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So long Niall and thanks a million for everything - singlehandedly dragging the club out of administration and general oblivion, finding us a Texan billionaire, appointing Ricky Sbragia as manager. Well okay, maybe not that last part but still, the contribution made to our club by the doyen of disco pants is one that I doubt will ever be surpassed.

It wasn't half bad. I knew not to expect any great degree of subtlety after the first thirty seconds, when 'THERE WAS NO SUCH THING AS YOUTH CULTURE' was plastered across the screen, but it had a lot going for it. Karen and the male lead (whose name currently escapes me) were surprisingly great.

Nice to see that Bérénice already has a thread here - if she didn't, I was going to start one. As anyone who saw 'The Artist' will attest, she's awesome.

The Artist

^Yay for the news of a new Tame Impala album! And on a slightly different note, the award for most random cover version of 2012 (so far) goes to...

Adriana Lima Cintia Dicker [3] Darla Baker [1] Doutzen Kroes Emanuela de Paula [2] Gisele Bundchen [4]

Natalie Portman [4] Carey Mulligan [1]

Nina Agdal [3] Jessica Perez [2]

Round 28: Shanina Behati Shannan Bregje

Toni Garrn [1] Nina Agdal [1]

Two new vids - one for the aforementioned new Jack White track, and another for the most recent Laura Marling single. The Laura one is mildly unnerving from about 1:30 onwards.

Though the fact that Bon Iver took best newcomer is kind of amusing in itself. Whatever next, Fleet Foxes for best R&B?

Natalie Portman [0] Lyndsy Fonseca [1]

Natalie Portman vs... Lyndsy Fonseca

^Natalie was nominated in December, but all actresses (including those who had already competed) were made available again at the end of January. The current scores are... Keira Knightley - 16 Kate Beckinsale - 11 Amber Heard - 9 Charlize Theron - 9 Odette Yustman/Annable - 5 Freida Pinto - 3 Rachel McAdams - 2 Alyssa Milano - 1 Natalie Portman - 1 Emma Stone - 1 Naomi Watts - 1 New round in 3..2..1..

Round 25: Alessandra Shannan Karmen Jessica

Julia Johansen [4] Julie Ordon [2] Keira Knightley [3] - would been at least a 4 before she delivered the banoffee pie line in Love Actually. Magdalena Frackowiak [4] Nicole Scherzinger [1]

While we're on the subject of the Anfield cat and it's quite excellent Twitter feed - the fine publication that brought you the front page exclusive "Man orders Elvis jumpsuit online and it doesn't fit" (no really) recently delivered this bombshell... I hope she's telling the truth or she may get done for purr-jury (sorry). I can't decide which is the most amusing/absurd notion - the things that people will seemingly do to get themselves in the Sunderland Echo, the fact that said newspaper has been afforded yet another mention here at BZ, or the fact that Anfield may have suffered the indignity of a pitch invasion by a cat called Keano.

Darla Baker [5] Toni Garrn [6]

Call me a cynic, but something tells me that replacing Mick McCarthy with Steve Bruce or Neil Warnock wouldn't exactly be the best way of trying to avoid relegation.

Angelina Jolie [2] Anna Christine Speckhart [2] Jacquelyn Jablonski [2] Karlie Kloss [5] Kate Dillon [1]

Lais Ribeiro [4] Chanel Iman [3]

Makes it (if I'm not mistaken)... Gracie Carvalho [9] Lais Ribeiro [9]

Tricky one... Round 16: Bregje Karmen Flavia Round 17: Bregje Alessandra