Goldfish start a fire
WTF: Weekly Trivia File
Rob Brydon is scared of parmesan cheese. 'He can’t be anywhere near it,' says Gavin & Stacey co-star Ruth Jones- Al Murray made an appearance at the Brit after-show gig alongside Killers and Coldplay, and got the crowd singing Queen songs.
- Simon Pegg is to become a father for the first time in June. He said: 'We haven't announced it yet as we want to keep it hush-hush. I'm hoping for a baby girl, but I really don't mind what we have. We're thinking of having it in America as the baby will then have dual citizenship.'
- 30 Rock star Tracey Morgan's Manhattan apartment has been gutted by a fire - started by a faulty light in his fish tank.
- Karen Dunbar attempted to gatecrash the premiere of Armando Iannucci's In The Loop at the Glasgow Film Festival, but was turned away at the door.
- Make what you will of this act…
- SPOTTED: Mischa Barton and her boyfriend, Kooks rocker Luke Pritchard, at the Porthole Comedy Club in Kilburn, North London. Send your comedy club celeb sightings to feedback@chortle.co.uk
- Steve Coogan wants to turn his back on the UK and become a US citizen. He told Scottish comic Craig Ferguson – who has just become an American himself: 'I'd be very tempted to do that. I really would. I need to get more work out here first though.'
- The Laugh Garage Comedy Club in Sydney is using eBay to auction off the chance to do a five-minute slot… but it might not be the ‘pay-to-play’ money-spinner the venue had hoped. After nearly a week, no a single hopeful has bid – even though the current price is just 1AU$… or about 44p.
- Ricky Gervais has will play a rabbit in a new advert for animal rights group Petra. Singer Pink plays an alligator.
SOURCES: Mirror, Chortle, Daily Mail, OK Magazine, The Scotsman, YouTube, Chortle, CBS, Rickygervais.com
Published: 20 Feb 2009
