separated at birth

Amy Winehouse Round-Up: Clutching At Straws Edition

10:39AM Clem Bastow | Evidently Winegums has stayed out of the public eye for today’s session of facial cigarette-stubbing and pustulation, as the Mail have resorted to their age-old filler technique – drawing questionable ’separated at birth’-style conclusions about celebrities’ personal appearance! This round, after Scooter from work experience was sentenced to spend five hours in the photo archive, they’ve decided that maybe, it’s possible, in some way, perhaps, Amy Winehouse might be, possibly, taking style tips from none other than the original diva, Maria Callas! She’s been hailed as a style icon and is reportedly launching her own range of clothes and make-up, but has Amy Winehouse been taking tips from another singer? For Winehouse has been looking increasingly similar to Opera singer Maria Callas who died in 1977. Her retro look of thick brows, heavy black liquid eyeliner and rouge lips appear to be inspired by the soprano’s iconic style which is almost identical. Well, we can’t argue with that – that’s cold, hard facts, that is. The Daily Mail photo department should be assigned all of history’s greatest unsolved mysteries; we feel confident they could work them out. More »

Eric Bana Does The Gentlemanly Thing And Steps Into ScarJo Vs Natalie Catfight; Loses Eye, Dignity

1:56PM Clem Bastow | Our Eric Bana continues to prove what a top bloke he is on his rounds in Hollywood, today taking the time out to let everyone know that the rumoured feud between his The Other Boleyn Girl co-stars Natalie Portman and Scarlett Johansson is, in fact, not true (although he could have just shut up and stepped aside while the pair pashed on the red carpet, but you know, whatever). The homegrown hunk went out of his way to insist the screen sisters got on famously while pressing the flesh at the Berlin Film Festival. “I hate to break it to you but actors really do love each other,” Bana said. “It’s a crazy job and we put ourselves in vulnerable positions. “I don’t care if it sounds corny but it’s true – you’re part of a brotherhood, and protect each other.” While we’re not sure just how Scarlett and Natalie would feel at being called members of a brotherhood, we’re sure they appreciate the sentiment behind it. However, there is one thing that has been troubling us about this story, and it isn’t Eric’s gender-blind ways or Scarlett and Natalie’s kiss. It’s the photo of the pair of them on the red carpet, in which Natalie reminded us rather alarmingly of someone we haven’t seen for a while. Our Photoshop whizzes have whipped up a little ‘Separated At Birth’ for your delectation: We don’t want to scare you, Natalie, but you might want to go and get checked out for nodules, you know, as a precautionary measure. We’ve just got a strong feeling about this, and our grandmother once predicted that the old woman across the road would come down with terrible haemmorhoids, so this sort of premonition stuff is in our blood. More »

Brendan Nelson Is The Devil!

10:43AM Jess McGuire | In September last year, a charming reader named Casey sent us an email informing us of a new telly show in the States featuring a man who looked uncannily like Brendan Nelson – a man portraying THE DEVIL. At the time, we were a little distracted and forgot to write about it, but now that Brendan Nelson is the leader of the Liberals, and the show Reaper is scheduled to appear on Channel 7 this year, we figured it might be worth doing a comparision. Does Brendan Nelson actually look like the Devil (or at least Reaper’s representation of the Devil)? The answer is a definite yes. More »

Was Delta’s Postmodern Mermaid Fantasy Inspired By Madonna’s Postmodern Desert Shaman Fantasy?

1:32PM Clem Bastow | So we finally managed to watch all of Delta’s expensive, special-effects-laden video for her latest single Believe Again, and were struck by how – once you reach the 2:55-minute mark – you could be forgiven for feeling a very strong sense of deja vu. In short, it looks like Delts’ cash-happy videographers have been tooling around in the Madonna back catalogue, specifically, her spooky, Chris Cunningham-directed video for Frozen. Now, we might be overreacting, so here’s an example to whet your sleuthy appetites; hop over the jump for a few more ‘compare and contrast’ screen shots. More »

Hey Chicky Babe! Separated At Birth?

2:25PM Jess McGuire | Kudos to lovely reader Lee for pointing this out to us. HAVE YOU EVER SEEN BRUNO LUCIA AND JOEL IN THE SAME ROOM? No, no you haven’t. From this point on, we shall refer to him only as Bruno. More »