Oscars Aren’t As Much ‘So White’ As ‘So Wrong’ In Member Shake-up
Being a self-confessed Oscar geek normally this time of year is spent writing jokey articles about the dos and don’ts of acceptance speeches or which […]
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Is Oldham The Beginning Of The End For Farage?
We’ve all seen the thousands of pictures, the cheeky chappy, man of the people, boy done good, one of our own, anti-establishment, diamond geezer; stood […]
Don’t Mess With The Kids- There’s Only One Winner
There’s an old proverb that the children are the true rulers of the world and the adults are merely keeping it warm for them, okay […]
Sometimes We Earn Our Oscars
Thomas Edison once wrote ‘genius is 99% perspiration and 1 % inspiration’ which may not be technically mathematically accurate but we all get the point. […]
Presenting The Oscars: The Most Important Job In Hollywood
The 86th Academy Awards Academy awards takes place later today as the world casts its collective eyes to a theatre in Hollywood as the most […]
Margaret Thatcher: The Leader the Left Help Create
On April 8th parties were held on the streets of Merseyside, throughout Britain many people rejoiced, celebrated and laughed following the death of an 87 […]
How To Win An Oscar And Not Embarrass Yourself
The oscars are almost upon us which means an evening – or morning for us Brits- of wonderful gowns, a glitzy ceremony, endless red carpet […]
Sky Atlantic’s ‘Veep’ Reviewed
Sky Atlantic has achieved that rare goal of showing both established, revered programmes from across the pond- hence the name Atlantic, durr- and superb new […]
Five Hidden Film Gems Well Worth Watching
Reading Alex Morris’s superb article Ten Obscure Movie Masterpieces That Need To Be Watched on this very site over a month ago, inspired me to […]
Whitney Houston and the Addiction ‘Blame Game’
The news of Whitney Houston’s death just over two weeks ago wasn’t quite the shock it should have been to many of her fans. Yes, […]
When The Academy Gets it Wrong: Best Picture
There’s something about the Academy Awards, or the ‘Oscars’ as they’re known to everyone outside the ceremony which really steams my pudding. The glitz, glamour, the […]
From the DW Archives: A Guide To Winning An Acting Oscar
With the 84th Academy Awards just around the corner, this weeks ‘From the DW Archives’ was originally posted on 21st February 2011. In this post, […]
From the DW Archives: Why British film is Best
In this weeks look back into the Daily Waffle archives, our contributor Jay Motty looks back at why British film is the best and he’s […]