Archive - June, 2011

20,000 people inured falling out of bed each year

20 June 2011 by , No Comments
20,000 people inured falling out of bed each year

More than 20,800 people required hospital treatment after falling out of bed, in just one year, the NHS has revealed. The odd statistic – which was revealed by the NHS Information Centre – highlights just one of the strange ways Brits injure themselves. Between March 2010 and February 2011, 12,000 people were treated for falls [...]

Samuel L. Jackson Gives Voice to ‘Go the F**k to Sleep’

16 June 2011 by , No Comments
Samuel L. Jackson Reads NSFW Children’s Book ‘Go the F*** to Sleep’

Samuel L. Jackson, the actor probably best known for his performance as Jules, the menacing assassin of “Pulp Fiction,” has recorded the audiobook of ‘Go the F**K to Sleep’, the parody children’s book that reached No. 1 on the New York Times best-seller list. In a voice that alternates from gravelly to soothing, with tinkly [...]

Nicole Scherzinger “who needs sleep”

14 June 2011 by , No Comments
Nicole Scherzinger

Nicole Scherzinger has jetted in from the States to perform at this year’s Summertime Ball before dashing back for The X-Factor” But Nicole’s not daunted by the jet-set weekend, “Who needs sleep. When I perform I like just like to leave it all out their on the floor. Our dancers are amazing and really excited [...]

Players find home from home in Wimbledon

9 June 2011 by , No Comments
Players find home from home in Wimbledon

When Katharine Rowe let out her sprawling five-bedroom terraced home in a leafy southwest London street to a top doubles tennis player during last year’s Wimbledon, she braced herself to come back to a house scattered with “broken things”. Luckily her fears were unfounded but she did get an eyeful as soon as started taking [...]

Pets on beds trend suggested by ICM poll

8 June 2011 by , No Comments
Pets in Scotland ''most likely to share owner''s bed''

A quarter of British pet owners who took part in a survey said they allow their pets to sleep in bed with them. The ICM poll suggested that pets in Scotland were most likely to sleep on their owner’s bed, with a dog or cat proving to be most popular. Women were more likely than [...]