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  • Paddington Bear: How to be an Icon

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    This week we take a look at the charming, delightful and slightly scary Peruvian Bear , Paddington. Michael Bonds most famous creation Paddington Bear, with his blue overcoat, red hat, suitcase and Marmalade sandwiches. We discuss his many appearances in books, TV, films and many ads including for Marmite and Barbour. His friendship with the late Queen Elizabeth II that lead to him becoming the icon that lead many a celebrity to the underworld . So make yourself a cup of tea, grab yourself a marmalade sandwich and listen to one of most unusual episodes. πŸ’ΌπŸ’ΌπŸ’ΌπŸ·οΈPlease look after this podcast. By clicking our links. Thank you. πŸ·οΈπŸ’ΌπŸ’ΌπŸ’Ό

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  • Nigella's Bites, Biggest Box Office Bombs and Jump Scares! How to be an Icon: AAEE

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    In what can only be described as a real mess of an episode for Halloween we try to get into the spooky season by jump scaring ourselves! We also take at look at previous Icons and see what they've been upto. Nigella Lawsons big bites on the Great British Bake Off, Tom Cruise starring in Warner Bros last movie and one of the biggest box office bombs of all time, Jeremy Strong in the Social Reckoning and we also do the Katy Perry Index! So get comfy and WHAT THE DOG DOIN'?πŸ””πŸ””πŸ””FOR WHOM THE TACO BELL TOLLSπŸ””πŸ””πŸ””
  • Richard E. Grant: How to be an Icon

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    Are you a traitor....Yes... Oh.... Well anyways heres a mini episode all about national treasure Richard E Grant star of Withnail and I (1987), Saltburn (2023) and the greatest movie of all time Spiceworld (1997). From growing up in Swaziland to becoming one of Britains most beloved actors, and ruining this season of the Celebrity Traitors in episode one! We take a look in this mini episode all about Richard E Grant. We also give you some fun recommendations!πŸ‘‰πŸ‘‰πŸ‘‰Click our fun linksπŸ‘ˆπŸ‘ˆπŸ‘ˆ
  • Mark Zuckerberg : How to be an Icon

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    The Social Reckoning is upon us... Or maybe I just got tagged in a bunch of photos from last night πŸ˜… Either way we're looking at the subject of the new movie David Fincher movie The Social Reckoning (starring Jeremy Strong and Bill Burr) Mark Zuckerberg. How did this Harvard dropout become the biggest social media emperor build Facebook from collages and University dorms, to being the most subscribed to social media platform of all time! All of the money he made and all of the companies he's acquired like Whatsapp and Instagram to build the biggest brand of all time. We also look at the many failure like Facebook beacon (that ruined Christmas) and the Metaverse. So get out your plainest greyest t-shirt and annoy your friends by sending them a million Farville notifications as we take a look at the creator of the The Social Network Mark Zuckerberg. πŸ‘‰πŸ‘‰πŸ‘‰Click our links or I'll keep poking you πŸ‘ˆπŸ‘ˆπŸ‘ˆ
  • Ben Stiller: How to be an Icon

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    I have nipples Greg, could you milk me? We look at the star of Meet the Parents (2000) and Zoolander (2001) Ben Stiller. Is he and Icon or a Merman? From growing up in Brooklyn with his famous parents Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara and sister Amy Stiller, getting his start writing for SNL, creating the Ben Stiller Show, directing movies like Reality Bites (1994) and Tropic Thunder (2008). Starting his own soda company and being the producer of the Apple TV smash hit Severance (2022- Present). Lets take a look at the life and career of Ben Stiller πŸ§œβ€β™‚οΈπŸ§œβ€β™‚οΈClicking links is the essence of content πŸ§œβ€β™‚οΈπŸ§œβ€β™‚οΈ
  • Tom Green: How to be an Icon

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    Daddy would you like some sausage? It's the episode we know you've been waiting for, Canadian superstar actor and comedian Tom Green. Getting his start on the Canadian rap scene, having his own call in radio show, starting in public access television show, getting on to CBC and then MTV with The Tom Green Show, writing and directing the cult classic Freddy Got Fingered (2001) and then streaming live from his house and starting the digital revolution of content creation by host his own talk show in his house with Tom Greens House Tonight. Inspiring so many comedians and actors like Joe Rogan to start there own podcast. We look at his personal life and marriage to Drew Barrymore and some of the stunts that Green pull throughout his career. πŸ’ŽπŸ’ŽπŸ’ŽThey're Links Betty... LINKS πŸ’ŽπŸ’ŽπŸ’Ž
  • SPECIAL Love Never Dies Bonus : How to be an Icon

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    Love Never Dies but my god I wish it would... We have a Pateron exclusive episode today due to some technical difficulties with this weeks episode , so today we look at the musical Love Never Dies the most beautiful mess we've ever seen. Listen to Donna watch a feature length movie in an empty cinema and get WAY to excited about it. So get comfortable and see how this active hostage situation goes... poorly... it goes poorly. "Give me the gun Meg... said The Phantom of The Opera" πŸ’€πŸ’€πŸ’€