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My team is officially in. I'll be starting to enter teams this week. Once again huge thanks to @Grim Up North for all their help.

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Talking Pictures reporting on their FB page that Thea Gregory has died Our thoughts are with the Gregson family today as we have been informed that Thea Gregory, has gone to the cinema in the sky. Thea began her career in theatre under her real birth name of Ida Reddish, before (as Thea Gregory) appearing in nine British films between 1950 and 1956, including The Weak and the Wicked with her husband, John Gregson. Their marriage in 1947 was a happy union and blessed with six children. Several years ago Thea and some of their children gave an exclusive interview to #TalkingPicturesTV and became great friends with the channel. It was a real honour to have known you. Rest in Peace - reunited with John.

Drew Griffin, investigative reporter with CNN, reportedly dead from cancer:

40 David Bowie – Space Oddity 38 Kate Bush – Wuthering Heights 34 Donna Summer – I Feel Love 31 Blondie – Heart of Glass +2 29 ABBA – Knowing Me , Knowing You 29 Gary Numan – Cars +2 24 ABBA – The Name of the Game 22 Suzi Quatro – Devil Gate Drive 22 Baccara – Yes Sir, I Can Boogie 20 Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody -4 19 The Sweet – Blockbuster 18 Nilsson – Without You 16 Simon & Garfunkel – Bridge over Troubled Water 14 T.Rex – Get It On 14 10cc – I'm Not in Love 13 Smokey Robinson & The Miracles – Tears of a Clown 09 Alice Cooper – School's Out 4 ABBA – Waterloo 0 Don McLean – Vincent -2 Gone the way of the ear, or summat.

Thanks, completely missed that. You know, I'm actually an excellent deathpooler because my picks do end up dead. There's just this tiny little problem of them happening years and decades afterwards.

And picture of him from yesterday final, looks weird

Matt Lucas tweeted about it. Case closed! This chap was a regular BBC/Guardian go to expert in his field but not for a number of years now. Hmm. Alas for his quite young family, it sounds like he wont see the new year.

This man. he won 2 Cesars, one in 2004 for « A very long engagement » the other one in 2016 for « it’s only the end of the world ». He was one of the most talented french actor of his generation and people compared him a lot with Alain Delon before his death aged 37 in mid january in a ski incident during the Chamonix festival Which he was supposed to attend. He was Chanel egerie for more than 10 years and played in some of the most iconic french movie of the last 30 years : Yves Saint Laurent, Hannibal Lecter, The Sea Wall, Jacquou le Croquant… he was one of the most handsome and acclaimed contemporary actor in french. (There is a lot of full frontal nudes that you can find of him on internet from several movies he played in, you can thank me later)

I'm always team Barry, but it's the first time I've heard of this claim, and it has no basis at all. The two songs* have the same chord progression but the melody is different. Sorry Barry you can't copyright a chord progression. Don't forget you nicked Could it be magic's chord progression from Chopin! *Can't smile without you Last Christmas

40 David Bowie – Space Oddity 38 Kate Bush – Wuthering Heights 34 Donna Summer – I Feel Love 29 Blondie – Heart of Glass +3 29 ABBA – Knowing Me , Knowing You 27 Gary Numan – Cars +1 24 ABBA – The Name of the Game 24 Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody 22 Suzi Quatro – Devil Gate Drive 22 Baccara – Yes Sir, I Can Boogie 19 The Sweet – Blockbuster 18 Nilsson – Without You 16 Simon & Garfunkel – Bridge over Troubled Water 14 T.Rex – Get It On 14 10cc – I'm Not in Love 13 Smokey Robinson & The Miracles – Tears of a Clown 09 Alice Cooper – School's Out 4 ABBA – Waterloo 2 Don McLean – Vincent -6

Skid on a Quid? Brother of a sex offender on some legal tender?

There's no indication of denomination. Is it a pound coin? If so, maybe they mean "sovereign on a sovereign", but that's normal, surely?

What a coincidence - I was about to bring him up! My understanding is he lives in the UK, but if he is still about, it is strange he doesn’t make any appearances as you say.

Michael Parkinson. Awfully quiet recently……

Greg Davies hosts, Daisy Mae Cooper and Noel Fielding captain. Not as brutal as it used to be.

Hungarian born American film star, socialite, prototype 'celebrity ' and DeathList legend Zsa Zsa Gabor died on this day 6 years ago in 2016 aged 99-she was less than 2 months away from her 100th birthday in February 2017.

Cherry Red, a crunching anthem with a riff so infectious a guy went on to name a record label after it:

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If anyone would like to take part in the 2023 pool then please message me or say so in the 2023 thread with your picks. I am going to @ all the players who took part this year. @YoungWillz @The Old Crem @Great Uncle Bulgaria @Predictor @Doulton @CaptainChorizo @Clorox Bleachman

BBC just announced Freddie Flintoff off to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Story here: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11535043/Top-Gear-host-Freddie-Flintoff-airlifted-hospital-horror-car-crash-filming.html

On this day yesterday (12th December) in 2007, Ike Turner, american musician, songwriter, record producer, bandleader and scout for new talent, died from a drugs overdose aged 76. Regarded as a great innovator of rock and roll, he is best known for his work in the 1960s and 1970s with his then wife Tina Turner as the leader of Ike and Tina Turner revue. Blighted by years of cocaine addiction and consequent legal troubles combined with Tina Turner going public about the domestic violence she suffered at the hands of her ex- his career suffered badly in the 1980s and 1990s. Jailed for 18 months for drug offences, after his release in 1991 he remained drugs free until a relapse in 2004 and dying of a drugs overdose in 2007. During his final decade he did experience some career success by going back to his blues roots and winning awards for two of these albums..

Berlin and the region here was so enthusiastic when Tesla decided to open their giga factory in the neighbourhood. But lately, I just can't shake off the feeling that Musk is a fraud. Not a total fraud, but not the genius he pretends to be. He's no Bill Gates, maybe not even a Steve Jobs. He's created a personality cult and hopes that his businesses turn a profit, and continue to do so once the boom is over. It seems to work in places, but he, himself, got so rich because of stock pump-and-dump schemes, and selling overprices companies at the right time. Some recent news about Tesla here have not been good. I wonder if his vaguely defined empire is going to collapse eventually. He reminds me of the worse half of the 19th century robber barons, not a Rockefeller or Carnegie, more like a Jay Gould.

Wilko's successor in Dr Feelgood, John "Gypie" Mayo has died at the age of 62