Comedian... or evil space tyrant?

WTF: Weekly Trivia File

Earlier and shorter than usual because of the Great Jesus Comeback holiday…

  • Seth Rogan on criticism his films are peurile: ‘Nowhere on my radar is the thought, “Is this movie good for society?” To me, if it's funny, it’s good for society. If it’s not funny, it's bad for society.’

  • Rhona Cameron is set to tie the knot in Edinburgh later this year. after her partner Suran Dickson, a 31-year-old schoolteacher, proposed to her at Musselburgh Harbour.

  • A part of the International Space Station may be named after US comedian Stephen Colbert after he urged his viewers to swamp an online NASA poll. More than 230,539 fans voted for Colbert to be the official name for the node, almost five times as many as the top NASA-created name, Serenity. The space agency says it doesn't have to be bound by the poll, but has not yet made any decision. 'Either name that node after me, or I, too, will reject democracy and seize power as space's evil tyrant overlord,' Colbert said on his Comedy Central show this week.

  • Holly Vallance is related to Benny Hill. The comedian's cousin was her grandfather.

  • Bad stand-up gets digital:

  • Sleb in the audience: KT Tunstall at the Altitude Festival in Meribel, watching as Andre Vincent and others discussed all the things they’d like to do to her, without knowing she was in the room... Send your sightings to feedback@chortle.co.uk

  • Stephen Fry Twittered about a slapstick moment the gym yesterday, saying: ‘Runnng machine: iPod flew across the room as my arm fouled the earphone cable. Then I shot backwards. Mayhem.’

  • Meanwhile, Eddie Izzard Twittered while on stage at his gig in New York last night. His Tweet read: ‘I am now on stage!’

SOURCES: Parade, Edinburgh Evening News Daily Tech, Wikipedia, YouTube, Chortle, Twitter

Published: 9 Apr 2009

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