedy Club in Sydney is using eBay to auction off the chance to do a five-minute slot… but it might not be the ‘pay-to-play’ money-spinner the venue had hoped. After nearly a week, no a single hopeful has bid – even though the current price is just 1AU$… or about 44p.

  • Ricky Gervais has will play a rabbit in a new advert for animal rights group Petra. Singer Pink plays an alligator.

SOURCES: Mirror, Chortle, Daily Mail, OK Magazine, The Scotsman, YouTube, Chortle, CBS, Rickygervais.com

Published: 20 Feb 2009

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