Dry Your Bloodshot Eyes

Here's a Youtube video of vapid actor and Hollywood pest Ashton Kutcher in an early morning sailor's hat complaining about the noise of construction workers building a house next door to his palatial mansion. His childish rant centres on the fact that the workers are "pounding, welding steel", (whatever the fuck that means?), at 7am in the morning, yes that's right, seven o'clock in the morning! How inconsiderate of these members of the working class to rise so early to provide a wage for their families to stave off the encroaching recession. He also complains that his neighbour is a "Jackass" and "Dickweed" for having the audacity to build a house and that he's making this video for "legal reasons". RANT HERE.

There is now also an apology video of Ashton explaining to his fan that he was a little rash and his outburst was unnecessary. It also gives us a fascinating insight into the actor's ordinary working day as he peps himself up to eat a salad. Some people build houses for living others eat lettuce. The world is a crazy place. APOLOGY HERE.

Hey There Tough Guy

Russell Crowe is an actor who has forged a career out of playing manly, heroic, hairy, testosterone fuelled characters in movies like Gladiator, American Gangster, 3:10 To Yuma and Cinderella Man. But for some reason the 'Hollywood hellraiser' can't ride a simple bike without a special crash helmet and stylish fingerless gloves. Hear that sound? It's Lee Marvin spinning in his fucking grave. PICS HERE

Stop This, Right F**king Now!

It appears that Hollywood is now officially a creative desert, devoid of any trace of imagination or courage. According to various internet movie blogs tinseltown producers are lining up to gang rape yet another classic film, in an attempt to "reboot" a possible franchise. The movie in question is John Carpenter's 1982 cult classic The Thing and the plot they have in mind sounds like it's from another planet too. DETAILS HERE.

T-Shirt Hell Closes Down

It appears life as a t-shirt mogul doesn't have the edge it once used to. Sunshine Megatron, (formerly Aaron Landau Schwarz), founder of the most controversial and outspoken t-shirt website, http://www.tshirthell.com/ is calling it a day. In a letter to his customers he states that his decision to close down the site once and for all has nothing to do with the current global financial climate, but instead has everything to do with the constant flood of morons he has to deal with on a day to day basis. I can really sympathise with him on that point. Here's a copy of the letter HERE and more info about the elusive Sunshine Megatron HERE.

RIP Good TV

Here's a collection of photographs taken by some guy who posted them on a website which details abandoned places. So far, so boring, but the pics are of the various different soundstages used in the critically acclaimed television series The Wire. As you can see the crew have left a mountain of stuff at their arse, (someone else's job to clean up). The Wire was TV at it's very finest and as you glance over these slightly depressing snaps think about how a show like this will probably never be made again, yet programmes like Big Brother, Celebrity Boot Camp, School Of Love Pump Celebrity Drug Addled Rock Stars With Mild Memory Loss continue to succeed.

MORE PICS HERE

On Deck

Welcome to HMS Friday a blog which will highlight the worst of life and pop culture, from infuriating celebrities and news stories to disappointing products and general total let downs, we hope to cover them all.

For those of you interested in the origin of our blog name here is a brief description of the term: "Sometime in the 19th century, the Royal Navy attempted to finally dispel the old superstition among sailors that beginning a voyage on a Friday was certain to bring bad luck. To demonstrate the falseness of this belief, they decided to commission a ship named HMS Friday. Her keel was laid on a Friday, she was launched on a Friday, and she set sail on her maiden voyage on a Friday, under the command of a Captain James Friday. She was never seen or heard from again."