Just a note of some of the funnest content I’ve consumed lately (in no particular order):
– Cosmopolitan UK asked Ella Purnell some this-or-that questions, before diving deeper into the meaning and inspiration behind her favourite tattoo.
– Stevie Martin and Lou Sanders joined forces to (haphazardly) review vegan “mince pies” for their new (NSFW) Instagram venture “Vegans In Your Regions”: Part #1, Part #2, Part #3.
– KCRW dusted off an archive clip (from 2017) of Regina Spektor performing “New Year”, a quietly inspiring original song about gratitude and looking forward. Cheers!
– Lucy Liu took her turn in the “Criterion Closet”, repping Asian cinematic icons and looking hella stylish doing it.
– Electric Callboy sat down for a cosy (English-language) chit-chat about their recent European tour, followed by a candid Q&A section (Spoiler: There’s no new album on the horizon just yet).
– Metal Hammer announced the “The 50 Best Metal Songs of 2025” (as chosen by their readers), and the No. 1 spot went to Ghost’s “Satanized”, which also got my vote. I felt a little guilty for “betraying” Babymetal (who came 5th with “From Me to U” (ft. Poppy)) and Electric Callboy (who came 4th with “Elevator Operator”), but I had to decide based on the specific track that was nominated, and not factor in how long I’ve been following the bands themselves… though if “Ratatata” had come out in 2025 (rather than 2024), then that would have been a no-brainer for me! Meanwhile, Ghost also claimed the mag/website’s “Album of the Year” laurels for Skeléta (as chosen by their staff/writers)… but Babymetal’s Metal Forth didn’t appear on the list at all, which is completely incomprehensible to me. For shame!
– I finally caught up with all of Ghost’s in-character “chapter” vids just as frontman/founder Tobias Forge started hinting that he’s keen to abandon the “Clergy” lore I’ve been busy absorbing! Gah! In light of that, now’s probably a good time to shout-out Liz Fenning, who plays the “Young Sister Imperator” in various flashbacks… most notably the promos for “Dance Macabre” (link) and “Kiss the Go-Goat” (Trojan-ed into “Chapter Eight”) (link), as well as the latest episode (“Chapter 23”) which also contains a partially-animated visualiser for the song “Cenotaph” (link).
– Sadie Sink commented on some of her scenes from Season 5 of Stranger Things, via the official Netflix channel.
– At the risk of projecting my own pervery onto others, I have a feeling that seeing Sarah Sherman dressed as a drunk, horny raccoon on SNL (ep #51.7) could well awaken a new litter of “furries”.
– I was a little leery when I first heard that Charli XCX would be starring in a mockumentary about/as herself, especially since it’s being released in January (which is notorious for being a post-holiday “dump month” for films)… but the trailer suggests this flick is firing on all cylinders (writing, direction, acting, and casting), and has really got me hyped to see The Moment on a big screen. Brat forever!
– Sarah Nixey released a seasonal single for the “Winter Solstice”, taken from her fourth solo album Sea Fever, which is due out next month.






















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