Couch Potato Pickings – Sweet Charity
On ITV1 this afternoon at 1.05pm Many people are under the misconception that the character Shirley MacLaine plays in this Bob Fosse musical is a prostitute. Charity is in fact a dance hall hostess or...
View ArticleCouch Potato Pickings | What’s Love Got to Do with It
Tennessee-born Anna Mae Bullock began her music career in the 1960s after meeting blues musician Ike Turner. She went on to marry him, and changed her name to Tina Turner as her music career took off....
View ArticleThe Best Apocalyptic Movies – Couch Potato investigates
I’ve been giving some thought to apocalyptic movies this week. I guess that suggest what sort of mood I’ve been in – probably something to do with a nasty bout of food poisoning at the weekend....
View ArticleCouch Potato Pickings | Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome – Tina Turner and other...
When you look up Tina Turner on Wikipedia, she’s described as a singer and an actress. Now, of course that’s not incorrect. Tina has starred in Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome – that post-apocalyptic...
View ArticleCouch Potato’s Tuesday Teaser: Which actresses were considered to play Tina...
Angela Bassett got the role of course – a splendid performance which won her an Oscar nomination, but guess which other actresses were in the running for this 1993 film. Actresses with a diverse mix...
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