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5:03PM Jess McGuire | I can still remember when I fell in love with the mighty gay brain of Simon Amstell. It was the summer of 06/07, and it was a beautiful time. I watched every single Never Mind The Buzzcocks episode on YouTube, and life was good. But then all the videos were removed due to copyright infringement! I couldn’t watch Simon Amstell anymore, and the world was an awful, empty place! More »
Germaine Greer And Gabriella Cilmi On Never Mind The Buzzcocks
5:03PM Jess McGuire | I can still remember when I fell in love with the mighty gay brain of Simon Amstell. It was the summer of 06/07, and it was a beautiful time. I watched every single Never Mind The Buzzcocks episode on YouTube, and life was good. But then all the videos were removed due to copyright infringement! I couldn’t watch Simon Amstell anymore, and the world was an awful, empty place! More » 
Perhaps Germaine Greer Recently Saw The Dark Knight?
1:47PM Jess McGuire | The Melbourne Writers Festival means that currently there are a lot of literary types wandering around the city, and if you’re an ornithologist (who is bored of checking out red breasted blue jays or whatever the hell kind of birds make ornithologists soil themselves with glee, and instead now spend your waking hours keeping an eye out for book lovin’ folk) you’re in absolute heaven.
I had a rather wonderful Celeb Spot myself on Sunday, and I would like to tell you about it.
Picture it… I’m walking up Brunswick Street with my friend Lee and we’re chatting about incredibly deep issues, when I glance behind us and notice Germaine Greer powering along with a friend. More » Wilks To Join Ever Growing List Of Australian DIY Experts Who Have “Made It” In The US
8:00AM Jess McGuire | Joining Jamie Durie in dirty boots on the world (well, the only bit of the world that counts, America) stage? Miss Short Shorts herself Suzie Wilks. Reports News Ltd -
The former Changing Rooms babe is poised to make the change to American TV, after successful meetings with media giant CBS.
Wilks arrived back last week after a whirlwind trip to Los Angeles where it is understood she met numerous producers.
The Barbie-styled presenter is reportedly under consideration for two new shows in the US, which could lead her to crossing continents like Durie, who now divides his screen time between Australia on Channel 7 and regular appearances on The Oprah Winfrey Show in the US.
The bit of this article we really enjoyed though was the following.
The international gigs would prove a fix-it for Wilks’s local TV career which has been flagging since her home renovation show was axed three years ago.
Her appearance as the fantasy woman in a Holden commercial this year drew pot shots from feminists, including controversial academic Germaine Greer, who called on the windows of the car manufacturer to be smashed in over the portrayal.
Oh Germaine Greer, you crazy lovable bitch!
There is a sitcom in that woman, mark our words. And if Bea Arthur isn’t the most perfect candidate to play the role of the sidekick, we’ll eat our hat. More » 