CHARLIE CONDOU - No.913

THEY HAVE THE X FACTOR

carolineflack1: Great looking judges tonight

Charliecondou: @carolineflack1 who are the two men kissing on the left?

SOUP MIX

GabyRoslin: OH MY GOD! @Jonathan_Phang that butternut squash soup you just made on the show is the BEST soup ever ever xx

Charliecondou: @GabyRoslin @Jonathan_Phang what soup what soup what soup????

Jonathan_Phang: @Charliecondou @GabyRoslin DM your email address and I'll send you the recipe. I hope all is well with you and yours x

MISSING

Charliecondou: RT @caroleagent: RT @tmcj: My mother w Alzheimer's missing from 1pm. Bounds Green, Wood Green, Muswell Hill , All Pally.RT 

RIGHT ON TARGET

therealgokwan: I'm working I swear! Lol! #fiat #500L x

Charliecondou: @therealgokwan is this your new dogging documentary?

FREE HIV TEST TODAY

PatrickStrud: Both Ku bars in Soho are offering free, instant HIV tests today, 1pm-6pm. If you've ever taken a risk, get tested. #nationalHIVtestingweek

Charliecondou: RT @PatrickStrud: Both Ku bars in Soho are offering free, instant HIV tests today, 1pm-6pm. If you've ever taken a risk, get tested. #natio…

#1 XMAS

Charliecondou: Im loving this for the Christmas number 1

LOOMING LARGE

iamwillbest: Nathan Barley has finally come true. I'm in a bar in shoreditch and for some reason there is man in the corner operating a medieval loom.

Charliecondou: RT @iamwillbest: Nathan Barley has finally come true. I'm in a bar in shoreditch and for some reason there is man in the corner operating a medieval loom.

SECRET OF SUCCESS 

_Paddy_White_: Money is the anthem of success.

Charliecondou: @_Paddy_White_ just use gravy browning, that's what I do

50TH ANNIVERSARY OF DR WHO GOES GLOBAL 23RD NOV 2013

Why would I put news of the Dr Who 50th Anniversary on the Charlie Condou blog you ask? The answer is simple. The 10th Doctor, David Tennant and Charlie have worked together and are friends. David gets some major action in the 50th Anniversary of Dr Who. The show will screen simultaneously across the globe later today. Not too many actors or TV shows get this sort of coverage and the BBC and affiliates should be congratulated on their work. Dr Who was one of the first TV shows I saw as a child back in the days of black and white television. I also saw one of the early big screen movies that had daleks. Daleks were pretty frightening stuff in the early days and still are. Twitter and other social media are expecting to crash or run slow under the weight of millions of fans tweeting worldwide when the episode airs.

OFFICIAL TAILER

SPOILER ALERT

PIGS MIGHT FLY
BUT

DALEKS WERE BORN TO DANCE

SPEAKING OF DR WHO

ShaunDellenty: @ChasCondouBlog @BeLGBT Huffington Post Tribute: 'Carrying the Torch - Reflections on Doctor Who at 50'  http://huff.to/1dol1On 

ChasCondouBlog: @ShaunDellenty @BeLGBT your blog post is first rate. I was there when it first started obv #old

ShaunDellenty: @ChasCondouBlog @BeLGBT thank you. Response has been lovely 

ChasCondouBlog: @ShaunDellenty one of my staff members has a sister called Kate Orman who wrote for Dr Who. The Left Handed Hummingbird is one of her books.

ShaunDellenty: @ChasCondouBlog I have that one somewhere :)

ChasCondouBlog: @ShaunDellenty @BeLGBT I'd like to know what Susan the grandchild of Dr Who #1 is doing nowadays? Should be alive as she has 2 hearts. She was born on Gallifrey - she departed the TARDIS back in the 1960s to stay on Earth while her grandad left for adventures in space and time!

ShaunDellenty: @ChasCondouBlog (Susan) yeah never answered that. Barbara the teacher was my fave companion ever. Her daughter recently found me on LkIn!

BeLGBT: @ShaunDellenty @ChasCondouBlog that was a good read did wonder where u were going with it lol Afraid I was a BTSW & that put me off for life

ChasCondouBlog: @BeLGBT @ShaunDellenty I was going to mark it with my red pen and give it a score /100 but I remembered - I AM A RETIRED TEACHER NOW!!!

BeLGBT: @ChasCondouBlog @ShaunDellenty Behind The Sofa Watcher :-)

ChasCondouBlog: @BeLGBT @ShaunDellenty ahem, I know what a behind the sofa watcher is...in Oz tho, we call them voyeurs (wink) x

BeLGBT: @ChasCondouBlog @ShaunDellenty lol naughty!

NEWS SPREADS ACROSS THE UNIVERSE THAT GALLIFREY IS NOT DEAD

Glinner: Doctor Who starting now for anyone interested.

Tom_in_Oz_: #drWHOs

Tom_in_Oz_: Going home ... prophetic no?

rowanbridge: Buggered if I could follow the plot, but this moment was brilliant on Dr Who. 

streetworker01: Adored The Day Of The Doctor. That is all. #DoctorWho50th #DayoftheDoctor

Brendan_Surrey: How could they fuck up Doctor Who 50?? They DID! #DrWho #DayoftheDoctor

MargoJMilne: That was SO much better than I was expecting. Brilliant episode. So many call-backs to previous plotlines. #DayoftheDoctor

EmmaK67: Well, it was lovely seeing all the Drs but the plot was a shambles. Too busy trying to out-clever itself. #drwho

MargoJMilne: Oh and all the Doctors at the end. I have something in my eye... #DayoftheDoctor

guardian: Tom Baker: how I made Doctor Who http://gu.com/p/3k4y5/tw #doctorwho

DawnHFoster: DOCTOR WHO WAS AMAZING. I loved the bit where George Osborne was revealed to be a shape-shifting alien and obliterated.

JaneHillNews: Tom Baker the absolute highlight. Jelly baby anyone? #DrWho50th

RyanLeston: BREAKING FINANCIAL NEWS: Thanks to #DayoftheDoctor shares in Bachelors Cup A Soup have gone through the roof.

SteveH1982: #DoctorWho was excellent I tell thee.

ShaunDellenty: #SaveTheDay Congratulations to everyone involved in #DayoftheDoctor reaction in cinema was very moving.

leebenecke: Just THIS #DayoftheDoctoe

liz_buckley: Adorable twitter banter! #DoctorWho50th

boydhilton: Got to watch The Day Of The Doctor a few feet away from Matt Smith. And hug him afterwards. #SaveTheDay

boydhilton: The Day Of The Doctor certainly made this fan's dreams come true. #DoctorWho

UKPositiveLad: Colin Baker is wearing CROCS on national TV. Terrible doctor. Terrible dresser. NEXT. #DoctorWhoLive

davidwalliams: #DayoftheDoctor It was very moving seeing Tom Baker return to 'Dr Who'. He has cast a spell over me for as long as I can remember. #legend

sperfectlypober: I'd forgotten @Charliecondou was in 'Secret Smile'! (along with David Tennant #DrWho)

Charliecondou: @sperfectlypober god, so had I!!

Charliecondou: So had I RT @sperfectlypober: I'd forgotten @Charliecondou was in 'Secret Smile'!

shinobi747894: @Charliecondou @sperfectlypober as in the Nicci French novel?? Love that book it's brilliant. Who did he play? Can't recall him in it

sperfectlypober: @shinobi747894 @Charliecondou played Lawrence :)

FROM SOMEWHERE

OVER THE RAINBOW

- WITH MR OZ -

SOCHI GAMES: GAY ATHLETES MAY BE GUARANTEED THEY WON'T BE PERSECUTED BUT THE LOCALS CONTINUE TO LIVE IN FEAR

Australia reassured on gay, security issues for Sochi

(Reuters) - Australia's Olympic team have been reassured by Russian President Vladimir Putin's promise that gay athletes will be welcome at next year's Winter Games in Sochi, Chef de Mission Ian Chesterman said on Wednesday. Russia's adoption of a law banning homosexual "propaganda" among minors in June provoked a wave of criticism in the West and calls from some gay rights groups for a boycott of the Games. Putin moved to defuse the criticism on Monday by pronouncing that "participants and guests would feel comfortable in Sochi regardless of nationality, race or sexual orientation". Along with the possibility of terror attacks by Chechen or other Islamist militants, it was the main issue threatening to overshadow the run-up to the Games, through which Putin hopes to showcase the modern face of Russia. Chesterman, who has just returned from an inspection visit to the Black Sea resort, said he was "comfortable" on both counts. "We have been aware of and dealing with these in the lead up to the Games," he told a news conference in Sydney marking the 100 day countdown to the opening ceremony. "We are very comfortable with both situations and particularly the gay rights issue. "We have received strong assurances in the past from leading Russian officials and now with the president coming out very strong yesterday and giving his assurances, our athletes can go to the Games relaxed and able to enjoy themselves which is the way it should be." Chesterman also said Australia's Winter squad would follow the lead the Summer team plans for the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro by making their bases in Sochi alcohol-free zones. "We are taking the same move in Sochi and the villages will be dry of alcohol," he said. "We want to create an environment where it is all about performance. I've got to say it has not been an issue with the teams I have been involved with since 1994, so I don't sense that it is a problem but the time is right to do it." Unlike in the Summer Games, Australia have never been a big player in the Winter Olympics with a total of five gold medals from 18 appearances.

The astonishing truth is that Putin has made the international athletes feel comfortable about their security but the locals continue to be persecuted and demoralised. Being gay in Russia has been likened to being Jewish in Natzi Germany at the time of World War Two.

NEW YORK — The four-month campaign protesting Russia’s ban on “gay propaganda” is entering a new phase, as activists try to heighten pressure on the Olympics’ top corporate sponsors to speak out before the Winter Games in Sochi. The Worldwide Olympic Partners — among them Coca-Cola, McDonald’s and Visa — have thus far sidestepped requests to explicitly condemn the law, rebuffing efforts that included behind-the-scenes meetings and correspondence with Human Rights Watch. Now, that organization and some of its allies have decided to go public with their dissatisfaction. “It’s taken months for the sponsors to formulate lawyerly responses that say nothing,” said Minky Worden, director of global initiatives at Human Rights Watch. “We’re going to work hard between now and Sochi to not let them off the hook.”

HEARTLESS CROOKS FLEECE PENSIONERS

Tom_in_Oz_: Local Oz newspaper reports on phone crooks systematically fleecing pensioners of their savings .... #TonyAbbott #hahaha


HEARTLESS ABBOTT 

Tom_in_Oz_: If we did have Tasmanian Tigers they'd have nowhere to live! .... #TonyAbbott