MOCK STARS

Celebrities make extremely easy satirical targets, as evidenced by Pretty on the Outside, which mercilessly lampoons the public’s favourite musicians, movie stars and famous-for-being-famous folk. Chosen on a quasi- topical news basis, the heads of stars such as Lindsay Lohan, Ricky Martin and Madonna are blown up to enormous proportions and their bodies made into often horrific yet recognisable exaggerations of reality. It’s all good fun, as epitomised by Posh Spice being transformed into a giant aeroplane. prettyontheoutside.com

FEAT OF CLAY

After their successful screen outing in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, Lancashire’s most beloved couple Wallace and Gromit ( above) will next be seen in a 2008 short film called Trouble at Mill. You can see a typically excited Nick Park making an official video announcement about the movie on their website, where there is also the chance to win high-quality autographed prints by entering the “Creation of the Month” competition (“Create something W&G related, take a photo or video it, then upload it!”) The site is replete with classic clips, community and forum sections, and just about everything a devoted fan could want concerning the superstars of claymation. www.wallaceandgromit.com

TELLY ADDICTS

The closure of tv-links.co.uk has been much mourned by web users, but its loss reminds us that many TV shows and movies can be found on existing digital and terrestrial channels. Locate TV is a useful site that can be used for such a purpose. Simply enter the television programme, film or actor you want to find and its search results serve up an explanatory précis and, most importantly, every relevant and forthcoming UK TV show time, as well as related DVD releases and episode lists. The “Top searches” section provides an interesting barometer of popularity for actors, with Zachary Quinto – the Heroes brain-removal villain Sylar – edging out the home-grown talents of Orlando Bloom and David Tennant. www.locatetv.com

BLOG OF THE WEEK

The horror genre was once a dirty, perverse and yet somehow delightful beast before modern-day Hollywood cleansed it into formulaic boredom. The blog Beyond the Groovy Age of Horror celebrates “1960s1970s horror in paperbacks, fumetti, Groschenromane, comics, movies and more!” You will experience an overwhelming feeling of kitsch just glimpsing names such as Doc Savage, but the whole blog is a brilliant education in cult subject matter – it even appreciates the almost unknown book-cover artists Robert Bonfils and Gray Morrow. Its stated current obsession is “hardboiled, noir, pulps, etc”, so expect book reviews of Charles R. Jackson’s searing indictment of alcoholism, The Lost Weekend, detailing all the shady material that they left out of Billy Wilder’s classic 1945 film adaptation. groovyageofhorror.blogspot.com