Thursday, 12 February 2009

TV

Friday Night With Jonathan Ross
16x03 (6/2/09 edition)
Tom Jones has gone grey! Tom Jones! Grey! I mean, he's been grey for ages, but he's never shown it 'til now (he dyed it, see). It's... odd. But good for him, I suppose.
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Mad Men
1x02 Ladies' Room [2nd watch]

Poetry

The Puffin Book of Nonsense Verse, selected by Quentin Blake
Introduction by Quentin Blake
"The World Turned Upside Down"
"Chortling and Galumphing"
"A Recipe for Indigestion"
"Portraits from Life"
"A Friend to the Children"
"The Dedicated Traveller"
"The Bongaloo and the Scrunch"
"An Area of Uncertainty"
"Flamingoes Rule Olé!"
Mmm, gotta love some nonsense poetry! True, not all of it's good, but when it is it's great fun. I'll probably post a list of favourites from this collection when I reach the end.
(The list above is, as usual, chapter/section titles, not included works.)

Articles

Can Amy Adams really pull off an upset at the Oscars? by Tom O'Neil
(from Gold Derby at the Los Angeles Times)
Apparently so. Fingers crossed then...

Can Wall-E make Oscar history? by Pete Hammond
(from Notes on a Season at the Los Angeles Times)
Probably not. Still, fingers crossed...

Will BAFTA Awards predict who'll win the Oscars? by Tom O'Neil
(from Gold Derby at the Los Angeles Times)
Maybe.