WHO SHOULD HAVE WON AT THE BRITS?

Obviously, all the artists that won did so deservedly apart from One Direction, sorry. However, I can’t help but feel as if some musicians that weren’t nominated should have won, or those that were nominated but lost should have won. If I haven’t mentioned a category it’s because I agree with the outcome. Here’s my verdict:

1. International Group

Winner: Foo Fighters

Should have won: First Aid Kit

Should have been nominated: Galantis, Imagine Dragons

I love First Aid Kit, I love Foo Fighters, but it would have been great if First Aid Kit won. They’re so talented and atmospheric. Galantis are a little less well-known, but their song Runaway is one that I always play at a party, or even when I’m out and about because it just makes me feel upbeat. Imagine Dragons? I mean, do I really need to explain? 

2. British Video

This category seemed to be more about getting publicity for the Brits through social media than anything else, with the general public being made to vote through Twitter with a good old hashtag. The videos nominated were simple and uncreative. I’m sure they were chosen on the basis of popularity and the size of their fanbase, which thus leads to awareness of The Brits. 😦

Winner: One Direction – You And I

Should have won: Ed Sheeran – Thinking Out Loud

Should have been nominated: Foxes – Holding Onto Heaven, Ella Eyre – Comeback, Years & Years – Take Shelter

3. British Single

Winner: Mark Ronson Ft. Bruno Mars – Uptown Funk

Should have won: George Ezra – Budapest

Should have been nominated: Ella Eyre – Comeback, Twin Atlantic – Heart and Soul

4. British Breakthrough Act

Winner: Sam Smith

Should have won: CHVRCHES/George Ezra

Should have been nominated: Foxes

Yes, technically Foxes would have been nominated for the 2014 awards, but she did so well in 2014 and really became a chart topping artist so suddenly. She was even in Doctor Who. I mean come on. DOCTOR WHO. CHVRCHES were also nominated and they’ve been around for ages, but they really achieved success in 2014. 

5. International Male Solo Artist

Winner: Pharrell Williams 😦 😦

Should have won: Hozier

Should have been nominated: Tiësto, David Guetta, Phillip Phillips

Predictions for next years nominees and winners:

Marina and the Diamonds

Florence and the Machine

Kodaline

Blur

Palma Violets

CHVRCHES

HAIM

Adele

Ellie Goulding

Kanye West

That’s all.

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ACTRESSES I WANT TO SEE PLAY SUPER-HEROINES

With a huge amount of female superheroes in Marvel/DC comics, I’m going to be exploring actresses who have the acting ability and suitability to play a super-heroine. Considering this, we should probably remember the lack of female heroes represented in superhero films, even with characters such as Black Widow, Gamora, Storm, Kitty Pride and soon-to-be Scarlet Witch, Wonder Woman and Captain Marvel… so who do I think could play characters such as She-Hulk, Spider Woman, Captain Marvel and Mantis. Likewise with my ‘actors I want to see play superheroes’, I won’t go into specific characters, but focus on who I’d simply like to see play a super-heroine.

1. Charlize Theron 

2. Amanda Seyfried

3. Jenna Coleman

4. Kat Dennings

5. Mila Kunis

6. Lupita Nyong’o

7. Rachel Weisz 

7. Zooey Deschanel 

8. Natalie Dormer

9. Anna Camp

10. Anna Kendrick

Honorary Mentions

Sarah Hyland

Billie Piper

Georgina Leonidas

Hannah Simone

Kaley Cuoco

That’s all.

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“I lift your name higher and higher”

ACTORS I WANT TO SEE PLAY SUPERHEROES

This is a strange little post, but here are 10 actors I would like to see play a superhero (Marvel/DC only). No specifics. I just think they’d do it well, based on acting ability and suitability. Watch out for another post about actresses I want to see play a super-heroine.

1. Dylan O’Brien

2. Ryan Gosling

3. Logan Lerman

4. Chiwetel Ejiofor

5. Jake Gyllenhaal

6. Matt Bomer

7. Tom Felton

8. Max Greenfield

9. Taron Egerton

10. Alfred Enoch

Honorary Mentions

Russell Tovey

Matt Smith

Jonathan Bailey

Zac Efron

Tom Ellis

That’s all.

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TOP 6 HARRY POTTER BADDIES

Death Eaters, The Ministry of Magic, Hogwarts teachers… all have a bit of bad in them, some more than others. But, who are my top 6 Harry Potter villains?

1. Bellatrix Lestrange

It’s funny that I also really like Molly Weasley, who eventually killed Bellatrix. Bellatrix Lestrange is genuinely insane, sinister, and pure evil. She has nothing to hold her back, yet her obvious love for good old Voldemort is something she relies on, however creepy it is. 

2. Dolores Umbridge

On Wednesday’s we wear pink

3. Lucius Malfoy

4. Fenrir Greyback 

5. Nagini

OH HELL NO YOU NASTY SNAKE

6. Lord Voldemort

Bonus: 

Narcissa Malfoy – Unsure if she’s actually a villain

But she’s great, and she ultimately saved Harry by declaring him dead even though he wasn’t. You go Narcissa.

Honorary Mentions

The Carrows

Scabior

Peter Pettigrew

That’s all.

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MY TOP 10 ORDER OF THE PHOENIX MEMBERS: HARRY POTTER

The Order of the Phoenix were a secret society founded by good ol’ Dumbledore to fight against Lord Voldemort and the Death Eaters. The order disbanded, and then returned in 1995 as a result of Voldemort’s return.

1. Nymphadora Tonks

Natalie Tena was brilliant as Tonks, despite only really having 10-15 lines in the whole film series. I loved Tonks in the books, she’s clumsy, youthful and funny. I was more upset over Tonks and Remus’ deaths in Deathly Hallows than Fred’s. *sigh* poor Teddy.

2. Molly Weasley

Molly Weasley, a loving, family-orientated mother who wouldn’t hurt a fly. And then….

BADASS MOLLY WEASLEY KILLS BELLATRIX LESTRANGE

Why? Because Bellatrix tried to kill Ginny, Molly’s daughter. YOU GO MOLLY DO YOUR THING.

Can we just watch this scene repeatedly for the rest of our lives?

3. Kingsley Shacklebolt

#sassykingsley

4. Remus Lupin

*werewolf noise*

5. Minerva McGonagall

“BOOM”

6. Sirius Black

“I DID MY WAITING! TWELVE YEARS OF IT! IN AZKABAN”

R.I.P Sirius Black

7. Arabella Figg

She kept an eye on Harry for all those years, even though she could have easily walked away, being a squib.

8. Rebeus Hagrid

Yer a wizard ‘arry

9. Fleur Delacour

“Arry, you saved my sister’s life. I do not forget.”

10. Bill Weasley

FLEUR AND BILL aw

Honorary Mentions

Aberforth Dumbledore

Severus Snape

Alastor Moody

Hestia Jones

That’s all.

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TOP 10 HARRY POTTER CHARACTERS: HOGWARTS STUDENTS

Hello! This is the very beginning of a series of posts about Harry Potter, goodness. It’s half term, so I’ve gone full on Potter mode; watching the films, going on Pottermore, playing the video games, obsessing over merch online, crying over Dobby and Tonks, everything.

From Harry Potter himself, to Lavender Brown to Cho Chang, there are many students at Hogwarts. However, there are some that really stuck out for me. Even if they only had a couple of lines in a film, or a few mentions in the books, these are my top 10 Hogwarts students. My choices will be based on the film series, I may do a post another time based on the book series.

1. Luna Lovegood

Luna is great, she’s not afraid of what others think of her, she just does her own thing and does it happily. Also, that scene in Deathly Hallows where she gets angry at Harry because he’s ignoring her whilst looking for Rowena Ravenclaw’s lost diadem. Blimey. Evanna Lynch is brilliant.

2. Neville Longbottom

Neville is the underdog of the whole series, he spends his school years constantly being undermined and laughed at, and then BAMN Neville’s badass. I mean, he kills Nagini. I wouldn’t even look at Nagini, screw that. Nasty snake, oh hell no. You go Neville, YOU GO.

3. Hermione Granger

HERMIONE HERMIONE HERMIONE. Emma Watson is fab, she’s playing Belle in the new Beauty and the Beast film and HeForShe is such a wonderful project, but her portrayal of Hermione Granger was top notch. I loved it. Hermione is truly intelligent, passionate and dedicated. She could have easily walked away, with not being from a wizarding family and so, yet she continued to fight and stuck around. Plus, HERMIONE AND RON AW.

4. Katie Bell

This is a bit of bizarre one, albeit I would argue that Katie would be much higher up if I were judging on the books. But, Georgina Leonidas’ portrayal of Katie really got to me. I’m not sure if it was because I knew of the actress from her Basil Brush days (represent). Katie is friendly, kind, and very skilled. She’s just a good person. 

5. Ron Weasley

Ron Weasley. That is all.

Clumsy, loveable, innocent. I have no words for the hero that is Ronald Weasley. Except, HERMIONE AND RON AW.

6. Draco Malfoy

Sinister, uptight, misunderstood. You kind of have to feel sorry for Draco, he just wanted to be accepted. Albeit, the wrong way to go about it, you know, becoming a death eater. 

7. Lavender Brown

Jessie Cave did a wonderful job with Lavender, erratic, a bit loopy, and just fun. Again, likewise with Katie Bell, Lavender would probably be higher up in the list if I were judging this on the books. But seriously, Lavender was hilarious. But, in Deathly Hallows when she supposedly died, my heart broke. 😦

WON WON MISSES YOU LAVENDER.

8. Seamus Finnigan

In the words of the beloved McGonagall … 

BOOM

9. Dean Thomas

Dean is the real MVP.

Grew up like Harry, but wasn’t as egotistical.

10. Ginny Weasley

Bonnie Wright is great, she was great at playing Ginny, just great. Ginny was powerful, caring and dedicated. Everything a powerful witch needs.

Honorary mentions

Padma and Parvati Patil

Harry Potter

Hannah Abbott

Pansy Parkinson

Cedric Diggory

That’s all.

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RANKING FRIENDS CHARACTERS

SO NO ONE TOLD YOU LIFE WAS GONNA BE THIS WAY
*clap clap clap clap*

I’m taking the difficult task of ranking the primary Friends characters, and crying over it.
Not literally, it’s just a bit hard.

1. Phoebe Buffay

Phoebe is favourite, she’s brilliant. Lisa Kudrow is brilliant. Three words to summarise Phoebe; clumsy, weird, and funny.

2. Chandler Bing

Three words to summarise Chandler; Awkward, Witty, Janice.

3. Monica Geller

Three words to summarise Monica; Controlling, Innocent, Proud

P.S. Fat Monica is my spirit animal

4. Joey Tribbiani

Three words to summarise Joey; Childlike, Confused, Flirty.

5. Rachel Green

Three words to summarise Rachel; Successful, Sassy, Loving

6. Ross Geller

Three words to summarise Ross; Divorce, Geek, Caring

The real question is…

Were they on a break?

That’s all.

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MY THROWBACK PLAYLIST

HELLO

I’m feeling nostalgic today, so I thought I’d write a list of songs that are huge throwbacks. Some of these songs are even from 2010, but can we just consider that 2010 was 5 years ago, despite the fact it doesn’t feel like it. In my terms, I’m 17 now, I was 12/13 in 2010. That’s a hell of a throwback for me. Although, I guess it isn’t really a throwback, how do you define throwback? I don’t know. These are just songs that I remember vividly from my childhood.
Anyway, I’ll include a link to a Spotify playlist I made with a whole lot more songs.

1. American Boy – Estelle feat. Kanye West

2. Beautiful Girls – Sean Kingston

3. Don’t Stop The Music – Rihanna

4. I Gotta Feeling – The Black Eyed Peas

5. Breakaway – Kelly Clarkson

6. Low – Flo Ride feat. T-Pain

7. Reach – S Club 7

P.S.

8. Crazy – Gnarls Barkley

9. Girlfriend – Avril Lavigne

10. Hey Ya! – OutKast

Honorary Mentions

Fire Burning – Sean Kingston

Umbrella – Rihanna

Pure ‘n’ Simple – Hear’Say

Bye Bye Bye – NSync

Spotify Throwback Playlist
I’ll add some more songs in due time.

That’s all.

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“You’ve forgiven my failures”

MY FAVOURITE TV/FILM/COMIC COUPLES

It’s Valentine’s Day! Hurrah!
*sits in bed eating food whilst watching Friends*
To celebrate this glorious day of love (note sarcasm), I thought I’d write a post about my favourite couples from a range of TV, films, and comics.

1. Of course, Harley Quinn and The Joker – DC/Batman

2. Monica and Chandler – Friends

3. Amy and Rory – Doctor Who

4. Reed Richards and Sue Storm – Fantastic Four

5. Molly and Arthur Weasley – Harry Potter

6. Aquaman and Mera – DC Comics

7. Eleventh Doctor and River Song – Doctor Who

8. Sandy and Danny – Grease

9. Mindy and Danny – The Mindy Project

10. Peter Parker and Gwen Stacy – Spiderman/Marvel/Sony

Honorary Mentions

Virginia and Leonard Woolf – The Hours

Phoebe and Mike – Friends

Amy and Sheldon – The Big Bang Theory

Cam and Mitchell – Modern Family

Batman and Catwoman

This is too much love for a 17 year old to handle, I’m going back to watching Friends. 

That’s all.

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MY TOP 10 DISNEY SONGS

Hi there, self-confessed Disney fan here. I think the majority of us have been asked what our favourite Disney song is, and probably cried in the process because you love them all.

 No? Just me? 

Oh.

Songs have come from both Walt Disney and Disney Channel movies 

(High School Musical REPRESENT)

1. Be Our Guest – Beauty and The Beast

Lumiere and Cogsworth are life

2. Everyday – High School Musical 2

3. I’ll Make a Man Out of You – Mulan 

You go Mulan, do your thing.

4. Hakuna Matata – The Lion King

5. Under The Sea – The Little Mermaid

6. I Wanna Be Like You – The Jungle Book

7. Belle – Beauty and The Beast

BONJOUR BONJOUR BONJOUR BONJOUR BONJOUR

8. I See the Light – Tangled

9. Circle of Life – The Lion King

10. High School Musical – High School Musical 

HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL, WHO SAYS WE HAVE TO LET IT GO? IT’S THE BEST PART WE’VE EVER KNOWN, STEP INTO THE FUTURE AND HOLD ONTO HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL, LET’S CELEBRATE WHERE WE COME FROM

p.s. when Taylor and Chad finally got their moment in this and completed the song

Honorary Mentions

Let It Go

Kiss the Girl

Love is an Open Door

Colours of the Wind

I Just Can’t Wait to Be King

Zero to Hero

That’s all.

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