D Friday, January 29, 2010 News Garda movie to star Kay BRITISH comic Peter Kay (pictured) is the latest name to be linked to the upcoming Irish comedy, National Task Force. The buddy cop film or buddy Garda film already has Colin Farrell and Colm Meaney, as well as Father Teds Pauline McLynn and Boyzones Keith Duffy attached. Co-writer Anthony Whelan reportedly has 60 per cent of the finance needed for the project, and hopes the remainder will be sourced by March. The film is based around a garda detective whose partner is murdered during a drugs operation. When the department drops the investigation into his partners death, he is paired with a new wise-cracking partner who is unaware of his drive for vengeance. Jedward to rock Oxegen? RADIO station Spin 103.8 has launched a campaign to get Jedward to appear on the main stage at this years Oxegen festival. The Dublin stations breakfast show Fully Charged has started a petition calling for the X Factor finalists to perform at the music festival; and listeners are being asked to text Jedward for Oxegen to 085 711 1038 to put their name behind the movement. A Facebook group has also been set up Jedward for Mainstage Oxegen 2010. The Lucan twins (pictured) release their first single Under Pressure featuring Vanilla Ice at the end of the month, after being signed by Sony Music earlier this month. Their single will be available to download from January with a CD in the shops on February 15. Radio DJs sorry for civil servant sketch DUBLINS 98 received a flood of complaints from angry civil servants after airing a skit about their fictional leader, Seamus McLazy Arse. Broadcast on the Morning Crew with Dermot and Dave, the skit described the initiatives introduced by Mr McLazy Arse since paycuts were imposed, such as the number of cups of tea drunk per hour being cut from 18 to 11; the daily two- hour stroll being cut to one hour and 59 minutes; and surfing social networking sites in work being restricted to Facebook, Bebo, MySpace and Twitter only. We really didnt intend to offend anyone. We know pay cuts are a serious business; we have received substantial pay cuts ourselves. It was just poking a bit of fun, said presenter Dermot Whelan. Were sorry for any ill feeling we have caused. Our show is all about having a laugh and we think now, more than ever, its important for us to be able to laugh at ourselves, added co-presenter Dave Moore. We did get texts from civil servants who found the sketch very funny, he added. COMING UP: Diva Mariah Careys prank porn call stuns husband PLUS Brad met up with Jen Guilty Pleasures P6 Unreal estate: The buyer of the digital space station, above, says he will make a profit by charging to use its facilities. Inset: the auction Net worth: The terminal is said to be a stunning investment opportunity worth about 60c. Mr Novak, from Canada, now plans to earn his money back by charging players to use the facilities at his new Crystal Palace space station, a popular base for hunt- ing in the game. The makers of the game believe he could do this within two years. This is a stunning investment op- portunity. Planet Calypso is one of the few safe investments in this econ- omy, said Mr Novak. I have even found the love of my life in the game, and now we live to- gether in real life. However, some people think Buzz Erik is a few stars short of a galaxy. Computer games writer Andrew Thomas stated on tgdaily.com that the Canadian had proved you can put a price tag on stupidity. By Ross McGuinness A virtual bargain only 200,000WHO said the property mar- ket was going through a bad patch? Someone has paid 200,000 for a building that doesnt exist. The online gamer splashed out on a virtual space station and looks set to make a bumper profit on his digital investment within a short space of time. Erik Novak (Buzz Erik Light- year, to use his avatars name) pur- chased the pricy pixels at an auc- tion in the web game Planet Calypso. It is the highest sum that has ever been paid for a slice of digital property. The multiplayer contest, which has more than 800,000 users, is free to play but users can buy and sell services with their Project En- tropia Dollars. Ten of these are Space face: The Buzz Erik Lightyear avatar index.html2.html3.html4.html5.html6.html7.html8.html9.html10.html11.html12.html13.html14.html15.html16.html17.html18.html19.html20.html21.html22.html23.html