Arts & Entertainment

91% of TV adverts contain whistling

MOST television adverts have a whistling-based soundtrack or feature whistling characters, it has emerged.

Gravity wins Best Film Set 230 Miles Above Britain

GRAVITY has been named best film set in a space station which passed over the British Isles.

Award makes actors feel better about not having proper jobs

PEOPLE who act have been given awards to make them feel better about being unable to get proper jobs.

New Robocop not that much worse than the original

THE Robocop remake is not hugely inferior to the original film, according to pleasantly surprised cinemagoers.

Theme parks contain no actual dinosaurs or pirates

BRITAIN'S theme parks do not have a single real dinosaur or pirate, it has emerged.

The King's Speech to be remade with Lego

FOLLOWING the success of The Lego Movie, acclaimed films are to be remade with Lego men instead of actors.

Nymphomaniac released with boring bits fast-forwarded

LAR Von Trier's new film will be released in a version that fast-forwards to the nudity.

Flappy Bird 'a metaphor for the pointlessness of existence'

THE creator of Flappy Bird has pulled the game after players failed to recognise it as a nihilistic art piece.

DJ gig an artistic disaster zone

A PERFORMANCE by superstar DJ Hardwell has been declared an artistic disaster.

Prince plays secret gig in length of rusty pipe

Music legend Prince has played an unannounced gig in an eight-foot length of discarded steel pipe on waste ground.