What a crock!

There has been some pretty exciting news this week for The Cult from the world of stage and screen.

First we hear that the long-awaited final instalment of the Three Men and A… movie trilogy has, at last, been announced and mamma mia! are we excited. Three Men and A Bride will follow not-so-little Mary as she tries to make it up the aisle with her three dads in tow. As Steven Spielberg and George Lucas have repeatedly displayed with Indiana Jones and Star Wars, trilogy doesn’t always mean three so personally the cult is hoping that this movie will lead to more tales of everyone’s favourite yuppies-turned-co-parents, Jack, Peter and Micheal. Suggested sequel title from The Cult: Three Men and a Baby Shower: three hapless 60 something year old men try to throw the perfect tea party for pregnant but still sassy Mary. Or maybe a prequel about the night Jack and Sylvia met, Three Men and a Drunk Little Lady. See! There is so much good stuff still in this classic comedy franchise to continue well into the 21st century. Critics be silenced.

A second piece of pretty exciting news came straight after this, discovered by a chance encounter with the poster on the tube this morning. The much-anticipated musical adaptation of Sister Act is to hit London’s West End in May 2009.  This is big news for all theatre lovers; whispers around theatre-land (and The Cult) that superior sequel Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit The Musical will follow in 2010 with original cast members Lauryn Hill and Jennifer Love Hewitt attached are, as yet, unconfirmed.

Matt Damon for Vice President!

In a week where the world appeared to have gone crazy and the American election began to look like it would be won or lost on the debate over who wears more lipstick, pigs or pitbulls, one man is suddenly making a whole lot of sense. No, not Barack Obama. Matt Damon. 

And yes, he is more qualified to be Vice President than Sarah Palin. 

Thank you Birmingham

Someone at Birmingham City Council is feeling very bad about themselves today. It has been revealed that as part of an initiative to celebrate Birmingham hitting their recycling targets the council has produced a leaflet with the jazzy slogan “Thank You Birmingham” emblazoned across a backdrop of Birmingham city skyline. They distributed 720,000 leaflets across Birmingham at the cost of £16K to the taxpayer.

Why is this interesting? Never mind the irony of distributing 720,000 paper leaflets to celebrate a citywide reduction in waste. No no, this is in the headlines because the skyline pictured across the leaflet is not Birmingham, UK. Nor is it another city in the UK. It is Birmingham, Alabama, USA. Ooops. To add insult to injury this blunder was noticed by a resident who is a regular visitor to the US and did a google search. Then called the BBC before Birmingham Council. Nice one.

I can see how this happened. It is the result of a quick google search to find Birmingham skyline and “yeah that looks about right” attitude. And I can just see the Birmingham City Council employee thinking right. Leaflet images. Done. Then bounding out the door to the pub. Most people would be outraged that no one at the Town Hall noticed. Here at the cult we are pretty amused and feel sorry for whoever is getting shouted at today because frankly, it is exactly the sort of thing we would do.

Repeat after me…

We like

• Scotch eggs. The mini ones from Sainsbury’s are best eaten in handfuls when alone. Sssh
• Smoking rollies. It makes me feel young and laidback. And I’m not, particularly.
• Rumours by Fleetwood Mac. The greatest album ever should be listened to with a rollie in one hand, just like mum and dad used to.
• Denise Richard’s – It’s Complicated. And it’s funny. She says fuck a lot and has a loud laugh. Just like us.
• Purple nail polish. What was I doing pissing about with red all this time?
• Naps. How on earth did I survive a whole day in an office without one?

We hate

• The Olympics. If you like sport so much go and do some.
• People who ask where your dress is from. Yes it is  Primark and no I didn’t watch that documentary.
• Coriander in my salad. How did we get here?
• The Ting Tings. She has an arrogant face and only one song.
• The Tudors. Don’t bother watching series 2. If you must, watch The Other Boleyn Girl instead. Neither are that good.
• Other people on the tube during the day. Why are there so many of you and why aren’t you at work?