james morrison

Top Gear Australia Presenter Returning To The UK; Jazz Musician James Morrison Will Be Bringing His Best Dad Jokes To The Team

11:30AM Jess McGuire | Perhaps Top Gear Australia host Charlie Cox was somewhat disappointed with the response from viewers to the Antipodean remake of the beloved British car show, or maybe – as he claims – he genuinely has too many work commitments in London. Whatever. Either way, he’s leaving the show! Cox, who presented the first series with Steve Pizzati and Warren Brown, said he couldn’t give enough time to the show due to business commitments. “My time on Top Gear Australia was very special and it was a fantastic opportunity to be part of launching an extraordinary series,” Cox said. “Sadly, though, I’ve lived in the UK for the past 19 years and I’m not able to give the time I want to series two. And what can we expect from replacement James Morrison then? More »

From the Who Knew? File

5:40AM Defamer Hollywood | When he’s not trying to restrain Jack Bauer from gathering America-saving intelligence by going after a terrorist’s genitals with a belt sander, CTU’s Bill Buchanan likes to keep his life balanced by teaching yoga class. [CinCity2000.com] More »

Defamer Australia’s Wrap Up Of The TV Week Logie Awards

11:19AM Jess McGuire | How on earth do we begin wrapping up an awards ceremony as ridiculously extravagant and gripping as The Logies? With great haste, little introduction, and by using an excessive amount of bold capitalised font to appropriately convey our over-excited perspective on the evening. Let’s roll. BIGGEST SHOCK OF THE EVENING! When the award for Most Outstanding Children’s TV Program went to the Umbilical Brothers, we were gutted to discover the two are not in fact brothers, and it’s not as if it’s a case that they both coincidentally share the same surname of Umbilical. They’re totally unrelated, and their names are Shane Dundas and David Collins. We feel like we’ve been lied to all our lives. On the upside, their onstage antics (peace signs behind the head of their producer, the odd popping sound) proved once and for all their special brand of comedy will never age, but rather stay as fresh and relevant as ever. Ahem. More after the jump… More »