Big Diva Energy

Happy New Year, Divas! Despite 2021 seeming like she might have been on the way up, she did a quick volte face at the finale and ended up being just as much of a bin fire as her predecessor. However the diva-verse was agog with wonderful content throughout and, accordingly, this episode sees Holly & Tom (as is tradition) doing a run down of 2021's Biggest Diva Moments. However, this year, two very special EXTRA guests are with them - it's Chris & Rich of South London fame (and their...

Bonjour notre Divas, 'Tis us, the village bores, and we're here to provide you with all the news from around the Diva-dom, with a much needed catch up on a heavy month. Ploughing on valiantly, we dive right in with everything from Shakira's bravery in the face of swine-based harassment, Ar Di getting her very own "musical" and - the two essential As in the Diva alphabet - Adele and ABBA both dropping brand new music up on us. (Plus ABBA's semi-live madness to go with it.) Unfortunately,...

Put on some lipstick and pull yourselves together, Divas! This week's episode really is incredibly grand, as we begin what will come to be something of a saga. It is, of course, the legendary tale of the eternally fabulous ELIZABETH TAYLOR. Like our episodes on Britney, the life and career of the original TayTay has such an exceptional wealth of anecdotes that we just had to give her to you over several courses. Thus, we serve up a feast in the form of Liz's story from her birth to the...

Put on some lipstick and pull yourselves together, Divas! This week's episode really is incredibly grand, as we begin what will come to be something of a saga. It is, of course, the legendary tale of the eternally fabulous ELIZABETH TAYLOR. Like our episodes on Britney, the life and career of the original TayTay has such an exceptional wealth of anecdotes that we just had to give her to you over several courses. Thus, we serve up a feast in the form of Liz's story from her birth to the first...

Darling divas! It's another Little Diva Energy and we're very excited because, not only have we got new Jesy music (feat. a certain Prime Minister-baiting diva), an upcoming ABBA Mo-Cap-a-thon, but AWARDS SEASON is of course upon us! So many divas, so many lewks, just so much to discuss, so plug your ears and dive into this one. Adjacent to the diva-verse, Chris is traversing the UK this week for a coincidence, Rich has got a bitch in his craw AND we wrap our chops around a bulging sack...

You want more, divas? Well, she's back, the High Priestess of Soul..and she's talking about Nina Simone! (badum tish) That's right, we're graced once again by the fabulosity of the wondrous Bella Heesom and picking up where we left off at the beginning of the fame years for Miss Simone. We cover Nina's tireless work in the civil rights movement, her terrible marriage to all-round shitbag, Peter Stroud, and the tragic slide into mental health difficulties. Trigger warning, there is some...

We're "sliving" once again, Divas, Because we're back with more Parisian content, as the queen of self-promotion herself drops Cooking with Paris on Netflix (and Tom is naht here for it). Plus we discuss Rihanna's rise to billionaire status, 10 years of Little Mix and, of course, the new series of Changing Rooms. If you want all the hot diva gossip, plus extended detours around what dogging is called in the US, LLB's ill-fitting leather trousers and Linda McCartney's vegetarian sausages,...

Feeling good, divas? We bloody are, because we've got an absolute hammer of an episode as we bring you part 1 of the gobsmacking life and times of absolute diva extraordinaire, Miss Nina Simone. Not only that but our guest this week is a true friend of the pod and diva in her own right (just listen to that rider), wearer of many hats and many more divine gowns, it's the glorious, the wondrous, Bella Heesom. Join us as we journey from Miss Simone's North Carolina birth, through her first...

H to tha Hi! Divas, It's been a bumper month in the diva-verse, so we bring you not only news of Divas Assemble! to #FreeBritney (feat. Paris, Mariah, Miley e Christina), not just that Ben and J-Lo are back 5getha, and not simply that Little Mix have been immortalised in wax, but also Chris has a scandalous Coincidence and Rich has taken this Bitch to pay homage to the late, great X Factor. PLUS A REALLY BIG REVEAL Oh, it's all kicking off! Death, Birth & Divas. It's the whole...

Hello bébés, We're finally back on track with another full episode, with the vocal stylings of deep-FOTP and resident ever-wit, Sasha Wilson. But, what's that you say? More fuckery with the format? That's right, Holly's husband, Tom, is in fact not here this week. So, Sasha will be sliding into his chair to bring you more tales of Catherine O'Hara, from the beginning of her working relationship with Jamie Lee Curtis' husband, to her most iconic creation, actor, director, wine-taster,...

Surprise, Divas! Like, Princes William and Harry we've got a surprise to unveil for you this week. Unfortunately, due to Sasha's commitments based on her show Louisa & Jo (& Me) (tickets here) we have to postpone the second part of Catherine O'Hara. Instead we present another Little Diva Energy. But never fear, we run the full gamut of Diva News, from Rich's beef with Holly over Jessie J, to Britney's speaking out against the conservatorship, all the way to a diva examination of the...

Salutations Divas, As some of you will be aware, we have had something of a change in time management capacity and have thusly moved your regular dollop of something *extra* to monthly. We are, in fact, no longer deeting about quants, we are deeting about quals. That means we have a bumper load of diva news to catch up on, including: Jessie J's Eurovision potential! Lorde's Primal Sing! And has Sex & The City killed Samantha? Plus we ask for your worst cases of "Rainbow Capitalism",...

*Rises from First Class Seat* DIVAS! With the vigour of wartime radio operators, we bring you this week's episode, replete with musings and observations from both your customary and established hosts (the conjugal alliance of Morgan and Moores) on a particular favourite of the 80s Canada, 90s America and 00s THE WORLD, DARLINGS - it's Catherine O'Hara. And accompanying us on our voyage through The Life O'Hara is the impulsive, the capricious, the melodramatic SASHA WILSON (actor,...

Voila, Divas! It's a massive week in the diva-verse, so welcome to a bumper edition. Douze points for the Week In Diva. From the tearful (Leigh-Anne's documentary and Gaga's horrific therapy revelations) to the Tea-full (Grande's marriage, Tom accusing Rich of being "cheugy" and diva inductions into the Rock'n'Roll Hall of Fame). Plus much (never too much) more. Nil points for Justin Timberlake and Blink-182. AND THEN: We have, in the latter half, our full opinions on Eurovision 2021,...

Take It, Own It, Love It, Divas Self-appointed, Art Hysterian, Holly Morgan is here to teach you about ART. Insightful? Certainly. Interactive? Definitely. Perhaps almost too clever? Better believe it. That's right, divas, this is the episode that critics have called "Ep 35 - Frida Kahlo [with Ryan Lane]". So, hold on to your tote bags, because we're getting deep. What isn’t quite so clever is the technical difficulties our equipment was having, so huge apologies for some sound issues....

All eyes on me, Divas! Tom spent the weekend in hospital after removing the top of his strummin' finger, but that's not stopped us from bringing you a little slice of something extra. It's a big week for Little Mix, so we dissect the 'Confetti' video (you can check out the article featuring @bethsitek here) and discuss the latest Jesy controversy . Plus, news from the Britney camp, the return of @LinziHateley to Joseph, and Holly's thoughts on Madonna's casting in Carrie the Musical. As...

We're born to make you happy, Divas, And how better to do it than to bring you another solid gold episode about the early life and career of Actress AND Star Ms Britney Jean Spears with none other than our gorgeous pal across the pond, Tim Murray (@TMurray06). Kicking off with a quick round up of movements in the Britney-verse (the conservatorship vs Drag Race 13's finale) we fire on all cylinders as we race from the deboo album ...Baby, One More Time, all the way up to her third album,...

Something in your ears, Divas, Strap in, as she's very Steps-focused this week following a) Holly stepping on a proverbial land mine in our Britney episode and provoking Rich's latest bitch and b) the news that Ancient Claire from Steps will be appearing in The War of the Worlds opposite a hologram of Liam Neeson. Whilst all this leads to an edifying debate about holograms being a form of diva grave-robbery, we also have time for the Oscars, Holly to give some Queen hate, Tom to invent...

You're so lucky, Divas, She's finally here. And we don't just mean comedy icon and Spears stan, Tim Murray (@TMurray06) who we've secured, along with her extensive credits list. No, we're excited because we've strapped Tim in for the first part of two episodes detailing, what we'd consider, "Phase 1" of Britney "It's Britney, Bitch" Spears. That's right, we plan on going all the way from 1981's Mississippi Nativity, up to the 2002 masterpiece Britney in this round of episodes. PHASE....

Welcome Divas, I'm afraid we're all booked up in our outside area until 2029, but we welcome you to take the podcast away and enjoy the freezing, damp park of this week's episode, in which we ply you with the tins of lager, dirty blankets and Karen's homemade sausage rolls of news from the diva-verse. Have another glass of warm fizz and try to ignore the rain. In this week's ep, among other things, Holly attempts a new route to becoming Gaga's mate (just get on one of her records!), Glenn...