I’m a sucker for everything Christmasy. I like Christmas trees, Santa Claus’ puffy red face on every poster and TV program, colorful lanterns and Christmas lights in front of everyone’s house, “Home Alone” reruns, that peculiar December cold that reminds you of Simbang Gabi. I love ‘em. I really, really love them all with my childish heart.

But the things that I like the most about Christmas are the songs that fill up the airwaves when this season comes. Radio is just so much more bearable. Slowly, the emo and jologs crap you’ve been hearing all year round are replaced with good old-fashioned Christmas songs and carols that make you feel like a child again. At least that’s how I feel. When I hear Christmas songs, I feel like a child lost in a toy store. To me, there is just something about these songs that brings the “wonder of life” back to you. I feel innocent, fresh, in awe of how good people are, or how joyous life can be if only for a season.

So just to make it easier for me to access my most favorite Christmas songs, here are my Top 10. They include both foreign and OPM Christmas songs. It took some sharp detective skills to hunt down all of their MP3s on the Internet, too. Enjoy!

10. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (Glenn Miller Orchestra)

You know Dasher and Dancer and Prancer and Vixen,
Comet and Cupid and Donder and Blitzen.,
But do you recall?
The most famous reindeer of all?
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Had a very shiny nose,
And if you ever saw it,
You would even say it glows.
All of the other reindeer
Used to laugh and call him names;
They never let poor Rudolph
Join in any reindeer games.

Then one foggy Christmas Eve,
Santa came to say,
Rudolph with your nose so bright,
Won’t you guide my sleigh tonight?

Then how the reindeer loved him
As they shouted out with glee,
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,
You’ll go down in history

9. Silver Bells (Dean Martin)

City sidewalks busy sidewalks .
Dressed in holiday style
In the air
There’s a feeling
of Christmas
Children laughing
People passing
Meeting smile after smile
And on ev’ry street corner you’ll hear

Silver bells silver bells
It’s Christmas time in the city
Ring a ling hear them sing
Soon it will be Christmas day

Strings of street lights
Even stop lights
Blink a bright red and green
As the shoppers rush
home with their treasures

Hear the snow crunch
See the kids bunch
This is Santa’s big scene
And above all this bustle
You’ll hear
Silver bells, silver bells
It’s Christmas time in the city
Ring-a-ling, hear them sing
Soon it will be Christmas day

8. Santa Ain’t Comin’ No Mo’ (Eraserheads)

I hate to burst your babble
Or rain on your parade
Coz you’ve gone through all the troubles
Preparations you have made

But I got a little news
It’s really not that good
I don’t wanna spoil your party
But I really think I should

You may have been naughty
You may have been nice
Well it doesn’t really matters at all
Throw your stockings right out of the window
Coz santa ain’t comin’ no mo’

We talk to him this morning
And he said he wasn’t well
Ol’ rudolph has a cold
His nose is running like hell

He doesn’t like your weather
And he really hates the press
He’d rather stay in bed
Than be your little town’s guest

7. White Christmas (Bing Crosby)

I’m dreaming of a white Christmas
Just like the ones I used to know
Where the treetops glisten,
and children listen
To hear sleigh bells in the snow

I’m dreaming of a white Christmas
With every Christmas card I write
May your days be merry and bright
And may all your Christmases be white

I’m dreaming of a white Christmas
With every Christmas card I write
May your days be merry and bright
And may all your Christmases be white

6. Pasko Na Sinta Ko (Gary Valenciano)

Pasko na sinta ko hanap-hanap kita
Bakit magtatampo iniwan ako

Kung mawawala ka sa piling ko sinta
Paano ang Pasko, inulila mo

Sayang sinta ang sinumpaan
At pagtitinginang tunay
Nais mo bang kalimutang ganap
Ang ating suyuan at galak

Kung mawawala ka sa piling ko sinta
Paano ang Paskong alay ko sa’yo

Sayang sinta ang sinumpaan
At pagtitinginang tunay
Nais mo bang kalimutang ganap
Ang ating suyuan at galak

Kung mawawala ka sa piling ko sinta
Paano ang paskong alay ko sa’yo

5. I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus (Jackson 5)

(kiss sound) Wow! Mommy’s kissing Santa Claus!
I saw Mommy kissing Santa Claus
Underneath the mistletoe last night
She didn’t see me creep
Down the stairs to have a peep
She thought that I was tucked up
In my bedroom, fast asleep

Then I saw Mommy tickle Santa (tickle,tickle,Santa Claus) Claus
Underneath his beard so snowy white
Oh, what a laugh it would have been
If Daddy had only seen
Mommy kissing Santa Claus last night

He saw Mommy kissing(kissing,kissing) Santa Claus
I did! I really did see Mommy kissing Santa Claus
And I’m gonna tell my Dad
(bell sound)
Then I saw Mommy tickle Santa (tickle,tickle Santa Claus) Claus
Underneath his beard so snowy white
Oh, what a laugh it would have been
If Daddy had only seen
Mommy kissing Santa Claus last night

Oh, what a laugh it would have been
If Daddy had only seen
Mommy kissing Santa Claus last night

I did! I did! I really did see Mommy kissing Santa Claus
You gotta believe me! You just gotta believe me!
Come on, fellas, believe me! You just gotta believe me!(I told you ,I told you)

4. All I Want for Christmas Is You (Mariah Carey)

I don’t want a lot for Christmas
There’s just one thing I need
I don’t care about the presents
Underneath the Christmas tree
I just want you for my own
More than you could ever know
Make my wish come true
All I want for Christmas is…
You

I don’t want a lot for Christmas
There’s just one thing I need
I don’t care about the presents
Underneath the Christmas tree
I don’t need to hang my stocking
There upon the fireplace
Santa Claus won’t make me happy
With a toy on Christmas day
I just want you for my own
More than you could ever know
Make my wish come true
All I want for Christmas is you
You baby

I won’t ask for much this Christmas
I don’t even wish for snow
I’m just gonna keep on waiting
Underneath the mistletoe
I won’t make a list and send it
To the North Pole for Saint Nick
I won’t even stay awake to
Hear those magic reindeers click
‘Cause I just want you here tonight
Holding on to me so tight
What more can I do
Baby all I want for Christmas is you
Ooh baby
All the lights are shining
So brightly everywhere
And the sound of children’s
Laughter fills the air
And everyone is singing
I hear those sleigh bells ringing
Santa won’t you bring me the one I really need
Won’t you please bring my baby to me…

Oh I don’t want a lot for Christmas
This is all I’m asking for
I just want to see my baby
Standing right outside my door
Oh I just want you for my own
More than you could ever know
Make my wish come true
Baby all I want for Christmas is…
You

3. Christmas In Our Hearts (Jose Mari Chan)

Whenever I see girls and boys
selling lanterns on the streets
i remember the Child
in the manger as He sleeps
wherever there are people
giving gifts, exchanging cards
i believe that Christmas
is truly in their hearts

[refrain]
Let’s light our Christmas trees
for a bright tomorrow
where nations are at peace
and all are one in God

[chorus]
Let’s sing Merry Christmas
and a happy holiday
this season, may we never forget
the love we have for Jesus
let Him be the One to guide us
as another new year starts
and may the spirit of Christmas
be always in our hearts

In every prayer and every song
the community unites
celebrating the birth
of our Savior, Jesus Christ

let love, like that starlight
on that first Christmas morn
lead us back to the manger
where Christ the Child was born

So, come let us rejoice
come and sing a Christmas carol
with one big joyful voice
proclaim the name of the Lord!

[repeat chorus 2x]

2. Last Christmas (Billie Piper)

Chorus:

Last Christmas, I gave you my heart
But the very next day, You gave it away
This year, to save me from tears
I’ll give it to someone special

Last Christmas, I gave you my heart
But the very next day, You gave it away
This year, to save me from tears
I’ll give it to someone special

Once bitten and twice shy
I keep my distance but you still catch my eye
Tell me baby do you recognise me?
Well it’s been a year, it doesn’t surprise me

(Happy Christmas!) I wrapped it up and sent it
With a note saying “I Love You” I meant it
Now I know what a fool I’ve been
But if you kissed me now I know you’d fool me again

Chorus

(Oooh. Oooh Baby)

A crowded room, friends with tired eyes
I’m hiding from you and your soul of ice
My God I thought you were someone to rely on
Me? I guess I was a shoulder to cry on
A face on a lover with a fire in his heart
A man undercover but you tore me apart
Oooh Oooh
Now I’ve found a real love you’ll never fool me again

Chorus

A face on a lover with a fire in his heart
(Gave you my heart)
A man undercover but you tore me apart
Next year
I’ll give it to someone, I’ll give it to someone special
special
someone
someone
I’ll give it to someone, I’ll give it to someone special
who’ll give me something in return
I’ll give it to someone
hold my heart and watch it burn
I’ll give it to someone, I’ll give it to someone special
I’ve got you here to stay
I can love you for a day
I thought you were someone special
gave you my heart
I’ll give it to someone, I’ll give it to someone
last christmas I gave you my heart
you gave it away
I’ll give it to someone, I’ll give it to someone

1. Jingle Bell Rock (Bobby Helms)

Jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle bell rock
Jingle bells swing and jingle bells ring
Snowing and blowing up bushels of fun
Now the jingle hop has begun

Jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle bell rock
Jingle bells chime in jingle bell time
Dancing and prancing in Jingle Bell Square
In the frosty air

What a bright time! It’s the right time
To rock the night away
Jingle bell time is a swell time
To go gliding in a one-horse sleigh

Giddy-up jingle horse
pick up your feet
Jingle around the clock
Mix and a-mingle in the jingling feet
That’s the jingle bell
That’s the jingle bell
That’s the jingle bell rock

Merry Christmas, Everyone! Good riddance 2009!

Right. I have come to the conclusion that the most attractive person on the planet is David Tennant. I mean, really. Look at him.

Is he not the most gorgeousness gorgey gumdrops thing you have ever, ever, ever, ever laid eyes on? He is.

And there is a dire situation that I have in fact been mulling over for the past few days, that of his LEAVING Doctor Who!

Now, I already knew since he announced it sometime last year, I think, that he was going to leave, but seeing as he has finished all his filming as the Doctor now, and there are only 2 episodes left to be screened on English, American and Australian television with him in, and it has all hit me quite fast that he will not be coming back.

First of all, how DARE he. How DARE the most popular and most gorgey lovely-looking Doctor Who in history jump up and leave everything behind? We were all counting on him to fill our screens each week with his beautiful, fabby face and his amazing hair, and of course his brains, TARDIS, and sonic screwdriver, but now that role is to be taken by this man:

His name is Matt Smith. And yes, I know none of you know who he is. Well, apart from the few of you who do. For those of you who do not know this man, here is some background info.

• He is 26 years old
• He was in an English drama called Party Animals which you may have seen once or twice
• He just finished a movie called Womb about a woman who wants to clone her husband
• He has done 10 acting projects in all (nothing compared to David Tennant’s 54)
• The Doctor Who team came to know of him through Secret Diary of a Call Girl, in which ex-Doctor’s-companion-and-girlfriend Billie Piper starred, and in which he played the small role of Tim.
• He has extraordinarily bad hair, unlike David
• He is ugly

And that is all you need to know about this ridiculous man Matt Smith, who thinks he can recapture the place in our hearts reserved for the one and only truly true Doctor, Mr Tennant there. Well, Mr Smith, I am sorry to tell you that you are in fact wrong, and you have bad hair and you are not nearly as cool or as gorgeous and attractive as Mr Tennant, which is a mean feat on his behalf seeing as he is twelve years older than you…

So, basically, in case you haven’t got the message yet, we must save Doctor Who from disappearing and dying in the hands of the inexperienced Matt Smith before it is too late, and somebody should do something about keeping the undeniably hot and talented David Tennant from leaving the show. And that is the end of my rant.

P.S. In case any of you thing I am judging too heavily, I am willing to give Matt a go (sort of) but I strongly doubt he can keep up to David’s standards.

Breaking News

Japanese scientists have created a camera with a shutter speed so fast, they can now photograph a woman with her mouth shut

Mother updated Twitter as her son, two, lay dying

A mother posted messages on Twitter as rescue workers tried to save her dying son.Shellie Ross, who is in her 30s, sent out ‘tweets’ to the social networking site just minutes after two-year-old Bryson was found floating face down in the family’s swimming pool.As paramedics tried to revive him, Ross, who used the online name ‘Military-Mom’, posted the note: ‘Please pray like never before, my 2 yr old fell in the pool.’

Five hours later, after he was pronounced dead from drowning, she wrote, ‘Remembering my million dollar baby’.She then uploaded photos of Bryson to be viewed by her 5,000 followers. But her actions have provoked anger from fellow bloggers and Twitter users, and raised questions about the sharing of private information over the internet.One user, Madison McGraw, wrote: ‘The first thing I thought when I saw the tweet was that it was very sad. I just thought, “Who would tweet that her son just drowned?” I couldn’t believe it.

‘The person that I have compassion for is her son who might still be alive if Ross interacted with her son like she interacted with people on Twitter.‘It shows the repercussions for social media gone awry.’Yesterday, a police spokesman said Ross’s 11-year-old son, who had been cleaning out the chicken coup at the family’s home in Merritt Island, Florida, had called an ambulance after noticing his brother had fallen into the water.Ross sent her first tweet at 10.22pm British time on Monday – just a minute before the 999 call was made.Records show an ambulance arrived at the house at 10.38pm and Ross posted another message 34 minutes later.Yesterday, Ross defended the use of Twitter to announce her son’s death, saying no one ‘had a right to question my actions’. ‘I didn’t tweet-by-tweet the accident,’ she said.Trisha Haas, who founded the website Momdot.com where Ross worked, defended her friend’s actions, saying: ‘She twitters a lot and was close friends with people in the blogging community’.Ross and her husband Steven, who is in the U.S. Air Force, have asked to be left in private so they can mourn their son.

Flights cancelled, trains delayed and roads closed – Britain wakes to transport chaos after heavy snow falls overnight

• Gatwick and Heathrow airports cancel or divert flights due to ‘unsafe’ conditions
• Luton Airport forced to close
• Rail services cancelled in Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire
• 200 motorists stuck in snow overnight in Kent
• Essex Police called to 180 weather-related incidents

Britain has been hit by transport chaos this morning as a blanket of snow fell in many areas overnight. Between 5cm and 15cm was recorded after flurries hit eastern England, particularly Essex and Kent, as forecasters warn that the snowfall will continue today.

The Met Office has issued severe weather warnings for the South East, North West, London and the East Midlands.

Heavy snow in Colchester last night came as drivers were warned to take care on the roadsUp to 8ins is possible in Kent, Sussex, Surrey, London and East Anglia, with gale-force winds causing drifts.Trains and flights have been disrupted in London and the South East – with more than 200 motorists forced to spend hours stranded in their cars in the worst affected areas.TV presenter Davina McCall was among those stuck on the A21 in Kent for more than 10 hours after a lorry blocked the road.A spokesman for Gatwick Airport said 16 incoming flights were diverted to other UK airports due to bad weather and three outgoing flights were cancelled.‘Flights are being diverted to Manchester, Birmingham and other airports as a result of the weather,’ he said.Passengers are being bussed back to London, he added.Flights to and from Luton Airport have also been cancelled or diverted.A spokesman for Gatwick Airport said flights will not be able to take off until snow and ice is removed from the runway this morning.‘The runway is not safe,’ he said.The maintenance work has already begun but he said it was impossible to estimate how long that would take.

Between 5cm and 10cm of snow was recorded last night in East Finchley

It is currently still snowing at Gatwick where a total of 18 incoming flights have been diverted to other UK airports so far.Luton Airport was due to remain closed until 7am today because of the severe weather conditions and the shuttle bus between Luton Airport Parkway Station and the airport terminal is suspended.easyJet flights to Paris, Geneva, Turin and Nice, which were due to take off between 6am and 7am, have been cancelled.The 7.05am to Glasgow, 7.10am to Edinburgh, 8.25am to Berlin and 8.40am to Belfast – all easyJet – have also been cancelled even if the airport has reopened by the time they were due to depart.A spokesman for Heathrow Airport said the runways have been cleared through the night.‘Heathrow is open for business as usual,’ he added. But its website warned of cancellations and delays due to the severe weather.Flights may be disrupted as a result of adverse weather at other European airports or because aircraft are not ready.Passengers are advised to check with their airline before leaving for the flight.Rail passengers may also face disruption this morning.

Flurries: Snow continues to fall in Bromley High Street, Kent, this morning

National Express East Anglia has cancelled several services in Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire.Rail firm Southern said services between Redhill and Tonbridge have been suspected. And routes between Brighton and East Croydon are delayed by one hour.In London, overground services from Stratford and Camden Road are currently suspended.Services to Stansted Airport via the Stansted Express are delayed by 45 minutes.Snow and ice has caused problems on many roads overnight.The Highways Agency said sections of the M40 are closed this morning following accidents involving several vehicles on the northbound carriageway in Buckinghamshire and the southbound carriageway in Oxfordshire.Essex Police said between 10pm last night and 5am this morning they attended more than 20 road collisions.A spokesman for the force said there were 36 calls relating to youths causing a nuisance by throwing snowballs at passing vehicles or at properties.Blizzards caused more than 70 lorries to get stuck on the A120 leading out of Harwich.Vehicles were also trapped on other major roads including the A12 northbound at Colchester. A number of car and lorry drivers slept in their vehicles until gritters and snowploughs were able to reach them and open the roads, said the police spokesman.‘With further snow forecast over the next few days I would advise people to only make journeys if they are absolutely necessary,’ Chief Inspector Jon Dodman, from an emergency special operations centre at Essex Police headquarters, said.‘If you have to drive leave plenty of time for your journey, drive slowly and leave a large distance between you and the vehicle in front.‘It is advisable to make sure you have a mobile phone, a shovel, a blanket and a flask of hot drink with you just in case you do get stuck.’Kent Police today urged motorists not to drive unless the trip was essential.A spokesman said: ‘Only go out if absolutely necessary. If you do go out, be well equipped.’

Strictly half-naked: Forget the dancers… the real stars have been those impossibly skimpy costumes

It’s the final of Strictly Come Dancing tomorrow, and with Ola Jordan’s spray-on catsuits and Natalie Lowe’s flesh exposure, the outfits have never been sexier. LISA SEWARDS gets all the backstage gossip from the unsung heroes whose needles, thread, sequins and false eyelashes are an integral part of the show’s success.

This year, the smouldering chemistry between the celebrities and their professional dancers has bubbled to the surface more than in any other Strictly Come Dancing series.We’ve had sparks flying between The Bill actress Ali Bastian and partner Brian Fortuna, and the passion of pro-dancer Kristina Rihanoff and world champion boxer Joe Calzaghe.

Ready to rumba: Finalists Chris Hollins and his dance partner Ola Jordan doing the jive

And tomorrow we’re left with the raunchy dynamics between finalists Hollyoaks actor Ricky Whittle and his sexbomb pro Natalie Lowe and the more mischievous moves of TV presenter Chris Hollins and the perky Ola Jordan.So it can hardly be coincidence that this year’s dresses have been the sexiest and most daring to date, with more transparent costumes and bare flesh on display than ever before.And the Strictly designers know there is a clear link between looking fabulous and dancing to win.’If the man sees his partner looking gorgeous, his heart sings,’ explains Su Judd, Strictly’s costume designer.

Skimpy: Ricky and Natalie, in a stomach baring outfit

‘When there is a connection between a couple, you really see it played out on the dance floor and a lot of this stems from the chemistry of looking and feeling fantastic.’Everyone is saying that the dresses have been sexier this series. If we let her, Natalie would become more daring each week and she and Ricky could easily be half-naked all the time because they have great bodies.’Ola loves a revealing dress or an impossibly tight catsuit. When she came out in her sexy black rumba dress in the first show, Chris danced so well because he hadn’t seen her before she emerged and he was overwhelmed.’We could see him thinking “Cor …” because she looked so passionate and powerful.’The dresses with more gaps and flesh on show are technically harder to make, but this is often what the dancers want.’We know it’s easy to score points and gain popularity by being half-naked but it gets too boring to have too much flesh on show too much of the time,’ insists Su.’We have to push the dancers to accept that rolls of flesh don’t always look glam, even though they have fabulous bodies. I had a hard job to persuade Ola to wear a peachy dress with pleats covering her all the way to her neck for a ballroom number.’I wanted her to go from the seductress to the angel, and finally she agreed and loved the dress. So did Chris because he suddenly took on the romantic nature of the costume and therefore the dance.’

As the series has progressed, the dresses have got shorter as the celebrity dancers have gained confidence and lost any pockets of flab.’Actress Natalie Cassidy lost four inches off her hips and got more daring as the series went on and Chris has just had another centimetre taken in from his trousers after the one-and-a-half centimetres we took in last week,’ says Su.’Ali Bastian was nervous in the first two fittings because she didn’t want to wear anything too revealing. But she’s very slim so we were able to dress her in more revealing costumes, with cut-away fabric, because, by the second show, she had lost the softness on her muscle tone.’One of Ali’s favourite outfits was her black and red tango dress. ‘We had more problems with Brian than Ali, to be honest,’ laughs Su. ‘He likes to be costumed and was always asking for something new.

Barely there: Chris Hollins and Ola Jordan; Ricky Whittle and Natalie Lowe

‘And he knew exactly how he wanted Ali to look. He was insistent on making this dress traditional but very sexy, so we created a black lace basque with 8,000 hand-sewn crystals and full skirt to enable her to pivot so the dress flared out beautifully. She looked sensational and the magic certainly worked on Brian.’Ali agrees: ‘I loved the drama of my tango dress – it made me feel like I wanted to party.Feeling and looking fabulous made a huge difference to the way we danced and connected.’Just before we went on stage Brian would always kiss me on the cheek and say “You look beautiful, good luck.” This was a wonderful last-minute ritual and confidence booster.Brian knows what looks good. He’d quickly point out if I had mascara on my face and said if he disliked my hair. He preferred styles that would show off my long neck to make the dance more graceful. He certainly made me feel special.’

He made me feel special: Brian Fortuna gave Ali Bastian advice on her hair and outfits

But not all celebrities this series have experienced the feel-good factor of the costumes.’I think we let actress Lynda Bellingham down a bit,’ admits Su. ‘She never really felt right and I feel bad about this.’She found it very difficult on the floor being surrounded by dancers in skimpy costumes. We had such a laugh during the fittings I think we may have lost sight of our aim to make her feel fabulous and you really need to feel that on this show to dance convincingly.’On the other hand, Ronnie Wood’s estranged wife, Jo Wood, did revel in the costumes: ‘Jo may be a grandma, but she is a rock ‘n’ roll chick and looked fabulous in everything.’All the celebs on this series have been the nicest. They all want to win but this hasn’t made them fearful of each other as has happened previously.’We created a mermaid dress for actress Laila Rouass, who didn’t like it, but was happy for Ali to try it instead. Ali looked amazing and when she wore it for the Viennese Waltz, she got four tens.’Su and her team of 30 have been creating stunning outfits for the professional dancers and stars since the show’s first series, seven years ago.There were 42 dresses created for the first show in this series alone and nearly as many for tomorrow as the entire team return for the grand finale. More than 20 sewing machines have been whirring day and night.There is a slick tried-and-tested system, where designer Vicky Barkess sketches a dress for pattern-maker Theresa Hewlett, who then gives it to 75-year-old cutter Dumos Loizou, who hands the fabric pieces to machinist Mei Lau.Design assistant Elise Gillman applies the lace decoration on the dresses before stoner Ashraf Hydrose and his team of seven work round the clock to hand-sew up to 10,000 crystals or rhinestones.

A mannequin dummy is made matching each dancer’s exact proportions, with plastic bubble wrap held together with masking tape to create their personal shape.Each dress is worn just once and then sold to the public after the show for up to £2,000.For the men, it is ex-Savile Row tailor Tony Brackley who creates their bespoke suits.’The longer they remain in the show, the better their tail suits fit,’ he says. ‘Ricky Whittle has lost muscle from not working out with weights during the show but his body has elongated instead, so his tail suit is no longer tight under the arms.’Before the series starts, Su spends five hours with the female celebrities designing 14 dresses each in case they make the final.’Ola and Lilia Kopylova are small so we keep their skirt length short and sexy to make them look taller,’ says Su. ‘Kristina has been vampy but less brassy this year.’Kristina agrees: ‘I like to look classy but sexy to stand out. It was a shame because when it came to the live show, Joe couldn’t cope.’But at least he had never seen such beautiful dresses and that helped us dance better.’

Dresses have got shorter: Chris and Ola, in a turquoise dress

In the make-up department, every surface is littered with what looks like dead spiders but are, in fact, false eyelashes.By the close of each show, makeup artist Lisa Armstrong is covered in glitter and her voice hoarse from shouting during a frantic schedule in which a team of five make-up artists turn contestants from sweaty-faced dancers into dazzling divas.’Normally, we keep the eyes traditional for ballroom dances and strong and sexy for the Latin dances,’ explains Lisa, 33. ‘But this time, for a ballroom dance, I used pink, yellow and green across Ali’s eyes, with a crystal in each corner, and she loved it.’A few of the girls have been intimidated by the use of lots of make-up, says Lisa. ‘Olympic athlete Jade Johnson started off by being particular about the way we did her make-up because her own style was more low key, and so did Natalie Cassidy. It took them a couple of weeks to get into our way of thinking.

Peachy perfect: Ali loved her dresses

‘It got to the point when we said: “You can’t have pink and sparkles again.” Meanwhile, Jo Wood loved smoky eyes; the sexier the better.’The team’s piece de resistance is the false eyelash trick which involves cutting out the middle of a fake lash and sticking it to the centre of the eyelid to create a baby doll look.The spray-tan expert arrives on Friday to give the ladies an overnight treatment so streaks don’t rub off on the couture dresses by the time it gets to Saturday’s performance.The make-up and hair routines kick off at 9am on Saturday, with the ladies taking priority as nail and toe polish must match and each bruise, caused in training, has to be camouflaged.’We start off the series with a team of 16 but every time a female is voted off, we lose a team member from hair and make-up,’ explains Lisa.’If a male is voted off we don’t lose anyone as the men make no real difference to our workload. Ricky Whittle, for example, is so goodlooking and confident he just needs anti-shine and powder.’Chris Hollins is naughty. He once came in just 15 minutes before we went live even though he knows he, like all the men, has to come in at least one hour before the show.’Laura Solari, 39, lead hair stylist for Strictly, says: ‘The girls, especially Ali, Laila and Ola, feel more sexy with their hair down, so I had to persuade them to wear it back for certain dances.’After a few weeks Jade said we’d helped her change the way she thought of herself, and she had a little cry.’

Her greatest challenge is to create two to three hairstyles per girl per show. ‘We have just under two minutes in between dances to change a female contestant’s look.’So I prepare a secret hairstyle underneath. For Natalie Lowe I created a side-twist style for her Foxtrot, which transformed into a big detailed bun for her ballroom dance and underneath was a prepared pony-tail for her Latin dance.’LAURA says her most important job is ‘to guard the gorgeous hair accessories and diamantes to stop the celebrities inadvertently waltzing off with them into the night.’If the Strictly experts need spice put into a dance routine, with sexy, show-stopping moves, they bring in choreographer Ryan Francois. For the final, he has saved up one of the trickiest dances – the Lindy Hop.’They all freaked when they heard what they had to do,’ laughs Ryan, 43.’This dance is the master of big band swing dance and involves explosive aerial steps, throwing your partner in manic ways.’I have to play to their strengths so Ricky, who is athletic and the most natural dancer, can do more spectacular moves.’But Chris is a cheeky chap where comedy is the key element. In him, Ola has found her perfect foil, so I have brought in a step called The Boot where Ola is going to kick him on the bottom, then he’ll fly through the air, landing on all fours.

Cheeky chappy: In Chris dancer Ola has found her perfect foil

‘The final routine has to be down to the choreographer. Not every prodancer sees it that way, unfortunately, particularly Brendan Cole.’We haven’t connected greatly as he likes to control everything and have the most spectacular moves and is like a disruptive schoolboy if he can’t.’The competing couples in the final hope to pull off some tricky moves.’I hope to include a classic step called The Snatch, which the couples are fighting over. It involves the man pulling his partner by her arms, slicing her through the air like Superwoman, whereupon she lands on her partner’s back, he catches her by one leg and throws her from the same leg back the way she came!Naturally this movement is a hot favourite and, if Chris and Ola are lucky, they might be able to pull it off. Everyone is hungry to win so the stakes are high this year in dance, style and glamour.’

Temptress Rosie Webster strips off in bid to become ‘new Jordan’

One is a TV institution that has been a fixture in the nation’s living rooms for almost 50 years.The other is a surgically enhanced model who made a career from scantily-clad poses and outrageous antics.But despite being one of Britain’s most controversial celebrities, Katie Price – aka Jordan – is deemed so socially important a new Coronation Street plotline features one of the characters wanting to emulate her.Rosie Webster, played by actress Helen Flanagan, stuns her family when she decides she wants to be the ‘new Jordan.’The character, who is 18 in the show, has a test photo shoot, dressed in provocative outfits.In one photograph, she wears a white and red cheerleader’s top, with the words: ‘Pop My Cherry’ emblazoned on the back.While in another, she wears a corset and thigh high stocking as she hitches up her skirt.

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What will her parents say? Rosie Webster in her revealing outfit

Rosie is seen for the first time in the ‘Pop My Cherry’ outfit tonight when she takes a job as a promotions girl for a cherry vodka company.She is seen rollerskating around Weatherfield in the outfit, leaving father Kevin furious.The episode is also being shown before the 9pm watershed.Last night, Vivienne Pattison, from Mediawatch, said:  ‘This is a pre-watershed programme – but I don’t think this is suitable viewing before the watershed.’

Teenage temptress: Rosie in one of her glamour model costumes

Even more raunchy photographs of Rosie’s burgeoning glamour career will then be featured on the Coronation Street website.Miss Flanagan said of her character: ‘The whole cherry vodka promotions job leads on to Rosie becoming a glamour model which I’m very excited about! It’s perfect for her.’It is not the first time in recent months the soap opera has been accused of being too risqué, with regards to Rosie’s character.

Cheeky: The teenager is determined to make her fortune

Pop icon: Glamour model Jordan yesterday

In September, raunchy footage of her stripped on the cobbles were again deemed too risqué for the TV show – but not for the Weatherfield watchers on the internet.The scene showed the young Webster throwing off her coat to reveal a sexy basque, stockings and suspenders in attempt to seduce a rival’s boyfriend.TV viewers saw an edited version that merely showed Rosie strolling down the street. The programme finished as she began to undress.And earlier this year, the programme featured Rosie dressed in knickers and a white basque that could barely contain her cleavage. The plot-line focussed on Rosie as a Lolita-style seductress having an affair with her tutor.Ms Flanagan said of the character recently: ‘Rosie is outrageous and such a madam and I love playing her. I get to do things that I would never dare do.’Jordan, meanwhile, rose to fame as a glamour model. In recent years, she has become a favourite of the celebrity magazines.ITV paid £350,000 for her to appear on I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here – but she walked out after a week.She had first appeared on the show in 2004, when she met her, now, ex-husband Peter Andre.

It was announced this week that Disney world would twin with British city Swindon.
The town beat stiff competition from other non-shithole U.K. towns including Brighton and Bournemouth to become the first city twinned with park since it’s opening in 1971. Disney World’s U.K. counterpart was chosen after Swindon resident Rebecca Warren, 20, crafted a winning slide show presentation detailing Swindon ‘culture.’ She has since said that this will be “A great opportunity for Swindon.” (Quiet at the back)
However Scientists expressed concern over Disney’s decision to align itself with an area more famous for roundabouts and spawning the devil Billie Piper. “Current public mood in both the U.K. and the U.S. is at an all time low since the down turn in our economies” explains Dr Paul Stanton, a leading expert in twin branding “As a result the Government tries to counteract this by ‘fixing’ news in order to boost public morale” he adds “This whole thing reeks of a collaboration between both ours and the U.S. Governments. For example, the video was made by a 20 year old in Swindon who WASN’T out inciting racial hatred or spitting hubba bubba at pensioners. They’re obviously taking the Mickey.”

 2009 is coming to a close in a few weeks (which I am totally cheertastic about, but more on that some other time) and with the new year I will be moving on to Higher Education and legal adulthood. So, I thought I would some up  the past year with a few Bridget Jones Style informative questions and some questions from the Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince DVD bonus features.

INFORMATIVE QUESTIONS:

1. Number of Musicals Seen in NYC: 2

2. Number of Shows Directed: 2, but one will never be mentioned again.

3. Short Films Made: 4 (maybe I’ll put some up..)

4. Number of Times Skin was so Dry You Felt like Crying: 2 and one where I actually did cry.

5. Number of TV Shows Following: 2 (Glee and Doctor Who. Check ‘em out)

6. Number of Times You Put on So Much moisturizer that You Looked Like (A) A ghost ( B) A member of the KKK  (C) A mime or (D) Queen Liz I with the lead-based makeup: 7ish

7. Number of Shakespearian Plays Read: 3 or 4

8. Lists Made: Too Many.

9. Billie Piper Song I’m Obsessed With: Honey to the Bee

HARRY POTTER QUESTIONS (complete with fav HP answers):

1. Favorite Word: Enthralling and Atonement (Fred or George: glockenspiel)

2. If you could just eat one food what would it be?: Peanutbutter (Hermione: Nutella)

3. Chocolate or Strawberry: Strawberry (Harry: Chocolate; I’m not stupid!)

4. Which Famous Person would you most like to spend the day with?: Eartha Kitt (Hermione: The Queen)

5. Which Historical Figure would you most like to spend the day with?: Shakespeare (Nevil and Ron had the same answer.Fred or George said Jesus).

6. With What Music Act would you like to talk to?: Prince (Hermione: Elton John

7. Most Famous Person You’ve Ever Met: John and Hank Green. (Someone (idk who) said Annie Lenox. Harry: Robert Downey Jr. Fred AND George had Princess Di.)

8. What would you most like to change about the world: Global Warming (someone: (WHO IS THIS GIRL?) inequality. Ron: everyone to be ginger)

9. What Sport would you most like to master?: Kick boxing. ( Hermione: Some kind of martial art that meant I could kick everyone’s asses.)

10. Rugby or Quidditch: Rugby (more votes for Q)

11. Where would you most like to visit?: Norway or Paris ( Girl said South Africa)

12. Stranded on a Desert Island with one Book: According to the Rolling Stones (nothing interesting)

13. Fav Sound: Pointe Shoes on a stage (that girl: cooking)

14. What makes you laugh: The Twilight Spoof (Hermione: ice age. one and two.)

15. What would you like to be (other than actor or director and such for Jessica): Columnist (Lavender: Nun)

16. What are you most grateful for: Opportunity. (Hermione: my health)

So that just about wraps up 2009 year old Jessica..but if any of you (probably non-existent) readers want to answer these questions, I ADORE answers to questions! Hopefully, you’ll hear from me before the Holidays put if not..

HAPPY WINTER SOLSTICE AND SUCH!

hearts,

Jess

Check out Bex for the greatest/filthiest Doctor Who videos ever: http://www.youtube.com/user/Bex19

I’ve just had conformation this morning that it’s official; Rose and Jackie Tyler will feature in the Christmas Special. There have been some pictures of them leaked online, both of them were filming scenes in the quarry which doubles for the Ood Sphere, and in the snow covered streets of Cardiff. They join Captain Jack and the Master in the Tenth Doctor’s final story. The End of Time, Part One will be shown Christmas Day at 6.00pm, and Part Two will air New Years Day 6.40pm.

The Doctor as David Tennant is coming to the end of his journey. The End of Time is showing in the UK on Christmas day.

Now the cast list for the two parter is out on imdb (so it may not be totally correct) and it makes for some interesting reading. Spoilers ahoy!

John Barrowman (Captain Jack)
Brian Cox (The Elder of the Ood)
Timothy Dalton (The Narrator)
Lachele Carl (Trinity Wells)
Jessica Hynes (Verity Newman)
David Harewood (Joshua Naismith)
Jacqueline King (Sylvia Noble)
Alexandra Moen (Lucy Saxon)
Sylvia Seymour (Miss Trefusis)
Catherine Tate (Donna Noble)
Russell Tovey (Midshipman Frame)
John Simm (The Master)
Jimmy Vee (Monster)
June Whitfield (Minnie Hopper)
Paul Kasey (Ood Sigma)
Silas Carson (Ood voice)

Part Two also has:

Roger Bailey (Time Lord)
Teresa Banham (Governor)
Brid Brennan (Visionary)
Camille Caduri (Jackie Tyler)
Tommy Knight (Luke Smith)
Billie Piper (Rose Tyler)
Elisabeth Sladen (Sarah Jane Smith)
Matt Smith (The Doctor)
Penelope Wilton (Harriet Jones)

What have we learnt from this then? Well lots of familiar faces – Captain Jack, Harriet Jones, Rose & Jackie Tyler, The Master, Donna Noble.

Of particular interest are characters such as Verity Newman (Jessica Hynes). She also played Joan Redfer the character who was engaged to the Doctor when he went human and saw his book The Journal of Impossible Things. Apparantly Verity is a modern day author who has written the very same book – reincarnation maybe?

Now I’m not sure whether the Doctor will be revisiting all these people to right wrongs when he last met them or if it will be flashbacks – as it is Doctor Who it will probably be the former.

We’ll also get out first glimpse of Matt Smith as the new Doctor and a Time Lord!

Any thoughts or ideas as to what we may see in the final moments of Tennant’s Doctor? I for one am going to miss him.

Source: io9

This week, the boys once again took on the caravan, drove a new Lambo, found out the greatest car maker and had a star in a reasonably priced car.

The caravan is the scourge of the British road network. Every year these monstrosities clog up roadways and cause traffic jams that delay other motorists and annoy the general populace. James May has a solution for you. And that solution involves hot air balloons. You see, all you have to do is attach a caravan to the underside of a balloon and you can take to the skies and there will be less clutter on the road networks for the people who actually enjoy driving. So this is what James did, while Richard got to hoon around in the new Lamborghini Gallardo Balboni. As always happens, James got into trouble with the air police as he had no control over where he was going and forgot to factor in that there might be a slight breeze while in the air. On the ground, Richard loved the Balboni, and found that it was the perfect car for buying with your heart, but not your mind. If you think about it too much, the investment doesn’t seem all that great. Sure, it is a rear drive Lambo, but it costs $20,000 more than the standard Gallardo and that means you are paying for less. Less driven wheels, less weight, less power = more money. Well, whatever, Lamborghini will still manage to sell all of them because there are many people out there who still think with their heart rather than their heads.

The star this week was none other than Chris Evans. To say that he is a fan of Ferraris would be an understatement. In fact, he is the person who bought the 250 GTB short wheel base for 12+ million dollars at auction. He seems like a good guy though as he lends out his collection to be driven by anyone who is a high bidder for some charity cause. Plus, his former girlfriend was Billie Piper, and you can’t argue with that. His lap was actually pretty good for it being so dang wet on the track though and he was the best guest that they have had this season so far.

In the final part of the show, the boys went so far as to determine which car manufacturer has made the most brilliant cars ever, thus making them the greatest car company in the world. Out of the millions of people who responded to the question, nine came up with the same answer. No, it wasn’t Ferrari, Lamborghini, Ford or BMW or Mercedes. It was, drum roll… Lancia?! Yes, the Top Gear crew has lost its mind. Sure Lancia has made a significant contribution to the motoring and rallying world with the Stratos, Integrale, 037 and Fulvia. But to say that they made more great cars is a little out there. Now, I am in full agreement that these cars are great, in fact I love the Delta Integrale and the Stratos is a thing of beauty, but they haven’t made a contribution to the automobile world in more than a decade, as the Delta Integrale was last made in 1994. Truthfully, I would have said Ford or Ferrari, but sometimes these guys just have to be different. Honestly though, I was happy to see a show that featured a Stratos and an Integrale because these cars are some of the best there have ever been and, especially the Stratos, are some of the best looking that have ever been produced.

I think this just might be the most re-watchable show ever. My opinions about the show have changed a lot since my original review way back in 2008. The episodes I didn’t like I now have a newfound respect for and I find myself really liking the work and character development that both Billie Piper and Christopher Eccleston brought to their roles. This series has a very different feel then the second series but I found it charming and wonderful.

I agree with my original statement that I had a bit of a learning curve to deal with. However now watching this series several times I now understand it just so much better than I thought I did. By several times I mean watching it myself, watching it with friends, watching it with different friends, and watching the commentary. I think I’ve seen “Rose” about four or five times now. But it is that good that I could watch it again. You have to get over some of the cheesy dialogue and the so-so special effects at first but again once the series starts rolling and you know where it is headed then you actually start embracing them. You’ll love the Daleks, you’ll love the rubber costumes, heck you’ll go back and rewatch the first episode and love the dialogue. This show is extremely British but that is what I love about it.

Billie Piper did not annoy me at the beginning like last time. I actually saw what she was doing with the role. At the beginning she is just another teenager who isn’t very nice or respectful and obviously is going to ask a bunch of questions and then she turns into a more mature person as it goes along. Her work in “Bad Wolf” and “Parting of Ways” is so well done and you can see how she has grown from the beginning to the end. What a great job.

Same with Christopher Eccleston. He tries to find his feet in the first two episode but by “Unquiet Dead” he knows what he is doing and becomes this funny but brooding Doctor. He plays the role so different from David Tennant yet it is still so believable.

Since I watched this series I have gone on to by all four seasons on DVD (which I am currently going through) as well as the first season of Torchwood and plan on buying the rest of them when I get a bit more money. I also have gone back and watched some of the classic Doctor Who episodes as well. Knowing what is to come and what has already happened makes Rose that much more interesting. The Doctor has a history and Christopher Eccleston shows it. He has a job he is doing and Rose is just some person he met. I think knowing his past and present and how he acts makes the first episode extremely believable because that is what the Doctor will do.

I don’t dislike “The End of the World” and “The Unquiet Dead” anymore. “The End of the World” is actually pretty funny and we learn a bit about the Doctors dual personality of compassion and justice while “The Unquiet Dead” has a brilliant performance by Eve Myles of Torchwood. Heck even the juvenile moments of “Aliens of London” and “World War Three” work because this show is so solid.

I cannot stop gushing about the show, I tell my friends that if you can get through “Dalek” then you are in for a treat because that is when you start realizing the brilliance of the show and going back and watching the first few episodes is almost like a new viewing because you understand the show so much better. I honestly think that is how this show works for people who have never seen Doctor Who. You just don’t get it at first. You don’t understand what the fuss is all about. What a Dalek is a little metal sphere? Why should we be “scared” about them? Oh I guess this kind of works in “Aliens of London.” But if you continue to see the drama, romance, adventure, comedy, and science fiction of it all you have to say to yourself “this show has a little bit of everything.”

I CANNOT WAIT to go back through the second series and eventually watch the third and fourth because I am slowly becoming a Doctor Who Fanatic.

Billie Piper became the youngest ever female to get a UK #1 at age 15 with her first hit single “Because We Want To.” Her music career continued to flourish and she racked up 2 hit albums (Honey to the Bee and Walk of Life, respectively) before leaving the music scene and going back to her first love, acting. She is possibly best known as Rose Tyler in Doctor Who. She has won many awards for her acting and has recently starred in the ITV Drama Secret Diary of a Call Girl, as a London escort. She is set to return in at least 3 episodes of Season 4 of Doctor Who in 2008.

Billie Piper- Because We Want To & albums are here

Man, did I love Billie Piper. I still do. Bitch is hot and her songs were catchy. Excited for the return of Secret Diary of A Call girl. I’m linking a lot of her videos because I miss the nineties. xD
Watch her videos. Day & Night – Girlfriend – She Wants You- Because We Want To- Honey To The Bee- Something Deep Inside

Well this week the bubble burst on Belle London’s most famous courtesan she of course decided to burst the bubble herself which is slighlty sad and coming out to her public enemy number one India Knight.

So this week the world went from thinking Belle

to knowing Belle is PHD holding scientist that looks like this

We are all a little miffed at the office, all the illusion, the mystery and  ‘Brand Belle is gone in a second 

 Ndubz using the lyrics my hearts on Belle in their new single need you is now not so hot..

According to the Times  last week Magnanti contacted one of Belle’s sternest critics, India Knight, the Sunday Times columnist, saying she  The scientist, a petite 34-year-old, has no regrets about her 14 months as a prostitute. “I’ve felt worse about my writing than I ever have about sex for money,” she said. Anonymity had become “no fun”, however: “I couldn’t even go to my own book launch party.”

I guess its hard to really understand, why one would need much more, having achieved a mutli book deal with the publishers, syndicated rights to a hit TV series and a successful blog.. It hard to believe this coming out was about not being able to go to a book launch party and getting acknowledged for ’”Walking the Boards” of the hotel lobbies in Mayfair for what a whole “14 months”. £££££££££ ???????????

Most women that work in Mayfair go their whole lives avoiding the mere thought of anyone knowing, let alone newspapers, publishers and TV stations. This story has so many holes in it, pardon the pun,  that one could be tempted to question the legitimacy of this coming out on so many levels that it is prudent for me to remember that if you cannot say something nice then best not to say anything at all. £££££££££ ???????????

The mind boggles really maybe its just the modern day version of a Harlot’s Progression aka (William Hogarth) etches.

So I think its safe to say that Hard Core Secret Diary of Call Girl fans will always want to  remember Belle played by Billie Piper

Now for the gentle reminder about how you could feel a touch of the secret diary of a call girl in the comfort of your own home.

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Only 20 of these are being released to so be quick…The Tie ME Up Tie Me Down Set is only available via the VIP list for Harlette email harlette@harlette.com for one of the limited edition Northen Lights Tie Me Up Tie Me Down sets.

TV ratings baffle me. While a clever show like 30 Rock struggles in the ratings, CBS’s line-up of generic crap dominates the ratings. I fear the day is coming soon when CBS introduces CSI: Boise and it enters the top of the ratings.  Do Americans not realize what they are missing? Just in case, I’m providing my list of “5 Shows You Should Be Watching (But Probably Aren’t)”.

1.) Friday Night Lights – If you think that Friday Night Lights is just a show about football, you are mistaken. No other movie or TV shows has captured Texas life like FNL, but it transcends the borders, and paints a portrait of small town America rarely seen. Most television shows focus on life in urban and/or suburban environments, where people live in monolithic communities, never interacting with people outside their own demographics. FNL presents a diverse community, where folks are forced to confront their differences and work together for the community. High school football just happens to be one mechanism they use to unite the community together.For some reason, this show continues to struggle in the ratings. Currently, Season 4 is running on The 101, available only on DirectTV, but will also begin a run on NBC in the Spring.

2.)  Bored to Death – Bored to Death premiered this Fall on HBO and just concluded Season 1 last week. It stars indie favorite Jason Schwartzman as Jonathan Ames, a Brooklyn based writer struggling to churn out his next novel. In the pilot episode, his girlfriend (played by Olivia Thirlby) leaves him,  hurling his life into further chaos. He picks up a classic Noir mystery novel and gets the idea to start a private detective service  as a way to cope with his recent loss. Zach Galifanakis plays Ray Hueston, Ames best friend, and a constant source of support and classic Galifanakis comedy. No review of Bored to Death would be complete without mentioning Ted Danson’s performance as George Christopher, the editor of a magazine for which Ames writes. Cerebral writing, smart humor and great acting combine to make this my choice for top new show in 2009. HBO just announced that it will be picking up Bored to Death for a second season.

3.) Californication - I’ll admit that I was late coming around on Californication. It’s another story about a writer, but one completely different from Jonathan Ames. While Ames struggles with self confidence, Californication’s protagonist, Hank Moody (David Duchovny), exudes it. For Duchovny, the role is a bit of “art of imitating life,” as Moody simply can’t get enough of the “fairer sex,” but Moody and the other characters in the show learn from the mistakes of their sexual promiscuity. Season 3 of Californication currently runs on Showtime at 8 P.M.  (CST) on Sunday nights.

4.) Secret Diary of a Call Girl – Diary gives a fascinating peek into the world of a high priced call girl, Belle, played by Billie Piper. Originally produced for British TV, Showtime picked up the American broadcast rights. Through Piper’s portrayal of Belle, we see a woman trying to come terms with her role in society, trying to keep her business life separated from her personal life and dealing with the constant threat of social ostracism. Through it all, Belle emerges as a fiercely independent, strong, successful woman capable of handling all the bumps along the road she has chosen to travel. Part comedy, part drama, part tragedy, one of the most complete shows on television today.  Production just began on Season 3, so look for a late spring 2010 start to the new season.

5.) Mad Men – For those of you who have lived under a rock for the past three years, Mad Men examines life in 1960’s American through the lives of several New York City advertising men (and women). We see nation experiencing growing pains, as she evolves into her modern-day incarnation–a world where minorities and women slowly begin the painful progress of emerging from the depths of oppression and begin the steep ascent towards equality. More than that we see tragically flawed characters struggling to combat their inner demons. It’s amazing to think that HBO passed on this show, allowing AMC to pick it up. Without a doubt, the best written drama currently on TV. For those of you wanting to catch up on the show, you have time. Last week was the Season 3 finale, so you have month’s to watch prior seasons on DVD and get prepared for Season Four.

Juliette Peters and Billie Piper

Via The London Evening Standard

A stalker who once threatened to kill Billie Piper has been spared jail for the third time despite harassing a family.

Juliette Peters, 41, said she wanted to decapitate the Dr Who actress, burn her body and shoot her parents in a barrage of hate-filled telephone calls.

She avoided jail eight years ago and has since admitted launching two terrifying hate campaigns against neighbours.

But a judge decided against enforcing a suspended prison sentence, imposed after she wrote a string of sinister letters to women living near her, including one that read: “I’m going to slice you up like meat on a bone.” Continue Reading…..

Juilette you stalked mediocre singer/over-rated “actress” Billie Piper and then went on to terrorize your neighbours

You need to be sectioned under the Mental Health Act!

Doctor Who (BBC) to the Secret Diary of a Call Girl (Showtime), Billie Piper has not only shown that she is a talented actress, but she is absolutely exquisite, in every way possible.

If you have seen the latest Doctor Who series, you know Billie Piper as Rose Tyler.  As the Doctor’s long lost “innocent” love, Billie has created such an impact on the series, her character’s presence dwells throughout the seasons long after she has gone.  Yea, she is that epic in the Doctor Who series.

Secret Diary of a Call Girl is currently on its 3rd season on Showtime.  Billie portrays a London escort by the name of Belle, her real name is Hannah.  The story is about the ins and outs of balancing escorting and the real world.  I was taken back by Billie’s dedication to this role, but thats what makes this series absolutely brilliant.  She does nude scenes and she engages in lewd acts, its not porn, its “professional.”  As an actress, more power to her.   Her acting is believeable and by taking this role, she shows an unbreakable confidence.  She has stated that this may ruin her Hollywood career, but I am inclined to agree with her, “they’re only breasts.”  How quickly everyone has forgotten the unmentionables flashing Lindsey Lohan, Britney Spears and Paris Hilton have done.  Flashing or not, Spears has a top selling album again.

The series is different and tastefully done.  This is also a show for women, not boys.  Billie comes into her own and really shows what “proper” escorting can lead too.

As someone who hasn’t had the most “adult” breakup, I feel pretty jealous of the people I’m taking inspiration from today - two British celebrities who managed to end their high-profile marriage with a lot of warmth and dignity. I’m not a believer that all exes should be friends, but I do think it’s a tribute to the time you had together if you’re able to treat each other with dignity and care afterwards. I’d love it if Hunky and I could get to that point someday, because right now I feel like the way we broke it off invalidates everything that was good about Us up until that point.

But back to Chris and Billie. For my American friends who will never have heard of either of them, Chris Evans is a UK TV and radio presenter. Round about the time I moved to London, he was forever in the papers with a barely legal pop starlet called Billie Piper who was sixteen years his junior. Six months after meeting they got married in Vegas, and took an extended break from their careers, hanging out with friends in pubs, wearing their scruffiest clothes. It seemed incredibly self-indulgent, but I liked how they seemed to be in a world of their own, not caring what the public or media thought of them. He’d been in dispute with his former employers; she later said that before meeting him she had been anorexic and was running herself dangerously into the ground. It seems like their very long “weekend” was what both of them needed.

Then, in 2003, the holiday was over and she was back in the public eye, reinventing herself as an actress and quickly becoming a household favourite. By 2004, they announced their separation, and divorced officially in 2007 (she refused to take a penny in alimony). It’s not a unique tale – two people who get together at a particular point in their lives when they need what the other has to offer, and then finding that the relationship ends when that time passes. But what was relatively special in celebrity circles (outside of Bruce and Demi) was the way that they managed to keep things so amicable, especially since they didn’t have kids to bind them together. From the beginning, they talked about remaining close and thinking the world of one another, and although they both moved on with their lives and onto new relationships they really did stay best friends. They were even guests at one another’s subsequent weddings.

When I look at their story, I admire how two people who were obviously once in love could have the grace to admit when their relationship had come to its natural conclusion, and to genuinely wish one another well and, in so doing, retain some of the good things they once shared. No bitterness, no lingering venom. It just seems so… evolved. It’s hard to really let go and admit that sometimes someone isn’t meant to be in our lives forever, but in a situation like theirs, it must feel pretty darn good.

Top quote: “We are still really, really close. I used to think you were weird if you could be friends with your ex. Now I understand it and we are really good mates.“

Russell Davies

As stated in the August 31, 2009 lawsuit, Aisha v. The FBI, Madonna and members of her depraved, disgraceful Kabbalah cult, such as television writer/producer, Russell Davies (Hollywood’s “Queer as Folk” and the BBC’s “Doctor Who” and “Torchwood”) not only infringed my PREEXISTING copyrights, but violated my privacy as well and that of my family and friends, using it as the basis for select episodes of the BBC programs “Torchwood” and “Doctor Who.”

For more on that, here is an excerpt from the August 31, 2009 lawsuit, Aisha v. The FBI et al, relevant to this article:

24. Madonna then spread her invasive madness to her label affiliate BBC in London where she lived (BBC’s DVDs are distributed by Madonna’s Warner Bros). The BBC is familiar with Aisha’s family, having worked with her dad and aunt. Previously, in 2004, the BBC called Aisha’s dad, renowned musicologist and disc jockey, Vaughn “Bunny” Goodison, in Jamaica over the telephone, for an interview on the passing of his esteemed, lifelong friend and music legend, 72-year-old, Clement Dodd. On another occasion, the BBC telephoned Aisha’s dad for comment on the passing of famous charity worker, 87-year-old, Sister Mary Ignatius Davies, who was also a good friend of the family. These interviews were carried on BBC radio and on their websites. Aisha’s aunt, Jamaica’s award winning, highly rated, poet laureate, Lorna Goodison, had also done pleasant radio and print interviews with the BBC. Therefore, the family had maintained a good relationship with the BBC, but Madonna, driven by ill-will and hatred, resenting the famous arts family, due to Aisha’s very valuable, groundbreaking Copyrighted Catalog she covets and Aisha’s refusal to respond to her correspondences, viciously sponsored a Kabbalah styled case of gross invasion of privacy and copyright infringement, through BBC employees and Kabbalah members, Russell Davies and Billie Piper (Madonna’s protégé), aimed at vindictively targeting and maligning the award winning family. The family at no time did anything to Madonna, Davies or Piper, not knowing any of them, yet acting in concert with Madonna, they began to place items from Aisha’s preexisting Copyrighted Catalog and astonishingly her personal life as well, in his BBC scripts.

25. Davies infringed Aisha’s copyrights for select episodes of the BBC shows “Doctor Who” and “Torchwood” and additionally, included Aisha’s personal, identifying information unique to her, in his scripts. These items were obtained through hacking by the staff of Madonna.com. Davies, who has visited Aisha’s official websites, before and after the misconduct transpired, as attested by Traffic Facts site statistics software, has followed Madonna’s lead and taken broadcasting to an unprecedented low in Britain for the “Children of Earth” five part series on the “Torchwood” program he writes for. The “Children of Earth” broadcast not only includes items from preexisting, protected items from Aisha’s computers, using it for the main storyline of the 5 part miniseries, it also includes Aisha’s mother’s name “MILLIE” as a character, a variation of AISHA’s name in the script as a character named “MISHA”, a look-alike character that is the spitting image of Aisha’s sister, casting the character as a girl who is maliciously exploited and thrown in prison, the name CLEMENT mcDOnalD, a variation of the name CLEMENT DODD, appears in the script as an elderly character (CLEMENT DODD is Aisha’s aforementioned godmother’s husband, who invented reggae music and signed Bob Marley to his first record deal). There is also a character named MR. DEKKER, which is the real name of one of CLEMENT DODD’s legendary, award winning, international reggae recording colleagues and Aisha’s dad’s late friend, MR. DESMOND DEKKER. The CLEMENT and DEKKER names were cast as psychotic, despised, crazy characters running from aliens, which is disrespectful to the memory of the two, real, beloved, legendary Jamaican national heroes in the music field, which the names were distastefully taken from, in a racist manner by Russell Davies and Madonna’s Kabbalah. Other invasive items that infringe Aisha’s preexisting copyrights were included in select episodes of Russell Davies’ show “Doctor Who.” …

27. Other members of Madonna’s Kabbalah such as Sacha Baron Cohen, have been outed using real people for characters in TV shows and movies, such as “Ali G” being based on BBC radio disc jockey Tim Westwood and 2009’s Austrian character “Bruno” being illegally based on Austrian TV personality Alfons Haider. In 2009, Madonna’s partner and Kabbalah member, Jerry Bruckheimer was also sued for perversely basing a defamatory episode of “CSI” on a real live couple that owns a Los Angeles real estate firm, Scott and Melinda Tamkin, with the show using their real names and lives for the broadcast without permission, but defaming them as reckless people participating in sexual bondage, pornography, drunkenness and murder, in similar conduct to what Aisha had formally accused Bruckheimer of in her 2005 lawsuit against Madonna.

Since the filing of the lawsuit several weeks ago, I have discovered my teenage godbrother’s privacy and that of his mother, who live in South Florida in America, were violated during the case, as he, his mother and I, exchange emails very often and speak on the phone regularly, which was illegally wiretapped Anthony Pellicano style (Madonna’s private investigator, whom I gave the FBI detailed information about in 2005 and he was later arrested and convicted on wiretapping charges – see lawsuit for more information).

During one of the many hacks into my computer, which were traced back to Digilink, who is the web hosting company for Madonna’s official website Madonna.com, not only was my very valuable preexisting Copyrighted Catalog copied and then infringed by Madonna and her cohorts in Hollywood, my emails, both business and personal, were illegally copied, as mentioned in the lawsuit.

As stated in the lawsuit and mentioned above in the excerpt, Madonna’s Kabbalah member, homosexual Russell Davies (and his “Doctor Who” actress, Madonna protégé and Kabbalah cult member, Billie Piper) infringed preexisting copyrights belonging to me, for select episodes of “Torchwood” and “Doctor Who” and additionally included items in the script, such as the names of my family members and friends in the “Children Of Earth” 5-part miniseries on “Torchwood.”

Skins

Recently, I saw a bio page for the BBC/E4 program “Skins.” The homosexual father and son team of Bryan Elsley and Jamie Brittain, who are the writers and creators of the extremely dysfunctional and distasteful teen show “Skins” was mentioned in conjunction with Madonna’s Kabbalah member Russell Davies. The article stated Bryan Elsley and Jamie Brittain used to work for Russell Davies. They are also Davies’ BBC co-workers.

Now, imagine my horror and repulsion, when I scrolled down the character list for the show “Skins” and see my godbrother’s name “JJ Jones” listed as a character (his first name is John, but his family and friends call him “JJ”).

Imagine my horror again, when I read about the character and realize said character not only has my godbrother’s name, mimicking the sick conduct Madonna/Davies did to my family, but also infringes his image and likeness as well. This infringing character was created when my godbrother was 17-years-old. He is now 19.

Things the character on “Skins” has in common with my godbrother “JJ Jones”:

1. The name “JJ Jones”
2. 17-years of age
3. Wears braces
4. Grew his hair out a bit (his mom kept commenting on it, as she wanted him to cut it)
5. Lives with his mom a single parent
6. A very smart student
7. Hangs out often with his two best friends
8. Has a penchant for drinking Tropicana (an American, Florida brand of fruit juice that amazingly appears in a British show)

How does the BBC explain, how people connected to Madonna via Kabbalah, not only wound up in criminal possession of an illegally made copy of my Copyrighted Catalog, infringing items from it via using them without permission, but said characters in the infringing programs, now mysteriously have my mother’s name MILLIE, a variation of my name AISHA (“MISHA“), a look alike character that looks a great deal like my sister, the name my of my godmother’s husband who invented reggae music CLEMENT DODD (turned into the variant name “CLEMENT mcDOnalD“) and his colleague, the late reggae legend, DESMOND DEKKER’s name used as “MR. DEKKER” in the programming (Note: My dad interviewed Desmond Dekker’s family on his radio show, listened to by millions around the world, shortly before Russell Davies did this invasive madness) and now my godbrother’s name, image and likeness, appears along with the other infringements, as characters penned by these same writers, Russell Davies, Bryan Elsley and Jamie Brittain.

Let’s not forget, prior to this, the BBC called my dad, a renowned musicologist, twice in Jamaica for interviews on famous public figures that are friends of the family. I kept wondering how they got his number. They also interviewed my aunt, an award winning author, Lorna Goodison, prior to all this as well.

Therefore, the BBC does know my family. Not to mention, the BBC has come up in my website stats numerous times, before and after these incidents regarding Russell Davies, Bryan Elsley and Jamie Brittain transpired.

It’s bad enough for Madonna and co. to violate my privacy, but while their invasiveness was going on, she and her comrades at the BBC, invaded the privacy of my sister and godbrother, who were minors at the time this unlawful activity began. That is absolutely criminal.

I am also of the belief, they found out what my sister looks like and based the aforementioned “Torchwood” character on her (“Lois” from Torchwood’s “Children of Earth), via photos I had taken of her at the airport, that I emailed to her in Jamaica, after I extracted them from the card of my digital camera.

“Lois” from Torchwood’s “Children of Earth” looks like my sister. I asked my mom and another relative to look at the picture and tell me what they think and they said she does look like her (except, my sister usually has her hair straight – however, in the photos that I took of her at the airport and emailed to her, she had the front of her hair braided):

“Lois”

Violating the privacy of minors is a very serious crime. Turning two minors, that are private citizens, into characters on TV, at the request of a sick, devilish pop star, Madonna, invading innocent people’s privacy and harassing others, as she is psychopathic and obsessed out of her non-singing mind, is disgusting and nasty.

Russell Davies, Bryan Elsley and Jamie Brittain, have also added other very defamatory and sick items to the characters lives, based on my sister and godbrother, that are more than enough grounds for criminal charges and a lawsuit.

Once again, Madonna and co. have gone too far. The worst part in all this is, we are innocent people that have nothing to do with Madonna or her lunatic Kabbalah cult members like Davies.

And I promise you, all that are involved in committing this foul, nasty misconduct on those shows, that criminally invaded the privacy of minors, will see the inside of a prison cell before this is all over. You have my word on it.

Do, pray tell, what did my young sister and godbrother do to you? They are two good, decent, hardworking kids that make great grades in school and are trying to live their lives.

How did they deserve for a group of vile, despicable, perverted lunatics to invade their privacy and beam their lives, image, likeness and in my godbrother’s case, his actual name, around the world (his mom’s distinct last name that is different from his, was also used for a Russell Davies’ TV character on “Torchwood”).

Do stand up like men, albeit cowardly homosexual men, obsessed with underage boys and girls – and tell the world what my young sister and godbrother, who do not even know you at all, nor do I, did to you that they deserve this criminal nastiness and invasiveness you’ve done in conjunction with your fellow Kabbalah cult member Madonna. You must be so proud of yourselves spying on and picking on underage youths, you perverts.

Really, what if I took the low road, as Madonna has done once again and cast a character in one of my scripts with her daughter’s name, writing that the 12-year-old girl is to be dressed like an underage prostitute, trying to be sexy for the camera. Oh wait, Madonna has done that to her daughter already for her latest video, trying to shock people for attention.

Madonna

Regarding, Russell Davies, Bryan Elsley and Jamie Brittain, what if I pen a script, casting your respective parents’ names, image and likeness, as characters that molest kids and pee on them in the woods, as singer Elton John was accused of doing, by the Sun Newspaper UK. How would you feel about that.

I can get their names off Wikipedia if you’d like (and knowing Wikipedia, there is a 99% probability the names would be wrong, anyway).

But I wouldn’t do something like that. Because at the end of the day, one has to ask one’s self, what kind of sick people do things like that, you know, as you have done to my innocent family and I, who’ve done you no harm.

Once again, if the shiftless, useless, corrupt FBI had done their jobs from 2005, when they first received the case, those depraved animals could not have taken things to such sick levels, causing irreparable damage to innocent people, including minors, as mentioned above.

And the FBI wonders why I have nothing positive to write about them. Take a good look at that mess, as two young people have now been harmed, because you corruptly decided to let a foul, vile, dirty old pop star that audiences don’t even care about anymore, run loose with this madness, committing crime after crime, against innocent people, so she and Hollywood could criminally rip me off, as my Copyrighted Catalog is very valuable.

Then again, I shouldn’t be surprised that the FBI doesn’t care about kids, as it was widely reported, the FBI told the parents of missing children to buzz off.

You call that law enforcement. You are such unmitigated failures at what you do. Hands down, the worst law enforcement agency ever.

I’ve seen the previous adaption of this novel and in comparison this version is the better one.  The main character, Fanny Price, is a young girl from a relatively poor family, raised by her rich uncle and aunt at Mansfield Park. She grows up with her four cousins, Tom Bertram, Edmund Bertram, Maria Bertram and Julia, but is always treated as inferior to them, only Edmund shows her real kindness.

When Fanny has grown up, the stern patriarch Sir Thomas leaves for a year so he can deal with problems on his plantation in Antigua. The fashionable and worldly Henry Crawford and his sister Mary Crawford arrive in the village, and stay with their sister, the Parson’s wife. The arrival of the Crawfords sets in motion a series of events that aren’t all in favor of the people inhabiting Mansfield Park.

Un buen domingo por la noche un amigo me descubrió una de las series que más me ha marcado últimamente: Torchwood. Poco después. descubrí que se trataba de un spin-off de las nuevas temporadas de Doctor Who. Mi recuerdo de Doctor Who era un poco borroso… Una serie inglesa de hace un montón de años, un tío de pelo rizado, la cabina de policía, telemadrid… No demasiado. Recuerdo que me gustaba, pero poco más.

Rose y El Doctor (Billie Piper y Christopher Eccleston)

No puedo evitar terminar sin poner el video de Billie Piper… ella ya bajaba de una nave espacial…. todo estaba escrito….