Populist: Items of interest this week

March 02, 2012 07:29 pm

From Neighbourhood Watch to Dr Joan Watson

Good neighbours

Richard Ayoade will join Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn and Jonah Hill for Neighbourhood Watch – a new brocom about a bunch of curtain-twitchers who stumble across an alien invasion.

Pleasingly lo-fi pop video of the week

Jenny O's Well OK Honey sounds like Money Mark producing a rockabilly Wilson Phillips and features the best bicycle-based choreography since Lily Allen.

Rogen's joshing

Seth Rogen's Independent Spirit Awards speech takes aim at Chris Brown: "You could literally beat the shit out of a nominee and they ask you to perform twice at the Grammys."

Christ alive

Mysterious, hypey new producer Evian Christ reveals his identity; he's a trainee teacher from Merseyside.

Swear down

All of the rude words from every Best Picture nominee collected into one foul-mouthed tirade here.

Oh the thinks they think

Dr Seuss's pre-school eco-warrior The Lorax is now cross-promoting a "Truffula tree-friendly" SUV. Who said satire was dead? See the ad here.

Elementary my dear

Plans for a new US TV version of Baker Street's finest now include "Dr Joan Watson" (Lucy Liu) to Jonny Lee Miller's Holmes.

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