If you're watching Hot Fuzz with me, I'm going to point at the screen and go "that's Cate Blanchett" no matter how many times we've seen it together

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Pretty obvious he thought the BBC would immediately cave and shove a chunk of cash his way. Now doing everything he can to keep this from going to trial.

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"Tennis champion Martina Navratilova has scolded Parkrun, labelling it “disgusting and disgraceful” after an Australian transgender participant broke another record in the women’s category on the weekend." [Townsville Bulletin] Parkrun isn't a race. You don't even have to run. Dogs take part.

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Escape from New York, the glider scene. It's '81, a year before Tron revolutionised CG and Carpenter has 1/3 of Tron's budget...so how did he pull off an absurdly sophisticated wireframe simulation?! It's actually a cardboard city painted matte black, lined with reflective tape and lit with UV.

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Peter Cushing as Tarkin in Star Wars filmed all his closeups wearing comfy slippers because he had massive feet and the jackboots the wardrobe department found for him were painfully tight

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