Seven women have come forward as part of an investigation into the DJ. Former BBC Radio 1 DJ Tim Westwood is facing multiple allegations of sexual misconduct issued by a number of women. The DJ is accused of abusing his position in the music industry to exploit women, and is also accused of predatory and […]

4 years ago

The line featured in the original 2002 Spider-Man film. ITV has edited out a line that some have labelled homophobic from its recent broadcast of the first Spider-Man film. The 2002 film, which sees Tobey Maguire star for the first time as the superhero, was aired on ITV2 on Sunday night. In one scene, Peter […]

4 years ago

Her life spanned almost the entirety of the 20th century. Kane Tanaka, the woman credited as being the world’s oldest person, has died at the age of 119. According to Japan’s public broadcaster NHK, Tanaka passed away in hospital in Fukuoka, western Japan, last week. She was confirmed as the oldest living person in the […]

4 years ago

The Moskva is the flagship of the Russian navy. The Russian warship that attacked the iconic Snake Island defenders has had to be evacuated after it was badly damaged in an explosion. According to a Ukrainian official, the Moskva was hit by a cruise missile attack. All 500 of the ship’s crew were saved according […]

4 years ago

“I got my hearing back.” Chris Rock has joked about the now-infamous Will Smith slap in a recent show in California. At the Oscars on March 27, Will Smith slapped Rock on stage after he joked about Jada Pinkett Smith’s shaved head, saying he couldn’t wait to see her in the sequel to G.I Jane. […]

4 years ago

The meeting to decide whether Smith will keep his Oscar was moved forward. Will Smith is set to find out on Friday (8 April) whether he will have his Oscar taken off him for slapping Chris Rock at the awards ceremony last month. The actor grabbed the headlines for all the wrong reasons after he […]

4 years ago

To be fair, where do you go after Sonic the Hedgehog 2? Jim Carrey has said he is considering calling it a day on his entertainment career, after four decades in the business. The 60-year-old was talking to Access Hollywood ahead of the release of Sonic the Hedgehog 2, when he was asked about Dolly […]

4 years ago

Happy Friday again. An especially warm welcome to those of you who lost your minds at the sight of the sun this week and decided to whip out the shorts and/or the barbecue. You hardy souls, convincing yourself it was much warmer than it actually was. We respect you. It’s the Oscars this weekend, a […]

4 years ago

Tensions are rising between North and South Korea. South Korea has fired missiles in response to North Korea’s largest ever weapon launch, in which it tested a banned intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). For the first time since 2017, North Korea launched an ICBM missile, which fell in Japanese waters after being in flight for more […]

4 years ago

He has now made a film about his story. An actor has told the story of how he was catfished by his own dad on Facebook. James Morosini was 20 years-old when he received a message off a girl called Becca on Facebook, with the two going on to talk every day and develop an […]

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Hello there. A pleasure as always to have you with us in the latest instalment of the JOE Friday Pub Quiz. It’s that time of the week and all you have to is answer 25 questions on a variety of topics to show off your cleverness. Enjoy the quiz, and maybe widen this circle by […]

4 years ago

President Zelenskyy has praised her for her bravery. A Russian journalist who carried out an on-air protest against the war in Ukraine on state TV has been arrested and is feared missing, with her whereabouts not having been known as of Tuesday morning (15 March). Marina Ovsyannikova, an editor on the Russian TV channel Pervyi […]

4 years ago

Back once again with the pub quizzing masters. Can you feel it? Spring is in the air. The Electric Picnic lineup has been announced and the supermarkets are full of Easter eggs. Before you know it the barbecue will be lit, you’ll be retrieving your shorts from the bottom of the drawer, and it will be […]

4 years ago

The news has been confirmed by President Zelensky. A Russian airstrike has hit a hospital in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol, burying children under rubble, President Volodymyr Zelensky has said. Taking to Twitter on Wednesday afternoon (9 March), the Ukrainian leader pleaded for the killings to stop, labelling the attack an “atrocity”. “Direct strike of […]

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The ship was found in a “brilliant state of preservation”. Endurance, the lost ship belonging to legendary Irish-born explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton, has been found in the Antarctic in one of the greatest shipwreck discoveries ever. The ship sank in 1915 when it was crushed by sea ice during one of Shackleton’s expeditions to the […]

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It’s just one part of a remarkable career Zelensky had before entering politics. As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continues, attention continues to be on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, with many discovering the varied entertainment career he had before becoming the country’s leader. Including that he voiced Paddington Bear in the Ukrainian versions of the films. […]

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Organisers cited concerns that the inclusion of a Russian entry would “bring the competition into disrepute”. Eurovision organisers have announced that Russia will not be allowed to compete in this year’s edition of the song contest. On Thursday, organisers had said they had no plans to prevent Russia from competing in the competition. However, they […]

4 years ago

A quiz of the people, by the people, for the people. We can all agree, it’s been a difficult week. Take some time to yourself. Kick back. Relax. JOE Pub Quiz. Let’s get it done…

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“90 per cent of my black friends were like ‘dude that was great’.” Robert Downey Jr has no regrets about wearing blackface for his role in Tropic Thunder and has spoken about the reaction people had to the movie. The film, which was released in 2008, stoked controversy over its portrayal of disabled people and minority […]

4 years ago

Despite the documentary’s revelations, he’s still in high demand. Simon Leviev, the man at the centre of Netflix’s new documentary The Tinder Swindler, has found himself a new revenue stream – selling video messages on Cameo. Since the release of the documentary which has taken the internet by storm – a film in which Leviev […]

4 years ago

It’s that time again. The weekend always rides on the performance of your football/sports team. The nightmare is losing the early kickoff on a Saturday. It really sets the tone for the rest of the weekend. At least you’ve not got much time to wallow if you lose on Sunday afternoon. Whether or not your […]

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It was the Sydney’s first fatal shark attack in almost 60 years. The swimmer who died after suffering ‘catastrophic injuries’ when he was mauled by a shark in Sydney has been identified as a British expat. Simon Nellist was attacked by the 4.5 metre-long predator at Buchan Point, near Little Bay, in the east of […]

4 years ago

Pinch, punch, first quiz of the month. It’s Friday so that can only mean one thing, it’s time for the JOE Friday Pub Quiz. There’s rounds on general knowledge, sport, January, the Winter Olympics and there’s even a special BBC Three-themed round. Go forth and quiz.

4 years ago

Cheers for the heads-up, Mark… Mark Zuckerberg has warned those who love to take a sneaky screenshot of a conversation about a new feature coming to Facebook Messenger. The Facebook founder and Meta CEO announced that an update to the Messenger app will introduce a feature that notifies users when someone has screenshotted one of […]

4 years ago

Christian Brueckner continues to proclaim his innocence. The prime suspect in the abduction of Madeleine McCann has claimed he could not have kidnapped the child because he was a drug dealer at the time and wanted to avoid the attention of the police. In 2020, Christian Brueckner was named as the prime suspect in the […]

4 years ago

It is in order to avoid prejudicing their investigation. The Metropolitan Police has asked that Sue Gray’s inquiry into alleged lockdown parties at Downing Street make “minimal reference” to any events the force is investigating. In a statement released on Friday morning the Met said that “for the events the Met is investigating, we asked […]

4 years ago

He faces losing almost two thirds of his streaming revenue. Spotify is removing Neil Young’s music catalog from its service after the singer published an open letter to demanding that the platform deal with vaccine misinformation coming from Joe Rogan’s podcast. Earlier this week, the singer published, and then swiftly deleted, a letter giving the […]

4 years ago

It’s time for the JOE Friday Pub Quiz. Hello and welcome back, it’s another Friday at the end of yet another crazy week of news. It feels like that’s been the intro to every quiz for the past six months. Anyway, enough of that. This week we’ve got the usual general knowledge, sport, entertainment, as […]

4 years ago

He had recently finished working on the upcoming Marvel series Moon Knight. French actor Gaspard Ulliel has died following a skiing accident in the Alps at the age of 37. France Bleu reports that the accident took place on Tuesday (18 January) in the Savoie region of the Alps and that an investigation into it […]

4 years ago

Time for the JOE Friday Pub Quiz. If you hoped 2022 would be a bit more peaceful than 2021, then I’ve got bad news for you… Anyway, as always the quiz is a sanctuary from the craziness of the world. A place where all that matters is that final score out of 25, and the […]

4 years ago

The actor was a mainstay on the hit BBC sitcom. Actor Gary Waldhorn, who played Councillor David Horton in BBC sitcom The Vicar of Dibley, has died at 78. Waldhorn starred as the chairman of the parish council in the hugely popular sitcom and was one of the everpresents of the show, which ran from […]

4 years ago

The life support on BlackBerry phones is being switched off. There was a time when you couldn’t avoid the BlackBerry. From Barack Obama to Kim Kardashian, everyone seemed to have one of them in the late 2000s/early 2010s, and if you weren’t on BBM then you were a nobody. But in one of the great […]

4 years ago

The fish lives in “the twilight zone” of the ocean. Researchers in California have captured extraordinary footage of a fish with a transparent head. The sighting of the fish was made by aquarist Tommy Knowles and his team on December 9 while on board the research vessel Rachel Carlson while they were collecting jellies and […]

4 years ago

It could prove to be a crucial part of the test. A biologist has explained how some people may be missing a crucial step of their lateral flow or antigen test, and how important this is in detecting Omicron. While many at-home test kits advise that users only take a nasal swab, University College London […]

4 years ago

Warning: spoilers ahead. A lot of viewers have been missing a post-credits scene in Don’t Look Up, the new comedy sci-fi movie that dropped on Netflix over Christmas. The star-studded film sees Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence play two astronomers who try to warn the world about an approaching comet that will destroy the Earth […]

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He had worked with the likes of Matthew McConaughey, Nicole Kidman and Reese Witherspoon. Canadian filmmaker Jean-Marc Vallée, best known for his work on Big Little Lies and Dallas Buyers Club, has died at the age of 58. Vallée passed away suddenly in his cabin outside Quebec City in Canada over the weekend, his representative […]

4 years ago

The officer went undercover to try and befriend prime suspect Christian Brueckner. A German police officer went undercover in a prison to try and get a confession out of the prime suspect in the Madeleine McCann case. Earlier this year, German prosecutors said they were ‘100% convinced‘ that Christian Brueckner is the man responsible for […]

4 years ago

It demonstrates the importance of doing tests just before going out. A doctor has shown how quickly Covid-19 can develop by taking four lateral flow tests in one day. It shows how Covid can develop in a person in just a matter of hours as the fourth test of the group showed up positive. Posting […]

4 years ago

Welcome all, everything is fine… Just over a week until Christmas and everything’s a bit grim isn’t it? But this is a sanctuary of quizzing. An opportunity to escape the harsh reality of the world for just a few minutes and bask in the warm glow of 25 questions and a good score – hopefully. […]

4 years ago

So far, the film seems to have lived up to the hype. Spider-Man: No Way Home has a score of 100 percent on Rotten Tomatoes as the first reviews of the much-anticipated film come in. Firstly though, let us assure you that this is a spoiler-free zone. Don’t worry. It’s been one of the most […]

4 years ago

The film is set to hit cinemas next April. The debut trailer for Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore has been released, giving fans their first view of Mads Mikkelsen as the new face of wizard villain Gellert Grindelwald. Eddie Redmayne and Jude Law will once again star as Newt Scamander and Albus Dumbledore but […]

4 years ago

The Governor of the state has said the death toll could exceed 100. The Governor of the US state of Kentucky has said that more than 70 people have been killed by tornadoes that ripped through the state on Friday night. Andy Beshear said that the figure could still rise to more than 100, labelling […]

4 years ago

Tornadoes have left a trail of destruction across a number of US states. There have been “confirmed fatalities” at an Amazon warehouse in Illinois after it partially collapsed during a major winter storm, police have said. A series of tornadoes have been sweeping across the US as a result of the storm on Friday, wreaking […]

4 years ago

I’m so quizzy, my head is spinning! Hello again. It’s that time of year once more. You can’t avoid it. It’s everywhere you go, and if you don’t like it then tough, people are still going to shout it from the rooftops. No, I’m not talking about Christmas, I’m of course on about Spotify Wrapped […]

4 years ago

Storm Arwen has wreaked havoc at the castle. The I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here contestants have had to be removed from the set of the show after it suffered damage during Storm Arwen. Along with the celebs being removed from Gwrych Castle in Wales, both weekend editions of the show were subsequently […]

4 years ago

Hello all. Have we all been enjoying the plethora of titanic albums that have been released in the past few weeks? We’ve been treated to new releases from Coldplay, Ed Sheeran, Elton John, Abba, Taylor Swift and, of course, Adele. No matter your opinion on those artists, you can’t deny that they’re all pretty massive. […]

4 years ago

The presenter fell ill during the night. Richard Madeley has been rushed to hospital after falling ill overnight in the I’m A Celebrity castle. The 65-year-old was sent to A&E after production staff and his campmates became concerned with his sudden illness. A source told the Sun: “It was horrifying – campers were really upset […]

4 years ago

A violent and disturbing South Korean television show sits top of the Netflix charts…. but it’s not Squid Game. Brand new series Hellbound has knocked Squid Game off of Netflix’s number one perch, topping the charts in more than 80 countries since it hit the platform on Friday (19 November) According to FlixPatrol analytics, the […]

4 years ago

We’re not messing about this week. For no reason whatsoever, this week’s quiz has ended up being quite a tricky one I think. I’d usually say a par score was around the 20 mark, but this week if you hit 15 I think you can be pretty pleased with your efforts. Just see it as […]

4 years ago

The dog is now recovering. A pet dog has caught Covid-19, with evidence suggesting the canine caught the virus from its owner, making it the first case if its kind in the UK. The dog was diagnosed with covid-19 by the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) laboratory in Weybridge on 3 November after its […]

4 years ago