Singer Amy Winehouse Dead at 27
British pop singer Amy Winehouse was found dead in her London home today, various news outlets are reporting.
Woman Named Happiness Gives Most Gleeful TV Dance Audition
Meet Happiness, a 34-year-old woman auditioning for the UK show Got to Dance. Her energetic, free-form dance moves—in her first public performance—will certainly bring a smile to your face.
Watch the First Trailer for Showtime's UK Copycat, Shameless
A few months ago we brought you a list of British shows that are being remade for US audiences. Well the first trailer for Shameless is out and dare we say it doesn't look as bad as we originally thought?
This X Factor Video Will Make You Die of Secondhand Embarrassment
Oy. There really isn't a good way to describe how painful these six minutes are—really. Here are soon-to-be-non-BFFs Abby and Lisa performing "That's My Goal" on this week's X Factor. Oh, also: screaming, swearing, sneering, snarking, and punching!
Saturday Shorts: Intervals
Street scenes repeat themselves by variations in Peter Greenaway's early experiment with rhythm and editing. In a triptych of identical footage, flashes of strangers set in black and white surroundings gain distinction and lose their places when the music changes.
British Media Unfamiliar With Lent and Lent Related Activities
What's with everyone walking around with temporary tattoos on their foreheads today? Is this a meme we're not aware of? Even Joe Biden has one! Does it have something to do with cats? Oh, it's Ash Wednesday? Carry on, Catholicism.
The Inbetweeners Picks Up Where Freaks and Geeks Left Off
The Inbetweeners, which wrapped up its second season in 2009 in England, premiered in America last night. And hopefully it will stick around, because it may be the best British import since The Office.
Alien Breaks Negative Stereotype: Feasts on Raisin Bran Crunch Instead of Human Flesh
Continuing in Geico's tradition of using charming British accents to sell products, Raisin Bran kicks it up a notch by using a hideous Geiger-esque alien instead of a cute lizard. Who's hungry!
The Incredible Edible London Skyline
A brilliant and imaginative group of food artists make an exact replica of the London skyline—using food. And instead of using traditional English dishes to make the skyline, they used fruits and vegetables—so it's edible, too!
British Banks Go Socialist
Click to viewTrading in bank shares could be suspended across the G7 nations tomorrow as the British government carries out plans to take a majority stake in the Royal Bank of Scotland and major holdings in another three of the country's largest banks.
Multicultural Harmony Ends High-Profile Theft In London
Bobo British Conservative leader David Cameron had his bike stolen in London last Wednesday. Today it was returned to him courtesy, writes the Sunday Mirror, of "Ernest Theophile and his Rasta friend 'KJ', who used their street contacts to trace the bike." Gone are the days of disappearing women of ill repute from…
