Jude Law fights back and shoots himself in the foot

Two weeks ago the Avenue posted part of a Newswipe episode, where journalist Marina Hyde tackled celebrities who were backing good causes. Now Jude fights back. Fast forward six and a half minutes and that’s when it starts.

Now we’re not saying that Jude Law isn’t doing something good, but…

- the Newswipe clip did make Jude look like a bit of a tit. Or a bad actor. “Ooh, when are you going? July? Hmm, I’m free as well.” Send an Oscar.
- Secondly and most importantly… he may not have remembered the journalist’s name (adding “Thank God”), but when he’s reminded of her name, he spits on the ground. Always a sign of bad manners.
- … and then he adds he’s doing all the great work and how this journalist “with her fat arse” shouldn’t dare to be critical of him and ‘Angie’ Jolie, who are hard-working celebrities and who are making the world a better place. Not only does he miss the entire point of Marina Hyde’s views in her book (she is critical of the celebs who are doing it to improve their image, but she’s even more critical of the news media, who have made it thus that things are only news-worthy when Jude Law pops up), we’re not also sure Ms Hyde has a fat bottom. Anyway, what we are sure about is that Marina Hyde doesn’t only write about celebrities, she also writes about sports and politics.

But then again, that is the difference between looking something up (like we do) and making rude remarks about people with different opinions. Then again, it does take more time to google someone (or, heaven forbid, read a book) than it does to spit on the ground. But that is why Jude Law is an asshole.

(interview by Movies.ie)

It’s June, which means…

It’s June, which means posting here is at a reasonably slower rate. That’s right, even slower than usual. But fear not, because now we’ve done something rather clever. Here’s a rant that we’ve spread over two posts, rather than one (the usual amount of space and time a rant is generally allowed to have).

This first part is part of a show broadcast in January on BBC4. It’s Newswipe with Charlie Brooker and in this clip mister Brooker himself introduces a colleague (well, they both work for The Guardian, so colleague is the best term) who will give her opinion on whether celebrities are always the best champions for good causes.

(The video is uploaded to YouTube with consent of Charlie Brooker.)

How all of us have become Richard Nixon

The BBC Four programme Newswipe, the satirical and cynical dissection of the news as done by Screenwipe‘s Charlie Brooker, is back for a second series. This week’s episode (debuted yesterday) includes a six and a half minute long mini-documentary by Adam Curtis, who’s become quite known ever since his documentary The Power of Nightmares. In just under 400 seconds Curtis will show us how we’ve all become Richard Nixon.

(Adam Curtis: “A Film about how all of us have become Richard Nixon” – as uploaded to YouTube by one Flo Welch)

P.S. The entire episode of Newswipe can be watched online, with thanks to xthemusic who has uploaded all of Charlie Brooker’s BBC material (with permission). Watch part one here.